During the second edition of the Nacht van de Achterhoek, GenHotel members experienced a spectacular conclusion to the 2025 show season. The excitement was huge, and several breeders returned home with titles after securing final positions.... Read more
With Holbra Lambda Velvet by Delta-Lambda, your search is over! Velvet not only carries the exceptional genetics of the legendary Ms Beauty Black Velvet EX-96, but also benefits from the influence of her sire Delta-Lambda, one of the most dominant bulls in today’s show scene.... Read more
With Holbra HiPo Rosalyn Red, you can make an impressive entry into the elite world of Red Holstein breeding. This Exclusive Red daughter excels in multiple genomic systems and carries the valuable genetics of the renowned Golden Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95, which are still highly sought after worldwide.... Read more
This week, classifiers had the pleasure of visiting the Holmer family to score their remarkable seven-year-old Holbra Malon 16 for an excellent classification score. As a daughter of De-Su 13494 Hartley and hailing from the renowned Holbra Pam VG-87 line of the exceptional brood cow Mark Prudence EX-95, Malon 16 has just achieved her first excellent score, highlighting the strength of her lineage.... Read more
GenHotel members Holbra Holsteins and Oosterbrook Holsteins had a fantastic time last Saturday, as both were awarded with prizes at the annual Fokveedag Laren-Bathmen!... Read more
The monthly female gTPI results are highlighting exciting developments for Dutch breeders. For instance, GenHotel member Koepon has successfully bred the fourth-placed on the July European list, Koepon Karl Doma 119 RDC.... Read more
The number of hundred-tonners bred and milked by members is rapidly increasing. At Holbra Holsteins, two cows from established cow families achieved this milestone during the last milk recording.... Read more
Holbra Sonya 2, a remarkable fourth-calver and a daughter of Claynook Casper, recently shone at the regional Fokveeshow Lochem, where she earned the prestigious title of Senior Champion. Just weeks later, she has elevated her score to an impressive EX-91.... Read more
Following their recent show successes, a classification took place this week in the Holbra Holsteins barn, during which thirteen 2-yr-olds and two cows were scored. This brought two first-calvers from the Malon branch of the Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95 cow family. Both heifers are also granddaughters of the well-known EX-90 Jetset daughter, Holbra Malon 8.... Read more
Last weekend, the Fokveeshow Lochem took place where Holbra Holsteins had a fantastic day, winning the Holstein Senior Championship. In a highly competitive section for older dairy cows, Holbra Sonya 2 EX-90, a Claynook Casper daughter, triumphed and was recognized by the jury as having the best udder in her category.... Read more
At this year’s Videokeuring by VVB Silvolde, the jury and photo crew traveled through the east of the Netherlands to check out a several (Red) Holstein first milking competing for the win. Among the heifers were several daughters of bulls bred by GenHotel and its members. This year, a red standout from the Holmer family was awarded, a K&L Drouner Augustus P Red daughter 10 months in production.... Read more
The Holbra Holsteins herd is currently achieving remarkable results, milking six cows that together produced over 634,000 kg of milk and have an average classification of VG-87.5.... Read more
In the autumn of 2024, Holbra Xanti surpassed the milestone of 100,000 kgM lifetime production. She is the third cow descending from Royal Idevra Titanic Estate EX-90 at Holbra Holsteins to achieve this remarkable feat. Both her dam and maternal-sister also reached this remarkable feat.... Read more
During the Koepon Summer Sale 2022, an opportunity arose to purchase a top-scoring granddaughter of Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86. Many interested parties seized this opportunity, including the Swedish dairy farm Alsgårds Lantbruk, owned by the Andersson family. Together with GenHotel, they acquired the red carrier Koepon Marble Marble Range 125 RDC!... Read more
One of the absolute highlights of this year's VOST Select Sale is lot 25 Holbra Blexy by Chief. Throughout her EX-90 scored dam, she hails from Rosiers Blexy Goldwyn EX-97, the Supreme Champion WDE of 2017!... Read more
In 2022, during the Koepon Summer Sale, the Holmer family (Holbra Holsteins) purchased Koepon Crisalis Range 91 by Crisalis RF and a granddaughter of the Red Holstein legacy Lakeside Ups Red Range VG-86. Over the following two years, Range 91 was flushed multiple times, produced outstanding offspring, proved to be a good milker, and recently received her first classification score.... Read more
The Holbra Holstein herd recently received a visit from the classifier, and it was a successful one, resulting in numerous VG scores. One of the highest scores was achieved by a young, red Cookiecutter MOM Halo VG-88 offspring!... Read more
We recently received great news from Switzerland! De Wijde Blik Stamkos Rosie RDC, a daughter of Westcoast Stamkos RC, has been performing well since December 2023 at All-Star Holsteins. Rosie RDC has a rich history involving collaboration among Dutch dairy farmers and GenHotel members.... Read more
Holbra Holsteins, which is owned by the Holmer family, recently hosted a herdbook classifier to classify a group of dairy cows and 2-yr-olds. The visit resulted in some impressive results, including VG scores and a newly-excellent cow.... Read more
GenHotel members Holbra Holsteins and Oosterbrook Holsteins participated in the Fokveeshow Lochem and did great in different categories. Also succiess was being achievedwith a 3STAR Embryo Program result. The highlight of the day was Leon Heijink's victory with his fourth calf Esperanto daughter and she received a new excellent score this morning!... Read more
The Holmer family (Holbra Holsteins) received a visit this week from the Dutch classifiers who, in addition to no less than 18 2-yr-olds, were also able to re-classify three young Claynook Casper daughters from the well-known Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence branch! Casper, a sire that was initially only used at Holmer's dairy farm for a few flsuhes, now delivers fantastic dairy cows with superb udders a few years later! Among this trio was the four-year-old Holbra Sonya 2, the 2-yr-old Champion of Laren-Bathmen 2021, which received the highest score this day.... Read more
The USA genomics results of newly tested females in May have been published again by the Holstein Association USA. Cookiecutter Holysmokes delivers 3 of the 5 highest new calves... Read more
Last week, a member of the Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95 family brought another highlight to Holbra Holsteins' herd: the eleventh 100,000 kgs milk cow!... Read more
Earlier this week, Holbra AltaSpot daughter Holbra Hillie 20 EX-91 successfully calved for the 9th time at the age of 14 years! Powerhouse Hillie 20 classified EX-91 with EX-93 DS & EX-94 MS in 2019 and does not seem to show any trace of wear so far!... Read more
The 18th Fokveedag Bathmen/Laren took place last Saturday. Several GenHotel members participated which resulted in numerous, big victories!... Read more
Holbra Patwona VG-86 has managed to exceed the 100,000 kgs of milk mark in 8 lactations! The 6th generation from Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95 was bred by Holbra Holsteins and proved the strength of this prominent cow family at the age of 11 years old.... Read more
On Thursday May 5th, the GenHotel Selection Sale started at 9.00 am. This online top heifers auction brought together 20 lot numbers, offered by GenHotel members, and made it to an exclusive offer. It was already at the start of the auction that lot 7 was sold for the starting price.... Read more
This is one of the very few descendants and only one of the two Master daughters in Europe of the amazing Endco Diamond Beauty RDC EX-91! This red carrier Golden-Oaks Master daughter from Endco Diamond Beauty RDC EX-91 comes from 9 generations of EX in a row! Foundation dam is the phenomenal brood cow Regancrest-PR Barbie EX-92. She established a family that has produced a number of multi-generational EX branches!... Read more
After two years of waiting, the first shows in the Netherlands finally took place again. Noordeloos and Houten led the way and last weekend the shows in Beilen, Lochem and the Betuwe followed. During these impressive and well-attended competitions, there were also huge achievements for GenHotel members. We present all the highlights to you.... Read more
From none other than Regancrest-PR Durham Barbie EX-92, the red descendant Holbra W Barbara Red (by Mr Blondin Warrior-Red) sells. Dam Endco Diamond Beauty RDC EX-91 provided the 'red link' with great-granddam - multiple All-Canadian & All-American and Grand Champion WDE 2019 - Butz-Gold Goldwyn Barbara EX-96!... Read more
The 31st HighlightSale, which took place online last Friday, January 7th, resulted in a big success! In the afternoon before the sale, interested buyers got the opportunity to view the heifers in the barn at the auction center in Hamm, Germany. Several breeders from the near and far surroundings made good use of this 'open barn' opportunity!... Read more
From none other than Regancrest-PR Barbie EX-92, the red descendant Holbra W Beauty Red (by Mr Blondin Warrior-Red) was born at Holbra Holsteins. Dam Endco Diamond Beauty RDC EX-91 provided the 'red link' with great-granddam - multiple All-Canadian & All-American and Grand Champion WDE 2019 - Butz-Gold Barbara EX-96 (by Goldwyn)!... Read more
The Holmer family of Holbra Holsteins made it happen: they have bred a red and polled Star P RDC with 166 gRZG / 2764 gTPI / 314 gNVI / 4231 gPFT / 1595 gISET / 192 gISU! This very special heifer out of Quatropoint K&L SW Rosita Red, purchased by Holmer as a 1-year-old, will be sold as lot 52 during the upcoming Highlight Sale on Saturday, January 7th!... Read more
Last week, 13 two-yr-olds at Holbra Holsteins scored an average of VG-85.6 points. The second calver Holbra Chaeyenne 1 (by Tarzan) was re-classified and raised her score to VG-86.... Read more
The American genomics results for November have been published by the Holstein Association USA. In the top 50 gTPI with newly genomic tested females in Europe are no fewer than 4 heifers from Koepon Genetics and 2 from Willsbro Holsteins... Read more
At Holbra Holsteins they proudly present their most valuable females by having them photographed. This also applies to the first lactation Claynook Casper Holbra Joy 1 VG-85 (VG-88 MS), which was photographed last week. Joy 1 has already great breeding results in a.o. Switzerland and in the own Holbra herd.... Read more
Swingman-Red daughter Quatropoint K&L SW Rosita Red at Holbra Holsteins will freshen at 2 yr and 3 months of age. The red daughter of De Oosterhof Dg Rose RDC VG-89 is pregnant with Westcoast Signature RC and has been rinsed several times at Holmer's farm.... Read more
This week CRV published the average milk recordings of its members in the Netherlands and Flanders. In addition to the national figures, the top lists of the herd averages were also published. Here we again find GenHotel members in the rankings.... Read more
Now that the dairy shows have started again - in many cases after a standstill for almost two years - breeders and show lovers can fully enjoy the summer and autumn shows again! This is also the case in Laren GLD, where the Fokveedag Bathmen-Laren took place last Saturday. GenHotel members Huntje- and Holbra Holsteins showed their best cows... Read more
It must have been a terrific day for the Holmer family when Holbra Malon 8 ( by De L'Avenir Jetset) moved to a fantastic new score of EX-90! This was followed by a new photo for both Malon 8 EX-90 and her dam - Holbra Malon 3 VG-88 (VG-88 MS) - which happens to be a great bull dam too.... Read more
At Holbra Holsteins (the Holmer family) a number of beautiful 2-yr-olds and cows in 2nd & 3rd lactation were classified. The highest re-classified total score was, with VG-89, for the third calver Holbra Sannesty, while the first calver Holbra Malon 17 received a nice score of VG-87 and is therefore the highest classified 2-yr-old of the day.... Read more
This fantastic five months old Fustead S-S-I Solution from the Snow-N Denises Dellia EX-95 family will sell at the GenHotel Selection Sale (March 18th - 25th)!... Read more
Many know that GenHotel continuously tests females for genomics in Germany and the USA. What may not be known to everyone is that via GenHotel females are also genomic tested in 6 other countries. These heifers are pre-selected based on their pedigree... Read more
It all started for Holbra Holsteins in 2002 with the purchase of a Regancrest Elton Durham daughter from Mayerlane-DK Hiawatha EX-90 (Rudolph x Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95). Many years later, this purchase... Read more
Holbra Holsteins enjoyed a big and excellent day recently. Fourteen animals were classified with an average of VG-85.9! Also a fifth calver Va-Early-Dawn Sudan CRI daughter, from the Wesswood-HC Rudy Missy family, received an impressive excellent score!... Read more
October's American genomics run has yielded several new toppers for GenHotel members. The absolute top in Europe is unchanged, Wilder Holsteins has four newly tested animals... Read more
Fantastic news came from Holbra Holsteins last week, because Holbra Hillie 20 EX-91 (s. Holbra AltaSpot) achieved a fantastic milestone by producing no less than 10,000kg of fat and protein!... Read more
The Holmer family recently received a visit from the classifier. A nice number of eight animals that are tagged with the 'Holbra' prefix were judged on their functional conformation. Holbra Holsteins is known as a very high producing herd, with a high genomics level and also beautiful showtype... Read more
The American genomic proof run in June shows that the highest females in Europe also score above 3000 gTPI. The new list leader is with 3055 gTPI a German Pine-Tree Heroic daughter, which comes from the De-Su BW Marshal Georgia EX-90 family... Read more
Today it is June 1. This day has been declared 'World Milk Day'. World Milk Day was created by the UN twenty years ago to support the dairy sector. As GenHotel, we don't want to just let this day go by, but contribute to the positive message by highlighting our hardworking members and their passionate breeding hobby.... Read more
Now that many events have been canceled, such as Dairy Winter Shows and (local) Dairy Summer Shows of 2020, it is a good time to look back on some online Video Contests that GenHotel members have successfully participated during the winter.... Read more
The 5-year base adjustment and the change of the TPI formula has also brought major changes to European female animals. By increasing... Read more
The start of 2020 was a great one for the Holmer-Hesselink family. They had a stunning classifcationday for eleven of there animals, six of them were first calvers. For some years the dairy cows at Holbra Holsteins are milked three times a day. This has shown its worth, because in 305 days this herd produces 13.085kg with 3.84f% and 3.42%p. It's shows that a great production goes well with a fancy and nice showtype!... Read more
Cookiecutter Mom Halo VG-88, the tremendous transmitting Man Oman daughter out of the Snow-N-Denises Dellia EX-95 family, is chosen as Global Cow... Read more
GenHotel member Holbra Holsteins, the Holmer family in The Netherlands, was very successful at the Dairy Show Fokdag Bathmen-Laren, winning 5 champion titles... Read more
Anually the dairy breed magazine Holstein International organises the "Global Cow of the Year" competition. This is the election of the most influential... Read more
Holbra Malon 9 VG-87, a fantastic Board daughter with a lot of power and capacity out of the renown Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence EX-95 family, is the second highest... Read more
Holbra Hillie 20, a herd favorite at Holbra Holsteins from family Holmer, her classification score has been raised. She now received EX-91 with EX-94-MS and also excellent scores for Frame (EX-90) and Dairy strenght (EX-93).... Read more
At Holbra Holsteins, the Holmer family in the Netherlands, recently 23 Holstein two-yr-olds are scores with 85.2 points... Read more
Holbra Holsteins in The Netherlands was very successful at the Wintershow in Lochem last week... Read more
The 28th Highlight Sale last Friday in Hamm is a great success. Top seller was lot 19 Dolce Vita, the highest De-Su Hartley daughter in Germany... Read more
For many sale heifers at the 28th Highlight Sale this week Friday there is a lot of interest for embryos. The top 5 sale lots with the highest... Read more
At the first Top Genetic Sale this year in Germany, the 28th Highlight Sale in Hamm next Friday January 11th, several Holstein, Red Holstein and Jersey heifers... Read more
The 28th Highlight Sale will take place on Friday January 11th, 2019 in the Zentralhallen Hamm... Read more
Last week twelve 2-yr-olds at Holbra Holsteins in The Netherlands are scored with an average of ...... Read more
Holbra Chica has raised her score again and is now classified EX-91!... Read more
At the local show in Laren last Saturday both Oudenampsen (Huntje Holsteins) and Holmer (Holbra Holsteins) were succesfull!... Read more
She is the dam of the No. 1 GTPI R&W worldwide at +2750 GTPI, Lakeside UPS Red Range at Koepon, De Oosterhof DG Rose RDC.... Read more
Holbra Sanconi, Holbra Sandoya & Holbra Sancodi are the three cows that have at this moment the highest lactation value in the herd of Holbra Holsteins.... Read more
The list with GTPI values from the European heifers/cows is added to the GenHotel site.... Read more
Sound System keeps leading the pack in Italy. This Silver sons still scores +4273 GPFT. The number 2 is... Read more
New on the site of Bouw Holsteins are Oosterbrook Lucky Danick P Red and N-IvoGen Donna RDC... Read more
New in the herd of Sudena Holsteins is De Oosterhof DG Rose RDC. Rose RDC is a... Read more
The very impressive Holbra Sancodi is recently pictured at Holbra Holsteins as you can see... Read more
Have your ever met a 88 points 2-yr old that is projected at 16.000 kg of milk with 3.42% protein?... Read more
Delta Treasure (+443 GNVI) and Delta Reloader (+420 GNVI) are the numbers 1 and 2 genomic bulls on Dutch basis.... Read more
GenHotel members Holbra Holsteins and Huntje Holstein had a very nice day at the Fokveeshow Lochem 2018, a local show in the... Read more
New at Oosterbrook Holsteins are two interesting heifers backed by the Planet Silk and Holbra Pam family.... Read more
Holbra Pauly owned by Holbra Holsteins has produced 100.000 kg of milk. This Billion daughter... Read more
New at the site to Oosterbrook Holsteins are Oosterbrook Snow Fienchen Red and Oosterbrook Meg RDC. Both hail... Read more
Holbra Sancodi is now fresh for 1.5 months at Holbra Holsteins and this Commander daughter looks great as you... Read more
Just as last year Holbra Holsteins has the #5 production herd of the Netherlands. The cows at Holbra Holsteins produced... Read more
Gold Chip daughter Holbra Chica, owned by Holbra Holsteins, is classified EX-90... Read more
Holbra Holsteins was very successful this weekend at the Fokveedag Laren – Bathmen, a local show in the Netherlands. With 2 Champions, 2 Reserve Champions, Champion... Read more
The Kingboy daughter Holbra Sandoya owned by Holbra Holsteins is pictured. The dam to... Read more
Nice results for Holbra Holsteins with their latest herd-classification. 11 2-Yr Olds where classified with... Read more
Only one more untill the 15th edition of the Dutch National Show (NRM). Several GenHotel Members are... Read more
New at GenHotel is De Wildsheuvel Holsteins owned by Marin Hijkoop. The recent years... Read more
4 out of the top 10 GICO bulls in Spain are bred by K&L, including the numbers 1 and 2.... Read more
2-Yr olds owned by Holbra Holsteins and Huntje Holsteins have won the Junior Champion titles at the... Read more
The now famous German showcow Princes owned by Jürgen Hobbie is the new “Miss Ostfriesland”.... Read more
The site of Bouw Holsteins is updated and a few interesting heifers are added to their site.... Read more
The lovely VG-88 classified Balisto daughter Holbra Malon 3 has embryos by... Read more
At Holbra Holsteins two 3rd lactation cows are classified excellent yesterday. Holbra Palody 2, the Intermediate Champion... Read more
Holbra Malon 3 is classified VG-88 as a 2-yr old at Holbra Holsteins. This Balisto daughter still... Read more
Holbra Malon is a proven broodcow from the Prudence family. This VG-87 classified... Read more
The Italian proofs are now added to the site.... Read more
Buiteneind K&L CV Clever is the new #1 genomic bull in Spain at +4875 GICO. This Chevalier son is breed by... Read more
At Holbra Holsteins they had to say goodbye to 13.5 year old Holbra Petra. The Morty daughter... Read more
In the GenHotel Embryo Sale we have 3 embryo packages sired by Wa-Del ABS Bourbon available.... Read more
Gr. daughter to Blondin Goldwyn Subliminale
Dam of Holbra Escope SG in Switzerland Extremely high Casper on PFT and ISET! Same family as Rodanas, former no. 1 genomic and proven bull in Italy!
B&W Junior Champion Fokveedag Laren-Bathmen 2021, Res. Champion B&W Lochem 2024 and Champion Older Cows Lochem 2025
Red Carrier 3STAR OH Ranger-Red straight from Joy 1!
Revolution-daughter straight out of the newly scored EX-91 Casper!
Produced more than 100,000kg Milk!
Nice NVI score from the Prudence cow family.
Complete Swingman Red daughter from the well-known Golden-Oak Mark Prudence family!
Red & White Cobra-P RDC daughter out of the De Oosterhof Dg Rose RDC line of Golden-Oaks Mark Prudence! Tests well for NVI (top 100 12-2023) with a lot of milk and has a decent TPI score as well Red 2-yr-old Champion Bathmen/Laren 2025
Allround Crisalis with a stunning conformation score in Germany. Offers international potential with high scores in several systems! At least four(maternal) brothers of Crisalis Range 91 have been sold to AI's. Dam Range 6 RDC bred >50 offspring.
Holysmokes with impressive fat c%, great conformation traits and a rock-solid pedigree!
Range 4 hails from the same cow family as the world-famous sire Ranger-Red and many other well-known bulls!
Progenesis Total daughter with very high components in all systems. Dam is a fantastic producing Crisalis RF daughter out of multiple bull dam Koepon Altuve Range 6 RDC!
OCD Parfect Soysauce from the well-known Range branch of Mark Prudence EX-95!
Current no. 1 Exclusive-Red for gTPI & gNVI (9-2025)
Backed by a long line of high scored dams with oustanding production!!
Siemers Rengd Parfect with nice TPI score, lots of milk and good components
Polled and redcarrier Redlea from the famous Cookiecutter MOM Halo VG-88 branch
Traces back to De-Su BW Marshal Georgia EX-90, the dam of sire De-Su Oman Goli
Great-gr.daughter to Ms Beauty Black Velvet EX-96
Beautiful Spark Red daughter with enormous production, also traceable from her genomics profile.
Ruby 98 P RDC is a Cartoon P Red with a huge production potential. Also favorable fertility score. Her dam is well developed, classified VG-87 (VG-88 MS) and produces great! Foundation cow is the great Regan-Joy Durham Regenia EX-92, known from breeding bulls such as Peak AltaZarek and Koepon Peak Tosco.
Ridercup genomic tested in different systems Comes from the great brood cow NH HS Marilyn Monroe VG-86, which supplied no less than 13 sons to AIs.
Supershot x Holbra Sanadi
#1 ICO bull in Spain (06-2017)
Doorman x Holbra Sana
Balisto x Holbra Malon
Volle zus van Holbra Malon 3
Pulsar x Holbra Emra
Supersire x Holbra Sana
Doorman x Holbra Sana
Planet x Holbra O Man Paula
Niagra x Holbra Bolton Paulona
Bolton x Holbra O Man Paula
Shottle x Sunday ALH Prudence
De L'Avenir Jetset x Holbra Malon 3 VG-88 @KI Full brother to Holbra Malon 8 EX-90
Stantons Adorable x Holbra Malon 3 VG-88
Shakespeare x Hartley x Board
Double W Ranger-son @KI Kampen
Balisto x Epic
Camus x Tirsvad K&L Riveting Magnolia
Goldwyn x Holbra Princess 3028
Lifetime total: >100.000 kg milk
Morty x Sunday ALH Prudence
Lifetime total: >112.000 kg milk
AltaSpot x Holbra Hillie 15
Sired by Holbra AltaSpot
Lifetime: 102.195kgM 4.87%F 3.81%P
Mascot Jeff x Milk Be A Trice
Awesome showcow!
Lifetime total: 104.986kgM 4.40%F 3.52%P
Man O Man x Holbra Pam
Great broodcow with very high components
Bolton x Holbra Heidi
Junior Champion NRM 2010
Snowman x Holbra Bolton Paulona
Dam to Holbra Rodanas, Sanador, Elysium & Sansire
Savard x Holbra Ella
Great showcow from the Pietje family
>100.000kgM from the Prudence family! Owned by Lakeside Holsteins
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