Thursday And Friday Livestock At Rio Arriba County Fair

The Rio Arriba County Fair Senior showmanship black-faced lambs first place went to Belita Martinez of El Rito. Belita is also a member of the Los Alamos Young Guns Scholastic Clay Target Program. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Riley Brooks with the Kountry Kids 4-H Club with her white-face lamb that took first place and overall grand champion showmanship. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Clay Conley with his black-face lamb competing at the Rio Arriba County Fair. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Entries in the black-face lamb competition. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Laila Muller took a first place ribbon in light-weight lambs class. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Grand champion junior showmanship winner Aubrey Lopez with her parents Angelica and Cornelio, and her lamb. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Kadin Hansel took the grand champion ribbon for his county-bred goat at the Rio Arriba County Fair. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Clay Conley with his Grand Champion entry in the swine category. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Everett Vigil with his parents Feliz and Randy Vigil. Everett took in senior heifer showmanship. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Booster Antonio Maez of Blue Ribbon Bandits 4-H Club leads his steer. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Grand Champion ribbon winner Shania Gurule of the Black Bears 4-H Club with her steer. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Britta Vigil of the Wranglers 4-H Cub with her reserve grand champion steer. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Ava Gurule of the Mustangs 4-H Club with her first place breeding buck and her little brother. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Mustangs 4-H Club member Nathan Maez with his first place winning goat. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Grand champion for junior showmanship heifer class is Julian Sandoval of the Blue Ribbon Bandits 4-H Club seen here with his red cow. Photo by Mike O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

The Rio Arriba County Fair Poultry winners, from left, Conner Hollowell Grand Campion Chicken “Layer Pen” from White Rock; Archer Stanek Grand Champion Chicken from Los Alamos: and Alannah Lavy from Rio Arriba Grand Champion Quail winner. Photo by John Stanek