
(ACE of ACES) (AOBA-ISDGS Int. Champion 2020) Nikwe's "Black Jumper" (ROY2020) (POR) (EGP) (DNA-P)
Black Jumper was born on February 10, 2019 and bred by Joseph A. Nikwe from Southern Nigeria. The unregistered paternal line comes directly from a herd from the Djallonké massif in central Guinea. The unregistered maternal line comes from a herd from a true forest type from Benin. Both parent animals were imported into Nigeria. He was laboratory tested in 3 countries in 2 continents and was exported to EU. Died on December 5, 2021 from plant poisoning.
- 27 kg adult weight
- 50 cm height at the withers
- Very skittish, high stamina but not dominant.
- Offspring sex ratio 56%R:44%E
- Black factor.
- Passes the dwarf factor hard on both large and small ewes.
- First ram with a maximum confirmation score of 200/200 (Africa + EU)
- First ram awarded the ''INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION'' & ''INTERNATIONAL RAM OF THE YEAR 2020" titles by AOBA.
- BEST AFRICAN RAM OF THE YEAR 2020
- BEST EUROPEAN RAM OF THE YEAR 2020
- AOBA chose Black Jumper as a standard for the breed.
- ARR/ARR
- DNA profiled
- frozen semen preserved
- POR 15/5 (Produced 7 EGP sons & 8 EGP daughters)
- only 7 sons in Europe
- only 12 daughters in Europe
Black Jumper
sired more than 100 offspring, of which a limited number are with third parties in Europe. All his offspring, both in Africa and in Europe are DNA profiled.