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SCBV086 (s) Born: 4 October 2000
D'artagnion at home October 2003, 1310kgs
"A Power House of the Breed"
EBVs March 2005
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Gent. Length |
Birth Weight |
Scrotal Size |
Milk |
200D Growth |
400 D Growth |
600 D Growth |
Mat Value |
Carcass Weight |
EMA |
Rib Fat |
Rump Fat |
RBY |
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EBV |
-2.5 |
+7.3 |
+1.0 |
+15 |
+46 |
+74 |
+110 |
+19 |
+66 |
+4.0 |
+0.3 |
+0.3 |
+1.2 |
denotes trait leader
SUPREME CHAMPION HEREFORD & SUPREME CHAMPION ALL-BREEDS SENIOR BULL Royal Show 2002 NEW ZEALAND
All Breeds Supreme Meat & Wool Cup Winner, Fielding Feildays NZ 2003 and 2004
Reserve Junior Champion Canberra 2002
Class winner Sydney 2002
Junior Champion Dubbo Australian National Sale 2002
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL DUBBO 2002
Studbrook D'artagnion was purchased jointly by Otapawa and Stanfields Bushey Park Hereford Studs at the Dubbo National Australian Poll Hereford Sale, for $47,500.
D'artagnion is a supreme individual sired by the Sydney Royal 2000 Grand Champ and Sire of the Year 2002, "Allendale Musketeer", and out of the full sister to Australian Sire of the Year 2001, "Bowen Qantas.".
Studbrook D'artagnion spent 30 days in quarantine in Melbourne and flew out to New Zealand on August 26, 2002, a total of 24 hours in transit, before reaching Otapawa.
Since his arrival D'artagnion proved his easy doing ability. He serviced 45 females at Otapawa before attending the Royal Show at Palmerston North in November 2003 and was judged Supreme Champion Hereford and Grand Champion All breeds Senior Bull.
From the show he then travelled to Stanfields Bushey Park Poll Hereford Stud, Otago, and ran with another 60 females to return to Otapawa early December and finish his busy season tailing 60 females.
D'artagnion was then quarantined at the Tararua Breeding Centre for 60 days and export semen collected. His next stop was to the Central Districts Feildays in March where he successfully took out top prize of the All Breeds Meat and Wool Cup 2003, weighing in at 1150kgs.
He was described by the Judges as a "Power House of the Breed". Since then D'artagnion returned in 2004 and successfully defended his title, winning the Meat and Wool Cup again. In 2005 his daughter Spot 3053 won the All breeds heifer title, and a son was placed second in the all breeds yearling bull class.
We believe D'artagnion to be one of the best Poll Hereford bulls in the Southern Hemisphere, and look forward to his next crop of progeny this spring. His first line of rising two year bulls are for sale in our on farm Sale, June7, 2005.
Export semen has been collected and is available now world wide.
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Semen for Sale. Contact otapawa@xtra.co.nz