Hereford bull heads to Czech Republic

In a first for the Hereford breed in 32 years Romany Herefords have exported a 16 month old bull to the Czech Republic. The bull, Romany 1 Hawkeye D1 H28, from J R B Wilson and Sons, Cowbog, Kelso was chosen by Faflak Miroslav for his established herd.

Hawkeye is a high performance bull boasting 200, 400 and 600 day EBVs in the Top 1% of the Breed, Milk EBV in the top 5%, Eye Muscle Area in the top 10% with a Terminal Index of +35 and Self Replacing Index of +42.

The young bull’s dam, the home bred Romany 1 Lucy R22 D5, is by former Hereford Sire of the Year, Crickley 1 Figurehead. She was shown successfully, being awarded First place and Reserve Junior Female at the 2008 Royal Highland Show.

Romany 1 Hawkeye’s Sire is the imported Danish bull SMH Castro, one of the Romany Herd’s Senior stock bulls. Castro was bought as a promising five months old, in 2007 and is proving to be great addition to the herd. His first son to be sold at auction was Romany 1 Gem, Reserve Grand Male Champion at the Breed’s 2011 Autumn Show & Sale in Hereford and who was exported to a new Hereford Breeder in Germany. A further son is entered for Stirling Bull Sales in February.