For several reasons, I’m not going to make most of the spring shows. So I was happy to get a little show fix this past Friday night at the Smoky Hills show in Abilene, KS.
The Friday night show started out (I believe) as a few specialty shows. Then it was decided to save money and get an all-breed sanction but only purchase specialty club sanctions for those breeds that had planned a specialty show. And so, the floodgates opened! I was originally hired to judge the Fuzzy Lop specialty but ended up with them, Mini Satins, Florida Whites, Thriantas, French and Satin Angoras, and some others. At 12:15 AM I picked youth Best in Show.
Mini Rex were sanctioned, Dutch were not but I took some anyway. Several of them were juniors who were just making the trip to get some table experience. Amante won the Broken SB class against some good competition. I was the only Dutch exhibitor that night, but Midnight took BOB and went on to take Reserve in Show. This is his second RIS win and the third for me since this fall. So close, and yet so far!
I didn’t make the Saturday show because (you guessed it) I was the bridesmaid in my grandma’s wedding. I had contemplated leaving rabbits, but decided against it. I hear there were several more exhibitors and around 50 Dutch that day! The only other showing I will get to do before NDS is the Duncan show on March 13-14.
I don’t really mind being the bridesmaid in real life, but after so many near misses at shows, I’m ready for my special day with a BIS! Although Midnight’s RIS was a nice win against good competition, since Dutch weren’t sanctioned and I was the only exhibitor it really counts for…a basket of chocolate and a brag. As for me, I got to be part of my grandma’s special day, and see her happy with her new (and very sweet) husband. As a bonus, I got a dress I’ll actually wear again, while poor Midnight had to settle for an ear rub.
