CRAWFORD BROTHERS
Established 1980
IRONSTONE GANDI
Senior Stock Bull
IRONESTONE GANDI is the Rathkeeland Herd senior stock bull. GANDI carries an unbelievable pedigree with figures to match beef value 49, top 1%. All calving figures in top 10% & 25% of the breed. His Sire Wilodge Vantastic sold for £45k. GANDI’S dam Bailea Umandy sold for £55k, who is sired by highly regarded muscly bull Requin. Ironestone Gandi breed heifers sold for £9,000 and bulls to £10,000.
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Ironstone Gandi is a full brother to the 40,000gns Ironstone Dumandy. A son of Ironstone Gandi, Ironstone Oliver, sold in Stirling in October 2019 for 10,000gns.
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IRONSTONE GANDI BREEDING
PREFIX Name
IRONSTONE GANDI
Herd Book Number
SDS11-098
Eartag
UK 283142/101335
Sire: WILODGE VANTASTIC UK 305117/400460
GS WILODGE TONKA UK 305117/300242
GD RAVENELLE 2351224583
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Dam: BAILEA UMANDY UK 720297/200576
GS REQUIN (N/A French)
GD BAILEA MAUD UK B8550/00375
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Status: Live
Date of Birth: 07/09/2011
Coat Colour: Red
Color Genotype: Homozygous Red
Performance Recorded: Yes
Myostatin: F94L/Q204X
Sex: M
Breed: LIMOUSIN
DNA Profile: Yes
Register: Main Herdbook
Horned/Polled Genotype:
Protoporphyria:
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IRONSTONE GANDI'SÂ DAM
BAILEA UMANDY (Pictured as a heifer sold for £55k)
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IRONSTONE GANDI PROGENY
Below are some of Ironstone Gandi's fine progeny.
RATHKEELAND RILEY
Born 20/02/2020 CBL20-2656 UK 9480016/1265-6 Natural Calf MYOSTATIN F94L/Q204X
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Sire IRONSTONE GANDI
gs WILODGE VANTASIC
gd BAILEA UMANDY
Dam RATHKEELAND NELLIE
gs PLUMTREE VANTASTIC
gd ERNE JUNIPER
RATHKEELAND RILEY is an eye-catching young heifer with great breeding potential. She is a stylish, growthy, feminine heifer with good muscle/width. RILEY is DNA verified and carries the F94L/Q204X myostatin gene, beef value is LM 39 with her calving figure bars all to the right for easy calving.
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This junior heifer now finds home with Mr A Paul, Magherafelt, Co Derry
RATHKEELAND PHOTOFINISH
Born 29/12/2019
CBL19-2435 UK 9480016/1234-5
Natural Calf
Sire IRONSTONE GANDI
gs WILODGE VANTASIC
gd BAILEA UMANDY
Dam ERNE ITSYBITSY
gs OMISB
gd CLEANB
RATHKEELAND PHOTOFINISH is an exceptional calf to say the least. She carries the NT821/Q204X muscle gene.
RATHKEELAND PEPPER
Born 30/11/2019
CBL19-2527 UK 9480016/1252-7
Natural Calf
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Sire IRONSTONE GANDI
gs WILODGE VANTASIC
gd BAILEA UMANDY
Dam ERNE JETSTREAM
gs SYLVANDENE DEFOE
gd FINISKILN CIERA
RATHKEELAND PEPPER is a long growthy heifer, she is square over her plates. Pepper carries the F94L/Q204X genes. She has IRONSTONE GANDI and DEFOE breeding, and impressive combination.
RATHKEELAND PRINCESSMARGARET
Born 31/12/2019
CBL19-2553 UK 9480016/1255-3
Natural Calf
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Sire IRONSTONE GANDI
gs WILODGE VANTASIC
gd BAILEA UMANDY
Dam ERNE IMBER
gs NEWLITTLEMOUNT AI
gd ERNE FREDA
RATHKEELAND PRINCESSMARGARET is a square, long clean and growthy. She carries the F94L/F94L muscle gene.
She is typical of a heifer sired by IRONSTONE GANDI and will mature into a great broad cow. Her dam Erne Imber carries TERTIO B breeding who won the Royal Welsh in 2005, sired by Rossignol. VIGOT by Danish Bull HAMMEL LUC won Junior Limousin champion and overall junior interbreed champion at the Great Yorkshire 2006 and has Ronick Hawk breeding in her back pedigree.
RATHKEELAND PUFFDADDY
Born 03/10/2019 CBL19-2085 UK 9480016/1208-5 Natural Calf
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Sire IRONSTONE GANDI
gs WILODGE VANTASIC
gd BAILEA UMANDY
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Dam ERNE HALO
gs SAUVIGNON
gd SYLVANDENE VELVET
RATHKEELAND PUFFDADDY is a square and shapely bull. He carries the F94L/Q204X genes and will exhibit carcass characteristics that are less likely to be affected by larger birthweights and reduced milking ability.
