{"id":4,"date":"2015-06-13T04:59:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T18:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:40:15","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-fullwidth-1  fusion-parallax-none hundred-percent-fullwidth\" style=\"border-color:#3e3e3e;border-bottom-width: 5px;border-top-width: 5px;border-bottom-style: solid;border-top-style: solid;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:5%;padding-right:0px;padding-top:20px;background-color:#242424;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"><style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">.width-100 .fusion-fullwidth-1, .width-100 .fusion-fullwidth-1.fusion-section-separator {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpadding-left: 5% !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpadding-right: 0px !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-two-fifth fusion-layout-column fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"border:0px solid #ffffff;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-table\"><div class=\"fusion-column-tablecell\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lot-1-Gooramma-80-2019-.jpg?resize=669%2C481\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/span><p><em>Athlone sire Gooramma 80\/19, ranked in top 10 percentile for ASBV post-weaning weight. Purchased September 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-three-fifth fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-table\"><div class=\"fusion-column-tablecell\"><h4>Welcome to Athlone Poll Dorset and Southdown.<\/h4>\n<p>Our rams are bred to produce fast-growing and high-yielding lambs, primarily for the commercial market.<\/p>\n<p>Situated near Penshurst in Western Victoria, Athlone rams are bred tough and honest &#8211; only ever grass-fed, so what you see is what you get. We\u2019ve become one of Australia\u2019s biggest studs because our clients come back, knowing they can rely of the performance of our rams. All rams are guaranteed for the first breeding season.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/athlone-2025-ad.webp?w=669\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download:<\/strong> View 2025 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Athlone-Catalogue-2025.pdf\">Athlone Ram Sale Catalogue here<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-one-fifth fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"border-color:#3e3e3e;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-testimonials classic fusion-testimonials-1\" data-random=\"0\"><style type='text\/css' scoped='scoped'>\n\t\t#fusion-testimonials-1 a{border-color: #aaa9a9;}#fusion-testimonials-1 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-1 .activeSlide{background-color: #aaa9a9;}\n\t\t.fusion-testimonials.classic.fusion-testimonials-1 .author:after{border-top-color:#3e3e3e !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review no-avatar\"><blockquote><q style=\"background-color:#3e3e3e;color:#aaa9a9;\">&#8220;Making the change to Athlone rams five years ago has proven to be a winning move for our prime lamb operation. With their easy care and fantastic fattening capabilities on pasture and\/or stubble, the progeny of these rams suit our mixed farming operation perfectly. The simple transition from mother to market make them a fantastic financial advantage.&#8221;<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#aaa9a9;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Tim Whitehead<\/strong>, <span>'Spring Creek'<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"review no-avatar\"><blockquote><q style=\"background-color:#3e3e3e;color:#aaa9a9;\">&#8220;Our farming enterprise requires rams that have the ability to join well to both Merinos and first-cross ewes. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve been buying Athlone Poll Dorsets for 23 years. The lambs are fast growing and low maintenance. We have benefited from the New Zealand bloodlines that Henry has introduced; these rams have greater breeding performance and genetics to match. Athlone Poll Dorset Stud meets all our prime lamb requirements.&#8221;<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#aaa9a9;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Rob Rentsch<\/strong>, <span>Cavendish<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":118,"href":"https:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":849,"href":"https:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athlonestuds.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}