Oriental Longhair Milestones

February 1984 - TICA accepts the Oriental Longhair for registration.

May 1, 1984 - TICA Oriental Longhairs compete in New Breed and Color (NBC) class?

May 1, 1985 - TICA advances the Oriental Longhair to Championship status. Pointed longhairs compete as Balinese, full-color variants compete as Oriental Shorthairs and pointed variants compete as Siamese.

???? - ? becomes TICA's first Grand Champion Oriental Longhair.

February 1988 CFA Board Meeting -

The Oriental Longhair is accepted for registration.

February 1994 CFA Board Meeting -

The Oriental Longhair is advanced to Provisional status effective May 1.

February 1995 CFA Board Meeting -

At the request of both breed councils the Oriental Longhair and Oriental Shorthair breeds are merged (divisioned), creating LH and SH Orientals; LH Orientals are advanced to Championship status effective May 1, and variants may compete in the SH division (it is assumed that pointed variants can be shown in Colorpoint Shorthair classes).

May 1, 1995 CFA - start of first Championship season for LH Orientals.

October 28, 1995 Southern Dixie Cat Club, Richmond, VA -

Talisyn's Seance of Suntea, lavender male, becomes CFA's first Grand Champion LH Oriental (10 shows).

November 17, 1995 CFA International Show, Chicago, IL -

First International with LH Orientals and variants in competition.

May 1, 1996 -

:-) ACFA grants Championship status to the Oriental Longhair (as in TICA, they compete as longhairs with the Persians, etc.). The pointed color class is also added to the show standards for both the OLH and OSH, and variants can be registered and shown as OSH.

:-( CFA revokes Championship status for pointed variant LH Orientals after the Colorpoint Shorthair breed council votes to exclude them from competition.

May 12, 1996 Rivercats, Harrison, AR -

(Rakiscats) Sam Bass of Foxglen, red point male, becomes ACFA's first Grand Champion Oriental Longhair. pedigree available

June 8, 1996 Palisades Cat Club (INCATS), Anaheim, CA -

Jo Ann Cummings and Wayne Park are the first CFA judges to put related LH and SH Orientals in the same final! Cousins Clowntown's Gavin and Rakiscats Zathras, both blue silver ticked tabby males, are the lucky kittens.

July 7, 1996 Monroe Shorthair Club, Rochester, NY -

Balinan's Steely Dan, blue ticked tabby male, becomes CFA's second Grand Champion LH Oriental (2 shows).

September 28, 1996 Salt City Cat Club, Syracuse, NY -

Balinan Sweet Dreams R Made of This, ebony ticked tabby neuter, becomes CFA's first Grand Premier LH Oriental (3 shows).

October 5, 1996 Perthshire Cat Club, Costa Mesa, CA -

Clowntown's Gavin becomes CFA's third Grand Champion LH Oriental; and

Rakiscats Roitiro, lavender mackerel tabby male, becomes CFA's first variant Grand Champion LH Oriental.

October 11, 1996 CFA Southwest Regional Qualifier, San Bernardino, CA -

Three generations of longhairs compete in the same show -- Mikey, sons Roi and Gavin, and Roi's son Dax.

• CH Loblolly Tar Heel Jordan of Balique - blue lynx point Javanese
• GC Rakiscats Roitiro & Rakiscats Dako - blue classic tabby variant

March 22, 1997 Oriental Longhair Cat Club, Baltimore, MD -

Suntea Spiritous, ebony male, becomes CFA's fourth Grand Champion LH Oriental.

August 2, 1997 Delaware River Cats Club, Hamilton Square, NJ -

Semyah's Hershey of QB Catspaw, chestnut male, becomes CFA's fifth Grand Champion LH Oriental.

October 4, 1997 San Jose Cat Fanciers, Dixon, CA -

Derry Downs Furrnd-Le, ebony mackerel tabby male, becomes CFA's sixth Grand Champion LH Oriental.

October 18, 1997 Ontario Cat Fanciers, St. Catherines, Ontario, CN -

Balinan's Paint It Black!, ebony female, becomes CFA's seventh and first female Grand Champion LH Oriental.

October 25, 1997 Southern Dixie Cat Club, Richmond, VA -

GC Talisyn's Seance of Suntea becomes CFA's second Grand Premier LH Oriental.

January 10, 1998 Mid-Michigan Cat Fanciers, Maumee, OH -

Balinan's Shadow O'The Night, ebony neuter, becomes CFA's third Grand Premier LH Oriental.

January 17, 1998 Rainier Longhair Cat Club, Tacoma, WA -

Casadecano's Tessa, ebony ticked tabby female, becomes CFA's eighth Grand Champion LH Oriental.

March 7, 1998 North Coast Cat Fanciers, Lorain, OH -

CH Balinan's Blue Morning, Blue Day, blue mackerel tabby neuter, becomes CFA's fourth Grand Premier LH Oriental.

March 28, 1998 Kacod Cat Club, Kimberling City, MO -

(Rakiscats) Kolinar of Foxglen, blue spotted tabby male, becomes ACFA's second Grand Champion Oriental Longhair.

July 18, 1998 Garden State Cat Club, Somerset, NJ -

QB Catspaw Candle In The Wind, blue-eyed white female, becomes CFA's ninth Grand Champion LH Oriental.

August 1, 1998 Gulf Shore Siamese Fanciers, Stillwater, OK -

KLM's 1st Black Thai Affair, ebony neuter, becomes CFA's fifth Grand Premier LH Oriental (2 shows)

August 8, 1998 Sunkat Feline Fanciers, Seaside, OR -

Casadecano's Moon Walker, silver mackerel tabby neuter, becomes CFA's sixth Grand Premier LH Oriental (1 show).

August 15, 1998 Midlands Cat Fanciers, Omaho, NE -

Semyah's Molly, chestnut and white female, becomes CFA's second variant Grand Champion LH Oriental.

September 5, 1998 Mid-Michigan Cat Fanciers, Flint, MI -

GC Balinan's Steely Dan, blue ticked tabby neuter, becomes CFA's seventh Grand Premier LH Oriental.

October 24, 1998 Liberty Trail Cat Fanciers, Westfield, NJ -

QB Catspaw Dusty Dan, cream ticked tabby neuter, becomes CFA's eighth Grand Premier LH Oriental.

December 5, 1998 Greater Baltimore Cat Club, Baltimore, MD -

Suntea Karma, chestnut spotted tabby female, becomes CFA's tenth Grand Champion LH Oriental.

January 23, 1999 The Northwest T.L.C., Everett, WA -

CH Casadecano's Prince of Dennigan, ebony ticked tabby neuter, becomes CFA's ninth Grand Premier LH Oriental.

April 24, 1999 Compadres De Los Gatos, Ontario, CA -

CH Orientalmoon's Light My Fire, red ticked tabby neuter, becomes CFA's tenth Grand Premier LH Oriental.

May 1, 1999 -

:-( ACFA revokes Championship status for variant Oriental Longhairs after the Oriental Shorthair breed committee votes to exclude them from competition.

May 29, 1999 Golden Triangle Cat Fanciers, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada -

Izerblu Aja of Balinan, ebony mackerel tabby female, becomes CFA's eleventh Grand Champion LH Oriental.

July 17, 1999 Platinum Coast Cat Fanciers, Fort Myers, FL -

Kayceekats Beau Thai of KLM, blue mackerel tabby male, becomes CFA's twelfth Grand Champion LH Oriental.

September 11, 1999 Mohawk Trail Cat Club, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada -

Balinan's Jamoca Almond Fudge, ebony tortoiseshell female, becomes CFA's thirteenth and first parti-color Grand Champion LH Oriental.

February 5, 2000 Oregon Cat Fanciers, Portland, OR -

Rakiscats Lady Dortujla, ebony silver female, becomes CFA's fourteenth and first shaded Grand Champion LH Oriental.

April 15, 2000 Salt Lake Longhair Club, Salt Lake City, UT -

CH Rakiscats Unnar, cream mackerel tabby neuter, becomes CFA's first variant Grand Premier LH Oriental.

April 29, 2000 Cat Nation Fanciers, Erie, PA -

Balinan's Shamwari of Synergy, ebony mackerel tabby male, becomes CFA's fifteenth Grand Champion LH Oriental.

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Oriental Longhair News

TICA International Breed Awards

1985-86
Best Oriental Longhair -- RAIN RIVERS VANGUARD (blue f.)
Second Best -- RAIN RIVERS SIRYN (chocolate f.)

Best Kitten -- LYNNESE SPINNAKER (black m.)
Second Best -- TOMY-TCOON'S TAWNJE (black & white f.)

1986-87
Best Oriental Longhair -- QGC LYNNESE SPINNAKER
Second Best -- GRC TOMY-TCOON'S ELTON JOHN OF RADIANCE (black & white m.)
Third Best -- CH TOMY-TCOON'S TAWNJE

Best Kitten -- RAIN RIVERS HAWK (chocolate spotted tabby m.)
Second Best -- RAIN RIVERS SILVER FAWN (fawn ticked tabby f.)

1987-88
Best Oriental Longhair -- SCHEHERAZAD'S JEWEL OF THE NILE (blue classic tabby f.)
Second Best & Best Kitten -- SCHEHERAZAD'S CHUCK E (chocolate mackerel tabby m.)
Third Best & Second Best Kitten -- GRC SCHEHERAZAD'S LAOCHE (chocolate)

Third Best Kitten -- SCHEHERAZAD'S AXEL FOLEY (chocolate m.)

Best Alter -- GRC TOMY-TCOON'S ELTON JOHN OF RADIANCE

1988-89
Best Oriental Longhair -- QGC SCHEHERAZAD'S JEWEL OF THE NILE
Second Best -- CH RAIN RIVERS LITTLE NEMO (chocolate m.)
Third Best -- (open)
Fourth Best -- CH FOLIO'S FUTURIAN OF RAIN RIVER (frost ticked tabby f.)

Best Kitten -- ANAWACKET'S MONTEZUMA (white m.)
Second Best -- (open)
Third Best -- TAO PIM SHALIMAR (frost mackerel tabby f.)
Fourth Best -- RAIN RIVERS LITTLE NEMO

Best Alter -- SCHEHERAZAD'S CHUCK E

1989-90
Best Oriental Longhair -- TGC SCHEHERAZAD'S BIG BUSINESS (cinnamon mackerel tabby f.)
Second Best -- ELVIE'S BRIQUETTE (blue)
Third Best -- CH RAIN RIVER'S ICEMAN (lilac m.)

Best Kitten -- ANAWACKET'S CASPER (white m.)
Second Best -- SCHEHERAZAD'S BIG BUSINESS
Third Best -- TALISYN'S CHOCOLATE MOOSE (chocolate m.)

Best Alter -- QGC RAIN RIVER'S PUCK
Second Best -- SCHEHERAZAD JEFFREY OF SUENAN

1990-91
Best Oriental Longhair -- QGC,RW SCHEHERAZAD'S BIG BUSINESS
Second Best -- ANAWACKET'S CASPER
Third Best -- TALISYN'S CHOCOLATE MOOSE

Best Kitten -- ANAWACKET'S CASPER
Second Best -- ANAWACKET'S SHOW WHITE
Third Best -- ANAWACKET'S EZRA

Best Alter -- SGC RAIN RIVER'S PUCK
Second Best -- GRC SCHEHERAZAD JEFFREY OF SUENAN

1991-92
Best Oriental Longhair -- ANAWACKET'S SNOW WHITE (white f.)
Second Best -- CH SHOLINE'S R L POLO (cream spotted tabby m.)

Best Kitten -- SCHEHERAZAD'S LEGUME (blue mackerel tabby m.)

Best Alter -- CH SHOLINE'S R L POLO
Second Best -- GRC SCHEHERAZAD'S JEANETTE

1992-93
Best Oriental Longhair -- ACATTACA'S TIFFANY (black f.)
Second Best -- CH SCHEHERAZAD'S GOLD DUST WOMAN (cinnamon mackerel tabby f.)

Best Kitten -- ANAWACKET'S ICICLE (white)
Second Best -- SCHEHERAZAD'S GUINAN

1993-94
Best Oriental Longhair -- (GRC) ACATTACA'S TIFFANY
Second Best -- CH BALINAN HEATHER OF BALIQUE (blue ticked tabby f.)
Third Best -- SHOLINE'S MOONSTRUCK OF SH'BOI (blue f.)

Best Kitten -- SHOLINE'S MOONSTRUCK OF SH'BOI
Second Best -- DERRY DOWNS TRIBBLE OF RAKISCATS (lilac smoke tortie f.)

CFA Southwest Region Newsletter, Spring 1995

Board Approves LH/SH Divisions for Orientals and Welcomes Longhairs to Championship

At the CFA Executive Board meeting in Tulsa, Oriental Longhairs became the Longhair Division of Orientals and, having fulfilled the requirements for advancement, became the 30th shorthair division/breed to be recognized for Championship status, effective May 1, 1995.

A breed display was arranged by Steve Baylus, Oriental Longhair Breed Council Secretary. Board members stopped by briefly before lunch on Saturday to handle the cats and talk with the breeders present, and to sample (demolish) the refreshments. Steve brought along his lavender neuter, Talisyn's Mosby. Also on hand were Steve's mother, Dr. Marie Surasky, with two variant kittens, Semyah's Uptown Girl, blue-cream, and Semyah's In The Buff, cream male; and Talisyn's Seance of Suntea, lavender male (owned by Marilyn Small); local breeders Rosalie and Larry Sorrels with two variants, Darayavaush Nefertiri, ebony spotted tabby, and her kitten, Darayavaush OB Juan Frijole, chestnut male; and Cathy Galfo with her silver ticked tabby kitten, Rakiscats Lady Muertana.

As in other recent breed divisions (Manx, Japanese Bobtail and Scottish Fold), there will be only one show standard and the OLH and OSH Breed Councils will be merged. On Sunday, Bob Agresta, OSH Breed Council Secretary, was confirmed as Secretary of the expanded council. Since the OSH Breed Council also voted to accept bi-colors (it's about time!), the longhairs will be judged in the same color classes (solid, shaded, smoke, tabby, particolor and bi- color) as their shorthair cousins. In addition, shorthair variants will be eligible to compete in the Shorthair Division!

The following is a brief synopsis of the longhaired Orientals journey to Championship status.

It is known that longhaired Orientals existed in Europe prior to their first appearance in the U.S., and at one point they were known as Mandarins. CFA records show that the breed was created primarily by Balinese/Javanese breeders who acquired Oriental Shorthairs, not vice versa. (In fact, the Javanese Breed Council passed a proposal in 1986 to include the OSH as an outcross breed, but the Board voted to take "no action," on the grounds that longhaired Orientals didn't exist yet and what would happen to the "solid" Javanese?) In the early '80s, longhairs also made surprise appearances in a few OSH litters--evidence that the gene was carried by at least one imported OSH and by American Shorthairs used in bi-color programs.

At the February, 1988 CFA Executive Board meeting, Robin Radlein (Rainriver), who had played a large part in the advancement of the breed in TICA, petitioned successfully for the acceptance of the Oriental Longhairs for registration. Robin and nine other breeders promptly registered 34 litters! The first OLH litter registered in CFA was #508219, born June 9, 1983, bred by Billie Cobden (Sholine), who also registered the first two cats, ebony variant males Sholine's Dark Elf and Sholine's Dark Vader, both from that litter. Elf and Vader were out of a red point Javanese and a chestnut-tortie OSH. The other founding breeders were Bev Eitner (Berkeley), Rosemary Hannon (Tomytycoon), Carolyn Hansen (Valkyrie), Wayne Karmitz (Karma), Mary Minium (Deminium), Kathleen and Carol Milleson (Moseisley, better known as Scheherazad), Barbara Ardoin (Ardoin) and Tom Baumgardner (Folio).

By the 1991 Annual, the Oriental Longhairs had the 25 breeders and more than the 100 registered cats needed for advancement to Provisional status. The only roadblock was the lack of an official CFA breed club and newsletter. At this point I became interested in the longhairs and purchased a Balinese girl to breed to my OSH boys, thinking by the time I had my first longhair, they would already have Championship status. Wrong! The TICA group was gone and getting the breed back on track proved difficult. A club was finally put together by Steve Baylus and Karen Christmann (Balique) and approved by the Board at the 1993 Annual. The Oriental Longhair Cat Club published its first newsletter in the spring of 1994.

Thanks to some last minute lobbying by Bob Agresta at the February, 1994 Board meeting (we weren't on the agenda), Michael Peterson moved for advancement of the OLH to Provisional status. Steve was at this meeting with one cat and he was later appointed OLH Breed Council Secretary. Starting last May, thirty different cats (including six variants) were exhibited in all seven regions. By January 21, 1995, we had done it! (Ironically, Region 3, the birthplace of the OLH, proved the hardest to acquire--Marie and Seance had to fly to the January Houston show!) I showed two cats, and the other breeders who helped out were: Vicki and Steve Baylus; Karen Christmann; Pat DeCano (Casadecano); Cherylee DeYoung (Derry Downs), who also took two cats to the 1994 Annual; Darlene and Jeffrey Fox (Bali-Cats); Nancy Grandison (Balinan), who covered Regions 4 and 6; Chris Norton (Jaimar); Marilyn Small and Marie Surasky.

See you in May!

Cathy Galfo, Rakiscats Orientals, San Diego, CA

1994-95 TICA International Breed Awards

Best Oriental Longhair -- CH RAKISCATS LADY MUERTANA (silver ticked tabby f.)
Second Best -- CH SHOLINE'S MOONSTRUCK OF SH'BOI (blue f.)
Third Best -- DARLINGTON ABBA KABABA OF JADE (chocolate spotted tabby)

Best Kitten -- RAKISCATS LADY MUERTANA

CFA International Show, Chicago, Illinois, November 17-19, 1995

LH Orientals in Championship:

• GC Talisyn's Seance of Suntea (lavender m.) -- BOB x 6
• CH Rakiscats Lady Muertana (ebony silver ticked tabby f.) -- 2BOB & BCH x 6

Three variant kittens competed in SH Orientals:

• Rakiscats Unnar (cream mackerel tabby m.)
• Rakiscats Roitiro (lavender mackerel tabby m.) -- 4BOB x 1
• Rakiscats Ursula (ebony tortoiseshell f.)

1995-96 International and National Breed Awards

TICA
Best Oriental Longhair Kitten, Cat & Alter -- ACATTACA'S STEEL MAGNOLIA (blue spotted tabby f.)
Second Best Cat -- GRC RAKISCATS LADY MUERTANA (silver ticked tabby f.)
Third Best Cat -- JAI MAR BALI JAGUAR (blue spotted tabby)

Second Best Kitten -- SCHEHERAZAD BLU BOTHER

CFA
Best LH Oriental & Best Solid -- GC TALISYN'S SEANCE OF SUNTEA (lavender m.)
Second Best -- CH BALI-CATS GREEN-EYED LADY (blue f.)

May 21, 1996 e-mail

Though we dabble in rare colors, we did not expect to ever see a classic pop up, especially in the longhairs. But on May 16, 1996, we got two, a blue classic tabby boy and a blue classic (maybe torbie) girl--both look like variants <sigh>. Proud parents are Kathinka and Roitiro. Your mission (if you decide to accept it <g>) is to find out how Kathinka came to carry classic! Roi most likely inherited the gene from Dama; if Mikey was also a carrier I should have gotten classics in HIS litters. FYI, the other kittens are: 2 pointed girls (LH & SH), lavender ticked tabby girl (SH) and blue ticked torbie girl (SH).

In searching for classic Orientals in my database (approx 3800 SH, 200 LH), I found 29 SH and 6 LH (not counting mine), which is less than 1%.

Here's the pedigree:

SIRE:

• 4s Tassam's Kadesh (proven carrier)
• 3s Tassam's Kyle of Loblolly (?)
• 2s Loblolly Tar Heel Jordan of Balique (?) "Mikey"
• 3d Loblolly Keratella (?)
• 1s Rakiscats Roitiro-- lav mac tby SH OLH (proven carrier)
• 5s Derry Downs Yipes Stripes (proven carrier)
• 4s Kensmere Kreme de Koko (?)
• 3s Kensmere Kismet (?)
• 2d Rakiscats Dama (carrier?)
• 3d-4-5, etc. **my shaded silver stuff (no known carriers)

DAM:

• 3-4-5, etc. **Siamese & Balis (no known carriers)
• 2s Nagai Ke's Dandy Man of Rakkestad (Bali-extremely unlikely)
• 1d Rakkestad's Kathinka of Rakiscats--blue cre lynx pt SH JAVI (proven carrier)
• 4s Anjeau Radar Love (? carrier)
• 3s Anjeau Rouge Rogue (?)
• 4d Anjeau Sinnamon (?)
• 2d Morcat's Peaches N' Cream (carrier)
• 4s Purfur's Golden Sun of Morcat (?)
• 3d Morcat's Spangle (?)
• 4d Jaibois' Cleopatra of Morcat (unlikely)

Thinking it's possible that the Javis down from red CPS (particularly Da-Glo) may be the key. But still don't know how Darktree's Hiss in the Night came to carry classic!

Though Dama has been placed as a pet, I have her 2 shaded OSH daughters, and five of her Mikey kids (4 boys, 1 girl).

Let me know what you find. Thanks. Cathy

July 31, 1996 e-mail

Since some of you have shown/registered a cat in ACFA over the years and others of you like to know what's happenin', the following may be of interest, given the fact that ACFA finally accepted Oriental Longhairs for Championship status effective May 1, 1996:

On May 12, 1996, SAM BASS OF FOXGLEN (alias "Rakiscats Sam Bass of Foxglen - ACFA refuses to register a "plural" cattery name), a RED POINT Oriental Longhair male, became ACFA's first Grand Champion OLH!!!! (Note: he was also the first OLH registered in ACFA!)

"Sonny" finaled 11 out of 16 rings to achieve the title of GC in two shows! He followed that up with two Allbreed finals in his next show. He then bred an ebony OSH belonging to his owner, Linda Fox (Millsap, TX), producing a litter of 5 variants on 7/25/96: two torties, a tortie point, and ebony and lavender males. (Unfortunately, ACFA doesn't accept short-haired variants for championship competition...)

Sonny is out of Rakiscats Lord Elsun Rabban (red point variant son of Gaynells Aures - For Sale) and CH Derry Downs Tribble of Rakiscats (retired - dam of Clowntown's Gavin, CFA's higheest sccoring OLH kitten to date, with 12 finals).

Cathy Galfo, Rakiscats Orientals

CFA International Show, Anaheim, California, November 15-17, 1996

LH Orientals in Kittens:

• Derry Downs Desert Sands (cream spotted tabby m.)
• Derry Downs Lelayha (chestnut patched tabby f.) -- BOB x 1, 2BOB x 5
• Casadecano's Sirimiti Su (ebony silver ticked tabby f.) -- BOB x 5, 2BOB x 1

LH Orientals in Championship:

• CH Casadecano's Prince of KLM (ebony ticked tabby m.) -- BOB & BCH x 1, 2BOB & BCH x 4
• GC Clowntown's Gavin (blue silver ticked tabby m.) -- BOB x 5

Two variants competed in SH Orientals: Rakiscats Dako and GC Rakiscats Roitiro

1996-97 International and National Breed Awards

TICA
Best Oriental Longhair -- QGC SHOLINE'S TORTILINI OF SH'BOI (brown mackerel torbie f.)
Second Best -- GRC SUNTEA RHAPSODY N BLUE OF BALIQUE (blue f.)
Third Best -- QBCATSPAW RED SKYS AT SUNSET (red ticked tabby m.)

Best Kitten -- SHOLINE'S LELONGOVIT OF SH'BOI (black m.)
Second Best -- SUNTEA GYPSY WOMAN OF BALIQUE (tortoiseshell f.)

Best Alter -- ACATTACA'S STEEL MAGNOLIA
Second Best -- QGA SCHEHERAZAD A D (fawn classic tabby n.)
Third Best -- TGA SCHEHERAZAD BUTTERFINGER

CFA
Best LH Oriental & Best Tabby -- GC,RW BALINAN'S STEELY DAN (blue ticked tabby m.)
Second Best & Best Solid -- GC SUNTEA SPIRITOUS (ebony m.)
Second Best Tabby -- GC CLOWNTOWN'S GAVIN (blue silver ticked tabby m.)

ACFA
Best Oriental Longhair -- GC SAM BASS OF FOXGLEN (red point m.)

CFA International Show, Atlanta, Georgia, November 21-23, 1997

LH Orientals in Kittens and Championship: none

LH Orientals in Premiership:

• CH,PR Casadecano's Prince of KLM (ebony ticked tabby n.) -- BOB x 6, 2BSHPR

Variants competing in SH Orientals: none

1997-98 International and National Breed Awards

TICA
Best Oriental Longhair -- IZERBLU'S COAL PORTER OF PURRINGFOX (black m.)
Best Kitten -- SHOLINE'S FREAKY FRIDAY OF SH'BOI (tortoiseshell f.)
Best Alter -- SGA SCHEHERAZAD'S BIG BUSINESS (cinnamon mackerel tabby s.)

CFA
Best LH Oriental & Best Tabby -- GC CASADECANO'S TESSA (ebony ticked tabby f.)
Second Best & Second Best Tabby -- GC DERRY DOWNS FURRND-LE (ebony mackerel tabby m.)
Third Best & Best Solid -- GC SUNTEA SPIRITOUS
Second Best Solid -- GC BALINAN'S PAINT IT BLACK! (ebony f.)

ACFA
Best Oriental Longhair -- GC KOLINAR OF FOXGLEN (blue spotted tabby m.)

CFA International Show, Kansas City, Missouri, November 20-22, 1998

LH Orientals in Kittens:

• Semyah's Shadow of Luvlypurr (ebony m.)

LH Orientals in Championship:

• Semyah's Painted Lady (calico f.)

LH Orientals in Premiership:

• GP KLM's 1st Black Thai Affair (ebony n.)

Variants competing in SH Orientals: none

1998-99 International and National Breed Awards

TICA

CFA
Best LH Oriental & Best Tabby -- GC SUNTEA KARMA (chestnut spotted tabby f.)
Second Best -- CH IZERBLU'S MEET ME BY CHANCE (ebony ticked tabby m.)
Third Best -- CH JAIBOIS OLIVIA OF BELLAVIA (blue mackerel tabby f.)

ACFA

CFA International Show, Kansas City, Missouri, November 19-21, 1999

LH Orientals in Kittens:

• KLM's Good Thaim Charlie (ebony mackerel tabby m.)

LH Orientals in Championship:

• Rakiscats Lady Drusilla (ebony silver f.) -- 2BOB x 1
• CH Rakiscats Lady Dortulja (ebony silver f.) -- 2BOB & BCH x 2, BCH x 1
• CH Rakiscats Lady Duana (ebony silver ticked tabby f.) -- 2BOB & BCH x 3
• GC Kayceekats Beau Thai of KLM (blue mackerel tabby m f.) -- BOB x 6

LH Orientals in Premiership:

• PR Kittenrun's Chemasabe of Tonkapaw (lavender silver spotted tabby n.) -- 2BOB & BPR x 6
• GP,RW KLM's 1st Black Thai Affair (ebony n.) -- BOB x 6