OPEN BOER GOAT SHOW. (American Boer Goat Association Sanctioned)

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1 OPEN BOER GOAT SHOW (American Boer Goat Association Sanctioned) Entry Deadline January 25 Entry Fee $20.00 Earliest Arrival :00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 7 Check- in :00 p.m Friday March 8-10:00 a.m. Saturday March 9 Judging :00 p.m.., Saturday, March 9 Release of Open Breeding Goats :00 a.m., Sunday, March 10 OPEN SHOW BREEDING GOAT GENERAL RULES 1. All entries in this division shall be subject to the General Rules and Regulations of the Show. Please refer to for all rules and entry information. 2. Entry fee of $20.00 per animal must accompany entry Summary Sheet and Entry Certification Form. Extra stalls for tack will be $20.00 each, however due to limited space, stalling of animals will be given preference over tack stalls. 3. Entry deadline is January 25, late entries will be accepted until February 12. Late entries postmarked after February 13 and entries that are hand delivered to the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show office after February 12 must pay a $30 per head late entry fee in addition to the $20 per head entry fee, if stall space is available. If stall space is unavailable then Management reserves the right to return late entry. 4. Open show substitution deadline is March 1. All open show substitutions received after this date will be charged a $10.00 substitution fee per entry. 5. Entries must be in the name of the registered owner. Animals must be registered in the Herdbook of their Association in the name of the owner(s) by January 31. Superintendents will check original registration certificates at time of check in. Recognized Associations include American Boer Goat Association. 6. Exhibitors must be in the third grade or nine years old as of January 1, Due to safety precautions, no one under the age of nine, or not yet in the third grade, will be allowed in the show ring at any time. 7. Age of animals shall be computed from the open show check in date of March 8, Birth dates as listed on the registration certificate will be used to determine class entries. If open show check in date is the same day of the month as the registration date then the animal will be classed in next older age group. 8. Stalls will be assigned on the basis of number of entries made by an exhibitor, two animals per stall. If at Show, an exhibitor has fewer animals than entered, the Management reserves the right to assign any extra stalls to another exhibitor. No refund of entry or stall fees will be made. 9. Grooming and trimming tables will be allowed in designated areas at the Show. 10. Goats must have a legible ear identification number; tattoo or other means of permanent identification that matches the ones on its registration certificate. If the animal has a microchip as its permanent identification, the exhibitor is responsible for providing a microchip reader.

2 11. Fitting will be left up to the discretion of the exhibitor. No artificial coloring will be allowed and may be cause of disqualification. 12. Any female over 24 months of age, that has not kidded, may be cause for that entry to be disqualified. 13. Goats will be classified by weight and tooth age. (COMMERCIAL ONLY) PERCENTAGE DOES Class 1-0 to under 3 months Percentage Doe Kid A Class 2-3 to under 6 months Percentage Doe Kid A Class 3-6 to under 9 months Percentage Doe Kid A Class 4-9 to under 12 months Percentage Doe Kid A Class 5 - Champion Percentage Doe Kid B Class 6 - Reserve Champion Percentage Doe Kid B Class 7-12 to under 16 months Percentage Yearling Doe - A Class 8-16 to under 20 months Percentage Yearling Doe - A Class 9-20 to under 24 months Percentage Yearling Doe - A Class 10 - Champion Percentage Yearling Doe B Class 11 - Reserve Champion Percentage Yearling Doe B Class to under 36 months Percentage Senior Doe -- A Class months plus Percentage Senior Doe A Class 14 - Champion Percentage Senior Doe B Class 15 - Reserve Champion Percentage Senior Doe B Class 16 - Grand Champion Percentage Doe C Class 17 - Reserve Grand Champion Percentage Doe C 227

3 FULLBLOOD/PUREBRED DOES Class 18-0 to under 3 months Purebred Doe Kid A Class 19-3 to under 6 months Purebred Doe Kid A Class 20-6 to under 9 months Purebred Doe Kid A Class 21-9 to under 12 months Purebred Doe Kid A Class 22 Champion Purebred Doe Kid B Class 23 - Reserve Champion Purebred Doe Kid B Class to under 16 months Purebred Yearling Doe--- A Class to under 20 months Purebred Yearling Doe--- A Class to under 24 months Purebred Yearling Doe--- A Class 27 - Champion Purebred Yearling Doe B Class 28 - Reserve Champion Purebred Yearling Doe B Class to under 36 months Purebred Senior Doe----- A Class months plus Purebred Senior Doe A Class 31 - Champion Purebred Senior Doe B Class 32 - Reserve Champion Purebred Senior Doe B Class 33 - Grand Champion Purebred Doe C Class 34 - Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Doe C

4 FULLBLOOD/PUREBRED BUCKS Class 35-0 to under 3 months Purebred Buck Kid A Class 36-3 to under 6 months Purebred Buck Kid A Class 37-6 to under 9 months Purebred Buck Kid A Class 38-9 to under 12 months Purebred Buck Kid A Class 39 - Champion Purebred Buck Kid B Class 40 - Reserve Champion Purebred Buck Kid B Class to under 16 months Purebred Yearling Buck-- A Class to under 20 months Purebred Yearling Buck-- A Class to under 24 months Purebred Yearling Buck-- A Class 44 - Champion Purebred Yearling Buck B Class 45 - Reserve Champion Purebred Yearling Buck B Class to under 36 months Purebred Senior Buck---- A Class months plus Purebred Senior Buck A Class 48 - Champion Purebred Senior Buck B Class 49 - Reserve Champion Purebred Senior Buck B Class 50 - Grand Champion Purebred Buck C Class 51 - Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Buck C 229

5 OPEN COMMERCIAL BOER DOES 1. If there are any questions by classifiers then the Doe will be moved to the next older Does Class. All classifier decisions are final for the Show. 2. Commercial Does entered in the Jr. Commercial Boer Doe Show are eligible to be shown in the Jr. and Open RGVLS Breeding Goat Show, however Commercial Does are not eligible to be shown in the RGVLS Market Goat Show 3. Classifying of Commercial Boer Does will start at 2:00 p.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8 in the designated area by the Goat committee for Jr. and Open Breeding Goat Exhibits. 4. All Open commercial does entering the RGVLS show grounds will be examined and sifted bye the Open Boer Goat Show Committee. Any sifted entry will be asked to be removed from the Show grounds immediately. 5. If greater than 10 entries are in the class, the class will be divided to its own separate class (with own premium and will be brought out to show for Grand/Reserve) and will be divided by the show committee.

6 Class 52 - Does with Milk Teeth A Class 53 - Two Tooth Does A Class 54 - Four Tooth & Older Does A Class 55 - Grand Champion Open Commercial Doe Banner Class 56 - Reserve Grand Champion Open Commercial Doe Banner General Rules, Regulations and Procedures on page 40 also apply. AWARD A 1st Place $50 2nd Place $35 3rd Place $25 4th Place $15 5 th Place $10 AWARD B Division Champion Rosette & Trophy Reserve Division Champion Rosette AWARD C Grand Champion $300 & Banner Reserve Grand Champion---- $200 & Banner