08/24/2023
Ice Cloud went 95 today! ๐
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐-๐๐!๐
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We are very excited to announce that 525HO127 Dun-Did ICE CLOUD was just passed by a committee of Holstein classifiers to EX-95 EEEE at the age of 7 years and 2 months old. His breakdown: FC-97, DS-94, RP-92, FL-93.
From the first day we laid eyes on ICE CLOUD as a yearling in the heifer pens at Howe Holsteins, we saw in this bull a beautiful blending of qualities. If there was ever a bull in the pens at Triple-Hil Sires that felt could someday reach โcommittee statusโ, it was ICE CLOUD.
First of all, join us in congratulating his breeder, Harry Weier, for breeding this incredible individual! Certainly, Harry is now stranger to breeding high-scoring bulls, including the legendary Dun-Did Storm Cloud V who went on to receive the highest possible score at EX-97! What makes it even cooler is the fact that the EX-97 Storm Cloud is the maternal Grandsire of Ice Cloud. In other words, this bull is no accident. Heโs backed by powerful cow families and his 3rd dam, Dun-Did Senator Reba (EX-93) was Reserve Grand Champion at the World Dairy Expo in 1994.
We also must mention and give credit to Doug Brown Browndale, as his breeding shows up multiple times in ICE CLOUDโs pedigree, most prominently in his sire, Black Ice. Also, Browndale Stardust shows up both in the top and bottom sides.
Folks, this is what is possible with a patient, focused, balanced breeding strategy. Relegate the ever-changing tides and clamor of industry infatuations to the periphery. Keep your eye on the vision of the cow you want to breed and stick to it. You will be rewarded.
Unsurprisingly, Ice Cloud shows us by his progeny that he is breeding in similar fashion to the way he was bred. The Ice Cloud daughters excel in depth of chest, substance of bone, depth of rib and excellent feet & legs.They probably wonโt win shows, but rather be foundational brood crows that you can build from.
It would be fitting to quote Harry Weierโs words found in the 2001 Dun-Did Complete Dispersal sale catalog: โ
"๐๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต.๐๐ช๐จ, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ! ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฆ๐ฏโฆ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ-๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ-๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ โ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆโ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด.โ
If those words were true 22 years ago, then they are even more true today!
