Kendra
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Last week was the Miniature Horse Show at the Stampede, which is always my favorite show! Both cause it's close to home, and because we share venues with all the other agriculture events there's a lot of downtime, which means more visiting!!
There was over 90 horses this year, and lots of good driving horses, as many as 15 in a class, and really good quality, it was great!
The highlight for me was showing in the Saddledome between the heavy horse classes ... we got all the perks, accompanied by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, spotlights, the jumbotron and a "colour commentator" who did a great job.
Hawk in Versatility, jumping in the Saddledome:
http://showchampions.com/image_bank/image_...32&count=53
My mom's team did great, they won the Lord Sterling Cup for Utility Team Hitch ... I think it's the third time that these two horses have won it, but it's been about 4 years since the last time, so they did really well! There was four great teams in the class, and they got the red carpet treatment as well, I snapped this picture from the rail and thought it was neat, can see they were in the spotlight!
Zac and Duke
A couple people mentioned they wanted to hear how the colt we clipped last week did at the show ... not bad for a horse that was really only just halter broke, he was reserve under both judges and Reserve Canadian National Junior Gelding! He did great, showed like a little pro!!
Kiprusoff
Hawk also got a reserve in Roadster, which was great!!
The judges were so good, very personable and friendly and hung out after the show and visited and gave advise and put on a couple very well received clinics. They are definately on our "good judges" list and we'll have to try to get them back to judge a show in this area again soon!!
After the show there was a sale, and we brought home a new addition, meet Sami's Ovation De Banana!
edited to add a better pic of Banana, taken today!
There was over 90 horses this year, and lots of good driving horses, as many as 15 in a class, and really good quality, it was great!
The highlight for me was showing in the Saddledome between the heavy horse classes ... we got all the perks, accompanied by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, spotlights, the jumbotron and a "colour commentator" who did a great job.
Hawk in Versatility, jumping in the Saddledome:
http://showchampions.com/image_bank/image_...32&count=53
My mom's team did great, they won the Lord Sterling Cup for Utility Team Hitch ... I think it's the third time that these two horses have won it, but it's been about 4 years since the last time, so they did really well! There was four great teams in the class, and they got the red carpet treatment as well, I snapped this picture from the rail and thought it was neat, can see they were in the spotlight!
Zac and Duke
A couple people mentioned they wanted to hear how the colt we clipped last week did at the show ... not bad for a horse that was really only just halter broke, he was reserve under both judges and Reserve Canadian National Junior Gelding! He did great, showed like a little pro!!
Kiprusoff
Hawk also got a reserve in Roadster, which was great!!
The judges were so good, very personable and friendly and hung out after the show and visited and gave advise and put on a couple very well received clinics. They are definately on our "good judges" list and we'll have to try to get them back to judge a show in this area again soon!!
After the show there was a sale, and we brought home a new addition, meet Sami's Ovation De Banana!
edited to add a better pic of Banana, taken today!
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