Spectacle Shines at the International Junior Ayrshire Show

Hall’s V-Lane Spectacle-ET, the winning Junior Three-Year-Old Cow, is the Grand and Intermediate Champion of the International Junior Ayrshire Show at World Dairy Expo. She received the Lillian & Keith King and Jim King Grand Champion of the Junior Show Award. Spectacle is owned by Ashton and Levi Wilcox of Varysburg, N.Y. The Reserve Grand Champion and Reserve Intermediate Champion is Bricker-Farms R Cadillac-ET. Cadillac, the winning Winter Senior Two-Year-Old Cow, is owned by Todd, Lynsey, Allison, Lacey and Kinslee Bricker, Carli Binckley and Wyatt Schlauch of Salem, Ohio.

Senior Champion of the International Junior Ayrshire Show went to Bricker-Farms Gibbs Carvella, the first junior-owned and second place Lifetime Component Merit Cow, exhibited by Todd, Lynsey, Allison, Lacey and Kinslee Bricker and Carli Binckley of Salem, Ohio. Reserve Senior Champion honors went to Champlin-Arling Dina’s Dolli-ET, exhibited by Sarah Hill of Bristol, Vt.

In the Heifer Show, Jl-Royal-Ruby Stanley Beckett, the winning Spring Yearling, is named Junior Champion of the Junior Show and is leased by Dylan Ryan and owned by Lydia Rassmussen of Fond du Lac. Reserve Junior Champion of the Junior Show was the first place Fall Calf, Miss Booty Bounce, exhibited by Logan Harbaugh, Grant Fremstad and Tim Busch of Marion, Wis.

Official judge David Hanson of Nicollet, Minn., along with his associate Eric Houdek of Hastings, Minn., were charged with placing 117 head in the International Junior Ayrshire Show.

Complete class results can be found at www.worlddairyexpo.com.

The International Junior Ayrshire Show is made possible in part through the generous support of Gold Sponsors, Huvepharma, MilkSource Genetics, Tom Morris LTD., and Trans Ova Genetics. Neck ribbons and medallions in the Junior Ayrshire Show are made possible by KCCK Genetics and Boarding. Junior Champion receives special awards presented by Ayrshire show sponsors, Cargill Animal Nutrition, Select Sires, Inc., and GenOvations. Intermediate Champion receives special awards presented by Ayrshire show sponsors, Semex/Boviteq, and GenOvations. Senior Champion receives special awards presented by Ayrshire show sponsors and GenOvations. Grand Champion receives special awards presented by Ayrshire show sponsors, Select Sires, Inc., and Genovations.

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