Maine Coon Breed Winners in CFA

One of the first Maine Coon Breed Winners, GC, BW, NW Tufpaws Rosette

In the 2001-2002 show season, CFA began giving out a new title – Breed Winner, which is abbreviated as BW. This title is quite exclusive, being given to ONLY ONE cat in each breed or division in a given year – the highest scoring cat for that breed or division in the Championship class.

Although the award began in that season, CFA is retroactively adding the title to Breed Winners of previous years. In this article, Best of Breed was researched back to the 1966-67 show season where the best of breed cats were first listed in the CFA yearbooks, and these cats are listed below.

Although CFA may not have yet updated their records to add the BW title to the cats listed below, the cats have earned the right to use the BW title.

The Maine Coon was first accepted in CFA in 1976, and their first Breed Winner was CH, BW Lybe Christa's Katy, a brown tabby female. The first male Breed Winner was in the following year, a copper-eyed white named GC, BW Purrbred's Silent Stranger.

Maine Coon Breed Winners in CFA

Year	Name	Sex	Color
1976-77	CH, BW Lybe Christa's Katy First Maine Coon BW	F	Brown Tabby
1977-78	GC, BW Purrbred's Silent Stranger First Male Maine Coon BW	M	Copper-Eyed White
1978-79	GC, BW Tufpaws Reuelette	F	Brown Tabby & White
1979-80	GC, BW Tufpaws Schnitzel of Zookatz	F	Brown Tabby & White
1980-81	GC, BW, RW Tufpaws Rosana Dana of Zookatz	F	Brown Patched Tabby & White
1981-82	GC, BW, NW Tufpaws Rosette	F	Brown Patched Tabby & White
1982-83	GC, BW, RW Purricoon's Ciao Maine of Nephrani	M	Brown McTabby & White
1983-84	GC, BW, RW Purricoon's Ciao Maine of Nephrani	M	Brown McTabby & White
1984-85	GC, GP, BW, RW Tufpaws Rosieola of Buctales, DM	F	Brown Patched McTabby & White
1985-86	GC, BW, RW Lovabacon's Tom Terrificat, DM	M	Brown McTabby & White
1986-87	GC, BW, RW Mainberg's Edification	M	Brown McTabby & White
1987-88	GC, BW, NW Terrificat's P.C. Gambit, DM	M	Brown Tabby & White
1988-89	GC, BW, RW Gensway's Macho Man	M	Brown McTabby & White
1989-90	GC, BW, NW Kanab's Luanne's Mahogany Rush, DM	M	Red Tabby & White
1990-91	GC, BW, NW Groovycats Alexander The Great	M	Brown McTabby & White
1991-92	GC, BW, NW Bangor's Eskimo Pie, DM	M	Black & White
1992-93	GC, BW, NW Coonsboro Calvin Coonidge	M	Brown McTabby
1993-94	GC, BW, NW Noogats Renault Blanc	M	Gold-Eyed White
1994-95	GC, BW, NW Coonsboro Beni Pussalini of Angtini	M	Brown McTabby & White
1995-96	GC, BW, RW Kemosabe's Meshach	M	Brown Tabby & White
1996-97	GC, BW, RW Thecathut's Dizzie Gillespie	M	Brown Tabby & White
1997-98	GC, BW, NW Kankoonkats Leviticus	M	Brown McTabby & White
1998-99	GC, BW, RW Kankoonkats Butch Katzidy of Mavrik	M	Brown McTabby & White
1999-00	GC, BW, NW Verismo Wotan-Of-Valhalla	M	Brown Tabby
2000-01	GC, BW, NW Texas Belle Bellini of Maroon Coons	F	Calico
2001-02	GC, BW, NW Cabincoon Dakota	M	Red Tabby & White
2002-03	GC, BW, NW Verismo Donner	M	Brown Tabby
2003-04	GC, BW, NW Shubacoons Tip O'Neal	M	Brown Tabby & White
2004-05	GC, BW, NW Tuvets Martha's Pick of Abizaq	M	Brown Tabby & White
2005-06	GC, BW, NW Javacats Rolling Thunder	M	Red Tabby & White
2006-07	GC, BW, NW Dewisplear Pierce Mayfair	M	Brown McTabby
2007-08	GC, BW, NW Highlander Hey Jude of Tabbeyrd	M	Red Tabby & White