Show B French Angora Judging at San Jose on Saturday

French Angoras being judged.

One of the 4 colored senior does.

A colored senior doe.

The second place colored senior doe.

The first place colored senior doe.

The colored junior doe.

The French Angora BOB goes to the colored senior doe shown by Betty.

 

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: September 28-29, 2024 Angora Showing at San Jose (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

Show B English Angora Judging at San Jose on Saturday

Show B judge is Kathi Groves.

There are 17 English Angoras entered in the show.

This is a white senior buck coming back with a regrown coat.

Colored senior buck with a first coat.

Here is another colored senior buck with the virgin coat.

Now that's called a nice English Angora coat.

It's the colored senior doe!

Judge Kathi and Casey has a bit of discussion about the English Angora wool.

Judge Kathi liks it!

The English Angora BOB goes to the colored senior doe shown by Betty.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: September 28-29, 2024 Angora Showing at San Jose (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

Show A Satin Angora Judging at San Jose on Saturday

There are 12 Satin Angoras in the breed but some are yet to be put on the judging table.

Carol helps to clerk for the Satin Angora judging.  Judge Chris is examining a white Satin Angora.

 

There are 12 Satin Angoras in the breed but some are yet to be put on the judging table.

Isn't she a cutie?

A nice ribbon for the winner.


For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: September 28-29, 2024 Angora Showing at San Jose (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

 

Show A French Angora Judging at San Jose on Saturday

French Angora on the table, Carol is the clerk.

Carolyn watches the French Angora judging.

Judge Chris examines a French Angora colored senior doe.

Judge Chris's favorite is the colored junior doe.

The BOB goes to the colored junior doe shown by Carol.

For a list of winners, go to:

 NCAG Show Results: September 28-29, 2024 Angora Showing at San Jose (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

Show A English Angora Judging at San Jose on Saturday

There are 17 English Angoras on the judging table.

The English Angoras view from the other side of the judging table. 

Show A judge is Chris Zemny.

The BOV White selected by judge Chris is the white senior doe.

Judge Chris examining a colored senior buck.

Another colored senior buck.

A regrown coated colored senior buck.

A colored junior buck.

Judge Chris comments on the colored senior doe.

 

The BOV colored and the BOB English Angora is the colored senior doe shown by Betty.


For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: September 28-29, 2024 Angora Showing at San Jose (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

Friends and Fun Time at San Jose

Betty, Casey and Carol at the San Jose Expo Hall.

Stephanie and Carolyn join Betty, Carol and Casey for a fun photo.

Bri couldn't make the show, she puts rabbit ears on her friends.

Paul likes to visit with Betty.   Friends since the 1980s when Paul was about 10 years old!

Paul visits Carol too.

Carolyn has a special visitor: Dr. Sheila Chyu from Kaiser.

Dr. Chyu has been Carolyn's primary doctor for many years, and found out Dr. Chyu is also a bunny mom.  She has an indoor pet bunny.    In Dr. Chyu's arms is Betty's English Angora Princess Ga Ga.

 

Stephanie and Carolyn are besties. 

English Angora, First Coat vs. Second Coat

In the post yesterday, English Angora white doe Princess Ga Ga was paired with French Angora fawn doe Monique to show the regrowth coats of English and French Angoras.    In this photo, Princess Ga Ga is paired with tort doe Vianna.

At the San Jose 5-show weekend, Vianna won English Angora BOB four times and one advanced to open Best In Show.  Vianna is 8 months old wearing her first coat or the virgin coat.   Princess Ga Ga won 4 BOV and 1 BOB, she is 1 year older than Vianna and has raised a litter of four just 6 months prior.   Princess Ga Ga is wearing her second coat or the regrown coat.  

Comparing side by side, it seems that Vianna is a bit "bigger".  It is understandable that Vianna has 8 months to grow her first coat while Princess Ga Ga has 6 months to regrow her coat after giving birth to four babies.  

This is a close up of the first and second coat.   Can you tell the difference?  The virgin coat on the left does not have prominant guard hairs.  The wool and guard hair are blend in, and the guard hairs tend to be thinner diameter.  The right side is the regrown coat, the guard hairs are very obvious.   The underwool is in the process of catching up with the guard hairs, but probably needs another month or two of growing. 

Here is another comparison of Princess Ga Ga with a virgin coat tort doe.  They look about the same size.

The two does have the same time frame to grow the length of their wool. 
Guess what, that's Princess Ga Ga and her daughter Aurelia!   

Aurelia is almost ready for showing but since Vianna is two months older, there is no reason for Aurelia to be handled before she is totally ready.  She is here to visit with her mother and they have a great time.

Left is Aurelia's first coat but not totally ready, you can see the guard hair is a bit longer than the underwool.    Mama Princess Ga Ga has longer guard hairs too.  You may ask why is Princess Ga Ga in shows if she's not totally ready?  The simple reason is that there isn't any white doe in the litters this year.     As mentioned in the post yesterday, I believe in showing, grooming, caring and loving; breeding is only done when it is absolutely necessary.  When the oldies are goodies, there is less incentive to bring more into this world.

A similar post about the English Angora first and second coat was posted earlier, if interested, go to:

https://ncag.blogspot.com/2022/01/english-angora-first-coat-second-coat.html?m=0