a Opinião da Juíza

A Sra. Evelyne van Vliet, juiza das nossas duas últimas exposições, teve a amabilidade de nos escrever transmitindo-nos assim a sua opinião sobre o CAPI, as Exposições e os Porquinhos em geral. De seguida publicamos o texto original na integra:

" It was a great privilege to be able to come and judge in Portugal twice this year.I was overwhelmed and to a degree a bit surprised by the quality of the exhibits at the show in Lisbon in April as well as the show in Ericeira in October.

On both occasions, I was struck by the amount of exhibits belonging to the longhaired breeds category. Bearing in mind that there are not many shows being held in Portugal at the moment, I have great respect for all those longhaired fanciers, who breed these breeds, but more importantly who keep them in coat for only a handful of outings per year.

On my two visits, BIS in three out of four categories was a longhaired exhibit: a Sheltie in the Junior show in April; a Coronet in the Junior show in October and a Texel in the Adult section in the April show. All three exhibits were fine examples of their respective breeds.

A Teddy was BIS in the Adult classes at the October show, breaking the “stranglehold” that the longhairs seem to have on these awards.

What struck me straight away was how fit, clean and well presented all exhibits were. No traces of static lice (hay mite) and running lice, which deserves a huge compliment to all exhibitors.

So, how come that the standard of exhibition cavies is so high in Portugal ? After all, the club has only been going for about 4 or 5 years; so therefore the hobby is relatively new.

Well, I think CAPI is very lucky to have quite a few members on board that have already earned their stars in showing other kinds of animals; e.g. dogs.

It is very apparent that the cavies are bred, kept and shown by people who understand how to breed a good show specimen and how to present it correctly before a judge.

Like all major top exhibitors, they have developed an eye for quality and balance in animals, which has helped them choose, select and import foundation stock from countries such as Holland, Germany, Scandinavia and even as far away as Canada.

From a visitor's point of view, it seems to me that the club members also get on very well with each other and have great respect for one another.

A lot of talking and comparing cavies between each other can only help towards more and more exhibitors becoming very successful in their hobbies.

One word of advice, though, please keep your bloodlines and breeds pure. Please do not crossbreed, especially in the longhairs, like has happened in so many other countries with the inevitable disastrous results. You have imported sound foundation stock from various sources throughout the world and that will give you a broad platform to work from for many generations to come.

Dear CAPI members: your shows are expertly organised and your exhibits are of a high quality that could easily compete with the very best in Europe . I am sure the Club will go from strength to strength as will your shows. I am very confident that the cavy fancy in Portugal is kept in very safe hands.

I wish you all continued pleasure, fun and great success with your cavies and hope that we will meet up soon at a European cavy show.

I has been a great honour for me to judge your cavies on two occasions and tremendous pleasure to meet you all; I greatly enjoyed your company.

Evelyne van Vliet "

Novo Campeão

O Porquinho Peruano Carisma's Mister Perfekt conseguiu o C.A.C necessário para terminar o Campeonato nesta Exposição, pelo que é o mais novo Campeão de Portugal. Parabéns a ele e à sua proprietária, a Rita Ribeiro.

Ver Galeria de Campeões em :

http://capi.com.sapo.pt/campeoes.htm

VI EXPO CAPI - Os Vencedores

Best In Show - Amazing Angelique (US-Teddy) de Monica Cabré
















2º Best in Show - Veritas Belladona (Pêlo Curto Self Preto) de Mireia Cabré













3º Best in Show - Quirinius da Cavilândia (Sheltie) de Verena Fuchs










Os Porquinhos

















Foto dos BIS

















MELHOR JUNIOR - Regalia's Tea Cake de Miguel Castelo
















Finalistas para Melhores Júniores

















Nesta Exposição, foi também consagrado como Campeão de Portugal, o Porquinho de Raça Peruana Carisma's Mister Perfekt de Rita Ribeiro

VI EXPO CAPI - O Julgamento

O Julgamento dos Porquinhos a Concurso demorou mais de 6 horas e todas as suas caracteristicas foram vistas com atenção pelos nossos juizes, a Sra. Evelyne van Vliet e o Sr. David Marshall, que demonstraram mais uma vez o seu saber e conhecimento, permitindo que todos os presentes tenham aprendido mais um pouco. Também fica registado o apreço do clube pelo trabalho do Cláudio Ribeiro e da Verena Fuchs, que foram os assistentes dos juízes.

VI EXPO CAPI - Os Porquinhos

Ficam aqui algumas fotos de alguns Porquinhos que Participaram na Exposição :

VI EXPO CAPI - A Exposição

No último Sábado, dia 6 de Outubro, o Clube dos Amigos dos Porquinhos-da-índia realizou a sua VI Exposição Nacional, nas instalações da Sociedade Columbófila da Ericeira. Foi um evento muito participativo e com muito público. Participaram cerca de 120 Porquinhos-da-índia na Exposição e no Concurso Nacional, julgado pelos juizes Evelyne van Vliet e David Marshall, que pertencem ao National Cavy Club de Inglaterra. O evento foi de nivel internacional, realçado pelos juizes, pela qualidade dos Porquinhos em Exposição e pelas excelentes classificações, tendo participado vários criadores de Portugal e Espanha que exibiram os seus melhores exemplares. Ficámos muito satisfeitos pela exposição ter sido muito divulgada em Espanha, tendo havido muitos visitantes do país vizinho.

















A Entrada

















Os Trofeús, sendo que cada participante levou uma medalha de participação.

















Vista Geral das Gaiolas :
















Fica Aqui nestas fotos uma Vista Geral da Exposição. O espaço foi completamente ocupado pelos Porquinhos e o recinto teve todas as condições para acolher a exposição, tendo o clube ficado muito satisfeito com as instalações. Permitiu-nos fazer uma montagem calma e cuidada, sem preocupações e usufruir depois de uma bom dia com os nossos Porquinhos.