yankee_minis
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It was a hot, humid, and sometimes drenching weekend at Horseheads, NY. The show actually ended with a thunder storm that started with enough wind to create a dustbowl on one end of the driving arena and then ended with some exhibtors, horses and carts soaking wet.
I have to brag here for the first time-- my stallion Greenridge IMA Link Too Buckeroo (BTU son)-- was champion in country pleasure driving, over. He did such an awesome job!!! I was so proud that I started crying. (what a geek!) THANK YOU to Hillary Jipson (Boinky) for working with him and driving him. He can be inconsistent and this time he was ON. He's 4 and this is his second year of driving. I didn't get a picture of him in the ring-- I'm not sure I even breathed during the whole class. LOL But here he is outside in the warm-up ring, being a hot-headed butthead. LOL
And for my other horses-- they made me proud too.
Diana (Cadcade Farms TC Diana) won blue in broodmare (over). She's a Top Cat daughter. Here she is-- her foal is 6 weeks old. (Wish my body had recovered as well after my pregnancies!! LOL)
And this is her foal, Bit-O-Blue TC Time Bandit. He's a Top Cat grandson and a great-grandson of both Little Kings Buck Echo and Little Kings Buck the System. He's a buckskin dun with dorsal stripe and leg barring, like mamma. Many of you may have watched him on Mare Stare because his dam has lost two babies in the past due to not getting out of the sack. He's only 6 weeks old so he doesn't stand all that well- no chance he would relax that neck or stand without jumping around!! (this is a bad picture and his head is not that large) However he moves like a dream and the people in the bleachers all oohhhhed and ahhhhed over him. He got 4th in stallion of current year, 30" and under.
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Then there is Grace (RHA Wardances Grace), my black pinto mare that I grabbed out of the pasture and hauled to NY. This was her first show and she was a queen! Such a sweetheart. She stood there in the ring like a pro and I was very proud of her 6th place ribbon.
And THANK YOU to Jen McGarvey for hauling all of us to the show and for showing my horses in halter. Her advice and help (and Hillary's too) at preparing the horses for show was invaluable! (Can you tell I'm kinda inexperienced? lol)
The drive from home to Maine was about 9 hours and Jen and Hillary had an hour and two hours still to go after dropping me off. I wouldn't have gone if it hadn't been for them.
Met a lot of very nice people and had fun at the pizza party. Thanks for the pictures, Karla!
I have to brag here for the first time-- my stallion Greenridge IMA Link Too Buckeroo (BTU son)-- was champion in country pleasure driving, over. He did such an awesome job!!! I was so proud that I started crying. (what a geek!) THANK YOU to Hillary Jipson (Boinky) for working with him and driving him. He can be inconsistent and this time he was ON. He's 4 and this is his second year of driving. I didn't get a picture of him in the ring-- I'm not sure I even breathed during the whole class. LOL But here he is outside in the warm-up ring, being a hot-headed butthead. LOL
And for my other horses-- they made me proud too.
Diana (Cadcade Farms TC Diana) won blue in broodmare (over). She's a Top Cat daughter. Here she is-- her foal is 6 weeks old. (Wish my body had recovered as well after my pregnancies!! LOL)
And this is her foal, Bit-O-Blue TC Time Bandit. He's a Top Cat grandson and a great-grandson of both Little Kings Buck Echo and Little Kings Buck the System. He's a buckskin dun with dorsal stripe and leg barring, like mamma. Many of you may have watched him on Mare Stare because his dam has lost two babies in the past due to not getting out of the sack. He's only 6 weeks old so he doesn't stand all that well- no chance he would relax that neck or stand without jumping around!! (this is a bad picture and his head is not that large) However he moves like a dream and the people in the bleachers all oohhhhed and ahhhhed over him. He got 4th in stallion of current year, 30" and under.
New Pic:
Then there is Grace (RHA Wardances Grace), my black pinto mare that I grabbed out of the pasture and hauled to NY. This was her first show and she was a queen! Such a sweetheart. She stood there in the ring like a pro and I was very proud of her 6th place ribbon.
And THANK YOU to Jen McGarvey for hauling all of us to the show and for showing my horses in halter. Her advice and help (and Hillary's too) at preparing the horses for show was invaluable! (Can you tell I'm kinda inexperienced? lol)
The drive from home to Maine was about 9 hours and Jen and Hillary had an hour and two hours still to go after dropping me off. I wouldn't have gone if it hadn't been for them.
Met a lot of very nice people and had fun at the pizza party. Thanks for the pictures, Karla!
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