Championships

TICA Polydactyl Champion Maine Coon, Maine Coons in Utah from Champion top quality lines. — Kratos at 11 Months, Achieving his TICA Championship

A Maine Coon exploring, earning its nickname 'mountain coon cat' due to its robust and adventurous nature. — Queen Cora, One-Show TICA Champion

How much are Maine Coon kittens? These giant-breed kittens are raised with health and temperament in mind. — Queen Cora, One-Show TICA Champion

Sneak peek of Queen Prospect Gaia, who finaled at her very first show at only 8 months and 1 day old! Cats need to be at least 8 months old to compete for titles.

Our 2025-2026 Show Season Champion Maine Coons

Our Top Show Quality Cats here at Greek Garden Maine Coons:
King Kratos: Two-show TICA Grand Champion!
Shown in May 2025 and June 2025.
Queen Cora: One-show TICA Champion!
Shown in May 2025.
Queen Prospect Gaia: One-show TICA Champion!
Shown in June 2025.

*Many of our other female cats will show later in the show season – it can be difficult to time showing female cats as they cannot show while pregnant or nursing, and bringing multiple cats together to a show is challenging. As we are able to show our remaining females, and upcoming prospects, we will likely be adding to this list!*

We have some incredible TICA Champion Maine Coons! Following proper health and structural standards, it is also important for Maine Coon breeders to regularly show their cats in one of the top cat organizations (TICA, CFA, WCF, FiFe, etc) in order to ensure they are breeding to standard. The Maine Coon breed standard as described by TICA can be found here.

We tend to show exclusively with TICA, our favorite of the cat organizations, but properly pedigreed cats are transferable between all organizations, meaning any Greek Garden offspring could be shown in any organization (note though that due to unfounded genetic misconceptions, CFA does not currently allow Polydactyl Maine Coons to compete in shows).

We are proud to introduce our newest TICA Maine Coon Polydactyl Grand Champion, King Kratos! Kratos is a Polydactyl Red Silver Spotted Tabby with White, and the judges were so impressed with him, he earned his Grand Champion title in just two shows! King Kratos will be competing extensively in the 2025-2026 show season.

Additionally, our Queen Cora and Queen Gaia placed in finals at their very first TICA shows and both earned their Champion titles!

How To Show Your Cats

Showing your cat is an excellent way to evaluate their conformation to breed standards and ensure you’re breeding healthy, structurally sound cats.

Registration

Register your cat with your chosen organization. Cats with pedigrees from major cat registries (TICA, CFA, FiFe, GCCF, WCF, etc.) can typically transfer their registration between organizations.

Cats that are not registered and/or pedigreed are not considered purebred, but can instead show in the household pet division.

Show Entry

Select a show from your registry’s calendar (e.g., TICA’s Show Calendar).

Pay the entry fee—pricing details will be available in each show’s listing. Before entering a show, please make sure your cat’s vaccinations are up to date.

Show Cage

You’ll need to bring or rent a cage at the show, usually sized between 35–48 inches. This is your cat’s resting area between judging rounds.

Grooming

Your cat should be impeccably groomed. Our recommended grooming steps include:

Nail trim

Thorough brushing

Degreasing (focus especially behind ears and tail)

Shampoo and conditioner (with careful rinsing after each)

Towel drying, additional brushing, and a high-pressure blow dry

Accomodations and Supplies

Book a pet-friendly hotel near the show, unless you are local.

Pack essential supplies, including litter boxes, food, water bowls, grooming supplies, and toys or comforts from home.

Expectations and Benefits

Cat showing is intensive, costly, and time-consuming. There are no monetary prizes involved.

However, it’s invaluable for ensuring breeding cats have excellent structure and health. Judges look for adherence to the breed standard, which emphasizes robust health and proper anatomy. Cats with structural or genetic issues (like cow-hocking, turned-out toes, poor muscle or bone structure, DBE, severe underbite, etc.) will not succeed in shows.

Scoring and Titles

In the TICA system, cats start out with no titles. There are 4 major divisions in a cat show:

– Championship class (intact, pedigreed, registered cats 8 months and older),

– Kitten class (pedigreed and registered kittens 4 to 8 months of age),

– Alter class (spayed/neutered pedigreed and registered cats),

– and Household Pet Class (any non-pedigreed pet cat 8+ months).

Championship class cats can compete for titles such as Champion, Grand Champion, Double Grand Champion, etc. Kittens cannot win titles but can win ranks such as “Regional Winner” or “International Winner”. Alters are similar to Championship class, but “Alter” is specified in the title – for example Champion Alter, Grand Champion Alter, Double Grand Champion Alter. Household Pets can win titles such as “Master“, “Grand Master”, “Double Grand Master”, etc.

When you walk into a show, you will check in and receive your cats’ show number. These numbers will be placed up in each ring as each judge is ready to judge your cat. When a judge is ready to start judging, typically an announcer will call over a microphone announcing the range of numbers being called up, or they will say something like “longhair championship class judging in ring 3”, meaning if you have a longhaired breed competing for a championship, you should go check for your number in ring 3.

Most shows will have between 4-8 rings each show day. Your cat will compete in each ring. After the initial judging, finals will begin. Each judge will select their top cats. The number of finals spots varies based on the number of entries received, with a maximum of 10 finals spots for each class.

There are two types of finals – specialty and allbreed. Specialty finals are smaller groups of cats, typically something like all longhair championship class cats, all shorthair alters, etc. Allbreed finals are cats of one entire class, for example all longhair and shorthair cats in the championship class. Cats do not ever compete with cats outside of their class. An intact cat will never compete against a spayed/neutered cat. Altered cats tend to grow larger with more luxurious manes, after all!

Points are awarded for your cat winning within its division (25 points), color (25 points), and of course, you get the most points from finals. Typically it is easy for cats to rack up enough points, at least for the first two titles (Champion and Grand Champion), as winning the required finals will give them a nice point boost.

Champion/Master

To win this first title, cats need to win a place in any one final, as well as receive a total of 300 points by 4 different judges.

Grand Champion/Grand Master

The jump from Champion to Grand Champion is a bit more challenging. Your cat now needs to place a total of 6 finals, and 3 of these need to be “Qualifying” finals. This means either top 5 in a specialty final, or any place in an allbreed final.

These finals need to come from 4+ different judges. Your cat also needs to accumulate a minimum of 1000 points.

Double Grand Champion/

Double Grand Master

After your cat has won the title of Grand Champion, they will need to place one more qualifying (top 10 AB or top 5 SP) final as a Grand Champion to win Double Grand Champion.

This title also requires a minimum of 2000 points.

Triple Grand Champion/

Triple Grand Master

Your cat needs to place another qualifying final, this time as a double grand champion! This title also requires a minimum total of 3000 points.

Quadruple Grand Champion/

Quadruple Grand Master

Very similar to the double and triple grand titles, your cat will need one more qualifying final as a triple grand, as well as 4000 total points.

Supreme Grand

The highest acheivable title in each class (except kittens) is Supreme Grand. For Championship class, they would be a “Supreme Grand Champion”, Alter class is “Supreme Grand Champion Alter”, and Household Pet “Supreme Grand Master”.

To win this title, your cat needs to win first place (“best cat”) in any finals ring, as a quadruple grand champion. You also need a whopping 6000 points!