Pacheco Sweeps Grand and Reserve at 2026 NY Spring Brown Swiss Show
Brian Pacheco made the trip to Syracuse count. His Iroquois Acres Total Candy — a nine-year-old daughter of Sunnyisle Total out of Iroquois Acres Jong Cali — walked away as Grand Champion Brown Swiss at the 2026 New York Spring Dairy Carousel, held March 30. Then Pacheco doubled down: his Jer-Lene Im A Cali Girl, a Superbrown Kiba Superstar daughter, claimed Reserve Grand Champion, giving one exhibitor both banners in the breed’s senior division.
Pacheco’s show string is housed at Callum McKinven’s Look Out Farms in Canton de Hatley, Quebec — a cross-border partnership that clearly works. It was a show that rewarded longevity, homebred programs, and the kind of quiet consistency that defines the best Brown Swiss herds.
Total Candy: A Lifetime Cow Earns Her Crown
Iroquois Acres Total Candy isn’t a stranger to the ring. Born in July 2017 and bred by Iroquois Acres, she topped the 100,000-lb Lifetime Production class before marching through the championship drive. At nearly nine years old, she represents exactly the kind of functional longevity the Brown Swiss breed hangs its hat on — a cow who keeps showing up, keeps milking, and keeps winning.
Pacheco also showed Lookout Super Ginta — bred by Look Out Farms — who placed second in the 4-Year-Old class behind his own Jer-Lene Im A Cali Girl. Both cows are sired by Superbrown Kiba Superstar, and when one exhibitor fills first and second in a cow class with two daughters of the same sire, that’s not luck. That’s a breeding program, with McKinven’s Look Out Farms playing a key role in developing and fitting these cattle.
Balthaser Dominates the Junior Division
If Pacheco owned the senior end, Hannah Balthaser of Bernville, Pennsylvania, owned everything else. The junior exhibitor collected banners like most people collect show ribbons:
- Junior Champion — CIE Northkill Creek Tessa (Hilltop Acres P Prince OCS × IE Northkill Creek 786), first-place Spring Yearling
- Intermediate Champion — Northkill Creek Groove ET (Hilltop Acres B Daredevil ET × Northkill Creek Groovy), first-place Senior 2-Year-Old
- Grand Champion Junior Show — Northkill Creek Groove ET
That’s three champion banners from one exhibitor, all bred and owned, all tracing back to the Northkill Creek prefix. Balthaser also placed first and third in the Fall Yearling class with Northkill Creek Groove Time ET and Northkill Creek Get The Groove ET — both First Choice and Design daughters out of the same Northkill Creek Groovy cow family. When your donor cow keeps throwing class winners by different sires, you’ve found something.
Senior Show Breakdown
| Class | First Place | Exhibitor | Sire |
| Jr. 2-Year-Old | Miley Foremost Patina | Peter Vail, Middleburgh, NY | Cutting Edge T Foremost |
| Sr. 2-Year-Old | Northkill Creek Groove ET | Hannah Balthaser, Bernville, PA | Hilltop Acres B Daredevil ET |
| Jr. 3-Year-Old | Way Lyn Daredevil Prize | Brandon Deeter, Cochranton, PA | Hilltop Acres B Daredevil ET |
| Sr. 3-Year-Old | Heilinger Design Luxury | Brody Jackson/Blake & Garrett Hill, Cattaraugus, NY | HF Design |
| 4-Year-Old | Jer-Lene Im A Cali Girl | Brian Pacheco | Superbrown Kiba Superstar |
| 5-Year-Old | Hills Valley Dairystar Riki | Hills Valley Farm, Cattaraugus, NY | Hilltop Acres Dairystar |
| Aged Cow | Greystone Kingpin Gitana | Amelia Somers, Walton, NY | Jo-Dee Trooper Kingpin TM |
| 100K Lifetime | Iroquois Acres Total Candy | Brian Pacheco | Sunnyisle Total |
Heifer Classes: Design, Double Take, and Cadence Lead the Way
Three sires kept surfacing across the younger classes: HF Design, Edge View Cal Double Take ETV, and Shiloh Brookings Cadence.
Design daughters won or placed in three separate heifer classes. Gary Mase of Cochranton, Pennsylvania, placed second and third in Summer Yearlings with two Design daughters — Meadow Hill Dsign Torch and Meadow Hill Dsign Blue Jean — both homebred. Riley Haines took third in Spring Yearlings with another Design daughter, Locust-Ayr Design Waffles.
Dylan Klossner of Owego, New York, earned Reserve Junior Champion with Dare2Dream DT Shag Me Baby, an Edge View Cal Double Take ETV daughter he bred and owns. At the young end, Hallie Steck of Atwater, Ohio, won Winter Heifer Calf with Patchohevn Wapi Sapi OCS, a Cadence daughter, and Cassandra Sophia Wilbur of Durhamville, New York, topped the Fall Heifer Calf class with Neidervale Sas Witchcraft, a La Rainbow Sweet Sasuke daughter.
The Bred-and-Owned Story
What jumps off the page in this show book is how many winners were bred and owned. Balthaser’s entire championship string. Klossner’s heifer. Steck’s calves. Mase’s yearlings. The Kaufmans’ All-Glo Carter Popular ET, who took second in Spring Yearlings behind Balthaser’s Tessa.
In a dairy world where flush-and-flip consignment cattle dominate some breed shows, the NY Spring Brown Swiss ring rewarded breeders who develop their own genetics — families building cow families over years, not flipping embryos between sales.
Junior Show Champions
| Title | Animal | Exhibitor |
| Junior Champion | CIE Northkill Creek Tessa | Hannah Balthaser |
| Reserve Junior Champion | Dare2Dream DT Shag Me Baby | Dylan Klossner |
| Intermediate Champion | Northkill Creek Groove ET | Hannah Balthaser |
| Reserve Intermediate Champion | Way Lyn Daredevil Prize | Brandon Deeter |
| Senior Champion | Giesy Manor Tenascious Moonbeam | Liliana Marie Williams |
| Reserve Senior Champion | Greystone Kingpin Gitana | Amelia Somers |
| Grand Champion Junior Show | Northkill Creek Groove ET | Hannah Balthaser |
| Reserve Grand Champion Junior Show | Giesy Manor Tenascious Moonbeam | Liliana Marie Williams |
What This Show Tells Us
The 2026 NY Spring Dairy Carousel Brown Swiss show wasn’t the biggest ring in the country. It didn’t need to be. What it showed is that the breed’s strength in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic runs deep — rooted in junior programs, family breeding operations, and cows that work for a living. Pacheco’s partnership with McKinven’s Look Out Farms adds a cross-border dimension that reminds us Brown Swiss genetics don’t stop at customs.
Balthaser’s Northkill Creek Groovy cow family is one to watch. When a single donor produces the Junior Champion, Intermediate Champion, and Grand Champion Junior Show winner — by different sires — that’s the kind of cow family the entire breed should be paying attention to.
Class 1 — Winter Heifer Calf (Born 12/01/25–02/28/26) — 3 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Patchohevn Wapi Sapi OCS | Hallie Steck & Justin Fox | Atwater, OH | Shiloh Brookings Cadence |
| 2 | Peach Kist Tank Tamara Twin | Kyle Johnson | Cochranton, PA | Cozy Nook Doboy Tank |
| 3 | All-Glo Famous Nougat | Avery Kaufman | Berlin, PA | Brown Heaven R Famous ET |
Class 2 — Fall Heifer Calf (Born 09/01/25–11/30/25) — 7 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Neidervale Sas Witchcraft | Cassandra & Sophia Wilbur | Durhamville, NY | La Rainbow Sweet Sasuke |
| 2 | Patchohevn Butterfly Kisses | Hallie Steck & Justin Fox | Atwater, OH | Manis Glenn Whiskey |
| 3 | Jenlar WC Whipcream ETV | Brody Jackson, Blake & Garrett Hill | Cattaraugus, NY | Apex TO World Class ETV |
| 4 | Mi-Dream Foremost Vivid | Andy Teaman | Quarryville, PA | Cutting Edge T Foremost |
| 5 | Red Lawn TN Wildthing | Peter Vail | Middleburgh, NY | Hilltop Acres Top Notch ET |
| 6 | Bo Shona Deluxe Friskey | Jack Moore | Honeoye Falls, NY | Edge View C Deluxe ETV |
| 7 | So My T Fine Famous Lady | Bella Muck | Wilson, NY | Brown Heaven R Famous ET |
Class 3 — Summer Yearling Heifer (Born 06/01/25–08/31/25) — 7 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Dare2Dream DT Shag Me Baby | Dylan Klossner | Owego, NY | Edge View Cal Double Take ETV |
| 2 | Meadow Hill Dsign Torch | Gary Mase | Cochranton, PA | HF Design ET |
| 3 | Meadow Hill Dsign Blue Jean | Gary Mase | Cochranton, PA | HF Design ET |
| 4 | Northkill Creek Freedom | Hannah Balthaser | Bernville, PA | Perry Brook P Crazy Horse |
| 5 | Ms First Choice Sasha | Peter Vail | Middleburgh, NY | Brown Heaven C First Choice ET |
| 6 | A Joy DT San Angelo | Alexis Sherry | Chambersburg, PA | Edge View Cal Double Take ETV |
| 7 | Dare2Dream TS Paradise | Dylan Klossner | Owego, NY | Hilltop Acres Trickshot ETV |
Class 4 — Spring Yearling Heifer (Born 03/01/25–05/31/25) — 12 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | CIE Northkill Creek Tessa | Hannah Balthaser | Bernville, PA | Hilltop Acres P Prince OCS |
| 2 | All-Glo Carter Popular ET | Justin & Ashley Kaufman | Berlin, PA | Voelkers TD Carter ET |
| 3 | Locust-Ayr Design Waffles | Riley Haines | Taneytown, MD | HF Design ET |
| 4 | Jenlar WClass Wayfair ETV OCS | Dylan Fry | Chestertown, MD | Apex TO World Class ETV |
| 5 | Jer-Lene California Chrome | Brian Pacheco | Canton de Hatley, QC | Antonov |
| 6 | Lehearth Designer Star | Nolan Kummer | Evans City, PA | HF Design ET |
| 7 | Just So Norwin Favorite | Micah Davis | Cochranton, PA | Norwin |
| 8 | Reliance-H Elisium Renegade | Maecee Nickerson | Sherman, NY | Giacomini Elisium ET |
| 9 | Mile High MD Most Stunning ETV | Jack Moore | Honeoye Falls, NY | Cutting Edge T Foremost |
| 10 | Willow Ridge S Titos | Grace Balogh | Ashford, CT | La Rainbow Sweet O Sully ET |
| 11 | CHQ Mist F Choice Winx | Brandon Nickerson | Sherman, NY | Brown Heaven C First Choice ET |
| 12 | Empire M Tank Olive | Sarah & Marina Cox | Warsaw, NY | Cozy Nook Doboy Tank |
Class 5 — Winter Yearling Heifer (Born 12/01/24–02/29/25) — 4 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | New Directions TO Winter | Hayden Weaver | Ephrata, PA | Jennings Gap Time Out |
| 2 | Meadow Hill Ray Away | Brentley Mase | Cochranton, PA | H U Husers Huge SG Ray |
| 3 | WSC Creek Petra | Finley Barnes | Ulster, PA | Northkill Creek 687 |
| 4 | Sashill Design Abilene | Paul & Abby Pavolko | Albion, PA | HF Design ET |
Class 6 — Fall Yearling Heifer (Born 09/01/24–11/30/24) — 10 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Northkill Creek Groove Time ET | Hannah Balthaser | Bernville, PA | Brown Heaven C First Choice ET |
| 2 | Meadow Hill T Out Tiara | Cooper Mase | Cochranton, PA | Jennings Gap Time Out |
| 3 | Northkill Creek Get The Groove ET | Hannah Balthaser | Bernville, PA | HF Design ET |
| 4 | Apex DB Grits ETV | Dylan Fry | Chestertown, MD | Switzer Tals Drdvl Doboy ET |
| 5 | Iroquois Acres Tout Ava | Aden Carter | Meadville, PA | Jennings Gap Time Out |
| 6 | Willow Ridge T Sequoia | Grace Balogh | Ashford, CT | Jennings Gap Time Out |
| 7 | Patchohevn LV J Pocahantas | Hallie Steck & Justin Fox | Atwater, OH | Little Hill Agenda Levi ET |
| 8 | Kourlyn Tia Tequila | Kourtney Bell | Chambersburg, PA | Cozy Nook Carter Tequila ET TM |
| 9 | Siegerts Collaps Salsa | Finley Barnes | Ulster, PA | Collaps |
| 10 | Edge View R Sky ETV | Elizabeth Vincent | Norwich, NY | Jo-Dee Royal Hill Rasta |
Junior Champion (Junior Show): CIE Northkill Creek Tessa — Hannah Balthaser
Reserve Junior Champion (Junior Show): Dare2Dream DT Shag Me Baby — Dylan Klossner
Junior Champion: CIE Northkill Creek Tessa — Hannah Balthaser
Reserve Junior Champion: All-Glo Carter Popular ET — Justin & Ashley Kaufman
Class 7 — Junior 2-Year-Old (Born 03/01/24–08/31/24) — 1 Entry
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Miley Foremost Patina | Peter Vail | Middleburgh, NY | Cutting Edge T Foremost |
Class 8 — Senior 2-Year-Old (Born 09/01/23–02/28/24) — 2 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Northkill Creek Groove ET | Hannah Balthaser | Bernville, PA | Hilltop Acres B Daredevil ET |
| 2 | Laurel-Brook TimTwo Qualify | Joseph Stitt | Belleville, PA | Jennings Gap Time Out |
Class 9 — Junior 3-Year-Old (Born 03/01/23–08/31/23) — 3 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Way Lyn Daredevil Prize | Brandon Deeter | Cochranton, PA | Hilltop Acres B Daredevil ET |
| 2 | ZBW W Dolly | Aden Carter | Meadville, PA | Cutting Edge Woody ETV |
| 3 | Mases Manor Secret Mission | Makenna Mase | Cochranton, PA | Cutting Edge Secret Weapon |
Class 10 — Senior 3-Year-Old (Born 09/01/22–02/28/23) — 2 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Heilinger Design Luxury | Brody Jackson, Blake & Garrett Hill | Cattaraugus, NY | HF Design |
| 2 | Lu-Al Secret Weapon Betty | Milan Harrison | Saegertown, PA | Cutting Edge Secret Weapon |
Intermediate Champion (Junior Show): Northkill Creek Groove ET — Hannah Balthaser
Reserve Intermediate Champion (Junior Show): Way Lyn Daredevil Prize — Brandon Deeter
Intermediate Champion: Northkill Creek Groove ET — Hannah Balthaser
Reserve Intermediate Champion: Miley Foremost Patina — Peter Vail
Class 11 — 4-Year-Old (Born 09/01/21–08/31/22) — 2 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Jer-Lene I’m A Cali Girl | Brian Pacheco | Canton de Hatley, QC | Superbrown Kiba Superstar |
| 2 | Lookout Super Ginta | Brian Pacheco | Canton de Hatley, QC | Superbrown Kiba Superstar |
Class 12 — 5-Year-Old (Born 09/01/20–08/31/21) — 5 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Hills Valley Dairystar Riki | Hills Valley Farm | Cattaraugus, NY | Hilltop Acres Dairystar |
| 2 | All-Glo Rampage Prim ET | Justin & Ashley Kaufman | Berlin, PA | Karr-Linn Reeses Rampage ET |
| 3 | Giesy Manor Tenascious Moonbeam | Liliana Marie Williams | Wellsboro, PA | Cozy Nook Anibal Tenascious ET |
| 4 | Shelburne Diego Yvette | Peter Vail | Middleburgh, NY | Hilltop Acres Dynamite Diego ET |
| 5 | Drivale P Wilma | Blake Spotala & Addison Brown | Little Meadows, PA | Pit Crew Rich Phantom |
Class 13 — Aged Cow (Born Prior to 08/31/20) — 1 Entry
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Greystone Kingpin Gitana | Amelia Somers | Walton, NY | Jo-Dee Trooper Kingpin TM |
Class 14 — 100,000-lb Lifetime Production (Colored Breeds) — 3 Entries
| Place | Animal | Exhibitor | City, State | Sire |
| 1 | Iroquois Acres Total Candy | Brian Pacheco | Canton de Hatley, QC | Sunnyisle Total |
| 2 | Shelburne LC Starlite | Emily Button | Rushville, NY | Kulp-Terra Lucky Carl |
| 3 | Cedarcut Fore Paisley Pansy | Emily Button | Rushville, NY | Cutting Edge T Foremost |
Senior Champion (Junior Show): Giesy Manor Tenascious Moonbeam — Liliana Marie Williams
Reserve Senior Champion (Junior Show): Greystone Kingpin Gitana — Amelia Somers
Grand Champion Brown Swiss (Junior Show): Northkill Creek Groove ET — Hannah Balthaser
Reserve Grand Champion Brown Swiss (Junior Show): Giesy Manor Tenascious Moonbeam — Liliana Marie Williams
Senior Champion: Iroquois Acres Total Candy — Brian Pacheco
Reserve Senior Champion: Jer-Lene I’m A Cali Girl — Brian Pacheco
Grand Champion Brown Swiss: Iroquois Acres Total Candy — Brian Pacheco
Reserve Grand Champion Brown Swiss: Jer-Lene I’m A Cali Girl — Brian Pacheco