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Type Matters
July 2012
In this issue:
Diamond status...
De-Su Gillespy
When it comes to longevity, Jeeves is a step
ahead and is a global outlier for lifespan.
With his moderate stature, +4.6 fertility
index, one of the highest bulls available for
Lifespan at +0.7 and negative somatic cells
count, he is a very favourable sire within
today’s industry.
De-Su Grover
Zelgadis
Woodmarsh
Zoro
MS Atlees SHT
Aftershock
Autumn-Ridge
Matson
Picston Shottle
By Katie Miller
Along with her full sister Ked Duster
Juliemma EX92, both daughters of a breed
leading brood cow, Ked Mark Justine VG88,
who also gave us Juror, along with two
excellent Blackstar daughters.
Ked Outside
Jeeves
Scientific Destry
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Not only have we had the opportunity recently
to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee,
but also the chance to celebrate a King of the
Holstein breed, Diamond sire, Ked Outside
Jeeves. Jeeves is no stranger to producers
worldwide and is believed to be one of the best
Outside sons available following his first release
in 2008, Since then, he has shown his superb
ability to breed an easy care cow that is well
put together and a pleasure to milk. He has
continued to write the success story for the Ked
prefix and strives to be the longevity specialist.
Jeeves sires cattle that will be profitable for
a number of years and continue to impress
throughout their lifetime. He will give you
progeny that are built to last and work in
all systems. Daughters are moderate for
stature and having notable width and power
throughout. Rump angle is set correct with
fantastic width from behind. Mammaries are
youthful with snug fore attachments, strong
cleft, with the teats positioned centrally under
the quarters. Daughters are easy to milk and
their placid temperaments are noteworthy.
When it comes to genomics, Jeeves is leaving
his share of progeny within the top US genomic
rankings. His son Shema Jeeves Cameron has
ranked highly over the last year. Other sons
include Berryridge Jeeves Jives and Ensenada
Jeeves Paul, also rank highly within the US
genomic rankings.
This super sire may not throw the flashy show
type progeny, but he certainly ticks many boxes
which we are all looking for within the breed
today: beautifully balanced dairy cows that are
built to last.
Jeeves
Ked Outside
As many of you will be aware, Jeeves descends
from a world class cow family, which was made
famous by the truly outstanding Blackstar son,
ABS Ked Juror, a bull that needs no introduction.
Julienna EX 2E 94, Jeeves dam is said to be one
of the best Duster daughters in America.
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The De-Su family...
The De-Su Georgina cow family is proving its self as
an influential player in the breeding world today.
De-Su Holsteins is located in North East Iowa in the
United States. Dean and Sue Meyer farm with their
two sons Darin and Dustin. Over the past twenty
years, De-Su has grown from a typical midwest
tie-stall herd to milking 1,100 cows three times a
day with a tank production average over 100lbs
this winter. The Georgina family has lived at De-Su
for several generations. The foundation cow DeSu Patron Gold lived to over ten years of age and
produced over 200,000lbs lifetime! She was a
tremendous silky dairy cow with an excellent udder.
Unfortunately she was not a great flush cow, but
she did leave VG daughters sired by Hershel, Garter
and BWM. Patron Gold’s most famous daughter is
BWM Georgia EX90 who is still alive and producing
in the herd today at 10 years of age! Unlike her
mother, Georgia has flushed extremely well, as she
has one EX and fifteen VG daughters to date. On
the female side of things, De-Su O-Man 6121 has
sixteen VG, 25 GP and fifty other daughters under
two years of age. “One thing that has impressed
me about the Georgina family is no matter
what bull was used on the family…the resulting
daughters always have good udders and they age
gracefully.” Comments Sire Analyst, Paul Trapp. As
you see, Genus ABS has invested heavily into this
successful commercial family and great results are
just starting to graduate from progeny test.
There has been a great deal of excitement
surrounding the first sons from De-Su especially
Grover, a Jose Son, Gillespy and Gavin; full brothers
by Bolton.
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Gillespy is a global phenomenon, he is the blend of
two Genus ABS millionaires Bolton x Shottle, which
has proven a perfect mating on this sensational
cow family. Where the world really felt the loss of
Bolton, Gillespy is nearly a carbon copy of Bolton
himself. But breeding true to the Georgina cow
family he has around 300 more kgs of milk than
Bolton with fantastic well attached shallow udders.
It is not often we come across a bull with this level
of production and type, he is truely unique. Just
looking at the photos of the daughters you can
really see the perfect blend of Bolton and Shottle
rolled into one.
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Family information
Gavin and Gillespy
Sire: Sandy-Valley Bolton-ET EX-90
Dam: De-Su 6822-ET VG-85 DOM
2-02 3X 33150M 3.9% 1309F 3.0% 983P
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An exciting prospect for the August proof
run is De-Su Gavin – Gillespy’s full brother,
the world is talking about this fantastic
prospect. Daughter photos are really
impressive!
Grover is sired by Jose which is a Jocko Besne son,
Grover comes straight out of the world renowned
De-Su Oman 6121, this cow is taking the breeding
world by storm, in the chase for high numbers on
genomics, this cow is really excelling. It is really
exciting for Genus ABS to be graduating her first
sons.
Grover daughters are strong cows with a
tremendous width and capacity throughout.
Daughters breed true to the Georgina cow family
with tremendously well attached udders and
functional legs and feet. They are hard working
cattle producing high volumes of milk all combined
with a superb fertility index, which is a rare but
desirable combination for a sire.
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Sire: Jose (Jocko Besne x Formation)
Dam: De-Su Oman 6121-ET VG-86 GMD DOM
2-01 365d 34770M 4.3% 1505F 3.2% 1108P
MGD: De-Su BW Marshal Georgia-ET EX-90 @ 8-02 GMD DOM
Lifetime: 1314d 133510M 3.7% 4998F 3.0% 3967P
3rd Dam: De-Su Patron Gold-ET EX-90 2E @ 9-06 GMD DOM
Lifetime: 2290d 205350M 4.0% 8215F 3.1% 6322P (4 lactations)
4th Dam: Kerndtway Lead Gretchen-ET VG-87 @ 6-00 GMD DOM
Lifetime: 1675d 133650M 3.5% 4658F 3.0% 4024P (4 lactations)
5th Dam: Kerndtway Goldust-ET VG-86 @ 5-05 GMD DOM (3 Lactations)
6th Dam: Miss Milk-Key Gold Mine-ET EX-91 2E @ 6-03 GMD DOM
Lifetime: 2831d 209050M 4.0% 8342F 3.0% 6364P (6 lactations)
7th Dam: Milk-Key Bootmaker Grace Ann EX-91 @ 10-04 GMD DOM
Lifetime: 2799d 181740M 4.0% 7321P (8 lactations)
Stylish, sensational udders and
show winning Type...
By Louise Glenn
If you are looking for beautiful Type, why not head
straight to the end of our Dairy Directory and look
under Z. Zelgadis is building his reputation quickly
for his ability to breed a flashy calf to present in
both the show circuit and forthcoming elite sales,
and they are really something when they calve in.
Zelgadis is sired by Goldwyn and traces back to a
fantastic Excellent Juror, Cascina Giobbi Vittoria
EX90. She is now in her tenth lactation continuing
to perform with the Botasso’s herd producing a
fantastic VG88 Aaron daughter, dam of Zelgadis.
The family is no stranger to graduating bulls, also
graduating Kaimurat from the same line from a
Merchant daughter straight out of the Juror.
Zelgadis sits right at the top of the Type Merit
rankings, smashing way over the 3points barrier
at +3.77 Type, whilst ticking boxes for sensational
mammary systems and an awesome ability to
track and exceptional legs and feet scoring +3.79.
Zelgadis daughters have great stretch and add
plenty of stature whilst adding strength and
capacity with great clean bone.
Combining Type and management traits is a
relatively unique combination to find. As we all
know, it’s great to have good looking cows but the
bottom line all comes down to those cows that
make you money. Zelgadis brings himself to the
forefront positively demonstrating those desirable
traits, daughter fertility (+3.5), Somatic Cell Counts
(-18) and Lifespan (+0.1) scores.
Woodmarsh Zoro,
the new star unmasked
Woodmarsh Zoro is the latest Goldwyn son to be
added to the team of elite Goldwyn sons from
Genus ABS. He adds something a bit different with
his pedigree power and genuine fat and protein
percentages. A must for those breeders looking for
stylish cattle that enhance milk value.
Last month saw a group of Cheshire farmers and
Genus ABS Representatives having the opportunity
to see some of the original Zelgadis test daughters
and a number of systems in Italy. The Zelgadis
daughters were located in a very commercial farm
with the visitors commenting on their openness of
rib and ability to track, whilst also showing great
improvements over dam in every aspect.
So if you fancy the opportunity to breed the next
show winner and an excellent Type cow with great
management traits then look no further as this bull
has everything to offer.
By Philip Dobson
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His dam Woodmarsh Zoey completes five
generations of Excellent cows and is sired by
Outside, known for his longevity and farmer
satisfaction. Zoey is no cotton-wool wrapped
individual show box cow and performs with the
rest of the 300 cows within the Woodmarsh herd.
Her performance is exceptional with a top 305
day record of 16,287 lts at 4.6%F 3.13%P (milked
3X) and over 50 tonnes of milk to date. Equally
impressive is her ability to transmit that supremacy
to her offspring with no fewer than eight VG
daughters contributing to her 7* brood cow status.
This includes four full sisters to Zoro two scoring
88 points and two scoring 87 points, all as young
animals. One of these sisters, Woodmarsh Zandra
VG88 (pictured) is currently a Cornerstone bull
dam.
Zoro’s grand dam is the beautiful Ocean-View
Mandel Zandra who scored an impressive 95 points
and was dam of the highly notable proven bull
Ocean-View Zenith.
As you would expect from his pedigree, Zoro
stamps a real class and style into his daughters
with silky black skins and dairy bodies. Rumps are
wide and pleasing to the eye. Zoro daughters have
exceptional locomotion and clean bone
through the legs. Udder attachments are tight and
high with shallow udders and strong ligaments.
He has the ability to produce that special one, just
ask John Downing from the Wintersell herd, his
only two test daughters both scored VG as two
year olds.
Zoro ticks all the boxes for production especially
with those fat and protein deviations to lift milk
prices. With quiet temperaments, correct milking
speed and low cell counts they soon become
parlour favorites. Also with high daughter fertility
they are the sort of cows farmers will like to work
with over a long lifetime.
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Destry is fulfilling his destiny…
By Steph Whittaker
Destry came on to the scene with great excitement
as a Goldwyn with the Red Factor from the world
renowned Scientific Debutante Rae EX92 .
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Destry, was initially marketed as a judges choice
sire, he was then successful with genomic
evaluations and gained a new level of interest with
breeders chasing high numbers, daughters then
began to make an impact upon the showring,
they were tall, long, dairy and catching the eye
of judges all over North America. Destrys first
daughter Mellsunset Destry Sabrina VG87- two
year old, is testament to the quality of progeny
that Destry can produce, his first born daughter
has won shows as a calf and now in milk, which
is a tremendous feat. DESTRY has the potential
to make a huge impact on breeder herds and the
show ring over the next few years.
Pedigree Information
Sire:
Braedale Goldwyn-ET
Dam: Scientific Debutante Rae-ET RC CV EX-92 GMD DOM
2-02 365d 32930M 4.4% 1440F 3.2% 107P
All-American 4 Year Old Cow 2005& Res Grand WDE 2005
Hon Men All-American Jr 3 Year Old 2004
Full sisters to DESTRY* RC: 83, 87, 88, 88, 88, 90, 92
17 VG and 6 Ex Maternal Sisters to Destry RC
MGD: Scientific Jubilant Rae-ET RC EX-90 DOM
Lifetime: 1394d 117,590M 4.0% 4,707F 3.4% 4,018P (4 lactations)
8 Ex and 3 VG daughters
3rd Dam:C Hanoverhill Tony Rae TR EX-96 3E GMD DOM
Lifetime: 2247d 166,396M 4.1% 6,904F 3.2% 5,297P (4 lactations)
11 VG and 6 EX daughters
1st Aged Cow and Grand Champion Western National 1993
4thDam: C Hanoverhill TT Roxette-ET RC EX-94 2E GMD DOM
Lifetime: 2104d 164,789M 4.1% 6,760F 2.9% 3,365P (5 lactations)
2 VG and 2 EX daughters
5th Dam:Mil-R-MorRoxette EX-90 GMD DOM
Lifetime: 2150d 121,417M 4.7% 5,725F (6 lactaions)
11 EX daughters& dam of Hanoverhill Raider & 4th dam of STBVQ Ruebens
6th Dam: C Glenridge Citation Roxy EX-97 4E GMD
Lifetime: 3620d 209,784M 4.5% 9,471F (7 lactations)
Voted two time Queen of the Breed!
15 EX daughters
7th Dam:C Norton Court Model Vee EX-90
Lifetime: 4183d 218,629M 3.9% 8,581F (10 lactations)
All American Produce of Dam 77, 78 & 1979
8th Dam: C Norton Court Reflection Vale VG-85
Lifetime: 5029d 249,578M 3.7% 9,297F (16 lacations)
The Roxy family is well known for the remarkable
impact it has had on the Holstein Breed. The
family has produced bulls like Raider, Ruebens,
Debonair and now DESTRY*RC!! The family is
known for their longevity and tremendous type.
Roxy was voted two time Queen of the Breed
because of the tremendous influence she has had
on the Holstein breed for generations. The newest
generation of the Roxy family has hit and combines
‘Red Factor’, Goldwyn and Durham all into one
package with this great maternal line.
This exciting *RC Goldwyn son is producing
daughters that stand out for type and consistency.
DESTRY daughters have extremely high quality
udders that are strongly attached and very youthful
with deep clefts and great teat placement. DESTRY
daughters are tall and long legged with adequate
strength in the front end and display a capacious
springing rib.
Destrys’ dam Scientific Debutante Rae *RC EX92
is a cow which is known the world over, from her
show ring domination as a four and five year old.
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Aftershock, a shock wave of success...
Aftershock daughters continue to impress globally.
UK daughter; Nobold Aftershock Lyra won her class
at the prestigious UK Dairy Expo she is a tall long
stylish heifer from a Goldwyn.
She was then crowned All American and All
Canadian Winter Calf 2011. Her 2012 show ring
form has been of a sky high standard, winning at
both the Canadian National Convention and the
Western Spring National to date.
For show style and a little more refinement than his
sire, Aftershock is a bull to keep a close eye on, he is
backed by the breeding power of the Atlees and UK
Millionaire, Picston Shottle.
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and she has an exceptional track record in the
show ring, this jet black, slippery smooth heifer was
unbeaten in the show ring throughout 2011 which
included appearances at Madison and RAWF.
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The youngest ever Excellent second calver by Matson...
Montgomery Matson Delight was classified excellent
in May this year at the age of three years, three
months, the youngest ever excellent second calver in
the UK. Matson is really impressing at farms up and
down the country, he has the ability to make solid
but special daughters.
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Matson has 91 VG progeny and one EX daughter
in the UK. Daughters are starting to calve in for the
second time and developing to youthful, balanced
cows. Matson is a Durham son from the AutumnRidge Herd in New York. He is a real success story
with UK milking daughters.
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Shottle shines as a millionaire...
In January this year Shottle achieved the mammoth
mark of one million doses produced and sold. His
daughters are going from strength to strength, he
has had first first EX95 daughter – which was one
of his original test daughters – Barledziew Shottle
Candy. The Scottish cow reached the monumental
score of EX95 in her fifth Lactation.
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His daughters have consistently been performing
well within the show ring Sterndale Shottle Ghost
and Sterndale Shottle Papoose were both class
winners at the prestigious UK Dairy expo. ‘Power
House’ Sterndale Shottle Ghost also went onto be
crowned Reserve Grand Champion at the event.
The All Britain awards once again heavily featured
Shottle, Daughters Maplerose PS Lustre was reserve
Junior Heifer in milk. Daughters Richaven Shottle
Squaw and Sterndale Shottle Ghost were champion
and reserve respectively in the Junior cow section.
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popular Kepculloch Sale Lomond Shottle Ashlyn was
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