Show B English Angora Judging at San Jose

Show B judge is Griffin Harrah.  This is the first time Griffin is judging Angoras in CA though he has judged Angoras in Colorado.   Betty is the table writer.

There are more white bucks than does, the white bucks have moderate length in coats.

The white English Angora doe has a more impressive coat.


 

The white senior doe is the BOV white.

Then there is the colored senior doe.

The colored senior doe also has an impressive coat.

The colored senior doe is the BOV colored.

The sibling rivalry again, the two sisters competing for the BOB.

White doe BOB? 

Colored doe BOB?  In a close decision, the colored doe wins the BOB, then goes on to win Best In Show in show B.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: April 6-7, 2024 Angora Showing at San Jose (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

 

Lunch Break and Friends at San Jose

There are pretty roses out in the parking lot of the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, during lunch break we have the chance of taking a few rose photos.

Yellow roses of Santa Clara Fair!

Yellow roses with pink edges.

Betty's friend Shyun (second from left) comes to visit, her family joins in.   The right side is Shyun's daughter, the left is Shyun's sister in law holding Shyun's grand child.

American Fuzzy Lop breeders Kelley and Chantel enjoy their lunch break with their little baby goat on the lawn just outside the showroom.

 

Happy Second Birthday to Bao Bao and Bei Bei

On May 13, 2022, Kittens Bao Bao and Bei Bei join the Chu family.  They were found at the Merced County Fairgrounds, born to a feral mom.     

Bao Bao weighed 16.5 ounces and Bei Bei weighed 15.5 ounces. If you want to know how tiny they were, the two boys are sitting on one of Albert's slippers in this photo.   With their weights and the color of their eyes, they are estimated to be 4 weeks old. I estimated that their birthday should be in mid April, and April 15 seems to be a good date.
    

All kittens have blue eyes until they are about 8 weeks old.  Both boys had blue eyes when they came and their eyes stayed blue for several more weeks.

They are growing up fast, or should I say they are growing like weed.  They were neutered at 6 months old, and at one year old they weighed in the teens.

At two years old, Bao Bao weighs 16 pounds and Bei Bei 15.5 pounds.

It's Bao Bao and Bei Bei's two years old birthday, I wish I could have a picture taken of them in my arms like the first picture at the top but they are too strong and too heavy.  Here is Bao Bao trying to escape, I barely could hold on to him.   

Bei Bei is a bit better behaved, he lets me hold him close for a photo op.  

They are good boys that give us a lot of love and amusement, love them dearly. 

 

Show A Satin Angora Judging at San Jose

Judge Cathy evaluates the Satin Angora, Casey is writer.

Satin Angoras have the most intense color among the four Angora breeds.

Judge Cathy compares the Satin Angora juniors.

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The Satin Angora BOB is the colored senior doe. 

For a list of winners, go to:
NCAG Show Results: April 6-7, 2024 Angora Showing at San Jose (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

Show A English Angora Judging at San Jose

Judge Cathy starts with English Angora white bucks.  

White bucks are good looking but....

... none will be competitive with the white doe.

The BOV colored and the BOV white are the two does.

The two senior does are the finalists for the BOB. 

 

The BOB goes to the colored senior doe that goes on to win the open Best In Show.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: April 6-7, 2024 Angora Showing at San Jose (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

Show A French Angora Judging at San Jose

The triple shows were held at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

On Saturday morning, the day starts with the French Angora as the first breed of Angora on judge Cathy Szychulda's table.

There are 13 French Angoras on the table in both white and colored varieties.   Carol helps to clerk; Lillian and mom Airi Bearden on the right watching, next to Carolyn Silvas. 

French Angora white senior buck, BOSV.

French Angora white senior doe, BOV.

French Angora colored senior buck class winner, also the BOSB, shown by Betty Chu.

Colored senior doe.

Colored senior doe class winner and also the BOB, shown by Carolyn.

For a list of winners, go to:

NCAG Show Results: April 6-7, 2024 Angora Showing at San Jose (angorashowresults.blogspot.com)

 

Spacious Showroom at San Jose

This looks like a normal rabbit show room.

It looks like that exhibitors got a lot of space.

If you get an overall view of the showroom, you'll see how much space we have!   

The show is not really small, it's a normal sized 6-judge show.  The showroom is unbelivably huge.
What happens is that on Saturday there was an Indian Music Festival next to the original showroom Fiesta Hall.   Our wonderful fair manager felt that the loud music would not be good for the rabbits, so she moved the rabbit show to the Expo Hall that uses a different gate from the music event.  The square footage of this Expo Hall is over 30,000 sq.ft.  It is bigger than any of the rabbit showroom that we normally go to, except the ARBA conventions.   

This is what the Expo Hall looks like after the show was over.   My Angoras are still at the left corner wating for me to pull them out for the last trip to my van.      It is a wonderful building, judges and exhibitors are falling in love with it.  We are hoping that some of the bigger shows such as state convention or even WCC would consider this venue.  The fairgrounds are nicely maintained, got leveled parking areas, there are 3 hotels immediately next to the fairgrounds, and there are many more hotels within a mile or two.   There are restaurants, fast food, shopping centers close by.    

 

Open Top Winners at San Jose

Santa Clara County Stampede Club sponsors a 5-show weekend on Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7, 2024 at San Jose, CA.

In show A, judge Melissa Magee awards the open Best In Show to Betty Chu's English Angora.

Show A Reserve In Show is Kelly Hinde's Lilac. 

Judge Griffin Harrah in show B also selects Betty Chu's English Angora as the Best In Show. 

Julie Spier's Havana gets the Reserve In Show honor from judge Griffin.

In show C, judge Alysia Call picks the Tan shown by Beth Nelson as the Best In Show

 

Show C Reserve In Show goes to Betty's English Angora white senior doe.


  

In show D on Sunday, judge Stephany Brundage awards the Best In Show to Alysia Call's Britannia Petite. 

Reserve In Show in show D is Beth Nelson's Tan.

The last show of the weekend is show E.  Judge Chris Zemny awards the Best In Show to the Mini Rex shown by Lillian Bearden.  This is Lillian's first Best In Show, definitely a super happy moment.

Show E Reserve In Show is Alysia's Britannia Petite.