Super Showmanship: Feeder Creek Vet Show Arena – Thursday, October 14, 8:00 a.m.
Superintendent: Rachel Stoneburner
READ THE LIVESTOCK SHOWMANSHIP RULES
- This contest will be divided into two divisions: Large Animal Contest and Small Animal Contest.
- The Senior Showmanship winners for the following will compete in the Large Animal Contest: Dairy Cattle, Dairy Feeders, Dairy Goats, Market/Meat Goats, Beef, Swine, Sheep, Horse and Llama/Alpaca.
- The Senior Showmanship winners of the following will compete in the Small Animal Contest: Poultry, Rabbits, Dog, Pygmy Goats and Cavies.
- Previous Super Showmanship winners are ineligible to compete in the same division (large/small).
- The Senior Showmanship winner for each specie will participate in the Super Showmanship Contest. An exhibitor may compete only once in the Super Showmanship Contest representing a specific specie.
- An exhibitor may represent one species per year in either the large or small animal division.
- The Senior Showmanship representative for Super Showmanship must be determined and reported to the Junior Fair Office by the end of the scheduled fair day of the respective specie’s competition.
- If the Senior Showmanship winner is ineligible to compete or unable to compete in Super Showmanship the second place winner will be next in line to compete representing that specie (then followed by the third, fourth, …)
- Superintendents are responsible for notifying contestants in their specie of their eligibility to participate in the Super Showmanship Contest and notifying the Junior Fair Office of the eligible representative (see rules 4-8).
- Competing exhibitors are responsible for providing an animal that can be used in the Super Showmanship Contest.
- Exhibitors will have 3 minutes at each rotation of the contest.
Scoring
The scoring for both the small and large animal contests will be based on a 30 point scale for each animal/station.
A. For Large Animal Contest:
20 points for Showmanship Ability
10 points for Questions/Knowledge
B. For Small Animal Contest:
10 points for Showmanship Ability
20 points for Questions/Knowledge
The overall scoring shall be based on the sum of all animal/station scores. All ties shall be broken first by the sum of the three highest scores, then by the sum of the lowest three scores.