Frosty American Fuzzy Lop Passes First Showing

This is the same photo we saw yesterday when the chestnut Giant Angora received exemplary pass.   The regular route of presenting a new breed or a new variety takes three showings with allowance for two fails.  The COD holder has 5 years to complete the presentation or lose the COD.  In the case of chestnut Giant Angora, Tammy and Kevin were due to present the first showing in 2021 but they decided to forfeit the first year due to COVID concerns.  They presented and passed the first showing at Reno in 2022 and then in 2023 they passed the second showing with an "exemplary pass" status so the third showing has been exempted.   Chestnut Giant Angora will be showable and registerable on January1, 2024.

The chestnut Giant Angora was number 16 in the order of presentation.  If we go back up two spots to number 14, we see American Fuzzy Lop Frosty going for the first showing.  The COD holders are Nate Burbidge, Carol Green and Stuart Burbidge.

From left to right are Nate Burbidge, Stuart Burbidge and Carol Green holding the frosty American Fuzzy Lop used for presentation.  The frosty color is essentially the rabbits with c(chd) or c(chl) combined with non-extension ee genes.  In Angora such color are called Pearl, and the overall color is much lighter than the American Fuzzy Lop color due to the length of the wool.   The frosty AFL first showing is a total success.   The standard committee commented that the presentation animals are consistently high quality, they are good enough to be on the show table as is.   The minimum number of showing is two, they will have to present the second showing in 2024; we are expecting to see an "exemplary pass" next year.