Welcome to the Dragon City!
Bendigo became known as the Dragon City due to the presence of Loong and Sun
Loong, two Chinese imperial dragons who make their home in the Chinese museum.
Sun Loong is the longest imperial dragon in the world and very much a part of the
Easter celebrations in Bendigo, when he awakens and parades through the streets of
Bendigo at the end of the precession. There is much noise, as fire crackers are let off to
awaken him, and several smaller dragons dance and whirl in front of the star of the
show.
Welcome to the dragon city, enjoy your stay and best of luck in the ring.
Dragon City Live will start at 10:00am sharp. Please ensure that you have
any OF/CFT performance entries are on the table by that time. Doors will
open at 7:30am.
DCL is being run by Lucy Aburrow, please contact me on 0447667108 (after
4pm) or at stablemates@optusnet.com.au if you have any queries.
Where is DCL?
The show is to be held in the conference room at the Golden Hills Motel, 145 Marong Road,
Bendigo Victoria 3550. Accommodation can also be booked at the motel with rooms ranging from
$100 to $140 per night depending on occupancy. Please contact the motel on 54431333 to secure a
room. Below is a far more accurate map than the hostess’s somewhat confusing attempts at
directions.
(image credit:
http://goldenhillsmotel.com.au/location)
Parking:
There is parking to the front of the venue and also across the road at the Schweppes Centre.
Transport to the show:
Vline runs regular trains from Southern Cross Station, Melbourne to Bendigo Station. A time table
can be found here: http://www.vline.com.au/pdf/timetables/bendigo.pdf.
The first train leaving Southern Cross on Saturday is the 7:16 which gets in at 9:15.
Other lines which connect to Bendigo station are the Echuca and Swan Hill lines. Some trains may
actually be coaches (Vline runs both services) so please keep that in mind if you have a preference.
Please get off the train at the Bendigo station; otherwise you’ll end up in Melbourne and make sure
the service you are planning on travelling on actually stops in Bendigo (some, especially coaches
don’t!) . Please ensure you are in the correct carriage as some are restricted to passengers travelling
to Melbourne bound passengers only. Time tables can be found here:
Echuca: http://www.vline.com.au/pdf/timetables/echuca.pdf/echuca
Swan Hill: http://www.vline.com.au/pdf/timetables/swanhill.pdf/swanhill
Bus services (also run by Vline) are another way to get to the city.
Bendigo from Geelong (via Ballarat): http://www.vline.com.au/pdf/timetables/geelong_ballarat.pdf
Please contact me if you require assistance figuring out your public transport needs, I’m only too
happy to help. Transport can also be arranged from the station or bus stops to the venue but please
contact the hostess on 0447667108 (after 4pm) or email (stablemates@optusnet.com.au) before to
the 8th of August to arrange this.
Food at the show:
Catering is available by the venue, please indicate on the entry form if you are interested in catering.
Catering for hot savouries, sandwiches and cake is $10.50 per person.
Tea, coffee and hot chocolate (with marshmallows) will also be available.
Those interested in other food will find Bendigo has plenty of options and is a quick five to ten
minutes. See the map above for directions or ask the hostess or steward on the day if you are after
something specific.
Lunch break will be an hour long. (and be between divisions, at the hostess and
stewards discretion)
Raffle:
We have some amazing items in the raffle (a big thankyou to all who donated) which will be drawn
during lunch break. Tickets can be purchased either when entering or on the day. Tickets are priced
at $1 each or $5 for 6.
Tables:
We have plenty of tables for everybody, please let know when entering if you require a small,
medium or large table. Please ensure that all boxes, cases and other items are stored under tables to
reduce trip hazards in the room. A blanket or rug to place over your table would also be a good idea.
Sales from Tables:
Feel free to sell things from your tables, there is no fee for this and the show hostess doesn’t mind
as long as those selling are responsible for their own money/sales items/whatever.
Entry information:
There will be no on the day entries for DCL live, please ensure that you get
your entries in before the 1st of August.
Proxy Entries are permitted as long as they are organised with another entrant. The show hostess
is not personally taking any proxy’s but will allow others to do so.
Entry limits and restrictions:
There is no limit to the number of horses you may enter into a class, please however, keep it
manageable to yourself and be considerate of other showers (especially with trad/class size horses
who take up a lot of table space). Horses may only enter one breed class and minis may not compete
in the trad/classic classes or vice versa.
Please note, all horses must be named to enter. Unnamed or –instertyourprefixhere-.Unnamed
are not suitable names.
Payment for entries:
Entry fees are $1.00AUS per model (unlimited classes). Flat fee of $50.00 AUS for more than fifty
models. Scene and tack entries are free but need their own number. Fees can be paid by either
direct deposit (please ask for the account details), pay pal (please contact for email) or in cash via
the post (though, the last one is at your own risk). Please submit entry fees with the entry form.
Cash cannot be paid on the day.
Divisions:
Artist Resin (AR): Artist resin model horses.
Custom (CM): Customised models (except CFT brands) which may have had any combination of the
following repositioning, remaking, repainting, etching, rehairing, markings added, flocked and/or
altered in anyway.
Original Finish (OF): Original Finish, straight out of the factory; Breyer, Copper Fox [plastic] and Peter
Stone are all OF brands if they haven’t be CMed. Retouched models (with no added markings) may
show as OFs.
Craft, Foundation and Toy (CFT): Schleich, Safari, Papo, My Little Ponies (in the fantasy section),
Julips, Equorums, felties, clinkies etc. go in here. They may be repainted or customised in some way
or be factory finished.
Scales:
1:9th to 1:12th scale horses are in line with Breyer Traditional and Classic horses respectively.
1:24th to 1:64th scale horses are in line with Breyer Paddock Pals and Mini Whinnies respectively and
also includes horses scaled like the Breyer Stablemates at 1:36th scale.
Please contact the hostess if you are unsure of the correct division/class for
your model.
Hangtags and Explanation Cards:
All models must have a hang tag with their entry number on one side, and gender, breed, age and
colour on the other. Please ensure that the tag is placed on the table with the model’s entry number
faced down, so the judge can read the information on the other side of the tag. Tags must not be
bigger than 5cm by 7cm and need to be attached to the model (by cotton or other kinds of string)
securely (best bet is around the fetlock) so they won’t fall off.
Explanation cards are required in performance, scene, workmanship and when a model may have an
odd colour, breed or pattern or any combination of the three in halter. Please keep explanation
cards brief and no bigger than A5 in size. Entries without an explanation card in performance, scene
or workmanship will be disqualified. Highlight any key points for the judge.
Classes may be split at the discretion of the judge, and classes without
entries will not run. Large classes may be spread over two tables.
The judge’s decision is final.
Judges:
The judges for Dragon City Live are as follows:
Performance: Summer Hogan-McDermott
Artist Resin: Samantha Whetton
Custom: TBA
CFT: Lucy Aburrow
Original Finish: Samantha Whetton
Workmanship: Sioux Whitefeather
Steward: Michelle Young
Performance class information:
Explanation cards are required for performance, please no explanation cards bigger than A5.
English flat work: Show classes, dressage, smartest on parade, side-saddle events, hack classes
and English pleasure.
English over fences: Jumpers and hunters. Hunter over fences, working hunter, show jumping,
eventing cross country, chase-me-Charlie, Hick-steads and side saddle high jumps etc. (steeple
chasing goes in other performance please). Must include a jump or obstacle.
Other English: Anything which is judged and doesn’t fit into the above classes using English style
riding, for example, mounted games, pony club events, bareback classes, led line at a show, stock
horse classes etc.
Western arena: Western pleasure, trail and reining go here. Must be a judged event. Side saddle
pleasure and trail classes also go here.
Western cattle: Any Western judged event which includes cattle goes here. Please place camp
drafting entries in other performance. Some form of bovine must be included in entry.
Western other: Western games, bareback and other judged events which don’t fit into either of
the other western classes.
Harness: Harness racing, pleasure/show harness, combined driving (any stage; dressage, marathon,
cones), scurry driving, historical and any other judged class or discipline which includes a vehicle.
Showmanship/Led: Please ensure you have a doll for this class as doll-less entries will be
disqualified. Western showmanship and English led classes go in this class.
Costume: Go wild! Costume includes; Arabian (traditional and Hollywood), Ren-fair, circus, fancy
dress, themed holiday costumes, medieval, Native American etc.
Other: As long as it is a judged event, anything that doesn’t fit into the above classes goes in here.
Camp drafting, steeple chasing, endurance, racing, competitive trail riding, tent pegging, horse
archery etc. are all other performance entries. Plus many more.
Scene: Clinics, lunging at home, trail riding, horsey bedrooms, hanging out in the paddock or tack
room, riding schools, holiday events and stables anything goes in this class. Scene entries must
include at least one horse of any scale. Scene must not be any bigger than 60cm by 60cm due to
space. Scene entries are to have their own number.
Mini performance:
English: all English events go here.
Western: Western events go here.
Other: Events, not English or Western belong here please.
Mini’s may not compete in the Trad/Classic performance classes.
Please contact the hostess if you need some help deciding which class to
stick your performance entry.
Workmanship class information:
Workmanship is open to all scales across all makes and models so long as they are not OF. Please
include an explanation card with the artist’s (or artists’ names or studio names) if known. For
portrait classes please include a photo of the subject. Repainted horses have had no re-sculpting
work done to them, this includes but is not limited to gender reassignment, mane or tail restyled,
ear position altered, hooves carved out etc.
Tack must be presented on a supplied saddle stand and must include at least a saddle and a bridle,
and extra accessories may also be included as desired. Explanation cards for this class should
include the maker if known and the style of tack represented. Please note, tack cannot DUN qualify.
The tack section is proudly supported by the Model Equine Tack Association forum
(http://meta.freeforums.net/)
Prizes:
Paper ribbons for 1st through to 6th in each class. 1st also receives a surprise.
Champions and Reserves will receive a garland, a certificate and a mug.
Grand Champions and Reserves Champions will receive a rug, a certificate and a mug.
Supremes Champions and Reserve Champions will receive a garland, a rug, a certificate and a plate.
Garlands have been supplied by S.WILD designs. Mugs and plates by Paul Aburrow.
Rings:
Rings will be set up on the dance floor. While judging is taking place only the steward and the judge
will be permitted in that area. Please wait for the steward to take down entry numbers of placings
before removing your models from the table.
Class lists:
Performance and Workmanship Classes :
Original Finish Performance
Custom/Artists Resin
and Craft, Foundation and
Performance – 1:12th to 1:9th
th
th
Toy – 1:12 to 1:9 scale:
scale:
English:
English:
1. English flatwork.
14. English flatwork.
2. English over fences.
15. English over fences.
3. Other English.
16. Other English.
OF&CFT English Performance
Champion
CM/AR English Performance
Champion
Western:
4. Western arena.
5. Western cattle.
6. Other Western
Western:
17. Western arena.
18. Western cattle.
19. Other Western
OF&CFT Western
Performance Champion
CM/AR Western
Performance Champion
Other.
7. Harness
8. Showmanship/Led.
9. Costume.
10. Other.
Other.
20. Harness
21. Showmanship/Led.
22. Costume.
23. Other.
OF&CFT Other Performance
Champion
CM/AR Other Performance
Champion
Mini Performance:
11. English.
12. Western.
13. Other.
Mini Performance:
24. English.
25. Western.
26. Other.
OF&CFT Mini Performance
Champion
CM/AR Mini Performance
Champion
OF&CFT Performance Grand
Champion and Reserve
Champion.
CM/AR Grand Performance
Champion and Reserve
Champion.
Scene(all makes):
27. Scene
Supreme Performance
Champion and Reserve
Champion.
Workmanship:
28. Repaint broken colour
29. Repaint solid colour.
30. Etched
Repaint/etched workmanship
champion
31. Re-sculpt and repaint.
32. Rehair and Repaint
33. Extreme Re-sculpt
Re-sculpt and Repaint
workmanship champion
34. Owner’s own work.
35. Portrait
Other workmanship
Champion
36. Owner’s own Tack
37. Other maker’s Tack.
Tack workmanship champion
Workmanship Grand
Champion and Reserve
Champion.
Halter Class list:
Halter 1:12th to 1:9th scale.
OF Halter, 1:12th to 1:9th scale.
Breed:
38. Arabian
39. Arabian part breed
40. Baroque
41. Draft breed
42.Gaited
43. Pony
44. Quarter Horse
45. Other stock breed
46. Other pure breed
47.Other part breed
48. Sport
49. Thoroughbred
Champion and Reserve 1:12th
to 1:9th OF Breed.
CM Halter, 1:12th to 1:9th scale.
Breed:
50. Arabian
51. Arabian part breed
52. Baroque
53.Draft breed
54.Gaited
55. Pony
56. Quarter Horse
57. Other stock breed
58. Other pure breed
59.Other part breed
60. Sport
61. Thoroughbred
Champion and Reserve 1:12th
to 1:9th CM Breed.
AR Halter, 1:12th to 1:9th scale.
Breed:
62. Arabian
63. Arabian part breed
64. Baroque
65.Draft breed
66.Gaited
67. Pony
68. Quarter Horse
69. Other stock breed
70. Other pure breed
71.Other part breed
72. Sport
73. Thoroughbred
Champion and Reserve 1:12th
to 1:9th AR Breed.
Halter 1:24th to 1:64th scale:
OF Halter, 1:24th to 1:64th
scale.
Breed:
74. Arabian
75. Arabian part breed
76. Baroque
77. Draft breed
78.Gaited
79. Pony
80. Quarter Horse
81. Other stock breed
82. Other pure breed
83.Other part breed
84. Sport
85. Thoroughbred
Champion and Reserve 1:24th
to 1:64th scale OF Breed.
CM Halter, 1:24th to 1:64th
scale.
Breed:
86. Arabian
87. Arabian part breed
88. Baroque
89.Draft breed
90.Gaited
91. Pony
92. Quarter Horse
93. Other stock breed
94. Other pure breed
95.Other part breed
96. Sport
97. Thoroughbred
Champion and Reserve 1:24th
to 1:64th scale CM Breed.
AR Halter, 1:24th to 1:64th
scale.
Breed:
98. Arabian
99. Arabian part breed
100. Baroque
101.Draft breed
102.Gaited
103. Pony
104. Quarter Horse
105. Other stock breed
106. Other pure breed
107.Other part breed
108. Sport
109. Thoroughbred
Champion and Reserve 1:24th
to 1:64th scale AR Breed.
CFT Halter, all scales.
Breed:
110. Arabian
111. Arabian part breed
112. Baroque
113.Draft breed
114.Gaited
115. Pony
116. Quarter Horse
117. Other stock breed
118. Other pure breed
119.Other part breed
120. Sport
121. Thoroughbred
122. Fantasy
Champion and Reserve CFT all
scales Breed.
Supreme Champion and
Reserve 1:12th to 1:9th Breed.
Supreme Champion and
Reserve 1:24th to 1:64th scale
Breed.
Best in Show