The 2001 SeasonDuring the 2001 season we went to two shows and were well
pleased with our wins. At Kentucky, Elizabeth won Reserve
Grand Champion. At Greenville, Texas, Honey Girl and her
daughter, Red Wing, both won Reserve Grand Champion, and so
did Bonanza. We haven’t ventured out yet in 2002, but we
intend to see what Granite, one of his sisters, Chinkapin, and
a Honey Girl daughter, Rainsparkle, can do. We know "If what
you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven’t done
much today." But we are guilty of looking back and feeling a
glow of pride at what our little goats have won in the few
years we've been showing.
Someone asked us recently how many
Grand Championships we had won during our career showing
fullblood Boer Goats. We had no idea at the time, but it
aroused our curiosity enough we emptied out our sacks of
ribbons and began to count them. Knowing how inexperienced
we were (and still are) we didn’t expect the result to be
impressive, but we were pleasantly surprised. Our goats
deserve the credit for whatever success we’ve had because we
haven’t even had them in show condition many times when they
competed, and we certainly don’t know any of the secrets
about clipping them or presenting them in the ring. We
decided to share with you the tally of what they have won
during four years in the show ring. We haven’t kept a
careful record, so we can’t tell you exactly which goat won
what.
Four Years
Twelve Shows
Two Overall (or Supreme)
Championships
Sixteen Grand Championships
Eighteen Reserve Grand Championships
Forty First Place Ribbons
Forty-two Second Place Ribbons
WINNER OF AN AWARD IN THE GOLD MEDAL
PROGRAM
7A+ Stetson - Bronze
Champion
As far as we can remember,
Stetson went to only 6 shows before he died at 18 months
old. Four of those times he came away with a Grand or
Reserve Grand medallion. He was the son of Perfect Ten and
Cloud Dancing.
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WINNERS OF GRAND OR RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION |
7A+ Stetson
Perfect Ten
Ycomba
Elizabeth
Victoria
Honey Girl
Angelfire
Starshine
Miss Stardancing
7A+ Buckskin
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7A+ Caliche
7A+ Klondike
7A+ Alamo
7A+ Remington
7A+ Wells Fargo
7A+ Bonanza
7A+ Sweet Flower
7A+ Red Wing
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Elizabeth and her pit
crew
Reserve Grand Champion Senior Doe |
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THREE Reserve Grand Champions at Greenville, Texas! |
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DSM Honey
Girl, Reserve Grand Champion Senior Doe
7A+ Red Wing, Reserve Grand Champion Junior Doe
7A+
Bonanza, Reserve Grand Champion Yearling Buck |
