| i agree that more emphisis should be place on quality and not size,
in general i feel many of the larger grand champions are actually not half as beautiful as some of the slightly smaller class koi,
this bothers me as i like koi for their beauty not because i want a big but ugly submarine in my pond. off course if you can get the size and the quality then great but im sorry to say as far as ive seen at shows size almost always wins over beauty.
my other concern is where does it all end...a 2M fish?
also im not convinced that size truely indicates any husbandry skills these days, as you can buy a 6 year old 85cm koi directly from the breeder.
it may not be very old it may not be very beautiful you may not have had any involvement in its growth, you just laid down the cash had it shipped and it wins....where is the fun? i guess this could apply to all koi shows which is why i myself prefer the growing type of koi competitions over the general std shows.
but getting back to beauty over size, i do feel if the Judges paid more attention to the qualty of the koi and less on the size then i feel the competion would be a lot tougher and more inclusive and truer in my mind to the beauty of koi.
kevan |