Show A Satin Angora Judging at San Jose

There are 3 white and 7 colored Satin Angoras at the show.

Judge Misty teaching Cory on Satin Angora.

Judge Misty takes out a colored Satin Angora.

Comparing two colored Satin Angora, judge Misty and Cory have a good discussion.

Isaura watches the Satin Angora judging.

The BOB Satin Angora is the white senior doe.  

 

Satin Angora BOSB goes to Isaura's colored senior buck.  

Proud grandma Casey taking pictures of Isaura and her winning Satin Angora.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: June 14, 2025 Angora Showing at San Jose

Show A French Angora Judging at San Jose

There are one white and 5 colored French Angoras at the San Jose show.

Judge Misty and Cory each brings French Angora out for evaluation.

Judge Misty teaches the fine points of judging French Angora to Cory.

This is the second place colored senior buck, in the judge opinion the buck has good density but a bit too soft for the French texture.

This is the winner of the colored senior buck class.   

On the table is the French Angora colored senior doe.

Judge Misty explains her comments to Cory about the colored senior doe.

Though the colored senior doe has great density and very pretty, the BOB goes to the colored senior buck that wins on the correct texture.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: June 14, 2025 Angora Showing at San Jose

Show A English Angora Judging at San Jose

Now we return to the San Jose show reports.  In show A, judge Misty Polasik has Cory San Joseas her "assist".   An "assist" is someone who has passed all the requirements to become a rabbit judge except the practical handling of rabbits in shows.  The "assist" has to work with 8 judges in 8 differnt show dates to complete the practical training of working in shows.    Casey is helping as the table clerk.

This is Cory's 4th show working as an assist.      

In the coops are the colored senior buck class, quite of few of them are in the "summer hairdo" of shorter coats than normal.

Lots of discussion between judge Misty and Cory.

Cory comments on one of the English Angoras.

Cory watches judge Misty placing the first place colored senior buck.

An overview of the English Angora judging.

The winner of the colored senior doe class.

Judge Misty has the English Angora BOB and BOSB on the table for the final evaluation.  The BOB goes to the colored senior doe and the BOSB goes to the colored junior buck.  The colored senior doe advances to the Best In Show at the end of the day.  

One of the young lady likes those bucks with summer hairdo and has a photo taken with a non-winner.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: June 14, 2025 Angora Showing at San Jose

 

Carol Demos at Alameda Fair

While the San Jose shows are going on, the Alameda Fair is also in full bloom.  

Dolores Morris did the show secretary paper work for the San Jose shows but her main job in June is to be in charge of the small animal exhibits at the Alameda fair.

The small animal building is nice and clean and air conditioned.  

The open show is carrying cage show so those rabbit on display are mostly the ones available for adoption.

None of the Angoras are available to be adopted, instead there is a huge poster introducing the Angora breeds.

Carol judged at the San Jose show so she could not participate in the Alameda fair open show when it was going on, she agrees to get some wool breeds to the fair as demo.

Carol also brough a few American Fuzzy Lops to the fair for demo.  

The Fuzzy loves to have his head rubbed and the kids love to touch him.

There are lots of information on the wall and on the table about the animals in the building.

 

New Panel at the ARBA Exhibit Room

There is a new panel installed at the ARBA Exhibit Room at Knox, PA.

This panel is designed and made by ARBA Hall of Fame member Kevin Whaley.   Thank you Kevin for including the English Angora and French Angora in the panel.   You may recognize a few familiar faces too: Randy Shumaker and Maddie Pratt in the middle accepting their Best In Show prize, Chris Zemny judging, Eric Stewart with his blue French Angora and Betty Chu and her English Angora in the Quilted Northern commercial.    Click the photo if you wish to see the full size version. 

 

Shout Out to Santa Clara County Fair Management

If you enjoy the shows at San Jose last weekend as well as the shows in the last few years, give a shout out to the management.  This is Salene Durate who was the fair manager now promoted to the top CEO job of the Santa Clara Fair Management Co. 

The arch in the background is the the entrance of the Santa Clara Fairgrounds.   Salene is credited for chartering the rabbit open all breed club "Santa Clara County Rabbit and Cavy Shows" with the help of Randy Shumaker in 2022.   Since the inception, the management has put on 2-3 show weekends a year.    Salene and husband David were youth rabbit and large animal show exhibitors at the Santa Clara Fair in the 1980s, they are paying forward to help the continuation of the animal hobbies in the greater Bay Area.    Even being at the top job of the CEO, Salene comes to all the shows to say hi to exhibitors and judges, makes sure things are run smoothly.    When you see her at the shows next time, send her some love!

This is Maddie Beckwith, the livestock assistant to Salene.    She carries out all the necessary arrangements of putting on the large animal shows as well as the rabbit shows.    

Maddie also makes the beautiful rabbit catalogs in addition to making sure that the equipment are in  proper places, lunches and water are ready for the judges, show check-in and entry fees are paid, ... etc.  She usually stays at the show from beginning to the end of the show.    When you see her at the San Jose shows, make sure to say Hi to her.  

 

Large Animal Show at San Jose, Part 2

Here are some photos of the Lamb show with the youth exhibitors leading the lambs to be judged.

Even though these are lambs, they are quite strong.   The youth exhibitors have to put on some effort to exercise controls.