WHY EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN
LEFT Shanael Minister Golden was
top price at 10,000gns at the 2010
Black & White, bringing the Golden
family to the fore.
pregnancies and we had two
bulls, Shanael MM Gold and
Shanael MM Goliath. As well as
the Golden we sold, we have her
October 2009 full sister, Shanael
Minister Golden 2”.
Those four Mr Minister siblings
bring the progeny count of
Shanael Shottle Golden VG89
to seven already, as she has
a November 2007 ET Bolton
daughter which has just calved
with a Goldwyn bull calf. She
looks extremely promising and
will hopefully be going to the
National as a junior two-year-
old. As well as an Allen son from
Shottle Golden’s fi rst calving, her
second natural calf back in May
2009 was also a bull, Shanael
Goldwyn Gold (by Goldwyn).
The four bulls from her have
As the gavel fell at 10,000gns, the top price at the 2009 Black already started to impact on
and White had been secured. There had been great admiration
future breeding programmes
as they have all found homes.
for the February 2009 calf by sale attendees, credit indeed for
Shanael Gladiator (by Allen) was
sold as a stock bull to Nick Pole,
the Miller family from Shanael and delighted new owners
a non-pedigree milk producer in
Designer Holsteins; Pete Prior and Cat Moody of Radley Green
Somerset while Goldwyn Gold,
MM Gold and Goliath have all
in Essex. The question remaining on many members lips is what gone into UK AI studs. Her
predicted second lactation is
made the calf such a sought-after commodity and what is the
13,300 kg and she is due in May
family behind the calf?
to Toystory. She has a VG87-2yr
old sister at Shanael by Allen
Minister Golden is sired by the Durham son Mr Minister, who is bred who unfortunately lost her heifer
from the heart of the Miss Maui family. Minister is a +1.87 Type Merit calf at birth. The Allen is 267 days
sire (Interbull proof Jan 2010), with a 1.41 Foot and Leg composite and through her fi rst lactation and
1.72 Mammary composite coupled with over 390 kg milk and negative
has given 8857 kg so far and is
components. A calving ease sire proven in the USA, from
an EX90 Lee daughter of the EX95 Miss Mark Maui, Mr
Minister has sired over 2350 UK daughters so far including
Shanael Minister Golden.
Minister Golden’s dam calved for the second time in May
2009 and was raised to VG89-2
nd
calver, making her another
great daughter of the UK’s fl agship sire Picston Shottle. She
calved for the fi rst time in December 2007, gave a 13,160kg
lactation in 305 days at 3.7% fat and 3.25% protein and
had an extended lactation during which she was fl ushed
to Mr Minister. Asking Paul Miller about her mating to
Mr Minister, he explains, “The Shottle Golden is a great
young cow and ideal for being in a herd of cows. We just
wanted a sire to put in a touch of refi nement and protect
the slight straightness of leg; at the time Mr Minister fi tted
the bill. She produced seven eggs, which resulted in four
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