Supershot continues to exceed expectations
Cogent Supershot has been in the limelight
since he topped worldwide charts and now,
with his first progeny hitting the ground
across the globe, the excitement has reached
a new high. His impact on the breed will
undoubtedly be significant, with daughters
The first sheep breeding
sale of the year
The Dorset Horn and Poll Dorset Sheep
breed are renowned worldwide for their
unique ability to lamb naturally at any time
of the year. This means that they are the
ideal sheep breed for any type of farming
operation, whether to tidy up grass swards
after summer grazing by cattle or producing
crops of lambs every eight months, they
are sure to add value. The Dorset is one of
the oldest recognised sheep breeds that has
continued to develop and adapt to innovations
in farming and market demands, producing
a high quality commercial prime lamb or
highly prolific and maternal females.
In addition to the breed’s strength and
versatility it also sets the market tone for the
sheep industry due to the famous May Fair,
which is the first pure-bred ram and female
sale of the year. Taking place during the
first week of May at the Exeter Livestock
Centre, it attracts keen interest from vendors
and buyers from all corners of the United
Kingdom. With a large quality selection
of well grown ram lambs and shearlings,
including performance recorded stock, and
quality breeding females, buyers regularly
depart with purchases capable of being put
straight to work.
starting to appear at the top of many different
leader boards, on a number of different
genetic bases. In Canada, currently five of the
top eleven highest heifers on GLPI in the
world are sired by Supershot across three
different countries and four of the top
twenty-five highest GTPI females in the US
are Supershot daughters.
In the UK, his calves are developing
exceptionally. Initial genomic tests from
Germany show that Supershot will have some
of the highest RZG females in the breed with
many more animals being eligible for results
in the April genomic run.
Additionally, after each genetic index run,
Supershot’s GTPI rises. In December, he
climbed to 2,675 GTPI, which ranks him at
number six on the available sires list and the
number one bull available that is not sired by
Mogul. In the UK, Supershot is one of a few
bulls actually available over the 600 GPLI
mark and offers 2.55 on UK Type Merit.
Owain Harries, Cogent’s Genetic
Procurement Manager, said:
“Breeders from around the world have been
delighted with the return on their initial
investments. First when they had great results
when they were flushing with Supershot, then
when they had the calves born which were
full of vigour and character and now with the
genomic test results coming back.
Supershot is demonstrating his ability to
consistently sire progeny of the highest level.
In a time where younger progeny seem to
dominate the high rankings due to
their shorter generation interval, it is almost
unprecedented for a bull of
nearly two years old to still feature in the
top ten lists. Supershot is making a huge
difference in the AI world and the dairy
industry in general.
Already, although early into his career, he is
being hailed a ‘game changer.’
He will sell for years to come and we are
eagerly anticipating the addition to the PLI
league table of the first Supershot females.”