I don't see anything else on the near horizon that looks as good. The biggest obstacle for me is the heat where I live which is very dry and can get up to 117 degrees in the summer. Because of this, I just cannot get the bloom size that others who live nearer the coast do. It is difficult to compete with my small bloom size, but with perseverance I still manage to do well in spite of that handicap. The trend in minis is that the bloom sizes are getting much bigger than 10 years ago.
Some minis are so big they almost look like floribundas.
It makes a tremendous difference to exhibit as a team as opposed to trying to do it all alone. Then, we won our first Queen of Show with Gold Medal at our District Convention when we were relatively new exhibitors.