Youth breed National Hereford Show Triple Crown winner

Last updated Jan 23, 2014 12:0pm0

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CHAMPIONS. Emilee (at halter) and Ben Holt (right) of Caldwell, Idaho, exhibited the Hereford heifer they raised to a triple-crown championship at the Western Nugget National Hereford Show in early December. -Photo courtesy of Holt Hereford Heifer

Siblings Emilee and Ben Holt of Caldwell, Idaho, exhibited a Hereford heifer they raised, HOLT 138X Sadie 226Z, to a triple-crown championship at the Western Nugget National Hereford Show held in early December in Reno, Nev.

Emilee, 16, and Ben, 13, are the children of Scott and Kim (Kanzler) Holt of Caldwell and the grandchildren of Gilbert and Alice Kanzler of Ritzville. They both have raised and shown Hereford cattle since the age of seven.

“Sadie” was named champion of both the junior show’s bred-and-owned and owned divisions, and then went on to win the champion polled Hereford heifer tit...