The Fire Sky Ankole Female Catalogue

The Fire Sky Cows

Below is a catalogue of our exceptional female animals. Through our extensive embryo program, where we do all aspirations (OPU’s) and transfers (ET’s) on our farm, we have complete and reliable information on all fertility aspects of our animals. Similarly, we only select the best of the best young first time recipients, which will ensure that our embryos are implanted in hardy, well adjusted female animals.

Traditional Ankole 

Foundational Ugandan Genetics

A06-009 Sheba

A10 with BA2

Measured 02/2024: Length 45 1/8″, Base 14 1/8″

Sheba is a beautiful Ankole cow with a strong build and magnificent horns. With her darker brown colour, Sheba is another prime example of a very traditional Ankole look. She was correctly crowned as the 2020 ARC best elite cow with exceptional values for ICP (intercalf), growth and milk production. As a BA2 and A10 combination she was always going to breed masculine bulls.  Our own Ruhugo is proof of that and through him Sheba’s fantastic bloodline will be entrenched in our animals. 

A07-042 Kyasha

A21 with BA1

Measured 02/2024: Length 51 4/8″, Base 20 1/8″

With her perfect horns at over 51″ and with 20″ bases, Kyasha is currently the benchmark Ankole cow in South Africa. She is a magnificent example of the Ankole breed in both her stature and her personality. She is a BA1 product from A21. Kyasha has proven to be a very fertile cow and at 16 years continues to be a prolific embryo donor. Her conversion of embryo to successful recipient pregnancy is exceptional. Although she has proven to breed exceptional females with Maximus, she also does well with all other bulls we have used with her. With offspring such as Dyana (a Kyasha/Dyambo daughter) and our four Kyasha-Maximus sisters, this exceptional traditional Ankole line will form the core of the Swanepoel Ankole Stud.

NANK07-063 Acruxia

KBA00-001 / KA96-009

Top South African Genetics

A14-015 Imali

A07-010 / A07-038

Length 45″, Base 15 4/8″

Once her two daughters SA23-001 (Anansi) and SA23-003 (Adisa) were born, we decided to acquire both her (and Nandi) as donors for our own embryo production plan. To me she encapsulates what I am looking for in an Ankole stud cow, both physically as well as aesthetically!

Imali is really doing well in combination with Dyambo Junior, one of our herd’s breeding bulls. This is BA1/A34 crossed with BA1/A17.

LU18-005 Velvet

NANK08-007 / NANK09-006

Measured 11/07/2024: Length 44 1/8″, Base 17 4/8″

R19-002 Mosi 

A06-015 / NANK15-011

Measured 17/12/2024: Length 47 3/8″, Base 17 6/8″

Mosi is a beautiful, glossy red Ankole heifer with exceptional horns and a gentle and soft demeanour. Her growth is one of the most impressive in our records. She is an almost equal blend of the original BA 1, 2 and 3 bloodlines, with A13, A15 and A18 all contributing. The asymmetrical shape of her huge horns makes her stand out in the herd.

LCM19-001 Ky-Ma 19-1

NANK10-115 / A07-042

Measured 19/12/2024: Length 43 2/8″, Base 17 6/8″

Storm is a daughter of Kyasha (A07-042) and Maximus (NANK10-115), two of the largest Ankoles in the country. With such royal parents, Storm arrived at Fire Sky Ankole with the attitude of a spoiled princess, and so the nickname Storm stuck. In the last year she has matured and with her dam being the matriarch of the herd she has settled down and is living up to her BA1 potential. She is a very fertile young cow.

R20-003 Afiya

A06-015 / NANK15-011

Measured 20/12/2024: Length 37 7/8″, Base 15″

Afiya is a beautiful dark brown young heifer, with well balanced proportions and symmetrical horns. She is a perfect blend of all 3 original bloodlines in BA1 with A13, BA2 with A15 and also BA3 with A18. Afiya is a great embryo donor which means we will be able to  replicate this combination with our own stud bulls.

FBG21-037 Dyana

NANK07-047 / A07-042

Measured 19/12/2024: Length 35 4/8″, Base 18 3/8″

Dyana is a beautiful daughter of Kyasha (A07-042) and Diambo (NANK07-047). When you cross legends, you expect exceptional results. Dyana is a double dose of BA1, with A4 through Diambo and with A21 through Kyasha. This is a young heifer with stunning potential which we acquired from the Jouberts of Full Blood Genetics.

LCM22-006 Maxi 22-6

NANK10-115 Maximus / NANK09-034

LCM22-007 Altari

LCM19-003 / LCM21-003

LCM22-008 Ky-Ma 22-8

LCM19-003 / LCM19-004

LCM22-012 Maxi 22-12

LCM19-003 / LCM21-004

DFN22-027 Zermatt

NANK10-120 / NANK07-067

Measured 30/05/2025: Length 28 1/8″, Base 15 3/8″

ZERMATT – Benella has strived to genetically combine South Africa’s top and iconic Ankole’s since 2017. The first Aura heifer – Shiraz – was sold for R700k in Feb 2025. Now for the second time you have an opportunity to buy a young champion sina brown cow with minimal white markings sired by glorifying 52” “Rutara” horn shaped Cumulus and dam 52” “Ricumitana” horn shaped Aura. Aura’s mesmerizing, elevated locomotion combined with Cumulus long and compact, muscular build body with elegant markings have resulted in one exceptional animal. Aura as the Bahima people would say, is an “Omwigaare” – which translates to “The Queen.” Not only that Zermatt has a bull calf at foot sired by one and only 49 4/8” Diambo. And to make it a 3 in 1, Zermatt is confirmed 4 months pregnant on day of auction to Benella’s breeding bull Ringo. He is sired by famous 52” Maximus and dam is 48” Merlot. Here you have one of the most powerful 3-1 lots entering the market.

DFN22-028 Kiona

NANK10-120 Cumulus / NANK06-006

Measured 17/12/2024: Length 28 4/8″, Base 15 1/8″

Kiona is a Bihogo brown, superior quality heifer sired by the incredible Cumulus (NANK10-120, BA2 & A26), a Rutara horn-shaped 50″ bull that sold for a record price of R1.65m at the 2022 National Ankole Auction. Her dam is Merlot (NANK06-006) boasting a 47″ horn length and genetics of BA1 x A5. Merlot sold for a record price at the 2023 National Ankole Auction. At a young age Kiona is showing the same excellent fertility of her famous dam. She is the perfect specimen of a spectacular Bihogo brown Ankole.

A23-001 Mumbi

A14-022 / A17-014 Goldie

Measured 19/12/2024: Length 13 2/8″, Base 11 1/8″

SA23-004 Ayoola

A14-001 / A15-006

Measured 18/12/2024: Length 13″, Base 11″

Ayoola is our second Nandi (ANKFA15-006) dark brown heifer from exactly the same sire. Here we truly got double the potential of this strong combination! 

SA24-007 Artemis

A14-001 / A14-015

SA24-010 WO-CU 24-10

NANK10-012 Cumulus / NANK16-003

SA24-011 WO-CU 24-10

NANK10-012 Cumulus / NANK16-003

SA24-017 LA-RU 24-17

A21-003 Ruhugo / A06-004

SA24-024 KI-ZE 24-24

R19-004 Zeus / DFN22-028 Kiona

Bont and Mottled Ankole

Foundational Ugandan Genetics

FSAN22-003 Eve

KBA00-003 / KA96-026

Measured 18/12/2024: Length 20 2/8″, Base 14 4/8″

Eve is the first heifer born on our farm, and has the sweetest nature and a beautiful build for such a young heifer. Her sire is BA3 and her dam the phenomenal A26 – making her the full sister of NANK07-141, the dam of our Black Diamond. This time the bloodline has combined for the perfect mottled look. Eve has been donating embryos from a very young age and this will assist us to replicate this famous combination. This is genetic gold!

Top South African Genetics

LU17-012 Milky Way

NANK07-098 / NANK09-006

Measured 18/12/2024: Length 41″, Base 16 3/8″

Milky Way is an excellent example of top Ankole breeding from Lumarie genetics. With a stunning mottled coat giving the impression of the stars of the Milky Way. She is an excellent combination of BA2 and A15 with BA3 and the famous A26. She has matured into one of our top embryo donors.

LU19-016 Rainbow (38 4/8″)

NANK08-007 Mr President / NANK07-127 Modjaji

Rainbow is a sought-after young daughter of Mr President (NANK08-007) and Modjaji (NANK07-127), bred with trophy lengths, magnificent mottled skin, and meat carrying capacity. She is the perfect combination of BA1 with both A31 and A5, and BA2 with A06.

LCM21-004 Maxi 21-4

NANK10-115 Maximus / NANK09-034

LCM23-006 Ky-Ma23-6

NANK10-115 Maximus / NANK09-034