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 December 10-12, 2010.  Corpus Christi, TX.  Bruno was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show!  It was a tough show.  A lot of high scoring cats attended.  As a result, Bruno made best of breed Ragdoll in ten out of 18 rings, but was only called back for four finals.  Yet, I'm happy that he did receive those finals because he was able to advance his points even just a little bit.  Fate Mays puts on a terrific show.  Frances Harshaw was the best hospitality lady ever.  :)  Can't believe it won't be until February that we're back showing in Texas, but we're looking forward to our next show and seeing all our friends next year.  Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Bruno's Finals

2nd Best AB Cat - A. Sosa

2nd Best AB Cat - M. Anderson

9th Best AB Cat - Don Caruthers

6th Best LH Cat - D. Brown

 December 3-5, 2010.  Tucson, AZ.  Bruno was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show!   What a fantastic show.  I'm so glad I made the trip to Tucson.  Everything about my show weekend was magnificent -- the show/hotel venue, the fantastic exhibitors, the tasty food prepared by the club members, all the great memories I made, etc.  I will never forget this show.  It will always hold a sweet memory for me.  Perhaps because it was great seeing old friends while hanging out with my current ones, or maybe just because I felt that much closer to California's sunshine.  But in any event, I'm just happy about the whole experience.

 November 20 & 21, 2010.  Waxahachie, TX.  Bruno was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show!  Words cannot describe the joy showing Bruno brings to me.  Bruno is a once in a lifetime Ragdoll for me, and now that his mother's been spayed, he's all I have left of her lines and I want to do Daphne proud.  Bruno is so easy to show.  He gets that from his father, Aristede as well as his mother.  Bruno is the end result of many years of breeding on my part for what I consider to be a nearly perfect Ragdoll.  I'd say perfect but there's always room for improvement. :)  In any event, he's the perfect balance between his father, Aristede, and his mother.

 November 5-7, 2010.  Lancaster, PA.  Bruno was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show!  This was my first time attending the Lancaster show, and it's a big show with a lot of down time inbetween the rings.  I like a faster paced show in general, so I'm not certain this will become an annual event for me.  One thing's for sure, a lot of excellent Ragdoll competition.  Bruno went neck and neck with three other top quality Ragdolls the entire weekend. 

The big surprise and cause for considerable excitment was that Laszlo's littermate sister, RegencyRags Simply Delicious of Willowtreerags, won an 8th Best AB kitten final out of something like 80 kittens.  Way to go Della and Mable!

Bruno's Finals

9th Best AB Cat - T. Jones

6th Best LH Cat - T. Jones

7th Best AB Cat - E. Weitz

9th Best AB Cat - D. Barnes

October 23-24, 2010. Albuquerque, NM. Bruno was BEST IN SHOW! as well as Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show! Another great show for Bruno.  He's simply the most loving and devoted cat I've ever had and I feel so honored that Bruno is my current show companion. His spirit is so gentle and when we're at the shows he does his very best to please me.  Bruno is definitely the best cat I've ever had -- even above Aristede and Angelique.  I know - unbelievable.  But that's how special he is to me.

 October 16-17, 2010. Tukwila, WA. Another great show for Bruno.  This time he picked up his Supreme Grand Champion title!  I'm so pleased and excited by this handsome boy.  I also picked up my new seal mitted girl -- Hugaragdoll Amazing of Regencyrags.  She's a regular beauty queen, that's for sure and proved it by taking home four finals.

October 2-3, 2010. Austin, TX.  Bruno was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show!  Another great show for Bruno.  He's still having a great time showing off his best qualities -- and he has a lot of those. ;)  Just like a teenager would, Amy announced she's no longer into this showing deal, so I let her sit out this time.  I'll bring her back later once she's in the adult class.  I also brought along Laszlo, the three month old boy out of Aristede x Sabrina.  The first day he was so scared of all the noise and the other cats, but once he found out he got to play with lots of toys and got treats he settled down and enjoyed himself.  I can't wait until his first kitten show. Hopefully I'll be posting Laszlo finals within the next month!

Bruno's Finals

9th Best AB Cat - Wendy Klamm

8th Best AB Cat - Dr. Pflueger

4th Best AB Cat - Vickie Fisher

8th Best AB Cat - Nancy Parkinson 

 September 18-19, 2010.  Wichita, KS.   Bruno was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show!   What an amazing show!  First off, it was so much fun and I met a bunch of new exhibitors -- some I know will be long time friends.  We helped run each other's cats, notified each other of the rings we were in and if our cat had a final.  Just a great group of people.  This is definitely a show I'll consider for next year.  The big news is Bruno is now a Quadruple Grand Champion!  He's an amazing boy.  In all twelve rings he was Best of Breed Ragdoll.  I'm so happy with the way he continues to develop into a strong muscular Ragdoll with a long body, long legs, long tail, super plush and silky coat put altogether with that incredible Ragdoll personality. 

I took a youtube video of his Best Cat with Vickie Fisher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpy8CMhj6EE

Bruno's Finals

 August 21-22, 2010.  Lafayette, LA.   Bruno was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show!  Another highly competitive show.  There are several beautiful Ragdolls currently competing in the SC Region!  Although, the good news is that Bruno earned his Double Grand this weekend.  We are looking to Triple or even Quad at his next show!

Amy had stiff competition from two gorgeous bicolors.  It's always difficult for the mitteds to compete, but she still ended up taking home two bitty finals.  Fate Mays gave her honorable mention in his ring.

July 31 - August 1, 2010.  Denver, CO.   Bruno was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show!  What a fantastic show!  This was my first time in Colorado and I certainly did enjoy it.  I came home with plenty of finals, a new champion, and some new Ragdoll friends.  One of the joys of traveling to shows outside my region is the new friendships I make with not only Ragdoll breeders, but with other exhibitors as well.  Of course, the biggest news is that Bruno is now a Champion with two finals away from his Grand.

Amy also made a promising debut.  She's a good size girl with an exquisite scoop and extra strong chin.  I'm absolutely in love with this amazing girl.  She earned her first final at only four months old in an All Breed ring consisting of 41 other kittens!  She earned Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in 7 out of 12 rings, but was only called back for the one final.  The competition was stiff to say the least.  But we are thrilled that Bobbi adored our girl as much as we do and that she brought her back for that final. 

June 27, 2010.  Orange, TX.   For the first time in years, I only attended one day of the two day Orange, TX show.  As such, there's no chance of Bruno's attaining Best of Breed Ragdoll for the third time in so many shows, but by attending at least one day of the show he was able to keep up his show persona.  It's very easy for young adults to fall out of their show habits, which is why we keep running them through their kitten career. 

Bruno's Finals

BEST LH Kitten - Al Walbrun

2nd Best AB Kitten - Fate Mays

 June 12, 2010.  Ft. Worth, TX.  Bruno was Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in show!  Bruno is certainly following in his sister, Skye's, footsteps!  We had another great show with him and I am so pleased with this phenomenal male.  Right now at just turning 7 months old, Bruno weighs 12 lbs!  I expect great things from this boy...

 April 24-25, 2010.  Oklahoma City, OK.  Sabrina was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show!  AND Brunowas Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in show!  
RegencyRags had a spectacular end to a sensational beginning of the show season. Sabrina went in with a bang and finished as da bomb!  She's my highest scoring Ragdoll cat to date having now surpassed even Aristede and Daphne.  I knew this girl had a something special about her the first time I saw a picture of her at 8 wks old, but it took me a while to figure she'd go this far. 

Congratulations Sabrina!  You've been an outstanding companion to me, Schuyler and most recently Bruno as we journeyed through the TICA show season 2009-2010.

Bruno also had quite an ending to this show season!  I'm so proud of this boy.  He's super big with great boning and a marvelous personality.  Due to his birth date he's one of those unfortunate kittens who'll have a split show career.  I truly believe that had Bruno the opportunity to show his full four months during the 2009-2010 show season I'd have another regional win contender on my hands.  He's that good!

 April 10-11, 2010.  San Antonio, TX.  What a show!  We're getting down to the wire now with our regional win scores and I'm so committed in encouraging my cats to do as well as they can for our South Central Region.  Sabrina says she's ready to stay home for good and have kittens.  Bruno says he loves to show and wants to keep going.  I'm exhausted and am looking forward to a nice long break after the upcoming Oklahoma City Show. 

April 10 -11, 2010.  Arcadia, CA.  Schuyler, now known as Sky Blue and living in California, attended her second adult show this weekend.  She earned a 2nd Best AB Cat in Laurie Schiff's ring.  She's now two finals away from her Grand Champion title.  Way to go Schuyler!  I miss her.

March 26, 27 & 28, 2010.  Houston, TX.  Schuyler is a champion at her very first adult show!  I'm so very pleased at how my baby girl has grown up to be such a magnificent young adult.  With three more finals she'll be a grand champion.  Maybe next month?

I also had the opportunity to throw Sabrina a Supreme Party
Yes, that is her likeness!

Picture courtesy of Saroko Cattery

February 13-14, 2010.  Waco, TX.  Schuyler was Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten! So Schuyler ends her kitten career....  I had a strange sense of elation and sadness as I scooped Schuyler out of her very last kitten final in Mary Lou Anderson's ring on Sunday afternoon.  We'd been such a good team, Schuyler and I, and now we were finished. 

Schuyler made a fantastic finish to her delightful debut in the Ragdoll kitten class!  Sabrina also pulled in a few more finals.

  February 5-7, 2010.  Reading, PA.  That's right, Schuyler and I were in the Philadelphia area just in time for a blizzard!  It wasn't nearly as bad as you'd think, and being from areas that never get snow, I actually found it exciting.  On Saturday morning the cars were packed with snow.  The hotel's maintenance guy dug out the rental car with a shovel, then I got to sweep all the snow off the car and scrape the ice off the windows!  Wished I had taken a picture of me in action with that snow brush.  :)  Terrific fun, that snow brush.

Independence Hall w/snow from the blizzard

I'd always wanted to see Independence Hall since I was a girl.  This is the closest I got.
Maybe I'll actually get inside this historical monument during the 2011 TiCA Annual.

January 23-24, 2010.  Ft. Walton Beach, FL.  Sabrina was BEST of BREED Ragdoll Cat in show!  If you haven't noticed, I love going to cat shows!  Even the ones far away are fantastic -- like this Ft. Walton show.  The girls and I drove all the way from Houston -- a hefty nine hour drive -- but it was worth every hour just getting to drive across the magnificent South and meet the people along the way.  I'll always be a California girl at heart, but I agree that the South is one of the best places you can live!

Sabrina's finals:

BEST AB Cat - Vicki Jo Harrison

7th Best AB Cat - Nancy Parkinson

5th Best LH Cat - Theresa Kempton

Schuyler's finals:

6th Best LH Kitten - Theresa Kempton

January 16-17, 2009.  Vinton, LA.  Schuyler was Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in show.  Besides taking home those coveted awards, the best thing about showing is the group of people you get to see at each show.  It's great to catch up with each other between shows.  We even had a visitor from Beaumont, the owners of Drusus who's the girls' cousin.  Then, as you can see, this was another fabulous show for my girls, Sabrina and Schuyler!   I am smiling!

December 11-13, 2009.  Corpus Christi, TX.   Going into this show I knew Sabrina was set to Supreme, but to get that BEST CAT at the right time is often illusive, especially at a big show like Corpus.  My quite voice said she could do it, and she did! Sabrina is a Supreme Grand Champion!  Special thanks to Ana Maria Sosa for honoring my girl with the Best Cat that made this happen.

Schuyler also had a good time at this show.  She's steadily accumulating points for a kitten award.

November 7-8, 2009.  Lafayette, LA.  All I can say about this show is all around stiff competition!  The kitten class of 55 kittens contained the best kittens in the SC as well as many in the SE region. 

As such, my darling Schuyler, who was Best of Breed Ragdoll kitten in 11 out of 12 rings, only came home with one final.  The judges agreed that she's an outstanding example of the Ragdoll, but much too young to compete against the older kittens in the other breeds presented at this show.

Schuyler took home one final:  10th Best AB Kitten - Don Caruthers.

Sabrina fared much better, earning three finals and finishing off her Quadruple Grand Champion title. 

Sabrina's Finals:

5th Best AB Cat - Harley DeVilbiss

7th Best AB Cat - Don Caruthers

4th Best LH Cat -  Stephanie Smith

Since I was so tired after showing these two girls three weekends in a row, I never had the energy to even pull out my camera to take any pictures.  However, I promise pictures at our next show.  Will Sabrina Supreme?  I sure do hope so!  Who's with me? ;)

October 31-November 1, 2009.  Waxahachie, TX.  It felt so good to be showing again in the SC after a two month absence of shows!  The cats and I had a wonderful time.  We took home several finals, plus Julia, my darling exchange student from France experienced her first cat show ever.  Julia also had the opportunity to steward for two rings during the weekend.

Schuyler's Kitten Finals

Even with tough competition and a high kitten count of 60, this baby girl - still four months old - managed to earn Best of Breed Ragdoll kitten in five out of 12 rings and get three finals out of 12. 

Sabrina's Cat Final

October 23-25, 2009. Albuquerque, NM.  Schuyler was Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in show. RegencyRags My Lady Delight (i.e. Schuyler, i.e. Schuye, i.e. Schuye Blue), a tender tribute to her award winning parents, Daphne & Aristede, made a grand near sweep at her very first show this weekend.  She delighted the judges with her playful personality and tendency to kiss and snuggle with them all.  She received rave reviews amidst great surprise that she had only just turned four months old for this show.  In all, Schuyler came home with 12 ribbons out of 18 rings.

Update:  Schuyler finished 4th Best AB Kitten in Show! -- What an amazing start to a grand show career.

Not to be forgotten, Sabrina also did her thing taking home four more ribbons which catapultes her to Double Grand Champion status!  Schuyler's Kitten Finals

August 29-30, 2009. Newark, NJ.  Sabrina's done it again!  Three more rosettes this time won at the Mid-Atlantic Regional.  What a treat to meet some of the east coast breeders and pick up some more points along the way.  Sabrina is currently two rosettes short of being a Grand Champion.

6th Best AB -- Don Caruthers
10th Best AB -- Connie Webb
6th Best SP -- Barbara Kissinger

 Me & Snowbelle

As a special treat, I had my picture taken with this gorgeous white
Persian, Snowbelle -- TICAs BEST CAT 2004-2005.
She's now retired from breeding and has begun a show career in the Alter Class. 
I'd never held a Persian before, and her owner, Pat,
was kind enough to let me have my first experience.
 
I'm in love!  Snowbelle is extra special to me because I
saw her for the first time when I was competing
with Angelique who is herself now retired.

August 1-2, 2009. Wichita Falls, TX.  Even up against the exquisite older boys brought out by Familytimerags, Sabrina managed to take home two ribbons!  This beautific girl is a Champion at the very young age of 8 months and 4 days old.    Just four more rosettes and she'll be a Grand Champion.

UPDATE:  Sabrina walked away with BEST Ragdoll kitten and 5th Best All Breed Kitten in Show!

July 18-19, 2009.  New Braunfels, TX.  Sabrina was Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in show. Sabrina takes Texas by Storm!  At her very first show in Texas, Sabrina took home eight ribbons -- including three BEST All Breed Kitten out of 39 kittens total -- at the TICA South Central Regional Show.  I can't begin to tell you how much fun we had. ;)  We met a lot of new faces, and made what I hope will be some lasting friendships.  Here's a review of Sabrina's wins...

Many thanks to the wonderful Mission City Cat Club members for making this show such a delight to attend!  Also, thanks to the  fearless judges who dare to handle 150 cats in one day. 

June 14, 2009.  Arcadia, CA.  Sabrina made yet another dazzling appearance in Arcadia, taking home three more ribbons!  Thank you, Heather, for getting Sabrina sparkling white for the show!

3rd Best Longhair Kitten -- Stephanie Smith

3rd Best Longhair Kitten -- Kim Tomlin

2nd Best Longhair Kitten -- Anne Rittzinger

 May 30-31, 2009.  Nagoya, Japan.  Ch. RegencyRags Adonis of Burst took home three finals at the Nagoya cat show in Japan.  He's well on his way to attaining his Grand Championship.  Many thanks to Ryoko, who has done wonderful work with Adonis in preparing him for show.  What a handsome boy!

May 30, 2009.  Arcadia, California.  Sabrina was Best of Breed Ragdoll Kitten in show. SnuggleRags Sebring of RegencyRags made a stunning debut at the Arcadia show this weekend.  At six months old, she took home three ribbons.  Thank you so much, Heather, for being my agent and handling Sabrina so well.  You're the best!!

Sabrina's show results:

2nd best Allbreed kitten-- Anne Ritzinger

2nd best Specialty LH kitten -- Heather Roberts

4th best Allbreed kitten-- Heather Roberts

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