6th Annual Fallon Gold & Silver Llama Show
Fallon, Nevada
NO GROOM
May 2, 3 & 4, 2008
Place: Churchill County Fairgrounds, Fallon, Nevada
ALSA-sanctioned Llama Show
May 2 - 4, 2008
No Groom
Churchill County Fairgrounds Fallon, Nevada
The Llama and More Association (LAMA) Show will be held on May 2 -4, 2008 at the Churchill County Fairgrounds located at 325 Sheckler (South Taylor (US 95) and Sheckler Road), in the “Oasis of Nevada”, Fallon, Nevada. The site has a 90'x200' covered arena and dirt floor 16' x 16' covered pipe panel stalls. Full RV and dry camping is available. RV dump station on site. No groom means that the llamas should only look clean without a lot of winter debris. Some llamas may have already been to a groomed show. Judges are instructed to ignore grooming. Please refer questions to show superintendent or Les Flynn (775) 424-1217 or e-mail
Judges:
Linda Hayes (Colorado) - Gold Show
Pam Jensen (Wisconsin) - Silver Show
Superintendent: Sherri Flynn, Spittin’ Distance Acres, (775) 424-1217
SPECIAL NOTE: Show motel – The host hotel has not been selected. Please check the Fallon Accommodations sections for the latest information. See Fallon Accommodations below for additional options.
CHECK-IN will be Friday, May 2, from noon to 7 pm. If a later check-in is requested please contact Sherri or Les Flynn at above number. ALSA members must show their valid membership card at check-in or send a copy with registration. Non-Nevada residents require a current health certificate at check-in.
The Alpaca and Llama Show Association approves this show. All rules and guidelines for this show will be in accordance with the current edition ALSA Handbook. Exhibitors must be the registered owners and make entry in the exact names (owner and animal) as shown on the registration certificate. Exception: exhibitors may use the “Permission to Show” form provided by ALSA, which grants permission from owner on the registration certificate to a person who is purchasing an animal to show that animal under their own name. Exhibitors may or may not be handlers.
All llamas entered in approved classes, with the exception of youth classes, must be registered or have passed screening with the International Lama Registry (ILR) or the Canadian Livestock Record Corporation (CLRC). If non-breeder llamas are not registered and wish to be in the ALSA award system and show in halter, they must show in the adult non-breeder halter class. Non-breeder llamas must be accompanied by a registration or veterinarian certificate verifying the animal is a gelding, a vasectomized male, or a spayed or non-reproductive female.
Photocopies of registration papers must be sent with the entry form. Failure to meet this requirement prohibits entry in the show. Base age date is December 3, 2007. All llamas must be at least 5 months old.
AWARDS:
Ribbons will be awarded for first through fifth place in each class. In addition, ribbons will also be awarded to all Halter, Driving, Performance, and Youth Grand and Reserve Grand Champions. Novice Performance classes will be awarded ribbons for non-ALSA Grand & Reserve Champions.
ENTRIES FEES:
Entry fees are $12 per entry per show. Youth entries are half price ($6). Please make check payable to Llamas and More Association and mail all entries to the Show Secretary Les Flynn, Spittin’ Distance Acres, 63 RaHonda Drive, Sparks, NV 89441. ENTRY DEADLINE: Entries are postmarked by April 11, 2008. Entries postmarked after this date are welcome, however entry fees will be $15 per entry, unless discussed with the Show Secretary before April 11th. Entries may not be listed in the show program after April 11th. Please get your entries in on time. Early entries are always appreciated! Note: Entries made at the show will remain $12.
PEN FEES:
Fees are $35 per 16’ x 16’ covered pipe panel stalls and are for Friday, May 2nd, thru Sunday May 4th. There are also horse barn stalls, 12 x 12, that are slightly farther away from the show arena. They are $25 per stall. Exhibitors needing to use the stalls Thursday or Sunday night to leave by 9 am, May 5 th, 2008 must pay an additional fee of $10. The stalls must be cleaned or LAMA will be charged a fee of $5 per pen for cleaning. If pens are needed for an additional period of time, please check with the Superintendent to make arrangements. There are a limited number of the covered pipe panel stalls. Assignment will be made on a first-come, first-served basis as registrations are received. Overflow will go to the horse barn. Self-penning is allowed at no additional fee as space permits.
SHOW FEES:
There is a $5 ALSA fee for each llama entered per show. Non-ALSA members must pay a $30 fee per ranch per show for showing their animals.
SPONSORSHIPS:
Class sponsorships will cost $20.00 per class, $40.00 for Grand or Reserve Grand Champion. Sponsors will receive recognition in the Show Program and throughout the event from the Show Announcer.
SHOW PROGRAM:
All entries received before the entry deadline will be listed in their respective classes and the exhibitor roster in the show program. Advertising is being accepted for the show program.
Advertising rates:
Full page Ad $45
Half page Ad $25
Business Card Ad: $15 (enclose business card with entry)
Please note: Entries and advertising received after April 11, 2008 are not guaranteed to be printed in the show program.
VENDORS:
Vendors are welcome without being charged a space fee in exchange for sponsoring a Grand or Reserve Grand class and a business card ad. If all Grand and Reserve classes are sponsored, two (or more) individual classes may be sponsored. This is an outdoor show. Tables and chairs will not be provided.
50-50 DRAWING & DINNER BARBECUE:
A 50-50 drawing will be conducted after the barbecue dinner Saturday night. The entire meal will be provided by LAMA except for the drinks. We will have a special twist for the 50-50. There will be 2 winning tickets drawn – the first ticket will get 20% of the revenue and the second will get 30%. LAMA will get the other half. Tickets will be $2 each or 6 for $10. Those buying the $10 ticket block with their entries will get a bonus ticket with each block.
Fallon Accommodations
RV Campground:
A $15.00 per night charge will be assessed any vehicle parking in the RV spaces at the Fairgrounds whether or not hook-ups are used. No animals can be self-penned in the RV area. Dry camp is $5 per night. Reservations are necessary. Penning permitted in area around arena only, not in the formal campground.
Motels/Hotels:
Bonanza Inn & Casino
855 W. Williams
Fallon, NV. 89406
(775) 423-6031
Holiday Inn Express & Stockman’s Casino
55 Commercial Way
Fallon, NV. 89406
(775) 428-2588
Best Inn & Suites
1830 W. Williams (US 95)
Fallon, NV 89406
(775) 423 5554
Microtel Inn & Suites
1051 W. Williams
Fallon, NV. 89406
(775) 428-0300
Motel 6
1705 S. Taylor
Fallon, NV 89406
(775) 423-2277
LAMA Show GOLD & SILVER May 2 - 4, 2008
SHOW RULES:
Exhibitors must be the registered owners and make entry in the exact names (owner and animal) as shown on the registration certificate. Exception: Exhibitors may use the "Permission to Show" form provided by ALSA, which grants permission from the owner on the Registration Certificate to a person who is purchasing an animal to show that animal under their own name. Exhibitors may or may not be handlers. NOTE: Handler attire should be appropriate for the class. Shoes should be appropriate for the show ring (open toed shoes, sandals, or bare feet will disqualify the exhibitor).
HALTER CLASSES:
All llamas shall be present for judging with a halter and lead rope with no additional decorations. Halters shall not have tassels, pompoms or other removable decorations.
No ranch, personal, animal, organizational name, logo, or insignia shall be displayed on the exhibitor of animal during the class.
Nursing llamas cannot be accompanied in the ring by their crias or vice versa. ALSA recommends not showing nursing mothers or crias.
A Judge may dismiss animals exhibiting unruly or unsafe behavior from the ring. Dismissal can take place even before the animal gets in the ring if show personnel bring the matter to a Judge's attention.
Show management may dismiss an exhibitor and their animal from participation at the show if the exhibitor mistreats their animal.
Llamas may not be moved from one class to another after halter judging has begun, except at the Judge's discretion.
Exhibitors are responsible for having their animal to the show ring on time. Classes will start as soon as previous class winners are announced and dismissed.
An exhibitor shall not knowingly show where there is a conflict of interest with the Judge; the burden of responsibility is with the owner, exhibitor or trainer to recognize a conflict of interest. (See current edition of the ALSA Handbook.)
Youth 9 through 18 may show intact males. It is recommended that youth under 8 years not show intact males and youth 8 years through 12 years not show intact males over 24 months of age.
PERFORMANCE CLASSES:
Halter class rules also apply.
Llamas must make an attempt at each obstacle.
In adult classes, if the entrant does not complete obstacle , they should be judged accordingly and then go on to the next obstacle.
A llama or handler going off-course cannot place over an animal that completed the course.
Coaching from the sidelines by spectators is discouraged and may compromise the exhibitor’s scoring.
After refusals at three obstacles, it will then be mandatory for the Judge to dismiss the exhibitor from the course. This procedure is not to be used in Youth classes without prior agreement of show management and explanation to the exhibitors.
In obstacle classes, it is at the Judges discretion whether the handler must negotiate the obstacles.
Only voice and hand commands may be used in performance classes.
No written notes may be used in performance classes.
In all packing classes, the handler and the animal must negotiate the obstacles, except loading in vehicles, and any obstacle wherein a separate handler route has been defined or provided.
Exhibitors may request the Judge provide a review of their individual score cards. Scorecards may not be reviewed without the permission of the Judge. All score sheets should remain property of the Judge and only interpreted by the Judge with exhibitors on an individual basis.
Exhibitors may not view other exhibitors’ scorecards.
BREEDING LLAMAS WOOL DIVISIONS:
BOTH female and male: Shorn animals must be shown in the wool division in which they would have been shown PRIOR to shearing.
Light Wool:
Minimal body wool, short neck wool with smooth legs Medium Wool: Moderate to long body wool, minimal to moderate neck wool, moderate leg wool
Heavy Wool:
Abundant body and neck wool with minimal to abundant leg wool (i.e., leg wool at least to knee and hock)
Suri:
Fibers are grouped into a very distinctive and well-defined lock structure. Decision of judges final if the llama can show in this class.
AGE DIVISIONS:
Juvenile: 5 through 12 months
Yearling: 13 through 24 months
Two Year Old: 25 through 36 months
Adult: 37 months and over
On a llama's birthday, the llama moves up to the next older class.
SEX DIVISIONS:
MALE classes are for intact males. It is recommended that the testicles on a male be visible. If necessary, the fiber on the tail should be trimmed so that the Judge can easily see the testicles on the walk at approximately six feet behind the animal.
FEMALE classes are for fertile, breeding females.
NON-BREEDING LLAMAS
These classes are for geldings, vasectomized males, and spayed or non-reproductive females. There are no sex or wool divisions. A registration or veterinarian certificate verifying status must accompany these llamas.
YOUTH CLASSES
All youth 8 through 18 years, as of January 1, 2007 may show in these classes. Junior is 8-10 years; Intermediate is 11-13 years, and Senior is 14-18 years. Youth classes may be combined if there are not eight entries in a youth division.
GRAND AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
These classes will be offered for each sex and wool division, as well as for non-breeder and performance. These classes are composed of the llamas placing in the first two places of each division or class. Grand Champion will be selected from the first place llamas in each age division or class. Reserve Grand Champion will be selected from the remaining first and second place llamas from the Grand Champion’s age division.
GET OF SIRE
Each entry must include three offspring by the same sire by at least two different dams. All get must first be shown in their appropriate halter class age division. While the entry is in the sire's name and awards likewise recognize the sire, the sire is not shown in this class. The get may be decided after halter classes, but must be listed with the clerk before this class is held. If the exhibitor(s) is/are not the sire's owner, they must have written permission of the sire's owner to show.
PRODUCE OF DAM
Each entry must include two offspring by the same dam. All produce must be shown in their appropriate halter class age division. While the entry is in the dam's name and awards likewise recognize the dam, the dam is not shown in this class. The produce may be decided after halter classes, but must be listed with the clerk before this class is held. If the exhibitors) is/are not the dam's owner, they must have written permission of the dam's owner.
PERFORMANCE CLASSES:
OBSTACLE CLASS
The purpose of this class is to demonstrate the well-trained animal's obedience and willingness to complete the activities requested by the handler.
PACK CLASS
This class is designed to present or simulate the conditions and obstacles actually encountered when packing with llamas on the trail. Llamas 37 months and older must carry at least 40 lbs; exhibitors must provide a saddle with two cinches, suitable for back-country use, complete with weight and fill material as per regulations. Llamas 5-36 months will carry a pack filled with lightweight bulk material.
PUBLIC RELATIONS CLASS
This class is for the animal that participates in community activities, goes to schools, hospitals, service clubs, parades, charity functions, children's homes, and rehabilitation therapy with a variety of patients, TV or other media appearances for promotion.
PERFORMANCE GRAND AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPIONS
This class is a tabulated award. Animals must be shown in at least two of the following performance classes: Advanced Obstacle (required), Advanced Pack and Advanced Public Relations.
SHOWMANSHIP CLASS
A showmanship class is a demonstration of the handler's ability to show his/her animal to its best advantage at halter. Judging is based on the exhibitor's basic skills in following directions and style of presenting the animal to a Judge for evaluation. The animal's conformation is not to be considered. Handler's attire should be appropriate for the class.
PLEASURE DRIVING
Pleasure Diving shows the suitability of the llama to provide a pleasant drive. Minimum age is 24 months. Llamas will show as a group and may be in single or team hitch.
OBSTACLE DRIVING (Returning this year!)
This class is designed to show the obedience, calmness and agility of a driving llama when negotiating obstacles typically encountered while out on a drive. Llamas will compete one at a time.
NOVICE
Novice classes are for animals that have not placed 1st to 3rd more than 3 times in the respective Novice Class. It is your chance to try an animal or yourself in these ALSA classes. Ribbons will be awarded through 5th place. Non-ALSA Grand & Reserve Grand Champion will also be awarded.