Bellini's Show Awards 2006-2007
The International Cat Association (TICA)

5th Best Allbreed Kitten of the Year  --  International
2nd Best Maine Coon Kitten of the Year  --  International

BEST ALLBREED KITTEN of the Year  --  Mid-Atlantic Region
BEST MAINE COON KITTEN of the Year  --  Mid-Atlantic Region
10th Best Allbreed Cat of the Year --  Mid-Atlantic Region

Pedigree

Sire:   IW, SGC SaraJen Scoresby
Dam:  SaraJen McKenzie Abbey 8

Our 'Bella Bellini' is one of our wonderful young females. She has a beautiful, sculpted 'Maine Coon' head, with a perfect scoop, a strong chiseled muzzle and chin, tall tall ears and perfectly set eyes (yes, I know -- we're a little prejudiced here...). But the judges on the show circuit seemed to agree, since she finished the 2006/2007 show year as the 5th highest scoring allbreed kitten internationally!  Then in only three shows as an adult she achieved the highest award of Supreme Grand Champion!!  We are thrilled, and she is modest!

She had a cardiac ultrasound in April 2007 and March 2009; both were normal, meaning she is clear of HCM at this time. She is also negative for the HCM genetic mutation.     More Pictures of Bellini!

Sire:   GC Mainesuspect Profiler of Tropikoons
Dam:  Nascat Jamaican Jag of Tropikoons

'Jolla' (pronounced "HOY-ya", of course) is our wonderful new addition to the SaraJen Cattery.  Stephanie Boulter of Tropikoons bred her and she came to us after spending her childhood with Sherry Campbell of Mainesuspect.

C'mon now... who could resist that look??  Jolla is a darling black silver tabby with white with a long, long body, luxurious coat, excellent profile, nicely set large ears -- oh, and those eyes!  On top of that, she is just this easy-going, affectionate charmer -- Nice package!!

Jolla had a cardiac ultrasound in October 2006 and May 2008 and is clear of HCM at this time. She is also negative/negative for the HCM gene mutation.

Sire:  CH Cooneyisle Buster Brown
Dam:  Meowy-Kazowy's Emma Peel of Ociopia

Ila ("EYE-la") is a lovely, quietly affectionate female, who comes to us from Sherry Deloney of Mainesuspect cattery. To our eye, she has a fabulous head -- perfect profile, large well-set ears (nicely topped off with lynx tips, too!), a strong muzzle, large expressive eyes. She also has good boning and a nice length to her body.

For her first litter she was bred to Scoobie, and produced four lovely kittens -- three of which went to be show cats for other breeder friends in Europe and Japan.

Ila had a cardiac sonogram December 2003, March 2005, October 2006 and May 2008 and is clear of HCM at this time. She is also negative/negative for the HCM gene mutation.

Sire:  CFA National Winner, Grand Champion Cabincoon's Dakota
Dam:  TICA Regional Winner, Quadruple Grand Champion Coonpulsive Skyy of SaraJen

Georgia is a beautiful, rather chatty girl with luscious green eyes. She's the daughter of our lovely Skyy, and she has a littermate who lives in Belgium with Bernard & Régine at the cattery Coonfellas -- the gorgeous SaraJen Fiona of Coonfellas.

Georgia had cardiac ultrasounds in April 2005, October 2006 and May 2008 and is clear of HCM at this time. She is also negative for the HCM gene mutation.

Sire: IW, SGC SaraJen Jaegermeister
Dam:  Tropikoons La Jolla of SaraJen

Cristall is an irrepressibly happy young girl! She also happens to have absolutely wonderful type!! She is very long with very long legs. As you can see she has magnificent ears, placed very well. She also has a lovely, smooth scoop to her profile and a good, strong chin. She tops that all off with a beautiful open expression. We hope to show her to titles this fall and winter (2007).

Cristall had a cardiac ultrasound in May, 2008 and March 2009 and is free of HCM at this time. She is also negative/negative for the HCM gene mutation.

More pictures of Cristall
 

Sire:  IW, SGC Terrificats Crème Soda
Dam:  Terrificats Tondri

We are fortunate and thrilled to co-own Cherry Pop with Tina Dodge of Fogcity Maine Coon Cats. Cherry Pop, pictured here at just a whisker over 7 months, is just a fabulous young girl bred by Karen Crooke of Terrificats. Karen has long been known as a reputable breeder of wonderful, healthy, typey Maine Coons and we can't thank her enough for entrusting Tina and I with one of her kittens.

She is too young yet to have her heart and hips tested. However, she is negative for the HCM gene mutation (by default - both parents are negative) and her sire and dam have both had normal cardiac ultrasounds.

More pictures of Cherry Pop