Dragonfly HFX Vesta
updated 5/26/11
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DOB 5/24/08

5/24/08 -- 4/11/11

Named for the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth, she did indeed not remain a virgin. Vesta had the trademark stretch and style we always see in Kestrel's kids, plus the very tight shoulders and elbows that Hal reliably produces. When Judge Barb Norcross nemaed her Best Junior Doe in Show in New Boston, 2009, she remarked that Vesta strolled around the ring like a runway model. She was always well aware of how beautiful she was. She was the second Best Doe in Show we've had who failed to win a leg for her efforts. Oh, well. She made up for it at a show later in the year.

She had a lovely first udder, with rear attachments as high and smoothly blended as they come. She was only beaten once as a first freshener, by her herdmate Niniane (who was a 2 year old 3rd freshener--really not fair.) At the Franklin County Fair 4H show, she was BOB from the AOP classes over Saanens and her other accomplished herdmates (including CH and BDIS Dierdre), and Best Doe in Show over 173 other senior does. The judge commented that not only was she the most beautiful Nigerian Dwarf that he had ever seen, but that she was perfect in every way. Well. What can I say after that.

I try not to dwell on the fact that I had decided that she was probably the nicest doe I've ever bred. She did not have a chance to prove me wrong, so she will remain young and perfect in my mind forever, which isn't really the true test of a dairy goat. Still, I loved her, I was hugely proud of her, and I miss her.

Show record: shown twice as a junior; 2 x 1st, 2 x GCH Jr (Barbara Norcross, New Boston NH, June, 2009, no leg; Brent Deitrich, Topsfield Fair, October, 2009, AGS leg), 1 x BJrDIS (Barbara Norcross, June, 2009); as a senior, 5 x 1st, 1 x GCH, 1 x BOB, 1 x Best Doe in Show (not sanctioned).

Kidding record: 2010, twin bucks by Halifax.

May, 2010
Photos by Declan Dean

 

 

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