2018 All-American Holstein Results – This year, exhibitors from all over North America entered the finest cattle that hit the tanbark from February through November 2018. In all, 165 entries were made by hopeful breeders in a culmination of a 365-day effort.
The Judges
This year, the nomination process was changed to allow for more opinions to be heard, based on the input of exhibitors and All-American enthusiasts. Instead of the traditional small panel of judges, the Holstein nominees were voted on by the judges of the 11 United States National Shows. This year’s panel was Tim Abbott, Pat Conroy, Lynn Harbaugh, Yan Jacobs, Brian Kelroy, Allyn Paulson, Carl Phoenix, Chad Ryan and Nathan Thomas. Several of these judges were the official for more than one national show. Each judge only received one vote. These judges ranked each class from top to bottom, and the best six in each class grace the following pages.
This year, the judges had diverse opinions, and only five All-American winners claimed their titles unanimously, giving them an extra accomplishment to be proud of. Those Unanimous All-American winners are Reyncrest Avalnche Lusha-ET (Spring Calf), the Junior Best Three Females group of Brian Joseph Enright, Jacobs Windbrook Aimo (Four-Year-Old), the Produce of T-Triple-T Dundee Paige (A) and the Senior Best Three Females group of Ferme Jacobs. Jacobs Windbrook Aimo and the Ferme Jacobs group repeat their unanimous wins from 2017!
Nominees In Numbers
Before you dive into the nominees, let’s recap the year in terms of numbers. It should come as no surprise that the Premier Sire of the International Holstein Heifer Show, Val- Bisson Doorman-ET, leads the way in total nominated daughters with an astounding 26. Even more impressive is that five of the six Winter Heifer Calf nominees are sired by Doorman! Every class from Spring Calves to Junior Three-Year-Olds has at least one Doorman daughter nominated. Distantly behind, but still unbelievably dominant in presence is, of course, Braedale Goldwyn, Premier Sire of the 2018 International Holstein Show. Goldwyn has 11 nominated daughters, 10 of which are in milking form. The Goldwyn son, Maple-Downs-I G W Atwood- ET, follows with six nominated daughters, all in milking form. Also making an impact were Goldwyn sons Dempsey and Gold Chip, as well as Avalanche, all with four nominees each.
The Exhibitors
Mike and Julie Duckett led all exhibitors with a total of eight nominees owned outright or in partnership. Following, and leading the way in total nominees bred, is Jacobs Holsteins, with seven owned and five bred. Also with seven owned is Triple-T Holsteins. The Borba family, Milksource LLC, and Clarkvalley Holsteins/London Dairy Farm all own six total nominees (including partnerships). Following Jacobs in total nominees bred, with three each, are Triple-T, Ferme Garay and Budjon.
Thank-yous are in order to all those that make the All-American contest possible. The 2019 show season is right around the corner – hopefully the pages that follow inspire you to shoot for the stars this year. Happy reading!
By Robin Alden, Purebred Publishing
