Southern Grace Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats

At Southern Grace we strive to raise quality and authentic Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats that meet the breed standard. Our goats are very competitive in the show ring and in milk production. We are blessed to have a clean herd that consists of outstanding milking lines that also excel in the show ring. We are so very thankful and blessed to have such outstanding mentors and GREAT friends like Jan Nelson (Buffalo Clover), Jill Maple (Sinai Thunder) and Rusty Repp (Little Tots Estate)! These wonderful people have blessed us and our herd so much. Our precious goats are family raised and a big part of our way of life on our little ranch.

We are located in beautiful Lone Grove, OK which is between Oklahoma City and Dallas just off of I35.

Our herd is annually tested for CAE and was last tested NEGATIVE on May 30, 2024.

2025 News:

Wow!! It was only our second show of the year, but what a great show with SO many awesome goats there!! Thank you so much to the HNDGA crew (Mallory, Rylee, Sarah and all the awesome volunteers) and the three outstanding judges for such a fun show!!

On Friday, Southern Grace Hail Mary and Logan won Grand Champion Senior Doe and went on to win Best Senior Doe in Show which finished "Hope" making her now GCH Southern Grace Hail Mary 5*M!! Hope was scratched from Saturday's competition since she is now finished! Congrats to Logan's BFF Mason, from Howling Goat Farms, for winning Grand Champion in the junior doe show!

Saturday's Senior Show (this show was HUGE with so many awesome entries!):

Our girls did us proud and held their own in some steep competition and huge classes!

Ring 1: my BFF Jan's Buffalo Clover doe won Grand Champion senior doe in the first ring and Michael won Reserve with a beautiful 2 year old named Via Dolorosa Peoni sired by Southern Grace Cross My Heart and out of a Southern Grace Cowpuncher daughter!!

Ring 2: my sweet friend Nora (from Howling Goat Farm) won Grand Champion with Buffalo Clover HL Daisy, sired by our very own late great GCH Buffalo Clover Huey Long +*B! My girl, NINE YEAR OLD, 8th freshening BUFFALO CLOVER VAL DAUPHENE VEEE90 won Reserve Champion!

Ring 3: My girl, NINE YEAR OLD, 8th freshening BUFFALO CLOVER VAL DAUPHENE VEEE90 won Reserve Champion again! So close old girl!! The judges just raved about her longevity, dairy strength, productivity and strong feet and legs!

Junior Show:

Southern Grace Gladys, owned by Michael Hague, won Grand Champion Junior Doe in Ring 1!!
What an outstanding first show for Southern Grace in 2025! Logan and his girl Southern Grace Hail Mary (aka "Hope") won Grand Champion Senior Doe in open ring 1 under Jake Bradford at the CTDGA Spring Fling! So proud of you buddy, and your absolutely stunning 3 yr old doe! This beautful doe freshened with a single doe in March, but you wouldn't know it with her will to milk!
What a fun evening at the CTDGA Spring Fling youth show!! So very proud of Logan and his goats! The only junior we brought, Southern Grace Bonanza, won Grand Champion and then went on to win Best Junior Doe in Show under Scott Horner! In the senior show, one of our matriarchs Little Tots Estate PumkinSpice 1*M (7 yr old 6th freshener) won her class and went on to win Reserve Champion!

2024 News:

The December 2024 Elite list and production evaluations just came out, and our goats did us proud again!
Multiple times ELITE GCH Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 2*M

Multiple times ELITE Southern Grace Snow Belle 2*M

Multiple times ELITE Southern Grace Jack Frost +*B

Multiple times ELITE SG Cedar View Olivero ++*B ++*S (this is maybe his 15th time on the Elite list?! I've lost count!)

Multiple times ELITE Sinai Thunder Rosh's Favor 3*M 3*D

The following does were also in the 90th percentile!

Southern Grace Cayenne 2*M

Sinai Thunder Macs's Beloved 3*M 3*D

Southern Grace Lucy 1*M (owned by Cottonwood Hollow)
The August 2024 Elite list and production evaluations just came out:

Multiple times ELITE GCH Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 2*M

Multiple times ELITE Southern Grace Snow Belle 2*M

Multiple times ELITE Southern Grace Jack Frost +*B

Multiple times ELITE SG Cedar View Olivero ++*B ++*S

Multiple times ELITE Sinai Thunder Rosh's Favor 3*M 3*D

and just missing the Elite list:

Southern Grace Lucy 1*M

Southern Grace Cayenne 2*M

Sinai Thunder Macs's Beloved 3*M 3*D

So blessed to have/had these hard working does and herd sire in our herd!

2023 News!

2023 was a busy year at Southern Grace Nigerians, but we only managed to sneak away to 3 shows this year. We sure enjoyed every minute showing with all of our friends though, and we came home with:

5 Best in Shows

7 Grand Champions

4 Best of Breeds

3 Reserve Champions

Our girls also made us proud in the milk pail and at linear appraisal this year! GCH Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 2*M, Southern Grace Snow Belle 2*M, Southern Grace Jack Frost +*B, SG Cedar View Olivero ++*B ++*S, Sinai Thunder Rosh's Favor 3*M 3*D, and Sinai Thunder O Jubilee +*B*S all made the Elite list this year as well!
The December Elite list and production evaluations just came out!

Multiple times ELITE Southern Grace Snow Belle 2*M - 97% (Aug. eval: 98%)

Multiple times ELITE Southern Grace Jack Frost +*B - 95%

Multiple times ELITE SG Cedar View Olivero ++*B ++*S - 96%

Multiple times ELITE Sinai Thunder Rosh's Favor 3*M 3*DAR - 95% (Aug. eval 99%)

GCH Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 2*M (Previously Multiple times ELITE Doe) - 94% (Aug. eval 96%)

Multiple times ELITE Sinai Thunder O Jubilee +*B*S

Sinai Thunder Macs's Beloved 3*M 3*DAR - 91% (Aug. eval 94%)
Southern Grace had a blast at the 1st Annual Carter County Fair ADGA show, and our does blessed us big!
Southern Grace Kricket 3*M won Grand Champion and Best of Breed in both rings today!

Southern Grace Fancy won Grand Champion and Best in Show in Ring 2 under Kris Fraley in the junior doe show (and Reserve Champion in ring 1!)!

Thank you so much to all of our friends for all of your help showing and holding goats - we couldn't have done it without you! Thank you to Tracy and everyone at the Carter County Fair for putting on a successful show.
The Summer Elite List and new evaluations are out, and we couldn't be more excited!!

Elite Southern Grace Snow Belle 2*M VEEE 90 - 98 Percentile!

Elite Buck Southern Grace Jack Frost +*B - 96 Percentile!

Multiple Elite GCH Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 2*M - 95 Percentile!

Multiple Elite Sinai Thunder Rosh's Favor 3*M 3*DAR - 98 Percentile!

Multiple Elite Buck SG Cedar View Olivero ++*B ++*S - 96 Percentile!

Multiple Elite Buck Sinai Thunder O Jubilee +*B *S - 94 Percentile!

Just missing the Elite list at 94% was:

Sinai Thunder Macs's Beloved 3*M 3*DAR and Southern Grace Lucy!
So thankful and blessed to have such a great weekend at the Arbuckle Classic Dairy Goat Show! Logan had an outstanding youth show with his goats, and they did Southern Grace proud!! Logan and Sinai Thunder Macs Beloved 3*M 3*D won Grand Champion in both rings, and then went on to win Best Doe In Show in both rings as well!! Thank you Jill for this outstanding doe!

Southern Grace Scotch Bonnet (FF) also won her class!

Logan and his favorite kid from last year, Southern Grace Hail Mary won Grand Champion in the second ring! Then went on to win Best In Show!! (They also won Reserve Champion Jr doe in the first ring).

Buffalo Clover Kupid VEEE 91 (8 year old 8th freshener) made the Grand Champion lineup several times this weekend.

Southern Grace Sugar Sue made her first ever outing at just over 6 months old and made the Grand Champion lineup after winning her class under Gregory Murphy (she was 2nd in her class in the other ring). Southern Grace Kleo was 2nd place right behind Susie.

Southern Grace Jolene (shown for our friends Daniel and Alex) also made the Grand Champion lineup in the junior show! Jolene was 2nd in her class in the first ring behind another Southern Grace doe, Southern Grace Baby Spice (owned by Rylee Hanes), that went on to win Reserve Champion and then won Grand Champion under Justin Bassett!! Huge Congrats Baby Spice and Rylee!!

WOW what a day!!! It was a cold and rainy morning, but despite the weather we had an outstanding linear appraisal!! Our appraiser was wonderful and very informative - we learned so much. Some of our highlights were:

Southern Grace Saving Grace 1*M VEEE 91 EXCELLENT (4 year old 3rd freshener)

SG Sinai Thunder O Hosanna 5*M 3*DAR VEEE 91 EXCELLENT (7 year old 6th freshener)

Buffalo Clover Kupid 5*M VEEE 91 EXCELLENT (8 year old 8th freshener)

Southern Grace Snow Belle 2*M VEEE 90 EXCELLENT (3 year old 2nd freshener 5 months fresh)

Little Tots Estate JoAnna 5*M VEEE 90 EXCELLENT (6 year old 5th freshener)

GCH/Elite Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 2*M VEEV 89 (4 year old 3rd freshener 5 months fresh w/single doe kid)

Southern Grace Pretty Princess 1*M VVVV 88 (3 year old second freshener 5 months fresh)

Southern Grace Cayenne 2*M VEEV 87 (3 year old 2nd freshener 6 months fresh)

Southern Grace Burgundy 3*M GVVE (3 year old 2nd freshener)

Sinai Thunder Bless Your Heart GVVV 87 (3 year old 2nd freshener)

TX Marigolds Ghost Fluff GVEV 87 (5 year old 5th freshener)

Thanking the Good Lord for such a wonderful day! Special thanks to Tommy and Logan for all of the help getting ready for today - I couldn't do it without my guys!
We wrapped up spring kidding season in May! Got to give a shout out to the best little helper out there - couldn't do it without you Logan!
47 does freshened since the first of the year

115 kids born

59 doe kids

56 buck kids

For the first time ever we had more doe kids born than buck kids this year - thanks to the Good Lord!!
We had such a FUN weekend at our first show of the year at the Milk & Honey Pot in Brownwood, TX!! No one puts on a better show than Michelle and Mike Cordova! Logan and his goats came away the big winner for Southern Grace this weekend. Her very first time off the farm Southern Grace Molasses picked up her first leg winning Grand Champion Jr doe in the youth show, and then went on to win Best Junior Doe in Show under the great Joe Pilotte! Logan and Southern Grace Hallelujah 3*M also picked up a Reserve Champion Senior Doe in the youth at "Lou's" very first show!! Southern Grace Snow Belle 2*M made the Grand Champion lineup several times this weekend in the open as a second freshener at 5 months fresh. Our Grand old lady Buffalo Clover Victoria won her class in 3 of the 4 open rings and made the Grand Champion lineup all weekend as a 10 year old, 8th freshener in January with a single kid. What an awesome doe she is!! You know how to breed them Jan!!

2022 was a very blessed year!

We finished our first homebred finished Champion GCH Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 2*M in May - what a special doe she is!! She finished with a bang - not only did she win Grand Champion Senior Doe in the first ring to pick up her last leg - she also won Best in Show!
25 of our does earned their milk stars this year so far! (as of September 2022)
We had an outstanding Linear Appraisal session (our first ever)!
Some of you know that we had been scheduled for a May 15th appraisal, but unfortunately our amazing appraiser had to postpone just days before due to a family emergency. I am SO very proud of my very dairy does that continued to put milk in the pail even after a straight month of 100+ degree temperatures. I also have to give a HUGE shoutout to the best 10 year old I know, and my best buddy for helping me milk everyday and clip and prepare our does (twice). Logan, you are the BEST buddy!

Now for our highlights - our foundation does really shined!! Thank you to our 3 favorite mentors and friends - Jan at Buffalo Clover, Jill at Sinai Thunder and Rusty at Little Tots Estate - for breeding these outstanding does, and trusting them in our care.

GCH Buffalo Clover Katrina 2*M (7 yr old, 6th freshener) - EEEE 91

GCH Southlake Katrina 1*M (9yr old, 6th freshener) - VEEE 91

GCH Buffalo Clover Cabernet 2*M (7 yr old, 6th freshener) - VEVE 90

Buffalo Clover VAL Dauphene 2*M (6 yr old, 5th freshener) - VEEE 90

Sinai Thunder O Magdalene 2*M (4 yr old, 3rd freshener) - VEEE 90

Little Tots Estate PumkinSpice 1*M (4 yr old, 4th freshener) - VVEE 90

GCH Gypsy Moon ES Snow Bunny 1*M (8 yr old, 8th freshener) V+EV 89

Buffalo Clover HL Towanda 2*M (5 yr old, 4th freshener) - VVEE 89

Sinai Thunder O Cadence 3*M 3*DAR (6 yr old, 4th freshener - VV+E - 88

Buffalo Clover Kupid 3*M (7 yr old, 7th freshener) - VVEV 88

The Central Texas Dairy Goat Association Spring Fling Doe Show was a blast! In addition to finishing and winning Best in Show with now GCH Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 2*M - our other girls and Logan did us proud!
- Open Show Results: (how fun and blessed we were to have 4 of the 5 does standing in line for Grand Champion!)
  1st place 2 yr old milker Southern Grace Snow Belle 2*M
  
  1st place, GRAND CHAMPION, Best of Breed and BEST IN SHOW - 3 yr old milker GCH Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 1*M
  
  1st place 4 yr old milker Little Tots Estate Pumkinspice
  
  1st place and Reserve Champion 5 yr old and up SG Sinai Thunder O Hosanna 5*M 3*DAR, 2nd place Little Tots Estate JoAnna 5*M
  1st place in her class and Reserve Champion Jr Doe - Southern Grace Hot Cocoa
- Youth Show Results:
  Logan had a fantastic day at the CTDGA Spring Fling Youth Show! He started off the day winning his first showmanship buckle with his favorite goat Little Tots Estate JoAnna winning the junior showmanship class! Anna and Logan continued their winning streak and won Grand Champion Sr Doe in ring 1 (and was honorable mention for BIS), and won Reserve Champion in ring 2 and ring 3! Anna only needs one more leg to be a finished Champion!
  
  In the Junior show in ring 1 Logan and Southern Grace Autumn Snow added another Reserve Champion to her resume (that makes 3!). In ring 2 Logan and Southern Grace Little Teacup won Grand Champion winning her Jr leg! He also made the Grand Champion lineup in ring 3 again with Autumn.
We had such a great weekend at the Milk N Honey Pot!! Thank you to Michelle and Mike Cordova for being such wonderful hosts - we can't wait to come back!! Our girls blessed us big, and we couldn't be more proud of them and Logan! Almost every goat we brought made the Grand Champion lineup at one point all weekend!

Grand Champion Senior Doe and Best of Breed under Scott Horner was Southern Grace Sugar N Spice 1*M as a 2nd freshener! I love this VERY dairy doe sooo much!!

Logan and Little Tots Estate JoAnna made the Grand Champion lineup in the youth and open and came home with another Youth Reserve Champion! Little Tots Estate PumkinSpice (Sugar's dam) also made the Grand Champion lineup (in the open)!

Logan brought 2 junior does and he made the Grand Champion lineup with them both!

Southern Grace Autumn Snow made the Grand Champion Jr Doe lineup in all three rings (1 youth ring, 2 open rings) he showed her in and came home with TWO Reserve Champions!!

Southern Grace Honey Bunny also made the Grand Champion Jr lineup. Oh and Logan and Anna won youth junior showmanship too!

Tommy & Jessica Mather

580-504-9719 | jessicammather@gmail.com

Lone Grove, Oklahoma

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