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Amber Pearl won first colored junior doe at Nationals and Berks County.

Sweetpea won a second at the Berks County show.

Sandstorm won BOS at the Berks County show.

Lydia won second white senior doe at Nationals and BOV at the Berks County show.

As I am tired of waiting for my photo program to work in the "repaired" computer, I thought that I would post some photos of the show string when they were younger. Later, when it is working and I am able to get the new photos posted, we can see how they might have developed.

The bunnies are doing well at shows considering they are very young seniors or chubby juniors shown in the senior class. Many comments from judges lately have included: "Keep going with this body type.", "Now that's the body we are all looking for." and "Hey, they do have a body under all that wool." It may be easy to get wool on an angora but not always so easy to get a good body under there. Angoras can win with a shorter coat if they have a solid body underneath. As they grow up, they will use so much of their energy to produce wool that they can loose body condition when the winning coat grows in. These attributes seem to balance out the points at shows. Good body and a shorter coat, rougher body but a bigger coat, each can win.

Much fun was had by all at the Nationals, although it has taken most of us awhile to recover from what I hear . There were some truly stunning animals with the coats to die for. I missed seeing the black satin that everyone was talking about as the open show was in progress when the satins were showing. The giant angoras were something to behold and the youth BIS was won by Alex Steponski with a junior giant angora. BOB english youth was won by Collin Burns with the same white senior doe that had won at ARBA Nationals. That has to be a first, I don't think I have ever heard that happening. Amazing that a coat could stay on for 16 months.

Linda Cassella won BOB english open with a beautiful tort doe and she had a lovely REW english still in a Convention coat. Jack and Karen Bailey won BOB giant open and Charlotte Sweikert won BIS with a beautiful French Angora. I think the black satin won but I am not sure about the owner. It was very hectic. More about Nationals next time.