- Irish has a unique pedigree combining the Swedish Alexander-Falken lines on the top side with the Irish Deerpark Notis line on the bottom via imported semen
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Irish is an extremely long bodied boar that has extra extension of neck and a long level rump
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Very flexible and sound he is correct in his feet and leg structure and has excellent foot size
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Bold shouldered, he opens up well at the top of his blades and combines his extreme length with good natural body width and depth
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Irish and his three littermate brothers were the top 4 boars on both MLI and SPI in their contemporary group
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Irish has outstanding EPDs and indexes. His -4.6 EPD Days is top 2% of the Landrace breed while the -8.2 FE is top 4%. On the maternal traits his 0.68 EPDs NBA, 139.7 MLI and 124.1 SPI are all top 1%
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The sire of Irish, SGI 3379 Chris, was the top ranking Landrace on EPD Days (-9.2), F/G (-13.4) and TSI (157.5) in November 2013. After 55 daughter records entered into the STAGES system during 2014, he has current (Nov. 2014) maternal EPDs of 1.15 NBA, 154.0 MLI and 134.8 SPI that are all top 1% of the breed. As a result Chris is currently ranked 1st on NBA EPD and MLI as well as 2nd on SPI in the Landrace breed
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The paternal grandsire, Alken 16-7, also has excellent EPDs of -4.5 Days (top 4%), 0.89 NBA (top1%) and 2.7 LWT. His SPI of 128.8 and MLI index of 137.8 ranks in top 1% of this breed
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Irish is out of a litter of 16 born alive with a 203 lb weaning weight. His dam has averaged 13.5 farrowed, 10 weaned and 160 lb weaning weight for 4 parities. She has a 111.3 SPI and 120.1 MLI
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The maternal grandma has average 11.4 born with 164 lb 21 day litter weight for five parities
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Irish offers an opportunity to insert Irish genetics along with superior growth rate, number born alive and extra body length in a sound functional package
