SHOW RULES
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The Western Dairy Showcase is open to junior exhibitors and is a registered and grade dairy cattle show.
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The first bedding of straw will be provided.
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All Holsteins need to be at least 87% Registered Holstein Ancestry and be registered with Holstein Association USA to be shown in the Registered Holstein Division. No registered cattle can be shown in the Grade Division.
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All Jerseys must be registered with the American Jersey Cattle Association to be shown in the Registered Jersey Division. Animals are eligible when recorded by the American Jersey Cattle Association in the Herd Register or with Generation Count 4 or greater, or by Jersey Canada with registry status of 93.75% and greater. No eligible animals can be shown in the Grade Division.
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All animals entered the Registered All Other Breeds division must be registered with their breed association.
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A stall chart will be put together by the Committee. Please fill out your stall requests as part of your online entries. Stalls will be assigned based on the number of animals that are exhibited NOT entered. Extra stall space can NOT be purchased.
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Apart from loading/unloading, there will be no parking on the fairgrounds. Please park in designated parking lots. This is to be following parking rules enforced by the Fairgrounds.
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The show uniform shall consist of a Shirt/Blouse with collar or a show t-shirt item (no tank tops or t-shirts other than a Western Showcase t-shirt) and white pants. 4-H and FFA uniforms are acceptable but not required.
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Management reserves the final and absolute right to interpret the rules and regulations and to arbitrarily settle questions and differences pertaining to the Western Dairy Showcase.
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Release of animals will take place after Supreme Champion both days. There will be cattle trailers on the grounds during the show. If you only have cows, they will be released from 6:00 am - 8:00 am on Sunday morning.
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The milk barn will be available to exhibitors during the show Wednesday – Sunday. If you milk in the stall, you must cart the milk to the milk barn to be drained into the tank. NO MILK WILL BE DUMPED IN THE DRAINS!
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Exhibitors are responsible for any actions done to their animals by the exhibitor or their hired staff and will be removed immediately if there is unethical treatment to animals (i.e. tubing, fake hair in toplines, foamies, etc.)
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This is a junior show and underage drinking will not be tolerated.
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Location: Stanislaus Fairgrounds, 900 Broadway Turlock, CA 95380
Judge: Justin Burdette, PA
Entries:
Due Date: Sunday, October 6, 2024. Late Entries accepted until October 8, 2024.
Entries will only be accepted online. Website: Western Dairy Showcase- on line entries will open August 1st. PLEASE NOTE: Entries received after this date are subject to a late fee per entry.
NO LATE ENTRIES (Including Showmanship) WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER Sunday, October 8, 2024. As noted above, substitutions will be allowed within division only.
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Number of entries:
Keep in mind we have a limited number of stalls. We are not currently putting a cap on entries, but want to allow the opportunity for all. If we reach our maximum capacity we may have to call and limit the numbers any one exhibitor can bring. Our goal is to provide a venue for exhibitors to showcase their dairy animals.
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