Introducing Stannock Talent Kiwi VG88 (2yr):

Kiwi has won:

1st prize Senior heifer in Milk 2008 Royal Highland Show

Champion Heifer 2008 Royal Highland Show

1st prize junior heifer in milk 2008 Ayr Show

Champion Heifer 2008 Ayr Show

Reserve Grand Champion 2008 Ayr Show

1st prize Senior Heifer in milk 2008 Cumberland County Show

Champion Heifer 2008 Cumberland County Show

Honourable Mention Grand Champion 2008 Cumberland County Show

1st prize heifer in the 2008 Border Counties Winter Classic

1st prize heifer in milk and Reserve Grand Champion at 2008 South-West Scotland Dairy Show.

Kiwi is owned in partnership with Wolfa Holsteins.

Kiwi's pedigree is Talent x VG87 Gibson x EX92 Rudolph x Prelude x Darcroft Inspiration Kiwi VG  x VG Sir Christopher x EX Marquis Ned.

Kiwi has a Goldwyn heifer calve at Wolfa.

Goldwyn Kiwi was Champion Calf at 2008 Cumberland County Show.

We are delighted to have been Reserve Grand Champion at the 2007 Northern Expo judged by Hank Van Excel.

Our Reserve Champion was Errolston Gibson Wendy VG89 (3yr), pictured below:

Wendy is a 6th generation VG or EX:

Pedigree: Gibson x EX Rudolph x EX Tesk x VG F&G Acres Felix

We are currently calving the first milking daughters of Errolston Militant EX and they are looking good.  Really wide rear udders and great feet and legs.  There are over 30 registered daughters of Militant at Errolston.

Militant is a son of this cow:

Koldenhove Bellwood Milly EX-4YR EX-MS

2. 15493kg 305 days 3.86%bf 3.08%pt (Twice daily milking)

Milly was imported from Holland and stands around 63" inches tall!!    

Milly's offspring at Errolston: 

Errolston Manat Milly VG87(3yr) SP  - pictured below

    1. 2/5 11,347kg 305days 3.43%bf 3.17%pt (2x) - Due with 3rd calve Mar 08 to Roxell

Errolston Emerson Milly VG88(3yr)      - Due with 3rd calve Feb 2008 to Titanic. Pictured below:

Errolston Militant EX90(3yr) (male)     - Over 30 daughters on the ground at Errolston.  The oldest are now milking and look very promising.  They have excellent feet and legs and really wide rumps, wide rear udders and lots of veining to the udder.  Militant is also a calving ease sire.  Semen available.

Bellwood Milly's pedigree is:

EX Bellwood x

Langs-Twin-Elm Mas Milly VG87 by Mascot, 2.03 305d 13545kg 3.26%Bf 3.36%Pt

Fay-Ark-M Bova Molly VG85 by Bova, 2. 5.02 305d 12746kg 4.20%Bf 3.20%Pt

Spectacular Muriel VG-89 by Bell (dam of MMB Tennesse, former No.1 type bull - UK), 3.11 305d 12461kg 4.9%Bf

Fay-Ark Valiant Marsha EX-93 by Valiant, 3. 4.08 305d 11071kg 3.9%Bf 3.2%Pt

Cliff-Crest Round-Oak Marge EX-92 by Elevation, 6.06 305d 13975kg 4.4%Bf

As you can see her pedigree contains no Blackstar, Starbuck or Chief Mark.

 Check out her details at :

  http://195.153.22.85/holsteinuk/publicweb/animaldata/data/ASFemalefs.asp?AnimalID=30879608

The first calves are being born sired by Errolston Revelation.

Revelation's calves are very like his dam Ricki.  He is an easy calving sire.

Revelation is a Maughlin Storm son of this cow:

Introducing STANNOCK FORMATION RICKI EX93 2E, CHAMPION HEIFER (RESERVE SUPERCOW) AGRI-SCOT 2002:

Below is how Ricki looked in her prime as a 4yr and now EX second calve.  In the form you can see her in she Captured Reserve Grand Champion Holstein UK Royal Show 2004 and Grand Interbreed Dairy Champion Royal Highland Show 2004.

1. 10,817kg 305d 3.55%bf 3.02%pt (2x)

2. 13,536kg 305d 4.60%bf 2.93%pt (2x)

3. 12,705kg 305d 4.35%bf 2.95%pt (2x)

This 63" Queen of the Ring completes 11 generations of VG or EX cows!

Ricki is now EX93 2E has 6 VG & 5 Ex sisters and her only milking daughter is now scored EX!! Her Dam is now an 8* Brood Cow, and her granddam is a 3* brood cow!!!

This is an emerging family.  The 2006 French National Show Champion was a Rubens cow called Ricki that also traces to Calbrett Astro Ricki EX. 

check out Ricki's pedigree, production and progeny by clicking on the picture:

(click on the name of Ricki's dam or granddam below to go to their details on Holstein UK.)

Sire: Shen-Val LM NV Formation

Dam: Bigbridge Blackstar Ricki EX91 8* brood cow

2Dam: Bigbridge Inspiration Ricki VG87 3* brood cow

3Dam: Watergate Roytem Ricki EX 3* brood cow by Roybrook Tempo

4Dam: Calbrett Astro Ricki EX91 by Bridon Astro Jet, Reserve Grand Champion at UK National 1988.

Astro Ricki has  9 EX daughters and 9 VG daughters!  A granddaughter by Rubens called Ricki was the Grand Champion at the French National Show in 2006.

5Dam: Maple-lawn-MD OH Ruby EX by Maple-lawn-MD O Henry (Elevation x Astronaut)

6Dam: Maple-lawn-MD Elevation Ruby EX

7Dam: Maple-lawn-MD Sinclair Reba VG

8Dam: Maple-lawn-MD Skyliner Rosa VG

Brockafield Lee Lottie VG89 (3yr)

Lee Lottie's Rear Udder.

Lee Lottie EX93 pictured as a 3rd calver after winning Reserve Grand Champion at Agri-Scot 2005.

We are selling Lottie's fancy November 2006 Goldwyn at the 2007 Black & White Sale at Carlisle.

Errolston Gypsy Lottie is cut like mum and great udders and high components are guaranteed!!

Click HERE to find out more about the Lottie family.

Llydan Merchant Top Carol VG89 (3yr)

1st Prize 2nd Calver in Milk and Reserve Grand Champion - Royal Highland Show 2007

Carol beat Almond Stormatic Avis, the Royal show winner a week later, to win the 2nd calvers at the Highland.

We are delighted to have won the whole herd inspection competition for Scotland.

As a result of winning the Scottish herds we now represent Scotland in the UK herds competition.  We are hosting the judge on Friday 14th September at 3.00pm.

We are flushing the 2 cows pictured below in August 2007.  Reasonably priced embryos will be for sale, contact us for details:

Renbank Wade Fiasco EX93

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- Twice nominated All-Britain

- Dam is EX93 Broker

- Fiasco produced 16 embryos by Nor-Bert Calypso.

Brockafield Lee Lottie EX93 - click HERE for pedigree

- 3. 4y4m  12,303kg 305d 4.39% bf 3.28%pt

- Dam is EX Lava with 3.4% PT

- Reserve Grand Champion Agri-Scot 2005