WINTERFROST GRAND PREMIERS
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Blue Silver Mackerel Tabby |
GP El-Dia Blu Cavalier of Winterfrost GP, RW El-Dia Excalibur of Winterfrost GP El-Dia LyuYienJin LaoShu GP, RW El-Dia SingintheBlues of Winterfrost GP Myrlyn Keebler of Winterfrost CH, GP Nacada BlossumPossum of Winterfrost GP Nacada Redford of Winterfrost CH, GP Operakatz Griffelkin of Winterfrost GP, RW Pegasi Ring-of-Fire of Winterfrost CH, GP Purrmatix IchiroSeta of Winterfrost |
Blue Spotted Tabby Blue Blue Ticked Tabby Blue Mackerel Tabby Chocolate Lynx Point CPSH Blue Silver Patched Ticked Tabby Red Mackerel Tabby Blue Ticked Tabby Red Classic Tabby Blue Ticked Tabby |
My induction into the world of showing creatures was with dogs (Irish Setters, Gordon Setters, English Cocker Spaniels) and then Quarter horses. Our first pedigreed cat was a seal lynxpoint Colorpoint Shorthair named CH Yorcat Yipes Stripes. My introduction into showing cats started with GP El-Dia LyuYienJin LaoShu, otherwise known as Mouse - my all-time heart and soul cat. We bought Mouse from Barb Phelps of El-Dia Orientals as a pet - his tail had a lovely kink that made it look rather like a music note. Over time, Mouse grew up and got very sleek, and when his litter brother GC, NW El-Dia Blue Danube ended up 3rd Best Cat in the Nation for 1994-95 and I saw his picture on the cover of Cat Fancy magazine, I realized that Mouse looked a lot like his famous brother. I called Barb and asked her about showing him. Her first question was about the tail, which I said no longer had a kink, he somehow outgrew it. I entered Mouse in a nearby show and ended up having a blast – cat showing is a really great hobby.
One cat led to another, and soon I was showing a homebred Winterfrost cat. The first Winterfrost grand was GP Winterfrost Orion, a seal lynxpoint oriental shorthair.
Since Rion, we’ve granded a fair number of Winterfrosts and a few other cats along the way. A cat needs to defeat 200 champions to become a grand champion, and 75 premiers to become a grand premier.