SIRE ROAD TESTS
KED OUTSIDE JEEVES
ABOVE Jeeves daughter Dairy Ridge Jeeves 8224.
LEFT Calori-D Jeeves 3042. Her sire is bred from Juror’s family.
J
eeves has joined the group of sires with a lot to offer. His alive and well having produced over 100 tonnes of milk, and
worldwide appeal comes from the combination of one of to date, an EX and four VG daughters (three of which are
the most consistent and popular sires of the decade, Comes- VG two-year-olds). Her full sister is also multi EX. Next dam is
tar Outside, coupled with a well tried and tested family, the Ked Mark Justine VG88, well known as the dam of Juror and
Julena’s from the Ked herd in the USA, spelling longevity. seven EX and seven VG daughters. She produced 147 tonnes
Jeeves’ dam, Ked Duster Julienna, is scored EX94 and is still of milk, and there are a further four generations VG or EX
CLEEVALE DELIGHTFUL EX94
I
t might not be unusual to fea-
L
aramie is a newly proven sire in the January proof round, but he
has been in the limelight for some time, with daughters winning in
ture a sire in Road Test from
the show ring both here and in North America. A daughter was a class
the Dellia family as this family can winner at the 2007 Northern Expo and he has numerous progeny with
take on all comers as the family
All American and All Canadian nominations and wins.
with the most proven sires in the
The youngest Holstein bull ever to be scored EX96, and currently
the highest scored bull in Canada, Laramie is a Comestar Lee son
world, but what is refreshing is
from the 2002 Royal Winter Fair Supreme Champion Idee Lustre
this bull is UK tested and carries a
EX95-3E 6*. Yet another sire who demonstrates the importance and
UK prefix. So the question has to strength of cow families, he makes the ninth generation of VG or EX.
be what makes Delightful worthy
For this reason, he already has 182 daughters registered in the UK,
of consideration by breeders?
the eldest of these being born in 2005. His oldest daughters should be
milking now and some should be scored in the early part of this year,
Delightful’s pedigree needs little
although the majority will only pass their second birthday during the
introduction; he is a full brother
course of 2008.
to Regancrest Dundee, who has Lustre, Laramie’s dam, is a Robthom Integrity daughter who
been incredibly successful and
completed four lactations with an astounding third record of 21,060
popular in North America but
kg at 5.2% fat and 3.15% protein. She is a VG89-3yr Canadian classi-
fied animal, bred in Prince Edward Island, Canada who went on to be
was never imported here due to
EX95-3E in the USA, where she was owned by Ehrhardt Farms. She
health regulations. Delightful
has bred five VG daughters and a number of sons, with Laramie hav-
is therefore an Encore son (by ing full sisters scored VG86-2yr and VG89. There are further sisters
Starbuck) from the EX95 Snow-N
by Cousteau, Champion and Durham. Laramie also has maternal
Denises Dellia herself, making
brothers and sisters at Ridgefield and Bartonvale here in the UK.
Laramie’s immediate sire stack is Lee x Integrity x Astro Jet.
Delightful, who is scored EX94,
Returning with a 62% Good Plus and better rating on his current
a third straight generation EX.
Canadian daughters’ results in a Canadian Final Class score of +13,
ABOVE Feithy Lilac 92 EX 90 is a third calf daughter of Cleevale Delightful. She is one of The family has a great track sufficient for joint 18
th
place in the Canadian top conformation rank-
three EX daughters of the bull, whilea further 40 have been scored VG.
record, with the five full sisters
ings, and a UK type merit of 2.13. A sire of extreme stature and tre-
to Delightful all VG or EX, and
mendous body depth, in combination with oodles of angularity, this
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