We caught up with Ms. Taylor Blubaum, exhibitor of the 3rd Overall Team Purebred Barrow and the 5th Overall Team Purebred Gilt at the 2025 National Junior Show. Learn more about Taylor below…

Fun/Interesting fact about your champion
His name is Heartbreaker, he gets very moody without attention. He loves it when you talk to him

Ever had a show ring fail? Tell us the story!
I haven’t had too many epic fails, but I tend to drop my whip a lot while in the ring

What’s your favorite non-livestock hobby?
I don’t do much outside of showing pigs, but on my free time I enjoy cheerleading and playing other sports.

If your champion had a theme song, what would it be?
Whatever it takes by imagine dragon would definitely be his hype song.

What’s the one thing in your show box you can’t live without?
Honestly, my whips. I alone go through a lot of whips on show days, all of my pigs don’t like the same whip, so it takes several of them.

What do you enjoy most about the summer national shows?
Getting to spend time with all the people I don’t normally get too see and getting to hang out with my friends and family.