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BELFAST GOLDWYN LASENZA EX-95-3E-CAN 14*
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f you saw her walk into the ring at Madison or the Royal in 2013, you knew you were looking at the sure winner Belfast Goldwyn Lasenza may be one of the most admired Junior 2-Year-Olds to ever circle the ring at the ‘big shows’. She stood at the head of the line at both shows on her way to All-American and All-Canadian Junior 2-Year-Old honors an impressive show season for the Juneborn heifer. Once you looked at her pedigree, she was even easier to root for - a Goldwyn daughter of Lylehaven Durham Lekysha EX-92, then EX-91 Lylehaven Leah (by Cousteau), and finally the cow that recast Lylehaven as a breeder herd - Thiersant Lili Starbuck EX-94 5E. This is a massive family tree with successful branches everywhere including Lylehaven Lila Z EX-94 25*; Calbrett Goldwyn Layla EX-96 2E 21*; and Comestar Goldwyn Lilac VG89 44* to mention just a few. Now, ten years after Lasenza first stepped into the show ring as a summer yearling in 2012, we can credit her with many
more achievements to along with her show ring beauty: * Her production ability - a top record of 7-06 2x 365d 42,657 4.0% 1689 3.3p 1407 and lifetime credits over 229,000M 4.1% 9334F 3.5% 7956P. * Her outstanding phenotype in scoring EX-95 at eight years old and gaining her 3rd ‘E’ last October. * Her growing brood cow legacy with 23 of 28 classified daughters being Belfast Goldwyn Lasenza EX-95-3E-CAN 14* has produced over VG or EX, and the remaining five all 100,000 kgs milk lifetime and 100% of her daughters are GP+ or GP-83 or better - Lasenza has already better to date - 5 EX , VG 18 and 5 GP. earned 14 brood cow stars. doing her favorite thing - eating. She’a * Her prolific and profitable flush record a favorite at the farm for her pleasant with over 200 embryos produced. Many demeanor and that she is a ‘no project’ of those embryos were marketed abroad kind of cow - never an issue with mastitis where they captured the spotlight in or with her feet. both the sale ring and the show ring and she has offspring in England, Germany, We had a good visit with Julien Chabot, Switzerland, France, and the Netherlands. who owns and operates Mary Inn Holstein in Embrun, Ontario, along with The facts are impressive already and still his wife, Marianne Janssen, and daughter improving as Lasenza is alive and well Alex Chabot. They are the co-breeders of at eleven years of age. After a brief stay Lasenza along with his brother Robert at the veterinary hospital this spring for Chabot of Belfast Holstein Enr, a threesurgery on her time Master Breeder herd in St. Patrice, pancreas, she is Quebec. Julien is as familiar with the cow back at Belfast and family as anyone on the planet as in the
A jubilant trio from Quebec leaving the ring after winning the Junior 2-Year-Old class at Madison! Robert Chabot, Stepahne Tourigny of Deslacs who was looking after the string, and Julien Chabot on the halter of Lasenza. 10 « COWSMOPOLITAN Summer 2022
WDE Junior 2-Year-Old class winner with Julien Chabot, Marianne Janssen, Robert and Josiane Chabot.
