World Dairy Expo Champion Features Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion – Oakfield Solomon Footloose
developing her to her full potential. Duckett Crush Tatoo at Select Sires is one of the highlights of Mike and Julie’s breeding program. He is from a cow family that fits the mold on what the Ducketts look for. Tatoo’s grandam, Vangoh Durham Treasure EX-96 99-MS, was purchased from their friend and neighbor Bob and Christine Barden as a two-year-old. Mike and Julie say that “seeing his daughters win shows and being the high scoring two-year-olds for other breeders is very satisfying and gives us an enormous amount of pride.” Champion Bred & Owned of the Holstein Show – Ms Beautys Black Velvet
Oakfield Solomon Footloose found her way to Wisconsin in May, but her legacy began long ago at Duckett Holsteins with Harvue Roy Frosty EX-97. Footloose is a granddaughter of the two-time Supreme Champion at World Dairy Expo. Her dam is Duckett-SA Braxton Frisco EX-94. Footloose is scored EX-94 with a 98-point mammary system. Along with Tim and Sharyn Abbott, Mike and Julie Duckett purchased Footloose from Oakfield Corners Dairy in New York. Before coming to Wisconsin, she already had showring prominence being Nominated All-American Junior 2-Year-Old and named All-American Junior 3-Year-Old under the care and ownership of Oakfield Corners Dairy. The Abbotts and Ducketts decided to offer Footloose at the Summer Selections sale this past June where Vierra Dairy, known for their showring success with Jerseys, partnered up with them to purchase this cow. During the International Holstein Show this year at World Dairy Expo, Footloose topped the 4-year-old class and was later named Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champion of the show. She also puts in the work at home with a three-year-old record of 32,280 pounds of milk, 4 percent fat, 1302 pounds of fat, 3.2 percent protein and 1044 pounds of protein. Footloose is pregnant and due in June for the 2022 show season and the Ducketts will began IVF work on her in late October. Duckett Holsteins milks about 60 cows with BAA of 113.4 in Rudolph. “We love the business and enjoy marketing cattle with show ring potential and high type. Having the opportunity to purchase Footloose was a dream come true with Frosty being her grand dam. Frosty is the cow that gave us a name in the business,” they say. In the future, the Duckett’s plan to keep seizing the opportunity when a cow that is their kind becomes available with the goal of 18 – Wisconsin Holstein News – November 2021
Winning the 5-year-old class and being named Champion Bred & Owned of the Show was Ms Beautys Black Velvet EX-92. Originally bred and owned by Triple T Holsteins of Ohio, she was purchased by Mike and Julie Duckett as a two-year-old. She is a Goldwyn out of Ms Excels Dundee Beauty EX-95, the All-American Aged Cow in 2011. Triple T and Vierra Dairy joined in a partnership with Ducketts at WDE on Black Velvet. Velvet earned Reserve All-American and Reserve All-Canadian honors in 2019 and was also the Reserve Intermediate Champion at the Royal Winter Fair the same year. 2021 was Velvet’s first World Dairy Expo. Looking forward to 2022, Velvet is pregnant and due in April for next show season. She too has had IVF work done on her. Intermediate Champion: Oak-Ridge-K GChip Turbo
Oak-Ridge-K Gchip Turbo has been having success in the ring all 2021 and capped it off with claiming the Intermediate Champion honor at the International Holstein Show. Prior to this, she claimed the winning spot in the Senior 3-year-old class and named Best Udder. The team at Milksource Genetics noticed Turbo at the Midwest National Spring Show and purchased
