Convention Memories: 2001 ARBA Convention Group Winner

In the 2001 ARBA Convention at the San Diego County Fairgrounds at Del Mar, my English Angora once again became a  finalist on the Best In Show table.   Her name is Chu's Vera, a white senior doe.     

From the start of the ARBA convention up to 1995, there were 2 finalists on the Best In Show table: Best 6 class and Best 4 Class.   The two rabbits representing the heavy weight and light weight would compete for the top honor of Best In Show.   In 1996, the "weight" division was scratched.  Instead, the rabbits were divided into groups.   Though some years there were a slight variation, most of the conventions divide the rabbits into four groups, mostly by random order.    In 2001, the four group winners, or the 4 finalists, were Mini Rex, English  Angora, Netherland Dwarf and New Zealand.    I am very fortunate to be the breeder of the English Angora that won the group 2.

Vera and I at the National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club booth.

My white buck Chu's Rolex won the Best Opposite Sex of the Breed in the same year.