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Process of Judging Mice in Competition Class

Process of Judging Mice in Competition Class

Category:
  • short hair
  • short hair satin

  1. The mice are brought for evaluation by the assistant, according to the list order. The judge evaluates the mice and gives them a grade (1, 2, -, disq). Mice of grade 2 (and lower) are placed on a separate table (with their card folded in half), mice of grade 1 remain in the area for further evaluation.
  2. The judge compares mice with grade 1 in the same color group and determines whether any of them won Class Win (this is usually done immediately after finishing the evaluation of one color group, e.g. all sh blue).
  3. The judge selects mice from Class Win that will win BCG (Best in Color Group), e.g. "best ticked".
  4. Choosing Best of Breed (BOB):
    "For example, let’s say you have the following winning (Class Win) adult selfs: PEW, bone, black, champagne, silver and fawn. The judge must examine them all and decide which is the best example of its variety. In this case the judge decides that the black is the best mouse in the line-up. They then look at the second place black from the black class. Why? Because the second place black could still be better than the winners of the classes in other colors. For this example, let’s assume that’s not the case here and that the champagne gets second place. The judge now has to consider the second place black and second place champagne in addition to the first places in the other straight classes to arrive at third place." - based on an article by the National Mouse Club.
  5. Choosing three mice Best in Show, among mice that won BOB.

Category:
  • other

The only difference is the reduction of two awards into one - Class Win (CW) and Best in Color Group (BCG) have been reduced to Best in Coat Group (also BCG).
For mice with other coat types, the quality of the coat type is most important, so Class Win doesn't make much sense.

Instead of choosing the “best blue” mouse and then the “best self” mouse, grade 1 mice compete for the titles:

  • Best REX
  • Best LH
  • Best TEX
  • Best RST
  • Best FZ
  • Best NU
…and they are also judged by this order. This does not mean, of course, that the color and body type of the mouse are not important - they are judged the same according to the standard. Satins and non-satins compete with each other in the same category (texel satin and texel compete for the title of "best texel", etc.).

Text: Karolina Patalan, Mysigonek Rodentry