Home at last

Well the show was fun.  We left Wensday in the morning and got to the showgrounds just before supper that night.  We had all of Thursday off to let Freckles, Bella and our friends horse Goose (a yearling) get used to the showgrounds and activity.  It was Goose's second show and Bella's first so we had a lot of walking to do.  The good thing was that Freckles was so used to going to shows that she was a great 'steady Eddie' for the babies.

All of the horses came home with points in Amateur and open classes, and Bella won the weanling futurity!  Freckles had a great first 1/2 half of her class but spooked at some pigeons in the second direction and had a couple of bucks that put her our of the running.

Competition was TOUGH!  The barn next to us had newly crowned Youth World and Champions and reserve champions as well as some national titles. It was a whole different ballgame from what we normally compete with.  We were very happy for the fact that we placed consistently with the quality of the horses that were around us.  And SO much color!  There were a couple of solids, but the colorful ones really out numbered them.

Lots of photos below from our weekend!

Freckles and C and J who was the trainer that imported Lucas.  He's moved to Maine and had a horse at the show.

J's horse

Freckles in her halter class

Waiting for the class to start

a very loud Appaloosa, who won the most colourful classes

waiting in the line up

cute kid and her very nice horse

warming up

off to the lunging area

tiny showmanship girl (she was 6) and her great older horse

waiting for classes and some of the trailer parking

Baby Bella and her first cooler!

24 in the 'most colorful' class