Show A Angora Judging at Santa Maria

The English Angora are on the table waiting to be judged.

Show A Angora judge is Alan Rafferty of CA.  Alan is on the ARBA Standard Committee.

English Angora white senior doe.

Another look at the English Angora white senior doe.

Judge Alan placing the English Angora colored senior buck class.  White senior doe waiting in her coop.

The first place English Angora colored senior buck.

There are 7 white French Angora juniors, 5 bucks and 2 does, hope for the future.

 

The colored French Angora on the table, watching judging are Carolyn, Bria and Lucia.

 

Judge Alan examines the French Angora colored senior buck. 

The French Angora colored junior buck being checked.

The French Angora colored senior doe that goes on to win BOB.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: September 24, 2022 Angora Showing at Santa Maria (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

Betty and Carol Grooming Angoras at Santa Maria

English Angora Maura is ready to be groomed.  

The side of the showroom at Santa Maria is very convenient.   It's shaded and I could even park my van near where I groom.

Carol is grooming her pretty French Angora opal doe Holly.

Opal girl Holly is Dasher's daughter, she has been doing very well in shows.  At Santa Maria, she won three legs as the French Angora BOB in two shows and BOSB in the third show.

 

Adele Wins Best In Show Again

American Fuzzy Lop Adele in the center posing, judge Alan awards her the Best In Show.  Mama Carol is happy!

This is not Adele's first rodeo, she has won the top honors in the past.  Here is a post about her double Best In Show:  
Northern California Angora Guild: Fuzzy Adele Wins Double Best In Show at Red Bluff on Saturday (ncag.blogspot.com)
And here is a link to her winning a Reserve In Show:
Northern California Angora Guild: American Fuzzy Lop Adele Wins Reserve In Show at Hollister (ncag.blogspot.com)

Adele is a doe but has a head as big as a buck.  

Adele also has a beautiful profile.

 

Showroom Scenes at Santa Maria

Central Coast Rabbit Club held the previous shows at King City, CA.  In 2022, the show is moved to Santa Maria.

The shows are held at the Park Plaza building at the Santa Maria Fairpark.

 Next to the building is a big piece of lawn, looks like a park, no wonder the fairground is called the fairpark.

Park Plaza building is very nice inside.

There's plenty of room for rabbits and people.

Carol arrived early, picked this spot for the wool group to sit and groom in and out.

 

The judging table is close to where the wool group people stay.

Open Top Winner at Santa Maria

Central Coast Rabbit Club sponsors triple open shows at Santa Maria, CA on Saturday, September 24, 2022.

In show A, judge Alan Rafferty awards the Best In Show to Carol's American Fuzzy Lop.

Show A Reserve In Show is Victoria's Lionhead.

Paul's Florida White wins show B Best In Show from judge Kevin Stanford.

Show B Reserve In Show is Deb and Nicole's Holland Lop.

Victoria's Lionhead receives Best In Show from judge Allen Barr in show C.

 

Judge Allen Barr awards the Reserve In Show to Paul's Florida White.

Alyssa and Family Visit at Merced

Alyssa and family like to visit rabbit shows though they don't show.  They have some Angoras for fiber and pet.   

They like what Betty made from Angora, mom bought a hat and a headband for the girls.  Very cute!

 

Teresa Visits Betty at Merced

Betty and Teresa are so excited to seeing each other again.  

Teresa and Betty met in May when two kitties were caught at the Merced Fairgrounds and Teresa offered them for adoption.   Teresa is the CEO of the Merced Fairgrounds, in charge of EVERYTHING at the location.  When the groundskeeper showed up with two kitties, Teresa would have to either adopt them herself or find them a home.   Betty answered the call.     
  

The two kitties were only 4 weeks old by guesstimate.   They appeared to be white but ....

      

... if the light hits the right direction, you can see the faint orange tabby markings on the tail and also there is a very faint orange on the forehead.

Their eyes were blue as all kittens start with blue eyes.

The eyes turned into yellowish green for a while as they got older.

They are for sure short hair with faint orange tabby marking tails and yellowish/orangish eyes.

Bei Bei on the left and Bao Bao on the right both have yellowish/orangish eyes now.

Do you agree these are pretty orange eyes?

This orange tabby tomcat (yes, he got his nuts)  was roaming around at the show barn at Merced when we were at the BVRA show.  

It's a friendly cat so a rabbit exhibitor picked him up and I got a close up photo.   Does him look a bit like Bao Bao and Bei Bei?   Is it possible that this is their daddy?

Teresa had a great visit, then she's going back to her office to catch up some paperwork.  CEO works harder than her subordinates, got to work even on weekends.  And she will be looking into having the groundskeeper catching the tomcat and get him neutered so that there won't be as many kittens born at the fairgrounds.