| Breed -- The breed column is where the youth needs to identify what breed is in that number cage. There are 25 different rows that this will be identified in. Also this column needs to be correct in order for any other columns to be counted as correct Showroom Variety/Classification -- This would be considered what the rabbit would be entered into a show as. A few examples would be: Breed Showroom Variety/Classification New Zealand White Mini Lop Broken Pattern Jersey Wooly Self Netherland Dwarf Chinchilla - Agouti Mini Rex Broken Group American Sable Standard This column must be correct in order for the next two columns to be counted as being correct. |
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| Breed ID Contest |
| The Breed ID Contest contains 25 breeds of rabbits and cavies for the youth to identify. To identiry the youth must use the complete name as printed in the ARBA Standards of Perfection. They must then also identiry the showroom variety/classification, whether the breed is 4 or 6 class, and the registration variety. |
| To the left is a actual copy of the breed ID contest form. This shows what all is required and the way that they score. What is highlighted is what is right, nonhighlighted answers are counted as wrong. (I know not the best copy!!) |
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| 4 or 6 Class -- This column tells whether the breed being identified is a 4 or 6 class breed. Registration Variety -- This is what the rabbit would be registered under and may be different then the showroom variety/classification if the breed is shown in groups or if it is a broken pattern/group. ** The last 2 columns are independent and will not be counted wrong if the other is wrong. The first 2 columns need to be correct in order for either of these to be counted as correct. Youth are not to use abbreviations with the exception of AOV in Jersey Woolies as they are entered into shows that way. Spelling will not count against the youth as long as a reasonable person could determine the word. Each youth participates individually. The youth on teams must enter the contest area together and cannot talk to each other. Unlike in judging they do not have a seperate group of animals to go through for individual ID. They use the same scores and all team scores are averaged together. |
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| Breed ID helpful hints The ARBA Standardsd of Perfection is a good reference to the breeds and is actually more helpful when it comes to judging then ID. The best way to learn the breeds is to actually see them!! There are only a couple of ways to do this. - going to a show, walking around and trying to identify the breeds on your own and asking breeders or watching the judging to learn the differnt breeds and their varieties they are shown in. - getting to Convention early and walking around looking through the breeds and the varieties (while trying not to look at the tags to see what they actually are) Visually being able to put the color and breed together will help A LOT! |