Previously, Sandy was one of only two Canadian Milking Shorthorns to be classified Excellent eight times (8E), a distinction she held with her dam, Fieldcrest Rubin Pearl EX-92-8E. Clearly, this is a family with excellence for conformation and longevity!

Sandy is bred and owned by Tim Shearer and Irene Vietinghoff of Lynmark Farms in Norwood, Ontario. She calved in December 2014 for the 13th time and will turn 15 years old on June 1 of this year. She is sired by American Milking Shorthorn sire Mericrest Now You See.

Sandy has also had success in the show ring, taking Reserve Grand Champion honours at the 2003 National Milking Shorthorn Show as a 3 year old. Her dam, Pearl, is a six star brood cow who also attained grand championship honours at Milking Shorthorn shows in Peterborough and Lindsay in Ontario. Sandy is the eighth generation of Very Good or Excellent cows in her cow family.

Shearer and Vietinghoff note that "Sandy is living proof of what every dairy breeder aims for: superior type, low maintenance, longevity and productivity – the pillars of profit in dairy farming."

Sandy has three daughters classified Very Good, including one of her most recent daughters, Lynmark Clay Sally VG-87, who was twice named Junior Champion of the National Milking Shorthorn Show in Lindsay, Ontario.  PD

—From Canadian Milking Shorthorn Society news release