News Release

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Another Wish Granted in the International Junior Ayrshire Show

MADISON, WIS. – Toppglen Wishful Thinking, the winning Lifetime Component Merit Cow, is the Grand and Senior Champion of the International Junior Ayrshire Show at World Dairy Expo. She received the Lillian & Keith King and Jim King Grand Champion of the Junior Show Award. Wishful Thinking is owned by Tanner, Brennan, Marissa and Logan Topp of West Salem, Ohio. The Reserve Grand Champion is the Reserve Senior Champion and second-place Lifetime Component Merit Cow, Bricker-Farms Gibbs Carvella, and is owned by Todd, Lynsey, Allison, Lacey and Kinslee Bricker and Carli Binckley of Salem, Ohio.

In the heifer show, Bricker-Farms R Cadillac-ET, the winning Winter Yearling, is named Junior Champion of the Junior Show and is exhibited by Todd, Lynsey, Allison, Lacey and Kinslee Bricker, Carli Binckley and Wyatt Schlauch of Salem, Ohio. Reserve Junior Champion of the Junior Show was the first place junior-owned Fall Calf, Lazy M Wish Applause-ET, exhibited by Eden and Dayton Richter of Stitzer, Wis.

Official judge Gregory Evans of Georgetown, New York, along with his associate Jean-Philippe Charest of Saint Alexandre, Quebec, were charged with placing 147 head in the International Junior Ayrshire Show.

Complete class results can be found at www.worlddairyexpo.com.

Serving as the meeting place of the global dairy industry, World Dairy Expo is the premier forum for the dairy community to learn, share, create commerce and showcase competition. The annual event is taking place in Madison, Wis. September 30 - October 3, 2025. Dairy producers can experience the world’s largest dairy-focused trade show, a world-class dairy cattle show, attend seminars, meetings and presentations highlighting the latest and greatest in the industry and connect with other producers. Download the World Dairy Expo mobile app, visit worlddairyexpo.com or follow WDE on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Spotify, or YouTube for more information.

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Notes to Editors: High-resolution photos are available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1716yh4bHHBcDhxVEAhy8QHZ5B-cJRvhT?usp=sharing