SIRE ROAD TESTS
tinehill full throttle
RIGHT One of the first UK daughters of Tinehill Full Throttle, a
non pedigree heifer owned by Messrs Dakin.
LEFT Diamondwood Principal Victoria VG88, dam of Full Throttle.
Production-wise, he is a big volume bull at 782 kg, with
scope for this to ease, however this is at the expense of
components (-0.22% fat and -0.09% protein). So swift has
been the emergence of this sire that Somatic Cell Count and
fertility indexes are not available (again highlighting the
virtues of waiting for the next proof on this new bull).
type-wise, Throttle cruises in at 1.79, with Mammary and
feet and leg composites 1.71 and 1.17 respectively. An
analysis of his linear bar chart and type traits draws the
following conclusions; overall a balanced sire, without any
major flaws at this time. Throttle’s strengths are through
the udder, ligament (+2.68) is his strongest trait which is
coupled with high rear udders, good spread of teats on the
side (+2.38) and sloped rumps. otherwise, Throttle’s can be
i
t must be with cautious optimism that we see a new
anticipated to be medium sized with average frames, slight
sire emerge on the uK proven bull scene. Tinehill Full
straightness to the leg (rear legs side view -0.74, a variance
Throttle stands very much for British breeding; he was the
on his sire who is renowned for breeding a straighter leg)
first Picston Shottle son to be sampled in the world and
and not extreme. Areas worthy of protection would be
is bred from a VG88 Crichel Principal daughter. Debuting
udder depth (+0.28) and openness of fore udder (+0.33).
at 15
th
on the top uK bred type Merit rankings, the bull is
At this stage it also looks like the Throttle daughters will
in the very early stages of his first proof and offers a low
be good to work with. temperament is a whopping 2.82
reliability proof of 71% for type with 36 daughters in 21
and ease of Milking and locomotion hover around the +1.4
herds currently. With his daughters still calving now, he
mark.
also has daughter numbers just into double figures for his With 179 daughters so far registered, the majority born in
production proof. 2007, we can anticipate his proof strengthening in 2010.
nevertheless, at this stage he is looking a worthy contender. he now has 39 daughters scored, with 22 GP and 14 G, and
MASCol
r
e-ranking the top uK proven sires by Pli throws up an LEFT Mascol originally came to the fore at the top of the PLI
interesting sire or two and no more so than in 17
th
spot
listings in 2005. He now has a solid UK proof.
– Mascol. this German-bred sire, who dominated the top BELOW Mascol daughter, Ballycairn Mascol Agella VG87.
Pli listings during 2005 to 2007 with an interbull proof, has
been re-released on the back of his very sound, 400 plus
milking uK daughter proof.
Born in 2000, this Mtoto son is bred from the Lou Etta
family, developed in holland. he is from the VG85 QG
Elaine, a Rudolph daughter who also bred eX90 and VG89
full sisters to Mascol at Cogent, the former then being sold
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