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Southdown Pot of Gold Futurity

What is it?

The American Southdown Breeders Association “Pot ‘O Gold” futurity pays cash awards to youth showing ewes that were purchased as lambs at ASBA sanctioned sales and nominated by the breeders for this futurity.  The breeder nomination fee is jackpotted, and funds the pro-rated cash awards to youth for the top placings in each age category.  The 1st place winner of each division also receive the right to hold a traveling trophy for one year.

There are three award categories;

• ewe lamb
• fall ewe lamb
• yearling ewe

The American Southdown Breeders Association established the “Pot ‘O Gold” Youth Futurity Program, to:

• Provide an incentive based award system for youth to encourage and reward high quality purchases at ASBA sanctioned sales;
• Encourage breeders to consign high quality ewes to the same sales.

The cash awards, ribbons and a traveling trophy for the ewe lamb and Yearling Ewe categories are awarded during the Junior Show at the North American Livestock Exposition in Louisville, KY during November.

How are ewes nominated for the futurity?

Ewe lambs are nominated by the Breeder to participate in the “Pot ‘O Gold” Futurity, by the breeder designating the ewe as a “Futurity” nominated ewe prior to the sale and paying the $25 nomination fee. Futurity nominated ewes will be designated as such in the catalog and/or on show day by the painting of an “F” on the lambs back.

The following are ASBA sanctioned sales where Futurity ewe lambs may be consigned and purchased:

• Illini All Breeds Sale
• Wisconsin Southdown Stars Sale
• Oklahoma Black and White Sale
• Ohio Southdown Classic Sale
• Keystone Stud Ram & Ewe Sale
• National Cornbelt Sale
• Eastern Stud Ram Sale
• Midwest Stud Ram Sale
• National Southdown Sale
• New England Sale
• Nuggett All-American Sale
• Stars of Louisville Sale

Futurity ewe lambs can compete in the program both as ewe lambs and as yearlings. Animals who were nomintated as a ewe lamb and go on to be shown as Yearlings are automatically entered into the Yearling Futurity program.

How are the placings determined?

Youth must submit within 21 days of the date of a show attended, a completed “Pot ‘O Gold Futurity Point Record Form” as the official record of points earned at a show.

Nominated animals can earn points according to the following scale:

	Placing in Class
# in Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
1 - 5	5	4	3	2	1
6 - 10	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
11 - 15	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
16 - 20	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
21 - 25	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
26 +	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Consignor Rules for Ewe Lambs:

1. Nomination fee is $25.00 payable to the American Southdown Breeders' Assn. Most sale managements deduct the nominating fees and send them directly to the ASBA. Ewe lambs must be nominated and designated prior to entering the show ring. Futurity ewe lambs must be entered and sell at auction of a designated sale and not be pre-sold.  
2. Lambs are guaranteed to hold lambs teeth for 12 months from birth date. Failure to do so will give junior right to reimbursement of price paid plus a hearing for other provable harm before any dispute resolution board identified in the Association constitution.

Exhibitor Rules for Ewe Lambs and Fall Ewe Lambs:

1. A junior is an exhibitor who is not more than 21 on January 1. There is no lower age limit, but the junior must be physically capable of showing their own sheep (handicap is excepted).
2. Junior members must physically show their Futurity lamb to qualify for points at each show. If there are two Futurity lambs in the same class, the junior must exhibit one and another junior member may exhibit the second lamb.
3. Ewe lambs are to be registered in the individual junior name only. No partnerships, farm, family, 4-H Club or FFA Chapter names accepted. The purchasing junior cannot be an immediate family member of the breeder or employee of the breeder as listed on the ewe's registration paper. Immediate family members would be described as any first generation child, grandchild, sister, brother, niece or nephew.
4. Ewe lambs and points earned in the Futurity are not transferable to any other person, nor are points transferable from one lamb to another.
5. Any Futurity entrant may compete with as many lambs as desired, but will receive premium only for the lamb with the highest point total within the contest division.
6. Ewe lamb must be shown in her proper age class. If registration papers are not received by the first show, it is the exhibitor's responsibility to show the lamb in the proper age category.
7. Premiums: All nomination fees will be jackpotted and paid down 20 places.
8. A “Pot O’Gold Futurity Point Record Form” must be filled out for each show and forwarded to the Association office within 21 days of the date of the show. The form must be signed by the superintendent of the appropriate show certifying that the junior exhibited the lamb, class size, and the placing of the lamb.
9. At each individual show the ewe lamb may earn Futurity points from either the open division or junior division, but not both, except at the North American (N.A.I.L.E.) where only junior show placings will be counted.
10. Ewes can compete at an unlimited number of shows with only the top five (5) point award shows being recorded as the Futurity point total.
11. Ewe lamb points will not be accepted from shows held before the Midwest Stud Ram Sale.
12. Futurity awards will be announced following the Junior Show at the North American International Livestock Exposition.
13. The chart above is the Futurity point sliding scale from which points will be determined.
14. Lambs that are not nominated by the breeder on the day of the sale will not be eligible for the Futurity.

Yearling Ewe Futurity Rules:

1. 
   The yearling ewes eligible to participate must be purchased as lambs in November at the Stars of Louisville sale or were nominated to participate as ewe lambs in the previous year’s Futurity contest.
2. Yearlings purchased in the name of an older sibling, who because of employment or advanced education is unable to show at fairs, may be transferred to the name of a younger sibling, but this applies to the entire show season, not individual shows.
3. All above ewe lamb futurity rules apply to the yearling ewe futurity.
4. A traveling trophy will be presented to the winner.  Nomination fees from ewe lambs sold in the Stars of Louisville Sale become the jackpot for the next year’s yearling futurity awards.
5. All shows from January 1 thru Louisville Junior show will become eligible for yearling ewe futurity point accumulation.