Hoanbu UNKD Downtown Joyride (PN2387204, DOB February 12, 2024) earned her dry leg as junior grand champion at the Mitten Madness show in Michigan in one ring, and was reserve grand champion in the second ring. She was also 12th senior dry yearling at the 2025 National Show. She was reserve junior grand champion at the Allen County Fair in 2024 and 2nd place senior dry yearling at NAILE in 2025. She is sired by B Hoanbu BMR Unconditional (VG89), a Hoanbu homebred buck whose daughters have placed competitively in national-level shows — including Hoanbu UNKD Rosary Rozlyn, who was the 18th place junior kid in the 2021 ADGA National Show and 7th place senior dry yearling at the 2022 North American International Livestock Exposition. Her dam is Hoanbu LR Dancing Downtown 4M EX91, a doe whose dam line traces directly to GCH Hoanbu EXOD Moon Dance EX90, a doe who sired the 2014 Reserve National Junior Champion "Hoanbu LR Dancing Downtown" in a cross with Lakeshore No Need To Rush EX91 EEE. Joyride’s maternal brother is GCH +*B Hoanbu Downtown Bellefontaine, who has had a large influence on the Hoanbu herd. Joyride thus carries deep Hoanbu dam-line genetics that have proven themselves at the highest levels of national Nubian competition.
Joyride was purchased directly from Hoanbu with the hope that she would be a phenomenal show doe for us. Sadly, this was not meant to be. Two days after her arrival, while still in quarantine, Joyride had blood drawn and her milk checked to ensure she was healthy before introducing her to the herd. Her CMT test was positive on both sides of her udder. Milk was sent for culture which returned positive on both sides for Staphylococcus aureus. To say we were devastated was an understatement. We have never had S. aureus in our herd and knew that we did not want to keep any animal on the milking line who could potentially pass this along to the rest of the does. Many vets were consulted on the best option, and most advised that we cull her before becoming too attached since mastectomies are an expensive surgery. It was too late though, I had fallen in love with her from the second I knew she was going to be mine, and so if she needed a mastectomy to stay with the herd, then that was what she was going to get. So Joyride stayed in quarantine and had her mastectomy just as quickly as it could be scheduled. Special thanks to A Farmer's Veterinary Service for doing an outstanding surgery. Joyride recovered uneventfully and will stand now as a brood doe at Sandhill Oaks. We hope she will provide us with some lovely kids. Pictures of her udder are given for reference when she was being dried off in preparation for surgery, but consideration should be given that her udder in these pictures had mastitis and in no way represents her genetic potential.
