Collection: HEAVEN FAMILY

Ocean-View Heaven Sent EX-91 over 50K and a National Show Champion

Few cow families have left a mark on the Holstein breed comparable to the maternal line behind To-Mar Blackstar. While Blackstar became one of the most influential sires in breed history, the true story lies in the remarkable cow family that produced him and our Heaven Family.

Marvin first became interested in the family after noticing a To-Mar Blackstar flush from a daughter of Blackstar's own dam, To-Mar Wayne Hay EX-90. The mating was heavily linebred, and Marvin believed that such matings reveal the true transmitting power of a family. When the opportunity arose, Ocean View purchased a choice from that flush, selecting To-Mar Blackstar Mystic VG-88.

The decision proved to be a great one. Mystic became a Gold Medal Dam with more than 100 registered offspring, including 33 Excellent and Very Good daughters. Her descendants quickly became one of the largest and most successful cow families at Ocean View, known for their silky dairyness, reproductive strength, and ability to consistently improve with each generation.

What makes this family even more unique today is its direct connection to the maternal line that produced Blackstar himself. While Blackstar's influence spread around the world through countless sons and daughters, it is increasingly rare to find cattle that trace directly through the original maternal line. Even rarer is finding those descendants carrying significant linebreeding back to the family that made Blackstar great.

That is exactly what makes the Heaven family special. Generation after generation, they continue to display the balance, dairy strength, udder quality, and breeding consistency that made Blackstar such a breed-changing sire. In an era when most breeders can only find Blackstar several times in a pedigree, the Heaven family represents a living piece of Holstein history—a direct link to one of the most influential maternal lines the breed has ever known.

Today, the Heavens remain a favorite cow family known for the fancy heifers it produces that turn into very profitable cows. Year after year one of the fanciest heifers in the pen are from this family and now with RED built in the options are endless. They continue to prove that the greatest genetics are not built around a single famous bull, but around generations of exceptional cows that consistently breed on.