When looking for a prefix, Japanese breeder Nobuo Sato received inspiration while viewing a movie from a boat named “L’Espoir” (“Hope”). Without hope, his family would never ever have been successful in establishing a dairy farm on the wet, muck ground in the cold, north of Hokkaido. Fortunately, the Sato family has always persevered, and with L’Espoir Hagens has developed one of the most well-known Holstein families in Japan. Read all about this unique breeding line, which started at Crescentmead Farm in Wisconsin and which throughout Japan has provided several dozens of EX Holsteins….including the fantastic Durham daughter L’Espoir Reganstar Hagen EX-96.