Northern California Angora Guild: 2/7/21

Susanna Says "Gong Hei Fat Choy"

Susanna says, "Gong Hei Fat Choy"! It's "Congratulations to a Year of Rich and Prosperity",
Gone are the old rats and come with the bulls. We'll have a bull market, a bull economy, a bull rabbit show circuit, ... Also hope to say goodbye to viruses, please go away.

Happy Lunar New Year 2021

Today is the Lunar New Year, Happy New Year.
Happy the Year of the Ox. Goodbye the Year of the Rat.
Ox are honest, hardworking, warm and kind. We welcome a new start, a better year than the last. We hope the Ox will bring health, wealth, prosperity and happiness to the world.

Show A English Angora Judging

Casey is sorting out a part of the English Angora to be judged by Melissa.

Judge Melissa is ready to start.

All the colored English Angora on the table are black tort, what a coincidence!

Black tort are beautiful. Judge Melissa checking the underside.

Great density.

Judge Melissa checking the underside of another black tort English Angora.

A beautiful colored senior buck.

This is the senior buck class winner and goes on to win BOSB.

On the table is the black tort colored senior doe.

This beautiful black tort doe wins the class and goes on to win BOB,

Show A Satin Angora and French Angora Judging

Show A judge for Angora is Melissa Magee, Casey records comments. On the table is the Satin Angora white senior doe.

The Satin Angora has great body and nice sheen.

The French Angora are ready to be judged. Carolyn watches.

Judge Melissa examines the French Angora broken senior doe.

It's a young but nice senior doe.

Winning the colored senior buck class is a fawn buck.

Two very happy moms, left is Pattee whose fawn buck won the BOSB and on the right is Carolyn whose broken doe won the BOB.

Open Top Winners at Red Bluff

California Rabbit and Cavy Shows hold triple all breed shows at Red Bluff on Saturday, February6, 2021. There are 11 judges and a large number of rabbits and exhibitors, many more than the show committee expected. People are so longing for some social contacts even though this pandemic is still going on. Though quite crowded, all are trying hard to maintain social distance and all wear masks, some sporting double masks.

In show A, judge Adam Schuller with judge's assist Zachary Nelson award the Best In Show to the Satin shown by Ted and Arlyse DeLoyola. Ted is not in the picture as he's busy judging.

Show A Reserve In Show goes to Kelly Hinde's Lilac.

Ted and Arlyse's Satin wins Best In Show again in show B, awarded by judge Melissa Magee.

Judge Melissa awards the Reserve In Show to Betty's English Angora.

In show C, judge Jordan Miner awards the Best In Show to Betty's English Angora.

Ted and Arlyse's Satin received Reserve In Show in show C.

We all cherish the chance of going to the show, have the chance of seeing nice rabbits and do some friendly competition. And the best of all, seeing so many old and new friends after a long hiatus. With recent developments, we don't know when the next show will be. Let's keep the happy memories. There will be many more photos to share in the next few days. Please come back to check.

Susanna Wins All Breed Best In Show and Reserve In Show at Red Bluff

California Rabbit and Cavy Shows hold triple all breed shows at Red Bluff on Saturday, February 6, 2021.

Chu's Susanna is a gorgeous English Angora black tort doe bred and shown by Betty.

At the Red Bluff show, Susanna wins the Best of Breed in all three shows, then advanced to Reserve In Show in show B and Best In Show in show C.

It's such an honor to receive Reserve In Show from judge Melissa in show B.

Things got from good to great when judge Jordan awards the Best In Show to Susanna. With so few shows and uncertainties ahead, the shows and the wins are much appreciated and cherished. Thanks CRCS and thanks to all the wonderful judges and fellow exhibitors. Hope we will be able to congregate and have fun together again very soon.