Parade of the bulls….”Jackpot”

“Jackpot“…or W18…is approaching three and the Crown Prince of Thistle Hill.  We’d anoint him number one but it seems more fitting that we should, at least,  see the kind of calves he sires.  The first ones are due in October.

The sire is Rotokawa 243, who Ken McDowall describes as his “final and best bull”.  And who are we to argue?  The dam—Q18—has consistently produced our top bulls and heifers.  She was selected as one of four cows to serve as recips for our English embryos and at Thistle Hill being chosen as a recip is our top honor, particularly for those expensive English embryos.  She didn’t let us down and you’ll see that yearling bull later in this series.

“You’ve hit the jackpot!” is what Ken said when he saw this bull.  Now he is urging that we collect him (after we see some calves).