First Annual
Old Dominion Gold Cup
Miniature Silky Fainting Goat Show
was held in Herndon, VA at Frying Pan Park on April 21, 2006.

Judges: Judy Ratcliff, Scottsville, VA
Chris Holdt, Toms Brook, VA, Consulting Judge
Frank Baylis, Toms Brook, VA, Third Best Coat In Show Judge

SHOW SPONSORS:

Redneck Acres, Crystal Liles, Salinas, KS Full Page Ad
Sol-Orr Farm, Renee and Steve Orr, Lignum, VA Full Page Ad
Springs Run Farm, Janet and Robert Shlanta,  Marshall, VA Full Page Ad
Mini Valley Farm, Bill and Jan Lake, Hacker Valley, WV Full Page Ad
High Pointe Farm, Mark and Debbie Smith, Gloucester, VA Full Page Ad
Backyard Adventures Farm, Eric Hernandez, Ft Lauderdale, FL Full Page Ad
Fallen Fence Farm, Jeanne Allen, Warrenton, VA Full Page Ad

DIVISION SPONSORS:

Driftwood Farms, Kristen Foy, Ridge, NY Half Page AD
Eagle Cove Farm, Deli and Ron Harold, Orange, VA Half Page Ad
Jacobs Run Farm, Ada Marie and Allan Kindrick, Earlysville, VA Half Page AD
Quartz Rock Goats, Kylie Lassiter, Unionville, VA Half Page Ad

CLASS SPONSORS:

Cedar Run, Gary and Joanne Earls, Catlett, VA Business Card Ad

I would like to thank our show photographer, Glen Cox, for a great job. He really captured the essence of the show.

The first MSFGA-sanctioned show, turned out to be a rousing success. We had 9 farms participating, coming from 3 states and entering 41 goats. We were thrilled to have such a large turn out for our first show. We also had tremendous support from many others, as you can tell from the sponsors listed above. Please return this support by viewing their great ads and visiting their websites. Thanks to all the sponsors, exhibitors, spectators and hard workers.

GETTING READY

The ring, trophy table, stalls and all the other necessary accouterments for the show were set up on Friday. There were trophies to be awarded for Best in Show, Best Coat in Show, Grand Champion in each division, Get of Sire, Produce of Dam, Judge's Choice Award and Viewer's Choice Award. By 2:00 the ring was ready and the exhibitors were starting to pick out the trophies they wanted to take home.

EXHIBITOR'S MEETING

The show began with the exhibitors' meeting at 2:30 where Renee thanked all those who supported the show, explained the order of judging and introduced the judges for the day.

(Chris Holdt, Frank Baylis & Renee working out the kinks.)
As always there were a few more things that needed to be ironed out.

JUDGES

               
Judy Ratcliffe & Chris Holdt)                               (Frank Baylis)           

You can't have a show without judges, can you?  Judy Ratcliffe did a great job as the show judge with Chris Holdt acting as consulting judge. Frank Baylis served as the third judge for the Best Coat in Show class and then doubled up as the show announcer.

EXHIBITORS

     
                            Jeanne Allen's Mom              Robert Shlanta and Jamee Hall getting collars and leads ready for the show.             
holding one of Jeanne's goats and our                                                                                                                  
expert ring steward behind her, Sharon Joly.                                                                                                                

As well as judges, a show needs exhibitors. Some people plan ahead and get to relax before going in the ring. Others need to be highly organized in order to get the right animal to the ring at the right time.

 SHOW TIME

Some of the goats were really anxious to get to the ring and others just had a ho-hum attitude about the whole thing.

         
     (Sol-Orr's Magnum)             (Sol-Orr's Maggie Mae & Renee)   (Sol-Orr's Espresso & Debbie Smith) (Sol-Orr's Gangster & Becky McElwain)

The first class was the Best Coat in Show with nine animals competing for this honor. This class was different from the rest of the show in that three judges independently judged this class, ordering all of the goats from first to ninth. Their score sheets were given to the show clerk to tally and the tension mounted... and mounted! The results of the class were not to be announced until after Best in Show.

JUNIOR DOES
The first set of classes were the Junior Does (under 2 years of age).

 The photo above is of our first class of Junior Does under 3 months. From left to right they are: Sol-Orr's Dulce Dora & Steve Orr of Sol-Orr Farm,  Sol-Orr's Sun Poppy & Renee Orr of Sol-Orr Farm,  Driftwood Farms Spritzer & Kristen Foy of Driftwood Farms,  Sol-Orr's Athena & Kylie Lassiter of Quartz Rock Goats  and Sol-Orr's Blue Moon & Janet Shlanta of Springs Run Farm handling for Kylie Lassiter.

Above is our judge, Judy Ratcliffe, going over the two entrants of our 6 to 9 month Junior Doe class. From left to right: Bayshore's Swiss Miss & Jeanne Allen of Wether or Not and Sol-Orr's Key Lime & Sandy Middlebrook of Centerstream Farm.

The above photo is of the class winners competing for Grand Champion Junior Doe. In the back row from left to right were the second place winners: Becky McElwain of Silo-View Farm, Sandy Middlebrook of Centerstream Farm with Sol-Orr's Key Lime and Debbie Smith of High Pointe Farm with Sol-Orr's Dixie. In the front row from left to right are the first place winners: Steve Orr of Sol-Orr Farm with Sol-Orr's Dulce Dora, Jeanne Allen of Wether or Not with Bayshore's Sun Kissed, Jeanne's mother of Wether or Not with Bayshore's Swiss Miss and Janet Shlanta of Springs Run Farm with Sol-Orr's Deva.

   
Grand Champion Jr Doe: Sol-Orr's Meadow Sweet                                                 Reserve Grand Champion Jr Doe: Sol-Orr's Deva
  Owned by Springs Run Farm                                                                       Owned by Springs Run Farm  

Senior Does

Here is the Senior Doe Class. There were six entries in this class, from left to right were: Bedrock's Tootsie Roll, shown by Jamee Hall, owned by Sol-Orr Farm, Bedrock's Cinnamon Spice, shown by Kylie Lassiter, owned by Sol-Orr Farm, Morgan is behind Steve and not visible, she was shown by Janet Shlanta, owned by Sol-Orr Farm, Coyote Creek Lydia shown by Steve Orr, owned by Sol-Orr Farm, High Rock Rainy shown by Kristen Foy, owned by Driftwood Farms and Sol-Orr's Maggie Mae shown by Renee Orr, owned by Sol-Orr Farm. The Grand Champion Senior Doe was Sol-Orr's Maggie Mae and Reserve Grand Champion was High Rocks Rainy.

Kristen Foy of Driftwood Farms with High Rock Rainy
Reserve Grand Champion Senior Doe

Junior Bucks

Above is the 12 to 18 month Junior Buck Class. From left to right were: Sol-Orr's Gangster shown by Becky McElwain, owned by Silo-View Farm, Sol-Orr's Pioneer shown by Janet Shlanta, owned by Springs Run Farm and Sol-Orr's Magnum shown by Steve Orr, owned by Sol-Orr Farm.

This is the Grand Champion Junior Buck Class. It's the only picture that was taken of this class, sorry it's not easier to see. The closest buck is the winner of the under 3 months junior buck class, Sol-Orr's Pop Gun, owned by Sol-Orr Farm. The next buck is the 6 to 9 months junior buck class winner, Sol-Orr's Monroe, owned by Sol-Orr Farm. The third goat in line is Sol-Orr's Espresso, winner of the 9 to 12 months junior buck class, owned by High Pointe Farm. Finally way up there and almost out of sight is Steve Orr with the 12 to 18 months junior buck class winner, Sol-Orr's Magnum, owned by Sol-Orr Farm.

Junior Grand Champion went to Sol-Orr's Magnum, shown by Steve Orr, owned by Sol-Orr Farm. The Reserve Grand Champion went to Sol-Orr's Monroe owned by Sol-Orr Farm, but there was no picture taken of Monroe, sorry.

Senior Bucks

There were only 2 Senior Bucks entered. From left to right are: Bayshore's Prince Charming and Sol-Orr's Noah.

Senior Grand Champion Buck was Bayshore's Prince Charming owned by Sol-Orr Farm. Reserve Grand Champion was Sol-Orr's Noah owned by Sol-Orr Farm.

BEST IN SHOW

This was our Best In Show Class. From left to right were: Sol-Orr's Meadow Sweet, Jr Doe Grand Champion, Sol-Orr's Maggie Mae, Sr Doe Grand Champion, Sol-Orr's Magnum, Jr Buck Grand Champion and Bayshore's Prince Charming, Sr Buck Grand Champion.

  Best In Show and Old Dominion Gold Cup winner was Sol-Orr's Maggie Mae owned by  Sol-Orr Farm.

Best Coat In Show

Sol-Orr's Noah was Best Coat In Show

Costume Class

The costume class consisted of three Contestants, including a bride, a hula dancer and the devil himself. Jeanne Allen did a great job on her costumes, her goats looked adorable and  made us all grin.

Winner of Costume Class
Bayshore's Sun Kissed
Owned by Jeanne Allen of Wether or Not

Viewers' Choice Award

We offered our Spectators a chance to vote for their favorite Mini Silky. After the votes were all tallied, Kylie Lassiter with her Junior Doe, Sol-Orr's Blue Moon, won the Viewers' Choice Award.

Other Class Placements and Wins

Kylie Lassiter with Sol-Orr's Whistler in the left picture, he was second in the 6 to 9 months Junior Buck class . The right picture is of Kylie Lassiter with Sol-Orr's Athena, she took 4th place in the Under 3 months Junior Doe Class.

Kristen Foy of Driftwood Farms with High Rock Rainy and Driftwood Farms Hummer.

Candid Shots

Below are some candid shots of the show. It was so much fun and over so quickly!

    
Sharon Miller, our Gate Keeper     Karin King caught petting a baby                                                       The Hula Girl                                    

   
Steve with Sol-Orr's Noah                            Bedrock's Tootsie Roll & Coyote Creek Lydia               

    
                   Sol-Orr's Magnum                              Sol-Orr's Espresso "Bean"           Mark Smith with Sol-Orr's Arabella   

   
Bayshore's O'Henry                   Renee & Sol-Orr's Pop Gun                               "Bean" Sol-Orr's Espresso

 
Sol-Orr's Dulce Dora                                   Sharon Miller hamming it up for the camera              

   
Kylie Lassiter with Athena                           Renee, Frank and Linda Brown, our show clerk                      Janet Shlanta and Blue Moon

 
Bayshore's Sun Kissed waiting to go in the ring                                    Dawn Ellen and Jeanne Allen catching up in the ring.

Judy Ratcliffe

The show was soon over and we would like to thank our judge for doing a superb job. We missed all of you who couldn't attend, but by sharing these pictures, we hope to make you feel like you were part of the fun we had. We plan to do it again next year and we hope that all of you can join us then for another fun filled afternoon of showing Mini Silkies. For complete results of the show, click on the Complete Show Results link below. Thank you for looking.

   Complete Show Results