Plastic Performance Ponies- Western

          It's a good thing I haven't tried to blog daily for a while. I think I would totally lose my mind. As it is, it's been a week since Plastic Performance Ponies and I have managed 2 posts. Three, once I finish and publish this one. Anyway, the next division in AR/CM was western. My first class was judged stockwork, which doesn't give me a lot of options. I ordered this cow from Lisa Smalley the week of the show. It showed up on the Thursday before, I got her cleaned, prepped and painted, and ready to go into the working cow horse entry. The cow is not a perfect fit for the horse for this entry, but it is better than any of my other cattle options that I currently own. This entry, that I wasn't totally happy with, got 2nd. 

    The next class was timed stock work and I put in my steer daubing entry. I bought a lot of stuff from Carrie Sloan Meyer at Breyerfest. I think I must have spent an hour in her room looking at saddle pads and fun new props. I bought the steer daubing pole and the documentation and ordered a running steer from Carol Herden (and was excited it showed up in plenty of time for the show). This was definitely a good start to the western division. 

     Next was western speed games. There are a lot of games out there, and I have stuff to put together a lot of different games entries. But this hook-a-duck game is one of my new things and I wanted to play with it. 

     The next class was western non-speed games. This took some figuring out because a lot of games are technically speed games. But while speed is sometimes a factor in hoof ball, it's actually a skill game. And it went really well for me. The documentation and ball were also things I ordered from Carrie after Breyerfest. Because I apparently lack self control when it comes to miniature stuff. 

     Western pattern work was next and I went with western dressage. I nearly messed up the reins (they were upside down!) but I caught my mistake and fixed it before it was time to be judged. I am really glad I caught my mistake. 

    The next class was other western and I put my pleasure horse in extreme cowboy doing a cowboy curtain. It was a filler class because I knew the tack and doll were not appropriate for the class. I did not want to change them. We got third and I forgot to take a picture. 

     After that was western arena trail. There are things to do in arena trail other than poles, but poles are the most common. I like this setup because it's a bit more complex and interesting than some setups. 

     I said this was the Leggs pleasure class, lol. The second Leggs belongs to my friend, Larry Nichols.

     Mocha Latte did a really nice job and got first in western pleasure stock type. And I just now realized I didn't take note of how many entries were in any of the classes. I did that for most of Resin Renaissance. I guess I can only remember just so many things. I know there were a bunch of entries in western pleasure stock type. 

    In the end Mocha Latte got champion in the AR/CM western division. I was extremely proud of her 6 first places, a second and a third. The English division was still to come.