Barnowl Edelina 8*M

2019 Oregon & Washington State Fairs 1st place Breeder's Trio

Sire: +*B SG Lone Thisle Presto
SS: +*B SGCH Tempo Very Dark
SD: SGCH Barnowl Abracadabra 2*M
Dam: SGCH Tempo Elena 7*M
DS: ++B SG Hogg’s-Hideaway Chalupa
DD: SGCH Tempo Katya 6*M
ADGA Genetics Pedigree

Looking more like a 6-year old than a 12-year old, Elena delivered a beautiful set of white, waddled twin does. Although she was very healthy, we decided that she deserved to have a healthy retirement and not be pushed to have more pregnancies, so these two–Edelina and Elizaveta–were our last two Elena daughters. And indeed, Elena did have a healthy, vibrant retirement, passing on in summer of 2018 at nearly 15 years old.  In an excruciating decision, we  parted with Elizaveta as a yearling, but absolutely love our Edelina.

Freshening in 2017, Edelina came in with a very correct mammary and even pretty good teat placement for this line, as well as the strong body capacity we’ve come to expect from Presto daughters. In 2018, Edelina truly began to mature into one of the most correct does in our herd. She is not as stylish as Auriga, or has the same va-va-voom mammary of Encore, and certainly not the size or stature of Quivira, but she is possibly a more all around sound doe who, like her dam, is built for the long haul. Edelina made for a fascinating 3 year old to show, in classes of 10 or more does, this quiet little doe won nearly 50% of her spring show classes. However, she never placed 2nd, making her truly a “love her or not see her” type doe, but for those judges who took the time, they found it difficult to fault her. As it turned out our 2018 appraiser said basically the same thing, making her an easy final score 91 with excellents across the board. While she literally got accidentally left home to our only club show of 2019, the appraiser once again found her exceptional and made her another “easy” final score 91 all E’s. 

The figure skater line–our beloved white, waddled ladies registered under Mariah’s name–really came to the forefront in 2019. While Edelina individually wasn’t the leader of this group (her fancy uddered daughter Eliona was), she was the keystone for their big group class wins at Nationals, Oregon State Fair, and Washington State Fair. It seems we’ve really found the right step with this line and are very excited for Edelina, Eliona, Yuna, and the young does Evgenia, Ekaterina, and 2020 kids Elysa and Surya. If you’ve long admired this line, now is the time to invest!