Dominance, Pride & Stamina!

(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.