Lionhead National Show Pictures and Results!

We had a grand time at our first Lionhead National Show in Columbus Ohio!  It was wonderful to meet breeders from all over the nation and exhibit my own Lionheads.  Below are some pictures of our experience as well as show results!

 Crossing from Michigan into Ohio.  The traffic was extremely heavy and lots of road work made a 4 hour trip into 5 hours.  

 

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 A fireworks show from the road!

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Columbus Skyscrapers!

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The building where the Lionhead National Show was held in conjunction with the OSRBA Mini Convention. 

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Many rows of beautiful Lionheads from all over the nation!

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And the show begins!

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Judging Lionheads

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Best of Breed and Best Opposite both went to two of my favorite homebred Lionheads!  Best of Breed is Blossom Acres' Goldenrod, a Tort-Black Jr. Doe, and Opposite is Blossom Acres' River Rapids, a REW Jr. Buck!

Pictured are the winners with their lovely awards.

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All of my entered rabbits did very well and below are the full show results!

REWs:
1st place REW Sr. Buck - GC Blossom Acres’ Arcturus
3rd place REW Sr. Buck - Blossom Acres’ Ice Storm
1st place REW Sr. Doe - Blossom Acres’ Frostnip
3rd place REW Sr. Doe - Blossom Acres’ Lake Effect
1st place REW Jr. Buck - Blossom Acres’ River Rapids
2nd place REW Jr. Buck - Blossom Acres’ Nor’easter
2nd place REW Jr. Doe - Blossom Acres’ Windchill
3rd place REW Jr. Doe - Blossom Acres’ Snowcap
BOV - Blossom Acres’ River Rapids
BOSV - Blossom Acres’ Frostnip

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Torts:
1st place Tort Jr. Doe - Blossom Acres’ Goldenrod
2nd place Tort Jr. Doe - Blossom Acres’ Tiger Lily
BOV - Blossom Acres’ Goldenrod

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Chocolates:
1st place Chocolate Jr. Doe - Blossom Acres’ English Toffee
BOV - Blossom Acres’ English Toffee

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Best White Fur - Blossom Acres’ River Rapids

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Best of Breed - Blossom Acres’ Goldenrod
Best Opposite Sex of Breed - Blossom Acres’ River Rapids

 I hope all our readers have a great week and enjoy this beautiful spring weather we have been having!

- Barbara

First Grand Champion Lionhead!

I am very happy to announce that Blossom Acres' Arcturus, my Ruby Eyed White Sr. Lionhead buck, is now a Grand Champion!  He has 5 GC legs and counting!

In previous years, Lionheads were not been able to be registered, earn GC legs, or become Grand Champions, until February of this year when they became an official ARBA recognized breed.  So although they could show and win BOB, no matter how large the class was or the number of exhibitors, they could not work towards their Grand Championships until breed recognition.  

Arcturus was born on the 7th of February, so while the rabbit show season was just picking up and Lionheads all over the country were hitting the show tables, Arcturus was busy growing with his brother and two sisters at home.  His parents are both from my own lines: Blossom Acres' Midnight Blizzard and Blossom Acres' Milky Way, and he has grandparents from my lines including Blossom Acres' Royal Blue who was the first buck that I ever retained from my own breeding. 

Arcturus always stands out on the show table with his massive mane and natural stance.  He never needs to be posed because he is always posing on his own.  The judges love him and I am very excited to start incorporating this buck in my Lionhead breeding program. 

 

GC Blossom Acres' Arcturus

Grand Champion Certificate 

Arcturus as a Baby

Lionhead Babies!

Spring is in the air with lots of Lionhead bunnies born and more on the way!  We currently have 22 Lionhead kits out of 7 moms.  We have 5 REWs, 1 Tort-Blue, 1 Tort-Black, 4 BEWs, 1 Broken Blue Silver Martin VC, 1 Broken Black VC, 8 Blacks (4 are VCs), and 1 Blue. 

Here are two of my little black does out of Peppercorn's litter.  They are cute as can be!

There are many very promising babies this spring and will be going up on the Lionheads for Sale page on our website soon. 

I have one little REW doe available right now.  I think she is a Teddy, but she may shed out.  She has really nice type and carries herself well and would be excellent bred to a buck that needs more mane.  She is 8 weeks old and $50.

We exhibited our Lionheads at the Great Lakes Rabbit & Cavy Show in Mason and took BOB Lionhead on show A with Lynette and BOS on show B.  Cornelius took BOV on both shows as well and the judges loved him.  Hopefully in a few years chocolate Lionheads can take BOB too.

Have a great week!