{"id":824,"date":"2026-05-13T18:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/?p=824"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:02:49","slug":"imperial-grand-champion-kittychara-emperor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Grand Champion Kittychara Emperor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rather belatedly, we want to introduce our new stud cat, <strong>Rory<\/strong>. An absolutely beautiful boy with a loving nature to match. Our thanks to his breeders, James and Noreen McCutcheon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_01-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_01-820x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_01-820x1024.jpeg 820w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_01-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_01-768x959.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_01-1231x1536.jpeg 1231w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_01-1641x2048.jpeg 1641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rory has had an immensely successful show career and made us very proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a kitten &#8211; under 9 months old &#8211; he won 1st\u2019s and Best of Breed awards at 5 shows;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cameo, Pewter &amp; Smoke Society Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shropshire Cat Club Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coventry &amp; Leicester Cat Club Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lancashire Cat Club Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preston &amp; Blackpool Cat Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After moving into the adult classes, Rory achieved his title of <strong>Champion <\/strong>at just 11 months old, winning in 3 straight shows;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Manchester &amp; District Cat Club Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gwynedd Cat Club Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midland Counties Cat Club Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We then set our sights on the <strong>Grand Champion<\/strong> title, which he achieved in 2024 at these shows;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lakeland &amp; District Cat Club Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colourpoint &amp; All Breed Society of Great Britain Cat Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wiltshire &amp; District Cat Club Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rory then secured his <strong>Imperial Grand Champion<\/strong> by winning 5 Imperial Grand Challenge Certificates under five different judges at the following shows&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cheshire Area Cat Club Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Chinchilla Association Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue Persian Cat Society Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lancashire Cat Club Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preston &amp; Blackpool Cat Club Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_02-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_02-1024x660.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_02-1024x660.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_02-300x193.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_02-768x495.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_02-1536x990.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Rory_02-2048x1320.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rather belatedly, we want to introduce our new stud cat, Rory. An absolutely beautiful boy with a loving nature to match. Our thanks to his breeders, James and Noreen McCutcheon. Rory has had an immensely successful show career and made &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/?p=824\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}