Athena is presently being bred to Majestic's A Man Among Men. Athena's 2017 cria was out of Majestic's A Wanted Man, and this cria is a dream juvenile. Her fiber is lustrous, fine with a handle to die for. I expect the same from her present breeding to A Wanted Man's brother, A Man Among Men.
Athena is out of Alexa, who we purchased for her world class EPD for fineness and Staple Length. The pairing with Bogart has proved to give Athena EPDs that are some very respectable trait numbers. Athena lineage is the "whose who" in genetics. Her mother Alexa, is out of the late El Bello. Bogart and El Bello may be considered two of the most prolific and gifted breeding male studmasters. Athena was born running, she is very athletic, of good bone mass, and even at birth her conformation was ideal. Athena has greatness in her future as a foundation female. She would be an asset to improve any herd.
Athena will remain a foundation female for Colusa Riverside unless the buyer comes with an offer we could not refuse. Athena is that valuable as a production dam. Take a look at her EPDs, they are exemplary in 5 traits and overall outstanding in every trait. She has no one trait that diminishes her genetic worthiness as a breeding dam. Athena has the ideal combination of fineness and increased fiber weight.
EPDS: 2017
Trait Value Acc Rank Rank%
AFD -1.516 0.501 2,363 of 42,558 5.56% Top 10%
SDAFD -0.396 0.501 2,930 of 42,558 6.89% Top 10%
SF -1.505 0.541 2,571 of 42,558 6.05% Top 10%
%F>30 -5.519 0.545 2,835 of 42,558 6.67% Top 10%
MC 4.002 0.493 1,958 of 42,558 4.61% Top 5%
SDMC 1.394 0.52
%M -0.113 0.434 22,433 of 42,558 52.72%
MSL -0.009 0.428 21,583 of 42,558 50.72%
FW 0.183 0.394 15,850 of 42,558 37.25%
BW -0.133 0.222
