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JUDD WEIL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hopping its way to the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, the Central Regional Rabbit Club plans to showcase over 1,000 rabbits over the weekend, starting April 14, at the Central Regional Rabbit Show.
The Central Regional Rabbit Show will feature the Netherlands Dwarf Spring Nationals and the Rhinelander Spring Nationals.
“We've got over 1,000 rabbits coming to Hutchinson,” said Sara Michaud with the Central Regional Rabbit Club. “Most of them will start coming in Thursday, most of them will have to be there by Friday, and then the show will start on Saturday.”
The rabbits will be judged by people from all over the U.S.
The Central Regional Rabbit Club has been putting on the Spring Nationals for four to five years.
“This is the individual big breeds show of the year until we have nationals in October, and that will be in Louisville, Kentucky,” Michaud said.
The leadup to a rabbit show is just breeding the right stock to meet the ‘standard of perfection.’
Michaud, herself, has been raising rabbits since she was a child.
“It's just a hobby that most of us started either with kids in it or as kids and just have enjoyed them,” Michaud said.
Michaud believes raising rabbits is a learning experience that teaches responsibility, especially with details such as the right feed and right cage.
Through her years of involvement in show rabbits, Michaud has worked her way up to a show judge and will be judging at the Central Regional Rabbit Show.
Rabbits for the show will have to be registered by Friday, April 14.
There will be a royalty contest for youth on Friday.
Then on Saturday, April 15, the main show will start at 8 a.m. Due to how many rabbits there are, this show may run a little longer.
On Sunday, April 16, an all-breed show will also start at 8 a.m. People from anywhere in Kansas will be able to show any of their breeds, not just the two breeds being shown on Saturday.
The Central Regional Rabbit Show will take place at the Kansas State Fairgrounds at 2000 N. Poplar St. in Hutchinson.
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