Broken Angora Presentation - Part II

As reported by Betty yesterday, neither English nor Satin Angora passed the presentation. There were upload issues initially with the computer at the hotel and later the Blogspot website, we are only now able to put in the photos and continue the report.

Lynn is the official presenter, here are her six presentation English Angora rabbits. This is the second try of the second presentation, a buck and a doe on the table are her original presentation rabbits, four are offspring of the any combination of her four original presentation rabbits.

Three of the nine ARBA standard committee members, all judges, are examining the six presentation rabbits. The first on the left is Cheryl who is the chair of the committee.

In this photo, the committee calls in Lynn to discuss her presentation. Lynn was informed that there was an issue with her pedigree concerning a color of dilute producing non-dilute offspring and that the junior buck was pinched and needed more work. The color issue was listed as the major reason for failing the presentation. At the end of the day, the committee reversed the color concern as breeds in the ARBA Standard of Perfection use different names. Specifically the committee was convinced that "Fawn" was a dilute as used in the Netherland Dwarf color guide while Angora and several other clubs including the very old and original Flemish Giant standard consider "Fawn" as a non-dilute color. However, the committee still failed the presentation citing the junior buck being pinched.

This is the end of this round of presentation. If Lynn or another breeder wishes to continue to push through Broken English Angora, the intended presenter will have to apply for a new Certificate of Development (COD) and wait for two years for the first presentation. From beginning to end, it will be a five to seven year project.

These are the four presentation animals for Broken Satin Angora. It was the second try of the first presentation, it requires one senior buck, one senior doe, one junior buck and one junior doe. The junior pair are to be the offspring of the senior pair. The notification of fail came very fast, the issue was with the color identification. One of the rabbits listed as tort by Joan was called a copper by the committee, thus the presentation ended. Since it was the second try, if Joan or another breeder wishes to continue the Broken Satin Angora project, a new COD will have to be applied for and to wait two year before starting out fresh. It will be a five to seven year project.

There will not be any Broken Angora presentation in the next two years. Black Giant Angora presentation will start next year.