New Girls at the Top Aug 09

The Top 20 Heifers from the Aug 09 Dairy Co Rankings

These 20 heifers all have a £PLI of more than +£120 which places in them in the top 5% of the breed genetically and the 19 that have been classified average 82.6 points which will be about 4 points better than the breed average. 12 of the heifers are appearing for the first time whilst the other 8 have all improved their figures since the April proof run.

They are from 9 different herds and sired by 9 different sires with only three of the 20 heifers being sired by bulls that were “proven” at the time of use.

Name   Sire  £PLI GMI   Class
 Shalford 14 Tempest 16*  Pedro  £171  506  H 84
 Brymor Maid Marian 31  Yogibear  £167  427   H 86
 Beechgroves Elinor 15  Tiller Khan  £158  472  H 82
 Bourton Harriet 7 *  Holiday  £148  378  H 85 
 Thornton Clematis 7  Tiller Khan   £147  416  H 83
 Briddlesford T Foxglove  B E Tradition  £142  414  H 82
 Rosewood Pedros Sue  Pedro  £142  376  H 85
 Bourton Kelly  Yogibear  £141  394  H 85
 Briddles.Oakley Foxglove  Oakley  £135  387  H 78 
 Bourton Clover 17  Holiday  £134 346   H 83
 Thornton Onyx 3 *  Aaron  £133  428  H 84
 Kenvin P Carrieanne 16 *  Pedro  £132  367  H 84 
 Tredinney Y Primrose 16  Yogibear  £130  333  H 87
 Briddles.Lucks Daisy 13  Mr Luck  £129  325  H 83
 Carne Hoop  Yogibear  £128  315  H 86
 Brymor Tiny 24  Yogibear  £127  318  H 78
 Carne Violet  Yogibear  £127  349  H 83
 Brymor Meadowsweet 59  Yogibear  £125  344  
 Woodlands Pedro Wendy*  Pedro  £124  400  H 77
 Carne Mercedes *  Zulu  £123  454  H 76

Heifers marked with an * were in the April Rankings

There are 12 Guernsey Island heifers with £PLI scores of better than +£120 and they include daughters of Cornelius and Chiller, but unfortunately whilst part of the August Evaluations and having been Classified by HUK in August the injformation is still not published by the RGHAS.

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