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<blockquote data-quote="fit2btied" data-source="post: 7629" data-attributes="member: 6"><p>Let's forget the breed issue here and look at this from another angle. Our county fair rules committee made participation in a spring preshow mandatory as a prerequisite to being allowed to enter, show, and sell a market steer at the fair in the fall. Q: Why? A: To protect all entrants (ages 8-21) from the unruly, unpredictable animals that had been roped the week before the fair and dragged behind a tractor a couple hours and called broke-to-lead. Many animals have a disposition that would let you 'lead' them with only a week's work, but you could not possibly have the animal ready to respond to a show-stick to its full potential. Our kids calves are placed by a total index score that includes: Average score from 3 judges (includes a commercial cattleman, a purebred operator, and a feedlot operator) in a live show = 25%; Average daily gain = 25%; Carcass data on loin eye and backfat from a sonoray = 50%. To have a chance to win the competition, you must be able to properly show your animal. An animal that has only been worked a week or so is also going to be more unpredictable and potentially unruly. Unruly animals can be disqualified and removed, not to mention that if your wild animal should happen to hurt one of my grandkids, then we have a whole new set of problems that a rules committee couldn't begin to help you with! If you don't have the time or are not willing to do it right, to 'unquote' Nike, then just don't do it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fit2btied, post: 7629, member: 6"] Let's forget the breed issue here and look at this from another angle. Our county fair rules committee made participation in a spring preshow mandatory as a prerequisite to being allowed to enter, show, and sell a market steer at the fair in the fall. Q: Why? A: To protect all entrants (ages 8-21) from the unruly, unpredictable animals that had been roped the week before the fair and dragged behind a tractor a couple hours and called broke-to-lead. Many animals have a disposition that would let you 'lead' them with only a week's work, but you could not possibly have the animal ready to respond to a show-stick to its full potential. Our kids calves are placed by a total index score that includes: Average score from 3 judges (includes a commercial cattleman, a purebred operator, and a feedlot operator) in a live show = 25%; Average daily gain = 25%; Carcass data on loin eye and backfat from a sonoray = 50%. To have a chance to win the competition, you must be able to properly show your animal. An animal that has only been worked a week or so is also going to be more unpredictable and potentially unruly. Unruly animals can be disqualified and removed, not to mention that if your wild animal should happen to hurt one of my grandkids, then we have a whole new set of problems that a rules committee couldn't begin to help you with! If you don't have the time or are not willing to do it right, to 'unquote' Nike, then just don't do it! [/QUOTE]
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