We are proud to present our Bova AI Beef Sire Brochure for 2026. We are looking forward to releasing some exceptional new sires across several breeds this season. We are very excited to offer a new red & white Chocolat d’Ochamps son, Ballyart Rafa BB2634 who is out of a proven cow with top end progeny. Rafa has exceptional width and a performance packed pedigree guaranteed to produce show champions. Our Limousin sires have been boosted by new sire Clonark Ultan who we hope to have a very bright future ahead. Our Simmental lineup features 2 new additions for breeders. We have some outcross Angus sires available later this season that we are very excited about. We also have a new proven Salers sire from France who is breeding extremely well in a Cork based herd. We have some other new release sires coming on stream in the coming months, so please keep an eye on our social pages for details.
Following on from a successful 2025 beef season, the domestic commercial beef market has never been as good, due to declining European beef cow numbers. In-calf heifer sale specialists are choosing the Limousin sire Loyal, available in sexed semen, to fetch top prices. Loyal has really taken the heifer trade to a new level with top prices last season. For those looking for show quality with some colour, Ballyart Rafa, Reward, Record, Fury Sam, Derreen Jack and many more will appeal to true cattle people that want high quality calves.
With the use of beef AI on dairy herds growing annually, our beef sires suitable for the dairy herd are producing premium progeny that command top prices. Many of our bulls rank in the top 1% for Replacement, Terminal and DBI indexes within and across breed. These indexes will be updated every 2 months by ICBF, so please be aware of this when making your breeding decisions.
We constantly strive to source the very best available genetics of each breed, to provide our customers with the most suitable bulls for their market requirements. If you think you have a bull that may add to our stud, please do not hesitate to contact us. Bova AI wish to say a huge thank you to all of our customers for their continued loyalty to our product. It is much appreciated and we hope to continue our relationship as the company evolves.
We like to see progeny from our sires, so if you have any images from progeny of our bulls, please forward to us via social media platforms or whats app and e-mail. Please ensure image quality and resolution is of a high quality to publish and choose a well lit clean background. May we take this opportunity to wish you a very successful breeding season, and if you require advice on any bulls that we would recommend, please do not hesitate to contact us.
SEXED SEMEN
Royalty Scheme for Pedigree Registered Calves
Please note that some of our beef sires have been placed on the royalty scheme with their respective breed societies. This scheme allow us and you to use bulls at commercial rates and pay an extra fee when you register your pedigree calves.
Limousin
Ultan €40
Loyal €40
Record €40
Limbo €40
Gamin €37
Excel €40
Laurel €40
Ragtime PP €40
Junior PP €40
Charolais
Navarone €35
Sam €40
Mark €35
Pierre €40
Sylvain €45
Ready PP €40
Simmental
Jack €40
Nemo €40
President €40
Jericho €40
Dickens €20
Bova AI have continued to work with Sexing Technologies in order to supply high quality 4M sexed female & male semen from some of our top beef sires to our customers. Semen from these bulls may be limited in supply, so please contact us early to book straws from your chosen bull. We have outlined recommendations below for its use. Trials have shown that the best results with sexed semen are when used on natural heats.
Sexed Ultra 4M AI Recommendations
18-22hrs - AI with sexed semen 18-22 hours after first signs of standing heat.
Regulate - use temperature regulated thawing unit.
Daily - change thawing unit water daily. Weekly - clean thawing unit weekly.
35-37’C - monitor water temperature with thermometer 35-37’C.
45 sec - thaw for approximately 45 seconds.
35-37’C - keep semen temperature regulated to 35 to 37’C.
5 min - use 1 straw of thawed semen per heifer within 5 minutes of initial thaw.
Semen Storage & Handling Guidelines
Handling – work below the frost line of tank. Canisters should be in the neck of the tank for no longer than 10 seconds. Use tweezers to transfer straw to thaw bath in 5 seconds or less.
Thawing – thaw semen in a controlled thaw unit at between 35’C to 37’C. Only thaw enough semen that will be used within 5 minutes. Pre-warm gun to prevent cold shock. Remove straw from thaw unit, shake and dry straw with clean paper. Do not touch straw with fingers.
Loading – load straw into gun with plug end first. Cut straw at right (90’) angle with appropriate cutters and keep straw dry and warm. Place sheath over cut end of straw and lock sheath into gun. Prime gun to remove air bubbles. Wrap loaded gun in paper towel holder to provide a thermal and hygienic protection. Place inside your clothing for transport to cow.
Insemination – follow AI recommendations for insemination.
Disclaimer: Bova AI does not carry any responsibility for, or liability to the purchaser of conventional or sexed semen in respect to loss arising from on farm fertility, which is outside of the control of Bova AI. The purchase of semen does not guarantee fertility or conception. All semen is quality controlled via the latest, internationally recognised, IMV equipment before dispatch. Please check that your semen order is correct post delivery as Bova AI are not responsible for incorrect semen used by the customer.
Ballyart Rafa ET
• Rafa’s looks do the talking…..
• Extreme width at pins.
• 100% pedigree registered Red & White Belgian Blue.
• Compact well marked head, perfect to breed show calves.
• +8 for height, adding to the frame score of his progeny..
• Outstanding performance since birth.
• Beautiful breed character & temperament.
• Bred for the show circuit to ad style, conformation & character.
• Rafa’s dam is a beast of a cow with serious conformation.
• Exceptional performance and of course character to match.
• Not eligible for pedigree breeding.
• Sexed Female & Male semen available.
Breeder: Luc Lathiere, Saint Mathieu, France Myostatin: F94L +/NT821
Ricard’s grand dam
Janova
Ducasse
Ricard
Ricard
Ricard x LM dam 7 months, 1st prize Tullamore, John Kingham, Louth sold €9,800
Ricard heifer out of a CH dam, 11 months,Tom Boyd, Donegal
Jabot
• Outcross pedigree combining Rochard’s best breeding.
• Record is a muscle machine with fine bone and a 42kg birth weight.
• Exceptional width of hindquarter, tremendous docility.
• Style in abundance, very strong on milk, (grand-dam 117).
• Width at his plates and exceptional from hip to pin.
• Outstanding first calves.
• Sexed Female semen available.
Gelee Etno
Jaloux Lambine Gaspar RR
Record daughter, Harestone Valentina, Barclay family, Scotland sold with dam £9,000gns
Record daughter x Jaegerbomb dam, Ronan Tuohy, Galway sold €5,400
Record heifer x Junior PP dam 12 months, Micheal Boyle, Donegal. 1st prize winner Balmoral May 15th
Record son, Harestone Victorious Barklay family Harestone Scotland
Limbo Ben
• Limbo Ben is a son of Homere who was bred by Mr Rochard.
• His dam Chacha Ben is an Achille daughter out of a Neptune dam, who bred tremendous females in the Benoit herd.
• His dam has a calving interval over 10 calving’s of 361 days, and she is positive for milk, growth, and muscle.
• Limbo is easily calved for 2nd calving cows.
• Limbo’s progeny have shape, length and style.
• Limbo had a 42kg birth weight.
• Recommended to increase shape, length and style.
ZGM Limousin
Gamin
• Gamin is one of the highest qualified AI sires currently in France with an overall index of 123, INRA 01/25.
• Gamin is by the noted weanling specialist Edelweis MN RRE VS IVMAT 119), who was the highest qualified bull in 2014.
• Gamin has several daughters calved and they score extremely well for pelvic width, BASpsf 116, and IVMAT 119.
• Edelweiss’s stamp is early muscle throughout his calves in the Mazaud herd.
• Gamin stood out for his muscling, exceptional correctness and sheer style.
• His Linear is outstanding scoring a massive 95 for muscle but he has a balanced 78 for skeletal.
• Gamin has an incredible depth of hindquarter and excellent muscling throughout.
• He displays excellent locomotion and is very strong on top.
• Gamin’s pedigree is steeped in stars like EdelweisMN, Vercors, Neuf, Ionesco and Moero.
• Gamin’s calves are extremely consistent, display good breed character and and have a show presence.
• They have early shape, are extremely docile, correct and ooze style.
• Strongly recommended for pedigree and commercial use.
• Excellent indexes and BLUPs. DM 135, DS 113, AF 127.
Limbo Ben son, Seamus Reilly, Cavan
Gamin’s sire EdelweisMN
Excel RRE VS
LIMITED SEMEN
• Excel is one of the highest qualified AI sires currently in France, INRA 01/26.
• Excel is the number 1 bull for docility in France, 116, INRA Jan 2026.
• Excel is very good for maternal qualities producing quiet, functional cows with milk and growth.
• Excel had excellent performance as a calf.
• He weighed 433kgs at 210 days and had a birth to 120 day liveweight gain of 1.62kgs.
• He is out of a 17 year old dam purchased from Bossoutrot.
• Excel’s dam is 105 for milk and 121 for muscle.
• Excel’s pedigree includes Manoir, Navarin, Ilot and Glaieul, all qualified RRE VS.
• He was placed 1st in the Beef Class at Sommet de L’Elevage in 2014 in a very strong class.
• Excel breeds early shape, weight and length.
• He improves temperament, muscle and milk.
• Highly recommended for pedigree use.
LM4185 Limousin
• Laurel has extreme conformation suitable for cows that require an injection of muscle.
• He is exceptionally quiet, very well balanced and has good feet and legs.
• Laurel is a Heterozygous carrier of the double muscle gene.
• Laurel’s calves have exceptional growth and muscling.
• Jacot son out of Cathy Patureau’s top cow family.
• Highly regarded by international breeders at the 2016 KBS Genetics Prestige sale where he was the sale’s top priced animal.
• Laurel’s dam, Houlette, has an exceptionally high milk index of 113.
• Pedigree second to none with an exceptional well known dam line in France.
Laurel heifer x BB dam 11 months John Kingham Louth, sold €3600
Laurel heifer x BB dam 11
Genoise RR
Navarin MN RRE VS
Cesarhenon
Excel Daughter Bova Milanaise
• Ragtime PP, homozygous polled, was purchased for his calving ease.
• His sire Sokrates PP has bred exceptionally well in the herd.
• Ragtime has length, good breed character and muscling.
• He has excellent feet & legs and a very good temperament.
• 42kg birth weight, ideal for pedigree and commercial heifers and dairy cows.
• Sexed Female & Male semen available
• Jost Pp x Clovis Pp x Romario.
• Junior is by Jost (IFN 114, Comp 102) out an excellent Clovis dam with the noted Romario also in his pedigree.
• His dam, Gonzesse, is 106 for milk and 108 for calving ability.
• Junior’s granddam, Vaudoise, is one of the top cowsin the herd (Alait 112, ISU 108).
• He is Homozygous Polled and was purchased for his calving ease and milk.
• Jost Pp was purchased at 6 weeks old by KBS Genetics and is easy calving on heifers.
• Junior is an extremely long, clean bull with excellent legs and feet.
• He has excellent breed character and is well muscled.
• He has been successfully used on heifers in the
• Pointage at 7 months
herd.
heifer x LM x CH dam,
yrs old, Paul Crehan, Clare
ICBF Proof Nov ‘25
Sokrates PP
Ragtime twins 7 weeks old out of a Loyal heifer, Stephen Patten, Mayo
BOVA TRIPLE & MULTI BREED MIXES
BOVA BLUE PROFIT MAKER
Ballyart Robin BB2503
Rathlyon Paulo BB8238
BOVA SLEEP EASY
Liss Terminator AA9846
Ballyart Alex AA2963
Ballyart Trade Secret AA7803
• Easy calving, short gestation
• High growth, high carcase sires
• Premium Angus for reasonable price
Dunbeggan Schoclat BB2910
• High Dairy Beef Index Blue sires
• Average calving
• High performance Blue bulls
BOVA EARLY GRAZER
Mohober Template HE2633
Ballyart Robin BB2503
Ballyart Trade Secret AA7803
• 3 top ranking short gestation sires
• 3 breeds in 1 straw.
• High fertility sires for optimum Bova Triple & Multi Breed mixes can be tailored to any number of available sires to suit customer demand subject to availability. We have been supplying mixed semen to many export customers for over 10 years with excellent results. Please contact us for more information.
Ballyart Trade Secret ET
• Highly recommended for pedigree breeding.
• Out of the highly regarded 64’04 donor cow.
• S A V Harvestor is a performance powerhouse.
• His daughters are feminine with perfect udders and his sons have excelled in the sales ring.
• Trade Secret has caught the eye since birth weighing 43kg’s.
• He has a masculine head, displays extra length and oozes style.
• He will suit Angus suckled producers looking for extra growth, style and milk.
• Sexed Female & Male semen available.
Belvin Lady Blossom 64’04
SAV Harvestor 0338
Trade Secret daughter Killea Pinkypie, 18 months, Henry and Sam Dudlea, Tipperary
Trade Secret son 13 months John Dunne, Cavan
Ballyart Alex
• Alex’s dam is much admired by all who visit.
• His sire is leaving seriously stylish calves with muscling and length.
• Alex has the scope, power and muscling ability for any breeder.
• Strong maternal traits, a carcass improver & style.
• Sexed Male semen available.
Ballyart Red
Belvin Lady
Ballyart Trailblazer ET
Ballyart Tradition ET – maternal sister to Alex’ dam
• Sam is sure to breed calves for the top end of the showring.
• Smart, well-mannered bull, with excellent breed character.
• Sam has extra length at the loin and is ultra-correct on feet & legs.
• Sam will suit suckled calf producers and breeders alike.
Hackett, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Fury Leader Fury Nova
Crossmolina Euro Fury Cara Fury Volvic Fury Action
Fury Leader heifer 6 months old Tom Epps Scotland
Fury Leader bull 6 months breeder in the UK
Sam heifer x LM dam 8 months
Fury Leader heifer Tom Epps Scotland
Fury Leader heifer Amy Wilson Cumbria
Drumcar Ultimate
Ultimate heifer x HJD dam 3 days old Pat Johnston Fermanagh
• Chic x Bourgogne x Bivouac pedigree.
• Purchased for the easy calving market.
• Extremely docile Charolais with excellent length.
• Will improve growth and length whilst retaining calving ease.
CH4491 Charolais
Scardaune Mark
• He is easily calved and is breeding very consistent progeny with very good breed character.
• Mark is out of an exceptional cow family which includes Nelson, Pinay, Saint Are, Grand Duc and the famous cow “Javanaise”, dam of T-Urambo, who bred exceptionally well in France.
• Mark is a modern Charolais, with a clean middle, excellent length and a strong topline.
• He has a fantastic head, stands correctly and has a fabulous temperament.
• He is well muscled and should suit pedigree breeders.
• Mark’s progeny are consistently well muscled with an extra rib, and show tremendous growth, style and temperament.
• Mark’s sire Derryowen Harvey is by Roughan Echo out of a Roughan Viceroi dam.
Derryowen Harvey Scardaune Gena
Roughan Echo
Derryowen Debbie Scardaune Ellie Nelson
Scardaune Mark heifer out of a Simmental dam
Ultimate heifer x CH dam hours old
Brian Coughlan Limerick
• Rubis is out of an outstanding dam “Insoumise”, bred by Gaec Goujat.
• Insoumise’s son, “Prince”, was 1st prize at the National show in 2020.
• Rubis’ grand-dam “Venise” produced the record priced bull at Cercy la Tour in 2019, “Panama” selling for €15,800.
• “Ortense”, great grand-dam, bred a 1st prize winner at the National show in 2020, “Rock N’Roll”.
• Proven cow family guaranteed to breed milk, length, shape and style.
• Rubis’ sire Laurier has produced very well in his early career with several sons sold for breeding.
• Rubis was born unassisted @ 45 kgs and weighed 400 kg’s at 7 months old off his mother.
• He has excellent shape and length and carries his weight exceptionally well on his tremendous legs.
• Rubis has a fantastic head and is sure to breed well-muscled weanlings with performance to match.
Sagesse Pierre
• Junior Male Champion & Reserve Overall Champion at the National Irish Charolais Show in Tullamore 2019.
• Champion Charolais & Overall Champion @ Erris Show 2019.
• Full French pedigree including major prize winners at Magny Cours and many other major French shows.
• Pierre is by the £20,000 sire “Sinndar” and out of the dam “Dorothee”, who has produced 3 National show 1st prize winners to date.
• Pierre was much admired by many international breeders at the 2019 International Charolais Congress.
• Pierre has the performance, eye appeal, correctness and style for the modern Charolais breeder.
• He is easily fleshed, very well-muscled and carries himself impeccably on a tremendous set of legs.
• He has that eye catching head that breeders demand in a show calf.
• Pierre progeny display extra width, tremendous style, growth & function.
Insoumise – dam of Rubis (left)
Rubis heifer calf x Mark dam Damian McCauley Fermanagh
Pierre heifer 13 months old
Purchased at Magny Cour Show in Sept. 2004 where he was much admired by many breeders from around the world. Has produced excellent calves in France & Ireland. Has a power packed pedigree – his dam Jacobine has produced regularly for 9 years. Jacobine is also the dam of Omnibus RVS (ISEVR 108). She is also a full sister to Liquer and a maternal sister to Galette – this being the top cow family in Jean-Marc Pacauts herd. Sylvain has the Length, Scale, Style and Muscling for the most discerning breeder. His calves in Ireland are displaying Sylvain's own best attributes - big with that extra body length so desirable today, correctness- standing on four good legs and his indisputable style. Probably by his daughters will Sylvain be rightly classed as a “breeders bull” - why wait any longer to use the natural and superior successor to Jupiter (breeder – Jean-Marc Pacaut). Sylvain sons and daughters have excelled at Irish and French National Charolais shows.
• Ready PP is a homozygous polled son of Love P, pictured above.
• Ready is a heifer’s calf, weighing 407 kg’s at 210 days.
• His dam, Newwave has milk, length and excellent feet & legs.
• Ready has an extra rib, excellent character and a tremendous temperament.
• He was purchased for his calving ease and maternal
• Suitable for
Crossdrum Felix 1st in his class National Show 2011
• Impossible is one of the finest examples of the Culard Charolais breed.
• He has an unbelievable presence and oozes character and style.
• Impossible has extreme muscling throughout his body, with exceptional thickness of loin.
• He is excellent on feet and legs, has a tremendous head and good temperament.
• He has light bone.
• Not eligible for pedigree breeding.
• Igor is a well grown Culard by the highly proven sire Bill.
• Bill has bred exceptionally heavy muscled calves in the Cortot herd.
• Igor has very good length and growth.
• He is heavily muscled and is very quiet.
• Igor has a strong topline and a good head.
• Igor will breed powerful weanlings suitable for export.
• Recommended for Salers and Aubrac pedigree cows.
• Not eligible for pedigree breeding.
heifer x CH dam, Alan O Brien, Kilkenny, Champion Breeding heifer Clogher mart 360 kgs £3000
(Right) Impossible heifer x CH dam 11 months, Alan O Brien,Kilkenny, 2nd prize CH breeding heifer class Clogher Valley Feb 2022, 320 kg £2000
S2248 Culard Charolais
Risette
‘25
S2247 Culard Charolais
Igor’s sire
Igor commercial bull x BB dam
Derreen Jack
• Jack is out of an excellent Tyson dam with very good milk.
• He has extreme length and has excellent feet and legs.
• He is very well muscled, strong on top and has a good head and has excellent breed character.
• He will improve maternal and carcass traits.
• Jack is leaving outstanding calves in Ireland and is highly recommended for pedigree use.
• Sexed Female & Male semen available
Ballymote Oct ‘25
Des & Josette Ruttledge, Mayo, Ireland.
Jack daughter Carbery Ramona 2 19 months old, exhibited by McGarry family, Longford, Champion Simmental at Longford show 2025
Ravensworth Madie
Curaheen Tyson ET
Derreen Paula
Auchorachan Wizard
Saltire Talent
Derreen Beth
Jack heifer x Simmental dam 10 months, Jamie Reape, Sligo, sold for €3,700
Jack daughter Rabawn Sable, John Brady, Mayo, Weanling Champion Nov ’25 Sale, sold for €5200
Derreen Jack
Coolcran Nemo 22
• Outcross pedigree including Kestrel and Bradley.
• Nemo’s dam is by Dirnanean Bradley, who was a prolific breeder.
• Maternal sister to Nemo’s dam sold for a record price of £26,000gns in Nov 2023.
Cladymore President 23
• Delboy x Bantry pedigree.
• Excellent width at plates and rump.
• Stands correctly on 4 feet.
• Beautiful temperament & colouring and has a strong topline.
Coose Kingston PP
• Homozygous polled Simmental.
• Tiset Darwin, Lamhoj Supery bloodlines.
• Remarkable temperament, coupled with a stylish presence.
• Kingston has exceptional muscling combined with good legs and feet.
• He is out of a very good cow who produces stylish progeny.
• Number 2 proven Simmental sire available for maternal index @ €152.
SI6337 Simmental
• Derreen Declan x T-Bone x King pedigree.
• Declan females have sold extremely well in recent years from the herd of Des Ruttledge.
• Declan is easily calved as is Harry and produces excellent shape in his progeny.
• Harry is structurally sound, with tremendous width at the plates.
• He is remarkably quiet, is strong on top and is easily fleshed.
• Harry’s progeny are moderate framed with extra shape and length.
• One of the top Simmentals available for maternal traits.
Harry heifer x CHxSH heifer, Richard Kenny, Roscommon
Harry heifer x SA dam 2 weeks old John Egerton Fermanagh
Mount Jericho
• Direct Debit x Milton Lord Tiffany x Champion pedigree.
• His grand dam is a full sister to Curaheen Vio and Tyson.
• Jericho was the Reserve Male Champion at the 2018 Irish Simmental National show @ Tullamore.
• He was also a multi prize winner at numerous other Summer shows, including Cappamore and Limerick.
• Shape, excellent structure, docility, maternal and beef strengths combined in 1 package.
Curaheen Dickens
• Dickens is by the noted Curaheen Warrior, whose sons have sold to €18,500.
• Warrior has produced exceptionally well in both David Wall and Raymond O’ Malleys herds.
• Dickens’ dam is one of the top cows in the Curaheen herd.
• Dickens was the Ploughing Bull Calf Champion in 2013.
• Dickens has extreme length and is very strong on top.
• He has a clean middle and is very easily fleshed.
• He has a very placid nature and is 90% solid red.
• Dickens has the pedigree, performance and figures for todays markets.
• Very good
Jericho bull x CHxSH dam 5 days
King Sligo
Dickens daughter Drumagarner Michelle, 1st prize
Heifer class NI Sim Show
Dickens son Fairymount Spartacus, Sean Carroll, Roscommon, sold €6,000
Lissadell Jackpot VIP
• Junior Bull Champion and Reserve Male Champion at the Tullamore Irish National Show 2017.
• Junior Bull Champion at the Celtic Sires National Finals in September 2017.
• Jackpots dam, Corbally Eires VIP, was also a multi prize winner as a weanling and maiden heifer.
• She has a lot of milk, has excellent length, width and is very correct.
• Jackpot is an extremely quiet, well muscled bull with an outstanding topline.
• He is very correct, has excellent growth and weight and has good size.
• Jackpot was much admired throughout 2017 and will put a stamp in any herd.
• Champion Simmental at Mountbellew Show 2017.
• Sunnyboy son out of an excellent cow family with excellent maternal traits.
• Hurtig, Tyson, Champion, some of the great Simmental sires of the past.
• He is a correct, well grown, quiet bull who will inject milk and growth.
• Daffy is out of one of Netherhall’s best producing cows, Lucy 2nd.
• Progeny display extra length, muscling, style and soft hair.
• His sire is producing outstanding progeny throughout the herd on different types of females.
• Daffy is an extremely stylish, well-muscled young bull.
• He has a show ring presence no matter where he stands.
• He has an invaluable extra rib, excellent legs and feet and silky smooth hair.
• Daffy will suit breeders looking for extra shape, style and function without compromising on calving ease.
• George was selected for his pedigree and calving ease.
• His sire Free Town Hotspur has bred very well for the Trillick and Kye herds.
• Hotspur is in the top 1% for calving ease in Ireland.
• George is well muscled, easily fleshed and has good legs and feet.
• He has a good head, strong topline and is very docile.
• George is easily calved for dairy cows and pedigree heifers and is leaving excellent calves.
Netherhall
Daffy daughter Netherhall 1 Madam W635 David & Maggie Kelly Cumbria
Mohober Template 2536 PP
• Outcross pedigree for breeders.
• Homozygous polled young sire.
• Top 4% of breed for DBI, Gestation length, Carcass weight and conformation.
• Purchased for the ever growing Hereford dairy market.
SP4635 Speckle Park
Glencardon
Cranston
• Warrior x Uproar pointed white Speckle Park.
• Highly recommended for the dairy herd.
• Cranston calves are easily born, with shape, docility and length.
• They have good growth, and excellent feet and legs.
• Cranston has tremendous breed character, length and growth.
• Pointed white calves selling extremely well off the dairy herd.
Cranston cow x HF dam, Ger O’Brien, Limerick
Sire – Solitude 1 Marshall
Stonelea Orion
• Orion is an outstanding new bull for breeders.
• He is a full bodied, exceptionally well-muscled Blonde.
• He stands correctly on excellent feet & legs.
• His character is sweet and stylish.
• He is perhaps our best Blonde to enter the stud.
Orion son Silverwood Udel, 23 months old, McKnight family, Down, sold Carlisle
‘25 for £7000
Orion heifer x BBxFR dam, 18 days old, Padraig Finnan, Tipperary
Orion son Silverwood Uriah, 23 months old, McKnight family, Down, sold Carlisle May ‘25 for £8500
Bridge Moet – dam of Rocco
Stonlea Rocco
• Santier is a new outcross Salers for breeders with sexed semen available.
• He is a proven sire with excellent progeny on the farm of Michael & Pat Cronin, Co Cork.
• He is easily calved & transmits excellent width at the plates and rear.
• Santier and his progeny are very docile with correct feet & legs.
• Powerstown Centurion – Santier son - Overall Male Champion Spring Sale Gort Apr 2025.
• Sexed Femal semen available
Santiers’ Linear;
Santier
Icare Hyacinthe Flamenco Usuelle Douglas Flavie
Santier son - Powerstown Dominator
Santier son – Powerstown Centurion, Overall Male Champion Spring Sale Gort Apr 2025 weighing 800kg’s
Santier son - Powerstown Dominator
Santier
Sligo Valentino
• Well-muscled Manclaux son with style, character and length.
• Valentino has an exceptional temperament.
• He is from a proven cow family.
• He stands upright on perfect feet & legs.
• Valentino will inject milk, shape, function and style.
• Sexed Female semen available
SA5818 Salers
• Junior Champion at the French National Show @ Vichy in 2017 aged 19 months.
• Foretnegre, Besson and Rougier breeding.
• Proven Salers bull with outstanding progeny inspected.
• Manclaux has exceptional width at the plates and pins.
• He has an incredible temperament combined with extra shape.
• Manclaux progeny display his own extra width, length, style and they are very correct.
• Manclaux is highly recommended for pedigree use.
• Outcross pedigree, perfect phenotype with performance to match.
Manclaux
Bernard Hunt, Sligo, Ireland Myostatin: +/+
ICBF Proof Nov ‘25
Manclaux
Sligo Meita
Impasse INV Fouillade MGV Sligo Jasmine Democrate
Valentino heifer out of SHxSA dam, 1 day old, Noel Clancy, Tipperary
Valentino heifer out of a Chocolat dam, 5 months, Ryan Griffith, Donegal
ICBF Proof Nov ‘25
Valentino
Glann Jenson W
• Extremely stylish DRS Super Mario 42E son.
• The dam side features Coppertop, Ballyart Vantage and Deerpark Furty 2nd.
• Jenson was 2nd in the Irish Shorthorn All Ireland Show Male calf born after April 1st 2022.
• Dam produced the Champion All Ireland heifer in Limerick in 2018.
• Jenson has the pedigree, performance and phenotype for pedigree use.
• Sexed Female & Male semen available
Jenson daughter Glannview Zenith 42, Adrian Flatley, Mayo, sold €5,000 Nov ‘25 Premier Sale
Jenson son Creevolan Adrian 18 months, John McDermott, Roscommon, Champion Male sold €5,000 Nov ‘25 Premier sale
Jenson heifer, 14 weeks, Sean Kilkelly, Galway
Jenson son Rockville Ramsey 567 12 months, Anthony Dockery, Roscommon, sold €7,100 Nov ’25 Premier sale - Record Irish Price
Glann Jenson
DRS Super Mario 42E
Crooked Post Stockman
Coppertop
DRS Picture Perfect 32A P
Glann Jane (RO) – maternal sister, All Ireland heifer Champion Limerick Show 2018
Ballyart Lucky RED P ET
• Patent has bred well everywhere he has been used.
• Ballyart Lucky is a son of the renowned Waukaru Patent 8161.
• He stamps his progeny like himself, well muscled, with good heads and length.
• His females are long, with good growth, excellent pelvic area and style, while his bulls are masculine and well grown.
• Lucky is very well muscled, long and clean bodied.
• He has an exceptionally strong topline and good feet and legs.
• He has excellent performance since birth and has an unbelievable temperament.
• He should suit breeders looking to improve muscling and milk.
• Best used on large framed cows that require extra width.
• Lucky is breeding very well both commercially and pedigree.
• Top percentage of breed for carcass weight and conformation.
• Top percentage of breed for gestation, carcass weight and conformation.
Kilfrush Finch
• Powerful bull with good bone.
• Superb muscling.
• Tremendous from hip to pin and throughout hindquarter.
• Finch breeds very powerful females and bulls.
• He will add muscle, growth and his progeny have excellent feet and legs.
• Not for use on heifers.
Lucky daughter Rockville Bonnie 536 11 months Anthony Dockery
Waukaru Gold Card 5042 (P)
Waukaru 12H Melita Rose 0144 H
Deerpark Nevin
• Excellent muscling combined with good feet & legs.
• Extremely quiet proven Aubrac.
• Easily calved on Aubrac heifers.
• 3.5% CD on dairy cows/4.4% on beef cows.
• -12.55 days to finish for slaughter.
• 23.5 kg’s carcass, 2.05 conformation.
• Top 1% of breed for age at finish.
Deerpark Nevin son
Deerpark Nevin son Deerpark Ronny
Ardleigh Ita
Ardleigh Killian
Calverstown Gorem
Finnoe Ian
Calverstown Ecureil
Dreylands Dane
Deerpark Nevin
Nevin heifer out of a BBxLM heifer 14 days old, Jer Meehan, Kerry Nevin bull x Hol FR dam few days old, Frances Coffey, Tipperary sold €400
Nevin heifer x Hol FR dam few days old, Frances Coffey, Tipperary sold €395
Ballindrum Ness
• One of the top Wagyu semen sires available worldwide.
• Breeder Feeder Index of $639.
• Top 1% of breed for Eye Muscle Area, +13.5.
• Carcass weight EBV twice that of breed average.
• Top 1% of breed for Marbling score, +3.8.
Boiheamach Quartus ET
• Australian Lowline sire.
• Noted for docility, calving ease, maternal traits and high-quality beef.
• Naturally polled and easily managed.
• Quartus is suitable for dairy and beef heifers.
• AL beef has a high marbling content and is suited to current beef markets.
GA2042 Belted Galloway Whitepool McCoy
• McCoy is an exceptional new Belted Galloway bull for breeders.
• He is a well muscled bull with excellent feet and legs.
• He has a fabulous temperament and has a terrific belt.
• He has good breed character, very good style and is breeding very well.
• McCoy was Male Champion and Reserve Overall Champion at Castle Douglas Sale Nov 2011.
• His full sister was Interbreed Champion at Bath and West Show 2011,Reserve Supreme Champion at the Royal Highland Show 2011 and Supreme Champion at the Great Yorkshire Show in 2011.
Whitepool Dun Wildfire
Whitepool Rainbow Radar
Eastongrey Grace
Daresbury Tristan
Barclosh Dora
LRY Parthenaise
Lisnagranchy Carlo
• Very good muscling.
• Superb length.
• Great temperament.
• First in class at Beef Expo 2008.
• Reserve Male Champion Beef Expo 2008.
• Excellent satisfaction from farmers.
• Exceptional growth rate and muscle make Carlo an ideal bull to breed weanlings for export.
• Outstanding pedigree and commercial calves.
Carlo heifer calf at 6
Carlo daughter Joe Healy, Meath
Mochrum Corrie
• Fabio has excellent length and muscle.
• He has good feet and legs.
• Fabio produces very well muscled progeny with style and growth.
• Fabio has a calving difficulty of 6%.
• Not for use on heifers.
Gort na nGealt Rush Sax Kerry Sire also available
Newbridge Darragh
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NBD Irish Moiled
Pictured are just some of our bull dams…
The Bova team take enormous pride in selecting bulls from GREAT cow families.
Insoumise RR2 E – dam of Rubis
Belvin Lady Blossom 64’04 – dam of Ballyart Topgun, Trade Secret & Talisman
Corbally Eires VIP – dam of Lissadell Jackpot VIP
de la Mandebras – dam of Ballyart Rafa, Reward & Robin
Ballyart Red Tibbie ET - maternal sister to Ballyart Tyron
Gama RRE – dam of Loyal
Grand-dam of Ricard
Ballyart Trailblazer – dam of Ballyart Alex and full sister to Ballyart Talisman
Bova AI Ballyart, Brittas,Limerick Ireland. V94 YD80
Tel: 061 351233
Int. Tel: +353 61 351233
Email: info@bova-ai.com
Owen O’Neill owen@bova-ai.com +353 (0) 87 2775071
Michael O’Neill michael@bova-ai.com +353 (0) 87 7906085
