Moooo-ving experience at Putnam High

  • After being placed in order of finishing by the judge, young cattle handlers await her personalized comments, critiques, and suggestions at Putnam County High School’s 17th annual Briar Patch Classic Dairy Heifer Show.
    After being placed in order of finishing by the judge, young cattle handlers await her personalized comments, critiques, and suggestions at Putnam County High School’s 17th annual Briar Patch Classic Dairy Heifer Show.
  • An entrant carefully checks the positioning of her entry’s rear feet before the judge arrives to meticulously evaluate both cow and handler.
    An entrant carefully checks the positioning of her entry’s rear feet before the judge arrives to meticulously evaluate both cow and handler.
  • Maggie Harper of Morgan County earned Grand Champion status at the 17th annual Briar Patch Classic Dairy Heifer Show at Putnam County High School. KATIE WILLIAMS/Contributed
    Maggie Harper of Morgan County earned Grand Champion status at the 17th annual Briar Patch Classic Dairy Heifer Show at Putnam County High School. KATIE WILLIAMS/Contributed
  • Putnam County High School student Seth Harris was the 11th-grade Showmanship winner this past Saturday for the 17th annual Briar Patch Classic Commercial Dairy Heifer Show at Putnam County High School. KATIE WILLIAMS/Contributed
    Putnam County High School student Seth Harris was the 11th-grade Showmanship winner this past Saturday for the 17th annual Briar Patch Classic Commercial Dairy Heifer Show at Putnam County High School. KATIE WILLIAMS/Contributed
  • Newton County’s Lily Atkins was named Reserve Grand Champion at the 17th annual Briar Patch Classic Dairy Heifer Show. KATIE WILLIAMS/Contributed
    Newton County’s Lily Atkins was named Reserve Grand Champion at the 17th annual Briar Patch Classic Dairy Heifer Show. KATIE WILLIAMS/Contributed
  • Mixed-animal veterinarian Dr. Brooke Crump (above) is a veteran judge who began showing dairy heifers when she was just eight years old. Crump is a UGA College of Veterinary Medicine graduate (2017) who continues to raise and show registered Holstein heifers with her family.
    Mixed-animal veterinarian Dr. Brooke Crump (above) is a veteran judge who began showing dairy heifers when she was just eight years old. Crump is a UGA College of Veterinary Medicine graduate (2017) who continues to raise and show registered Holstein heifers with her family.
One by one they enter the ring, led by students as young as eight years old to seniors in high school, these docile bovines have been shampooed, groomed, and even taught to stand still with their hooves and legs set just so to best impress the discerning eye of a veteran judge of prime dairy heifers.This is serious business for these young showmen and show-women, a business betrayed by their eyes…

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