Now the progressives are taking over livestock shows.

This is in midland texas. Girl looks very confused.

itsyourboypookie said:

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Now the progressives are taking over livestock shows.

This is in midland texas. Girl looks very confused.

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I don't understand what is going on here.

I don't get it.

Does he want to be a Heifer?! Steer?

What did I just watch?

That judge has made it waaaaaaaaaaay to much about his showmanship.

B-1 83 said:

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That judge has made it waaaaaaaaaaay to much about his showmanship.

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Yeah - that stood out. Very sparkly. Very ghey.

B-1 83 said:

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That judge has made it waaaaaaaaaaay to much about his showmanship.

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So he's a former basketball official or baseball umpire?

Very Interesting. He's got a very "colorful" history...

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-03-mn-41904-story.html

This guy looks like a Mid-South Wrastlin personality.

Tramp96 said:

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B-1 83 said:

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That judge has made it waaaaaaaaaaay to much about his showmanship.

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So he's a former basketball official or baseball umpire?

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Yell Leader!

TxTarpon said:

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This guy looks like a Mid-South Wrastlin personality.

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Very familiar with him and his family from my day of showing cattle. This isn't a surprise at all.

That dude is from
Crockett, Tx? Not your normal East Texan

TheEternalPessimist said:

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itsyourboypookie said:

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Now the progressives are taking over livestock shows.

This is in midland texas. Girl looks very confused.

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I don't understand what is going on here.

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Apparently that's his schtick for selecting the Grand Champion. She's crying because she won.

It appears to be he is crowning the grand champion, but he certainly looks like no livestock judge I ever saw during my years in 4-H.

I mean, the last dude I saw wearing eye makeup was in Motley Crue.

https://www.virtualogy2020.com/steers

He's a Aggie Grad. I grew up showing against him at the Majors when I showed cattle. He & his brother were also at A&M the same time I was at A&M.

His family runs Showbox Magazine & Texas Junior Livestock Association. He and his brother won numerous Grand Champion Steers at the Major Shows when they showed.

He also raises and sells show cattle and like the video also judges big cattle shows across the country.

This comment is NOT directed at Ryan Rash, as I do not know him at all.

However, from what I've read so far about him, his case is very similar to many I've seen in 4-H & FFA circles regarding a concerning trend:

• He's a judge with an accomplished history of experience in Texas 4-H/FFA circles and competitions.
• He also owns a cattle company that breeds competition animals.
• He also owns a consulting company in which... "He has selected and supervised the Grand Champion or Reserve Grand Champion steers for junior exhibitors at Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and the Grand Champion steer at the Houston Livestock Show 6 times and the Reserve Grand Champion Steer at Houston twice."

Having seen multiple competitions directly affected by judges who have selected Champions that were "coincidentally" animals in which they were personally compensated for either selling or "consulting" on, as well as seeing range judging and other competitions (CDM & Ag ID) have selections that were identical to training examples that were offered in 'camps' run by those same judges, I will go as far to say that the Ag competition involves big $$, and is becoming more and more a rigged game.

1. Identify a respected institution.
2. kill it.
3. gut it.
4. wear its carcass as a skin suit, while demanding respect.#lefties

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 10, 2015

Evidently he is quite the hardcore conservative

Until we stand up against this stuff, it will continue to spread.

I won't tolerate it with my kids 4H program.

This thread is not political at all. He's always had a thing for flare and theatrics. Ryan has been that way for as long as I can remember. We used to show against the Rashs.

Is there a lot of money being thrown around? Yes. It has become a millionaire's hobby. Growing up you could find a $2,000 steer and win your class at San Antonio, Fort Worth, San Angelo. Now it's more like $10,000 - $20,000. We have seen steers as high as $50,000.

Rash has a helluva good eye for cattle.... but he's a f'ing fruit loop.

The girl doesn't look confused, she looks like she is crying tears of joy knowing she just won. The glitter is just his way of picking the winner. Rash is flamboyant, but he's not an in your face, shove it down your throat gay promoter. He is is a little much, but picks the best animal to win, not my favorite style, but nothing to get worked up over. The video doesn't do him justice, just makes everything look weird to an outsider.

The show circuit is as political as it gets.

B-1 83 said:

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That judge has made it waaaaaaaaaaay to much about his showmanship.

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Stereotypes don't form themselves.

He is class of '99 or '00. He was on the national champion 1999 livestock judging team at TAMU.

I raised broilers in junior high and exhibited them at the local county fair for a couple of years. The judge was a poultry science guy from A&M wearing a white labcoat. No glitter.

I had to physically present my pen of chickens to him and answer any questions he asked. I didn't win grand champion, but I did place high enough both years to get to auction. Got a few hundred bucks. I obviously didn't make a career of it, but overall I think it was a good experience for me as a junior high kid.

The finally year, I decided to try the Houston Livestock Show. There were several hundred entries, and registration took hours. I wasn't even allowed to be present for the judging It was definitely not the experience had at the local county fair.

We ate an awful lot of chicken those years.

I guess what I'm trying to say is the local fairs are great for the kids no matter how well you do. As for the big shows, it only seems to matter if you win grand champion. At least that was my perspective as a kid forty years ago.

Tom Doniphon said:

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The show circuit is as political as it gets.

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Always has been.

Few judges can give reasons like he does, that he generally does it with his back to the cattle and never misses a one only makes it more impressive.

Stock shows are political as it gets - but Ryan Rash didn't invent that.

And the video in the OP.... that's just Rash awarding that gal as the Grand Champion Steer. She is crying because she's happy. As others have stated, he's a squirrel, but he's as good a cattle judge as there is and I've never known him to be "in your face"....

JB!98 said:

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Tom Doniphon said:

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The show circuit is as political as it gets.

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Always has been.

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Which is why a friend of mine from college lasted a total of 2 years as an ag teacher.

He told me that when it came to dealing with parents, it was the worst...worse than any coaching job. Tons of politics and huge amounts of money at stake.

jrdaustin said:

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This comment is NOT directed at Ryan Rash, as I do not know him at all.

However, from what I've read so far about him, his case is very similar to many I've seen in 4-H & FFA circles regarding a concerning trend:

• He's a judge with an accomplished history of experience in Texas 4-H/FFA circles and competitions.
• He also owns a cattle company that breeds competition animals.
• He also owns a consulting company in which... "He has selected and supervised the Grand Champion or Reserve Grand Champion steers for junior exhibitors at Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and the Grand Champion steer at the Houston Livestock Show 6 times and the Reserve Grand Champion Steer at Houston twice."

Having seen multiple competitions directly affected by judges who have selected Champions that were "coincidentally" animals in which they were personally compensated for either selling or "consulting" on, as well as seeing range judging and other competitions (CDM & Ag ID) have selections that were identical to training examples that were offered in 'camps' run by those same judges, I will go as far to say that the Ag competition involves big $$, and is becoming more and more a rigged game.

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And why the hell spook the animal with the stupid glitter bomb except for the jerk judge to show off how much power he has.

Gay or not gay the guy is a ******

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Few judges can give reasons like he does

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That's the effect of 4H!