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Look for us next at the September 2010 show in Wichita, KS!
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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.
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Bruno's Finals
5th Best AB Cat - Toni Jones
10th Best AB Cat - Pam Barrett
4th Best LH Cat - Nancy Parkinson
7th Best LH Cat - Kim Tomlin |

Bruno earns his Double Grand Champion title in Nancy Parkinson's ring! |
Bruno earns his Grand Champion title in Pam Barrett's ring!
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Amy's Finals
10th Best LH Kitten - Joe Edwards
7th Best LH Kitten - Nancy Parkinson |
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.
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Bruno's Finals
5th Best AB Cat - Vicki Fisher
8th Best AB Cat - Alex Chisholm
10th Best AB Cat - Pat Harding
3rd Best AB Cat - Mary Lou Anderson
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Amy's Final
10th Best AB Kitten - Bobbi Tullo
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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...
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Bruno's Finals
BEST AB Kitten - Debbie Brown
2nd Best AB Kitten - Vicki Fisher
10th Best AB Kitten - Mary Lou Anderson
4th Best LH Kitten - Fate Mays |

Bruno receives a BEST AB Kitten in Debbie Brown's ring! |
April 24-25, 2010. Oklahoma City, OK. Sabrina was Best of Breed Ragdoll Cat in show! AND Bruno was 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!
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Bruno's Finals
4th Best LH Kitten - Don Caruthers
5th Best LH Kitten - Joe Edwards
2nd Best AB Kitten - Hisako Yamada
4th Best LH Kitten - Robin Sessler
7th Best AB Kitten - Debbie Brown
9th Best AB Kitten - Sue Becknell
2nd Best LH Kitten - Hisako Yamada
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That's Bruno, kitten #13, at the Ok City Show with Hisako Yamada. |
Sabrina's Finals
2nd Best LH Cat - Robin Sessler
2nd Best LH Cat - Don Caruthers
9th Best AB Cat - Vicki Jo Harrison
6th Best AB Cat - D'Ann Kovic |
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.
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Bruno's Finals
3rd Best AB Kitten - Debbie Brown
3rd Best AB Kitten - Mary Lou Anderson |

Special thanks to former TICA President Kay DeVilbiss for taking this picture of Me, Bruno and Mary Lou! |
Sabrina's Finals
3rd Best LH Cat - Ann Hoehn
3rd Best LH Cat - D'Ann Kovic
4th Best AB Cat - Ana Maria Sosa
3rd Best LH Cat - Don Caruthers |
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!
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Bruno's Final
7th Best AB Kitten - Mary Lou Anderson |
Schuyler's Finals
10th Best AB Cat - Mary Lou Anderson
6th Best AB Cat - Bobbi Tullo
6th Best LH Cat - Joe Edwards |
Sabrina's Finals
8th Best AB Cat - Joe Edwards
2nd Best LH Cat - Ana Maria Sosa
8th Best AB Cat - Bobbi Tullo
9th Best AB Cat - Don Caruthers
| 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.
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Schuyler's Finals:
8th Best AB Kitten - Karen Stinson
3rd Best AB Kitten - D'Ann Kovic
3rd Best LH Kitten - Ana Maria Sosa
2nd Best LH Kitten - Karen Stinson
9th Best AB Kitten - Mary Lou Anderson
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Sabrina's Finals:
BEST AB Cat - Don Caruthers
2nd Best LH Cat - Ana Maria Sosa
9th Best AB Cat - Fate Mays
9th Best AB Cat - Barbara Ray
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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.
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Schuyler's finals:
10th Best AB Kitten - Harley DeVilbiss
8th Best AB Kitten - Carlos Lopez
10th Best AB Kitten - Connie Web |

Me w/Schuyler in Carlos Lopez's Ring
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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!
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Sabrina's Finals:
3rd Best LH Cat - Debbie Brown
2nd Best LH Cat - Ann Hoehn
7th Best AB Cat - Debbie Brown
BEST AB CAT - Ann Hoehn
4th Best LH Cat - Fate Mays
9th Best AB Cat - Fate Mays
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 Sabrina with Fate Mays
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 Schuyler with John Creech
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Schuyler's Finals:
5th Best LH Kitten - Debbie Brown
7th Best AB Kitten - Toni Jones
4th Best LH Kitten - John Creech
9th Best AB Kitten - Debbie Brown
4th Best LH Kitten - John Creech
5th Best LH Kitten - Fate Mays
4th Best AB Kitten - Karen Stinson
3th Best LH Kitten - Karen Stinson
6th Best AB Kitten - Fate Mays |
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.
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Sabrina's Finals:
BEST LH CAT - Ana Maria Sosa
8th Best AB Cat - Harley DeVilbiss
7th Best AB Cat - Don Caruthers
6th Best LH Cat - Bobbi Tullo
6th Best Cat - Ann Hoehn
8th Best Cat - Bobbi Tullo |

Sabrina's Best LH Cat with Ana Maria Sosa! |
Schuyler also had a good time at this show. She's steadily accumulating points for a kitten award.
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Schuyler's Finals:
4th Best AB Kitten: Karen Stinson
9th Best AB Kitten: Harley DeVilbiss
2nd Best LH Kitten: Ana Maria Sosa |
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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.
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4th Best LH -- Ana Maria Sosa
4th Best AB -- Erin Brown
7th Best AB -- Hisako Yamada |
 Schuyler shows off her long tail and prize Kola Bear with Erin Brown from Austraila.
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 Julia poses with Ana Maria and Schuye after the LH Kitten final.
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Sabrina's Cat Final
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 Sabrina earned her Triple Grand Championship in Ana Maria's ring!
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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!
Special thanks to Arnold, my benching mate, who, along with his Selkirk Rex's, taught me a few more tricks of the trade! :)
Schuyler's Kitten Finals
4th Best LH -- E. Manning 4th Best AB -- E. Brown 3th Best AB -- D. Carruthers 4th Best AB -- H. Yamada 3rd Best LH -- D. Carruthers 5th Best LH -- A. Walbrun 2nd Best AB -- L. Schiff 4th Best LH -- A. Chisholm Best LH -- L. Schiff Best LH -- T. Kempton 8th Best AB -- P. Portales 3rd Best AB -- S. Mattingly
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Schuye wins BEST LH KITTEN in Laurie's Ring!
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Schuye on the judging table in Theresa's Ring. |
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Schuye wins 8th Best AB Kitten in Pascale's Ring
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Schuye wins 4th Best AB Kitten in Erin's Ring |

Schuye on display winning 5th Best LH Kitten in Al's Ring |
Sabrina's Championship Cat Finals
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3rd Best LH -- D. Carruthers 6th Best AB -- L. Schiff 4th Best LH -- T. Kempton 2nd Best LH -- L. Schiff |

Sabrina earns her Double Grand Rosette in Laurie's Ring! |
October 24-25, 2009. Nagoya, Japan. DGC RegencyRags Adonis of Burst took home four more finals this weekend in Nagoya, Japan. I am so proud of this boy and am very grateful to Ryoko for taking him out to shows in great style! Adonis is the full sister to RegencyRags My Lady Delight see above for her show results the same weekend.
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
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6th Best LH Specialty with Barbara
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My friend Heather ditched me for her own final, so I didn't have a chance to snag a pic with Don Caruthers. ;) Here's her 6th Best AB rosette just the same.
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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.
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 Posing with Steve after the Finals Presentation.
2nd Best AB Cat -- Steven Savant
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 Fate presents all of Sabrina's great features.
4th Best LH Cat -- Fate Mays | Many thanks to Carol Sue Hale and the cat clubs, MCCT and T-TownKatz, for putting on such an amazing show!
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...
BEST All Breed Kitten -- Steven Savant BEST All Breed Kitten -- Ann Hoehn BEST All Breed Kitten -- Harley De Villbliss 8th Best All Breed Kitten -- D'Ann Kovic 10th Best All Breed Kitten -- Fate Mays 2nd Best Longhair Kitten -- Anna Maria Sosa 3rd Best Longhair Kitten -- Kim Tomlin 4th Best Longhair Kitten -- Debbi Brown
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Best AB Kitten with Steven Savant |

4th Best LH with Debbi Brown |
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 |
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3rd Best Longhair Kitten -- Kim Tomlin |
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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!
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No, this isn't Aristede! |
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It's Aristede's son, Adonis. |
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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