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Joel Phoenix Wins 2024
Curtis Clark Achievement Award
Bonnie Cooper,
becooper2010@gmail.com
Joel Phoenix of Dappleview Holsteins,
Cannington, ON, was presented with the
2024 Curtis Clark Achievement Award
during the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
in Toronto, ON, on November 8th.
Joel Phoenix, 42, is highly regarded
among his peers for his work ethic, talent,
professionalism, sportsmanship and
tireless promotion of the industry. A
member of the well-known Phoenix family
in Ontario County, he is a son of Jim and
Cathy Phoenix. As a 4-H member, Joel
was Champion Showman at the 2000
Scotiabank Hays Classic (now TD Canadian
4-H Dairy Classic) at the Royal. Phoenix
travelled the world as a professional dairy
cattle fitter for more than 15 years, working
with many great people and animals at
shows and sales. Along the way, he has
encouraged other farms to exhibit their
animals at shows, often caring for these
animals in his own showstring and/or
assisting these exhibitors.
Phoenix has a great eye and ability for
finding, developing, owning, marketing
and exhibiting top quality show animals,
many of whom have gone on to be All-
Canadian and All-American nominees and
winners for he and his partners or their new
owners. In the past, Phoenix has sourced
and been involved in the early careers
of such famous show cows as ROBROOK
GOLDWYN CAMERON, LOVHILL GOLDWYN
KATRYSHA, CACHE-VALLEY LHEROS
2331-ET and OAKFIELD GC DARBY-ET, as
well as partnering in many show winning
young heifers like CLAIRCREST FEVER
TIKI, LEACHLAND GOLD MEDAL and RIDGE-
FIELD ATLANTA.
An Official Holstein Canada Judge, Phoenix
has judged at shows across Canada, as
well as in the United States, Australia
and Mexico. He was the inaugural winner
of the Andrea Crowe Memorial Award at
the Royal Winter Fair in 2013 and won the
Klussendorf-MacKenzie Award at World
Dairy Expo in 2022.
Joel and his wife Jessica, a three-time
Olympian and member of the Canadian
Equestrian team, have two children.
Together they own Phoenix Equestrian
& Holsteins, a 100-acre farm where they
focus on breeding and merchandising elite
show animals and genetics, along with
having a 50-cow beef herd plus 75 yearlings
that they pasture feed and finish, a hay
sales business, and operate an equestrian
training facility.
Joel Phoenix is the 36th recipient of the
Curtis Clark Award which recognizes a
Canadian dairy cattle exhibitor who is
respected for their ability, sportsmanship
and dedication. The Alberta Holstein
Association established the award in 1988
to honour the late Curtis Clark of Acme
Holsteins, a noted Alberta Holstein breeder,
cowman and showman.
For more information contact Bonnie Cooper,
Secretary, Curtis Clark Achievement Award
Committee, becooper2010@gmail.com
or 416-579-6572.
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