Fall Pony Finals Other Performance

     The Other Performance division at Fall Pony Finals was a lot of fun. There were a lot of opportunities for entries with cool, fun details. Starting with natural trail. I really loved these cool trail signs. 

And there was not one...

but two entries with raccoons (aka "trash pandas")

I had five entries for natural trail. So it was one of the larger classes of the day. 

Izaak owned by Joan Fauteux

It was a mix of English...

Tuesday Afternoon owned by Nancy Timm

SRF Picture Perfect owned by Donna Gruhn

and western entries. All of them were cool. 

Crimson and Clover owned by Joan Fauteux

Niangala Jack owned by Nancy Timm

The scene class was small, but really impressive. 

SRF Dark Side of the Moon owned by Donna Gruhn

SRF Malik owned by Donna Gruhn

     I really love the details on this doll. These days my favorite part of model horse showing is the little details. I've been having a lot of fun judging and looking at all the creative details in the entries. 

Next up was the Arabian/parade class. 

Pass the Buck owned by Terry Heath

Desert Design Owned by Terry Heath

SRF Picture Perfect owned by Donna Gruhn

There were a couple of gorgeous Arabian and parade entries. Another small but mighty class. 

SRF Malik owned by Donna Gruhn

The Other costume class was even smaller, but also incredibly impressive. 

Morzillo owned by Terry Heath

SRF Elegance on the Catwalk owned by Donna Gruhn

Chivalrous owned by Morgan Hudon

     The showmanship class was a class of one. But I loved it. Showmanship is one of my favorite classes!

SRF Picture Perfect owned by Donna Gruhn

SRF An officer and a Gentleman owned by Donna Gruhn

Wild Eyes owned by Morgan Hudon

In the end SRF Malik was the reserve champion in the other performance division.

     And SRF Picture Perfect was the champion. Both the models are owned by Donna Gruh. It was not a huge division, but it was tricky to judge at times. 

        When I got home from school yesterday I got tiny Abby in primer. Which I thought I took a picture of but apparently I did not. Then I got her in a coat of basic black. All we had hanging around was a semi-gloss so she looks goofy for now. But after I get her whites on and matte coat her she will look better. I got her in primer and then Travis and I went out to do some errands. 

     When we got back I remembered that I really need to get moving on prepping my Balicor for NaMoPaiMo. Getting the prepping done before winter seems like it would make a nice change. I got her in primer, now I need to check her over and see what needs fixing. But not today. 

     And since it so close to TRXC it was time for another random, and somewhat unnecessary project. Don't you think? I already own a halter with side pull reins and a lead rope. But they weren't pink and these are. These are also new and the other ones are a bit grubby because they are old. Anyway. I also made boots on the cowboy and western pleasure doll I have in the works. And I was pretty sure I took a photo of that too, but I don't have that one either.

     So I made decent progress yesterday and I got done the things I planned to get done. Tiny Abby got all the way to solid black, I got boots on the western doll and a made a halter. I did also finish my TRXC show plan and got it printed out. Sunday night I was pulling and sorting TRXC cards so I know that I actually have them and I'll be ready. I don't think I will have too much for tack changes during the show. Which is good, I really hate those. Four days until TRXC. 

Fall Pony Finals, English

      The next division is Fall Pony Finals was the English division. I started out the division with 3 cross country entries. So far, the largest class of the day. 

Izaak owned by Joan Fauteux

Tuesday Afternoon owned by Nancy Timm

Properly Ridiculous owned by Morgan Hudon

      Next up was the Hunter/Jumper class. There were 4 entries in this class and it was incredibly hard to judge. All of the entries had miniscule flaws. So there was really no clear order to placing the class. I had to go back and forth for awhile until I figured out my placings. That was actually a fairly common theme for the day. 

Sentinel owned by Joan Fauteux

Levi Smartchick owned by Ronnie Bartholomew

Tuesday Afternoon owned by Nancy Timm

  

SRF Denali owned by Donna Gruhn

Nancy put this guy up in the games class. He was funny and cute. 

No Bones About It owned by Nancy Timm

     For real entries I had 4 again. And as with the Hunter/Jumper class it was not clear cut which way to place them. 

SRF Picture Perfect owned by Donna Gruhn

Tuesday Afternoon owned by Nancy Timm

Levi Smartchick owned by Ronnie Bartholomew

Properly Ridiculous owned by Morgan Hudon

     Arena Trail was enormous with 5 entries. Did I mention they were, again, 5 excellent entries? 

William owned by Joan Fauteux

Tuesday Afternoon owned by Nancy Timm

SRF Denali owned by Donna Gruhn

Levi Smartchick owned by Ronnie Bartholomew

SRF Picture Perfect owned by Donna Gruhn

     Pleasure was somewhat easier to place, but not much really. 

SRF Picture Perfect owned by Donna Gruhn

William owned by Joan Fauteux

Livi Smartchick owned by Ronnie Bartholomew

SRF Denali owned by Donna Gruhn

Tuesday Afternoon owned by Nancy Timm

     The Other English class was cool as well. And there were plenty of dogs!

William owned by Joan Fauteux

Tuesday Afternoon owned by Nancy Timm

SRF Picture Perfect owned by Donna Gruhn

    In the end Nancy Timm's horse Tuesday Afternoon got champion. Joan's horse William got reserve but the photo didn't load properly and I spent WAY too much time already fixing the order. Blogger doesn't like to add them in the order I put them in. 

Tuesday Afternoon owned by Nancy Timm

      I still have 3 more divisions from Fall Pony Finals but I figured I would share pics from one division a day and some updates on my TRXC madness. Because there is definitely madness over here. I got my endurance setup just about finished now. 

I still need to make a sponge on a string but other than that I think it's done. 

     I also got started on my Abby project. The first step was to cut the long floppy ears away from the head, heat them up and move them up. Abby was not a droopy eared kind of dog.

     I also realized I needed to just remake the ears, leaving a base to support them. So I trimmed some more. 

     And I gave her some new, proper Abby ears. And some forehead wrinkles because she needed them. I Also sculpted in some cheeks where there were holes from the dremel work. But my new tiny Abby is coming along. I am going to let her ears cure for awhile and then hopefully I can get her in primer and a black basecoat. It rained all day yesterday but later today it should be clear. Not warm, but not raining. 

    I also got the last western pleasure doll finished from the batch I was working on last week. And since I sold a cowboy at Fall Pony Finals I decided I would make a couple more. I got this guy finished so one to go. I also have another western pleasure doll in the works. I finished up a pair of ladies cutting chaps and I have another partly done. After I finish the dolls I am not sure what I will work on next. Or how much time I will have. Five days until TRXC.