Red Cattle Genetics May 2011 Catalogue

[jaimiediamond]

Does anyone have more information on these bulls?


BALMYLE WARPATH (H) #BPW W31.30 (62.5%)
UPPERMILL LANG (P) #DJU Z16.33 (81.25%)
LOVELY LONA (P) #361402 (100%)
Sire: CHAPELTON EVEREST (P) #BID E4.38 (84.37%)
BALMYLE TIME BOMB (H) #361319 (75%)
CHAPELTON LADY BARRINGTON Y24 (H) #BID Y24.32 (87.5%)
NEWTON LADY BARRINGTON U4 (H) #361902 (100%)
Animal: HOLMEERE ALASTAIR (H) #167694-700024-47 (81.25%)
BALMYLE XPRESS (H) #BPW X37.31 (62.5%)
GLENISLA ARCHER (Twin) (H) #GJP A10.34 (56.25%)
BALMYLE GENOA 4TH (MA) (H) #361668 (50%)
Dam: GLENISLA UNA CLIPPER (P) #GJP D20.37 (78.12%)
ORROLAND SPANGLE (P) #360095 (100%)
UNA CLIPPER OF UPSALL (P) #362033 (100%)
CLIPPER LINDA OF UPSALL (P) #TR.L15 (100%)

SCOTSDALE TRADITION (P) #FW 21S.34 (100%)
STONMOUR WINCHESTER (P) #322193-300003-47 (100%)
STONMOUR FAIRY BARRINGTON 17TH (H) #02642038 (100%)
Sire: STONMOUR FORDELL (H) #503801955
PENNAN WINCHESTER (P) #360725 (100%)
STONMOUR FAIRY BARRINGTON 17TH (H) #02642038 (100%)
STONMOUR FAIRY BARRINGTON 15TH (H) #02639456 (100%)
Animal: STONMOUR THUNDER CLOUD (P) #523800206
HAROLD OF DENEND (H) #284 (100%)
HOROSCOPE OF UPSALL (P) #407 (100%)
BROADHOOKS OF UPSALL (P) #717 (100%)
Dam: STONMOUR MUSICAL IRIS (P) #BTC N1.45 (100%)
UNICORN OF UPSALL (H) #362027 (100%)
STONMOUR MUSICAL SAL (H) #BTC K2.42 (100%)
KINGSEY MUSICAL 21ST (H) #639455 (100%)

 

[irishshorthorns]

The Holmere Alastair bull would be a useful type if crossed back on to cows of Scottish type i.e. Scottish Beef Shorthorn/ Maine Anjou breeding. What would hold him back is his colouring and calving difficulty figures. If you were to go down that type of bloodline route you'd be 100 times better off using something like Cairnsmore Thrasher. He would breed you more functional cattle and he is a lot easier calving than his figures would suggest. Personally I think these Scottish types are very hard fed. I bought a Scottish cow years ago as an experiment and she cost exactly 50% more to feed that the same size Irish and Canadian bloodline cattle. When we weighed the calves her progeny looked good but were on average always about 48kg  behind their herd mates at the same age. Her calves funnily enough always sold well but she really taught me that my opinions about that type were correct. The Stonmour Thundercloud bull is just crap to be honest. He was marketed here in Ireland for a few years. His calves were very squat, and their worst fault was the fact that the majority tapered very badly from the hooks to the pins. It was noticeable in his progeny from a young age and became worse as they matured. Lots of breeders sampled him here because he was cheap and cheerful, but they soon realised why he was so reasonably priced when his calves arrived. I judged at a Shorthorn field evening last year and you could spot his calves a mile off. Truly awful.