Monday, the Day of Judging

Monday was the day of judging. We went to the grooming area at 6 am to prepare for the 8 am starting time of judging.

Before the first class, our judge announced that he was going to consider the wool on the rabbits all about the same, he would only judge on the 30% of the non-wool points stated in the standard. I have to say that we were totally astonished at the announcement. What can one do at this point? Nothing.

The BOB English Angora went to Linda C of New York. The bottom photo shows the winning rabbit in her coop. Unfortunately I did not have the chance to take a photo when it was out of the coop, it would have been a nicer picture. There are several other photos flowing on the net, I am trying to get permission from the photographer to use the them on our blog. I will put on a new post if I get the permission.

Chu's Emilia won the Best Colored Wool, her photo is in the middle. Chu's Lexika took Best White Wool and Overall Wool, her photo is at the top.

Linda C's tort English Angora doe went on to win Group 2 and then Best In Show the next day, a great victory for English Angora. From 2001 to the current year, English Angora won the Group (one of the four finalists) in 2001, 2003, 2004 and finally a big win this year. No other breed has achieved such an honor in consecutive years as the English Angora. Linda C is a new breeder who bought her first show rabbit Chu's Maxie from Betty in the 2002 convention. The winning tort doe is the grand daughter of Chu's Maxie. Linda C did a great job.