Take a look at some of the top cow families we are working with.
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Bosdale Outside Portrait, the "Heart of the Herd", has proven to be exceptional brood cow with12 EX daughters in our herd: 3 at EX-94 and 2 at EX-93. To date, 32 of her descendants in Canadahave scored EX with many superior production awards. Sanchez Portrait A has bred particularly well. Her daughter, Gold Chip S Portrait, scored EX-94-3E. Another daughter, Lauthority S Portrait, placed 6th at the RAWF in the Jr. 2 and 4Y old class, and another daughter placed 1st Jr. 2 at P/W. Bosdale Artist Portrait, a granddaughter of Sanchez Portrait, was 3rd Sr. 3 at Autumn Opportunity 2023.
Some exciting sisters to the dam of Bosdale Pathway are Alligator Portrait D (VG-88-3Y), the dam of Bosdale Prime headed to Semex, and Alligator Portrait B (VG-89-3Y), also with AI interest. Another pleasing young cow is Lambda K Portrait (VG-87-2Y) who was 1st Jr. 2 at P/W in 2023.
Several Portraits have sold through our tag sales and were successful for their new owners.Solomon Portea was 1st Milking Yearling at Autumn Opp. for Kingsway. Octane Portrait B is thedam of Mayfield Solomon Portia, who placed 1st 4 yr old and BU at Lindsay EX 2023. The
Portraits have also made an impact globally. In Australia, 2 granddaughters of Portrait finished top 3 in the 4 year old class at IDW. Several Portrait daughters have bred well in the UK, with one scoring EX-94 with an EX-95 daughter and granddaughter. A different branch of the Portraits has produced 2X All-World nominee Dundee Portea in Ireland.
Bosdale's investment in the full sisters R-E-W Daz Bepretty and Daz Behappy has proven to be an excellent decision. Bepretty, the dam of L Oman Barbie EX-91-2E, has an impressive lifetime total of 138,000 kg and received a Super 6 award for six consecutive superior lactations. Behappy, on the other hand, produced 88,000 kg 5.3% BF in five lactations, and many of her offspring also achieved superior lactations. Notably, the granddaughter of Behappy, Kingboy Barbie, was crowned Grand Champion cow at Western Ontario Fall Show, completing nine generations of EX. The Barbie family boasts many exciting heifers on the ground.
Ehrhardt Durham Liberty EX-8*, a daughter of the RAWF Grand Champion Idee Lustre
EX-95-3E, was purchased in 2005 with partner John Hunyady. Liberty produced 4 EX daughters at
Bosdale. Her offspring have been a big part of our show strings, continuing the Luster family
tradition year after year.
Bosdale Shottle Liberty became the highest-scoring cow ever at Bosdale. This late maturing
Shottle daughter first came into the spotlight when she was 1st 5 yr old at Aut. Opp. and pulled out
in the Grand Champion lineup. She finished Reserve Grand another year and 8th at the RAWF,
achieving Res. ALL-ON as a Longtime Production cow in 2018. In 7 lactations she produced
117,000 KG milk 4.6% F 3.1% P. Seven of her daughters have scored EX to date with Bosdale
Fever Liberty EX-93-2E completing 6 consecutive Superior Lactations for a total of 109,000 KG
5% BF.
Bosdale Doorman F Libby, a granddaughter of Shottle Liberty, was Grand Champion at Aut. Opp.
and P/W as a Sr. 3 yr old and placed 8th at the RAWF in 2019. Bosdale Lambda Liesel is one of
Libby's first 3 classified daughters all scoring VG as 2 yr olds.
Bosdale Gold Luster was sold to Quality Holsteins as a fresh 2 yr old in what would kick off her
illustrious show career which included being HM Intermediate Champion and HM Grand
Champion at the RAWF.
Bosdale Lambda Lusteria VG-85-1Y was ALL-ON 4-H summer yearling in 2022 and goes back
to a Fever daughter of Durham Liberty.