FAR LEFT
Bricknell Stormatic
Ethel now owned
by Sahara has kept
the Ethel’s in the
recent limelight.
LEFT EX92-7E Tempo
daughter, Bricknell
Ruby 200.
230 Ethel’s carrying the Bricknell herd sires.
prefi x, of which 41 have scored EX. Ethel 40 was another great aged cow, surviving to over 15 years of age.
The 6* RMX, RML Equal A Prelude daughter of Ethel 40 (born 1980) sold 24 years later in the 2004
daughter, Ethel 12 was then bred Bricknell sale. It was daughters by Wenron Baron, Hanoverhill Starbuck,
to the Holstein bull Ullswater Hanoverhill Jethro, and Cal-Clark Board Chairman in particular which provided
Royal Sovereign. As for many, EX progeny from Ethel 40, although her daughters Ethel 75 and 77 provided
he was the fi rst Holstein bull the most potent lines going forward.
used and the Carters never went
Ethel’s in the ‘70’s
back after that. Ethel 25 was the
resulting EX daughter, described
Five of the ten cows registered Ethel 70 to 79, made Excellent during the
by Gerald as a cow ahead of
1980’s. Two in particular left their mark. Bricknell Ethel 75 was Lucy’s favourite
her time who was never really
cow; she was Reserve Champion at the 1990 Great Yorkshire, returning to take
appreciated. Bricknell did not
the Championship in 1992. She is an EX93-3E Starbuck daughter with four
show then, but the LP90 cow did
generations EX and had been a successful show calf for Lucy, when she was 2
nd
at
feature at the Great Yorkshire
the All Britain as a calf in 1987. She bred an EX91 Inspiration who was a huge cow
Show on the Volac stand due to
that “put the sun out when she walked past it” says Gerald. She in turn bred two
her high productivity and had
Rudolph’s, VG88 and VG89. Bricknell Rudolph Ethel VG88 was a NHS class winner
many admirers. She had four
and went on to breed two EX daughters. Her sister Bricknell Rudolph Ethel 2
lactations over 10,000kgs in the
VG89 was born the day Princess Diana died and is the dam of Bricknell Integrity
late 1970’s, the best being her
Ethel 2 VG87, the aforementioned cash purchase of Lucy’s.
second at 10,228kg.
Ethel 77 was a daughter of Ethel 40, and was sold to the Sloan’s of Ryemuir,
who enjoyed considerable success with her on the Scottish show circuit in the
Best brood cow
mid 1990’s. She scored EX91 and calved ten times, although arguably her best
Ethel 40 was the family’s best
daughter was born at Bricknell. Bricknell Anthony Ethel EX93-3E was a class
brood cow, for which she was
winner and Reserve Champion at the 1991 National Calf Show. She in turn bred
awarded 32* after breeding
Raider Ethel EX94-3E who, handled by younger daughter Zoe under Judge Paul
eight EX and 12 VG daughters
Larmer, was both All Britain, and National Calf Show Champion in 1994.
and 29 sons. Neither the Ethel’s
Centenary Show for the Ethel’s
nor the Ruby’s have provided
Second place in the senior intermediate cows at this year’s National Holstein
bulls to AI - due to a lack of
Show was Bricknell Stormatic Ethel, who descends from the Raider and
index they have never stood a
Anthony show winners of the 1990’s. The EX93 third calver, owned by Sahara,
chance - but a multitude of bulls
was bought by Andrew Hodge at the 2004 Bricknell dispersal and sold on to
have sold well to other herds.
Sahara when Andrew dispersed his Cheviotview herd, making the day’s second
Characteristically they have been
top price of 10,000gns.
dairy but not extreme bulls,
Bricknell Stormatic Ethel EX93 has three 10,000kg plus records and is from
fairly black, with longevity that
an EX91 Jed daughter of Raider Ethel EX94-3E. Stormatic Ethel has now an
appealed to those looking for
8
th
generation straight EX pedigree, but has yet to
breed a heifer at Sahara.
A family with character
The next generation of farming Carter’s, Lucy and
Sam Middleton have understandably invested time
and money into both the Ruby’s and Ethel’s. They
consider both families to have strength, power and
constitution, essential in any cow, but carried reliably
in the families. Describing the Ethel’s as having
character and a robustness to overcome adversity
and illness, as do the Ruby’s, both families are still
generating lines of high scoring, long living females.
Although the future of both families at Bricknell is
dependent on holiday makers asking for the story,
it’s a story that will continue in many UK farms in
addition to Paradise, for an infi nite number of years
to come.
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