ENTRY FEE $8 per head
PREMIUMS
BLUE 20
RED 15
WHITE 10
SUPERINTENDENT Allisa Rebolledo
SCHEDULE
MARKET CLASSES: THURSDAY 8AM
SHOWMANSHIP: SATURDAY 8AM
PARADE OF CHAMPIONS: SATURDAY 11:45AM
MARKET STOCK SALE: SATURDAY 5PM
LIVESTOCK PARADE: SUNDAY 12:15PM
RABBIT SHOWMANSHIP AWARDS & MEDALS
SPONSOR: Connie Byers
Medals awarded to first place showman in each of the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Youth Rabbit Showmanship classes.
GENERAL RULES
- RABBIT DEPARTMENT MANDATORY DRESS CODE FOR YOUR SAFETY: Long sleeve shirt, long pants or floor length skirt, enclosed toe shoes, only jewelry allowed: non-dangling stud earrings. Long hair worn up/off face. Appropriate show attire worn at all time when participating in this department. Examples of inappropriate attire: hats, spandex fabric, tank tops, halter or half top shirts, shorts, or sandals.
- Exhibitors are required to decorate their area and encouraged to make their display as educational as possible.
- All Market Stock Sale animals must be entered in Market Livestock Division.
- Mandatory vet check: All Rabbits must be checked in by superintendent or assistant. Rabbits suffering from disease or external parasites on arrival will be refused. Animals showing symptoms of illness during fair will be removed.
- Exhibitors required to supply all feed and water for their animals on exhibit. Rabbits must be fed, watered, cages cleaned by 7 am and checked again after 5 pm daily, or the animal may be sent home. Exhibitors need to provide a water bottle & feed dish for each cage used.
- Conduct: Any exhibitor displaying unacceptable conduct (e.g., profane language, abusive treatment) may, at discretion of superintendent or Fair management, be dismissed and jeopardize points and premiums. No exhibitor permitted to exhibit same product or animal in FFA, 4-H and/or open division. All exhibitors must demonstrate ability to safely handle their animal for entry in Fair, or they may be dismissed. Parents and clubs are responsible for providing adult supervision appropriate for the number and age of their exhibiting members
- No ribbons awarded on specimens deemed unworthy by judge. Decision of judges final, except where mistake, fraud, or misrepresentation were not discovered at the time of the award, if proven, in such cases; Fair management will make the decision. Heckling or interfering with judging may result in loss of premiums and/or removal from Fair.
- NO more than six animals may be entered in this department. The superintendent has right to further limit entries by exhibitors; as cage space is limited and priority is first given to 4-H/FFA youth with market stock.
- No Rabbits less than 56 days of age. The latest edition of “Standard of Perfection of by the American Rabbit Breeders Association” will be used as standard for judging the rabbit department. Cross Breeds will judged on condition and conformation. NO rabbits under 56 days of age. Rabbits under their minimum breed weight standard, excluding cross bred animals, are not edible for an award.
- All participants entered in conformation portion of show must provide or make arrangements for someone to carry their animal to judging table. Animals not present at table for judging will not be judged.
- For safety, identification, and to be eligible for an award in the confirmation classes all rabbit entries shall have an identification tattoo in the left ear.
- (Participation only) costume/games/etc.: are NON-premium events and are just for fun. Games/ questions/etc. may include all species in the barn.
- Herdsmanship: All exhibitors are required to do herdsmanship in their barn/area/cage/stall/feed/water, keeping it clean and removing any litter or soiled bedding and placing it in a designated area.
- 4-H Cloverbuds, per 4-H rules are not eligible for trophies or/and will only receive participation ribbons in showmanship or other competitive classes
- Whenever possible, the schedule set forth in the department will be followed, the superintendent or fair management reserves the right to alter or cancel schedules as is required by circumstances.
- SMALL ANIMAL MASTER SHOWMAN: Open to small animal grand champion Junior, Intermediate and Senior 4-H and FFA showman.
- Superintendents or fair management reserves the right to reject and not allow any demonstration or display entries deemed controversial or inappropriate.
- All contestants must own their rabbit for a minimum of 45 days prior to fair. Superintendents or fair management may at any time during fair request dated proof of ownership. Failure to yield such paperwork may result in loss of premiums and/or removal from the fair.