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PNP-Legacy Ralph Lauren

ADGA #N2285675

January 3, 2023

Collected October 2024 by XCELL Genetics None Available for Sale at this time

AS1C A/B G6S Normal

We purchased Ralph on a whim as a bottle kid. His pedigree caught our eye; it combines the showy elegance of the nationally known Blissberry herd with the heavy production and longevity of the Camelot Cattle Company herd. It was our hope that he would cross well over our does from Camelot Cattle Company. When planning breeding season in 2024, we realized we needed to make some cuts to our buck numbers due to the hoped for junior bucks we wanted from the crosses. We had Ralph collected by XCell Genetics that October, putting 20 straws in our tank and sending 10 straws to a herd in Wisconsin. Ralph headed to a new herd in western Kansas in November of 2024.

There is a lot to love about Ralph. His daughters have been big and growthy. He is gentle and easy to handle. We do notice that he dips in his chine, but that trait isn’t pronounced in his offspring. His long, dairy neck, blends well into his shoulders, even though his shoulder is a bit far forward (causing the dip in his chine), and he has a nice brisket structure. Ralph passes on great length and rear leg set to his offspring. His escutcheon is well defined, his legs are true and he stands on strong feet. We haven’t see fresh daughter’s yet, but we expect high production and nicely attached mammary systems.

Ralph’s parents come from two different herds, but both go back to the Kastdemur’s bloodlines we have in so many of our doe lines. In particular, both sides go back to ++*B GCH Kastdemur’s Time in a Bottle, son of SGCH Kastdemur’s Temerity, the 2009 ADGA Nubian National Champion. Ralph’s dam, Blissberry New Jersey, was the 12th place milking yearling at the 2021 ADGA National show, and his sire’s dam, Camelot Cattle Co Amara, has made the ADGA Top Ten list three years in a row (so far). His pedigree is full of multi-generationnal star milkers and excellent mammaries, with many successful show chhampions and Superior Genetics animals.

Linear Appraisal Data

Ralph has not been appraised.

His dam appraised FS 86 (+VVV) as a yearling milker.

His sire’s dam appraised FS 92 (EEEE) as a four year old.

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Ralph’s Pedigree

PNP-Legacy Ralph Lauren

(*B Pending)

Progeny @ Bluestem Acres

Kansas Bluestem RubyRedSunrise- intermediate kid- August 2024

2024- Kansas Bluestem RubyRedSunrise; Kansas Bluestem RL Earl (buck trade-in program; returning for 2027 breeding season)

2025: We hope to retain a few kids from Ralph in the Spring kidding seasons in 2025.

Supporting Photos

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Dam Line Ancestors-

Dam: Blissberry Jew Jersey as a yearling FF (photo credit: Blissberry)

DHIR data: New Jersey freshened at 13 months old; milked for 257 days, producing 1,730 lbs of milk, 89 lbs of butterfat (5.1%), 78 pounds of protein (4.5%) … her peak of 7.7lbs/day was reached at day 84, according to CDCB records. She has no additional complete lactations on record, but data is avaialble for the beginning of both her second and her third lactation.

Linear Appraisal: 1-06 +VVV 86

Dam’s Dam: Blissberry New Orleans

DHIR data: New Orleans was a 2yr old FF, producing 2040lbs of milk over 292 days with 4.8% butterfat and 4.3% protein. Her best lactation on record is her second laction with 3470lbs of milk over 302 days, peaking over 15.5lbs of milk a day. Her 3rd and 4th lactations both produced over 3000lbs of milk as well.

Linear Appraisal: 3-02 EEEE 91

DDD: Kastdemur’s Baton Rouge as a 3rd old, 3F

DHIR data from Blissberry: Baton was a FF Yearling producing 1080 lbs at 4.3% butterfat and 3.5% protein. Her 5th lactation, as a 5yr old, is her best lactation on record, at 2500lbs of milk over 255 days.

Linear Appraisal: 5-07 EEEE 91

DDSD: Wingwood Farm Tac Toledo

DHIR data from CDCB: FF as a 2yr old, producing 2016 lbs over 305 days, 5.4% butterfat, 4.0% protein; best lactation on record is her 2013 lactation at 2600 lbs over 301 days.

Linear Appraisal: 4-01 EEEE 92

DSSD: Blissberry Good Girl Gone Bad

DHIR data: With all her completed lactations over 2500lbs milk, Bad Girl milks well. Her best lactation on record is her 3yr old year, production 2890lbs of milk with 4.7% butterfat and 4.3% protein.

Linear Appraisal: 3-05 VEEE 91