Tri-Color Standard of Perefection
(See Broken Group in the SOP)
Broken Group: For the Broken Group, the 15 points allotted for color is to be distributed as 10 points for the color and 5 points for the pattern. Broken and Tri-Color animals are to be judged together.
Tri-Color - Tri-Color consists of white in conjuction with one of the following two color combinations: Rich lustrous Black and bright Golden-Orange, rich lustrous Chocolate and Golden-Orange, rich lustrous Blue and Golden-Fawn and rich lustrous Lilac and Golden-Fawn. The colors are to be evenly distributed. Eyes - Brown in Black and Chocolate varieties; Blue-Gray in Blue and Lilac varieties. Toenails may be white or colored; no preferenc given to either.
Faults: Unblalanced nose marking; unbalnced body markings; scattered white hairs in the colored markings; Tri-Colors with congested or intermixed colors.
Disqualifications from Competition: Absence of a colored nose marking; absence of color on either ear; absence of color around either eye; total coloration which covers leass than 10% or more than 50% of the entire animal; excessive amount of scattered white hairs in the colored markings; eye color other than called for under the respective color descriptions; foreign colored spot(s). Do not disqualify for white spot(s) in the colored sections.
Additional notes to the Tri-Color variety can be found in the SOP under...
Tri-Color - Tri-Color consists of white in conjuction with one of the following two color combinations: Rich lustrous Black and bright Golden-Orange, rich lustrous Chocolate and Golden-Orange, rich lustrous Blue and Golden-Fawn and rich lustrous Lilac and Golden-Fawn. The colors are to be evenly distributed. Eyes - Brown in Black and Chocolate varieties; Blue-Gray in Blue and Lilac varieties. Toenails may be white or colored; no preferenc given to either.
Faults: Unblalanced nose marking; unbalnced body markings; scattered white hairs in the colored markings; Tri-Colors with congested or intermixed colors.
Disqualifications from Competition: Absence of a colored nose marking; absence of color on either ear; absence of color around either eye; total coloration which covers leass than 10% or more than 50% of the entire animal; excessive amount of scattered white hairs in the colored markings; eye color other than called for under the respective color descriptions; foreign colored spot(s). Do not disqualify for white spot(s) in the colored sections.
Additional notes to the Tri-Color variety can be found in the SOP under...
PREVIOUS INTERPRETATIONS AND POLICIES AFFECTING THE APPLICATION
OF THE STANDARD OF PERFECTION COLOR INTERPRETATIONS
Since Tortoise is a recognized color, animals are starting to appear which are Black, Blue, Chocolate or Lilac in combination with Tortoise color. This is a disqualification. The color must be either Orange or Fawn in conjuction with the basic color. Sept/Oct 1996 DR, page 11.
*** Is there a problem with this SOP... YES!***
The issue I have with the SOP is outlined below but I want to be clear that I in no way want to take away from the effort and hard work that Linda Thompson put into creating this absolutely amazing variety. She has my utmost respect and gratitude and I simply want to honor that work by continuing to improve these animals… Just the next step that Linda didn’t have a chance to take herself. I want to pick up
where she left off and continue to develop the variety in honor of her and her contributions to Tri-Color Mini Rex and the breed as a whole…
My ultimate goal with my Tri program is obviously to see a Tri-Color Mini Rex score a BIG win on a National level, however long that takes! HAHA
That being said… My primary reasoning behind all of the genetic research and test breeding is to provide
examples, concrete facts and examples to justify some amendments to the SOP above…
In order to improve this Variety as a whole we MUST have a correct and complete SOP in place. Without a
correct and in-depth SOP there can be no consistency in breeding for correct animals or a cohesive understanding of what a Tri-Color is/should be and judges across the board will not be educated enough to make proper decisions when we place our animals on a show table.
***I would like to see the SOP for Tri-Colors receive their own set of Faults and DQ’s separated from the Broken SOP fault’s and DQ’s and a more complete description provided*** -
There is too much confusion on Torted Tri’s and too many CORRECT animals being DQ’d for what is actually a fault to not have the description of a Torted-Tri and what it actually is (even genetically) outlined more clearly and in-depth within the SOP for this variety.
***Blurring of color on a Tri-Color is a FAULT… Torting is a DQ.*** -
We have to teach people the difference between blurring of color and Torting, especially the judges, or the confusion and un-informed opinions are going to continue to affect our results on the show table.
That being said… My primary reasoning behind all of the genetic research and test breeding is to provide
examples, concrete facts and examples to justify some amendments to the SOP above…
In order to improve this Variety as a whole we MUST have a correct and complete SOP in place. Without a
correct and in-depth SOP there can be no consistency in breeding for correct animals or a cohesive understanding of what a Tri-Color is/should be and judges across the board will not be educated enough to make proper decisions when we place our animals on a show table.
***I would like to see the SOP for Tri-Colors receive their own set of Faults and DQ’s separated from the Broken SOP fault’s and DQ’s and a more complete description provided*** -
There is too much confusion on Torted Tri’s and too many CORRECT animals being DQ’d for what is actually a fault to not have the description of a Torted-Tri and what it actually is (even genetically) outlined more clearly and in-depth within the SOP for this variety.
***Blurring of color on a Tri-Color is a FAULT… Torting is a DQ.*** -
We have to teach people the difference between blurring of color and Torting, especially the judges, or the confusion and un-informed opinions are going to continue to affect our results on the show table.
***Correct!***