Our Cats

Our studs, our queens and other cats!

Here you will find information about our cats characters, shows and colours.

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Studs

Imperial Grand Champion Crystal Flames Joker Poker (Joey) Cream white harlequin pattern British Shorthair.

Joey came to us from the famous Crystal Flames cattery in Germany in August 2019 originally as a pet. He was doing so well in his kitten shows we thought it would be a huge shame neuter a beautifull cat with such a unique harlequin pattern. We were delighted when we gained breeders rights.

We are very proud of Joey’s achievements. He is wonderful, gentle, good natured boy. Joey is the father of our litter A and litter D.

Joey made GCCF champion aged just 9 months and subsequently became the first champion, grand champion and imperial grand champion in the GCCF van/harlequin class.

Joy Golden Scroll Lilac Bi-Colour British Shorthair

Joy came to us in January 2021 and had fathered his first two litters by the time he was one year old.

We kept two of his sons from litter B and two of his daughters from litter C. Joy is a beautiful lilac bicolour with a fabulous symmetrical pattern. He has amazing deep golden eyes and is also a wonderful natured boy. Joy is phenomenally clever and can play quite complex IPad cat games.

Grand Champion GCCF Chrysolite Billy Powell Cream white harlequin patterned British Longhair.

Billy was born in our cattery in August last year and is our only British Longhair. He was a wonderful surprise as both his parents are shorthairs (carrying longhair).

Billy has been very beautiful from a very young age and recently became our first home bred champion just days after his first b’day in straight shows. He obtained four championship certificates despite only needing three.

Billy attended his first adult show aged 9 months and we were very surprised and delighted that he was awarded Best of Variety section 3 (British shorthair) adult.

He was the youngest adult cat present and beat a very strong field of twenty other cats much older cats including some highly titled adults from very famous UK catteries to achieve this accolade.

We are immensely proud of Billy and are hopeful that he will achieve the top showing status very quickly.

Billy became a Grand Champion in October 2023 and has four Grand Challenge certificates (despite only needing 3!).

Champion GGCF Chrysolite Bruno Mars Cinnamon bi colour British Shorthair

Born in our cattery and is litter brother to Billy. Bruno is a stunning clear, warm and vibrant cinnamon on a brilliant white background.
He is genetically tick based like all our cats which means he has no tabby markings.
Bruno has fantastic, vivid red eyes which look like jewels.
Bruno has done well in his kitten shows but has not as an adult (1 y/o). We are delighted that Bruno became GCCF Champion 4 months after his first adult show and is the first GGCF titled cinnamon bi colour.

Queens

KireiNeko’s Diana Lilac tri colour British Shorthair.

Diana was one of our first breeding queens and came to us as a kitten all the way from Vladivostok in 2019.

Diana is a lilac tri colour, with a lovely symmetrical pattern and very beautiful pastel colours. She is a massive girl who weighs around 6 kg, and has passed on this trait to her son Alfie who weighs over 7kg aged 2.5 years.

Diana was the first of our queens to have kittens in 2021 with our Joey and has always been a wonderful caring mother to her now enormous kittens Alfie and Amelia.

She has very recently become a grandmother as her daughter Amelia just had babies and one of her little daughters Ellie Mae looks just like her.

Katerina Briraspberry Chocolate tortie harlequin British Shorthair

Katerina was one of our first breeding queens and came to us from St Petersburg in 2019.

Katerina is stunning girl with really bright red eyes and a beautiful tail, who did very well in all her kitten shows. She attended a GCCF Breed Advisory Committee meeting for trainee judges as a good example of a tri colour harlequin.

Katerina is the mother to our Best of Variety Adult winner GCCF Champion Chrysolite Billy Powell and his brother Bruno. Their siblings Buddy and Bonita, Bobby and Bella were lucky enough to leave as pairs and are now living in 2 fantastic pet homes.

Katerina is also Mum to Chrysolite Donatello one of our latest additions.

Chrysolite Amelia Jane Cream bi colour British Shorthair.

Amelia and her brother Alfie, who is also still with us, are the first babies born in our home, to our GCCF Imperial Grand Champion stud Joey and our lovely lilac tri colour girl Diana.

She is beautiful cream bi colour with a really clear cream coat and the most enormous round orange eyes.

Amelia has attended a couple of shows and has received good show reports at them.

She has a lovely gentle nature and is the most wonderful mother to our latest litter E, who are the first ‘grandchildren’ to be born in our cattery.

Champion (GCCF) Coco Blueberry Blossom Van Patterned Blue Tortie British Shorthair

Coco arrived at Chrysolite from Latvia at the end of 2022 and is so far our only titled female cats.

Coco is one of the very few Vans on show at the moment, as it is very difficult to comply with the strict pattern rules for Vans. Coco demonstrates these requirements very well as she has absolutely no colour on her body and no colour below her eye and ear lines.

We are very proud of Coco as she is the first Van Champion in the GCCF Van/Harlequin class (our Joey being the first Harlequin Champion, Grand Champion and Imperial Grand Champion).

Coco has the most beautiful thick, dense, short coat that exemplified a good British Shorthair, and very good head type.

We hope that Coco will be able to follow in Joey’s footsteps and reach Imperial showing status one day. Coco is currently working her way up towards Grand Champion, she has one Grand Challenge Certificate and many Reserve Grands.

Coco accompanied our best show cat, our gold Neuter boy Leo to the 2022 GCCF supreme show.

Coco will be taking a break from showing at the end of the year to have kittens, we have yet to decide with which one of our studs.

Chrysolite Cara Delevingne Blue Bi Colour British Shorthair

Cara is the first born of the five litter C sisters. We kept Cara and and her sister Cassie as we spayed their Mum Remy following a difficult birth.

Many people say that Cara is the most beautiful of our cats, she has a lovely crisp short vivid blue coat and most stunning amber eyes that look like jewels. Born to our fantastic stud boy Joy and blue girl Remy.

Cara is a very inquisitive, playful little girl who loves being in the garden. We are hoping for some fantastic bi colour boys and try colour girls from Cara and our Imperial Grand Champion stud Joey next year.

Champion Pavlinka Be Lakki Black tri colour British Shorthair

Pavlinka arrived here in May 2023.

Pavlinka is stunning black tri colour carrying dilute. She has really vibrant colours and very beautiful patching.

Pavlinka is a massive girl, she is still only 9 months old but is catching up in size with our largest girls Lola and Diana both of whom weigh around 6kg.

Pavlinka is a very amenable girl who gets on well with everyone and loves chasing insects in the garden.

We are hoping for some lovely dominant and dilute colour babies from Pavlinka and either Joy or Joey next year.

Pavlinka became a GCCF Champion in November 2023 and at 9 months was once of youngest cats to achieve a title.

Youngsters

Chrysolite Eddie Balthazar Cream bi colour British Shorthair

Eddie is the grandson of our Imperial Grand Champion stud boy Joey. He has a lovely ticked (no tabby markings) cream coat with a symmetrical pattern and wonderful, expressive eyes.

He is a very happy little boy too who never stops purring.

We think Eddie has a the right credentials to take over from his Grandad when he retires.

Chrysolite Esmeralda Lilac tortie harlequin British Shorthair

Esme is the granddaughter of our Imperial Grand Champion stud Joey. She has lovely facial markings, beautiful eyes, a fabulous thick coat and lovely pink hued ticked pastel colours.

She is a delightful, affectionate, playful little girl who is very fond of her Mum Amelia, just as Amelia was very fond of her own Mother Diana.

Esme has a very high percentage of white and we think she will be a wonderful addition to our high white breeding programme.

Chrysolite Fabio Giovanni Cream Van patterned British Shorthair

We are very proud of our not so little Faberge who won Best of Variety kitten at his first ever show at the tender age of 5 months. We believe Fabio is the first van patterned British Shorthair who achieved best of variety showing with GCCF.

The Van pattern is particularly hard to breed as it requires colour just on the head, but not below the eye or ear line, and and tail. 3 small spots of colour on the body are allowed. We have Van kittens in the past but Fabio is the first to comply with the GCCF pattern standard.

Fabio is built like a tank, bigger than some of our adult cats at 6 months, we hope he will be at least or more successful as his Van Mum Coco in the show arena.

Fabio is a lovely, friendly boy who spends a lot of time in the garden chasing after bees and butterflies. We hope this keeps him in good shape.

Neuters

Leo Uk Imperial Grand Premier Heathdown Leonardo DaVinci Black Golden Tipped British Shorthair

Well what can we say about Leo? It will be fair to say, that had it not been for Leo, we would never have got into showing as much, (it always helps if you have an exceptional show cat to hand) and our cattery may not have existed.
We bought Leo as a companion for our Lola, as she was bugging Teddy, who hated any other cat but put up with her. Leo was neutered aged 6 months, as we purchased him as a pet.
Leo's show journey started only after he was one year old, in March 2018. We had tried showing Lola before that, she too was a good show cat, but was starting to lose her temperament for showing. I was reluctant to show Leo at first as he seemed so much smaller than Lola giantess and had much longer hair, I didn't realise at the time that this was typical for tipped British cats like Leo.
Leo's rise to the top of the GCCF showing ladder was nothing less than phenomenal, he got from first show to Imperial showing status in straight shows in 8 months, no Reserves, and collected a few Best Neuter, Best British awards on the way. Subsequently he was awarded, at Imperial level, at 2 different Supreme Shows, so now holds the very high title of UK Imperial Grand Premier. Leo is currently showing at the Olympian level, he has a few Olympian awards. We have not been able to show Leo as much as we would like to recently due to trying to show our own prefix cats and the breeding cats, however we do still take him out from time to time.
Leo is a drama queen before and on the way to shows but has always behaved impeccably once there and has never had anything other than 'exceptional temperament' in all his show reports. Outside showing, he is a lovely gentle boy who gets on well with all the other cats and loves sitting in our cat proof garden.

Alfie Chrysolite Alpha Romeo Lilac Harlequin patterned British Shorthair

Alfie is the first born in our cattery, to our imperial Grand Champion Stud boy Joey and our beautiful lilac tortie tri colour girl from Vladivostok Diana. Alfie is a truly magnificent example of a British Shorthair, and one of the best examples we have bred so far. He is a massive, currently weighing in at about 7kg aged 2.5 years and has a beautiful face, with large expressive amber eyes and small ears. He also has a wonderful, short, dense, crisp coat and a harlequin pattern to match his Dad Joey and tiny half brother Donny.
We tell visitors that Alfie resembles a small dog, they don't believe us until they see him!!!
Alfie is a massive, very gentle, giant who gets on very well with all our other cats.
Alfie was neutered aged 6 months as at the time we did not need another active male. He is a little shy of strangers so we don't think he has the correct temperament for showing. However he did very well in all his kitten shows and shows as a young adult and then neuter so we have not ruled out showing him at nearby shows again in the future.

Lola Mibelomo Gemini Twice as Nice Blue cream tortie British Shorthair

Lola is our beloved first British shorthair, purchased when we were given the devastating news that our Teddy, who we had had for 12 years had Chronic Kidney Disease and therefore just a few months to live. We had no knowledge of purebreed cats then and are lucky that our first was such a good example. Lola is a very beautiful blue tortie our only solid (without white) cat apart from Leo. She is a massive girl nearly 6kg, currently the biggest of our girls and has a fantastic, dense, crisp coat like Alfie.
Lola has been an absolute joy since she first arrived, and played incessantly with poor Teddy's tail. She is a very clever girl, and has a huge vocabulary, and understands and usually follows, what I ask her to do and not. She is very spoilt, the only one of our cats who has to have special food (tuna only) and has to have her food placed in front of her wherever she happens to be sitting.
We were worried about Lola not being able to roam freely like Teddy did, despite being spayed at 6 months, but knew that she was open to high theft risk being so very beautiful and clearly a pedigree cat. We therefore focussed on trying to make the indoor environment as stimulating as possible for her by getting her lots of toys and towers, and eventually Leo as a companion and a cat proof garden.
Teddy in the meantime put up with Lola and the cat flap being shut one way, so we needed to open door to let him out, with good grace.
We think this stoical attitude has been passed down to Lola, she is not phased by the ever increasing number of cats and kittens in our household and the moodiness of the hormonal entire females. We are very grateful to have a lovely cat like Lola in our lives.

Chrysolite Cassie Ventura Lilac Bi Colour British Shorthair

Cassie is Cara’s litter sister but is very different to her in both looks and personality.

Cassie is a lovely pale lilac bi colour, with a really plush coat and equally vivid eyes as her sister but a slightly different shade of amber.Cassie is slightly more reserved than her sister she likes to kelp herself to herself.

Cassie has been shown once, as a kitten, she surprised us all by beating all the kittens present, including her long haired half brother, Best of Variety adult winner champion Billy, in both of her side classes!

We hope to show Cassie again towards the end of this year and and hoping for some lovely bi and tri colour babies from her and our Imperial Grand Champion stud boy Joey next year.

Chrysolite Donatello Cinnamon Harlequin British Shorthair