Yes, Mike, it is a special award this show has been doing for quite some time. Best Trio; judged on consistency and quality of the birds. The birds can only be considered for further judging (best of breed and class Ch) if they are from a first place trio, so you take a bit of a risk. He had the only Am. Trio though, so that wasn't an issue. Competition came at class Champion, then Ch LF trio, then Supreme Ch Trio of the show. Yes, it was on his black Ameraucanas. I didn't think to count the exact number of trios out there, but all were designated with red stickers on the coop cards and there were a lot of those
. He was thrilled to have birds up there in company of Rick Hare and Jan Brett, and more excited to win it. It was a $75 monetary prize, big ribbon and bragging rights