Show A French Angora Judging at Monterey

Next breed after the English Angora is the French Angora.

Carol helps with recording placings.

A young junior French Angora.   Cute baby, future winner.

The second place French Angora colored senior buck.

The first place colored senior buck and the French Angora BOSB.   The BOB goes to the colored senior doe (not shown).

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: July 20, 2025 Angora Showing at Monterey

 

Show A English Angora Judging at Monterey

 

Show A judge for Angoras is Jeremy Collins of AZ, with as an assist to judge Jeremy is Cory San Jose. 
On the table are the English Angora breed for the judge and the assist to evaluate. 

An assist is a person who has passed all the requirements to be a judge except the working experience in 8 shows under 8 different judges.  This is Cory's 5th assist.  If you feel familiar with his presence, this is his 4th time working with Angoras.

Judge Jeremy uses a hands-on approach in allowing Cory to handle and make comments of the rabbits in each class.
 

Judge Jeremy watches and listens to Cory making comments of the colored senior buck class winner.

The English Angora colored senior doe class is competitive, there are several good looking does.

Judge Jeremy and Cory go back and forth evaluating the top three colored senior does.

Young colored senior doe Raeberta is picked as the BOB English Angora. This is Raeberta's first time in a show.  She and her sister Raeanna just reached 6 months old on the date of the Monterey show.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: July 20, 2025 Angora Showing at Monterey

Open Top Winners at Monterey

California Rabbit and Cavy Shows sponsored triple open shows at Monterey, CA on Sunday, July 20, 2025.

Show A judge: Josh Humphries, TN
Best In Show rabbit: Holland Lop shown by Cody Taylor.
Reserve In Show rabbit: American Fuzzy Lop shown by Carol Green.

Show B judge: Jeremy Collins, AZ with Assist of Cory San Jose.
Best In Show rabbit:  Tan shown by Kelly Hinde.

Show B Reserve In Show rabbit: Californian shown by Haleigh Alana.

Show C Best In Show judge: Lauralee Erbe, CA.
Best In Show rabbit: Californian shown by Haleigh Alana.

Reserve In Show rabbit: English Lop shown by Trina Carlson, Amanda Brewer, Dara Gribi and Lucas Gribi.

 

Moody Blues Wins Reserve In Show at Monterey

Beautiful Moody Blues is not having any blues.    She is a big winner again!

ARBA president judge Josh Humphries awards the Reserve In Show to Carol Green's American Fuzzy Lop Green-Burb Moody Blues in show A.

 

Four ARBA Convention Open Best In Show Winners at Montery

At Montery on Sunday, CRCS sponsored triple open and youth shows.  At the show there are many familiar faces.  There is one guest came from Canada and she is the 2024 ARBA conventon Open Best In Show winner.  Since there are three other convention Open Best In Show winners present, it seems to be an interesting idea to gather the four togerher to have a photo op.

Here are the 4 ARBA convention Open Best In Show winners, from right to left:
Betty Chu, 1992, English Angora.
Chris Zemny, 2014, Holland Lop.
Randy Shumaker, 2022, Britannia Petite.
Lataya Prato, 2024, Holland Lop.

Betty Chu with her English Angora.   The first wool breed that won an open Best In Show at convention.

Chris Zemny with her Holland Lop in 2014, the second Holland Lop that won Open Best In Show at convention.

Randy Shumaker and his Britannia Petite in 2022, the first Britannia Petite to have won an open Best In Show at convention.

Lataya Prato and her mother Kim Prato and their Holland Lop.  The third Holland Lop to have won an open Best In Show at convention.

 

Specialty Shows under the Redwoods at Corralitos

On Saturday, July 19 at Corralitos, CA, there are several speicalty shows going on. In this photo, judge Scott Rodriguez is judging the Lilac specialty.

If this setting looks familiar to you, it is because it was the same place and equipment used to have a RHD vaccination clinic during the height of double virus threats.

Lillian is the show secretary of the Mini Rex specialty show.

These are the competing animals at the American Fuzzy Lop specialty.

Matt Zemny is in charge of the food booth.

The Holland Lop specialty is going on.

This show started as a triple Holland Lop specialty show, it's called the "Triple Crown" show.

The redwood trees are huge.

Judge Doug King is working at the New Zealand specialty show.

If you wonder where are the Angoras, there isn't an Angora specialty show.  We thank Carol for supplying these photos.

 

Food, Rides and Animals at the State Fair

Fried Articokes are Carolyn's favorite fair food, mine too, wish I were there to share her order. 

What's special about a burger booth?  Look as the "Smash Burger": It's a regular hamburger with Twinkies added.  That's very creative, or should we say it's kinda weird.

Funnel cakes are yummy!

California wines are world-known.

Winning a ribbon at the state fair adds prestige to the winery.

The Best In Show wine ribbon is what a wine maker dreams about all year long.

You can't go to any fair without seeing the merry-go-round.

And the horse-n-wagon.

If you wish to torture yourself, a high carnival ride is there for you. 

 

Livestock is always a big part of the state fair.

Cows stay around for the week, sometimes the owners even time the birth of calf during a fair.

A hog in competition.

A lamb ready to go to the ring.

Youth goat show.

A Pigeon on display.

A kangaroo seems to be out of place in California.

A not-too-happy Porcupine.