Two Generations of Jr. All-Americans - Natzke Family, WI
Holstein World: To have two Junior All-Americans in your show career is exciting. To have both of those nominations be homebred is even more impressive. But, to have two generations of homebred Junior All-Americans is down right phenomenal! Crestbrooke Encore Clasy-ET and Crestbrooke Milan Cassie achieved this feat in 2006 for Tim, Barb, Kristin & Kyle Natzke of Fond du Lac, WI. Congratulations!!
Holstein World: Share with our readers information about Clasy & Cassie’’s pedigrees, their achievements and any unique family attributes.
Natzke Family: This family started in 1983 with the purchase of Sterlingdale Triple Catlin, a VG Triple Threat coming with her second calf. Her dam, was an EX Apache, and her gr’dam, an EX-92 Triune Complete. Catlin went on to score EX-91-3E with 153,000 lifetime production and was first 4 Year Old at the Wisconsin Jr State Fair 1985. She was flushed to Glenafton Enhancer, resulting in three Red and White calves, two heifers and a bull which went to BCAI. She had one EX and four VG daughters. One of her Enhancer daughters, Crestbrooke E Candice-Red-ET-VG-85, was bred to To-Mar Blackstar resulting in Crestbrooke TMBS Cathy-VG-86. Cathy had a red son go to Select Sires. Her first daughter, Crestbrooke Leadman Charity-VG-88 EX-MS, was sold second calf mid lactation and short bred to Milan. She was sold with the agreement if she had a heifer calf we had first option to buy the calf back.
This resulted in Crestbrooke Milan Cassie-EX-94. Cassie was a nice March calf, a respectable yearling, but really came on as a Jr. 2 Year Old, and was named Reserve All-Wisconsin and Jr All-Wisconsin. Cassie was also our first Reserve All-Wisconsin Winner. That year she was also Reserve Jr All-American Jr 2 Year Old. Her first calf was a daughter by Lee and scored VG-86 as a 2 Year Old. Her second daughter by Rubens also scored VG-86 as a 2 Year Old. As a Jr 3 Year Old, Cassie was 4th at the Wisconsin Championship Show, Jr. All-Wisconsin, First at the Wisconsin Holstein Futurity, First and Grand Champion at Wisconsin State Fair, 4th at The Bill Graham Sweepstakes Futurity at World Dairy Expo, and Jr All-American Jr 3 Year Old. She was flushed to Encore resulting in only one pregnancy that resulted in Crestbrooke Encore Clasy-ET-EX-91, a 9th generation VG or EX.
Clasy was a very nice fall calf, and as a Fall Yearling became our first All-Wisconsin winner. She calved in March of ”05 with a Durham bull calf. At the Wisconsin Championship Show she placed 14th. She was 4th and Champion Bred & Owned at the Wisconsin Jr State Fair and 1st at the Open State Fair. She was 4th, Best Udder and Best Bred and Owned at the Mid West Fall National making her our first winning Bred & Owned at a National Show. She was first Jr, Best Udder, and Best Bred & Owned 2 Year Old of the Jr Show at World Dairy Expo and 14th in the Open Show. Clasy completed her 1st lactation being named Reserve Jr All-American Sr 2 Year Old. This year she calved in March with a Roy Bull. At the Mid West Spring National she was sixth and second Jr Sr 3 Year Old and Reserve Grand Champion and Best Bred & Owned of the Jr Show. At the District Holstein Show she was Grand of both the Jr and Open Shows, best uddered and Champion Bred & Owned. At the Wisconsin Championship Show she was fourth and second Jr., Wisconsin Jr State Fair she was second, Reserve Grand and Champion Bred & Owned, Second and first Jr., and Best Bred & Owned Wisconsin Holstein Futurity and second and Reserve Grand Champion of Wisconsin State Fair. At World Dairy Expo she was second and Best Bred & Owned 3 Year Old of the Jr Show, fourth in the Kingsmill Holstein Futurity and became our first milking Holstein to crack the top ten at Word Dairy Expo placing 10th and finished the year being named Jr All-American Sr 3 Year Old.
We feel it is rather ironic that both Cassie and Clasy were Reserve Jr All-American as 2 Year Olds, both 4th in World Dairy Expo’’s Holstein Futurity’’s, and both Jr All-American as 3 Year Olds!!! This is something we are extremely proud of!!!