06/11/2023
The ACP show yesterday was awesome. Big show, massive turn out and an incredible team running things. I won’t go into too much detail as I will do a proper write up when I get home.
The tallies came in to 2147 birds - and I judged them all by myself 😂. That has to be some kind of record, right? 17 hours straight, judging birds with just a 20 minute break 🤯. Thing is - I was game! The atmosphere kept me buzzing and I didn’t want to stop. I know many breeders had travelled long distances and I didn’t want to leave anyone disappointed.
The winning birds were astonishing. I know a big chunk of Pakistan’s breeders see it as a business and more power to them, but it was super refreshing to see the flip side where breeders are focusing on quality and producing exhibition birds that could comfortably win the toughest exhibitions in Europe. I’m certain this trend will grow and with events like this, we’ll see more breeders focusing on show quality.
As usual, the hospitality has been amazing. Really nice people, very welcoming and friendly. Islamabad is a very peaceful, quiet city. Clean, tidy and very green. The temperature is comfortable and the food is amazing.
Met some old friends and made plenty of new! Great to see Naveed Sheikh again. Gutted I couldn’t spend more time catching up, but the birds weren’t going to judge themselves 😅 I mean, he’s like some legendary rock star now so I’m sure he was kept busy himself 😂❤️.
Huge respect to Adnan Saleem and his incredible team. Proper sacrifices have been made to pull off such an event. Respect.
Videos of my trip so far on mu YouTube channel and plenty more to come
https://youtube.com/?si=a4qLMZwR0K-ZRC-H
Photo caption: “did he win?” 😂🏆
