2008

2008 National Show Louisville, KY

We took six does to Nationals and five of the six made the cut.

Oberhasli - Wine and Roses was 7th place two year old while our older doe Shannon was 9th place five year old. Our dry yearling Xalted Lady was 7th place.

Grades - Thea was 8th place in her class while Virtusso was 7th.

June 28 Maryland Dairy Goat Association show

We took grand and reserve Oberhasli in both senior and junior rings but there were not enough to be official. We did get Best-in-Show in one junior ring with Xpensive Tastes our LaMancha yearling.

June 14 Penn Dairy Goat Association show

We took two two year old first fresheners and two yearlings to our first trip to this show in PA near State College. Blue Ridge Wine and Roses took grand in both rings and took Best-of-Breed in another beating two permanent champions. Blue Ridge Her Excellency took Grand in one ring and Best-In-Show as well then she was Reserve in the other in the Junior show.

2008 Memorial weekend 2 ring show Leetown, WV

Oberhasli - Vanessa took Grand and BOB in both rings finishing her championship, Stella was Reserve in one ring and Wine and Roses was Reserve in the other to Vanessa. We took no Juniors.

LaMancha - Xaviera took Grand in one ring winning her dry leg. Vanity took first place 3 year old in both rings and Wendy was first and Windflower 2nd place two year olds in both rings. Valentine was Reserve in one ring.

Grade - Tina took Grand in one ring and Reserve in the other, Xactly Right our dry yearling was Grand in Both rings and was Best-in-Show in one ring.

We are in the process of selling down some of our milk herd as we have more than we would like at this point in the year. Contact us if interested in either a yearling or a milker.

2007

 Linear Appraisal

We just completed our linear appraisal for the year. We were very pleased with the results which were:

-One doe with a final score of 91

-Six does with a mammary of Excellent

-Six does with a final score of 90

-Five does with a final score of 89

-Eight does with a final score of 88

-Eight dry yearlings with a overall rating of excellent

July 7 Central Maryland Show

We took 6 does to this show and won the Alpine Junior Grand Champion with our MS Wynn doe, we also took Grand with Coppertop our Lamancha but there were not enough to be official (her second win with no leg).

June 24 MDGA Show

At the MDGA two ring show we finished two Champions: Virginia our Oberhasli and Virtusso our Grade LaMancha. After we finished Virginia we pulled her form Ring two where we won with Vanessa giving her two legs. In the Junior show we took grand with both our Lamnchas in different rings: Wendy and Windflower. Wendy was also Best-In-Show Junior. Willemina our Oberhasli took grand in one ring.  

JUNE 2007

OUR OBERHASLI BUCK TIME NOW HAS FOUR DAUGHTERS THAT ARE FINISHED PERMANENT CHAMPIONS -SHANNON, SHAWNA, SHEENA AND THEA.

May 2007 SDGA/MDGA Memorial day two ring show 

We took grand in both Junior and Senior Oberhasli shows, Grand and reserve in the senior Grade show and Grand in the Junior show. Our two and three year old Nubians took first in both rings in the senior show and one ring in the Junior show. 

Grades

At these shows we took Grand Champion with our Grade Thea in both rings finishing her into a permanent Champion. Taking reserve to her in both rings was Virtusso our Grade LaMancha.

LaMancha

 Coppertop our yearling took Grand Champion in both rings

Oberhasli

 Sheena our Oberhasli took Grand in the first ring completing her championship and we scratched her from the second ring. This makes the fourth doe from Time which is now a permanent Champion. We took Grand with Virginia in the other ring making this her second leg.. Our Yearling Oberhasli Whitney took Grand and Best-IN-Show Junior in one ring while our other yearling Lady in Waiting took Grand there. 

Nubian

Our two (Shadow) and three (Titian Beauty) year old Nubians took first in both rings in the senior show and Georgia Rain our yearling took Grand in the Junior show. 

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Nationals in Indianapolis 2006

We took to nationals and received the following:

Blue Ridge Venus (Nubian dry Yearling) took 8th out of 61 in her class

Vanity (LaMancha dry yearling) did not make the cut

Blue Ridge Royal Velvet (Oberhasli dry yearling) took 6th place

Blue Ridge Shannon (Oberhasli 3 year old) took 4th in her class

Blue Ridge Royal Maiden (Oberhasli 4 year old) took 8th place

News July 2006

We attended the CMDGA show July 8th and finished two does. 

Recorded Grand - Blue Ridge Persphone (finished her championship)

Lamancha Grand - Blue Ridge Tammy (finished her championship)

Oberhasli Grand - Blue Ridge Sheena (2 legs)

Lamancha Junior Grand and Best In Show- Blue Ridge Vanity

News June 2006

See online pictures/results at

 http://www.marylanddairygoat.org/

We attended the two ring MDGA show at the end of June. 

MDGA Ring One

Seniors

Oberhasli Grand - Blue Ridge Royal Tiara

Juniors

Nubian Grand - Blue Ridge Venus and Best-in-Show

Nubian Res. - Blue Ridge Sweet Valentine

Oberhasli Grand - Blue Ridge Royal Velvet

MDGA Ring Two

Seniors

Oberhasli Grand - Blue Ridge Royal Tiara (finished her championship)

Oberhasli Res. - Blue Ridge Penelope

Juniors

Oberhasli Grand - Blue Ridge Virginia

Nubian Grand - Blue Ridge Sweet Valentine

News May 2006

Pictures/results at http://www.marylanddairygoat.org/

Our first show was the SDGA/MDGA combo show in Leetown WV over the Memorial day weekend. 

SDGA Ring

Seniors

La Mancha Grand - Blue Ridge Tammy

Nubian Reserve - Blue Ridge Titan Beauty

Oberhasli Reserve - Blue Ridge Tabitha

Juniors

LA Mancha Grand - Blue Ridge Vanity

La Mancha Reserve - Blue Ridge Vera

Nubian Grand - Blue Ridge Velvet Shadow

Oberhasli Reserve - Blue Ridge Royal Velvet

Recorded Reserve - Blue Ridge Virtuso

MDGA Ring

Seniors

Oberhasli Grand - Blue Ridge Sheena

Oberhasli Reserve - Blue Ridge Stella

Recorded Reserve - Blue Ridge Thea

Juniors

Nubian Grand - Blue Ridge Venus

Recorded Reserve- Blue Ridge Virtuso

News 10/1/05

Just added new pictures of Time and his offspring

News 9/18/05

We attended the Great Frederick Fair; our last show of the year. Our Recorded Tessa took Grand, the Nubian Sweet Georgia Brown took first in her class, Tiara our Oberhasli dry yearling took Grand and Shannon took Grand and Best Of Breed in the largest Oberhasli show we have been in. My guess is that there were close to 60 total Oberhasli entered.

News 7/12/05

Our pages have been updated to reflect the Linear apprasial done this week. We attended the Maryland Dairy Goat Association annual show the end of June and finished Shawna and got a second leg on Royal Maiden. Then we were able to finish Royal Maiden at the Central Maryland Dairy Goat show July 9th, We also took Best in Show Junior with our Lamancha Blue Ridge Tamara.

News 05/27/05

We attended the Maryland Buck show the first weekend in May. Nathaniel took Grand in one ring and Scribe in another (each now has two legs toward their Championships). Our new buck kid from Shawna took Jr Champion. 

We went to the MDGA/SDGA two ring doe show yesterday and did great! Our Oberhasli Shannon took Grand in both rings. Shawna took reserve in both rings. It was a specialty and we took senior get of Sire (Time), best 3 females, Dam and Daughter. Our Junior Ober Tabitha took Grand in one ring and Reserve in the other. Also our Grade Tessa got her dry leg taking grand in one ring.

News 02/11/05

Our first inspection to open a goat dairy was made yesterday. Only a few items remain to make us a grade A dairy operation. On a sad note Kalieh had a heart attack and died last night, tried to remove the kids but was unable to revive them.  

News 01/21/05

We finally moved our does into the new barn. Pictures have been added to our web site. We are in the process of getting a class A dairy and hope to be complete by Spring.

News 9/20/04

We attended our last show of the year at the Great Frederick Fair this past Saturday. We took two Lamancha milkers, one Grade milker and seven dry yearlings (2 Obers, 1 Lamancha, 2 Grades, 1 Nubian, 1 Alpine). From this we won: Senior Grand Champion Lamancha (12 entries), Junior Grand Champion Oberhasli (31 entries), Junior Grand Champion Nubian (62 entries), Junior Grand Champion Lamancha (7 entries), Junior Grand Champion Grade( 44 entries). and Best in Show Junior - with our Oberhasli (total of 238 junior entries)

News 9/5/04

Just added many more pictures of our animals. Hope you enjoy them.

News 8/1/04

We have had our second bad year in a row. Due to illness in our family we had to cancel showing in June and July, and we had to cancel our trip to the Nationals.

News 6/1/04

We attended the  Maryland Dairy Goat Assoc. (MDGA) and Shenandoah Dairy Goat Assoc. (SDGA) two ring show in Leetown, WV this past weekend. We were pleasantly surprised to win the following:

MDGA Ring     

Lamancha Junior Grand and Senior Grand and Reserve Championships

Oberhasli Junior Grand Champion

Nubian Junior Grand Champion and BIS

Grade Senior Grand Champion

SDGA Ring (As per our tradition, we scratched our Nubian, Lamancha and Oberhasli Juniors since they won their dry legs in the MDGA ring).

Lamancha  Senior Grand and Reserve Championships

Grade Senior Grand Champion and BIS

Grade Junior Reserve Champion

For pictures see MDGA web site    http://marylanddairygoat.org/

News 5/9/04

Attended the MDGA three ring buck show where Blue Ridge bucks (owned/bred) took Oberhasli Grand in each of the rings. For pictures see MDGA web site    http://marylanddairygoat.org/