Merlot descends from BA1 and A5. Her commanding horn measures 47 1/4", a crown there is no missing. Merlot changed hands for R1 100 000, many times the comparable rate. Merlot has left Nabirye (BBAN24-006), Kiona (DFN22-028), Ringo (DFN22-035) behind her. Nabirye, her daughter, has a recorded sale price of R600 000.
From the sale catalogue
This is an opportunity of a lifetime to buy Merlot, an unbelievable bihogo brown top breeding cow with Kitara horn shape measuring 47 2/8". With her striking “Kyasha” white mark on her face her presence becomes royal. One of Benella’s matriarch cows, she breeds beautiful iconic offspring with white spots or mottled patterns on their faces. Not only is she very fertile, she flushes well too. She will be a cow that stands out in your herd. She is the mother of Lumarie’s stud bull “Mr. President”. She has got a well-balanced body, horn length and shape presenting as a spectacular specimen of an Ankole cow. She will be sold in calf to Oerlikon - Son of Cumulus 50inch (R1.65mil) and Aura a monstrous full volume horned cow measuring 52inches. Oerlikon has measured a base thickness of 19.7 inch and horn length of 32 inches at the age of 3 years and 3months. This world class combo - selling Merlot in calf to Oerlikon is record material. Don’t miss out!
BENELLA ANKOLE STUD. YONDER HILL WINE FARMING CC · National Ankole LIVE Auction - 22/04/2023 · Lot 52 · 2023-04-22 · source
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Subject
47 2/8"