SIRES By Darren Todd
What’s hot... What’s not...
Outcross pedigree Great udders Overall type
Modest PLI - 3.7 fertility
BERTAIOLA MINCIO: Outcross is currently a rare commodity among top ranking lists of daughter
ABOVE RIGHT Valle Mincio 83 is a VG87 classifi ed daughter of Mincio.
BELOW Belvedere Venina GP83.
proven bulls. In this regard the Italian bred Mincio stands out from the crowd, with no Goldwyn, O-man, Planet or Shottle directly in his pedigree. Factoring in a 3.4 type merit score - enough for second place in the UK and international daughter proven type merit ranking - and the attraction of Mincio for UK breeders becomes clear. Not surprisingly he is one of the most popular sires of pedigree calves registered in the last few years and his fi rst UK milking daughters are due to calve shortly.
FAMILY: Mincio’s pedigree has a distinctly Italian- American fl avour, being a Bolton son of an EX90 Boss
Iron daughter, with Mtoto as his maternal grandsire (hence an indirect link with Shottle). Further back, we fi nd breeding icons of their day, Astre, Inspiration and the great udder bull Chief Mark. Mincio’s sire Bolton is well known in the UK, with more than 13,000 UK daughters in his production proof. Initially renowned as a type and production powerhouse, Bolton’s main weakness turned out to be fertility. In this regard, the mating with a Boss Iron daughter has proved complimentary, with Mincio recording only a small minus in this trait.
Boss Iron can be considered as somewhat of a late bloomer, with breeder appreciation of his daughters increasing as they aged. He now boasts lifespan and fertility breeding values comparable with the best of his
76 THE JOURNAL JUNE 2015
IN THE SPOTLIGHT... BERTAIOLA MINCIO
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