Henkeseen Emphasis (Titanic x Durham)

New Titanic son Emphasis has a really strong proof backed up by a top cow family from Henkeseen. Despite the base change he transmits a healthy 290 kgs of milk with a £PLI of £49 and his management traits are strong with +0.2 Lifespan, -2.2 Fertility, -6 cell counts and 1.5 easy calving. He really comes into his own with type improvement which again, despite the base change, is a huge 3.19 Type Merit with 3 on udders. His daughters are average through the body but have straight legs and really steep heels (3.3); udders are superb with 2.8 fore udder, 3.3 rear udder, 3.2 udder depth and 2.1 udder support. This profile will be of huge interest to breeders and commercial farmers looking for great type. He is from a really strong cow family; his dam, Kerndtway Durham Emily, by Durham, is out of Henkeseen Hills Emerald EX90, dam of top sire Mesland Duplex who is also by Durham making Emily a full sister to Duplex. Emerald is by MJR Blackstar Emory making her a full sister to another top bull in Henkeseen Hillcrest, and their dam is Henkeseen M Hillary EX94 by Curries M Holiday. Hilary is out of Henkeseen Mark Marci EX94, also a dam of numerous sons.

Duty (Durham x Integrity)

Duty is a high type Durham son out of an EX95 Integrity dam who goes back to Glenridge Citation Roxy EX97, the Cow Of The Century. Duty has reasonable production at 288 kgs of milk and a positive +0.1 Lifespan. He really excels in his type profile with a Type Merit score of 3.09, an udder score of 2.54 and 2.81 feet and legs. His daughters have strength and width, correct legs with steep heels, well attached shallow udders with a strong cleft and good teat placement. His dam is Brigeen-C Intergrit Robin EX95 (also dam of proven sire Brigeen Riley) is out of an EX91 Prelude, a VG88 Southwind, then a VG86 Valiant, an EX94 Ivanhoe and then EX97 Roxy.

Pine-Shelter O Lariat EX91 (O-Man x Mtoto)

Lariat offers something for everyone with good production, positive components, strong management traits and balanced type. Lariat is a son of world number 1 sire Oman Justice and transmits many of his qualities. He offers over 170 kgs of milk, 22kgs of fat and protein, a £PLI of £105 with 74% reliability. He is a +0.2 Lifespan bull with –15 cell counts, a good –1.9 fertility and 2.6 very easy calving. He breeds strong, wide daughters with a negative score for angularity, very correct feet and legs and well attached, shallow udders with close front teat placement. He has a strong dam line with his Mtoto dam, Pine-Shelter Lariat VG88, also being the dam of two Dairy Daughters bulls Pine-Shelter Laramee Mor (x Morty) and Pine-Shelter Logan Iron (x Boss Iron). Her dam, Pine-Shelter Lucina Fargo EX95 by Plushanski Fargo is the dam of proven sire Pine-Shelter Lyle Vincer and the family continues back to the EX91 Pine-Shelter Lyda Lucky Royal.