Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
Monday, November 04, 2024
Sunday, November 03, 2024
Show E Best in Show Judging at San Jose on Sunday
Judge Stephany is taking the BOB English Angora out of her judging coop. |
Judge Stephany blowing into the wool to check how fresh it is. |
BOB French Angora. |
BOB Florida White. |
Another look at the American Fuzzy Lop. |
Best In Show goes to Betty Chu’s English Angora. |
Saturday, November 02, 2024
Show D Best In Show Judging at San Jose on Sunday
We thank our friends who went to the ARBA convention sharing photos with us in the last few days. Now that the convention is over, we are going back to the San Jose show earlier in October. Here are some photos of Best In Show judging on Sunday.
Show D Best In Show judge is Jennifer Milburn. English Angora and French Angora BOBs are on the back table. No Satin Angora shown on Sunday. |
BOB French Angora on the table. Judge Jennifer examines from a distance. |
BOB English Angora white senior doe. |
Florida White BOB. |
BOB American Fuzzy Lop. |
Best In Show goes to Rene Moore’s Mini Rex. This is the first time Rene’s home grown Mini Rex winning an open Best In Show. Happy mama. |
Reserve In Show goes to the Florida White shown by Paul Fickas. |
Friday, November 01, 2024
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Katelyn Will’s French Angora Won Youth Group at ARBA Convention at Louisville
7 Pine’s Louie high in his holding cage at the Best In Show stage. |
Louie’s breeder is Katelyn Will, so happy to see Louie won Group 3, one of the 4 finalists for Best In Show. |
Louie on the Best In Show table examined by judge Louis Potter. The Best In Show went to the Mini Satin. |
Katelyn’s grandma Deb Butorac did well in the fiber contest, won the first place in the fine skein category. Katelyn is the 3rd generation of Angora lovers. Mom Alicia won open BOB French Angora as far back as in 2005, grandma Deb Butorac is well-known for her English Angora for many years then she switched to Satin Angora in recent years. Katelyn was featured on our blog when she was a newborn, see: https://ncag.blogspot.com/2009/04/katelyns-first-easter.html?m=0 Over the years, Katelyn and mom Alicia and Grandma Deb have appeared on our blog numerous times, she literally grew up in front of our eyes. See some of the posts: https://ncag.blogspot.com/search?q=Katelyn&m=0 |
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Frosty American Fuzzy Lop Super Pass at ARBA convention at Louisville
The happy frosty American Fuzzy Lop COD team. They SUPER PASSED! |
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Joe Kim Wins Big at ARBA convention at Louisville
What a beautiful Mini Rex! |
Our friend Joe Kim shared photo of the BOB Mini Rex won by him and his rabbit partner Sandra Lowry. |
There are over 1,000 Mini Rex entered, as we can see there are 7 judges for the breed. |
Joe and Sandra’s Mini Rex went on to win Group 1, so close to the Best In Show! The Best In Show went to the Holland Lop. |
Monday, October 28, 2024
Angora and American Fuzzy Lop at the ARBA convention at Louisville
NARBC booth has a hospitality corner that provides lots of goodies for Angora exhibitors. |
White English Angora is the first breed in the morning. Judge is Ron Riddle of Indiana. |
Debbie McCormick has the first and second place white junior doe. The BOB goes to the white senior doe shown by Yvonne and Melanie. |
Colored English Angora being judged. |
A white Satin Angora being weighed. Convention rule requires all top 5 rabbits in a class to be weighed. The judge is Tom Schweikart of New York, clerk is Joan Hastings of New York. |