MORSAN BREEZE ALLEN DORIS
VG89 (pictured right)
Bred by M Thalen, Morsan Farms
Owned by Wills Brothers Ltd
Doris fi rst hit the limelight as one of
the top selling animals in 2007, when
she was knocked down to Willsbro
for 27,000gns at the Spring Showcase
Sale held by Norton and Brooksbank
in Bristol. Since then she calved at 2
years and 6 months, in May 2008, with
a Shottle bull which has been exported
to Ascol in Spain, and scored VG89 in The breeders and owners
July of last year. She has also enjoyed
Of the 97 heifers that scored VG88 and VG89 in 2008, just less than 10% (9) are
considerable success in the show ring,
owned by the Cornwall breeders Willsbro, testament to their recent investment
taking the Heifer Championship at
in UK genetics. They are closely followed by the George family’s Brynhyfryd
the 2008 Dairy Event, following this
up with the Reserve All Britain Senior
herd, who had eight heifers score VG88 during the year and, with seven of
Heifer in Milk title 2008, and she came
these homebred, they lead the fi eld easily as breeders of top scored heifers.
out eight months calved to take third
Erie, Ingleview and Sahara all owned four VG88 heifers, and in the breeders’
place in the Senior Heifer in Milk class
league table, Riverdane and Smiddiehill have both bred four VG88 heifers, while
at this year’s NHS.
Ingleview and Ridgefi eld have three representatives each.
A maiden heifer fl ush to Baxter The sires
resulted in two calves being born in Top class, well proven sires continue to exert their infl uence, with 60% of the
early 2008, of which the bull was sold
heifers sired by only eight bulls, which considering the 600 plus bulls on the
to Semex, and Doris is now in calf for
market is quite startling. Only three of the heifers, from Sanigar, Ingleview and
August to Shottle having yielded 9237
Monbar, were sired by stock bulls. Goldwyn holds the Premier Sire title as sire of
kg in 247 days at 4.73% fat and 3.17%
12 of the heifers, with Talent the only other bull to reach double fi gures with 10.
protein so far in her fi rst lactation.
The UK phenomenon Shottle is father to nine heifers and was the only bull to
Doris has one of the world’s hottest
sire four or more daughters not to be bred in North America. Pursuit September
pedigrees, as she is a daughter of
Storm has seven daughters, Silky Gibson six, Champion and Roy fi ve, and Allen
Ocean-View Durham Doris EX94, the
fi fth generation EX Durham daughter
four. Talent, Champion and Gibson, who all ranked as top sires of the heifers in
from the heart of the Dellia family, via
the December 2007 feature, have remained a feature this time around.
an EX Airliner, then an EX Leadman,
Origin
while her fourth dam is the illustrious Mark Shadwick of Skyhigh lays claim to ownership of the only British Friesian to
Snow-N Denises Dellia EX95. feature on the list. His purchase Blackisle Pauline 71, by top Friesian Sire Blackisle
Glen Albyn, has an EX dam and completed her fi rst lactation in 305 days at 8796
kg at 4.87% fat and 3.38% protein.
Sanigar Trademark Arlene
This year there were only three heifers not carrying the 01 (UK Holstein) breed
Saxelby Goldwyn Rose
code. These included Smiddiehill Alanya, a German-bred daughter of the Ada
Scawfell Gibson Storm Model family, and two heifers registered in the Irish herd book which were then bought
Shanael Champion Belle by Northern Irish herds, both of which happen to be from the Lulu family.
Shanael Shottle Milie
Cow families
Smiddiehill Alanya
It’s well accepted that ‘breeding will out’ and the strength of cow families is
Smiddiehill Champion Maeve
instrumental in the performance of offspring. A brief study of the top scored
Smiddiehill Durm Ashlyn
Smiddiehill Goldwyn Sharon
heifers reinforces this theory. Lystel Lana Lindy EX92-2E and Copywood Integrity
Stilbrook Desire 5
Sara EX93-2E can certainly lay claim to the title of brood cows. Ingham Lana
Studdah Startit Reward
Talent and her full sister Ingham Lana Talent 2 both went VG88, and there is one
Syke Redman Jodie Red
further EX and eight VG sisters. Sold at the Deane family’s Ingham dispersal, they
Wardle Talented Janine
are now both in the Rockset herd. Incredibly, Copywood Integrity Sara EX93-2E
Warnelview Geno Wonder
has bred four daughters scoring VG88-2yrs in 2008, two by Talent and one each
Wedgwood Ladino Janette
sired by September Storm and Shottle (the latter is now VG89 in her second).
Weeton Goldwyn Irene
Maternal sisters by Redman and Gibson from Fradon Storm Melanie (an EX sister
Wickerslack Shottle Lupin
to Dalesend Storm Maude EX97-5E), registered and then sold by Nigel Hollick at
Willsbro Dubuque Roz Honesberie, contribute to the infl uence of the Maude family, with two Hester’s
Willsbro Shottle Lausine from Brynhyfryd also scoring VG88. All four heifers have the same second or third
Wiltor Goldwyn Lausine dam, River Dale Triple Threat May, dam of Fradon Tab Maude.
Wiltor September Raven Other families to have had a signifi cant infl uence are the Lulus, with three family
Winkleigh Brad Verna 24
members from three different herds on the list, as well as the strong North
Wintersell Mila 10
American families - Adas, Dellias and Laurie Sheiks (there are two Lausines as well
Yatehouse Talent Belle
as the aforementioned Lanas).
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