ECC Polled Maverick 302/9

ABBA #: 1004492
Born: June 2019
Sire: #Bardia Ambassador 170
Dam: Miss Double A 468/7
Name Backstory: Named by the England family after the popular release of Top Gun Maverick.
Owned by: BRC & England Cattle Company. Sub Sahara rights owned by LAB Brahman.

Breed Character: ★★★★ Calving Ease: ★★★★★
Disposition: ★★★★★
Maternal: ★★★ Show Appeal: ★★★

BRC is known for having one of the strongest polled cow families in the history of the breed - the 98 cow family. The BRC niche polled program has produced numerous outstanding polled her sires over the past decade from 279/7, 794/7, Polled Phenom, Butler, 139/7 and many more.

We believe in the power of cow families but we also know when we need to bring in outside blood. We felt it was the time to refresh our polled program by adding in an outcross polled sire to our lineup. We did an assessment of all of the polled programs worldwide - and found our top choice at England Cattle Company, the #1 polled Brahman program in the USA. Thanks to social media, Mollie introduced us to Polled Maverick in the summer 2022. We began negotiations with the England family and were able to acquire half interest in Polled Maverick in the fall of 2022.

What made us choose Polled Maverick over all of the other polled bulls in the world? We felt he is the perfect sire to build the modern polled American Brahman. Low birthweight, high performance, sound structured, powerful muscling and hindquarter, clean sheath, moderate frame size. He had everything we wanted - and - the opportunity to be partners with a fine family such as the Englands was the icing on the cake.

Pedigree wise, Polled Maverick is sired by the Australian import Bardia Ambassador. This is a polled bull that the England family purchased while visiting the World Brahman Congress in Australia several years back. He's out of a Datapack daughter. On the bottom side, we were already pretty familiar with the maternal aspects of Maverick's pedigree. Maverick's dam is a Double A cow, which we are very familiar with since Rachel helped the Acevedo family show many of their early champions back in the 2000s. The bottom side of this cow family great maternal sires like The Rock, Gotham Manso, and Remington. And as a fun tidbit, the very last female listed on the bull's 3 generation pedigree is the famous Miss V8 600/4 "Whitney" - who Rachel showed to numerous championships during her junior show career. It's fun when things like that come full circle.

Semen will be available on a limited basis from both owners.