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AMSS Futurity Entry Form
FUTURITY 65
Deadline to enter is postmarked on or before December 1, 2020 Tear out the next page or photocopy it and make your entries TODAY!
Futurity 65 will be held in connection with the International Show, which will be held during the 2022 fall show season at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. We invite you to participate in the most exciting 2-Year-Old class of the year in 2022!
Closing date for your nominations and payment: December 1, 2020
Nomination and Eligibility: Heifer calves born between September 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020 are eligible for Futurity 65.
No substitutes may be shown for any reason. Eligibility to show follows the animal in case she is sold. All advertising and other costs shall be entered in the Futurity account as well as all money received for entries and fees. All fees paid in full shall remain in the Futurity. It is these fees on heifers later dropped from the Futurity that provides the purse for those who exhibit on Futurity show day.
After expenses are paid, the purse shall be divided among the winners as follows:
1st place ................................................................................ 15 percent 2nd place .............................................................................. 12 percent 3rd place ...............................................................................10 percent 4th place .................................................................................8 percent 5th place .................................................................................6 percent 6th-10th..................................................................................4 percent 11th-15th .................................................................................3 percent 16th-20th............................................................................1 ½ percent
The balance to be pro-rated among remaining cows shown except that in no event shall any premium exceed the amount of preceding premium. Any unclaimed awards shall be divided equally among participants in the Futurity class.
Should any condition arise which prevents the showing of this Futurity, the right is reserved to call show off and to pay to the persons owning the calves eligible at the time of said calling off, their pro rata share of all money accrued in the division called off, after deducting the actual expense of promotion of said Futurity. Government Body: This Futurity shall be administered by a National Milking Shorthorn Futurity Committee of five appointed by the president.
The judge of the International Show will judge the Futurity class. If the Futurity Committee wishes, they may select a consulting judge from one available at the show.
All entrants agree to be amenable to all rules and regulations of the sponsoring show. All final decisions shall rest with the Futurity Committee.
MILKING SHORTHORN
Natzkes Prince Layla P
Circle B A Lucky Strike PP
Circle B A Laffy Taffy
Circle B Pirelli Lace
Imagine getting started in the Milking Shorthorn breed by chance and already having the opportunity to impact on our breed. This is exactly what happened when Matt Borchardt, South Beloit, IL, was given the opportunity to purchase his first Milking Shorthorn back in 2012.
Matt was looking to bring another breed into the operation at Family-Af-Ayr, a very well-established Ayrshire herd in Caledonia, Illinois. Fortunate to grow up milking and exhibiting a herd of registered Ayrshires, at county, state and national shows with his family, Matthew has been able to experience many show highlights, one Grand Champion, and one Reserve Grand Champion at World Dairy Expo along with numerous All Americans. He, along with his wife Kayla and two children Eli and Jolie, are now having good fortune with Milking Shorthorns.
Originally looking into adding Jerseys to the Ayrshire herd, Matt received a phone call from Mark Fisher about a young springing heifer, Truelea Jack Lotto, an Oceanbrae Diamond Jack daughter, who needed a new home. “Lotto” goes back to Mi-San Acres Lola, a cow that in her own right has impacted the Milking Shorthorn breed, which is something that interested Matt.
Lotto turned out to be a good purchase for the Borchardts. Classified at EX 90 with a 91-point mammary, she has made numerous records over 20,000 pounds of milk. What is even more impressive is her 1106 pounds of fat produced in 305 days during her 3rd lactation.
But it was Lotto’s first calf, Natzke’s Prince Layla – P that really got them fixed on the red, white and roan. Sired by Spungold-R Prince of PA ET, this polled late September fall calf was named Supreme Champion Heifer at the county fair and was first place fall calf at the Illinois State Fair the following summer. She stood in the middle of the pack at the World Dairy Expo that year and the Borchardts were hooked.
They have focused their breeding on production and type while including polled genetics. Layla-P herself is EX 90 with records over 24,000 pounds of milk – a great combo of all three of those traits. When selecting bulls, the emphasis continues to be
on udder quality, type and production. Two cows in the herd are homozygous polled and heifers the Borchardts have bred have done very well in the showring and the county and state levels. Even though the Borchardts have not been involved in the Milking Shorthorn breed for long, their list of highlights is growing. Breeding Circle B A Lucky Strike PP and getting him into AI is at the top of that list. They started by having him tested for homozygous polled and A2/A2 at UC Davis and then reached out to AI companies to gain interest. Reaching out to the AMSS Genetics Committee gave Matt more information about the breed and recommendations on how to market the bull.
The last few years, they have focused on purchasing embryos from high profile cows to try to diversify the genetics in the herd. With all the great cow families in the breed, Matt said “he couldn’t pick just one” to buy from. He would love the opportunity to find a top Junior or Senior three-year-old that is “getting it done in the barn and the show ring” to bring in some great genetics. He feels this year is a difficult one to do that with the cancellation of so many shows.
Matt is looking forward to being part of the AMSS genetics committee to help improve the breed for the future. He is looking forward to getting more involved as his kids grow and can show. Matt credits his success in the Milking Shorthorn breed and the dairy industry to his entire family and everyone who helped him chase his dreams. (Matt may not have known this before, but it was just a chance in 2012 that allowed Matt to purchase Lotto. Lotto was housed at a farm just outside of Fond du Lac Wisconsin. The family raise some great quality heifers but did not have a milking herd. They had contacted a local Milking Shorthorn breeder to see if she was interested in purchasing this heifer to add to her herd. Timing was not great with two young girls at home and she passed on the chance to buy Lotto thus giving that ability to Matt Borchardt. Seeing the success of this cow family and the impact the Lucky Strike has had, I often wonder if I would have had the same success.)
