FOREST ROAD FARM - NZ RED DEER
Red Deer - Velvet Genetics - New Zealand
Grant & Sally Charteris
2023 Sale Lots at a glance
Lot 1
Velvet:
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Description:
238/20 stood out as my favourite 2yr old last year. His velvet was competition perfect. 238 was used as a sire @ 2yr. His velvet should stay true to form as all of our Raven progeny not only have great space between bez and trez, but also round tops at a decent length above trez. At the start of the sale for a reason! Dam 219/10 produced Lot 1 in our 2018 sale! Great heritable Dam line. Great sire stag.
Lot 2
Velvet:
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069/20 is definitely a favourite! Gorgeous velvet, with thick beam and strong tynes all the way through. Perfectly symmetrical velvet on a big bodied cruisy stag. 4148/14 is a Munta son that we used at 2yr then was sold as Lot 1 (2017 sale) cutting 6.50kg @ 3yr. Brexit is leaving beam and style and this guy has both!
Lot 3
Velvet:
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198/20 is a massive Lazarus son. He has extremely correct dark velvet. Lazarus/Mortar cross has produced the dark velvet. 3107 on the bottom line is a top hind and has produced 3 stags over 7.00kg in our velvet herd and 2 daughters that have both produced 6kg 3yr stags.
Lot 4
Velvet:
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304/20 has produced a stunning head of velvet. Perfect in every way. Dark, correct and heavy! Dam 53/13 is one of the hinds purchased from Cruse Deer. She produced a 6.00kg 3yr last year, now this gem. Consistant Dam line. 304/20 is a big quiet stag with a placid nature.
Lot 5
Velvet:
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035/20 has a very attractive head of velvet that caught your eye in the paddock. Very clean velvet with correct tyne placement. 035/20 is a mid-sized stag with great constitution. Cut nice and early!
Lot 6
Velvet:
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As far as velvet style and shape goes this guy is perfect. Dark eye catching velvet. Even Stevens over the Cruse Hinds has worked well and 295 is right up there with body size, velvet style and great temperament.
Lot 7
Velvet:
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354 is a beautiful quiet stag. He has great body size and has progressed well from last year after producing a huge 5.60kg head of velvet @ 2yr. 354 was a standout as a 2yr old and was used as one of our sires over yearling hinds. Extra forking of brow tyne on side has been caused by casting probably which is evident on closer inspection of velvet. His sire 7231/17 (Nui) was sold to the Lawson family and has just cut a massive 15.70kg @ 6yr. This combined with the grunt that Brexit leaves will be a potent mix!
Lot 8
Velvet:
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Very nice velvet on a very nice stag. 357/20 was a standout in the paddock this year. His sire Amisfield was our top 3yr from his year group and was retained as a sire after cutting a beautiful 8.00kg SAP @ 3yr and taking 1st place in the Hawkes Bay velvet competition that year. Extremely strong bottom line with Mortar/Wotdonis and top hind 58/08 that has produced top sale stags for us and a line of daughters following suit.
Lot 8A (New Addition)
Velvet:
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Description:
375/20 is another late cutting 3yr old. Too nice to leave out.
Good length to the beam with very correct tyne placement.
Grand-dam 240/16 was purchased in fawn to Max from Brock Deer and Dam 8301/18 was the result. Our homebred sire Amisfield over the top has produced a fantastic sire!
Lot 9
Velvet:
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Description:
128/20 is a very quiet stag with extremely attractive dark velvet. One of those stags that always catches your eye in the paddock. Forbes continues to produce super clean dark velvet. Forbes across a Tower bottom line produced Lot 3 from last year that was sold to Lindsay Tayles.
Lot 10
Velvet:
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143/20 has produced a stunning head of velvet... which sits on a huge stag. Once again Lazarus is showing his size and style. Very placid stag in nature. Lazarus over our ultra consistent Even Stevens bottom line has produced a great sire
Lot 11
Velvet:
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127/20 has a gorgeous dark head of velvet that is extremely correct. Good structure and length between bez and trez tynes with great beam throughout the head. His Dam 4012/14 has 2 stags in the velvet herd cutting 7.20kg and 7.40kg. Bonsai on the Dam line is leaving great weight and thickness with T-Rex's style. 127/20 is a good bodied stag.
Lot 12
Velvet:
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091/20 has a big scopey head! Extremely tidy, dark velvet that is typical of his sire Forbes. 091/20 is a huge placid stag. Forbes/Wotdonis cross is working well. Great Sire!
Lot 13
Velvet:
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346/20 is by 7246/17 (Lot 3 2021 sale) who was sold to Campbell and Helen Clarke. His Dam 8023/18 is by 5157/15 (Lot 1 2019 sale) sold to The Gaddum Family. 346 is a huge stag with a very cruisy demeanor, massive beam and huge velvet for a 3yr!
Lot 14
Velvet:
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Description:
245 is a great big Lazarus son, huge body and gorgeous velvet that will mature and hold its form like his sire. These Lazarus sons are very multi purpose sires as he is leaving huge progeny.
Lot 14A (New Addition)
Description:
001/20 was a late cutting stag this year! His 2 yr velvet was extremely tidy. This year is no different... So much so that he was too nice to leave out of the line up.
Very quiet stag with a great pedigree.
Velvet:
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Lot 15
Velvet:
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036/20 is a very attractive Brexit son. Very thick and very correct tyne placement. Brexit continues to add weight and beam to our herd, this combined with another Bonsai/Wotdonis bottom line will breed well.
Lot 16
Velvet:
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336/20 has produced a very tidy dark head of velvet that is clean and correct. Mid-sized stag with a placid nature. Amisfield had the best sire stats last year with 97.5% of his male 2yr progeny being retained and averaging 4.75kg @ 2yr. Nice FRF bottom line with a Gump/Munta cross.
Lot 17
Velvet:
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Description:
Big head on a nice stag! 277/20 has cut an awesome head, very correct with great tyne placement. 277/20 2yr head was a standout with huge beam and great length. Nice Even Stevens/Cruse combo.
Lot 18
Velvet:
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267/20 is a mid-sized stag with a very powerful head of velvet. The line of hinds we purchased from Cruse Deer a few years back were mated to Even Stevens in their first mating here to be able to continue with Even Stevens consistent Harlem bloodline over an outcross hind... We were not disappointed with the results.
Lot 19
Velvet:
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Description:
Beautiful Lazarus velvet once again. 179/20 is a big quiet stag. The Even Stevens/T-Rex cross has performed well for us and is fast becoming one of the most consistent bottom lines.
Lot 20
Velvet:
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Description:
If you are looking for extra beam in your velvet this guy has it in spades. Mid-sized stag with super quiet nature. Even Stevens/Cruse cross strikes again.
Lot 21
Velvet:
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Description:
303/20 has a very correct thick dark head of velvet. Mid-sized stag. Dam 433/13 has also produced a 7.20kg 4yr old in our velvet herd. 303/20 has a small scurr on main beam one side which may have been caused from and earlier knock!
Lot 22
Velvet:
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188/20 is a huge bodied stag as all of the Omar sons are. His May 21 weight is low as Omar was used as a backup over AI hinds so 188/20 would have been later born....Boy has he caught up. Lovely clean, correct velvet as you would expect from an Omar/Even Stevens cross.
Lot 23
Velvet:
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Description:
Typically eye catching Forbes style with this velvet. 125/20 is a nice bodied stag. Dam 4462 has also produced a 7.80kg 6yr old in the velvet herd plus a 7.80kg 3yr old which was sold to Campbell and Helen Clarke in our 2021 sale.
Yearling HINDS for sale 2023
Lot 25
Comment:
Lazarus over a Matrix daughter should produce dark heavy velvet. Matrix was a homebred sire that won the Hawkes Bay 3yr old and 2nd in North Island competitions a few moons back. Dam 686/11 has produced a 7.50kg sale 3yr son and also has a son cutting 7.70kg in the velvet herd.
Lot 24
Comment:
Sire 9243/19 was Lot 4 in our 2022 sale and cut a huge 8.70kg @ 3yr. 9243 over a young Lazarus daughter should be hard to pass up.
Lot 27
Comment:
Sire 9112/19 has cut a georgeous 10.02kg 4yr head this season that came 3rd in the Hawkes Bay velvet competition (4yr section). This over a powerful Claymore/Wotdonis bottom line will produce big velvet!
Lot 26
Comment:
Only Kryptonite daughter up for sale! Kryptonite has cut a massive 12.10kg head of velvet @ 4yr that has a massive clean beam! With a Mortar bottom line this girl will have some grunt!
Lot 29
Comment:
Nice cross with Patriot over a Cruse Hind that has produced 3 daughters and an upcoming R2 stag.
Lot 28
Comment:
Sire 9243/19 was Lot 4 in our 2022 sale and cut a huge 8.70kg @ 3yr. 9243 over a young Lazarus daughter should be hard to pass up.
Lot 31
Comment:
Omar daughter over a solid Even Stevens/Aros bottom line. Dam 6350/16 has a son cutting 7.10kg @ 5yr in the velvet herd and the rest of her progeny are daughters that have been retained in the breeding herd.
Lot 30
Comment:
Omar daughter out of a Gump hind that has only produced daughters. Grand Dam 4040/14 is a top producing hind. She has 3 daughters on farm that have all produced plus 6.00kg 3yr old sons!
Lot 32
Comment:
Omar Over a Wotdonis/Quinlan bottom line that works well! Dam 5108/15 has produced a 6.00kg 3yr son and all the rest are daughters.
Lot 34
Comment:
This is a pedigree I really rate highly. Lazarus over a young Forbes hind, then back to 6341/16 who is the dam of 188/20 (Lot 22) in this catalogue!
Lot 33
Comment:
Lazarus over a young Omar hind. Grand Dam 857/11 has bred well for us and has a daughter 8180/18 that is the Dam of 336/20 (Lot 16) in this catalogue.
Lot 35
Comment:
Lazarus over a young Omar hind who's Dam (142/08) is the Dam of our Sire Bonsai. Massive potential here!
Lot 36
Comment:
Only Craftsman daughter up for sale! Dam 5289/15 has a son in velvet herd cutting 7.70kg and all daughters.
Semen for sale
