United
States Boer Goat Association
Middle Tennessee Spring Classic
May 7, 2005
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Judge Suzy Way did an excellent job. The
main reason we say this is because KWM's
Warrior, grandson of our Venus,
was selected Reserve Champion in the Junior Bucks.
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We had
a difficult time deciding who to take to the show.
It took two trips to the Vet's for health certificate;
we really had a difficult time deciding. |
Since Venus's
kids, Patience and
Queenie, were only
a month old, Venus did not need to make the trip.
Ken told her, and she cried. (Venus loves travelling
to the shows. The all-you-can-eat buffet while travelling
may be her most favorite part.) |
We had decided
on Sabrina, a nearly
three-month old beautiful full SA, but she died 3
days before the show. |
The final
decision was made on Friday, the 6th of May. We had
long decided that KWM's Warrior, a two month old buck,
son of Star Topaz
would go (even though he would be up to a month younger
than others in his class), and Topaz would have to
go to provide Warrior his snacks. Since Topaz was
going along for the ride, we decided to show her.
Then we decided not to show her. Then we decided to
go ahead and show her even though we knew Warrior
had really pulled her down. |
We looked
at KWM's Fred, and
we knew we wanted to show him as much as possible
this year. Fred is a 63/64 Pureblood out of Queue
and KWM's Hercules. |
Then we decided,
since they were just a little less that nine months
old, we would take two our our embryo kids, Kattie's
Glory and Kattie's
Fortune. |
Queue we
though needed a little more time to recover from her
last kidding; and Gidget
was on the original registration, but had started
bagging (due Jun 7th) so we scratched her. |
We had purchased
a Kiko doe, Holly, to use as a receipt; she didn't
sync but we decided to keep her because of her size
thinking her offspring should show well. Abby
(Holly's female 50%
doeling) was given a couple of looks, but at 2 months,
she was not quite ready....maybe by Cullman. |
We had decided
to take Brandy,
Hercules' mother,
to her first show; but after having a ultrasound while
getting her health certificate, we decided it would
not be safe taking her. |
In addition,
we had sold Quincy
ll; and he needed to be delivered to his new owner.
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On Thursday we started
giving baths. First up was Ulysses;
his new owner, Sabrina Miller, was picking him up
that afternoon, and we decided to give him a show
bath/cut. Fred was next for bath - and broke
the grooming stand. We improvised, and Fred was groomed
along with Topaz and Brandy. |
The last
goat to be added to the show list was Kattie's
Fortune, so we had to hurry to get to the Vets
office for his health certificate. |
Having
attended the Cedar Classic last fall, we decided to
drive up and spend the night, that would make if a
short drive on Saturday morning. We arrived early,
around 8. No one was there; but Darrell Bell, the
new owner of Qunicy ll, arrived at about 8:15; we
completed the transfer; showed off our show string;
and Darrell was off - heading back to Dayton, TN.
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Since we
arrived early, we got pick of pens, and soon we were
giving baths and fitting out goats. Some had never
been bathed and didn't take too much to the water.
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We finished
fitting out everyone around 10:30 when most of the
others were just getting started. We babied the goats,
walked a couple to work on leading, and settled down
for the show.
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Percentage
does came first. We should have brought Abby!
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Full blood does followed.
Glory went in and finished third, in the middle of
the class. |
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Topaz was
moved from a Senior Doe to compete against the yearling
does. She didn't do well. I think we can blame Warrior
for that. (Every time he cried from his pen, Topaz
tried to make a mad dash to his aid.) |
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Finally
the Bucks. Warrior could not wait to get in the ring.
He pranced in, and took control of the event. He seemed
to be picked early as first. He showed his stuff.
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Two classes
later Kattie's Fortune entered the ring. We thought
he was a shoe-in for first place (since he was the
only one in his class). Somehow, though, he managed
to blow his lead and pranced out of the ring with
a red ribbon. |
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Back in
the ring for Grand Champion Junior Buck, the buck
five months old plus, took first, but Warrior took
Reserve. Suzy Way liked him. |
Next into the ring
was KWM's Fred. The judge love his head, width of
barrel, and twist. Fred took a first. Returning to
the ring for the Grand Champion Yearling Buck, Fred
was a the bottom end of the group. Two of Glen Erwin's
older bucks took Champion and Reserve. Fred was happy;
he got to eat his ribbon. |
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Warrior
returned to the ring, a Reserve Champion to compete
for Best in Show. But the BIG bucks took all the honors.
He liked getting his picture taken, but soon missed
his mom and had to return to the pens. |
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A special thanks
to Cecil and Cathy Thigpen, Derial and Donna Bivens
for putting together the show and to Dennis Sparks,
the 'voice' of the USBGA. |
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