Mr Hill, of St Helens Plains, took a team of eight sheep to the show, winning grand champion ram and ewe in the Hampshire Down breed section.

He also took out most successful exhibitor. He said he won with a smaller team than other studs had.

"The champion ram managed to win third best in show of all breeds which was amazing," he said.

"There were phenomenal crowds at the show, with more than 123,000 people through the gate on Good Friday - the place was chaotic."

Mr Hill said he was against some tough competition from New South Wales and other Victorian studs. He said his champion ram was by his leading sire, 1503, who bred most the rams in his Sydney team.

"I've actually exported semen from the sire to North America and South America so I'm pretty happy with him," he said.

"The ram that won grand champion (and) he might even be better than the ram prior, we'll see."

In the ewes section, Aurora Park still managed to come away with the grand champion despite only entering in the twins class.

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Mr Hill said it was the ewes first win, with her twin sister, presented alongside her usually taking the title.

Judge Matt Sherwood, of Murringo, said both the winning ram and the ewe were a very similar type of sheep.

"They had a lot of length, a lot of muscle and just very structurally correct and that's what I'm after," Mr Sherwood said.

The grand champion ram was from the milk teeth, wool not exceeding 12 millimetres class, as was the reserve champion which was also from Aurora.

Mr Sherwood said the grand champion won his class because he had unbelievable length.

At last year's Australian Sheep and Wool Show held in Bendigo, Mr Hill walked away with five first places, four second places and one third place.

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