Only those animals that meet the CAGBA Breed Standard (shown below) are eligible for the Registry. The Registry includes the following classifications: Blue Card - A distinctly, predominantly colored fleece with one or no minimal breed standard traits. Red Card - White or lightly colored fleece with one or no minimal breed standard traits. Yellow Card - Does not meet the breed standard. Two or more minimal traits or a disqualification. May be Recorded but not Registered.

Trait	Standard	Minimal	Disqualifying
Ears	Pendulous		Upright or gopher ears.
Horns	Well-spaced, gently curving back and away from head.	High, close horns. Polled or dehorned.
Conformation traits are indicative of the physical strength and correctness of the body type.
Constitution	Deep, wide chest; good body capacity and spring of rib.	Narrow or shallow chest; poor constitution.	Lacking in vigor, poor constitution.
Back	Straight with a slightly sloped croup.	Roached or swayed. Steep croup.	Weak back or very steep croup.
Legs	Straight when viewed from front or rear, well placed feet with strong pasterns.	Cowhocked or crooked legs, weak pasterns. Hind legs should not touch when animal walks.	Crooked legs, broken pasterns or deformed feet.
Mouth	Teeth meet pad.	Teeth forward of pad.	Deformed or overshot mouth.
Reproduction	Scrotum split no more than one inch. No extra teats.	Scrotum split one-three inches. Extra teats.	Scrotum split more than three inches; missing testicles.
Fleece traits reflect the productivity and quality of the mohair of the goat.
Belly cover	Full cover	Moderate cover.	Light to no cover.
Leg cover	Covered to knees.	Lightly covered inside legs.	Bare inside legs.
Topknot	Mohair topknot.	Fuzzy or no topknot.
Chin cover	Well-covered.	Covered to jaw, jaw bare, wattles.	Face and neck bare, slick neck.
Lock definition	Well formed and distinct shiny locks.	Loose locks, low luster.	No lock definition, double coat, no luster.
Uniformity	Fleece uniform in style, character, length and fineness.	Coarse neck or short or coarse britch, fleece lacks uniformity.	Irregular fleece in style, character, length or fineness.
Free from Kemp	Very light sprinkle of kemp in topline or britch. Long fine medulated fibers scattered in fleece.	Light line of kemp along topline or britch. Short coarse medulated fibers scattered in fleece.	Double coat. Kemp or coarse short medulated fibers throughout fleece.
Yield in six months	At least four pounds.	Three to four pounds.	Less than three pounds.