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2nd
Annual Lewisburg Goat Festival |
Boer
Goat Show
Lewisburg, TN
October
9, 2004
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Clear Creek Farms was happy to compete in
an International Boer Goat Association show
close to home. This was the second year of
"Goats, Music, and More" in Lewisburg;
and the Taylors put on an great, smooth-running
show. There were over 240 goats entered in
the Boer show this year....with some of the
top breeders in the southeast participating.
As always, we enjoyed seeing our old friends
and enjoyed meeting new ones.
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Under the big tent at
the Lewisburg Goat Festival, Tiffany Hallmark showed
KWM's Tiffany for us. In a class of 23, we were pleased
with a 13th placement.
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Ophelia turned 6 month
old the day before the show and had to compete against
older doelings. Once again Tiffany handled our doeling
in the ring. Ophelia finished last, but Tiffany did
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Our next
does was suppose to be Topaz, who took a fifth in
the Lewisburg Show last year. However, just before
the show started, we noticed she had a limp. After
futher examination, I noticed she was limping on the
foot that I had trimmed a little too close. We strached
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Next up for us was the
over 2 but under 3 year old Senior Does. Thursday
afternoon when the does were returning to the barn,
we noticed how good Queue looked. Queue had never
been shown and was, for the most part, unhappy on
a lead. We gave her a bath, manincure, and walked
her for a couple of minutes on a lead. She responded
favorably.
At the show, she was housed
in the same pen with the smaller does and tried her
best to beat them up. Tiffany took Queue into the
show ring, with some difficulty; but Queue settled
down. Once inside the ring, Queue's head was high;
and she acted as though she had been shown all of
her life. One look by the Judge, and she was picked
as the winner. The rest of the judge's time was spent
placing the other six goats. |
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Tiffany's job inside
of the ring was made a lot more exciting after Queue
had been placed in first place. Queue got bored and
tested Tiffany's goat handing skills. Tiffany proudly
showed off her battle scars and a big smile from taking
a first place in a 'Big' Show. |
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Venus was the last to
show. Because of her habits in the ring, I decided
to show her. Judge George Aslschwede had placed her
fifth in the Cullman show earlier this year, and he
repeated the placement in this show. Personally I
thought she should have placed better, but..... |
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Ken and Pat Motes
Clear Creek Farms
33 South Clear Creek Road
Fall River, Tennessee 38468
Phone: (931) 852-2167
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