Gwendolyn AAA Quality (PV, D), Foundation Cow of Highland Dale

Gwendolyn AAA Quality is a red registered Highland cow, AHCA #57279, born October 2, 2015. Her sire is RTH Van Norman (#48200), 2010 NWSS Reserve Grand Champion Bull, and her dam is Skye High Yelene (ET, D) (#50999). Raised in Beauford Wilson’s herd, she is the mother of Secret Agent Number Three, Amber, and Ginger, and the grandmother of Echo, Rocky, and Raine.

Raised by Beauford

 Beauford Wilson hand-fed and groomed Gwendolyn, and she grew into a calm, nurturing mother. His handwritten farm records note her distinctive facial bangs.

Her family at Highland Dale

• Daughters: Secret Agent Number Three (2019), Amber (2022), and Ginger (2024)

• Grandcalves: Echo and Rocky, through Secret Agent Number Three; Raine, through Amber

• Half-sister: Flanna of AAA Quality, also out of Skye High Yelene

Scottish heritage

 Gwendolyn’s pedigree traces back to historic Scottish Highland folds, including

Gwendolyn’s pedigree traces back to some of the historic Scottish folds and breeders that shaped the Highland breed:

• Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert (1884–1954), Douneside estate, Aberdeenshire. Her fold produced Dossan Ruadh of Douneside, the 1953 Northern Counties Show champion.

• William Dalziel Mackenzie of Farr (1840–1928), a Scottish landowner who bred and exhibited Highland cattle and Western Isles ponies.

• The Garth fold, Glen Lyon, Perthshire. 

• Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane (1851–1922), active in Highland cattle breeding during the Highland Cattle Society’s early years.

• The Ensay fold of John Stewart. Its cattle include Sgiathanach of Ensay, An T Eileanach of Ensay, and Rob Roy of Ensay, all registered in the first Highland Cattle Society herd book in 1885.

Gwendolyn at a glance

• Registration: AHCA #57279 (PV, D)

• Color: Red

• Born: October 2, 2015

• Sire: RTH Van Norman (D), #48200, 2010 NWSS Reserve Grand Champion Bull

• Dam: Skye High Yelene (ET, D), #50999

• Genetics: UC Davis cattle genetic marker test on file

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