August 18, 2026
Update
August 18 Update
Meat classes
- Meat results now reach the exhibitor. A placed meat pen, fryer, roaster or stewer used to sit on "Not yet judged" forever — on My Entries and on the phone portal — no matter how long ago the show ran. It now shows its placement like any other entry.
- Meat wins are labelled as meat. A Meat Pen 1st looked exactly like a Senior Buck 1st: same breed name, same "1st". Meat rows now carry a Meat class tag on your results and on the animal's Show Wins, so a meat win is never mistaken for a breed-class win.
- Meat classes list in ear number order on the writer screen, the control sheets and the results.
Varieties and points
- Netherland Dwarf torts are one variety. Black, blue, chocolate and lilac tort now share a single Tortoise Shell showroom variety — they're judged together on the table, the same way otters have always been pooled. Your animal's actual registered colour still goes in Registration Variety, which is free text and unchanged. Shows already judged keep their original classes exactly as they were.
- Standard Chinchilla and Lilac now score sweepstakes points. They were the only two breeds in HARES with no point schedule at all, so every placement showed a dash. Both now use 6 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 times the number in the class — the schedule 40 of the 45 breed clubs already use. If either club publishes its own, we'll put it in.
- Leg counts follow ARBA's one-per-show rule. A rabbit earns one leg per show, on its highest win — so an animal that took Best of Variety and then Best of Breed at the same show holds one leg, not two. Some counts will read lower than they did before. Your leg slips are unchanged and still show the full win path, and Grand Champion eligibility is not affected — it already counted this way.
For show secretaries
- Re-ordering placements just works. You can shuffle a class freely now — HARES no longer stops you mid-swap because two animals briefly hold the same place. It checks when you save instead.
- If a save is rejected, the screen puts back what's actually stored rather than leaving your rejected edit sitting there looking saved.
- A sub-show can have its own host club, and inherits the main show's when you leave it blank — for the weekends where one show's sub-shows are sanctioned to different clubs.
As always, thanks for using HARES. Reply to any HARES email if something looks off.