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To me, a "win" at a koi show is just an enticement to get people to bring out their koi. IMHO the real value of a koi show is exposing people to high quality fish, especially people who have only ever seen petsmart POSes before. If someone buys an extremely high end fish and brings it to a show and it wins a big award, maybe that person doesn't earn accolades for raising that fish - BUT they deserve LOTS of praise for risking all the money they spent on that koi, just to bring it out and share it with everyone. Whether they win a $6 trophy or not is immaterial to me, because if that trophy gives them enough excitement to bring out that fish - I'd just be happy to get a chance to appreciate that fish in person.
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