OGF regularly
participates in these wool events:
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Maryland Sheep & Wool
Festival (MS&WF) Howard County, MD -
May |
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Virginia
State Fair (VASF) Richmond, VA -
September |
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New York
State Fiber Festival (NYSFF) Rhinebeck, NY -
October
Leicester Longwool will be the featured breed
at NYSFF in 2009 |
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Fall Fiber Festival, Montpelier, VA - October |
We will be
participating in the Second National
Leicester Longwool Card-Grading Exhibition, scheduled by the LLBA, at the
2009 New York State Fiber Festival in Rhinebeck, NY. Contact us for information about ordering
breeding stock for delivery to the Festival. We can deliver breeding stock to any of the above events.
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OGF Festival Highlights from 2002-2007
Some
of the awards OGF Karakuls received in the past several years include:
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Supreme Champion (Best-of-Show) Ram –
VSF '02, '03, '04 & '07 |
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Supreme Champion (Best-of-Show) Ewe –
NYSFF '02
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Champion Karakul Ram – MS&WF '03,
'04. '05 & '07 and VASF '02, '03, '04, '05, '06 & '07 |
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Champion Karakul Ewe – MS&WF
'03 '04 & '07; and
VASF '02, '03, '04, '05 & '07 |
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Champion Primitive Fleece – New York
State Fiber Festival '02 & '03
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Supreme Champion Fleece - VASF
'04 ,'05 & '06 and SVFF '06 |
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Best Karakul Fleece of Show – MS&WF '02, '03, '04, '05 &
'07 |
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Premier Karakul Breeder – MS&WF '02,
'04, '05, '06 & '07
and VASF '02, '03, '04, '05, '06 & '07 |
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2007 Championship Ewe
"OGF Bridget "
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Supreme Champion, Best of Show
Fleece
Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival
"OGF Zea"
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OGF's Leicester Longwools received top honors at two fiber festivals
and the Virginia State Fair in 2006 and 2007, our first two years
of Showing.
At the 33rd Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, OGF Leicester
Longwools competed for honors with 41 other long wools representing
five breeds and 18 breeders. Dr. David Cook awarded OGF:
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Best Fleece of Show
● Reserve Champion Ram
● Reserve Champion Ewe
At
the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival,
competing with 25 breeds of sheep representing 18 farms, Dr. Geof
Ruppert awarded OGF:
● Supreme
Champion (Best of Show) Fleece
● 2nd Supreme Champion (Best of Show) Ewe
● Champion Leicester Longwool Ram
● Champion Leicester Longwool Ewe
An OGF Leicester Longwool fleece was awarded "Best
of Show" at the 2006 Virginia State Fair.
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| Our breeding for quality fleeces was again recognized at the 2007 Maryland Sheep
& Wool festival where OGF Lord Applebee was awarded Best Fleece of Show. |
"OGF Lord
Applebee"
Best Fleece of Show
MS&WF 2007 |
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MS&WF 2006
Reserve Champion Ram, "OGF Prince Albert"
Reserve Champion Ewe & Best Fleece of Show,
"OGF Annabelle" |
MS&WF 2006
"OGF Annabelle"
Reserve Champion Ewe
Best Fleece of Show
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MS&WF 2006
"OGF Prince Albert"
Reserve Champion Ram |
SVFF 2006
Champion Ram
"OGF Lord Applebee"
2007
MS&WF Best Fleece of Show |
What does it mean?
We are sometimes asked, how much weight should a
prospective buyer give to the show record of an individual ewe or
ram? The answer is simple. On a particular day that
individual animal was the best in the ring in the professional
opinion of a judge. The results of one show are
not necessarily
a guarantee of quality breeding or genetics.
Cumulatively, over a period of years, show results
can be a reliable
predictor of a high probability of genetic replication. Simply
stated, a flock that consistently places at or near the top of its
classes, representing the professional opinion of many judges over
several years (and thus several generations of sheep), offers a much
greater likelihood that the offspring from this flock will be the
same high quality as the individual ram or ewes you are considering
purchasing. |
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