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Rules and Regulations
Lancaster County Super Fair Boer Goat Show
August 14, 2010

Superintendent – Steve Logsdon
Secretary – Misty Logsdon
Judge – Kay Garrett
SCHEDULE   (tentative)
Friday, August 13, 2010
12:00 AM        Boer Goats may begin to arrive.
9:00 PM          Boer Goats must be in place and checked in.

Saturday, August 14, 2010
8:30 AM          Exhibitor Meeting
9:00 AM          The Lancaster County Super Fair Boar Goat Show
After Show     Boer Goats Released

1. Entries must be postmarked or submitted online on or before July 24, 2010 and must be on an official entry form. This form must be properly and legibly completed with all requested information, and signed by the exhibitor. Entries postmarked or submitted online between July 24, 2010 and August 7, 2010 will be charged a late fee of $10 per head in addition to the regular entry fees. No entries will be accepted after August 7, 2010. The Goat Superintendent reserves the right to reject entries that are incomplete. Entries are to be either submitted online or printed off and mailed to Misty Logsdon, Show Secretary, Lancaster County Super Fair Boer Goat Show, 2543 Co Rd L Weston, NE 68070.

2. ENTRY FEES, TACK PEN FEES AND PEN FEES. A fee of $10 per entry per show class will be charged. There will be no pen fee charged. However, it is required that bedding be purchased from the Lancaster Super Fair. This will allow the Lancaster Super Fair to be able to dispose of the bedding after the show. Bedding must be ordered and paid for at time of entry. Exhibitors will not need to clean their own pens after use. There will be $5 charge per tack pen. Entry fee(s) and tack pen fee(s) must be paid when entry is made. There will be no refunds unless cancellation is received in writing by July 24, 2010. Checks should be made payable to the Lancaster County Super Fair.

3. ARRIVAL TIME and RELEASE TIME. Goats may begin arriving at noon, Friday, August 13, 2010. They must be in their pens by 9:00 PM, Friday, August 13, 2010. Pen assignments will be made by the Show Superintendent prior to check in. Goats will be released at the end of the show on Saturday August 14, 2010.

4. STALL BEDDING and STALL CLEAN UP. You are required to purchase bedding from the Lancaster Super Fair. Please see details above in #2. Bring your own feed. You may want to bring snow fencing to put around your pen to keep your goats in their pen. You are not required to clean out your pen; however please keep pens, ally ways, and walk ways neat and swept up.

5. The Open Boer Goat Show will be sanctioned by the American Boer Goat Association (ABGA). Awards will be presented based on this association’s sanction rules. For copies of these rules and regulations contact the American Boer Goat Association, 1207 South Bryant St., Suite C, San Angelo, TX 76903 or www.abga.org.

Ennobled Herd Book Points. Goats entered under their ABGA registration numbers and presenting their Certificates of Registration will be eligible to earn points for their actual placing in the show as described “Criteria for Ennoblement of a Boer Goat.”

6. GOAT OWNERSHIP. Goats must be owned by an individual or previous existing farm at least 30 days prior to the opening date of the Show. Certificates of registry must be presented to the Show Committee for examination and must show transfer of ownership to the exhibitor 30 days or more prior to the opening of the Show.

7. ENTRIES. Each exhibitor may show no more than two animals in each class with the exception of the market wether classes. In the market wether classes up to four animals may be shown per exhibitor. No animals shall be changed from one class to another after closing date unless it is ineligible for the class in which it is entered.

SUBSTITUTIONS. Substitutions are allowed in the same class only and must have same ownership as the original entry. Substitutions will be made at check-in.

8. ELIGIBILITY OF ANIMALS. Market wethers and commercial does do not need to be registered or tattooed. All Boer percentage and Full Blood Boer Goats must be registered in the Herdbook of a recognized association before the show. Recognized associations include ABGA, Canadian Boer Goat Association, International Boer Goat Association, and the USBGA. The original registration certificate of ownership must be produced at the request of the Show Chairperson. A stamped duplicate or faxed duplicate application showing the date received by the association is acceptable for animals under three (3) months of age. Animals must be registered in the name of the exhibitor and must have been owned by the exhibitor for at least 30 days prior to show date. Exhibitor is defined as the owner of the animal on its registry certificate. Proof of birth date will be the date on the registration certificate. All registered animals must be tattooed with a legible tattoo or other means of permanent identification consistent with its registration. Tattoos or other means of permanent identification will be checked with the registration papers at the time of check-in. If the tattoo is unreadable or does not match the registration paper, the goat will be disqualified. The permanent identification must match the registration paper. No tattooing allowed after unloading. If the animal has a microchip as its permanent identification, the exhibitor is responsible for providing a microchip reader.

9. COMPUTING AGES. Birth dates, as listed on the Certificate of Registration, will be used to determine the class divisions. The show date will be the base date in computing all ages. Take the show date and count back to the birth date of the goat to determine the age and the class of the animal. For example, for a December 1 show, an animal with a January 1 birth date would be eleven (11) months old and would show in a kid class.

10. DISQUALIFICATION. Any goat showing any pronounced defect or abnormality, such as a weak constitution, unthrifty condition, overshot jaw or undershot jaw, abnormal abscesses, will be barred from showing in any of the classes. Illegible tattoos or tattoos inconsistent with registration will result in disqualification. Any doe over 24 months of age that has not kidded and cannot prove a current pregnancy will not be allowed to show. No artificial coloring will be allowed.

11. FITTING. All goats must be fitted and clipped prior to arrival at the show. Fitting will be left up to the discretion of the exhibitor. Only minor clipping will be allowed on the fairgrounds. No painting, powdering or artificial coloring is allowed.

All market wethers must be uniformly clipped with 3/8” length of hair or less above the knee and hock joints, to include the head, excluding the tail, prior to arrival on the grounds.

12. CLASSES. All animals except market wethers and commercial does must be registered purebred, Full Blood or percentage blood Boer goats. Percentage doe classes are for goats 50% to 88%. Purebred/Full Blood classes are for does that are 15/16 (93.75%) and higher and bucks that are 31/32 (96.87%) and higher. Bucks 96.86% and lower are not eligible to be shown. Progeny of fresh does will not be allowed in the ring. At the discretion of the judge and Show Superintendent, goats may be turned loose in the ring as a function of judging. The Division Champions will be selected from the first place winners of the individual classes. The Division Reserve Champions will be selected from the remaining first place class winners of the individual classes plus the second place winner of the class from which the Division Champion was chosen. The Grand Champion will be selected from the Division Champions. The Reserve Grand Champion will be selected from the remaining Division Champions plus the Reserve Division Champion from which the Grand Champion was chosen.

13. RIBBONS AND ROSETTES. Ribbons will be awarded through 5th place. Division Champions, Reserve Division Champions, Grand Champions and Reserve Grand Champions will receive rosettes.

14. DRIVING AND BRACING. Bracing of animals will not be tolerated and will result in dismissal by the Judge or Show Superintendent. The animals must have all four feet on the ground. Animals must be shown with a collar or halter used only by the exhibitor to control the animal. Exhibitor can only use brief touches of his/her body to the animal. Any violation will result in dismissal.

15. MUZZLING. Muzzling of animals is prohibited.

16. BUCKETS. Water buckets of at least 2 gallons in size must be secured and in pens at all times. Fresh water must be in buckets in sufficient quantity for the number of goats in the pen. This will be enforced.

17. NONCOMPLIANCE. Noncompliance to show rules will result in dismissal from the show.

18. COMMERCIAL MEAT GOAT CLASSES. Goats will be judged along meat goat characteristics. Does may not have been shown in any other classes. Any doe over 24 months of age that has not kidded and cannot prove a current pregnancy will not be allowed to show.

19. MARKET WETHER CLASSES. There will be an Open market wether section. All market wethers will be weighed in at the time determined by the Show Superintendent. Classes will be determined by weight and announced prior to the show. Minimum weight of wethers at weigh in must be forty (40) pounds. All market wethers must have their milk teeth. No adult teeth allowed.

20. FULL BLOOD BUCKS. All bucks must be washed and clipped prior to arriving at the show and kept as odor free as possible. If a buck is determined to be an odor problem or hazard by the Show Superintendent, he must be removed from the fairgrounds.

21. CHECK IN PROCEDURES. Exhibitors will be checked in as they arrive on Friday August 13, 2010. At check-in you will receive a packet with your exhibitor numbers. Health papers, registration papers (if applicable), and tags will be checked at this time and substitutions will be completed. Weathers will be weighed-in as they arrive. When all exhibitors have checked in, changes will be incorporated and a class list will be printed and posted in the barn. Tattoos will be checked at ring-side after show placement. The top six animals will be checked for each class. If the tattoo is unreadable or does not match the registration papers presented at check-in, the goat will be disqualified.