New for 2010!
Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival Sheep Show
Superintendent: Kate Phillips 812-371-8423
Deadline for Entries: May 1, 2010
Fairground rules require that all animals on the fairgrounds must have health certificates
Download an entry form HERE
Sheep Barn: Johnson County Fairgrounds
Arrival Times: Thursday 5-9 PM Friday 6-8 AM
All sheep must be checked prior to unloading.
Show Time: Saturday 9 AM
Entry Fees: $8.00 per animal. This includes any animals brought for sale.
Premiums:
$11 – 9 – 7 – 5 – 3: 11+ in a class
$11 – 9 – 7 – 5 : 9 or more in class
$11 – 9 – 7 : 5 or more in class
$ 9 - 7 : 3 or more in class
$ 7 : 2 in class
Judge: Letty Klein
Divisions: 1. Long white; 2. Medium white; 3. Long color; 4. Medium color; 5. Coarse; 6. Fine wool; 7. Shetland; 8. Icelandic
Classes: Each Division
1. Yearling Ram
2. Pair of Ram Lambs
3. Sr Ram Lamb (9/01 -12/31/2009)
4. Jr Ram Lamb (01/01/2010 or later)
5. Champion Ram
6. Reserve Champion Ram
7. Yearling Ewe
8. Sr Ewe Lamb (09/01 - 12/31/2009)
9. Jr Ewe Lamb (01/01/2010 or later)
10. Champion Ewe
11. Reserve Champion Ewe
12. Flock
13. Supreme Champion Ram
14. Supreme Champion Ewe
At this time we are not hosting a Youth Showmanship class. However, the youth are welcome to show in our classes.
Show Rules
1. All sheep must be the bona fide property of the exhibitor at the time of making entries. If animals are entered and shown without this being done, all awards including premium money will be forfeited.
2. All sheep must have special tags for scrapie program. Contact the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (317) 227-0318 for the tags and see www.in.gov/boah/2422.htm for further information. No sheep will be permitted to show or be sold without the scrapie tags in place.
3. All applications for entries of sheep must be made on official entry blanks of the Hoosier Hills FiberArts & Wool Festival. Photocopies are acceptable. All information must be complete. All entry fees must accompany the entry blank. All incomplete entries will be returned and a handling fee of $5.00 will be charged.
4. Do Not Enter the Champion classes. Only first place animals are eligible for championship prizes.
5. Awards will be given based on the merit of the lamb or sheep shown. When there is only one exhibit in a class, only one premium will be awarded according to the merit of the animal.
6. All registered breeds are eligible to be shown but must be shown as wool sheep. No slick shorn animals will be allowed and all animals must have enough wool to be judged. Judge’s decisions are final.
7. Any irregularity such as misrepresentation of age, breed, ownership, etc. will be considered fraud and deception. Any premiums, trophies, or awards won by such exhibitor will be withheld. Unethical fitting shall include the following:
A. The addition of wool or wool-like substances.
B. The cutting, tearing, or gluing of the hide or underneath the hide or removal of tissue in anattempt to alter the shape of the animal.
C. The injection of any gas, solid, or liquid under the hide to alter the normal conformation.
D. Any attempts to disrupt or change the normal dental development of the animal.
E. Any products (such as stimulants or growth stimulants) administered internally or externally to alter the animal are prohibited.
8. Flock entries shall consist of 5 head: a yearling ram or ram lamb, two yearling ewes and two ewe lambs.
9. All animals shown in group classes must be shown in the individual class by the same exhibitor.
10. Birthdates for Jr. lamb competition: Jan 1, 2010 until show time of the same year or for as long as lambs have all lamb teeth.
11. Birthdates for Sr. lamb competition:Sept. 1 – Dec. 31, 2009.
12. Birthdates for yearling lamb competition: From Sept. 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009.
13. Natural colored sheep are those sheep that have at least 70% colored wool other than white.
14. If there are more than two breeders and 20 head or more sheep entered, a breed class will be formed and premiums offered.
15. No animals will be released from the fairgrounds prior to release of premiums for classes.
16. All sale animals must receive a release from the Superintendent prior to leaving.
17 One 5x5 pen may be rented per farm/business at the cost of $40 for the sale of fleeces only or for use as a tack pen.
18. Sale animals are subject to the per head fee.
19. Exhibitors are responsible for hay, bedding, and straw.
20. If the superintendent feels a veterinarian has to be called in to check an animal’s health, the owner is responsible for paying the vet bill.