Forest Ridge Holsteins

Madison Favorites Breeding True Elegance, Lexington, Marlene and Treasure are all names that we recognize come October. We are excited to work with family members of these cows every day.
EX-91 EX(94)MS Echo is a daughter of Krull Elegant Rose 2E-93 GMD DOM and then Elegance herself. She has an April Dusk heifer and is currently being flushed to Braxton. We are looking forward to developing a new branch of this great cow family! VG-88 Gin is a full sister to last years Reserve AA Jr. Two-Year Old, Rosedale Lexington EX-92. Gin herself is due back in December to Alexander. Gin has babies by Braxton and also has calves coming by Braxton, Damion and Alexander. Look for her Shottle daughter, Shot of Gin, in the Ryan/Danhof string next to the World Classic. VG-88 Durham sister to Go for Gin. She has two September Braxton heifers, with calves by Guthrie and Braxton on the way. She is serviced to Braxton. VG-86 Daughter of Greenlea Rub Marlene-Red-ET EX-94, Res. Grand Int’l R&W Show, then Bar-Lee Marker Mandy-Red-ET 3E-94. Marble has pregnancies by Barbwire, transfers by Destry and is serviced to Barbwire. Go for Gin, Lap of Luxury and Marble make their home at Forest Ridge and are owned with Lynn and Sara Harbaugh of Bella-View Holsteins. This partnership has created the Bella-Ridge prefix. EX-95 Making her home at Forest Ridge is Rob-Cri Durham Topnotch, a full sister to Treasure. She was fresh in June with an Alexander heifer and is bred to Lauthority. Topnotch is owned with Brandon Ferry.

The Matriarchs
Excellent-93 EEEEE 3E 2-01 2x 305d 26,500 3.8 1007 3.1 822 Nominated All-American R&W Senior 3-Year-Old 2004 Reserve Grand Champion, Midwest Spring R&W Show 2004 Backed by three VG Canadian dams, Michelle has been a herd favorite since she arrived here in 2003. She has daughters by Advent, Jordan, Talent, Logical and Debonair. Will be flushed. See her EX Talent and Jordan daughters pictured below!
Excellent-91 2E 2-11 2x 341d 22,070 4.2 916 3.1 687 The only Talent daughter of Michelle, Miracle is a red carrier and has a VG-87 Advent daughter. Miracle is pregnant and due in October.

Excellent-93 2E 94-MS EEEEE 3-06 2x 365d 29,670 4.2 1254 3.1 912 4-10 2x 305d 33,363 4.1 1384 3.0 1002 Nominated All-American Red & White 5-Year-Old 2009 5th 5-Year-Old, Grand International Red & White Show 2009 2nd 5-Year-Old & Champion Bred & Owned 2009 National R&W Convention Show Minnie is Michelle’s RED daughter by Jordan! Minnie has daughters by Advent and Kite. Minnie will be calving in December and will be ready to hit the circuit again next year!

Sarah's Favorites
EX-90 EX-MS A Dundee daughter of Rotesown Gibson Adarra EX-91 2E. 2nd Dam: 2E-90 Highlight dam with 270,160M 8878F & 7192P lifetime. 3rd Dam: Rotesown Bova Amy 4E-94 GMD DOM - over 240,000M lifetime! Addison has daughter by Shaquille and is currently being flushed Excellent-90 94-MS @ 3-06 Jemma's dam is Westphalia-JD Jenteal, a EX-91 2E Integrity daughter (still here on the farm), then GBM Valiant Starbuck Janice 4E-94 GMD, then three more Excellent dams! Jemma has a daughter by Aspen and is due in December to Dusk.


Wegnerlann Durham Geneva-ET Very Good-87 88-MS @ 2-10 Has daughters by Toystory and Fever and is due in March to Guthrie. Dam: Wegnerlann Gabriella EX-92 2-04 2x 365d 27,730 4.2 1155 3.3 924 Junior All-American Senior 2-Year-Old 2006 1st Sr 2-Year-Old, Midwest National Fall Show 2006 Next dam: Wegnerlann Gabby EX-94 5-07 2x 365d 36,210 3.6 1286 2.9 1065 1st Sr 3-Year-Old, Midwest Spring National 2005

Hilrose S Storm Amy-Red-ET Very Good-87 2-01 2x 365d 33,350 4.1 1369 2.8 926 Backed by eight EX Dams. She was fresh in July and is off to a fast start. She has an Advent daughter and an Acme daughter that might be the best calf on the farm! Amy will be flushed again this lactation and is owned with Dave Rose. Her maternal sister: Hilrose Advent Autumn-Red EX-91 Nominated All-American Red & White 4-Year-Old 2009 2nd 4-Year-Old, Grand International R&W Show 2009

If you are in the area during WDE, we'd love to have you visit! Forest Ridge is located just 1 hour and 20 minutes from Madison, 20 minutes from Budjon and 10 minutes from Ryan-Vu. Please call ahead as we will be spending time in Madison as well!


About Us
Forest Ridge Holstein was established in 2003 with the purchase of a small group of Red & White Holsteins with a few Black & Whites mixed in. Most notable of this group is Stelbro Michelle Rubens-Red 3E-93, who has raised 11 points in score since her arrival. Kurt grew up on his parents’ 60-cow grade Holstein dairy in rural Eden, Wisconsin. Dairying was his passion, so he attended Lakeshore Technical College’s Dairy Herd Management program after graduating from high school. Many of his classmates had come from registered herds, which piqued Kurt’s interest. After graduation, Kurt started purchasing young cows with deep pedigrees that he could build from. In 2004, Kurt and Sarah met at World Dairy Expo when they were tied across the aisle from each other. Sarah grew up on a 500-cow registered dairy in the coulees of western Wisconsin, near Ettrick, and had been showing cattle since the age of nine. She attended UW-Madison Farm & Industry Short Course after high school to further her dairy knowledge. When Sarah moved to Eden in 2005, she brought a few of her own cows from her parents’ Wegnerlann herd to build upon what Kurt had started. Kurt and Sarah continued to purchase cattle, and by using embryo transfer on a few of the deeper-pedigreed cows, have managed to build their small registered herd quickly in a few short years. Currently, there are approximately 120 milking and dry cows (including Kurt’s father’s grade cows) and 150 heifers that roam the pastures at Forest Ridge. The farm is operated by Kurt, Sarah and Kurt’s father, Randy. Randy focuses on crops and fieldwork, while Kurt and Sarah work with the cows. Kurt’s mom, Ellen, holds a job off the farm, but takes care of the bookwork and helps in the barn when needed.