The Canadian National Red & White Show 2026 – The Royal marks first of the Royal’s four national breed shows. It starts at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, November 12, in the Semex Ring of Excellence.
Nathan Thomas will place the Canadian National Holstein Show 2026 – The Royal at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Exhibitors voted him in, and Holstein Canada announced the pick on January 29.
The heifers go Thursday afternoon in the Semex Ring of Excellence. His wife, Jenny Thomas, is associate judge.
The milking cows get all of Friday in the Coca-Cola Coliseum.
Results will replace this preview as classes are placed.
Show Times and Rings
| Session | Day | Time | Ring |
|---|---|---|---|
| All heifers and Junior Champion | Thursday, November 12 | 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | Semex Ring of Excellence |
| All cows in milk, through Grand Champion | Friday, November 13 | 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Coca-Cola Coliseum |
| Quality Seeds Dairy Supreme | Saturday, November 14 | 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Semex Ring of Excellence |
Times and rings are from the Royal’s Holstein competition page and the 2026 daily show guide. The Friday cow show sits in the Coliseum’s free daytime slot.
The Judge
Nathan and Jenny Thomas run Triple-T Holsteins and Jerseys in North Lewisburg, Ohio, with Nathan’s father and brother. Holstein Canada credits the herd with All-American and All-Canadian nominations, including 20 Champions or Reserve Champions at World Dairy Expo. The operation relies on family involvement.
Thomas has judged in North and South America, Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe. He has also engaged with the Canadian National Holstein Show 2026 – The Royal. Their experience also includes judging at World Dairy Expo and Cremona. These assignments span multiple continents.
Triple-T cattle have already won banners in Toronto at the Canadian National Holstein Show 2026 – The Royal.
The man in the middle of the Coliseum on Friday knows this show from the exhibitor’s side of the halter. Exhibitors knew that when they voted.
What 2025 Settled
Joel Lepage sorted 464 Holsteins over two days last November. His Grand Champion was Altona Lea Unix Herminie, the mature cow winner for Dalton Faris of East Gwillimbury, Ontario.
| 2025 Title | Animal (Sire) | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Champion | Altona Lea Unix Herminie (Unix) | Dalton Faris, East Gwillimbury, ON |
| Reserve Grand | Eixdale Pwrup Alongside (Powerup) | Milk Source, Kaukauna, WI |
| HM Grand and Intermediate Champion | West-Adub Lambda Sadie (Delta-Lambda) | Westcoast Holsteins, Chilliwack, BC |
| Reserve Intermediate | Micheret South Believe (Believe-P) | Butlerview Farm, Chebanse, IL |
| Junior Champion | Echo Glen Master Ivy (Master) | Ronald Grandy, Oshawa, ON |
| Reserve Junior | Fricosons Denver Avalanche (Denver) | Westcoast Holsteins, Chilliwack, BC |
| Champion Bred and Owned | Sweetview Tatoo Legend Rae (Tatoo) | Sweetview Holstein, Ayer’s Cliff, QC |
Results from The Bullvine’s 2025 show report. Echo Glen Master Ivy went on to win the 2025 Junior Supreme for Ronald Grandy, according to the Royal’s Supreme page.
Storylines Worth Watching
Eixdale Pwrup Alongside has gone up since Toronto. The cow Lepage made Reserve Grand last year won the 2026 International Holstein Show for Milk Source Genetics under Ryan Krohlow, then took Reserve Supreme at World Dairy Expo (The Bullvine). The Royal hasn’t published a verified entry list, so this page won’t guess at which Madison cows make the trip.
Saturday’s Supreme slipped away from the Holsteins last year. Erbacres Snapple Shakira-ET and Jeffrey-Way Hard Rock Twigs won it for the breed in 2023 and 2024, then Stoney Point Joel Bailey took it for the Jerseys in 2025. Bailey has since won her second World Dairy Expo Supreme and, on November 9, the All American National Grand in Louisville. If she comes back to Toronto, Friday’s Grand Champion has a hard Saturday.
Every Holstein meets a tape measure before the ring. Any animal with more than 1.5 inches of hair on its topline gets stopped at the measuring station, and exhibitors get one trim to fix it.
Agriber’s prize-money sponsorship pays $5,000 to the Grand Champion, $3,000 to the Intermediate Champion and $2,000 to the Junior Champion, with $2,500, $1,500 and $1,000 for the reserves.
Class 20 belongs to the Longtime Production cows, the ones with 70,000 kg or more on their records, just ahead of the Breeder’s Herd that closes the show.
How to Follow
The Royal lists a Ring of Excellence stream on its Watch Live page, the ring where Thursday’s heifers show. The Royal hasn’t said whether Friday’s Coliseum cow show will stream. The Bullvine will post class winners, champions and photos here as the show runs, starting with the Holstein heifers at 1:00 p.m. Thursday.