Competitive Classes
Show Formats
Kitten Class
Championship Class
Premiership Class
Provisional Class
Miscellaneous Class
Household Pet Class
CFA Cat Shows
CFA Show Rules
Ready.. Set.. Show
Frequently Asked Questions
Breed Standards
Entering a CFA Show
Exhibitor Responsibilities
Show Schedule
Show Entry Counts
All those Ribbons!
Scoring Procedures
Junior Showmanship
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CFA Show Formats
A cat show is composed of a number of separate, concurrently running,
individual shows held in the various judging rings throughout a show hall.
Each show is presided over by a different judge,
who presents his or her own awards independent of the decisions of other judges. Hence, a cat
which is chosen Best in Show by the judge in Ring 1, may not always be
given the same award by the judge in Ring 2.
Individual shows can be classified as either allbreed or specialty. In an
allbreed show all cats, regardless of coat length or type, compete for
various awards. In a specialty show only those cats of similar coat length
(or type) compete for awards.
Competition at CFA shows is held in the following categories:
- KITTEN competition is for unaltered or altered, pedigreed kittens
between the ages of four and eight months.
- CHAMPIONSHIP competition is for unaltered, pedigreed cats over
the age of eight months.
- PREMIERSHIP competition is for altered, pedigreed cats over the
age of eight months.
- PROVISIONAL competition is for those breeds which have not yet
achieved championship status. This class is the next-to-last step before
a breed is accepted for Championship competition. Cats in this class
compete as far as the awarding of Best of Breed, but are not eligible for
finals until the breed is advanced to Championship status.
- MISCELLANEOUS competition
is for those breeds not yet accepted
for Provisional status, but accepted for registration and showing in the
Miscellaneous Class. This class puts the breed on exhibition at shows,
and allows the judges to examine the cats and discuss their proposed
standard. This class receives no awards.
- VETERAN CLASS is for any male or female, altered or unaltered, not younger then 7 years on the opening day of the show that if the owner chose to, could otherwise be shown in the championship or premiership classes.
- HOUSEHOLD PET competition is for all randombred or non-pedigreed
cats. Pedigreed cats with a disqualifying trait(s) as listed in the standard for
that particular breed are eligible for entry in the Household Pet Class. Entries must have all their physical properties, and must
not be declawed. Kittens must be older than 4 months on the
opening day of the show
and those entries older than eight months must be neutered or
spayed.
Adapted from CATS CENTERSTAGE
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