I don't want to make Mark mad because his RB suggestion made sense from the point of view of RB being a Young Money Son and Young Money being an Eye Candy Son and the Galloway Influence in Eye Candy being something that could be recovered with GallowayX mating. That E3, who I think is a lot smarter than me, and I both thought we saw some JPJ in there supports my theory that there is a Galloway in the closet of most of the old time high marbling Shorthorn lines.
I would never use RB for real because of something I read once, "first pick a breed and then pick a breeder". I don't think crossbreeding animals from distinct programs makes a mongrel in the same way crossing crossed up cattle and keeping the one good one does.
... Yet it does seem that some of these show type "mongrels" breed true to their type if used on certain cows. I guess all we can assume is that somewhere in there was a prepotent element that will seek that same element in another mongrel.
But does it matter on show cattle? As someone said, they are just bred to look pretty and die, so it doesn't make sense to expect consistency. They are like shooting stars.
Yes, XBAR, your bull is what I'm looking for in Char. I would of put him on all my cows and then use the best mongrel son back on the cows and keep the heifers out of that group. Choosing the best son seems less subjective than trying to predict which combination will nick. If I'm only looking for 25% Char, then wouldn't using a cross from my own cows work?