Not a Brahman breeder, but I can only see a couple of reasons for horns on any breed of cattle. Exhibition/bragging rights, wide or tall, or interesting shape. Excitement, it's more exciting to watch a rodeo bull with horns, rarely do they enter into anything, but it's still adds to the excitment. Competitive steer roping/steer tripping, etc.. And the most important reason, to function as brakes on oxen. Of course there are the misc. side uses. Powder horns, horn spoons, buttons, etc.
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sophie":7a2gvau5 said:
As an artist researching this breed, could you tell me if horns are desirable in the best examples of the breed or are you all trying to breed polls. To put it another way, if you were to create the perfect Brahman would he have horns or not?