I guess maybe I missed something here. Was the person being rude, out of line, mean in any way? All I got out of the original post was the person was astounded that the guy felt and voiced his opinion that a calf other than the one that he bred and sold should have won the show??? I am sorry but I just dont get what was wrong with that. Especially if the calf he was saying should win was a better calf than the one he sold. For most breeders it would have gone something like this. They would sell a calf to someone for some ungodly amount of money after telling them that it would win everywhere it went. Then they would show up at the show and sit there and very publicly point out how the calf they sold is better, knowing full well that there are better calves in the ring. I think sometimes they are trying to sway the judges. Then when the judge doesnt use the calf they sold, the immediately go in defense mode to the family who is looking at them wondering why the calf he told them would win every show they went to didnt even win the most podunk smallest show they went to. Regardless of who they were or even if he saw them, he would immediately start telling the family that every judge they went before all year long was a blithering idiot. Then he would move on to defending the calf he sold them, regardless of quality of calf, and telling them how it should have won everything. Then he would probably close by telling them that he had an even better calf in the pasture and this one was sired by the right bull, sure fire guarantee on this one, and then he would make them feel special by saying he would give them a special deal on it, and we are off to the races again.
If this guy simply recognized and admitted that another heifer in the ring was better than the one he bred and sold, then I say kudos. I want to do business with someone who is going to have integrity and be honest. Dont keep telling me that the calf I bought from you is the best one that ever walked when you know 90% of the calves in the class are better. I want the honest one that is gonna tell me, you know thats a good calf you raised but those others are better and here is why, especially if it is a junior they are dealing with and they are taking the opportunity to educate them. But then again thats just me and how I do business.