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First-time showman Jacob Payeur has Chelsea Community Fair to remember

Jacob Payeur, 7, surrounded by his family after taking grand champion dairy feeder calf Wednesday at the Chelsea Community Fair.
Jacob Payeur, 7, surrounded by his family, after taking grand champion dairy feeder calf Wednesday at the Chelsea Community Fair.
Jacob Payeur with his ribbons, trophy and banner.
Jacob Payeur with his ribbons, trophy and banner.

When Jacob Payeur, 7, walked his back-and-white, dairy feeder calf “Optimist Prime” into the Multi-Purpose Arena Wednesday afternoon it was his first time showing at the Chelsea Community Fair, and there was a lot of competition.

“It was fun,” he said after his calf was chosen as the grand champion dairy feeder calf. “I was a little nervous, but then I toughened it up.”

Jacob said his calf “can sometimes be very smart … and, sometimes not.”

But after placing third in his showmanship class, the youth headed back into the ring for his market class during which judge Brain Plank described “Optimist Prime” as having “ideal frame size and really nice bone.”

Jacob Payeur and Optimist Prime.
Jacob Payeur and Optimist Prime.

The calf, which weighed between 449 and 470 pounds, behaved like a champion in the ring and Jacob started his youth show career with a big blue rosette, a trophy and a large purple banner.

He kept the calf’s head up while walking it around the ring, then kept Optimist relaxed with his show stick, rubbing the calf under his belly.

Quite the start for the young showman’s fair show career.

Please enjoy the photo gallery below from the dairy feeder calf judging.

 

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