In the age of American Idol, Dancing with the Stars and countless other franchises where the fans decide the outcome, it’s about time for Dairy Breeders to join the decision-making fun..  That is why the Bullvine has created the Breeder’s Choice Awards.  The Breeder’s Choice Awards celebrates fan favorites in the show ring, index cows, sires and dairy celebrities.  It stands alone as the only major award where real people – not industry insiders – determine the winners.

The Winners are?

Over the past month The Bullvine has been conducting surveys on our Facebook page to see exactly  who the fans would choose as the top Holstein show cattle in North America for 2012.  To qualify the animals in each class needed to place in the top five spots at either World Dairy Expo or the Royal (Read more: World Dairy Expo 2012 Holstein Show: A Battle for the Ages and The 2012 Royal Winter Fair Holstein Show – One of the Greatest Stories Evert Told ). After thousands of votes here are the winners:

COBEQUID GOLDWYN DANNY – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Spring Heifer Calf

Spring Heifer Calf

1. Cobequid Goldwyn Danny
   (Read more: Who’s The Next Great One?)
2. Siemers Gwyn Glam Thisup
3. Cherry Crest Lavanguard

PETITCLERC GOLDWYN SIDNEY – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Winter Heifer Calf

Winter Heifer Calf

1. Petitclerc  Goldwyn Sidney
   (Read more: Who’s The Next Great One?)
2. Kingsway Lauthority All In
3. Sunspark Windbrook Extra

MD-DUN-LOAFIN LAUTH ELLI- 2012 Breeder’s Choice Fall Heifer Calf

Fall Heifer Calf

1. MD-Dun Loafin Lauth Elli
   (Read more: Who’s The Next Great One?)
2. Idee Goldwyn Livia
3. Siemers Dstry Sunraygal

CO-VALE FEVER CAMILA – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Summer Yearling Heifer

Summer Yearling Heifer

1. Co-Vale Fever Camila
   (Read more: Who’s The Next Great One?)
2. Belfast Goldwyn Lasenza
3. Bismer Damion Jasmine

JACOBS ATWOOD LILLY BOY – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Spring Yearling Heifer

Spring Yearling Heifer

1. Jacobs Atwood Lily Boy
   (Read more: Who’s The Next Great One? and Breeding The Next Show Winners)
2. Crestbrooke Gap Torrie
3. Sharp Acres ST Jessy

Lafontaine Aftershock Arrie – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Winter Yearling Heifer

Winter Yearling Heifer

1. Lafontaine Aftershock Arrie
   (Read more: Breeding The Next Show Winners)
2. Springway Sassy Rae
3. Kingsway Sanchez Armadillo

Kingsway Goldwyn Artichoke – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Fall Yearling Heifer

 Fall Yearling Heifer

1. Kingsway Goldwyn Artichoke
2. Kingsway Sanchez Magician
3. Crovalley Knowledge Akika

Junior Champion – MD-Dun Loafin Lauth Elli

R-E-W Happy Go Lucky – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Fall Yearling In Milk

Fall Yearling in Milk

1. R-E-W Happy Go Lucky
   (Read more: World Dairy Expo Winners: Investment Worthy and Exciting Times for Butlerview)
2. Dougal Lea Goldwyn Danita
3. Blondin Alexander Mariska

BVK ATWOOD ARIANNA – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Jr. 2yr old

Jr. 2 year old

1. BVK Atwood Arianna
   (Read more: World Dairy Expo Winners: Investment Worthy)
2. Joleanna Gold Pourinrain
3. Jacobs Atwood Melody

Valleyville Rae Lynn – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Sr. 2yr old

Sr. 2 year old

1. Valleyville Rae Lynn
   (Read more: Quality Cattle Look Good Evert Day,  Don Shwartz: Love what you do and do the best you can! and Quality Holsteins – Well Deserved Congratulations)
2. Butz-Butler Gold Barbara
3. Crate Indiana Goldwyn

Robrook Goldwyn Cameron – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Jr. 3yr old

Jr. 3 year old

1. Robrook Goldwyn Cameron
2. Cobequid Goldwyn Leno
3. Arethusa Jasper Velour

Cookview Goldwyn Monique – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Sr. 3yr old

Sr. 3 year old

1. Cookview Goldwyn Monique
   (Read more: Exciting Times for Butlerview, RF Goldwyn Hailey: Cash Cow or Cash Hog and International Intrigue – The Secret is Exposed!)
2. Debeau Jasper December
3. Quality Gold Danzi

Intermediate Champion  – Cookview Goldwyn Monique

Macpes Fortune Koquine – 2012 Breeder’s Choice 4 yr old

4 year old

1. Macpes Fortune Koquine
   (Read more: Durham vs. Goldwyn: A Clash of Two Titans)
2. T-Triple-T Gold Prize
3. Bourgival Goldwyn Oriel

Wendon Goldwyn Allie – 2012 Breeder’s Choice 5 yr old

5 year old

1. Wendon Goldwyn Allie
2. Scientific Gold Dana Rae
3. Rockymountain Talent Licorice

RF Goldwyn Hailey – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Mature cow

Mature Cow

1. RF Goldwyn Hailey
   (Read more: World Dairy Expo Winners: Investment Worthy and The Story Behind How Two Full Sisters Dominated Expo Quebec)
2. Ebyholme Goldwyn Maricia
3. Harvue Roy Frosty

Starbrite Lyster Lyndsay – 2012 Breeder’s Choice Lifetime Production Cow

Lifetime Production

1. Starbrite Lyster Lyndsay
2. Goldenflo Lheros Bubble Gum
3. Savage-Leigh Leona

Senior & Grand Champion – RF Goldwyn Hailey

The Bullvine Bottom Line

While cows like R-E-W Happy Go Lucky, Cookview Goldwyn Monique and RF Goldwyn Hailey rode their almost cult like followings to dominant victories,  it was really interesting to see the classes where there were different winners than at the Royal or  Madison (Spring Calf, Winter Heifer Calf, Fall Heifer Calf, Spring Yearling, Winter Yearling, Fall Yearling, Junior 3 year old and 4 year old).  Particularly surprising  was that  in two of these classes (Spring Calf and Spring Yearling) the winner was not a class winner at either the Royal or Madison.  The biggest shocker of all has to be Royal and Madison Sr. 2 year old winner, Butz-Butler Gold Barbara, falling to Valleyville Rae Lynn.   It was also interesting to see the battle between Madison Junior Champion, Lafontaine Aftershock Arrie, and Royal Junior Champion, MD-Dun Loafin Lauth Elli, going head to head as they did  both did not attend both  shows.   Elli was the Breeder’s Choice.

What’s next

Continuing in our Breeder’s Choice competition, over the next few weeks we will be conducting polls on Facebook in the following categories:

• Who is your favorite Large A.I. company in the world?
• Who is your favorite Small-Medium A.I. company in the world?
• What is your favorite Dairy Print Publication/Magazine?
• What is your favorite Dairy Digital Magazine or Website?
• Who do you think is the best dairy cattle photographer in the world?
• Vote for your favorite leadsman
• Who is your favorite Dairy Industry Celebrity/Personality?
• Vote for your favorite dairy cattle fitter
• Vote for your favorite cowman
• Vote for your favorite Holstein Legend
• Who is the most legendary breeding program of all time?
• Who would you say is the greatest Holstein show herd of the last 5 years?
• What breeding program do you think has had the greatest impact in North America over the past five years?
• Who would you pick as the top colored breed herds in North America?
• More to come….

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