Ace in the Hole Rabbitry

04/02/2025

PASARBA 2025:
We were blessed with a wonderful weekend, against some truly beautiful competition. Thank you to the Judges for recognizing our animals.

Show A: Judge Danielle Lowe
BOB: ELVIS - BROKEN SR BUCK
BOSB: E1 - BROKEN SR DOE
BEST OF GROUP FOUR Judge Kyle Yacobucci - ELVIS

Show B: Judge Johnny Hausner
BOB: 534PZ - BLACK SR BUCK
BOSB: 683PZ - BLACK SR DOE

Show C: Judge Mike Mageles
BOB: QUEEN - BLACK SR DOE
BOSB: ZZTOP - BLACK SR BUCK

SPECIALTY SHOW: Judge Don Sheets
BOB: ELVIS - BROKEN SR BUCK
BOSB: QUEEN - BLACK SR DOE

We showed 3 varieties in 4 shows and were excited to win 11 BOV & 10 BOSV.

Congratulations to all of the Polish exhibitors on your wins. As always, there were a ton of laughs to be had 😀 BTW, we're still looking for the owner of the "stick" 🤣😂😅 And Jody had a clean sweep in the "Who picked the best REW" Barn Challenge

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas, from Team Earle and Swift & Elvis 🎄

01/12/2024

Ace in the Hole Rabbitry had a "first" at the Garden State Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Show in Augusta, NJ on 11/30/24.... Jody hitched a last minute ride with Ken Nesbitt to the show and represented Team Earle, SOLO!! ☺️
We were blessed to win BOB & BOSB in the Specialty Show (Judge Ashley Sweeney), as well as BOB & BOSB in both all breed shows (A-Judge Daniel Barrett and B-Judge G Joseph Colucci). We also had BOV & BOSV wins in several classes. 🐰
To top off Jody's FUN day, we were honored to win BEST IN SHOW, Show B, under Judge Ashley Sweeney, with Donna: Black Jr Doe. ❤️
👏 Thank you to Mckenzie, Melissa Ordway and their team for putting on a great show.
❤️A special Thank You to the Team Polish ladies for helping keep Jody in line ☺️ and helping her run rabbits. Margaret S, Rachel W, Jenn L, Deb S.... you ladies ROCK!!! ❤️
Next up, PAsrba in February. We'll see you there

04/11/2024

We're extremely blessed and honored to have had an amazing 2024 Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to BOSB with our Black Sr Buck, we won Best Open Display (for which we had the privilege of receiving a grooming table that was made by L Dale Hansen). Below are our other top placings. We are excited to have had over 35 of our Polish find homes in several states, from coast to coast, North to South. Congratulations to everyone on their wins 🏆

Black Sr Buck (79): 1st (BOV & BOSB), 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 18, 20th place.
Black Sr Doe (67): 1st, 7, 8, 16, 18, 20th place.
Black Jr Buck (63): 13th place
Black Jr Doe (62): 4th, 5, 8, 12th place.
Broken Sr Buck (51): 1st (BOSV), 16, 17th place
Broken Sr Doe (48): 17th place
Broken Jr Buck (63): 13th place
Broken Jr Doe (44): 2nd, 5, 12, 18th place
REW Sr Doe (30): 11, 15th place
REW Jr Buck (12): 1st, 2, 3, 7, 9th place
REW Jr Doe (16): 3, 9th place

31/10/2024

2024 Polish BOSB Black Sr Buck 408PZ. Thank you Oldfishhook Photography for this fun photo

29/10/2024

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09/10/2024

Ace in the Hole had a fun weekend at the 2024 NY State Convention "Grand Finals" at the NYS Fairgrounds in Syracuse. We were honored to win BOB & BOSB in all 3 of the all-breed shows as well as in the Empire State Polish specialty show. In Black, Broken & REW we took 47 of the 48 class wins with 12 BOV & 12 BOSV. What a blessing!! Thank you to all of the judges for recognizing our animals. And a big thank you to our fellow exhibitors for helping Jody get animals to & from the table. Photo bomb courtesy of Margaret Skameritz 😊

16/06/2024

Yesterday was our TARBA Show in Cortland NY. It was a very well attended show with approximately 1900 rabbits. Thank you to everyone who came out to the show and supported the club. With so many high quality rabbits and great breeders present we knew the competition would be tough. In Show A We were honored to win BOB in Polish with our our Black sr doe Taylor Swift and BOSB with our Broken Chocolate sr buck Billy Idol. In Dutch we won BOB with our Steel Sr Doe. In Show B we again were honored in Polish to win BOB this time with our Black Sr Buck 530pz and BOSB with our Broken Black Sr Doe Olivia Newton John. On the Best-in-show tables we were blessed to win Second Reserve-in-show with Taylor Swift for Show A and then in Show B we won Reserve-in-show with 530pz. Congratulations to the Lyons on their BIS wins with their beautiful Angora and also to Rob Frizzell and Tim Repine on their wins. Thank you to the judges for recognizing our animals on the show tables. So that's a rap on the 23-24 New York State Show season. Our next show will be in Bath NY on July 13th.

02/06/2024

Yesterday we attended the Mohawk Valley RBA Show in Frankfurt NY. The weather was great and so was the show. It was a nice venue and well run. Congratulations and thank you to the club. We were extremely honored to win BIS with our Black Sr Buck 500pz in Show A under Judge Stacey Groncki. Then in Show B we went on to win RIS with (not a black!) our Broken Chocolate Sr Buck Billy Idol under Judge Corey Hayes. Thank you to the Judges for recognizing our animals.

19/05/2024

Yesterday we split up Team Earle and traveled in opposite directions. I traveled four hours down to Augusta NJ for Garden State Spring Fling. As always it was a well run show with a nice amount of high quality Polish. I very much enjoyed visiting with the Polish Family members present.🎊 We were honored with some great placings. On the BIS table there were so many high-quality animals. Our Polish Black Jr Doe "Taylor Swift" won our very first BIS away from New York under Judge Dakota Manning for Show A and an Honorable Mention for Show B under Judge Gordon Williams. WOW! 🤩
Jody and Zachariah traveled up to Syracuse for The NYSF Old Timers Show with our Dutch and some more of our Polish. They did well. On the Show B BIS table we won BIS with our Black Sr Doe 634PZ and our Dutch Blue Jr Doe received an Honorable Mention under Judge Kyle Yacobucci. Yeah!
Thank you to all of the judges for recognizing our animals and to the Clubs for well run shows.
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It was a great day all around for us. Go Team Earle and Team Polish!

NJ
Specialty Show: Judge Johnny Hausner
Black BOV, BOB - 617PZ Sr.Doe
Black BOSV,BOSB - 529PZ Sr.Buck
Broken BOV- Segar Sr Buck
Chocolate BOSV- Bowie Sr Buck
REW BOSV-637PZ Sr Doe

Show A: Judge Dakota Manning
Black BOV, BOB, BIS - Swift Jr Doe
Black BOSV, BOSB- ZZTop Jr Buck
Broken BOV- Olivia Sr Doe
Broken BOSV- Billy Jr Buck
Chocolate BOV- Bowie Sr Buck
REW BOV- Gwen Jr Doe
REW BOSV- 538PZ Sr Buck

Show B: Judge Vinnie Consiglio
Black BOV, BOB, HM - Swift Jr Doe
Black BOSV-500PZ Sr Buck
Broken BOV- 633PZ Sr Doe
Broken BOSV,BOSB- Billy Jr Buck
Chocolate BOV- Bowie Sr Buck
REW BOV- 538PZ Sr Buck
REW BOSV- 637PZ Sr Doe

NY
Polish
Show A: Judge Peter Velecheck
BOB-645PZ Broken Sr Doe
BOSB-531PZ Black Sr Buck

Dutch
BOB - ME184 Blue Jr Doe
BOSB- ME181 Steel Sr Buck

Polish
Show B: Judge Steven Buell
BOB,BIS- 634PZ Black Sr Doe
BOSB- 531PZ Black Sr Buck

Dutch
BOB, HM- ME184 Blue Jr Doe
BOSB- ME181 Steel Sr Buck

15/05/2024

We have decided to move on the last of our Blue Polish. https://www.aceintheholerabbitry.com/category/all-products
There are: 1 Sr Solid Doe, 1 Sr Solid Buck and 1 Sr Broken Buck. All Blues are proven brood animals. Information is on our website. I can bring them to Garden State show in NJ this Saturday or to the Old Timer's Show at the NYS Fairgrounds this Saturday. Thank you!

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12/05/2024

Today we attended the Finger Lakes RBA Show in Palmyra NY. We had a nice day on the show tables.
In Show A under Judge Paul Kyle, we had the following placings:
Black: BOV/BOB - Taylor Swift, Jr Doe
BOSV - ZZTop, Jr Buck
Broken: BOV - 645PZ, Sr Buck
BOSV - Bob Segar, Sr Buck
REW: BOV- Gwen Stefani, Sr Doe
BOSV- 538PZ, Sr Buck

In Show B under Judge Mary Ellen Stamets we had the following placings:
Black: BOV/BOB - 650PZ, Jr Doe
Broken: BOV - 645PZ, Sr Doe
BOSV/BOSB - 533PZ, Sr Buck
Chocolate: BOV- David Bowie Sr Buck
Rew: BOV - Katy Perry, Sr Doe
BOSV - 518PZ, Sr Buck

On the BIS show table for Show A, Taylor Swift followed up her Best Opposite of Breed at Nationals last weekend in Wisconsin with a BIS today under Judge Paul Kyle.

Thank you to the Judges for recognizing our animals today and the club for a well run show.

Congratulations to Tim Repine for his show A RIS and to Deb Thorpe and Tim Repine for their Show B BIS/RI, respectively.

05/05/2024

We had an amazing time at the 2024 Polish Nationals in Dodgeville, WI 😊 We were blessed to have solid placings in all of our varieties (and fur), but we were beyond honored to have won Best Opposite of Breed (RIS) with our Black Jr Doe, Taylor Swift!! And the cherry on the day was to win alongside of Evelyn Hansen, who won BOB/BIS with a stunning Broken Chocolate Sr Buck. Congratulations to the Wisconsin Club for hosting an amazing show, and Congratulations to each Polish breeder!!

BLACK:
Sr Bucks (57): 4th, 5th, 7th, 10th
Sr Does (46): 1st, 4th, 9th
Jr Bucks (33): BOSV, 1st, 4th
Jr Does (37): BOV/BOSB, 1st, 3rd, 4th

BROKEN:
Sr Bucks (47): 4th
Sr Does (41): 5th, 7th, 10th
Jr Bucks: None shown by Ace in the Hole
Jr Does (20): 1st

CHOCOLATE:
Sr Bucks (25): 8th

REW:
Sr Bucks (15): 4th, 5th, 9th
Sr Does (21): 8th, 10th
Jr Bucks: None shown by Ace in the Hole
Jr Does (8): 3rd

WHITE FUR (10): 2nd, 6th
COLORED FUR (29): 4th, 8th

03/05/2024

My petition to run again for VP of the APRC has been officially accepted, and I would be honored to have your support at election time.
It's been my pleasure to serve the members of the APRC, first as the District 7 Director and most recently as the VP, for a total of almost 7 years! I'm extremely proud to have been a part of the positive changes in our Club, and I look forward to continuing to contribute to our Club's growth & progression. For those who don't know me, our family has been raising rabbits for 20 years, most notably Polish & Dutch. I am currently the President of 2 NY all breed clubs & 1 regional Polish specialty club and am ARBA Registrar #1204 (with a goal of eventually becoming an ARBA judge). I also enjoy serving on the APRC Standards Committee. In my next term as VP, my goals are: (1) To help find resolution to the "Dewlap vs Pencil Line" issue, (2) To increase our Youth Mentorship efforts and (3) To continue to work hand in hand with fellow Board members to find solutions to the challenges our Club faces. Rising tides lift all boats 😊 Go Team Polish!!!

30/04/2024

Ace in the Hole Rabbitry has a few Polish remaining and ready to hop on from Polish Nationals or OSRBA. See information on our website https://www.aceintheholerabbitry.com/category/all-products

21/04/2024

On Saturday 4/20 we attended the Cattaraugus County Rabbit Show. It was a relaxing show. We were honored to win Reserve in Show with our Dutch Steel Jr Doe (ME180) in show A. In Show B we were honored to win Reserve in Show with our Polish Black Jr Doe (Britney Spears), at her debut appearance on the "big stage" (aka, a show table). 😄 Thank you to the judges for recognizing our animals. Congratulations to all of the other winners! We're on hiatus until Wisconsin/Polish Nationals.

27/03/2024

Sneak peak of four Sr Bucks that be will moving on at Polish Nationals. Unfortunately, I'm having to make some difficult decisions on who stays and who goes. All four of these guys have produced great for us. More details and additions to come by the end of this weekend.

26/03/2024

It was a fun day yesterday, despite THE worst travel morning to a show we've had in 20 plus years of showing rabbits. The rabbits did great on the show tables.

Show A:
Dutch
BOB - Steel Jr Doe
Polish
BOB - 631PZ BROKEN BLACK SR DOE
BOSB- 532PZ BLACK SR BUCK

SHOW B:
Dutch
BOB- Blue Jr Doe
BOSB- Steel Jr Buck
Polish
BOB- 348PZ Black Sr Buck
BOSB- 617PZ Black Sr Doe (348PZ's daughter)

Show C:
Dutch
BOSB- Blue Jr Doe
Polish
BOB- 529PZ Black Sr Buck
BOSB- Olivia Newton John Broken Black Jr Doe (348PZ's daughter)

We went on to win Reserve in Show B with 348PZ. Congratulations to our friends, Tim Repine with his Reserve in Show for show A and C and Best in Show for Show B, and to Deborah Thorpe on her Show C Best in Show. Thank you to the judges for recognizing our animals.
Also for those wondering how I got Danny to wear the bunny ears... it only cost me $5 for him to wear them all day. 😆