Hollywood Angus to celebrate silver milestone at Sydney Royal

The Royal Agricultural Society is preparing to welcome the country back to the city, and people across our region are readying themselves for the 2025 Sydney Royal Easter Show. Featuring inside this week's special edition of The Farmer are some of our region's brightest young people in agriculture, who'll be representing their communities and testing their skills from judging to auctioneering. To be recognised for 25 years with the Royal Agricultural Society is Hollywood Angus Stud from Peak Hill. Lyn and Ian Frecklington established Hollywood Angus Stud in 2000 after 25 years of breeding commercial Angus cattle. This year, she's preparing for a busy Show as breed captain and bringing eight adult cattle and two calves to the show with four helpers. "Sydney is one of the most prestigious cattle shows in Australia so the competition will probably be the best in Australia," Lyn said. "You always hope you can win your class at Sydney but we just hope to be competitive and pick up a few ribbons." Hollywood Angus has already seen some promising results this Show season, claiming Junior, Senior and Grand Champion Angus Bull titles at the Canberra Royal Show. Hollywood Top O' The Morning was awarded Senior and grand Champion Angus Bull which he also won last year at the Canberra Royal. "His half brother and half sister won the sires progeny and the breeders group in the Angus as well and his younger half brother, Hollywood Vaya Con Dios, won Junior Champion Angus Bull," Lyn said. All four of these cattle are the progeny of Hollywood Longmire who Hollywood Angus Stud bred themselves. "That made us really happy. When you use your own bull and they're capable of winning at the Royal Shows, it's pretty good," Lyn said. Hollywood Angus Stud place strong emphasis on structural correctness, feed efficiency, good growth and docility within their Angus cattle. "We like structurally correct cattle which is why they do well at shows," Lyn said. "I don't like looking at ugly cattle and when you go to sell them it's the good looking ones, the structurally correct ones, that people prefer and that's why we like breeding them." Lyn prefers the Angus breed as she sees them as the premiere breed and sees more demand for Angus cattle through the sale yards and from the processors. "The Angus Society does a good job at marketing them but it's not just Australia, it's the same in America and Canada. Angus are sort of a premium, therefore Angus beef," she said. "Angus beef have certain standards that it has to achieve or they won't get the grading, Certified Australian Angus Beef (CAAB), and apart from just being black they have to have certain meat quality characteristics to pass to get graded that way." Apart from Canberra and Sydney Royal, Hollywood Angus will only be competing in local shows around the Central West this year and are excited to have the opportunity to display some of their cattle at the Angus World Forum. Held every four years the Angus World Forum sees Angus studs from around the world and this year it will be held in Australia allowing Australian Angus studs to display a representation of their herd to the world. "We went to the Angus World Forum in Scotland in 2017 and it was absolutely fantastic and we thought we'd really like to be part of the Australian one." This will be the first Angus World Forum since 2017 with the original forum being scheduled in 2021 being cancelled due to Covid. The event is also promising to be the largest gathering of registered Angus cattle ever held in Australia. "They are expecting a lot of Angus breeders from all over the world to come out here and be part of it and look at Australian Angus," Lyn added. Looking ahead, Lyn and Hollywood Angus are looking forward to an exciting 2025 marking 25 years of Hollywood Angus.

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