Northern California Angora Guild

Friday, October 02, 2026

Show A Angora Judging at Colfax






Show A judging Angoras is Uno Kivi.



Judge Uno commentin on the white English Angora.



English Angor colored senior buck.



Checking the English Angora colored senior buck while the white buck are waiting in the coops.





Deciding on the first and second place English Angora colored senior bucks.




English Angora colored junior buck.


English Angora colored senior doe.



Flipping the English Angora colored senior doe to check underside, toenails, ...



English Angora BOB is the colored senior doe.



Due to two judges judging Angoras at the same time, there was no photo of judge Uno working on Satin Angoras.  This is the handsome Satin Angora colored junior buck.


This is the BOB Satin Angora white senior doe.



For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: September 20, 2026 Angora Showing at Colfax


 

Thursday, October 01, 2026

Open Top Winners at Colfax




The Motherlode RBA sponsors double all breed shows.


Show A Best In Show judge: Kate Smith.
Best In Show: New Zealand shown by Ceajay Palanca and Randy Shumaker.
Reserve In Show: English Angora shown by Betty Chu 



Show B Best In Show judge: Misty Polasik.
Best In Show rabbit: Satin shown by Uno Kivi.



Reserve In Show in show B is the Britannia Petite shown by Courtney Collins.



 



Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Showroom Scenes at Colfax




Motherlode RBA sponsors double all breed shows for open and for youth at Colfax, CA on Sunday September 20, 2026.  


This is the first time for us to attend a show at Colfax, CA.  The location is between Sacramento and Reno.   The venue is the Colfax Community Center.   It a nice building but small for the show this size.



The showroom is very crowded.  



Originally scheduled with 3 judges but on the show date, there were 6 judges working on the double open and double youth shows.



Here are some Fuzzy Lops and French Angoras.



And here are the Satin Angoras.



Some exhbibitors set up outside the building under trees.



Some of the chairs are lining up the walkway as there is no room inside the showroom.






 

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Autumn Beauty Wins Open Reserve In Show At Colfax




English Angora Autumn Beauty attends another Sunday show on September 20, 2026 at Colfax.



Judge Kate Smith examines Autumn Beauty on the Best In Show table.



Judge Kate awards the open Reserve In Show to Autumn Beauty.





 

Monday, September 28, 2026

Annual Barn Cleaning Weekend




So many empty carriers, going to a show with big entries?




Buns in the carriers.



No, they are not on the way to a show, they are waiting for their condos to be cleaned.




Autumn Beauty has the biggest coat, she also has a bigger carriers to be her temporary home.




Autumn Beauty is enjoying her attention being inside mama's house.



Trays are power-washed.



Feeders are also washed with Dawn.



Condos are flamed then power-washed.



Power-washing the ceiling.



Power-washing the condos.



In addition to the rabbit stuff being cleaned, on important job is to rid of the spinder webs.

 It's 3-1/2 day job.  Essentially the entire weekend plus the entire Frieday and a part of Thurday were used to make the barn clean again.  It's back breaking work but it feels so good to see a clean barn free of cobwebs mixed with wool, and wonderful to have clean condos for the beloved English Angoras.




Sunday, September 27, 2026

Show C Best In Show Judging at Cloverdale



Jordan Miner judges Best In Show in show C.


One more view of judge Jordan judging.



BOB English Angora.



Reserve In Show is Californian shown by Theresa Gowen.




Best In Show is Betty Chu's English Angora.  

This concludes the show photos and reports of the triple all breed shows at Cloverdale held on Sunday, September 13, 2026.


 

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Show B Best In Show Judging at Cloverdale



Show B Best In Show is judged by Kathi Groves.



BOB Californian.



BOB Lilac.



BOB English Angora.



Best In Show is Airi and Lillian Bearden's Mini Rex.
Reserve In Show is Theresa Gowen's Californian. 

 

Friday, September 25, 2026

Mid Autumn Festival 2026



Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also called Harvest Moon Festival, it is one of the three major festivals in Asia.   This is the only Asian festival that has a rabbit in the folklore.   The folklore was told in older blogposts, here is the earliest one:
Northern California Angora Guild: Harvest Moon Festival
If you are not familiar with this folklore, click and do a read.




It's intereting that our next show coming up uses the rabbit and moon cake in the cover of the catalog.  Got to share this cover.  If you are interested in showing or visiting this show, it's on October 3, 2026 at the fairgrounds in King City, CA.



Rabbit and moon cake are associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival, but not cavy.  Guess the cavy is added on to reflect the show at King City includes a cavy show.

 



Thursday, September 24, 2026

Show A Best In Show Judging at Cloverdale




Show A Best In Show judge is Ted Deloyola from Oregon.   Juliet Hamak is working on her rabbit judge's license, doing the "assist" under judge Ted.   Juliet is a long time cavy judge.



Another view of judge Ted at the Best In Show table.



More Best In Show judging.




Reserve In Show is Beth Nelson's Tan.



Best In Show is Janice Skerik's American Fuzzy Lop.