Two weeks fresh, a rear udder that wouldn’t quit, and barely a minute of reasons from Pat Lundy — Elmvue Alt Chanel-Red-ET took Senior 3-Year-Old, Best Udder, and Grand R&W in one drive.
By the time Pat Lundy named Elmvue Alt Chanel-Red-ET to the top of the Grand Champion line at the Quebec Holstein Red & White Spring Show, he’d already spent the morning telling the crowd, class after class, that he was having a blast. Honestly, you could hear it. “If you understand a little bit of English, please give all these heifer exhibitors, breeders, and guys back in the barn a big round of applause,” he said mid-show. “What a tremendous heifer show.”
The Red & White judging ran alongside the Black & White all day — one ring, two shows, a bilingual rhythm bouncing between Lundy’s New York cadence and the French translation. And while the B&W side is its own story, the Red show stood on its own merit. Ferme Jacobs walked away with Grand Champion. Pierre Boulet walked away with the Exhibitor Banner. Clovis Holstein took the Breeder Banner. And a Winter Two-Year-Old named Clovis Altitude Magie announced herself as a cow to watch right through summer.
Here’s how it played out.
The Junior Show: Small Classes, Real Quality
Lundy opened with a Winter R&W Calf class of two. Not much on paper, but LAFORSTAR ALTITUDE PLATINE-RED (Ferme Claude et Lise Bachand, St-Dominique) made it straightforward — “so much angularity and length of frame, stronger in her shoulder, fuller in her crops,” as Lundy put it — over a tidy calf in D-Ray Superman Jouvancy (D-Ray Holstein / Ferme Milibro / Mathieu Blanchet), who collected the first Bred-and-Owned ribbon of the day.
The Fall Heifer R&W ran three deep and, for Lundy, had a clear winner. CERPOLAIT ROMPEN DAIRY QUEEN(Ferme Cerpolait, Saint-Aimé) drew the tap right away — “so much length to her frame and style throughout, so long up through her head and neck.” She’d parlay that into Reserve Junior Champion later in the morning. Kakouna Alpha Sassy-Red (Ferme Panda / Ferme Rochelet) stood second; Pierstein Alpha Jazzberry Red (Pierre Boulet) finished third.
Summer Yearling R&W was four-deep and, in Lundy’s framing, broke into two pairs. At the top: STEVIO WARRIOR ANGÉLINA (Steve Boulet, Sainte-Brigide-d’Iberville), first and Bred-and-Owned. “More length to her frame, more added femininity, more stretch up to her head and neck, cleaner down through her hock bone,” Lundy said. Cainsview St Believe Gala (Jaquemet Holsteins / Velthuis Farms) — a heifer you admire “when viewed from behind, so much width back to her rump structure” — took second, with Lysem Hulu Kesse (Ferme Lysem) third and Chandli Turbo Loa (Bachand) fourth.
Spring Yearling R&W was a two-heifer class, but a quality one. STEVIO IMPACT-P FAVEUR (Steve Boulet) collected the blue — “so much more mass and power, strength through the front end, back through her rump structure, more spring to her barrel, a major advantage in her loin structure.” She’d eventually land Honorable Mention Junior Champion. Valrick Alpha Trinity Red (Ferme Blondin / Jean-Philippe Proulx / Mélanie Parenteau) was second, a calf Lundy said he “really loved for her angularity and overall femininity.”
Winter Yearling R&W had a field of one — LAFORSTAR RUBELS TRACY (Crackholm Holsteins, Richmond) — but Lundy didn’t phone it in. “A really nice effort. You really admire the width and strength throughout — a heifer that moves on a beautiful set of feet and legs. Can certainly stand some competition today.” Translation: she’ll be back.
Then came the class the bred-heifer people had circled in the catalogue: Fall Yearling R&W, just two entries but both legitimate prospects. ELIANE IMPACT RED WRANGLER (André Dion, Lévis) was, per Lundy, “an easy winner — her overall angularity and length of frame, so much more depth of rear flank” over a really wide, strong Laforstar Have Too Kassie (Laforce Holstein Inc., St-Elphège). Wrangler was first and Bred-and-Owned, setting up a Junior Champion selection that Lundy called “pretty easy.”
Junior Champion R&W: The Wrangler Show
Three heifers came back for the Junior drive: first-place Fall Calf (Dairy Queen), first-place Spring Yearling (Faveur), and first-place Fall Yearling (Wrangler). Lundy didn’t dance around it.
“Junior Champion today will be on your first-place Fall Yearling — a heifer we thought was a pretty easy Junior Champion for our Red & White division. So square and balanced and straight in her lines, a heifer that moves on a beautiful set of feet and legs, and has that added width and substance all the way throughout her frame.”
Reserve went to Cerpolait Rompen Dairy Queen — “showing more depth of forearm, rear rib, a little more balance throughout than the real long-framed dairy calf for Reserve.” Honorable Mention went to Stevio Impact-P Faveur: “a little more ready, a little cleaner cut all the way through, a little cleaner up through her head and neck, more femininity than the real square, wide heifer for Honorable Mention.”
- Champion Junior R&W: Eliane Impact Red Wrangler — André Dion, Lévis
- Championne Junior de Réserve R&W: Cerpolait Rompen Dairy Queen — Ferme Cerpolait, Saint-Aimé
- Mention Honorable R&W: Stevio Impact-P Faveur — Steve Boulet, Sainte-Brigide-d’Iberville
Junior Banners
- Junior Exhibitor Banner R&W — 20 pts: Steve Boulet, Sainte-Brigide-d’Iberville (2nd: Ferme Claude et Lise Bachand 17 pts; 3rd: Ferme Cerpolait 10 pts)
- Junior Breeder Banner R&W — 29 pts: Laforce Holstein Inc. (Laforstar), St-Elphège (2nd: Stevio 20 pts; 3rd: Cerpolait 10 pts)
The Cow Show: Quality Up Top, Boulet Everywhere
The Red & White milk classes were what you’d expect from a Quebec Spring Show — short on numbers in some classes, long on quality up top.
Spring Two-Year-Old R&W: CLOVIS ALTITUDE FINAL BLOOM (Clovis Holstein Inc., Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska) — Bred-and-Owned and Best Udder. The first Clovis Altitude daughter of the day, and not the last.
Winter Two-Year-Old R&W: The class of the young-cow show. CLOVIS ALTITUDE MAGIE (Crackholm Holsteins, Richmond) took the blue and Best Udder. Lundy lit up: “Such an extreme mammary system — so much height and width, bloom, quality everywhere in her udder. Her fore udder blends into her body wall beautifully. So much mass and strength and width to her frame.” That description would hold up four hours later in the Grand drive. Benjo Impact Ila (Ferme Benjo 2003 Inc. / Harry & Joanne Van Der Linden, St-Zéphirin) was second and first Bred-and-Owned.
Fall Two-Year-Old R&W: ROYHAVEN WARRIOR FRILLS (Pierre Boulet, Montmagny) — Best Udder. The first Boulet chapter of the afternoon.
Junior Three-Year-Old R&W: PIERSTEIN ALPHA GABBIE (Pierre Boulet) — Best Udder and Bred-and-Owned. Boulet chapter two.
Senior Three-Year-Old R&W: The class that built the Grand Champion. ELMVUE ALT CHANEL-RED-ET(Ferme Jacobs Inc., Cap-Santé) — Best Udder. Two weeks fresh, and Lundy made no attempt to hide his enthusiasm: “So much height and width and bloom to her mammary system. A cow maybe a little fresh in her frame, but a cow that shows me more natural openness and dairyness, more spring to her rib viewed from behind, more height and width and bloom to her rear udder.”
Four-Year-Old R&W: STONEHAVEN BELIEVE JASPER (Ferme Rougette Inc., Lévis) — Best Udder.
Five-Year-Old R&W: INTENSE DEVOUR GORGEOUS (Pierre Boulet) — Best Udder. Boulet chapter three.
Mature Cow: MILIBRO DEVOUR LOVELY (Ferme Milibro Inc., Tingwick) — Best Udder and Bred-and-Owned, with seven calves behind her and a month fresh. She’d walk back in for the Grand drive and leave with Honorable Mention.
Grand Championship R&W: Chanel, Magie, Lovely
Lundy didn’t overthink it. “I’m not going to talk about them individually,” he told the crowd as the finalists set up. “A bunch of great-uddered, square-framed cows. I’m going to go select your Grand, Reserve, and Honorable Mention and give some reasons.”
The verdict, barely a minute later:
“Grand Champion today will be on your Senior Three-Year-Old — so dairy in her frame with a beautiful mammary system, a cow that moves so well on her fine legs. She has added dairyness, a little cleaner all the way throughout, than the beautiful other Two-Year-Old for Reserve. Taking nothing away from our production cow — seven calves, a month fresh — just not quite as ready as these other two, but a tremendous cow in her own right. Congratulations on a great Red & White show.”
- Grande Championne R&W: Elmvue Alt Chanel-Red-ET — Ferme Jacobs Inc., Cap-Santé
- Grande Championne de Réserve R&W: Clovis Altitude Magie — Crackholm Holsteins, Richmond
- Mention Honorable R&W: Milibro Devour Lovely — Ferme Milibro Inc., Tingwick
Senior Banners
- Exhibitor Banner R&W — 68 pts: Pierre Boulet, Montmagny (2nd: Crackholm Holsteins 30 pts; 3rd, tied at 20 pts: Steve Boulet, Ferme Milibro, Ferme Rougette, Ferme Jacobs, Clovis Holstein)
- Breeder Banner R&W — 40 pts: Clovis Holstein (Clovis), St-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska (2nd: Laforstar 29 pts; 3rd: Pierstein 21 pts)
The Takeaways
Pierre Boulet owned the afternoon. Three class wins (Fall 2-Year-Old, Junior 3-Year-Old, 5-Year-Old), three Best Udder banners, placings up and down the line, and a 68-point Exhibitor Banner that left the next string — Crackholm’s 30 — pretty deep in the rearview. The Pierstein prefix alone pulled the third-place Breeder Banner. When a single Montmagny operation does that in a competitive provincial R&W show, it’s a statement.
Chanel-Red is a national conversation. Elmvue Alt Chanel-Red-ET walking in two weeks fresh with that kind of mammary system, that kind of openness, and that kind of silk through the shoulder — this is a cow you plan a summer around. Ferme Jacobs needs no introduction in this business, and Chanel just added another line to the résumé. The fact that Lundy, an international judge with World Dairy Expo R&W credentials, called it “pretty handly” for Grand tells you where she sits right now.
Clovis Altitude is writing a chapter. Clovis Altitude Magie as Reserve Grand off the back of a Winter Two-Year-Old class. Clovis Altitude Final Bloom winning the Spring 2-Year-Old with Best Udder and Bred-and-Owned. Laforstar Altitude Platine-Red winning the Winter Calf. Three different owners, three different classes, one bull. The Clovis prefix’s 40-point Breeder Banner is the number to circle.
The juniors set up a fall. Wrangler (Dion), Dairy Queen (Cerpolait), Faveur (Steve Boulet). All three are legitimate August–November show-string material. And Steve Boulet pulled the Junior Exhibitor Banner outright — Faveur and Angélina are the foundation of a string that’s going to cause problems before year’s end.
Judge Pat Lundy — World Dairy Expo R&W official in 2022, Canadian National Convention judge in 2025, associate judge for the 2025 World Dairy Expo Holstein Show — told the crowd at the end: “A tremendous Red show here today. The quality shows in the group we have out here.”
He wasn’t being polite.
Reporting from Expo-Printemps 2026, Victoriaville, QC. Official: Pat Lundy, Lundcrest Farm, Granville, NY — partner in a 400-cow operation, 10+ All-American and All-Canadian nominations, eight years as an international professional fitter across 10 countries. Associate (ringman): Reed Lundy. Show date: April 18, 2026. Judged concurrently with the Black & White Spring Show.
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