THE ABOVE PHOTO WAS TAKEN AROUND THE TIME OF BLAZE'S ONE YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY. THIS BOY TRULY WENT DOWN IN TICA HISTORY. HE WAS THE SON OF JOYLINCAR MANDISA, WHO CAME ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRAILA AND HIS FATHER WAS BEAU, WHO WAS A US BOY. BLAZE HIT THE TICA SHOW HALLS AT FOUR MONTHS OLD WITH THE JUDGES LOOKING AT THIS EXTREMELY RUDDY BOY, WHO WAS QUITE CAPTIVATING. MOST OF THE RUDDY SOMALIS THAT I HAD SEEN IN THE SHOW HALLS WERE MORE OF A WASHED OUT RUDDY COLOR, BUT NOT BLAZE. HE WAS VIBRANT, NICE TICKING, CLEAR IN THE CHEST, GREAT HEAD TYPE, STRONG BODY AND WAS QUITE A FOX. HIS PERSONALITY WAS OUTSTANDING AND JUST HAD THE COMPLETE PACKAGE, SO MUCH THAT BY THE END OF THE 2007-2008 TICA SHOW SEASON HE WAS NUMBER ONE ALL BREED KITTEN OF THE SE REGION, #11 ALL BREED KITTEN INTERNATIONALLY, AND THE NUMBER ONE SOMALI KITTEN & CAT INTERNATIONALLY. BLAZE'S FORMAL NAME IS AS FOLLOWS: IW SGC HILLSTBLUES BLAZING ORANGE CLOUD. BLAZE IS NOW RETIRED FROM BREEDING
