October
18, 2003, Billings, MT. – Judge Neil Wright, Arelee, SK., Canada
Fullblood
Females:
MLF Renee’s Fire 7M (Memory Lane Farms, Nebraska)
LVC Marge 22M (Lake View Piedmontese, S.Dakota)
LVC Ruth 14M (Lake View Piedmontese, S. Dakota)
LVC Misty 26M (Lake View Piedmontese, S. Dakota)
Golden Glow Snickers (Keith Schnese, Wisconsin)
GF Miss 20K (Gleannloch Farms, Texas)
GF Miss 6J (Gleannloch Farms, Texas)
GF Miss023L (Gleannloch Farms, Texas)
MN Lota (Keith Schnese, Wisconsin)
GF Miss 38L (Gleannloch Farms, Texas)
GF Miss 20K
Sire – Dakota Dice; Dam –
Miss May 65C
Owned & shown by
Gleannloch Farms, Barksdale, Texas
MLF Renees Fire 7M
Sire – Vialli; Dam – PBL
Renee 7R
Owned & shown by Memory
Lane Farms, Hooper, Nebraska
Fullblood
Bulls
MLF 21M (Memory Lane Farms, Nebraska)
LVC Prime Cut 43M (Lake View Piedmontese, S. Dakota)
LVC Trend 47M (Lake View Piedmontese, S. Dakota)
Golden Glow Rocky (Keith Schnese, Wisconsin)
Golden Glow Toro (Keith Schnese, Wisconsin)
GF Mr 10K (Gleannloch Farms, Texas)
Dakota Lance 29K (Soukup Livestock, S. Dakota)
GF Mr 20L (Gleannloch Farms, Texas)
Golden Glow Colombo (Keith Schnese, Wisconsin)
LVC Valley (Lake View Piedmontese, S. Dakota)
Mr Handsome (Tom Shear, Wisconsin)
GF Mr. 10K
Sire – Volo; Dam – GL
Eleonor 10E
Owned & shown by Gleannloch
Farms, Barksdale, Texas
Dakota Lance 29K
Sire – Dakota Dice; Dam –
Dakota 54B
Owned & shown by Soukup
Livestock, Lake Andes, South Dakota
Naturalean
Females
Pen of Three #327 (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Pen of Three #328 (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Pen of Three #326 (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Pen of Three #329 (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Pen of Three # 327
Sire – Coalminer; Dams – FB
Piedmontese
Owned & shown by Kevin
Brewer, Forsyth, Montana
Pen of Three # 328
Sire – Coalminer; Dams – FB
Piedmontese
Owned & shown by Kevin
Brewer, Forsyth, Montana
Naturalean
Bulls
Pen of Three # 333 (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Pen of Three # 334 (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Pen of Three # 332 (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Pen of Three # 335 (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Coalminer Two 125L (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Coalminer Son 1 (Brewer
Ranch, Montana)
Coalminer (Brewer Ranch,
Montana)
Coalminer Two 125L
Sire – Coalminer; Dam – FB
Piedmontese
Owned & shown by Kevin
Brewer, Forsyth, Montana
Pen of Three # 333
Sire – Coalminer; Dams – FB
Piedmontese
Owned & shown by Kevin
Brewer, Forsyth, Montana
With 48 head in the pens at this third Annual National Pen Show, competition was strong. Congratulations go out to Gleannloch Farms of Barksdale, Texas on their “double win” – both Grand Champion Fullblood Bull and Female ! The Naturalean Show was a clean sweep for the Brewer Ranches, and their senior Herdsire “Coalminer” who is the sire of both the Grand & Reserve Champions in both the Bull and Female categories.
All though the numbers at the show were somewhat lower than other years,
the quality of the stock was truly excellent in every category ! Judge Wright
had his work cut out for him, especially in the Fullblood Bull divisions.
Congratulations are in order for each and every exhibitor at the 2003 National
Pen Show – what a fine group of cattle !
The weather again this year was wonderful. Even the Texas cattle felt
warm and happy – as the temperatures were record-breaking warm for October in
Montana.
The NILE Show Staff were, as usual, very helpful. Connie Watts of the
NILE also extends her “Thanks” to all the Piedmontese exhibitors, saying they
are “the nicest group to work with !”
The Champions in each division receive a beautiful NILE Jacket, and
Reserves in each category receive the NILE Vest, plus premium cash prizes are
paid in all classes.
NAPA also reports this Show to the Italian Piedmontese Association –
ANABORAPI – together with the photos of the various Champions. This is then
published in the Italian International Breed magazine. Great advertising
world-wide for the North American Piedmontese !
Our Jan, 2004 magazine “Your Piedmontese Voice” will showcase the
Champions on the front cover…and here on the website, you can find various
candid pictures from the event on the News Shows Sales page.
Speaking of “sales” – it is noteworthy that we had
an entry at this Show in the Fullblood Female division, a nice cow-calf pair,
which were available for sale by Private Treaty at the event. These animals
arrived in Billings on Oct. 16th and within hours were sold. In
fact, they were delivered to the new owners the same day and so were not a
part of the Judged Show on Oct. 18th. The buyers were apparently
there at the NILE to purchase breeding stock from a different breed, but when
they learned of the attributes of the Piedmontese, they were keen to become
involved !
Thanks go out to all the NAPA members who helped again at the Show and
presented the breed in such a professional manner. It is always a pleasure
to see you each year….Some came a great distance to participate, like Tom
Shear and Udo Heusel
from Wisconsin, and the Gleannloch
Farms team from Texas. It is also a fair journey for John
and Connie Snover of Nebraska and Jerry
Hofer of Lake View and the Soukups
from South Dakota ! Their efforts are greatly appreciated.
Vicki Johnson
Click HERE to read the Summary
from the NAPA 2003 Annual Meeting.
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