On August 7, 2019, Gerald and I traveled to Hotchkiss for the Delta County Fair.
A few months before that, 4-H member Trey and his father, Bill, had come to pick up the wether they’d chosen for this year: Simba.
Simba growing up.
Bill & Trey getting ready to take Simba home.
On the morning of fair day, we were up early and had to hurry around with chores here at home, as Delta had changed their show time from 1:00 PM in the afternoon to 10:00 AM in the morning!
The good thing about the change was that it wasn’t nearly as hot at that time of day. :o)
Delta County has a very active goat community. In fact, there were so many goats entered that they had to divide the classes up as follows:
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Senior Showmanship—divided into two waves
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Intermediate Showmanship Class—divided into three waves
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Junior Showmanship class divided into two waves
Here is Trey with Simba in the Senior Showmanship class. On the far right, the judge is checking Simba out and talking to Trey. Trey’s Dad, Bill (standing back and observing), was helping the kids line up their goats. You can see him in the ring as well.
Judge checking Simba.
Look how nicely Simba stands in this picture. You can tell Trey has worked with him as he is standing just like he is supposed to.
Trey showing Simba in Senior Showmanship class.
Most of the market classes had between 8 and 10 entries so the competition was stiff. Trey’s goat Simba weighed 75 pounds, so he had 9 other goats competing against him.
Here is Trey in his Market Goat class (far left).
Trey (far left) showing Simba in Market Goat class.
Again, Simba is standing just like he needs too with Trey (though this time Simba turned his head a bit more my way!). They looked great out there.
Trey and Simba in Market Goat class.
