00:00 - My name's Alexis cash I'm from this area and I'm helping

00:02 - line up the cattle for the junior beach show today

00:05 - alright tell me about the junior beef show right

00:07 - now they're doing showmanship so what is showmanship

00:09 - so right now they're doing chairmanship which is when the juniors present their

00:12 - animal for their data so the judge is looking for foot placement and how where they

00:16 - position their animal in the ring and how

00:18 - much attention their paying have judge as well

00:21 - and what's the age range for the competition so currently it can be anyone that

00:25 - is older than eight up to eighteen and they're broken down by age division so we

00:29 - started with our kiwis ways which are the under eight year olds and then we went into

00:32 - our senior showmanship which is about sixteen eighteen

00:34 - and we kind of break it down from there based on age

00:37 - and then is there a winner for each level of competition and

00:40 - and ultimately do they compete against each other

00:42 - yeah so we'll pick a winner for each age division

00:45 - well then we'll go back in for overall the showmanship

00:48 - whoever wins that will proceed onto Friday when they

00:50 - go for all the different species here at the fair

00:53 - but I think the young lady that starts this class with one whale of the steer.

00:57 - Leeds office showmanship go pretty handily I think when

00:59 - we think about who gives me the most consistent looks

01:02 - and the best looks of that care for their work side by side or

01:05 - stay there along the rail she just does a great job

01:08 - she handles ahead of that series actually will

01:11 - deepen a

01:12 - head elevated

01:13 - and really comfortable

01:14 - as she moves around the front into that calf

01:16 - I'm here with kindly can we just won her age group for beef showmanship.

01:20 - First tell us what age group that is and then explain will be showmanship is

01:24 - the age division I competed I was

01:26 - thirteen or fifteen year olds

01:28 - they have showmanship is basically when the judge evaluates how the exhibitor.

01:33 - Shows their animal and

01:35 - a few

01:36 - key things that they're looking for as

01:38 - if the animal is set in place right and always giving the judge

01:41 - a good look at the animal

01:43 - eye contact how they navigate around the ring and other stuff like that

01:47 - and

01:48 - how do you

01:49 - how do you know do you know if you're doing a good job when you're out there

01:51 - competing or is it hard to tell what the judge is thinking

01:54 - it's really.

01:56 - Good.

01:58 - If the animal is set up right and you're looking at the judge

02:02 - you always want to be

02:03 - the last one to get pulled most of the times just depends on how the show does it

02:07 - but

02:08 - it's

02:08 - the main thing is have the animals behaving and setting up

02:11 - and how do you

02:12 - what goes into getting the animal ready for the show.

02:15 - A few different things that we like to do around our farm is

02:18 - take them around like different places around the farm that way they don't

02:21 - they aren't attached to one specific thing or another

02:24 - and just get them prepared for show and we

02:26 - always working like we're going to be at a show

02:28 - how do you get them ready right before the show do you have to

02:31 - brush or groom them

02:32 - he has a lot of hair so we wash them right before

02:35 - the show that way he said as cool as possible and nah just the main thing is grooming

02:39 - and making sure they're nice and clean

02:42 - do you know it is the temperament the same all the time or is it depend on the day no

02:46 - it depends on the day a lot of animals.

02:48 - If you work on them accordingly then they should be

02:51 - good but sometimes they have a mind of their own so

02:54 - we just hope and pray that they behave cause we're Vermont like a team

02:57 - have you ever been in a competition where

02:59 - the animal was didn't want to cooperate oh

03:01 - yeah my many times and how do you handle that

03:04 - just try and stay calm cause they read off of whatever emotion you have

03:07 - yeah

03:08 - well congratulations any

03:09 - advice if somebody's thinking about getting into

03:11 - caring for animals or competing in these shows

03:14 - yeah

03:15 - if you ever think about it always make sure just to

03:18 - maybe come watch and ask questions to know what you're getting into but

03:22 - definitely think about it cause that's a great

03:24 - association that raises amazing pets so I

03:27 - eat it in the junior age division

03:30 - and championship is a competition that

03:33 - allows competitors that

03:35 - show cattle to show off their skills

03:38 - and how they show their animal and present them

03:40 - it also gives

03:41 - them experience for later on eight years and light sellers.

03:46 - They'll.

03:47 - Tell me how you know you're doing good in the arena

03:50 - so how I know the judge

03:52 - how I know that I'm doing good by the judge's appearance is basically he keeps on

03:56 - looking at you and when he comes in like

03:59 - interacts with you it gives you sort of a hint that

04:01 - you're doing good and

04:03 - that gives you

04:03 - better luck

04:05 - how do you get the animal ready for the show

04:07 - so we usually wash them in the morning and then we come on

04:10 - and since this shows like the no fit show we just blow them out

04:14 - and then we get to take I'm

04:15 - not sure what's an okay show me.

04:17 - I can't put any like blue or products in a modest

04:20 - like you can put conditioner in but you can't put

04:23 - like adhesive which is a blue

04:24 - so

04:25 - It's pretty much snow no products what's the hardest

04:28 - part about competing in the showmanship in the end the

04:31 - most fun.

04:32 - The hardest part about computing

04:34 - is

04:35 - Like what happened to me today is

04:38 - started

04:39 - to

04:39 - And if you're in there awhile your you're

04:41 - sort of hurt and you just get

04:43 - your

04:43 - been fun isn't hard it's probably just

04:46 - seeing

04:47 - yourself go up higher and we'll

04:49 - get better at showmanship for your life

04:51 - we now need the first and second back in the ring from Oliver showmanship classes.

04:59 - Colton grim from our first class

05:01 - Lindsey Graham from our first class

05:04 - kilogram from our second class

05:06 - Payton sparks from our second class

05:09 - Kaylee Godfrey from Arthur class

05:11 - Abigail hiding it from our third class

05:14 - and the

05:15 - free

05:16 - from our fourth class

05:17 - and Kelly robinette from our fourth class.

05:21 - These are your top showman for our York fair twenty twenty six.

05:29 - Our judges looking at how well they are exhibiting our animals they are looking at

05:34 - how well they're paying attention to him and he's not only looking at our

05:39 - first

05:39 - place

05:40 - winners from each boss in the center of the

05:42 - ring but he's also looking at our second place

05:45 - exhibitors

05:46 - at the end of the rings so he's

05:48 - to be paying attention to all of the animals that are in the ring and they.

05:53 - Members that are in the

05:55 - and need to be paying attention to the judge and their

05:57 - animal is a lot for everybody to be doing all at one time.

06:05 - Yup.

06:11 - I didn't.

06:15 - Make a

06:15 - heck of a job there but.

06:26 - Family.

06:27 - Said.

06:29 - Philip.

06:32 - Room

06:32 - or do

06:33 - we work together

06:35 - all the time and

06:36 - we work on almost daily and we try to do as a team

06:40 - yeah it's kind of more of a team effort everybody pulling in the same direction.

06:44 - Try to work together and make everybody as good as possible at the same time so.

06:51 - Our family has been in it

06:53 - since we were

06:54 - born and stuff so

06:55 - pretty much since day one we've been

06:57 - around cattle.

06:58 - Broker.

07:00 - Yeah ever since we were eligible which is eight years old.

07:04 - Most of

07:05 - us.

07:05 - We've been

07:06 - friends but we've been

07:08 - patches and steam as of late so.

07:10 - Yeah whatever

07:11 - except for the super

07:13 - we go to feast on international livestock expo

07:16 - in Harrisburg pa and that's in October.

07:21 - Know what

07:22 - both of these animals are going to get sober slaughtering meat so

07:26 - they're going to be retired after this gone

07:28 - are the kind where you ended up a

07:30 - it.

07:32 - The.

07:32 - Federal reserve.

07:34 - Is a pretty cool experience that

07:36 - will probably be

07:37 - good I'm great

07:39 - a little sweaty.

07:41 - How do you feel with your sister.

07:43 - Though that'd be good

07:44 - that'd be right there

07:45 - feels great it's kind of nice seeing or come up through and

07:48 - grassroots success and do

07:50 - good for everybody.

07:53 - Are you

07:53 - fucking.

07:54 - How.

07:55 - Would you say

07:56 - what do you like best about.

07:58 - I

07:59 - Dunno we're both pretty competitive so just being

08:02 - able to do and do it together is pretty neat

08:04 - helping the younger members is probably one of the

08:06 - most rewarding pieces of

08:08 - before a thing younger members go up to the program and

08:11 - grow from

08:12 - where they started the weather out today.