Llama Shows Judge’s Page

Contact Information Name: Phil Feiner Address: 23 Osgood Road Stephentown, NY. 12168 Phone number: (518)733-6495 Email address: llamas@philippfeiner.com

Judge’s qualifications Approved by: ALSA Qualified for: Level III Halter Judging since: 2003

Judge’s Bio I grew up in the suburbs if NYC where I was fortunate that as a teenager, I was able to convince my parents to buy me a horse.  I spent the next four years before heading off to college showing my own horses and working as a groom and exercise rider for a family that had a number of  show horses.  It was during this time that my dream that I would one day have a farm of my own and breed own horses was born. After college, I dabbled in horses again, and purchased a conformation hunter and a jumper prospect.  I spent the next year working with and showing them, eventually sending them both down to VA to be trained at one of the top show barns in the country.  Well... after about 8 months in VA, I realized that although I had a good eye and knew my horses, I was lacking one very important factor.  That factor was the money that was required to keep a horse, let alone two, on the A show circuit.  I sold the horses and learned the hard lesson that I did not have enough money to "keep up with the Joneses’’ " so to speak. Some 15 years later, I purchases a small farm about 150 miles north of Manhattan, and was fortunate to realize my dream of one day owning a farm and breeding horses.  We have foaled five horses, and a number of them continue  to compete on the dressage circuit here in New England  Around the same time we were working with the horses, we purchased two Llama geldings to watch over our small heard of Corrieadale Ewes.  It was not long before the sheep were gone and we started assembling our current herd of Llamas. In 2002 I attended a beginners judging clinic with no intention of becoming an ALSA judge.  My intention was to hone my skills in evaluating Llamas to help make better and more informed purchases.  After learning so much at that initial clinic, I decided to try my hand at judging.  I have been active judging for a little over three years now, and am happy to say that I enjoy it as much, if not more, than I did  three years ago. I am currently a level III judge, and am fortunate to have judged a number of shows over the past few years  These include AgFest in OR, Millennium Magic in MI, The Ozark Classic in MO, Laramie Llama Festival in WY, Badgerland Sweepstakes in WI, and in 2005, I was fortunate to be one of the performance judges at the ALSA Grand National.  This past year, I was f one of the Futurity judges at the Celebrity World Futurity and my last show of the season was the Southeastern Regional. I enjoy judging shows both large and small, and enjoy talking with the exhibitors and the youth.   I am looking forward to the few shows that I have booked for 2007, and to a great show season.

2006 Shows Judged 2007 Shows The Grand Slam OLD DOMINION GOLD CUP LLAMA SHOW