Ontario Spring Discovery 2026: Mixin Moos Rylah Crowned Supreme, Jerseys Seize the Biggest Moment of the Day
Ancaster, Ontario delivered exactly what a spring show is supposed to deliver on April 22, 2026 — hidden gems, young cows that read like a promise, and one Jersey two-year-old who walked out of the ring carrying the Supreme Champion banner over a very good Holstein. Judge Jeff Stephens worked the Jersey ring with sharp, economical reasons; Brent Howe, backed by associate Devin O’Hara, sorted a deep Holstein show alongside — and when the smoke cleared, the Burgess family’s Golden Jerseys swept both junior and senior Premier Breeder and Exhibitor honours, while Mixin Moos took home the biggest prize of the day.
The Headline: Supreme Champion Mixin Moos Victorious Rylah
The Supreme selection came down to a measured debate between three judges — Stephens, Howe, and a tiebreaking third opinion — and it broke in favour of the Jersey on fewer faults and superior mobility. Stephens summed it up plainly: “When you see great cows, greatness in the ring — today our Jersey has fewer faults. A younger cow, but very mobile, very good on her feet and legs, really nice on her pasterns”
Mixin Moos Victorious Rylah — bred by Jenna Elliott and Craig Stephens, now owned by Pierre Boulet and Clark Valley — took Intermediate Champion, Grand Champion, and Supreme Champion Cow of the show out of the Winter Two-Year-Old class. She’s a River Valley Victorious daughter out of an Excellent 92 Charlyn-bred Showdown Roxy, VG-87 herself with an 88-point mammary. Stephens called her “a very, very handy winner… extreme balance, dairy quality, spring of rib, great set of feet and legs, and that long fore udder with width, height and quality”.
Reserve Grand went to Thaxter Cattle Company’s Perennial Bontino Eve (4-year-old winner), with Honourable Mention to Golden Jerseys’ Golden Joyride Louisa (Mature Cow winner) — both described by Stephens as balanced, angular cows with correct feet and legs and snugly attached mammaries.
Junior Champion: A Spring Yearling That Walks Like a Cat on a Fence
The Junior Champion moment belonged to Colin and Karen Leach’s Leachland Minnie Mouse K, the Spring Yearling winner — a daughter of Avonlea Chip Cranksman Tractor out of four generations of excellent Avonlea K-family cows. Stephens kept his reasons tight: length all the way up through the shoulder, real balance, and a great set of feet and legs when she moved out.
Reserve Junior went to Golden Jerseys’ Golden Joyride Emmy (Summer Yearling winner), with Honourable Mention to AJ Genetics & Braemont’s Sparks Kaymanor ACC Daytona — a Chocochip heifer with 17 generations of excellent and very good dams behind her. Stephens pointed to Emmy’s chest width and dairy cut, and Daytona’s length, balance and tremendous feet and legs.
The junior end of the show ran through some serious heifers. Golden Joyride Emmy (Golden Jerseys, Mildmay) anchored her summer yearling class and walked out with Reserve Junior Champion, rewarded for chest width, a long angular cut, and a springy rib. Sparks Kaymanor ACC Daytona (AJ Genetics & Braemont) took Honourable Mention Junior Champion out of the fall yearlings on the strength of length, balance, and an outstanding set of feet and legs.
Stephens rewarded a consistent profile all day: long-framed, balanced, dairy-strong heifers that moved correctly on their rear legs. Golden Jerseys stamped their name on multiple classes, Echo Glen collected a bred-and-owned class win, and Sandy MacGillivary’s partnership bred two of the sharpest heifers on the tanbark. For Ontario Jersey breeders, Ancaster set the tone for the 2026 season — and the bench is deep.
Winter Heifer Class
- 🥇 ECHO GLEN CLASSIC JOLENE — Echo Glen Farm, ON (B&O, sponsored by Unique Designs)
- 🥈 GOLDEN MB BENTLEY — Golden Jerseys, Mildmay, ON
- 🥉 WILLOW CREEK RVV AURORA — Willow Creek Jerseys, Hagersville, ON
- MAKER GOLDDUST SASSALEA — Maker Farms Inc., Rockwood, ON
- SPRUCE BRIAR VICTORIOUS PLUM ET — Brandon & Brock Bartlett, Westmeath, ON
Judge’s Take:
Jolene walked in and owned it — square hooks to pins, tracking true front and rear, the handy kind of balance you can’t fake. Bentley’s cut from the same cloth with that springy rib and clean bone, just asking for a touch more middle to challenge on top. Aurora’s long-framed and loaded with angles, but Bentley simply moves cleaner behind. Sassalea brings frame and stature, giving way to Aurora’s extra dairy quality. Plum rounds out a sharp group — still a genuinely nice dairy calf in fifth.
Summer Yearling Class
- 🥇 GOLDEN JOYRIDE EMMY — Golden Jerseys, Mildmay, ON (Reserve Junior Champion)
- 🥈 CERTIFIED VICTORIOUS KALYPSO — Sandy MacGillivary, ON
- 🥉 MIXIN MOOS EDUCATED GUESS EMILIA — Mixin Moos, Corunna, ON
- VALLEY-FOLTS VICTORIOUS SECRET — Plum Valley, Hidden View & Mason Buckley, Elmira, ON
- CLARKVALLEY CC BUCKIE — Granhaven Jerseys, Oshawa, ON
Judge’s Take:
Two heifers floated to the top, and the split came head-on. Emmy wins it with more chest width and a wider stance up front, paired with that long, angular, dairy cut and a springy rib. Kalypso answers with serious midsection volume from the side — just gives up that front-end width. Three and four run tight: Emilia, the youngest in the class, edges Secret with a cleaner chine and freer movement through the rear flank and legs. Secret bounces back over Buckie on cleaner bone and a better-set hock.
Winter Yearling Class
- 🥇 GOLDEN CC SERENE — Golden Jerseys, Mildmay, ON
- 🥈 MAKER SIDESHOW RUBY RED — Maker Farms Inc., Rockwood, ON
Judge’s Take:
A small but mighty class with two really nice individuals to sort through. Serene takes the top call on length — she’s longer-bodied all the way through, from front end to pins, and carries that stretch with style. Ruby Red pushes her hard with a gorgeous springy rib you can’t help but admire, but she gives up just a touch of that overall length and extension to the winner. Two quality heifers that showed exactly why Ontario Jersey breeders keep raising the bar.
Fall Yearling Class
- 🥇 BENRISE MASTER BAD HABIT — Coxlyn Farms Ltd. & Frankhaven Holsteins, Uxbridge, ON
- 🥈 ECHO GLEN MASTER IZZY — Echo Glen Farm, Dorchester, ON (Bred & Owned)
- 🥉 INTENSE ALPHA GALLY — Story Book Holsteins, Owen Sound, ON (1st Red & White)
- JOREN HNF WIGGLE — Joren Holsteins & Tarten Inn Holsteins, Wilmot, ON
Judge’s Take:
Two really nice individuals at the top, and the split came down to stretch versus spring. Bad Habit wins it on length from end to end — she’s simply longer all the way through, giving up a bit of rib spring to do it. Izzy answers with that lovely springy rib and plenty of breed character, but can’t match the frame and reach of the class winner. Gally steps forward in third on pedigree depth and a beautifully balanced frame out of the Alexvale G family, with Wiggle rounding out a quality group.
Judge Jeff Stephens (Troy, ON) sorted the Jersey milk cow classes at Ancaster on April 22, 2026, and his reasons were the kind you wish every judge delivered — economical, specific, and unafraid to make the hard calls on mammary, mobility, and dairy strength. Here’s how each class read, cow by cow, in Stephens’ own words cleaned and tightened for the ringside ear.
Spring Two-Year-Old
Placings:
- 🥇 QUALITY V I P WHIMSY — Quality Farms Inc., Woodbridge, ON
- 🥈 LOTHMANN VIC LYNDY — Markus & Brenda Lothmann, East Garafraxa, ON
Stephens’ Take:
“Just two young cows in this class, but two nice dairy individuals. Our first individual has that added width through her front end, that sweep and openness all the way through her rib cage, a hardness of loin, and she wears a really nice blending of mammary system from forward to rear. The second-place cow — just love to change her rump structure and loin structure, and give her a little more chest width to move her into first today. But two dairy individuals to start the Jersey show out today”.
Whimsy’s pedigree did the talking before she walked in — a Venus VIP daughter out of the Excellent 94 Starcrest Weapon of Choice, a cow with a championship resume of her own and 11,500 kg of milk behind her. Lyndy, a River Valley Victorious out of an Excellent 91 FDL Barcelona and already milking over 30 kg a day as a young two-year-old, gave her everything she had.
Winter Two-Year-Old
Placings:
- 🥇 MIXIN MOOS VICTORIOUS RYLAH — Mixin Moos, Corunna, ON (Intermediate Champion – Grand Champion – Supreme Champion Cow)
- 🥈 LOTHMANN VICTORIOUS LENA — Markus & Brenda Lothmann (Best B&O)
- 🥉 EDGELEA FRANK ROXANNA — Joel Bagg, Little Britain, ON
- LOTHMANN VICTORIOUS LINDY — Markus & Brenda Lothmann
Stephens’ Take:
“A really nice class of winter two-year-olds. Our first cow — extreme balance, dairy quality, a lovely spring of rib, a great set of feet and legs. She wears her mammary extremely well, with a long fore udder showing lots of width, height and quality. A very, very handy winner. The second-place cow is very typy and dairy in her own right, just gives up a little in the blending and attachment of fore udder to our winner today. Third falls in nicely — more strength and more substance — but gives up dairyness to the pair above her. And fourth, a cow that’s just a touch plainer in the mammary system than the three ahead of her, but still a nice individual to round out the top four”.
Rylah — a River Valley Victorious ET daughter out of an Excellent 92 Charlyn-bred Showdown dam, bred by Jenna Elliott and Craig Stephens — went on from this class to take Intermediate, Grand, and ultimately Supreme Champion over the Holstein.
Junior 3-Year-Old
Placings:
Stephens’ Take:
“A lone entry, but one that deserves her standing in this class. A really dairy young cow, long and angular through her frame, with a nicely blended mammary system and real style about her head and neck. The kind of individual you’d love to have more of to sort through”.
Smores is a St Lo Video daughter with deep type behind her — exactly the profile Stephens rewarded all day.
Senior 3-Year-Old
Placings:
- 🥇 WILLOW CREEK FLAME SCHANTEL — Willow Creek Jerseys, Hagersville, ON (Best Udder – B&O sponsored by Unique Designs – Reserve Intermediate Champion)
- 🥈 HERITAGE VICTORIOUS JANE — Echo Glen Farm, ON
- 🥉 EMILOU AMERICA COLTON GOOSE — Maker Farms Inc., Rockwood, ON
Stephens’ Take:
“Our winner here wears the best udder of the class — a mammary that’s high and wide in the rear, well attached at the fore, with real quality of texture. She’s a mature-looking, dairy-strong individual with two calves under her belt and openness of rib and flat bone to go with it. Second-place cow types in beautifully, just gives up a little in that udder floor and blending of the fore udder. Third, a really nice cow in her own right, gives up dairyness through the front end and a little rump width to the pair ahead of her today”.
Schantel’s Best Udder selection set her up as Reserve Intermediate Champion behind Rylah.
4-Year-Old
Placings:
- 🥇 PERENNIAL BONTINO EVE — Thaxter Cattle Company, ON (Reserve Grand Champion)
- 🥈 WILLOW CREEK BB TESS — Willow Creek Jerseys, Hagersville, ON
Stephens’ Take:
“Two really nice mature dairy individuals. Our winner — a cow with extreme balance from end to end, angular, wears a mammary that’s snugly attached front and rear with real height and width in that rear udder. She moves out correctly on a great set of feet and legs. Second-place cow, a really dairy individual, just gives up a touch in the mammary system — a little more mass and a little less snugness of attachment than the cow that wins the class today”.
Eve went on to claim Reserve Grand Champion honours behind Rylah — a testament to her maturity and balance.
5-Year-Old
Placings:
- 🥇 GOLDEN JOYRIDE KARMA — Golden Jerseys, Mildmay, ON
- 🥈 GLENHOLME GUNMAN ALEXA TW — Glenholme Jerseys Inc., Tavistock, ON
- 🥉 GOLDEN JOYRIDE DANIKA — Golden Jerseys, Mildmay, ON
Stephens’ Take:
“Our winner today — a cow that walks into the ring with presence, extreme angularity through her front end, openness and spring of rib, and a mammary system that’s well-veined and well-attached with strong udder support. The second-place cow is a powerful, dairy individual, just gives up a little in the cleanness and quality of her udder to the cow that wins. Third — a really typy cow in her own right, gives up length of frame and some rear udder height to move her further up today”.
The Joyride sire line — already scarce and in demand — showed up twice in this class for Golden Jerseys.
Mature Cow
Placings:
Stephens’ Take:
“A mature cow that still reads as a genuinely dairy individual — long through her frame, angular, with a mammary system that’s held up remarkably well. Strong on top, correct on her feet and legs, and carries herself with the kind of ring presence you want in a cow at this stage of her career”.
Louisa rounded out a day where Golden Jerseys stamped every age division with quality — and earned her Honourable Mention Grand Champion banner to prove it.
The Pattern That Won the Day
Across every milk cow class, Stephens rewarded the same profile: mammary floor and attachment first, dairy strength and openness of rib second, and mobility on a correct set of feet and legs as the tiebreaker. He wasn’t afraid to move cows on snugness of fore udder or cleanness of udder quality — and in a show where Victorious daughters dominated the championship bracket, his consistency made every switch make sense.
Winter Heifer
Born December 1st, 2025 to February 28th, 2026
- ECHO GLEN CLASSIC JOLENE, JECANF15441708
Bred & Owned sponsored by Unique Designs
ECHO GLEN FARM, ON - GOLDEN MB BENTLEY, JECANF15357531
GOLDEN JERSEYS, MILDMAY, ON - WILLOW CREEK RVV AURORA, JECANF15388896
WILLOW CREEK JERSEYS, HAGERSVILLE, ON - MAKER GOLDDUST SASSALEA, JECANF15431751
MAKER FARMS INC, ROCKWOOD, ON - SPRUCE BRIAR VICTORIOUS PLUM ET, JECANF15214574
BRANDON AND BROCK BARTLETT, WESTMEATH, ON
Fall Heifer
Born September 1st, 2025 to November 30th, 2025
- PERENNIAL CLASSIC EUCHRE, JECANF15349397
SANDY MACGILLIVARY & NATHAN WADE, ON - WILLOW CREEK DTB SUPERSTITION, JECANF15388871
WILLOW CREEK JERSEYS, HAGERSVILLE, ON - LOTHMANN ACCESS ORILLIA, JECANF15475083
MARKUS & BRENDA LOTHMANN, EAST GARAFRAXA, ON - MIXIN MOOS TRAINSTATION BELLE, JECANF15495763
MIXIN MOOS, CORUNNA, ON - GOLDEN GOLD DYNASTY, JECANF15357525
GOLDEN JERSEYS, MILDMAY, ON - GOLDEN GOLD LUCRETIA, JECANF15357520
GOLDEN JERSEYS, MILDMAY, ON - MAKER FOGERTY COWGIRL, JECANF15431741
MAKER FARMS INC, ROCKWOOD, ON - MIXIN MOOS GETAWAY REESE, JECANF15495764
MIXIN MOOS, CORUNNA, ON - LIBERTY GEN VIDEO VICTOIRE, JECANF15402197
SUNSPARK FARMS INC., SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA, ON - BRENBE RECKLESS GAMBLE, JECANF15268788
BRANDON & BROCK BARTLETT, ON
Summer Yearling
Born June 1st, 2025 to August 31st, 2025
- GOLDEN JOYRIDE EMMY, JECANF15357515
Junior Champion – Reserve
GOLDEN JERSEYS, MILDMAY, ON - CERTIFIED VICTORIOUS KALYPSO, JECANF15438603
SANDY MACGILLIVARY, ON - MIXIN MOOS EDUCATED GUESS EMILIA, JECANF14982743
MIXIN MOOS, CORUNNA, ON - VALLEY-FOLTS VICTORIOUS SECRET, JEUSAF8403313993114
PLUM VALLEY, HIDDEN VIEW & MASON BUCKLEY, 50 ACRES LANE, ELMIRA, ON - CLARKVALLEY CC BUCKIE, JECANF15200657
GRANHAVEN JERSEYS, OSHAWA, ON - WILLOW CREEK RBE NIGHTTIME, JECANF15388861
WILLOW CREEK JERSEYS, HAGERSVILLE, ON - LOTHMANN DREAM-MAKER KORIE, JECANF15475079
MARKUS & BRENDA LOTHMANN, EAST GARAFRAXA, ON - MAKER C ALPHABET, JECANF15431731
MAKER FARMS INC, ROCKWOOD, ON - LOTHMANN CC TRINA, JECANF15155540
MARKUS & BRENDA LOTHMANN & TREVOR MARTIN, ON - KARNATION GOLD MARSHMALLOW, JECANF15317537
DEREK KARN, WOODSTOCK, ON
Spring Yearling
Born March 1st, 2025 to May 31st, 2025
- LEACHLAND MINI MOUSE K, JECANF14902402
Junior Champion
COLIN & KAREN LEACH, LINDSAY, ON - CHARLYN EG ROWDY, JECANF15292693
CHARLYN JERSEYS, WARWICK TWP, ON - MAKER SS CHIT CHAT, JECANF15080292
MAKER FARMS INC, ROCKWOOD, ON - MIXIN MOOS RESPECT RHIANNA, JECANF14982731
MIXIN MOOS, CORUNNA, ON - R-A ANDREAS VIALIS, JECANF12764965
RIVERDOWN/ALLARWAY, ON - MAKER GC RAMONA, JECANF15080289
MAKER FARMS INC, ROCKWOOD, ON - MAKER KNOX COPPER, JECANF15080293
MAKER FARMS INC/MARIJKE BOEREFYN & CALEB BOEREFYN, ON
Winter Yearling
Born December 1st, 2024 to February 28th, 2025
- GOLDEN CC SERENE, JECANF15011393
GOLDEN JERSEYS, MILDMAY, ON - MAKER SIDESHOW RUBY RED, JECANF15080282
MAKER FARMS INC, ROCKWOOD, ON
Fall Yearling
Born September 1st, 2024 to November 30th, 2024
- SPARKS KAYMANOR ACC DAYTONA, JECANF14869840
Junior Champion – Honourable Mention
AJ GENETICS & BRAEMONT, ON - SOUTH MTN & CO CHOCOCHIP CHLOE ET -JE840F 32676696, JE840F3267669647
MAKERFARMSINC/ERICDUPASQUIER/QUALITY/BECKRIDGE, ON - ALEXVALE GOGO GLITTER, JECANF14841683
JAMES ALEXANDER/GRACE BECKETT/BECKRIDGE HOLSTEINS, ON
Junior Breeder Herd
- GOLDEN, GOLDEN JR
Golden Jerseys Golden Jerseys, Mildmay, ON - Maker, MAKER JR
Maker Farms Inc, Kerry Alexander Alexander, rockwood, ON - MIXIN MOOS, MIXIN MOOS
Jenna Elliott, Sarnia, ON - LOTHMANN, LOTHMANN
Markus Lothmann, East Garafraxa, ON - Willow creek, WILLOW CREEK JR
Richard and Teresa Osborne, Hagersville, ON
Spring 2 Year Old
Born March 1st, 2024 to May 31st, 2024
- QUALITY V I P WHIMSY, JECANF14627405
QUALITY FARMS INC., WOODBRIDGE, ON - LOTHMANN VIC LYNDY, JECANF15047122
MARKUS & BRENDA LOTHMANN, EAST GARAFRAXA, ON
Winter 2 Year Old
Born December 1st, 2023 to February 29th, 2024
- MIXIN MOOS VICTORIOUS RYLAH, JECANF14531495
Intermediate Champion
Grand Champion
Supreme Champion Cow
MIXIN MOOS, CORUNNA, ON - LOTHMANN VICTORIOUS LENA, JECANF14710275
MARKUS & BRENDA LOTHMANN, EAST GARAFRAXA, ON - Edgelea Frank Roxanna, JECANF14221007
JOEL BAGG, LITTLE BRITAIN, ON - LOTHMANN VICTORIOUS LINDY, JECANF15047118
MARKUS & BRENDA LOTHMANN, EAST GARAFRAXA, ON
Junior 3 Year Old
Born March 1st, 2023 to August 31st, 2023
- CHARLYN VIDEO SMORES, JECANF14718487
Intermediate Champion – Honourable Mention
CHARLYN JERSEYS, WARWICK TWP, ON
Senior 3 Year Old
Born September 1st, 2022 to February 28th, 2023
- WILLOW CREEK FLAME SCHANTEL, JECANF13930727
Best Udder
Bred & Owned sponsored by Unique Designs
Intermediate Champion – Reserve
WILLOW CREEK JERSEYS, HAGERSVILLE, ON - HERITAGE VICTORIOUS JANE, JECANF121030435
ECHO GLEN FARM, ON - EMILOU AMERICA COLTON GOOSE, JECANF13262058
MAKER FARMS INC, ROCKWOOD, ON
4 Year Old
Born September 1st, 2021 to August 31st, 2022
- PERENNIAL BONTINO EVE, JECANF14260714
Grand Champion – Reserve
THAXTER CATTLE COMPANY, ON - WILLOW CREEK BB TESS, JECANF13930708
WILLOW CREEK JERSEYS, HAGERSVILLE, ON
5 Year Old
Born September 1st, 2020 to August 31st, 2021
- GOLDEN JOYRIDE KARMA, JECANF13998660
GOLDEN JERSEYS, MILDMAY, ON - GLENHOLME GUNMAN ALEXA TW, JECANF13527675
GLENHOLME JERSEYS INC., TAVISTOCK, ON - GOLDEN JOYRIDE DANIKA, JECANF13998677
GOLDEN JERSEYS, MILDMAY, ON
Mature Cow
Born prior to September 1st, 2020 , in milk.
- GOLDEN JOYRIDE LOUISA, JECANF13272682
Grand Champion – Honourable Mention
GOLDEN JERSEYS, MILDMAY, ON
Senior Breeder Herd
- GOLDEN, GOLDEN
Golden Jerseys Golden Jerseys, Mildmay, ON - LOTHMANN, LOTHMANN
Markus Lothmann, East Garafraxa, ON
Junior Exhibitor
- GOLDEN JERSEYS
MILDMAY, ON - MAKER FARMS INC
ROCKWOOD, ON - MIXIN MOOS
CORUNNA, ON
Junior Breeder
- GOLDEN JERSEYS / GOLDEN JERSEYS GOLDEN JERSEYS (GOLDEN)
MILDMAY, ON - MAKER / MAKER FARMS INC, KERRY ALEXANDER ALEXANDER (MAKER)
ROCKWOOD, ON - MIXIN MOOS / JENNA ELLIOTT (MIXIN MOOS)
SARNIA, ON - WILLOW CREEK / RICHARD AND TERESA OSBORNE (WILLOW CREEK)
HAGERSVILLE, ON
Junior Premier Sire
RAPID BAY EDUCATED GUESS ET, JECANM111755274
AVONLEA CHOCOCHIP ET, JECANM13638955
RIVER VALLEY VICTORIOUS ET -JE840M 3126479524-