"He also carries a long-stapled, soft, lustrous, pure medium wool.

"He is a delight to open up."

Adding to Mr Haddrick's comments, fine wool Poll Merino judge Bruce Dunbabin, Mayfield stud, Swansea, Tasmania, said the ram was an absolute champion medium wool.

"He is a great example of his wool type," Mr Dunbabin said. "He carries a long, lustrous, great-coloured wool and is very correct."

Before being sashed the supreme exhibit, Sir Dick was sashed the grand champion ram of the show, where medium wool Merino judge Jeremy King, Rangeview stud, Darkan, said Sir Dick was the all-round package and a great Poll sire.

"He carries a good testing wool, which exhibits purity and handle," Mr King said. "He also has excellent bone and structure and plenty of scale and is extremely even all over.

"He is hard to fault."

At the same time, fine wool Merino judge Sam Burbury, Inglewood stud, Oatlands, Tasmania, said he was a stand-out ram with excellent size and scale, as well as having long-stapled, magnificent wool.

"I saw him at the Wagin Woolorama earlier in the year and I think he has definitely improved since then," Mr Burbury said.

"He is a stand-out ram and one of the best I have seen in a long time."

Also along the way, Sir Dick picked up the ribbons for grand champion Poll Merino ram, grand champion medium wool ram, champion medium wool Poll Merino ram and champion August shorn Poll Merino ram.

Sir Dick's success at Bendigo continued his unbeaten run in the show ring and followed up from where he was sashed the supreme exhibit at this year's Wagin Woolorama.

The ET-bred ram is by Willemenup Sir Winston and out of East Strathglen 151, a full sister to East Strathglen Princess, which was sashed the supreme exhibit at Bendigo in 2007.

He has current wool figures of 20.2 micron, 3.0 SD, 14.9 CV and 99.7pc CF and set about his undefeated run when he won the six-tooth and over medium wool August-shorn Poll Merino ram class.

Following hot on the heels of Sir Dick and just missing out on the supreme ribbon was East Strathglen's medium wool Merino ewe, which had already been sashed a supreme exhibit this year when she took out the award at the Williams Gateway Expo.

The upstanding, big-barrelled ewe, was sashed the grand champion ewe of show, so East Strathglen took home the top ram and ewe awards, the first time in the show's 11 year history that one stud has won both awards.

The win also marked the third time East Strathglen has taken home the top ewe award at the show.

When the ewe was sashed the grand champion ewe of the show, fine/medium wool Merino judge Kip Gray, Stockman stud, Melton, Tasmania, said she stood up magnificently and was very correct on her feet.

"In addition to her structure she carries a beautiful, white, sirey wool, which handles right through," Mr Gray said.

"She also has a great underline."

Strong wool Merino judge Steve Swain, Genanegie stud, Peak Hill, NSW, agreed saying she was a perfect example of a medium wool type.

"She has excellent conformation and carries a very long-stapled, sweet, true medium wool," Mr Swain said.

"Her neck extension is also outstanding."

The East Strathglen ewe earned the right to compete for the top ewe award after being sashed the grand champion medium wool ewe, at which stage judge Jeremy King said she showed great scale and depth and was very square.

"She is very pure in the wool and exhibits a great staple length," Mr King said. "She is just so tremendous all-round and certainly very productive."

The ET-bred ewe, which is no stranger to ribbons after being sashed the supreme exhibit at the Williams Gateway Expo and grand champion Merino ewe at Wagin Woolorama, is by Charinga Junior 12 out of East Strathglen Helen.

The ewe had wool measurements of 21.7 micron, 3.3 SD, 15.2 CV and 99.2pc CF.

The ewe was also sashed the champion August shorn medium wool Merino ewe.

East Strathglen had two ewes in the running for the grand champion ewe award after it also exhibited the grand champion strong wool ewe.

The strong wool ewe from the stud was described by judge Steve Swain to be a very well put together ewe, with excellent neck extension and very good conformation.

"This is coupled with a very sweet well-marked wool which has an excellent finish," he said.

The ET-bred ewe, which was by Woolkabin Expo and out of the stud's 2006 Rabobank Katanning show ProEwe champion, measured 20.5 micron, 2.9 SD, 14.1 CV and 99.8pc CF

The upstanding ewe was also sashed the champion strong wool Merino ewe and champion August shorn strong wool Merino ewe.

The success for East Strathglen did not stop there as it also exhibited the champion medium wool Poll Merino ewe.

Judge Dennis Haddrick said the ewe had a tremendous barrel and carried a long-stapled bright, white medium wool.

"She is beautifully balanced and very productive," Mr Haddrick said.

The ewe, which was a full sister to Sir Dick, measured 20.2 micron, 3.2 SD, 15.8 CV and 99.6pc CF and was also sashed the champion August shorn medium wool Poll Merino ewe.

The strength of the East Strathglen team was even further highlighted when a group of three Poll Merinos (two ewes and one ram) was sashed the best exhibit of three Poll Merino sheep in front of seven other groups.

But East Strathglen did miss out on a major award when it was placed second in the national pairs award behind a team from the One Oak stud, Jerilderie, NSW.

Judge Steve Swain said both the One Oak and East Strathglen teams were clear first and second placegetters but in the end it was the evenness across the board of the One Oak team which got them over the line.

"The One Oak team were both deep, well-balanced and evenly matched," Mr Swain said.

"In terms of the East Strathglen team the ram is magnificent and the ewe is good but they just don't match as well."

Joining the East Strathglen team in the winner's circle was the Angenup stud which exhibited the reserve champion medium wool Poll Merino ram and reserve champion August shorn medium wool Poll Merino ram.

The upstanding Poll Merino ram, Angenup Chas, was stopped in his tracks in the judging ring when he came up against East Strathglen's Sir Dick and from then on played second fiddle for all of the judging.

Judge Dennis Haddrick said the Angenup ram was very unlucky to come up against such a good ram when he was initially sashed the champion August shorn medium wool Poll Merino ram.

"He is a very good ram and has many of the same attributes as the champion Sir Dick," Mr Haddrick said.

"He is well-balanced and carries a long-stapled, lustrous white wool," Mr Haddrick said.

The Angenup ram is no stranger to playing second fiddle to Sir Dick.

It also stood in the reserve position behind him at Wagin Woolorama this year when he was sashed the reserve grand champion Poll Merino ram and reserve champion medium wool Poll Merino ram.

Chas, who came from the four-tooth medium wool class, is sired by Gunallo Ablett and had wool measurements of 19.9 micron, 3.2 SD, 16.1 CV and 99.3pc CF.

A young Angenup March shorn ram, by Angenup Franklin, was also unlucky not to go further in judging after initially winning his medium wool lamb's teeth class.

In the March shorn medium wool judging, he came up against a ram from the Roseville Park stud, Dubbo, NSW, which went on to be sashed the junior champion and champion March shorn ram of the show.

The Roseville Park ram measured 16.6 micron, 2.6 SD, 15.7 CV and 99.5pc CF and weighed 103kg.

Although no reserve ribbon was given the judge Jeremy King awarded the reserve place to the Angenup ram.

Mr King said the Angenup ram was very unlucky.

"He is a complete sheep and is very square and well-made," he said.

The Angenup ram measured 19.6 micron, 3.3 SD, 16.8 CV and 99.4pc CF.

Rounding out the broad ribbon winners for WA was the Campbell family's Coromandel stud, Gairdner, which exhibited the reserve champion August shorn fine/medium wool Poll Merino ram.

The 4-tooth ram, which is a great grandson of Charinga 119, had wool figures of 19.1 micron, 2.6SD, 13.6CV and 99.7pc?CF.

The upstanding, well put-together ram caught the eye of judge Bruce Dunbabin due to its depth and quality soft handling, white wool which was carried all over.

Other WA Merino studs to exhibit included Quailerup West, Arthur River; Wililoo, Woodanilling; Claypans, Corrigin; Wiringa Park, Nyabing; Nepowie, Nomans Lake; Anglesey, Gnowangerup and Merna, Quairading, and they nearly all received class place ribbons in some very large classes which contained on occasions more than 20 entries.