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KITE DAUGHTERS DOMINATE 2006 LAUSANNE SWISS EXPO  DEFOREST, WISCONSIN - March 24, 2006 – ABS/St. Jacobs ABC sire, 94 HO10156 Markwell KITE-ET*RC daughters claimed both the Grand Champion of the Red and White Holstein Show and Grand Champion of the Black and White Holstein Show at the 2006 Lausanne Switzerland Expo held on January 13-14. "The high type sires like KITE*RC that ABS and St. Jacobs ABC offer yield daughters with superior genetics that finish first as evidenced by the results of the recent Swiss Expo," stated Tim Abbott St. Jacobs ABC Manager. “The ABS and St. Jacobs ABC team is committed to bringing dairymen high type sires that excel in the show ring and are productive cattle on home operations." In the Red Holstein Show, Wi-Star Kite Nova was named Grand Champion. She is owned by Fredi Stampfi of Switzerland. This outstanding 4-year old was also named the Grand Champion at the Junior Bulle Expo held earlier this year. Morandale Kite Bretagne was named Grand Champion of the Black and White Holstein Show. Bretagne was shown by Monrand Francois of Switzerland. Her pedigree consists of well known sires including her maternal sire Comestar Lee. With his high type, style, and balance, KITE*RC has produced daughters that have had great show ring success. The 94 stud code is owned by St. Jacobs ABC, Inc. of Canada, the long-time exclusive global marketing partner of ABS Global, Inc. KITE is also a bull that developed through the exclusive ABS/St. Jacobs ABC Judge’s Choice™ Program, a program designed to offer producers sires from some of the best high type pedigrees in the world. For example, the program currently has sons out of the 2005 World Dairy Expo Champions, Lavender Ruby Redrose-Red EX-95, Budjon Red Marker Desire EX-95 and Huronia Centurion Veronica 20J E-94%, just to name a few. 94HO0860 RAMPAGE-RED is a September Storm out of Redrose, 94HO13182 DEMOLISH is a Durham son of Desire and 94JE3437 VINDICATION is a Whistler son from Veronica. Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world-leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services and technologies. Marketing in more than 70 countries around the globe, ABS has been at the forefront of animal genetics and technology since its founding in 1941. ABS Global is part of Genus Breeding, a division of Genus plc.
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