Which fish would you take to a Koi Show?

[kevan]

not much in it really, perhaps A on skin and C on body shape, hard to tell from these pics...got any better ones?

kb

[jnorth]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell Peters Technically C is not really a Kindai showa. Less sumi does not make it Kindai. True Kindai, from my understanding has a lot of Shiroji and very little sumi and hi.

So which one would you take to a show?.......

[cocoyboy]

A seems to stand out at first glance, but C has better conformation? I'll take A the egot-goi!

[dick benbow]

In the same spirit that Russ clarifies "modern showa" to help our readers learn, I might venture that if i wanted to win a first or best in size I would enter "A" BUT

I love to garner the Tategoi award and i think the Sanke might have a good shot at that!

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by jnorth So which one would you take to a show?.......

I like B for show.

[lildude]

A, I like them Showas.

I am hoping to get a nice showa Tategoi one of these days, its the only koi I have not got yet.

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by lilhelper A, I like them Showas. I am hoping to get a nice showa Tategoi one of these days, its the only koi I have not got yet.

I have quite a few Sakai Showa's that I have brought in just for the show. Hmmmmmmm.........

[Simi Koi]

I'd go C. It has the best conformation and that the biggest part of showing koi.

Besides I suspect the sumi is more finished on C then the photo shows. The pic on photo A is better and has no glare on the water. This make that photo stand out more then the others. But photos B and C have glare on the water making the sumi look lighter, but I bet side by side C is the better fish.

[johnsmith]

well I don't know much about this koi show thing but I'd take C JR

[gofish]

I'll take C first then A. Just don't like B as much because I think the head is small. It just bothers me. Pic A is a nice fish, but I prefer C. Fish C has the better body conformation of the two. That's just my two cents. It also depends on how the show is being judged, whether it is AKCA or ZNA.

Marc