2023 Senior Herd Sires
Windrush Farms SL Invictus (DOB 2-19-2018)
Vic at age 5- EX 92 EEE
Sire: Windrush Farms SAPP Starlord
Dam: CH Windrush Farms Neo Isabelle, 5-03 EX 92 EEEE
Linear Appraisal:
1-03 +V+ 85
3-05 +VV 88
5-04 EEE 92
Windrush Farms SL Invictus (Vic) was brought in this spring from the long admired Windrush Farms herd. We love his dam, CH Windrush Farms Neo Isabelle (EX 92 at 5 EEEE) who was 3rd/3rd udder 4 yr old at the 2018 National show. His sire’s dam is one of our favorite does of the Windrush Alpines, SGCH Windrush Farms IRS Saffron (EX 92 EEEE at 7 yrs) who was 4th /2nd udder 5-6 yr old at the 2012 National Show and a part of 1st place produce of dam at the 2010 National Show. Thank you Lena and Keith for this quality addition to our herd! His daughters have improved feet, length of body, mammaries are typically very similar to their dams. He has two daughters that have appraised Excellent at 2 years (Kara Kahl Vic’s Aretha) and a 3 yr old in the Haycreek Herd (Kara Kahl Vic’s Annya). We freshened 1 additional daughter from Akebono who has freshened with a beautiful mammary system. We are retaining his doeling from Amal from this spring.
Above left (Dam of Vic, Isabelle), Above Right (Paternal Grandam of Vic, SGCH Windrush Farms IRS Saffron, EX 92 EEEE
Daughters of Invictus from our herd (Yearling-Aretha, 2 year old- Auriga, 2 year old Annya (in Haycreeks herd). He has two milking daughters appraise excellent to date (Aretha- VEEE 90) and Annya (VEVE 91)
(photos used with permission from Windrush Farms and Haycreeks)
Kara Kahl Arul (3/19/2023)
Sire: Kickapoo Valley HL Lord Wimsy (EX 91 EEE)
Dam: GCH Kara Kahl PGL Arugula (EX 91 VEEE)
Arul is our last Arugula son as we lost Arugula following a very difficult kidding. He is tall, wide, correct and dairy. Arugula has been a tremendously consistent brood doe with six of her 8 milking daughters appraising 89 (GCH Aziz-FF) 90 (Annika), 90 (Aretha) 91 (Arywn), 91 (GCH-Aurora), and 94 (GCH Akebono). Additionally, her son, Atlas, sired the RCH Jr., 1st/1st udder milking yearling and 2nd/2nd udder 2 year old at the 2022 National Show. Lord Wimsy was an exceptional buck for the Roeburn herd, producing multiple EX 90+ and GCH (nine) offspring, being extremely consistent for General Appearance. Arul was collected this past fall and will be next fall as well. See pictures of Arugula and daughters under current does and reference alpines. His twin sister has freshened with a very well attached and productive mammary. His first kids are all very wide and correct and we are planning on using him on more does this fall.
Early Rise Acres Side Hustle (3/11/2023)
Sire: Roeburn’s Legacy Quest
Dam: CH Early Rise Acres Sideline
Two years ago, Anna judged the Boone County Fair and put up this bucks’s dam GCH and afterwards told me I needed to order a buck from her. I was able to see her last year in person when Korey graciously hosted the Pre-TC at his farm. She was long, level, beautiful feet and legs, ideal teat placement and well attached mammary and a wide level rump- all things I want to reinforce in my herd. She had at least 2 legs towards her championship if not finished (unknown due to NG). She unfortunately contracted mastitis this spring, was unable to recover, so her show career was cut short between mastitis and Covid eliminating shows in 2020. His pedigree is full of consistent, well known purebred animals from Pleasant Grove, Roeburn’s, Windrush, Kickapoo Valley, Iron Rod, Pj Bailey’s and Hoach. We think he will compliment our herd very well. Huge thank you to Korey Statton for making this guy available to us! Pictures of relatives below. His first kids are level and correct in feet and legs- two things we really were looking for with this buck. His twin does from Akebono will be retained in our herd.
Side Hustle dam in 2021-Early Rise Acres Sideline (Had 2-3 legs toward championship). Pictured at age 3 and 4.
Pictured below- Sire and Dam of Sideline (maternal grand sire and grandam to side hustle). CH Early Rise Acres Sidenote and Windrush Farms Neo Napolean (sibling to CH Windrush Farms Neo Isabelle-dam to Invictus)
Paternal line-
Dam of Quest- Roeburn’s Nikola Margaritte- (Pictured left). GCH Legacy daughter-ADGA National Show Alpine Reserve Grand Champion, Tempo Aquila Free Jacquie
Side Hustle’s sire, Roeburn’s Legacy Quest, dam Roeburn’s Nikola Margeritte appraised VEEE 90 at 4 years of age in 2021. His sire, GCH Roeburn’s Legacy, has sired a number of CH and Excellent appraising animals and the 2017 Reserve National champion, Tempo Aquila Sailin’ Free and Tempo Handyman, a son who has multiple high appraising daughters and the 2019 GCH Jr. National Champion.
Reference Sires
Kara Kahl Akimoto
Sire: Pleasant Grove RR Freeze Frame-2021 National Alpine Premier Sire
Dam: GCH Kara Kahl PGW Akebono 6-05 EX EEEE 94, 2021 National Champion and Best Udder
Akimoto was our first retained son of Akebono, who was the 2021 National Champion and his sire is the 2021 Premier Sire and sired the 2021 Jr. National Champion. Akimoto is very dairy, wide and correct. He is similar in style to his dam and we hope he throws udders like his dam. Akebono is proving herself to be a valuable brood doe winning the dam and daughter class at the 2021 National Show with Amal and her other milking daughter in our herd finished her championship at her first spring show. Akimoto’s three retained doelings are all consistently wide, dairy and level. Akimoto has been collected by Levi Campbell and semen is available at $5/225. Akimoto moved out to work in the Hurricane PM herd in May as we didn’t have much work for him. His first daughters all milk extremely well, have well attached, productive mammaries.
Leased herdsire for 2022- Pleasant Grove SSO Milemarker (from Pleasant Grove)
One of my favorite does from the Pleasant Grove herd was SGCH Pleasant Grove SSO Length and so when I asked Craig about a buck for feet and legs and maintaining or udder improvement, he suggested Milemarker, a paternal brother to Length, out of Pleasant Grove Super Standout (littermate triplet brother to Pleasant Grove Super Saga) and Pleasant Grove Framed Myina (FS91 (VEEE) @ 04-06). Standout sired the 1st place Sr. Get of Sire at the 2011 National Show (Saga did in 2013) and the Reserve National Champion, Length. He has sired 52 daughters with 92 appraisals and has a type score of 88.1. Another favorite Standout daughter, was SGCH Pleasant Grove SSO Divine, who placed in the top 5 at Nationals 3 times and was Best Sr. Doe in Show at the Iowa State Fair at the age of 7. Looking in Milemarker’s pedigree, he comes from a consistent dam line with his dam being the 4th generation 90+ appraised doe and an extrememly consistent dam line on the sire’s side from SCGH Stardust Cordite Saba, National Class winner in 2006.
Milemarker Dam-Pleasant Grove Framed Myina- FS91 (VEEE) @ 04-06
Paternal Sister to Milemarker- SGCH Pleasant Grove SSO Length ( FS92 (EEEE) @ 05-07
Paternal Sister to Milemarker- SGCH Pleasant Grove SSO Divine ( FS92 (EEEE) @ 05-05
SGCH Pleasant Grove RR Freeze Frame (leased from Pleasant Grove Dairy Goats)
Sire: SGCH Marran Rose’s Rochester (2 x National Premier Sire) – 11 Champion offspring, 1 EX 93 Daughter (CH Pleasant Grove RR Reset)
Dam: CH Pleasant Grove Machine Fixed (5-04 EEEE 91) – 3rd/2nd Udder 5 to 6-yr old 2018 National Show, 3rd/3rd Udder 3-yr old 2016 National Show and GCH and BOB at 2016 Iowa State Fair.
Pictured below-Dam-Machine Fixed at 5 years and 3 years old
We visited Pleasant Grove Dairy in June 2020 where Craig showed us at least 15 daughters and we were impressed in the consistency in the tall strong frames, length of body, dairy wedge, levelness and mammary attachments as well as teat placement. We have long admired Fixed in the show ring for her mammary, production and general appearance. She currently has 3 registered daughters, who appraised VG89, EX90, and EX90 and all have EX mammaries. Rochester needs no introduction, particularly in the Midwest, but nationally he was Premier sire at the National Show in both 2017 and 2018. His daughters have long topped the show ring in numerous Midwest State Fairs, his dam, Rose, was one of my all time favorites and his Granddam, Rapture, was the 2013 Reserve National Champion.
Freeze Frame, has 3 daughters that have been appraised to-date – a 2-yr old appraised VG89 (EX mammary), a yearling appraised VG89, and another yearling scored VG87 (EX mammary). Frame was also named Premier Sire at the 2021 National Show, sired the 1st place jr get and Jr Grand Champion! We are very excited to have a jr. herdsire and two daughters.
Pictured below are daughters of Freeze Frame in the Pleasant Grove herd, though all Chamoisees, to which I am partial. Frame is a beautiful classic Cou Blanc.
Kara Kahl Aizumi – DNA typed (DOB 3/02/2017) (Sold March 2021, Sold out of Semen)
Sire: Pleasant Grove Zen Wingding
Dam: GCH Kahl Kahl PGL Arugula (6-05 VEEE 91) –2015, 2016, 2918 Best Udder in Show-MN State Fair, 3rd place/1st udder Yearling – 2014 National Show & 5th place/3rd Udder 2016 National Show.
Linear Appraisal: 2-04 VEE (89)
Aizumi is a full genetic brother to GCH Kara Kahl PGW Akebono, our 1st place/1st udder and 2nd/2nd udder 2-year old at the 2016 and 2017 National Shows, respectively. Arugula consistently has passed along her beautiful mammary to her offspring and we are hoping her son does the same. Aizumi appraised 86 VVV as a yearling and his first offspring are very dairy, strong on their feet and& legs and show tremendous width in the escutcheon. His first mammary systems are wide and high in the rear with smooth fore udders.
Three full sisters to Aizumi are pictured below (Annika, Akebono, and Aiziz)
Windrush Farms Blizzard Manny – DNA Typed- (D.O.B. 4/15/2013)
Sire: Windrush Farms Wonder Blizzard: Sired two National Class winners, is a maternal brother to 2014 Nat’l Premier Sire Windrush Farms IRS Charmer, and well-known Windrush does SGCH Saffron, SGCH Nutmeg, and GCH Corriander. Blizzard also had the 1st place Sr. Get-of-Sire at the 2016 National Show
Dam: Windrush Farms IRS Emily – 2nd place milking yearling 2010 Nat’l ShowMaternal Grandsire: Iron Rod ET Sheriff, Nat’l Premier Sire
Full sister: Windrush Farms Blizzard Mimi, 1st place 2 year old 2013 Nat’l Show, 4th place 5-6 year old 2016 National Show
Our first Manny milking daughter placed 3rd at the National show in 2018 and we have retained two additional daughters to kid in 2019. Manny also has sired three separate National class winners already! The first place Sr. Kid at the 2014 National show and the 2016 1st place Recorded Grade milking yearling owned by Autumn Acres and in 2018 he sired the 1st place 3 yr old and Reserve Best Udder Recorded Grade owned by Autumn Acres. He sired the Best Udder Alpine at the 2017 Iowa State Fair, owned by Pleasant Grove and in total has 5 champion daughters.
Kara Kahl Atari- (Sold Dec 2021)
Below-Daughters of Arugula (All maternal sisters to Atari)
Sire: GCH *B Roeburns KVLW Samurai (AI)
Dam: GCH Kara Kahl PGL Arugula
Linear Appraisal:
2-05 +VV 87
We so wanted a doe from this cross, but alas, twin bucks. But we knew we wanted to retain these genetics based on the Samurai daughters we have seen and the consistency in Arugula’s offspring. He is extremely long, correct on his feet and legs and has a very strong frame. He has given us 7 bucks in two years, all long, correct and wide.
Full sister (pictured at left) : Windrush Farms Blizz Mischief-1st place 2-year old 2014 Nat’l Show, 2nd place and Reserve National Champion Alpine 2016 National Show. (Picture used with permission from Windrush farms)
Pictured below are milking daughters of Manny, all of which reside in the Autumn Acres Herd. See Amari and Akeelah on our Sr. Doe pages for more information on our Manny daughters.
AI Sires
Willow Run Landmark Elijah (AI)
Sire: Hoach’s Lyric Landmark
Dam: Maple Glen Earth Dancer
Pictured Elijah daughter, Kara Kahl Elijah So Rare, EX 91
We used Elijah one time, but ended up with the two most beautiful doe kids we have bred in a long time. He throws milk, length of body and level toplines. One of those doe kids, Kara Kahl Elijah So Rare, ended up being 1st place Dry Yearling over 60 does at the 2010 National Show. She freshened with a well attached mammary, but unfortunately contracted mastitis and was never even again. She resides in the McCann Farm Alpine herd, where she is well loved and has produced McCann Farm So Long Heartbreaker-a buck with a number of Champion daughters, including McCann Farm Fern, EX EEEE 92, 2nd place/2nd udder 3 yr old at the 2018 National Show. We have a beautiful long and level doeling from Aziz and Elijah from this spring.
Marran Rose’s Rememberance (D.O.B. 4/1/2014)
Sire: Sunshine Rehma Regard
Sire’s Sire: Nodaway MD Ayla’s Aries
Sire’s Dam: SGCH Sunshine Clare Rehma 92 (EEEE)
Dam: CH Marran Rapture’s Rose : 2nd Place 4-year old doe, 2013 National Show
Dam’s Sire: CH Nodaway Must B Fate
Dam’s Dam: CH Nodaway SGG Rayla’s Rapture – RsCH 2013 National Show
Link to Rememberance Full Pedigree
We greatly admired his dam, Rose, for her exceptionally level topline, beautiful mammary and strong front end. We see these same qualities in Rememberance. We are very excited to incorporate the Rapture “R” line into our herd, as it has been such a tremendously strong dam line. On the sire’s side, Sunshine Rehma Regard threw very strongly attached mammary systems, dairy strength and milk, as many of Rehma’s sons did throughout the country. We crossed Remembrance on Akebono this fall and love the doe kid we retained, Amal. We have a few straws left and plan to use him again in the future.
Kara Kahl Argento – DNA Typed-Semen Available (5/$100)
(DOB 4/26/2015)
Sire: Pleasant Grove Zen Wingding
Sire of 1st place/1st udder Alpine 2016 Milking Yearling
Dam: GCH Kara Kahl Saga Ajuja
EX VEEE 91
2012 and 2013 GCH and BOB MN State Fair, 6th place 4 yr old 2013 National Show
We jumped at the chance to get Argento back when we heard he was available this summer as he is a 3/4 brother to our 1st place/1st udder milking yearling, Akebono. We have long admired his dam (Ajuja) for her mammary system, capacity, strength in pasterns and feet and legs as well as width of rump. Her dam, Aware, has produced our strongest dam lines by having multiple daughters appraise 90 and/or earn their CH status. This line has been especially consistent in mammary system, especially area of attachment. Argento is heavily linebred on 4-time National Show Premier Alpine Sire, CH Pleasant Grove Super Saga. His pedigree includes multiple high-placing National Show does, including CH Pleasant Grove Saga Whimper (EX 92), SGCH Stardust Cordite Saba (EX 93), GCH Kara Kahl Sauvignon Aware (EX92). His first kids are quite level, correct in pasterns and rear leg set, and very dairy. Two daughters of Argento placed 6th and 9th place in an Intermediate kid class of more than 30 kids at the 2017 National Show. His first milking daughters have well attached udders. Argento was sold to the Hurricane PM Herd in Oregon in June 2018. His first milking daugthers are very tall, long, nice short pasterns and lots of milk.
Pleasant-Grove Amen Longitude (DOB 2/9/2010)
Sire: Pleasant-Grove Act Menancing
Sire’s Sire: *B Center-Stage WRR Act 1
Sire’s Dam: CH Pleasant-Grove RCS Minor
3-04 92 (EEEE)
Dam: CH Pleasant-Grove SSO Length – 5-07 EX 92 (EEEE)
2011 Reserve National Champion
Dam’s Sire: Pleasant Grove Super Standout
Dam’s Dam: SGCH Pleasant Grove RCS Lesson
Link to Longitude’s Full Pedigree
Longitude – Fall 2012
Longitude’s Dam: CH Pleasant-Grove SSO Length, 2011 Reserve National Champion
We greatly admired Length for her strong, long, and correct frame, and her beautiful mammary system. We see a lot of potential in our Amen daughter, A & W, and we see the sire’s side of Longitude’s pedigree as complementing our genetics well. Longitude is the sire of Arugula. We purchased 5 straws of Longitude and plan to use him again in the future.
++*B Pleasant-Grove Super Saga 3-03 EX 90 VEE
(4 X National Premier Sire Alpine)
Sire: Pleasant-Grove Liasion Superior
Dam: SGCH Stardust Cordite Saba 13*M – FS 93
1st Place Senior-Get-of-Sire, 2013 National Show
We bought 5 more straws of Saga this year after watching our Saga daughter, Ajuja, mature into a lovely, competitive doe. We were pleased that she could be a part of the 1st place Senior Get, a win that truly demonstrates the lasting influence this buck has had on the Alpine breed. Saga is increasingly in the background of many of our Alpine pedigrees. We have 5 straws and plan to use him on Arugula this year.
*B Sunshine Rehma Regard
Sire: Nodaway MD Ayla’s Aries 6-06 88 VEE (56 daughters: +128 milk, +5.2 fat)
Sire’s Sire: Nodaway Moon Dragon
Sire’s Dam: Nodaway Sorcerer’s Ayla 6-03 91 EEEE
Dam: SGCH Sunshine Clare Rehma 5-02 93 EEEE
Dam’s Sire: Maple Glen Classic’s Claire
Dam’s Dam: Sunshine Advancer Rohma 5-03 90 VEVE
Link to Regard’s Full Pedigree
Top: SGCH Sunshine Clare Rehma
Bottom: Kara-Kahl Regard Chartreuse 4-03 91 VEVE
Regard’s dam, Rehma, was 1st place 5-year old with the 1st place Udder and Best Alpine Udder at the 1998 ADGA National Show. Three of Regard’s daughters were appraised Excellent and achieved CH status in the show ring. One of our does, Arya, was 6th place a the 2014 Nationals, appraised 91 at 3 yrs of age and is the dam of our buck Art Thief. They were also excellent milkers. We no longer have semen in our tank on Regard. However we have a jr. herdsire, Augusto and daughter, Ayda. We also plan to use a son of his sister (Sunshine Aries Rehna), SG Sunshine Rehna Reign, via AI on Amari this fall.
Kara Kahl Xuberant – (DOB 4/10/2016)
Sire: Marran Rose’s Remembrance
See information and pictures above
Dam: GCH Pleasant Grove Zen Xercise EX VEEE 91
2015 GCH and BOB MN State Fair, 3rd/3rd Yearling Udder – 2012 National Show
We used and collected Xuberant as we love the mammary and correctness of his dam, and the power and dairy strength in his sire. His pedigree includes CH Nodaway SGG Rayla’s Rapture, 2013 Reserve National Champion, and SGCH Sunshine Rehma Regard, 1998 National Best Udder, who are two of the strongest dam lines we have seen. Also in his pedigree, is 4-time Premier National Alpine Sire, GCH Pleasant Grove Super Saga and SGCH Stardust Cordite Saba EX -EEEE 93, a two-time National class winner and one of the most influential does in the Pleasant Grove herd. Xuberant is an extremely correct, strong buck We sold Xuberant in the Spring of 2016, but have retained 5 straws to use in the future.
Link to Xuberant Full Pedigree