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.
Kyle Rivington was supposed to judge the National Jersey Show last November.
A serious highway crash in June 2025 put that on hold.
Subsequently, On Saturday, November 14, he walks into the Semex Ring of Excellence.
He will join his father, Brian Rivington, as associate judge for the Canadian National Jersey Show 2026 – The Royal.
Results will replace this preview as classes are placed.
Show Times and Rings
| Session | Day | Time | Ring |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Jersey Youth Showmanship | Friday, November 13 | 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | Semex Ring of Excellence |
| National Jersey Show, all classes | Saturday, November 14 | 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Semex Ring of Excellence |
| Quality Seeds Dairy Supreme | Saturday, November 14 | 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Semex Ring of Excellence |
Times are from the Royal’s Jersey competition page and the 2026 daily show guide. The Jersey Grand Champion walks almost straight from her final lineup into the Supreme.
The Judges
Kyle Rivington farms at Carp, Ontario, where the family runs Glennholme Holsteins and Riview Jerseys. His 2024 Western Canadian Classic judge profile describes him as the seventh generation on the farm, milking 60 Holsteins and 10 Jerseys with his parents and his wife, Sophie. The same profile notes he judged showmanship at the Royal’s TD Canadian 4-H Dairy Classic in 2023.
Jersey Canada named him to judge the 2025 National Jersey Show. He was seriously injured in a June 19, 2025, collision on Highway 417, and his assignment was postponed. Kelly Barbee and Louie Cozzitorto stepped in on short notice.
This fall he was back in a ring, sorting 197 head across 17 classes at the 2026 Autumn Opportunity Holstein Show.
Brian and Jill Rivington own Glennholme. Jerseys came into the herd in 1993, when the family bought a calf at a neighbor’s dispersal and later added Jersey 4-H calves for the girls to show.
What 2025 Settled
Barbee placed 289 animals last year, according to Jersey Canada. His Grand Champion, Stoney Point Joel Bailey, went on to win the Royal’s Supreme for Sierra Dairy Farms.
| 2025 Title | Animal (Sire) | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Champion | Stoney Point Joel Bailey (Joel) | Vierra Dairy Farms, Hilmar, CA |
| Reserve Grand | GMBV Joel Dixie-ET (Joel) | Milk Source Genetics, Kaukauna, WI |
| HM Grand | Lone Pine Jordan Booster (Jordan) | Pierre Boulet & Mike Berry, Montmagny, QC |
| Intermediate Champion | Eatonholme Joyride Reba ET (Joyride) | Vierra Dairy Farms, Hilmar, CA |
| Reserve Intermediate and Champion Bred and Owned | Bridon Air Angela (Air) | Bridon Farms, Paris, ON |
| Junior Champion | Liberty Gen NS Video Vanna (Video) | Markus & Brenda Lothmann, East Garafraxa, ON |
| Reserve Junior | Liberty Gen Chocolate Mousse (Chocochip) | Granhaven Jerseys, Oshawa, ON |
Results from The Bullvine’s 2025 show report and Cowsmo.
Storylines Worth Watching
Bailey has kept winning since Toronto. She took the International Jersey Show and her second World Dairy Expo Supreme in Madison, the first Jersey to win Expo’s Supreme twice (Wisconsin State Farmer). On November 9 she was named National Grand Champion at the All American in Louisville, with Lookout Joel She’s Spicy in reserve (USJersey). The Royal hasn’t published a verified entry list, so this page won’t say whether she makes the drive north five days later.
Milk Source Genetics’ GMBV Joel Dixie-ET has stood second to Bailey twice running, as Reserve Grand in Toronto last year and again in Madison this fall (The Bullvine).
Jersey Canada broke the old Senior 2-Year-Old class into Winter and Fall 2-Year-Olds in 2025, and both classes are back on the 2026 list (Jersey Canada; the Royal).
Class 20, the Lifetime Component Class, is open to cows with an official lifetime record of 4,500 kg or more of combined fat and protein. The Champion Best Bred and Owned milking cow takes home $250 and the perpetual award in memory of Michael Heath (the Royal).
Before any cow walks Saturday, Jonathan Rylaarsdam of Winchester, Ontario, judges Friday night’s youth showmanship, which is open to exhibitors aged 6 to 21 in five age classes. The Butcher family of Ayr presents a Superior Showmanship Award to the exhibitor they pick for sportsmanship during the national show (the Royal).
How to Follow
The Royal lists a Ring of Excellence stream on its Watch Live page, and the Jersey show, showmanship and Supreme all run in that ring. The Bullvine will post class winners, champions and photos here from 7:00 a.m. Saturday.