I took a very long break from live showing. Up until this year, I haven't show at a live show since November of 2019. I judged a few times, but hadn't actually shown. I think I needed a break. I showed at Resin Renaissance at Breyerfest and did reasonably well, but when I showed at Plastic Performance Ponies I did amazingly well with Mocha Latte. At the end of the show we had call backs for overall champion and reserve. Mocha Latte had won champion in 3 of the 4 AR/CM divisions (she didn't show in harness because I do not currently own a harness) and that was enough to get her overall champion. I was extremely pleased with this! I am a good performance shower, but I have never done that well at a show. The lowest placing Mocha Latte got was third and she got more firsts than anything. It was an extremely good show day!
It's been a long time so I had forgotten that people like to get photos of the shower, with the horse and the awards. Ann Harris took this photo, since she remembered. A week or so after the show I put a bunch of the model sized winnings on Mocha Latte for a picture in the studio. Over the years she has won several halters, this neck sash, and several model sized rosettes (that I forgot to put in the pic). She also won this blanket at PPP and I think it is wonderful!
I only showed in 2 showed this year, and both of them with Mocha Latte. But it has definitely been nice to be back to showing. For PPP I was really motivated to find new things to do and I found a lot of new entries, or updated some older entries. Before I stopped showing I was kind of stuck in a rut of showing the same things over and over. Now I want to keep looking for new things to do. Maybe I will keep an eye out for shows next year and see what I can do.
2 comments:
Congratulations!!!
The blanket is such a great award! Congratulations
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