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Entry fee is $1 per animal. You must fill out a separate entry form for each breed or sheep you are entering and list that breed in the proper space on the form. Classes will be held for any breed of sheep with a recognized registry according to rule 7.
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Exhibitors must furnish their own feed, hay and bedding. Animals must be penned by 9 a.m. Saturday. Exhibitors may arrive Thursday evening or Friday evening, but must contact the Superintendent if they would like to do so. Exhibitors whose flocks are in the Federal Scrapie program must supply their own barriers. All effort will be made to pen program sheep together to minimize the necessity of barriers.
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All sheep must be accompanied by an official state health certificate and meet the current regulations issued by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture.
ALL sheep must have USDA or state approved ear tags in place. Health papers must be available at all times at the request of the committee and must be shown PRIOR TO UNLOADING animals.
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All entries must be clean and properly fitted. Wool breed sheep must be shown with sufficient fleece length to allow them to be properly judged.
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All sheep in breed classes must be registered with their appropriate breed registry. Certificates of Registry must accompany each animal and be available to the committee on request.
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Exhibitors are limited to not more than two breeds and may have no more than two animals per class and one entry in group classes. Sheep owned by a partnership are considered as one exhibitor. Anyone shown in a partnership is considered an exhibitor for that breed and may not show the same breed as an individual.
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A complete set of breed classes will be held for breeds represented by two or more breeders. An exhibitor must be showing five or more sheep of any one breed to be considered a breeder of that breed. Breeds represented by only one exhibitor will be combined at the discretion of the committee
or placed in AOB classes. AOB may be split at the discretion of the
committee in to meat and wool type.
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Age of animals will be figured as of September 1st but lambs may have only lamb's teeth and yearlings may show no more than four permanent teeth.
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Animals shown in group classes must have been shown in breed class.
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Owner or shepherd must be present at the time of judging.
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Sheep acquired recently, with insufficient time for registration transfer, will be accepted on the basis of proof of ownership by a sales slip, copy of the transfer papers and the health papers.
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The committee reserves the right to reject any entry for health reasons.
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Sheep may be shown in hand or in halter.
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Market lambs will be sorted by eye for weight class once in the ring. Animals shown in breed classes may not be shown as Market lambs.
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To ease procedures at the gate, all people over 12 entering the Fair Grounds will be charged admission. The Superintendent will reimburse exhibitors and issue appropriate passes at the time of registration.
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Release time will be at the discretion of the committee and staggered with those having the furthest to travel being allowed to leave first. Exhibitors are responsible for cleaning their own pens and will be given permission to leave by a committee member. Any exhibitor removing their sheep from the barn without permission will forfeit all premiums.
