Sheep

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2020 Sheep

• Sheep Premium Book Section (PDF)
• Sheep Entry Form (PDF)

Registration 2020

Registration closes at 4:30 p.m. on the dates below, or earlier if barn capacity is reached.

• Opens: Monday, June 22
• Mail-in Entry Deadline: Monday, Aug. 10
• Online Entry Deadline: Monday, Aug. 10

Register Online

Entry Lists

• First Half Breeds
• Second Half Breeds
• Special Contests & Lamb Lead
  

Fees

Entry:

• $3 per animal
• $3 per lamb lead individual

Judge List

• All Other Meat Breeds: Dustin Cruit, Taylorville, Ill.*
• All Other Wool Breeds: Dustin Cruit, Taylorville, Ill.*
• Babydoll Southdown: Richard Jacobsen, LeGrand, Calif.*
• Border Cheviot: Dustin Cruit, Taylorville, Ill.*
• Columbia: Dustin Cruit, Taylorville, Ill.*
• Corriedale: Dustin Cruit, Taylorville, Ill.*
• Dorset: Richard Jacobsen, LeGrand, Calif.*
• Hampshire: Richard Jacobsen, LeGrand, Calif.*
• Lamb Lead: Brian Schermerhorn, New York Mills, Minn.*; Haley Dombek, Richfield, Minn.*
• Lincoln: Dustin Cruit, Taylorville, Ill.*
• Montadale: Dustin Cruit, Taylorville, Ill.*
• Rambouillet: Dustin Cruit, Taylorville, Ill.*
• Southdown: Richard Jacobsen, LeGrand, Calif.*
• Suffolk: Richard Jacobsen, LeGrand, Calif.*

Divisions are listed alphabetically, not in show order. *Invited, not yet confirmed

Arrival & Departure Window

Arrival:

• Wool Breeds – Wednesday, Aug. 26, 8 a.m. to Thursday, Aug. 27, 8 a.m.
• Meat Breeds – Monday, Aug. 31, 4 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Departure:

• Wool Breeds – Sunday, Aug. 30, 1-5:30 p.m.
• Meat Breeds – Thursday, Sept. 3, 1-5 p.m.

SCHEDULE

All show times approximate, shows will run consecutively.

Thursday, Aug. 27 • Sheep Barn

• 5 p.m. – Lamb Lead

Friday, Aug. 28 • Sheep Barn

• 8 a.m. – Superintendent’s Special
• 8:30 a.m. – P.A. Anderson Challenge
• 9 a.m. – Rambouillet
• 11 a.m. – Columbia
• 1 p.m. – Montadale
• 3 p.m. – Lincoln

Saturday, Aug. 29 • Sheep Barn

• noon – Corriedale
• 1 p.m. – Border Cheviot
• 2 p.m. – All Other Wool Breeds
• 4 p.m. – All Other Meat Breeds
• 6 p.m. – Supreme Champion Ram and Ewe (approximately 15 minutes following the conclusion of the AOB Meat Show)

Sunday, Aug. 30 • Sheep Barn

• 10 a.m. – Dress A Sheep Contest

Tuesday, Sept. 1 • Sheep Barn

• 8 a.m. – Superintendents Special
• 8:30 a.m. – P.A. Anderson Challenge
• 9 a.m. – Hampshire
• 1 p.m. – Suffolk
• 3 p.m. – Babydoll Southdown

Wednesday, Sept. 2 • Sheep Barn

• 8:30 a.m. – Southdown
• noon – Dorset
• 3 p.m. – Supreme Champion Ram and Ewe 

Results

• Open Class Sheep Results (PDF)
• Open Class Sheep Results including animal information (PDF)
• Current year real-time results (while shows are in progress)
• Previous years’ results are available in the digital archive.

More Information

For further information, please contact competition@mnstatefair.org or 651-288-4417.