Saturday was our first show of the year. It was provided by our local saddle club...which I joined that morning. Lol.
I began preparing Ale (Her actual name is Finale; so pronounce it like the end of Finale. lol) early that week on Wednesday. It was stressful! I used to love clipping my ponies, but with my crappy clippers I HATE it. Anyways. I clipped her both Wednesday and Thursday and had my mom bathe her on Friday (I had to work) and put her in her stall with her blanket and tail bag on.
The next morning was definitely interesting. I had been working with Ale on how to load and she was getting up but she refused to load. My dad unfortunate forced her into the trailer. He also left my mom to drive the trailer which she has never done before. Needless to say we got stuck on a dead end road twenty minutes before the show started. Now THAT was stressful!
We got there with about five minutes to spare. My mom prepped Ale while I filled out the registration papers for the show. We were the first class and the only ones in the class, lol. Ale was of course the center of attention and she HARDLY stood still! She did well though and stood just long enough for the judge to get a good look at her and she DID set up pretty good. Bless her little heart. We got by with a blue and ended up getting a trophy!
The most interesting parts were AFTER her class, lol. The big horses were very amused by her. She was trotting around whinnying and they would crane their necks to look at her or sniff her. I spent much of the time working with her on standing tied and loading the trailer. She loaded the trailer like a champ. I was NOT happy. (Okay, I was but I was annoyed that she didn't do it at home.)
A lot of the other exhibitors loved Ale. One lady loved how fine boned she was.
When I was working with her on loading the trailer a big palomino gelding (beautiful animal) got loose and ran around frantically. I was relieved that both Ale and I were in the trailer!
On our way home I drove the trailer and truck. That was interesting and it took be roughly 20-30 minutes to park the trailer! lol.
All in all it was a very nice show. My mom wants to show her full brother in July alongside Ale so that we can show them both in the same class and see who wins!
Here's a video of her loading the trailer twice. (We loaded the trailer there roughly fifteen times)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=295488740537675
You can see my show outfit. I opted for a purple shirt and I think we both looked pretty good.
More pictures of Ale:
-After her clip
-In her blanket
-At the show learning how to stand tied (I must say that the loop to tie horses needs to be LOWER!)
-At home being a patient little girl!
I began preparing Ale (Her actual name is Finale; so pronounce it like the end of Finale. lol) early that week on Wednesday. It was stressful! I used to love clipping my ponies, but with my crappy clippers I HATE it. Anyways. I clipped her both Wednesday and Thursday and had my mom bathe her on Friday (I had to work) and put her in her stall with her blanket and tail bag on.
The next morning was definitely interesting. I had been working with Ale on how to load and she was getting up but she refused to load. My dad unfortunate forced her into the trailer. He also left my mom to drive the trailer which she has never done before. Needless to say we got stuck on a dead end road twenty minutes before the show started. Now THAT was stressful!
We got there with about five minutes to spare. My mom prepped Ale while I filled out the registration papers for the show. We were the first class and the only ones in the class, lol. Ale was of course the center of attention and she HARDLY stood still! She did well though and stood just long enough for the judge to get a good look at her and she DID set up pretty good. Bless her little heart. We got by with a blue and ended up getting a trophy!
The most interesting parts were AFTER her class, lol. The big horses were very amused by her. She was trotting around whinnying and they would crane their necks to look at her or sniff her. I spent much of the time working with her on standing tied and loading the trailer. She loaded the trailer like a champ. I was NOT happy. (Okay, I was but I was annoyed that she didn't do it at home.)
A lot of the other exhibitors loved Ale. One lady loved how fine boned she was.
When I was working with her on loading the trailer a big palomino gelding (beautiful animal) got loose and ran around frantically. I was relieved that both Ale and I were in the trailer!
On our way home I drove the trailer and truck. That was interesting and it took be roughly 20-30 minutes to park the trailer! lol.
All in all it was a very nice show. My mom wants to show her full brother in July alongside Ale so that we can show them both in the same class and see who wins!
Here's a video of her loading the trailer twice. (We loaded the trailer there roughly fifteen times)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=295488740537675
You can see my show outfit. I opted for a purple shirt and I think we both looked pretty good.
More pictures of Ale:
-After her clip
-In her blanket
-At the show learning how to stand tied (I must say that the loop to tie horses needs to be LOWER!)
-At home being a patient little girl!