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No Pre Entry

These are the type of shows where you defiently want to have a show catalog for, as they
will explain how they will be ran. This is something new that they’ve been doing lately
here in the Northwest in the last few years. I’ve been to a few and like them better than
pre entry shows, as you can wait till the morning of the show to decide who you want to
take to the show. Each one I have been to has been ran different though.
You want to fill out your entry before arriving at the show. Click here to learn how to fill
it out if you don’t know how. Remember to have a separate copy for yourself, as the
other will be turned into the show secretary.
Make sure to know what time the show starts. Most open shows start at 8 am, with youth
starting at 9 am. Then calculate how long it'll take to get there. I usually like to get to
shows about an hour before it starts. This makes sure that you'll have a space for your
rabbits (it can get really crowded in the showroom), get a parking spot close to the barn,
if you get lost, it gives you time to find the showroom, ect.
With this being a no pre-entry show, you defiently want to be early, unless you want to
wait in a long line of people waiting to register for the show. If you don't know where to
find the secretary’s table, then ask someone. It is usually easy to spot out though.
You will give the show secretary one of the copies of your entry per show you’re entering
in, plus your payment for it. If you want to be in the youth show, make sure that you give
your entry to the youth secretary. In return they will give you comment cards for each
rabbit and an entry number. With these comment cards, you want to fill in all the
information on the top part: the entry number they gave you, your name (you can skip the
part for filling in your address, as that’s not important, it’s on your entry form already),
then for the rabbit’s part, it’s tattoo, breed, variety, sex, and age. They usually have you
turn these filled out cards into the show secretary, but I’ve been to one show that didn’t.
After this you just have to wait for when your rabbits are called to the show table. This is
when you groom your rabbits out and make sure they look good for the table. I always
clip my rabbits’ nails and groom them the day before the show, so the morning of the
show is just making sure they didn’t get dirty over night, ect.
On the judging tables, they usually have lists hanging from them or on the wall behind
them listing the order of breeds that judge would be doing. If you're in the youth show,
they'll have a table that says "youth" on it usually. Sometimes they do it differently, and
have all the youth breeds spread out, and being judged on the open tables. The open
judge will do the open Dutch, then the youth Dutch, and so on with all the other breeds.
So make sure you know what table your rabbit is on. Make sure to pay attention for when
your breed is called. They won't go hunting for you if you don't show up to the table. I
usually set my rabbits up near the table that the Dutch will be judged on, that way I won’t
miss when they’re called and it’s not as far to carry my rabbits.
Once your breed is called, depending on how many of that breed are showing, they might
call up one variety at a time, like say only Black Dutch. Then if the classes are really big,
they shorten it even more, by calling just Black senior bucks, or all Black bucks. On
smaller breeds like the Rhinelanders, they usually call all of them up to the table at the
same time, just because there aren't many of them.
When taking your rabbit up to the table, you go on the judge's side, but make sure to stay
out of the judges way.
If they took your comment cards before, they will have these laid out on the table. Find
the one that is for your rabbit, then you put your rabbit in that cage. Once your rabbit is in
it's cage, flip the card over.
If they didn’t take your comment cards, take them up with you to the show table. The
table writter will show you where to put your rabbit, and take the card from you usually.
Sometimes you’ll be expected to fill out the comment cards yourself if you want them.
Make sure to put what the rabbit placed on it. If the table writter took them, after the
judge says comments on your rabbit and is through with it, they will then put a copy of
your filled out comment card on top of the coop cages. You’ll want to make sure to grab
this.
After you're done showing, if your rabbits got between 1-3 place, take your comment
cards over to the secretary's table to claim your flat ribbons. Some shows have flat
ribbons placing up to 5th place, but it’s rare and usually only for the youth. If you got
Best of Breed or Best Opposite Sex, make sure to get your rosettes or what they’re
handing out for winning this (some times they’ll give out plaques instead, or plates with
rabbits painted on them, ect).
Once all your rabbits have been judged you can go home, unless your rabbit got Best of
Breed (BOB). If your rabbit got BOB, then you get to wait till the end of the show for
when they do Best in Show, where all the rabbits who've gotten BOB get to go up against
each other to be the best in the show. At some shows they every now and then do Best of
the Best Opposites, which is where all the rabbits who got Best Opposite Sex go up
against each other.
And that's how no pre-entry open and youth rabbit shows go.

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