Sebastian Beattie

  • Seb named junior champion

    Seb named junior champion

    Bernadette Nunn He’s only nine but East Trentham’s Sebastian Beattie has already ticked off his number one ambition, showing his own stud sheep at the Kyneton Show. “I just always wanted to show my sheep,” he said. He did more than that though, winning the Champion Stud Sheep Junior Handler award. Steward of the stud…

  • A sheep stud of Seb’s own

    A sheep stud of Seb’s own

    Farming comes second-nature for eight-year-old Sebastian Beattie. Growing up on a sheep stud in East Trentham, it was no surprise when the youngster signalled his intent to start his own. But Sebastian wasn’t talking about the distant future. He’s now one of Australia’s youngest hampshire down breeders, since starting his own Blackwood Stud earlier this…