tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59500950259313982762024-02-18T20:33:56.586-06:00Shady Creek FarmAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-45470297925978202012015-06-25T16:43:00.001-05:002015-06-25T16:43:54.687-05:00The BYO 2015 - Other PerformanceWhen I left off, I was explaining <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-trip-to-texas-byo-2015.html" target="_blank">just what The BYO is</a>, and sharing my longhorn photography story. So without further ado, let's jump right back into the show report, shall we?<br />
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The BYO starts off the day with Other Performance. This is good for me, since I rarely have a lot of horses showing in the Other Performance Division, so it gives me plenty of time to get set up at my table and finish tacking and adjusting horses for the later divisions. It also gave me time to socialize, and take pictures of everyone else's Other Performance entries.<br />
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This year, I had one horse showing in the Other Performance Division - Goodness Gracious, or Grace for short, my Artist Choice "Hickory" resin sculpted and painted by my friend Sheila Bishop.<br />
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My goal for this year's BYO was not to do any tack changes. So, Grace would be showing in the Halter Showmanship class, and then I decided that with the same halter and handler, she could also show in Other Competition with an In-Hand Trail set up. Sue disagreed however, and as I was setting up my entry for Other Competition, she told me she'd rather it go in the Western Trail class, since despite being a tackless entry, the halter was a stock-style halter and the handler was outfitted in Western style attire.<br />
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So, Grace only got to show in one class at the BYO this year, Halter Showmanship, but at least she came away with first place and a NAN card. :)<br />
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Two of Christie's horses wound up winning the Other Performance Division Champ and Reserve, and then we were on to English!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-22664492615624891892015-06-22T19:02:00.000-05:002015-06-22T19:02:13.145-05:00A Trip to Texas - The BYO 2015Once again, I've failed to update this blog on a regular basis as planned. But, it's better to jump back in than ignore it forever. <br /><br />So, I just returned from the BYO All Performance show in Sanger, Texas. I had a wonderful time - it's always great getting to spend the day hanging out with some of my favorite people from the region, especially my fellow performance junkies!<br />
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The BYO is a show like no other - first of all, the full name of the show (this year) was The Oh-My-Gosh SEVENTEENTH (Believe It or Not) Absolutely Positively Gonna Happen Every Year (Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don't Rise) Annual North Texas Equine Miniaturists Association Bring-Your-Own Many Rosettes and Almost Certainly Some Trophies (There's a New Box on my Porch) No Tag/No 3x5 Card, No Database (Yet), North American Nationals Tune-Up, Pre-BreyerFest Strategy Soiree, Swap Meet, Schmooze-Fest,All-Performance Qualifying Show with Pink Performance NAN Cards (But Only Two Per Class), Pot Luck Lunch, All-Day Grazing, Still No NAN Tag Preparation Required, Celebration of the Sesquicentennial (aka One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary) of the End of the Civil War , but No One Will Be Forced to Sing "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" (Unless They Really Want To), Shopping Opportunity with Linda Roberts, General Chaos, and No Longer on the Parking Lot Weiner Roast XVII In A Building with Working Air-Conditioning, a Full Kitchen, and Lots of Parking With The Traditional Additions to the Ever-Growing Title (I'm Blaming This Years' Silly Ideas On My Anesthesia Hangover Because I Don't Know Where They Came From Except that Smithsonian Magazine Featured the Civil War Thing This Month). <br />
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So, you can see why most of us just call it The BYO. ;) It's also called the BYO because entrants have to Bring Your Own - tables that is! The show is held in the foyer of Sue Stewart's church, and while they have plenty of chairs for us to borrow, the tables have to be brought in. It's also what you would probably consider a "no frills" show - all of the ribbons, rosettes, and trophies are recycled from other shows. The class list is streamlined, with OFs and CMs/ARs all showing together in three performance divisions: Other, English, and Western. It's a fun, laid back atmosphere, and plenty of local model horse friends stop by and hang out even if they're not showing. But like all of the other shows in Texas - the competition is fierce! The BYO is specifically supposed to be a practice/tune-up show for NAN and BreyerFest, so often, the entrants at BYO are some of the region's best and most dedicated performance showers. Despite that, it's still a fun and friendly show, with everyone helping each other and Sue giving critique at the end of the classes. <br />
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Oh, and did I mention there's a potluck? While the entry fee for showers and spectators alike is only $5, all guests are also expected to bring a side dish or dessert to go with the main dish of grilled hot dogs made by Chef and Results Secretary Extraordinaire Brad.<br />
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This was my second time showing at the BYO, and I was really looking forward to it since first of all, I feel like my performance showing has improved since I was there last year, and second, I had a string of performance horses, old and new, that I was really looking forward to competing with.<br />
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After leaving Little Rock in the early afternoon, I arrived in Sanger, Texas Friday evening. My friend Carmen graciously invited me to stay in her guest room so I didn't have to book a hotel. My GPS sent me driving on a route that was a bit of a round-about way to my destination, but driving through some of the ranch lands made for gorgeous scenery. I even got to see some authentic Texas Longhorns!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While I was stopped to take pictures of the longhorns, two country boys pulled over to ask if I was ok. Our conversation went something like this:<br />Country Boy [in thick southern accent] : Ma'am, are you alright?<br />Country Boy #2 [also in thick southern accent] : Are ya having car troubles?<br />Me : Oh, I'm fine, thank you. I'm just taking some pictures.<br />Country Boy #1 [confused] : Of the <i>cows?</i><br />Me [bashfully] : Yes.. of the cows...<br />Country Boys [stare at each other, then back to me]<br />Country Boy #1 : Alright, well you take care then...</td></tr>
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Well, I still thought seeing longhorns was pretty special! <br /><br />Anyway, I figure this is a good enough teaser for now. I'll post again soon with an actual show report, with pictures! :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-62430688934712743112015-02-07T17:22:00.003-06:002015-02-07T17:22:53.306-06:00BCS Winter Photo ChallengeMy friend Jennifer decided to host a <a href="http://braymere.blogspot.com/2015/01/bcs-winter-photo-challenge.html" target="_blank">fun photo challenge</a>, and I couldn't resist the urge to enter with all Performance-themed entries! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little vintage performance with a vintage custom! <br />This is Joker's Double Dice in a Western Arena Trail set up back in the late 90's.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A number of my Performance horses over the years have been pinto-spotted!<br />Top row L-R: Jumanji, Naughty By Nature, and Epiphany<br />Bottom row L-R: Kiss Me Kate, Rumor Has It, and Ruby Slippers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Performance is my passion, and sometimes it's even an unbridled passion!<br />When I first got back into showing in mid-2013, I wanted to enter my new Hazel resin, Ruby Slippers, into as many classes as possible, but didn't have a bridle that fit her that was appropriate for traditional Reining. My solution? A Freestyle Bridleless Reining entry - Ruby managed to earn a NAN card at our first show with the set up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think it can be argued that Performance Junkies are a rare breed. I mean, even among other hobbyists, we're sometimes considered a little crazy for all the money we pour into tack and props, the hours we spend researching and creating documentation, and the insanity we put ourselves through with all those teeny tiny itty bitty little buckles!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little known fact about my rider dolls... all of the dolls I have had commissioned are meant to be portraits of me. I always ask Ann to make them with brown hair and brown eyes just like I have. I've never had much of a successful show career riding real horses, but my mini me dolls have ridden plenty of champions!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My largest conga is my Stone Palouse Conga which has nearly fifty members now.<br />Part of what I love about Palouse so much is what a great model she is for Performance. Despite how many Palouses make up my conga, only three have ever seen the inside of a Performance ring.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes the goal with a Performance set up is to bring the great outdoors inside and in miniature!<br />I don't think I've quite mastered making realistic dioramas yet, but I had a lot of fun creating this one, which features a land area leading up to a shallow waterbed and has served me well for cross country, natural trail, drag hunting (as seen there), and hunter pace entries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty has been my best shower in the last year since I've really gotten back into showing.<br />Here she is winning Overall OF Performance Champ at our last show, A MidWinter's Night Ball.</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-64135493613088252202015-01-01T20:31:00.001-06:002015-01-01T20:32:45.105-06:002015 Hobby Goals<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">Happy New Year! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">I've been thinking lately about my hobby goals are for this year, so this is what I've come up with so far that I'd like to accomplish in 2015:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px; text-align: start;">I spend a lot of 2013 and 2014 getting my collection out of storage boxes and set up on display in my office/pony room/craft space. But this year I'd like to get things better organized and documented.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one organization project in the works...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">I'm terrible at naming horses! Probably because I always want to find the "BEST" name for them, so it's not something I take lightly. But I think I need to just bite the bullet and name all of the horses that have been sitting around nameless for way too long.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is more common that I'd like to admit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My unpainted collection of Seunta horses alone is a little daunting...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was definite improvement over the year, but there's still room for more.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A "Vincenzo" resin owned by my friend Debbie Nickrent - I wouldn't mind adding one of this sculpt to my collection.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">I think even if I write shorter posts, more frequently - that would be better than longer posts, less frequently.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It'd be nice to get those "pageviews" and "followers" numbers up a little higher.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">I take pride in putting myself into my performance set ups, so I would like to make more of my own props and improve on some designs I tried this past year.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This base served me well in 2014, but I'd like to try to make more things and better things.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">I would like to give a few things a try, especially making some tack items. And maybe even customizing horses again.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have some kits from Rio Rondo that I'd like to give a try at least.</td></tr>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;"><b>Organize some hobby-related activities in my area</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">Going to the Mid Kansas Live All Performance show really inspired me to try to have some local get-togethers for my fellow Arkansan collectors. The Sunflower Model Horse Club in Kansas has other activities besides several NAN qualifying shows every year including craft days, a holiday party, and fun shows. I think something similar would be a lot of fun to have locally. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">I don't know if I'll be able to attend as many shows in 2015 as I did in 2014, so my goals are more about work behind the scenes than in the show ring this year. But, we'll see what 2015 has in store for me. :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.399998664856px;">What are your hobby goals for 2015?</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-84499072208001081862014-12-31T21:01:00.000-06:002014-12-31T22:49:02.573-06:002014: Year In Review2014 is coming to a close, so it's time to look back at the year in review!<br />
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At the end of 2013, I did a <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/01/2013-year-in-review.html" target="_blank">year in review post</a>. 2013 was a pretty good year for me as it was my first year back in the hobby after a long break. But, I predicted that 2014 would be an even better year - and I think I was right!<br />
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While I only managed to go to two shows in 2013, I went to seven <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(or eight, since one was a double show)</span> in 2014:<br />
A MidWinter's Night Ball in Georgetown, TX on January 18-19th<br />
Tornado Alley/Hog Wild (double show) in Tulsa, OK on April 26th<br />
Big Orange Bash in Knoxville, TN on June 7th<br />
The BYO All Performance Show in Sanger, TX on June 14th<br />
Hooftoberfest (All CM/AR/CMG Halter) in Irving, TX on September 20th<br />
Mid Ark Model Horse Expo in Greenbrier, AR on November 1st<br />
and Mid Kansas Live All Performance Show in Rose Hill, KS on November 22nd.<br />
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I had six Performance Reserve Champions, thirteen Performance Champions, four Overall Performance Reserve Grand Champions, and four Overall Performance Grand Champions!<br />
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Some highlights:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty - OF Overall Performance Reserve Grand Champion - A MidWinter's Night Ball (1/19)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pennyroyal - Other Performance Reserve Champion - Tornado Alley & Hog Wild (4/26)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rumor Has It - CM/AR Western Performance Reserve Champion - Big Orange Bash (6/7)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naughty By Nature - CM/AR Overall Performance Grand Champion - Big Orange Bash (6/7)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Castiel - English Performance Champion and Overall Reserve Grand Champion - The BYO (6/14)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty - OF Overall Performance Reserve Grand Champion - Mid Ark (11/1) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Glory - CM/AR Overall Performance Grand Champion - Mid Ark (11/1)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naughty By Nature - Mini Performance Overall Reserve Grand Champion - Mid Kansas Live (11/22)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty - OF Performance Overall Grand Champion - Mid Kansas Live (11/22)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Glory - CM/AR Performance Overall Grand Champion - Mid Kansas Live (11/22)</td></tr>
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In 2014, I also added a few horses to my collection that I was very excited about.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ella Mae - "Elsie" resin sculpted by Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig and painted by Katie Langford</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Romanesque - "Valentino" resin sculpted by Brigitte Eberl and painted by Thomas Bainbridge (photo by Melanie Miller)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goodness Gracious - "Hickory" resin sculpted and painted by Sheila Bishop (photo by Sheila Bishop)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adventure Time - "Murdock" resin sculpted by Rayvin Brewer and painted by Amanda Brock (photo by Amanda Brock)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blank "Hazel" resin sculpted by Morgen Kilbourn - to be painted as a portrait of my real horse, Bunny</td></tr>
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On the personal life front, 2014 was a pretty good year as well.<br />
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Robert and I got engaged, and then married!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 18, 2014</td></tr>
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And I moved my horse, Bunny, to a new barn that is much closer to home - and we're very happy there!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the trailer on our way to Applewood Farm!</td></tr>
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This also was a great year for hobby friendships. I think I've finally found my niche in the hobby, and have made some friends who are not just HOBBY friends, but are FRIEND friends. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with Jennifer during her drive through Arkansas. (Sorry I don't have more pictures with other friends - maybe that should be a resolution for 2015?)</td></tr>
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So, in review - 2014 has been a GREAT year for so many reasons. But I'm looking forward to 2015 because I feel like things can only get even better.<br />
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Thank you for reading and HAPPY NEW YEAR!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-40849725142609358932014-12-30T22:09:00.003-06:002014-12-30T22:10:07.064-06:00Mid Kansas Live All Performance - Mini DivisionLast but not least, the Mid Kansas Live All Performance show Mini division!<br />
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Continuing on from <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/12/mid-kansas-live-all-performance-of.html" target="_blank">part 3</a> of my <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/11/mid-kansas-live-all-performance.html" target="_blank">show report</a>...<br />
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The Mid Kansas Live All Performance show didn't leave mini fans disappointed. There was a full performance division just for the tiny athletes, although OF, CM, and AR minis all showed together. I don't show mini performance very often anymore, since I prefer to only show my minis in performance when they have their own division, and that doesn't happen very often at shows. So I was excited that Mid Kansas did offer a separate division for the littler guys. Since I don't show minis often, I only have one Stablemate ready to show who is tacked up and has documentation for his entries - my English horse, Naughty By Nature.<br />
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Naughty By Nature is an etchie of the SM G2 Warmblood that I etched myself (and added shoes!) sometime back around 2007 or so. I know I started showing him in 2007 anyway.<br />
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The thing with mini performance horses is, once I tack them up, they stay tacked up forever. I learned early on with mini tack that I didn't have the patience to tack and re-tack such tiny horses. So unlike his larger barn mates who show in multiple divisions, Naughty By Nature only competes in English.<br />
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I toyed around with tacking up a Western mini performance horse as well and getting entries ready in time for the show, but sadly I ran out of time. So Naughty By Nature was the only mini horse I showed at Mid Kansas, and therefore English was the only mini performance division I entered.<br />
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The Mini Performance Division ran in the same order as the OF Performance Division, so Other Performance was first, Western was next, and English was last - which meant I had nothing in the mini ring for most of the day. By the time the Mini English Division started, it was crunch time! <br />
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Luckily, Naughty By Nature started off strong.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naughty By Nature won first in the Jumper class.</td></tr>
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Again, I asked the judge if we could swap the Hunter class with the Cross Country class, since I didn't want to have to tack his little boots off and then put them on again. Luckily she agreed, and Naughty took first in both of those classes as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naughty By Nature won first in the Cross Country class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And another first in the Hunter class.</td></tr>
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Naughty scored another blue ribbon in the Indoor Trail class, but only a third place in Outdoor Trail (which I didn't get a picture of unfortunately.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue for Indoor Trail.</td></tr>
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He came back with another first place win in the Dressage class though, even though the time crunch made me leave out his arena base.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naughty with his first place in Dressage, and documentation that is WAY bigger than he is.</td></tr>
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We finished up the division with a fourth place in Other English with a games entry and second place in English Pleasure - not too shabby!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naughty was bested by some pretty cool Other English entries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He finished out with second place in Pleasure. He is probably in need of an updated tack set one of these days.</td></tr>
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All the hard work earned us the Mini English Division Championship!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naughty By Nature - Mini English Performance Champion</td></tr>
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It was a close call for overall...<br />
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Naughty By Nature was awarded Mini Performance Overall Reserve Grand Champion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naughty By Nature - Mini Performance Overall Reserve Grand Champ</td></tr>
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And that finally concludes my show report! It was a long drive to Kansas, but the show was a blast and the trip was well worth it!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-6810459842184338672014-12-24T14:45:00.000-06:002014-12-24T14:45:25.295-06:00Mid Kansas Live All Performance - OF DivisionSorry I've been dragging my feet on getting this show report finished. Maybe the separate posts don't actually help me get them done in a timely manner. But oh well, such is life.<br />
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Continuing on from <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/11/mid-kansas-live-all-performance-cmar.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a> of my <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/11/mid-kansas-live-all-performance.html" target="_blank">show report</a>...<br />
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OF Performance ran concurrently with CM/AR Performance, however the class order was different so that if you were using the same tack for your OFs as for your CMs/ARs, there wouldn't be conflicts. While CM/AR Performance order went English, Other, and lastly Western, OF Performance order went Other, Western, and then English last.<br />
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I was only showing one horse per division at this show, and my OF horse was Arrietty - a FCM Stone "English Pleasure" Palouse Design-A-Horse.<br />
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The Other Performance Division is one I'm only just starting to show in more. I don't have much in the way of costumes and haven't been brave enough to give harness a try yet. So, my first OF Other Performance class of the day was Native American Costume. I was showing with a new costume I had purchased right before the show - it wasn't as historically accurate or elaborate as the competition, nor did I have a doll, but I documented it as a costume from a modern day show where costumes don't have to be 100% historically accurate. My documentation earned Arrietty a blue ribbon even against some very gorgeous, intricately detailed costumes belonging to my competition.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty in the OF Native American Costume class</td></tr>
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Our next class was Sidesaddle, another new class for me with a new piece of tack. I used Arrietty's regular English bridle despite it being brown rather than black like the saddle, and we still managed a first place. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Admittedly not my most polished entry, but it was good enough to beat the competition.</td></tr>
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Next up was Showmanship. My entry was the only one with documentation, and Arrietty trotted away with another blue ribbon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty with a "Hunter In Hand" entry - we've done well with this set up before, and this time was no different.</td></tr>
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Our last Other Performance Division entry was for "Other Other Performance". I tried another freestyle agility entry but was bested by some more elaborate set ups. My agility entries can really be hit-or-miss depending on what else is in the class and the judge's preference for tackless entries.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really wasn't too upset with a third place - the first and second place entries in this class were awesome!</td></tr>
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Arrietty won enough ribbons to earn the Other Performance Championship!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty - OF Other Performance Champion</td></tr>
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Next up was the OF Western Division. So far, the day was going at a pretty good pace for me. Arrietty wasn't competing in every single class in her first two divisions, and in the CM/AR division, All Glory was doing Other Performance and only had a few classes.<br />
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Western started off with Indoor Trail. This was a pretty large class for this show, with eleven entries on the table. Arrietty won first place though!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty won first place in Western Trail - Indoor</td></tr>
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As much as I love showing Arrietty in as many classes as I can, she's not quite the perfect do-it-all Western horse, and my Western tack that she competes with isn't either. Arrietty managed to bounce back and forth from first and second places in her classes, mostly with our main rival competitor (Ruth and her Stone ISH "Night Fury"), and sat out a few (such as Roping and Reining).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty won second place despite not being the best stockwork horse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another second place with this Team Penning entry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty sat out the Games - Barrels class but won first place in Games - Other.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty won first place in Other Western with our Western Dressage set up.</td></tr>
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Ruth's Night Fury and my Arrietty were neck and neck. Western Pleasure was split up Stock Type and Other Type. Arrietty won first place in the Other Type class, while Ruth won the blue in the Stock Type class with a different horse.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another blue for Arrietty in Western Pleasure.</td></tr>
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At the end of the Western division, the results were close but Arrietty took the champ honors.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three blues and three reds earned Arrietty the OF Western Performance Champion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruth's Night Fury was close behind with three blues and two reds, and earned the OF Western Performance Reserve Champ.</td></tr>
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This is when things started to get tricky! Mini English Performance had just started, and now I had horses running in all three rings. All Glory had to get tacked up for the CM/AR Western division, and Arrietty had to get tacked up for the OF English division. I decided to go ahead and show Arrietty without a doll since I didn't need the extra hassle at the moment.<br />
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Arrietty didn't need a doll though, and powered through the English division.<br />
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While she is best suited as a Hunter, there were three separate Over Fences classes for Jumper, Hunter, and Cross Country, so with some carefully researched documentation, Arrietty competed in all three.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First place in the Jumper class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First place in the Hunter class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty proves that a good low level cross country entry can win!</td></tr>
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Arrietty continued her winning streak in the rest of the English classes...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In retrospect, I think I would place that leading hoof inside the box next time, but Arrietty still won first in Indoor Trail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another first place with a competitive trail riding entry for Outdoor Trail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First place in Dressage - more proof that a correct low level entry can be competitive against higher level entries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First place in Other English with a games entry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And First place in English Pleasure.</td></tr>
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At the end of the division, Arrietty was the clear champion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty - OF English Performance Champion</td></tr>
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Having won all three OF division champs, Arrietty was awarded the OF Overall Performance Grand Championship. The prize was this NIB Topsails Reinmaker.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty - OF Overall Performance Grand Champion</td></tr>
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Last but not least, I'll post about the Mini Performance division in my next post!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-71606535830299246642014-11-25T15:05:00.000-06:002014-11-25T15:05:38.750-06:00Mid Kansas Live All Performance - CM/AR DivisionMid Kansas Live All Performance show report, continued from <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/11/mid-kansas-live-all-performance.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>...<br />
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The CM/AR Division started out the day with English Performance, which happens to be my favorite.<br />
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All Glory was tacked and ready to go, and I was feeling confident and prepared. Despite only having a couple of weeks to get ready for the show, most of my preparation had already been accomplished beforehand for the Mid Ark show, so I only had a handful of classes that I had needed to create or update documentation for, and most of my props and such were also complete and ready as well.<br />
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Morgen Kilbourn's "Hazel" resin is a wonderfully versatile model.. however to get her into every class sometimes takes some creativity since she is going at a full gallop. I managed to plan entries for her in every English and Western class offered regardless, and my thorough research and documentation set her ahead of the competition.<br />
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The first class was Jumpers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glory won first place!</td></tr>
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Next up was Cross Country. Originally it was supposed to be Hunters, but I convinced the judge to switch the order so I wouldn't have to take off Glory's boots and then put them back on again. I also opted to gently put on a pinny that was from a Breyer doll rather than the nice Cross Country safety vest and pinny that Anne Field made to go with this doll - that way I could save time by not having to take her off and put her back on again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another blue ribbon for Glory.</td></tr>
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My set ups were simple, but if I do say so myself, correct and well documented. I was one of the only exhibitors really using documentation and explanation cards for my entries, and I got many compliments, especially from the judge, on the information I provided (and the format it was in).<br />
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The Hunter Over Fences class was next. This one I had to get creative with because Glory/"Hazel" is not a typical refined hunter...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First place in the Hunter class!</td></tr>
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Luckily my documentation did the trick. I referenced a real beginner hunter over fences division from the local Arkansas Hunter Jumper Association as well as citing their rules, complete with photos from local shows, of the casual turnout of horses and riders. While "Hazel" is supposed to be going at a gallop, she also looks like a horse who is hopping over a low obstacle. The judge seemed to agree!<br />
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The division continued with Indoor Trail...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This IS actually a trail entry, not a hunter or jumper entry.</td></tr>
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and Outdoor Trail...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Documentation was provided for how Glory was competing in an actual competitive event, not just "galloping along on the trail", which I think helped set my entry ahead of the competition.</td></tr>
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And Dressage, another event that required a lot of research to find a fit for Glory since she's not a typical Dressage horse either.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The judge actually is a Dressage trainer, so winning first place in this class was especially validating.</td></tr>
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Other English and English Pleasure wrapped up the division. By the end, Glory had galloped away with all of the first place ribbons and was the clear winner of the CM/AR English Performance Championship.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Glory - CM/AR English Performance Champion</td></tr>
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<br />The Other Performance Division was next, and I was able to relax slightly since Glory would only be competing in three of the ten classes, especially since I got to leisurely change tack over lunch.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glory won first with this parade set up.</td></tr>
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<br />My other two entries in the division were not nearly as fantastic as some of the competitions', but Glory managed two second place ribbons and finished the division with the Reserve Champ honors.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Glory - CM/AR Other Performance Champion</td></tr>
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The CM/AR Western Performance division started just as the OF and Mini English Divisions were starting, so suddenly I was competing in three rings and had two tack changes to do on the fly. That was not fun at all, but I was able to get Glory tacked up and into her first class, although without her rider.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glory won first place in the Western Trail - Indoor class.</td></tr>
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She continued to go riderless in the next class until things had not only calmed down...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not having a rider didn't stop Glory from winning first place in the Western Trail - Outdoor class either.</td></tr>
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but until it because absolutely necessary to have one since someone needed to hold the lariat in my breakaway roping entry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rider doll was lent to me by my friend Sheila Bishop. Thanks again, Sheila!</td></tr>
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Although Western is not my strong point, thorough research and documentation once again set me ahead in this division. While I think I still have some improvements to make on my Western entries, Glory won first and second places again and again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glory in the Other Stockwork class.</td></tr>
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By the end of the division, Glory had a nice collection of ribbons which earned her the CM/AR Western Performance Championship.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Glory - CM/AR Western Performance Champion</td></tr>
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Glory's end-of-the-day total was very impressive, and she was the clear winner of the CM/AR Overall Performance Grand Championship! Instead of a rosette, the prize was a NIB Poker Joe model. This was the first time I'd ever won a model as a prize, and it was pretty cool. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Glory - CM/AR Overall Performance Grand Champion</td></tr>
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Next up, the OF division!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-33003009097576354832014-11-24T22:54:00.000-06:002014-11-24T22:58:25.875-06:00Mid Kansas Live All PerformanceDespite originally saying that the Mid Ark Model Horse Expo would be my last show of 2014, I managed to convince my husband to let me attend just one more show before the year's end. I had been eyeing the Mid Kansas Live All Performance show for a little while, as I was quite impressed with the class list, but I wasn't sure if the 7+ hour drive would be a possibility. But especially after my successful day at the Mid Ark show, I really wanted one more chance to show All Glory and Arrietty before we go to A <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/01/everythings-bigger-in-texas.html" target="_blank">Midwinter's</a> <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/01/midwinters-night-ball-show-day-1.html" target="_blank">Night</a> <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/02/midwinters-night-ball-show-day-2.html" target="_blank">Ball</a> in January. Luckily, I talked Robert into letting me go to Kansas about two weeks beforehand, and we started making plans!<br />
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Mid Kansas Live is actually part of the <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/midkansaslive/" target="_blank">Sunflower Model Horse Club</a>. They have some sort of model horse get together every month, whether it's a NAN qualifying show, a fun show, a playday, or a party. They are lucky enough to have access to a cozy facility that allows them to have a small but fun group of local (and sometimes not-so-local) showers. The shows are usually based on a theme or specialty, and this show was All Performance. It really was a performance junkie's dream, with a full day of English, Western, and Other performance classes separated into three divisions for Original Finish, Customs/Artist Resins, and Minis.<br />
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Robert got off work Friday a little after 5pm, and then came home for a quick dinner before we hit the road. It was yucky and rainy, but I had the car packed and ready, and we trudged through traffic, rain, and fog for the rest of the night, arriving in Rose Hill, Kansas at around 2:30am. Sleeping that night was more like a nap, as we got up bright and early at 6am to head to the show hall at 7am.<br />
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Although the show hall opened at 7am, the show didn't start until 9am, so I had plenty of time to unpack and get set up before the first classes would start. All three divisions would be running concurrently in separate rings, but the official host, Cassie Black, would be judging them all. I brought three horses, one for each division - plus Lil Buckaroo for good luck.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Glory would be competing in the CM/AR Division (all sections), Arrietty in the OF Division (all sections), and Naughty By Nature in the Mini Division (English only).</td></tr>
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The CM/AR division started out with English, while both the OF and Mini divisions started with Other Performance. This meant a pretty laid back morning for me since I didn't have anything going on in the Mini ring and Arrietty was only in four classes in the OF Other division. That meant I was able to put a lot of focus on Glory's English entries.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glory tacked up and ready for her first class. <br />Her saddle is by Cristina Brown of CK Tiny Tack; her bridle, saddle pads, and (not pictured) bell boots are by Jana Skybova of Tack By Jana; the sport boots are by Corinne Ensor of Shoebox Saddlery; and the doll is by Anne Field of Field of Dolls Studio.</td></tr>
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And focus I did...<br />
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More in tomorrow's post!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-82442511089297206422014-11-15T17:34:00.000-06:002014-11-15T17:34:23.444-06:00Spreading the Performance LoveI may have been quiet on this blog lately, but I've been having a lot of fun over on Instagram.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Instagram profile as of today.</td></tr>
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Part of that fun has been that starting in September (inspired in part because of my July-August challenge of asking others to participate in acts of kindness in memory of my daughter, Kieryn) I started hosting monthly giveaways on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/shadycreekhorses" target="_blank">my Instagram account</a>. So far prizes have included an OF Breyer "Frosty" and an unpainted Maggie Bennett "Artan" micro mini resin. My <a href="http://www.shadycreekhorses.com/giveaway" target="_blank">current giveaway</a> is performance related and a little more complicated than the previous ones because it's not just a random drawing. <br />
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The "grand" prize for this giveaway is an English saddle set by Lisa Merrill of <a href="http://www.painteddaisystudio.com/CustomTack.html" target="_blank">Painted Daisy Studio</a>, and the purpose of having a contest like this is for one novice performance shower to win a set that they can use for all the performance showing ideas they've dreamed about. So I'm asking the entrants to tell and show me why they want to win, what sort of showing experience they have, what performance set up ideas they have, what they would actually use the set for if they won it, etc.<br />
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There will of course be a lot of entrants who won't actually win the set, but I hope I will help all of them start thinking more seriously about performance showing and inspire them to come up with ideas for potential set ups they would try in the future. <br />
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I realize that performance showing can be an expensive aspect of an already expensive hobby, but if someone is really motivated to participate, I hope they will find a way - be it my giveaway or other means. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-60016469477850984572014-11-14T22:32:00.001-06:002014-11-14T22:36:03.529-06:00Once Upon A TimeOnce Upon A Time...<br />
I <a href="http://shadycreekhorses.blogspot.com/2014/05/and-then-life-happened_3.html" target="_blank">got engaged</a> right after coming home from a model horse show.<br />
I posted a blog entry shortly after about the engagement and promised that a show report would be posted "soon".<br />
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Well, that was back in May, and it's now November. <br />
I have since been to four other model horse shows.<br />
I had Jennifer Buxton stop by for a visit.<br />I moved my horse, Bunny, to a new stable.<br />
And got married.<br />
Plus I've had other happenings happen that may have been worthy of sharing.<br />
Yet, there hasn't been another blog post here since.<br />
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I'm not very good at this blogging thing, apparently.<br />
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Luckily, my friend Jennifer is, and you can see some of my show pictures on her blog:<br />
<a href="http://braymere.blogspot.com/2014/05/live-show-round-up-part-six.html" target="_blank">here (Tornado Alley/Hog Wild)</a><br />
<a href="http://braymere.blogspot.com/2014/05/live-show-round-up-part-six.html" target="_blank">here (Tornado Alley/Hog Wild)</a><br />
<a href="http://braymere.blogspot.com/2014/11/post-weekend-show-report.html" target="_blank">here (Mid Ark Model Horse Expo)</a><br />
<a href="http://braymere.blogspot.com/2014/11/almost-wordless-wednesday.html" target="_blank">and here (Mid Ark Model Horse Expo)</a><br />
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And you can also read about our visit <a href="http://braymere.blogspot.com/2014/07/arkansas-traveler.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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So, while that may not cover everything that has happened between May and now, it's a start, right? :)<br />
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Maybe one of these days I'll be better about blogging myself!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-67245634342986470352014-05-03T10:27:00.001-05:002014-05-03T10:27:54.378-05:00And Then Life HappenedI came home from Tornado Alley Goes Hog Wild, the double-show in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 26th, and vowed to quickly get my show pictures posted to Facebook and to get a show report posted to this blog.<br />
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I was off to a good start. I got all of my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Janna.ShadyCreekFarm/media_set?set=a.10203627545200239.1073741847.1564517156&type=3" target="_blank">Performance pictures posted</a> by Sunday April 27th despite getting home at 3am that morning and being a zombie for most of the day.<br />
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Monday morning, I woke up, and although I was still exhausted from the weekend, I got started writing a blog post about the show. My boyfriend, Rob, had the day off from work and was coming over to hang out and take me to see 50-1 while it was still in theaters. I was making good progress on the blog post by the time Rob arrived, but put it aside so that we could spend some time together. I was hoping he would join me in bed for a snuggle (or maybe even a nap.. like I said, I was still tired and worn out). But instead, he insisted that I come outside to see how pretty the yard was. He told me that the storms the night before had made everything greener, and that the sky was clear and blue, and that I should really see it.<br />
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Reluctantly, I changed from my pajamas into real clothes and joined him in the side yard. We walked around, noticing how everything was in bloom and discussing the yard work projects we had in mind for the summer. (Although we don't live together, Rob helps me out A LOT with home improvement projects.) Rob then suggested I get on the rope swing hanging from the big oak tree in the middle of the yard. "It'll make you happy," he told me. So I did, and he started pushing me as we talked. "Do you remember what we did on our first date?" he asked. "We played on this swing," I replied as I swung higher.<br />
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We talked about our relationship for the past three years and about our love for each other.. and then he grabbed the swing, bringing me to a stop, and got down on one knee...<br />
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Needless to say, my mind has been on other things besides model horses ever since! We're hoping for an October wedding, so there's a lot of planning to do in the meantime. This week has been a flurry of announcements, phone calls, planning discussions, and venue hunting.<br />
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But, SOON, I will have a show report posted here, I promise!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-32466463621190228522014-04-28T13:29:00.000-05:002014-05-03T12:51:07.048-05:00Best Laid PlansBefore I post a full show report for Tornado Alley Goes Hog Wild, I'd like to post a little bit about the happenings leading up to these shows.<br /><br />
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Originally, this was a double-show being hosted by Jacklyn Catena and Jessica Sneeringer as part of Jacklyn's "OkieMo" show series. Jacklyn was planning on having a show in Oklahoma City nearly every month, many of them specialty shows. But Tornado Alley/Hog Wild was going to be a full show with OF and CM/AR Halter and OF/CM/AR Performance. <br />
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Shortly before I learned about the OkieMo shows, I had seen a listing for Lemmonade Live, a show taking place in Magnolia, TX on April 26th. Google maps told me it was about 7 hours away from Little Rock, which I figured was doable. I marked it down on my 2014 Shows calendar. Probably a couple weeks later, after being accepted in the OkieMo Facebook group, Jacklyn made the announcement that Tornado Alley/Hog Wild would be held.. the same weekend. I replied that I wished I could make it, but I already had planned on going to Lemmonade Live that weekend. Jacklyn left me several replies about how I'd be much better off coming to Tornado Alley/Hog Wild since a) Oklahoma City was only 5-5.5 hours away from me and b) it was a double-judged/double-show rather than a single show so I'd have double the chance at NAN cards. As I hadn't paid an entry fee for Lemmonade Live yet, I decided to change my plans and attend Tornado Alley/Hog Wild instead. When entries for the double-show opened, I paid in full.<br />
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Tornado Alley/Hog Wild wasn't until the end of April though. In the meantime, there were two other OkieMo shows, one of which I planned on attending (the other was a Mini Halter only specialty show, so I was going to skip that one). 28 Days After Christmas was originally scheduled to take place in mid-February. Again, I paid in full as soon as entries opened (they were limited and first-come-first-serve). Shortly before 28 Days Later was supposed to take place, Jacklyn and Jessica both announced that they were withdrawing their NAMHSA membership status for all of the OkieMo shows. By now, Lemmonade Live was sold out. (Jacklyn eventually completely cancelled all of the OkieMo shows and then deleted the Facebook groups as well.)<br />
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Understandably, I was disappointed. While model horse shows are fun in and of themselves, if I'm going to take time and money to travel to a model horse show, I'd like it to be a NAN-qualifier so I have a chance at earning some of those coveted pink, green, and yellow cards. My entry fees were refunded for all of the OkieMo shows promptly, and the option to still attend them just for fun (and for free) was still on the table. My disappointment didn't last long though, because Lyn Norbury stepped up to host both shows shortly after. She announced this on February 10th, and announced that instead of being in Oklahoma City, the shows would be held in Owasso, OK. Again, I paid my entry fee for the double-show early (February 11th), and sat back and waited.<br />
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On February 19th, Lyn announced that she had secured a showhall in Owasso, OK. The show hall was in a Best Western hotel, and entrants could also get a special room rate of $74 per night. On March 13th, Lyn announced that she had changed the show location, and the shows would now be held in at the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center by Marriott in Tulsa, OK, where entrants could get a special room rate of $89 per night. <br /><br />On March 26th, in the midst of a heated NAMHSA Database System debate, Lyn announced that she would be changing the format of the show from an EMCAT/tag show to a card show. At this point, I was very frustrated with all of the changes, and not being a fan of card shows at all, especially not for such a large, DOUBLE show, I asked Lyn what her refund policy was. (Meanwhile, Lemmonade Live had also moved to a bigger show hall across the street from its original location, and was open for more entries again. I was thinking it might be a good idea to switch my plans and go to Texas instead of Oklahoma.) Lyn said she would not be able to give me a refund until possibly after the show when she could see if she had made a profit or not, and even then, no refund would be guaranteed. Because I didn't want to waste my $65 entry fee, and because Sheila Bishop made a generous offer to let me travel and stay with her for the show, I decided I'd still go after all. After a few back-and-forth emails between Lyn and myself, we agreed to disagree about some of the issues and changes, and Lyn even asked for my input for some additional Performance classes which she added to the official class list on March 29th.<br />
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On Sunday, April 20th, less than a week from the show, Lyn sent out an email to (most of) the entrants to let us know that she had changed the class list. The email stated that a "tentative" expanded class list would be put into use for all of the OF and CM/AR Traditional/Classic scale Halter classes (originally the classes were Stock, Sport, Light, etc but now they would actually be Quarter Horse, Paint, Appaloosa, Arabian, Part Arabian, Morgan, etc). While it was a much better class list, it was another change, and very last minute at that. I redid my class list and included quite a few more Halter horses to show.<br /><br />Sheila and I left Arkansas on Friday, April 25th and arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma in time for dinner. We went to bed really unsure of how the show would unfold the next day, especially since there was still only one judge listed for the Performance division. Being performance junkies and the Performance division being our main reason for attending the show, we were nervous about what it would mean to not have a second Performance judge on showday. Luckily, a volunteer judge was found the next morning during the hour and a half set up time before the show. There was also a last minute change to the judge's roster for the CM/AR Halter division - Tracy Rogalla, the original judge, was a no-show (she apparently forgot about the show?), but luckily Jessica Sneeringer stepped up to judge in her place.<br /><br />By the time the show started, I thought there wouldn't be any more last minute changes. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Breyers and Stones were separated for the OF Traditional/Classic Halter division, and as the first Stone class was called, it was announced that instead of using the expanded class list for the Stones that was used for the Breyers, the original non-expanded class list would be used. Because of class limits, this meant that I couldn't show about half of the Stone horses I brought unless I wanted to pay an extra $2 per horse. If I had known that the Stone classes wouldn't be following the expanded class list, it wouldn't have been as frustrating - I just wouldn't have wasted the time and space to pack and bring them, and wouldn't have wasted the index cards and printer ink for them.<br /><br />Although the show started promptly at 8:30am, we didn't finish until almost 10pm. The whole day felt rushed and unorganized, but after earning three Reserve Championships and a stack of NAN cards, plus getting to hang out with Sheila, the weekend wasn't a total waste.<br />
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Full show report soon!<br /><br />(and the tl;dr version : The show had many changes leading up to it - and on the day of - that added up to a lot of frustration for me, but in the end I had a good time and it was worth going.)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-25104771136510775832014-04-27T22:02:00.001-05:002014-04-27T22:02:04.863-05:00Quiet on the BlogfrontI've been pretty quiet here on my blog because I either haven't had too much that I felt was worthy of a blog post - or at least, if I did have something worthy, I didn't have the time (or energy) to post it! <br />
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I went to a double-show in Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend and got back home at around 3am this morning, so I've been spending most of the day resting and recovering. But hopefully soon, I will have a show report written up to post and share. In the meantime, I'm starting to upload photos from the show to a Facebook album which you can find <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Janna.ShadyCreekFarm/media_set?set=a.10203627545200239.1073741847.1564517156&type=1" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />Anyway, I'm going to make it a goal (among other things) to actually update this blog more frequently, even if it's just tiny little posts to check in here and there. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-88048514935247094792014-02-11T21:37:00.000-06:002014-04-27T21:36:42.008-05:00Midwinter's Night Ball - Show Day #2Finally, the last installment of my show report for A Midwinter's Night Ball! Once again, my apologies that it's taken me so long to do a simple show report blog post. Life has just been crazy!<br />
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So, when we left off, I was rejoicing in my very modest Performance winnings, and the OF Halter winnings that had so far made the show worth attending. To be honest, there was a part of me that considered skipping the second day of the show altogether. My collection doesn't include many customs or resins, so my halter line up for Day 2 was pretty small. After a not-so-stellar day of CM/AR Performance, I was wondering if there was any point in even trying my hand at OF Performance. The thought of a leisurely ride home early was sort of tempting... but in the end, I figured I shouldn't give up and instead I decided to do what I came there to do - SHOW.<br />
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I did decide to take a more leisurely approach to the day however. Although the show hall opened at 8am and classes started at 9am, Rob dropped me off closer to 9:30am after we enjoyed breakfast together in the hotel. I was figuring that things would be slow moving as they had been the previous morning, but when we got there, all three Performance Harness classes were already in full swing, so I jumped right into getting my first entry of the day, Class #4 Showmanship, ready.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty, my DAH seal bay "English Pleasure" Palouse won 2nd Place (out of 5 entries) in Showmanship!</td></tr>
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When I came back to find a shiny red ribbon and a pretty pink NAN card next to my horse, it was definitely a good start to the day!<br />
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The rest of the Other Performance subdivision was pretty good for me as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kiss Me Kate filled in for Arrietty in the Other Performance - Competitive class since I didn't feel up to the tack changes that would have been required. She scored 1st Place (out of 3 entries) - not bad!</td></tr>
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The next Performance subdivision was Costume, and again I sat out since I don't have any costumes. I also decided to skip the Western subdivision since I really don't have the right tack to be competitive, especially not in Texas! But that was ok really, since it meant I could take my time and focus on getting Arrietty in the tack I wanted her in for the English subdivision (I had to do a bridle change after realizing that the one she wore for Other Performance didn't have long enough reins for the doll to hold them properly). I took lots of time to adjust the rider doll juuuuuust (hopefully) right as well, which I think paid off in the end! I also had time to wander around and admire everyone else's entries, which I love to do.<br />
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The Western subdivision ended right before lunch, but since I wasn't showing during it, I had actually already eaten by the time everyone else took their break. So, while everyone else ate, I set up my English entries in the Performance ring - there were markers for the first four classes, so I set up everything I could minus the horse from all but the first class. Then I could sit back and relax - so I thought! Lunch ended, and the English judging began at a quick pace. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I decided to "cheat" a bit and left my Huntseat rider on for my Cross Country entry. As fast as the judge wanted the classes to be moving, I knew that taking her off for Cross Country and then having to put her back on for the next class and spend a bunch of time *hopefully* getting her sitting and adjusted properly again just wasn't worth it. So the rider stayed on, even if she wasn't dressed for a proper Cross Country set up, and I still won 1st Place (out of 3 entries)!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty won 2nd Place (out of 5 entries) in the Jumper class - proving that with proper documentation, a trotting horse CAN successfully be shown as a show jumper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And another 2nd Place (out of 10 entries) in the Hunter class. I was quite pleased at this point!!</td></tr>
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The classes were really flying by (turns out our Performance judge had a plane to catch!) so most of my afternoon involved making sure I had as many performance scenes ready to go as space allowed, and then moving my horse from one entry to the next with minor tack changes in between. I only had a few horses in the Halter division, so I only had to make a few trips here and there to the other end of the show hall. But my mind was totally focused on the Performance..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrietty only managed a 3rd Place (out of 11 entries) for my simple Arena Trail set up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She bounced back with a 1st Place (out of 4 entries) for Natural Trail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impressively, Arrietty won 1st place (out of 8 entries) in the English Pleasure - Sport Type class!</td></tr>
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It was at this point, that I started doing a little math in my head... It seemed to me that I was doing pretty well by now.. and that in most of the classes, the blues and the NAN cards were going either to Arrietty or to Christie Partee's mare Color Me Pretty. I wondered how our ribbon counts would add up in the end...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another 1st Place (out of 7 entries) for Arrietty in Dressage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we finished out the division strong, with another 1st Place (out of 3 entries) for Other English.</td></tr>
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It was finally the moment of truth.. English division call backs. Color Me Pretty had already been sitting on the callback table with 5 blue ribbons beside her while the Dressage and Other English classes finished up. But the last two blue ribbons put us on top for sure, and Arrietty won English Performance Champion!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Five Blues, three Reds, and one Yellow earned Arrietty the OF English Performance Championship!</td></tr>
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If that wasn't amazing enough.. the Overall Performance callbacks were next.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christie Partee's Color Me Pretty was the deserving winner of the OF Performance Grand Championship (she had won Costume Champ, Western Reserve Champ, and English Reserve Champ).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Arrietty won... OF Performance Reserve Grand Champion!</td></tr>
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I was truly amazed at how well I had done in OF Performance - it really was well above my best expectations for the day. I really felt like I went up against the Big Competition and was able to hold my own, which means a lot to me. :D<br />
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By the time the Performance division was finished, my halter horses had finished their classes as well. There wasn't much exciting to report there - I only had four entries in the Custom division and six entries in the CM Mini division. The best I did there was my CM Stablemate Mule to a Zebra won 2nd Place, two of my CM Ponies won some 3rd places, and my CM Mini Morgan that I painted myself won 6th Place in Breed and 6th Place in Workmanship which I thought was pretty spiffy considering I had painted him about 16 years ago when I was just a kid.<br />
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I also sadly didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked as the day went on. I was tired and rushing through Performance entries, and often the only chance I had to take pictures was of my own entries to document my placings. But anyway, all the photos I took from the show can be seen on my Facebook album <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Janna.ShadyCreekFarm/media_set?set=a.10202947545720677.1073741843.1564517156&type=3" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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So, I'd say my first time showing at a Big Texas Show was a success. Plus, it was a lot of fun, and that's what really matters! I'm definitely looking forward to coming back to A Midwinter's Night Ball next year!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-66875174219970204362014-01-28T18:39:00.000-06:002014-03-04T23:28:26.071-06:00Midwinter's Night Ball - Show Day #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Sorry for the delay in updating this blog again and getting on with my Midwinter's Night Ball show report. I'm currently taking three classes this semester in college, one of which is an 8 week (aka, intensive) course online, and the amount of schoolwork I have right now is sort of kicking my butt. But anyway, let's continue with this show report, shall we?</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">When we left off, Rob and I were retiring for the evening on the Friday night before the big show. The next morning was an early one. Rob drove me to the show hall by 7am so I could have more time to <strike>fret and worry</strike> set up before my classes started. The original plan was that he'd just drop me off and then go back to the hotel room to sleep some more, but because of my anxiety level, he stayed at least an hour or so to keep me company. He's a good sport.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Since it was a two day show, the divisions were spread out so that the Original Finish Halter classes were all on Saturday with the CM/AR Performance classes, and the Original Finish Performance classes were on Sunday with the CM/AR Halter classes. This also meant that Saturday was going to be very hectic for me, since I had a lot of OF models to show in Halter and had two horses that I was entering in a majority of the CM/AR Performance classes.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Knowing how tough my competition was in Performance, I was actually really happy that Epiphany earned a third place ribbon in my first class of the day, Showmanship.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epiphany in a Hunter In Hand showmanship entry.</td></tr>
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Epiphany also won another third place in Other Performance - Scene/Non-competitive. No NAN cards for this division, but I was pretty happy considering what we were up against.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fine/Pleasure Harness entry owned by LoGeana Anderson.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showmanship entry owned by Christie Partee.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other Performance (Competitive) entry owned by Val Tudor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other Performance (Scene/Non-Competitive) entry owned by Charlotte Martin.</td></tr>
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I sat out the next Performance division, the Costume classes, since I don't own any costumes yet. It was one of my favorite divisions to ooh and ahh over all the pretty horses and tack though.<br />
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Next up was the Western division. Western is not really my strong point. I'm not and have never been a Western rider, and to be honest, most of what I do know about Western events, I've learned from model horse shows. I don't have many Western tack items, so I'm sort of limited in which classes I can participate in until I save up and invest in some new tack. I also don't have any Western rider dolls yet - although hopefully soon I will, since I won a free Western doll by Lyn Norbury in a raffle at Hog Wild Live last year (I just still haven't decided on a style/design to ask for yet).<br />
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That didn't stop me from entering Ruby Slippers in Western Games and Reining (with a "Freestyle Bridleless Reining" entry.. since I don't have a bridle appropriate for a regular reining class). However, she didn't place in the ribbons at all. We were in Texas after all, and Western riding there is a big deal, both in the real horse and the model horse worlds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruby Slippers in Western Games.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruby Slippers doing some Freestyle Bridleless Reining... you can't blame me for trying. :P</td></tr>
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The great thing about attending a show like this is that I learned a lot about what IS competitive, was able to take a lot of pictures of winning entries (including close-ups of properly fitted tack, riders, and other details), and learned about some new events that I might research more in the future to try for my own entries one day. I also learned that maybe it would be a better idea to skip Western Performance showing in Texas until I have better tack. ;)<br />
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The last Performance division of the day was English - my favorite! I am an English girl at heart and have ridden real horses in hunter, jumper, dressage, cross country, and sidesaddle. I've never been very interested in showing real horses though, so again, I've learned a lot about specific types of classes and levels through research done for model horse showing. Despite my passion for English Performance, I'm still not what I would consider at a super competitive level, since I'm in need of better tack and props than I currently have. Most of my tack is what could probably be considered vintage at this point, and while I've slowly been adding to my tack and prop collection (including making what I can), I still have a ways to go. I'd call my current assortment of tack and props Live Show Quality, but not Top Live Show Quality. I was able to buy my first LSQ huntseat rider doll recently though from Anne Field, and I was excited to try her out at Midwinter's for the first time. I also put a lot of work into my documentation and some new props I made, but despite my efforts, unfortunately my results in the CM/AR Performance division were only lackluster. Epiphany was out of the ribbons for our first class, English Games, then won 6th in Hunter, 6th in English Arena Trail, 4th in English Natural Trail, and 5th in English Pleasure (Sport Type). Ruby Slippers was only in two classes - Cross Country where she placed 2nd and managed to earn her first NAN card in English (there were only two entries in the class.. but still.. she got her NAN card and that made me happy darnit), and Jumper where she placed 4th.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruby Slippers in a Preliminary Cross Country set up. I modified a Breyer tiger trap jump for this one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epiphany winning 6th place for a Handy Hunter entry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4th Place in Natural Trail. I made the base, yay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epiphany in Training Level Dressage. The fence and marker (which is mostly hidden behind her leg) were made by me.</td></tr>
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I admit, even though I was expecting the competition to be tough and to get my butt kicked, my Performance results on Saturday were a bit of a downer. The saving grace of the day though was that I actually did pretty well in Halter.</div>
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I mostly showed Stone models, Design-A-Horses in particular, which, much to my delight, had their own division! I was pretty impressed with the number of Halter divisions in general, with separate ones for Breyers that were Runs of 500+, One-of-a-Kinds/Test Runs, Runs of 61-500, and Very Limited Runs of 60 or Less; and separate ones for Stones that were Runs of 61+, One-of-a-Kinds/Test Runs, Very Limited Runs of 60 or Less, and DAHs. There were also separate divisions for Breyer Minis (Little Bits, Stablemates, and Micro Minis) and for Stone Minis (Pebbles and Chips). This was also my first show that was double-judged for Breed and Collectability/Workmanship, which I thought was pretty awesome (and now I wish all of the shows I plan to go to were like this).<br />
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My non-DAH Peter Stones, most of which I've picked up second hand in the last year, did pretty well.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sense of Pride won 1st Place Breed and 4th Place Collectability in the OF Stone (Runs of 61+) European Warmblood class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silver Belle won 1st Place Breed and 3rd Place Collectability in the OF Stone (Runs of 61+) Other Sport/Spanish class, and then won Sport/Spanish Breed Halter Reserve Champion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strawberry Wine won 1st Place Breed and 1st Place Collectability in the OF Stone (Runs of 61+) Quarter Horse Mares class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penelope won 1st Place Breed in the OF Stone (Runs of 61+) Other Pony Breeds class and then won Pony Breed Halter Reserve Champion.</td></tr>
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All of my Design-A-Horses did well too and all won ribbons, with the exception of four of my Design-A-Chips. The DAH division had unlimited entries, and I took full advantage of that, especially for the DAH Sport Breeds class since most of the DAHs in my collection are Palouses and I show most of them as some sort of sportbreed or warmblood. I think it would have been better if I hadn't entered so many though, since the class didn't get split as I was hoping it would, and the placings seemed a bit more random and each of my horses in the class only won a ribbon for either Breed or Collectability, not one for each like most of my other horses in other classes. Still though, I was VERY happy with all of my winnings in the DAH division.<br />
Here are some highlights (I won't bore you with pictures of ALL of my horses' winnings.. plus I didn't get pictures of all of them).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amaleki won 2nd Place Collectability and 5th Place Breed in the DAH Arabians class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foxy Lady (a OOAK FCM Palouse) won 1st Place Collectability and 2nd Place Breed in the DAH Morgans/Other Light Breeds class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norther Native won 1st Place Breed and 2nd Place Collectability in the DAH Morgans/Other Light Breeds class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chick A Dee (a OOAK FCM Palouse) won 1st Place Collectability and 3rd Place Breed in the DAH Gaited Breeds class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Firefly won 1st Place Breed in the DAH Sport Breeds class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anjolie won 2nd Place Collectability in the DAH Sport Breeds class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willoughby (designed by Sara Kucharski of PawPrints Saddlery) won 2nd Place Breed and 2nd Place Collectability in the DAH Stock Breeds (Solid) class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gold Charmer won 1st Place Collectability and 2nd Place Breed in the DAH American/Mixed Breeds Pony class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dun In Style won 1st Place Collectability and 3rd Place Breed in the DAH Longears/Other Pure/Other Part Breeds class.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little guys swept the DAH Unicorns/Pegasi class. Falcor won 1st Place, Figment won 2nd Place, and Fantasia won 3rd Place (all Collectability since fantasy equines aren't eligible for Breed Halter).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My big winner for the day was Osh Kosh! She won 1st Place Collectability in the DAH Foals class, and then went on to win OF Stone DAH Collectability Halter Reserve Champion.</td></tr>
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While I much prefer Performance showing to Halter showing and feel a higher level of accomplishment when one of my horses wins at Performance than when they win at Halter, I was still very glad to do so well in the Halter classes on Saturday. Like I said, it really made up for my disappointment from my Performance placings (or lack thereof lol).<br />
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The show day ran pretty late, and I was glad to go back to the hotel, get off my aching feet, and get some much needed rest that evening. Rob and I decided to skip going out to dinner with everyone else, and actually left when my horses' classes were done even though there were a few other classes (maybe China or Mini classes, I can't remember now) still finishing up. As much as I would have enjoyed another chance to socialize with people over dinner, I was just exhausted. It was a good day though, and I'm glad I gave everything my best shot.<br />
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Since this post is long enough, I'll end it here for now and continue with my show report for the second day of the show in a separate blog entry. :) <br />
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Also, if you're interested, all of my pictures from the show can be seen in my public Facebook album <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Janna.ShadyCreekFarm/media_set?set=a.10202947545720677.1073741843.1564517156" target="_blank">here</a>. Enjoy!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-29728877199809347262014-01-22T15:37:00.004-06:002014-01-22T15:38:57.186-06:00Everything's Bigger In Texas......Including the model horse shows! I went to A Midwinter's Night Ball in Georgetown, TX this past weekend, and wow, what a show! This was my first time at MWB, my first time showing in Texas, and my first BIG horse show (except maybe since going to Breyerfest as a kid).<br />
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I knew going into this show (and was warned by friends as well) that this would be a big show and that the competition would be fierce, especially in Performance. Region 5 is already known for being a tough Performance region, but I think Texas represents the pinnacle of Performance showing. I've managed to hold my own at the Mid Ark Model Horse Expo every year that I've gone, and each time managed to come home with some sort of Champion or Reserve Champion rosette - but I wasn't kidding myself going into this show, and was fully expecting to get my butt kicked. Not only have I been out of the hobby for several years until recently, I still consider myself an amateur/budget shower. I've slowly been investing in nicer tack and props, but much of my set ups is still self-made/modified and/or not top of the line.<br />
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I felt like I was rushing the whole way through my show prep - there is just never enough time for me to feel ready and stress-free before a show. I wound up remaking a lot of my documentation as well as my explanation cards and tried to make them as neat, well-researched, and professional as possible. I might not have the most expensive tack, but at least I could try to make my documentation top notch!<br />
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Rob and I left Little Rock around 6:30am on Friday morning to make the seven hour drive to Georgetown. He did most of the driving, and I tried to catch up on some of the sleep I had missed from staying up late to pack. It was an uneventful trip, and we made it safely to the hotel that afternoon. After resting a bit and reorganizing, we headed to the show hall. <br />
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The show hall seemed ENORMOUS and packed with competitors and models. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the show hall from my table in the back corner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the show hall from the halter showers' end of the room.</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_1802820970"></span><span id="goog_1802820971"></span>I was getting pretty anxious at this point (yay for social anxiety... not). After picking a table in the Performance showers' area, I got my horses unpacked and my area arranged the way I wanted. I started browsing some of the other tables and all the lovely horses and intricately-detailed tack and props... and then I started to get very anxious. But, I had done all I could, and the only thing left to do was show and try to have a good time anyway.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Palouse Pony Parade was ready to go. And Rob kept himself occupied.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rosettes were so lovely!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More lovely rosettes and prizes for the Grand Champs and Reserves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A girl could dream, right?</td></tr>
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Rob and I went out to dinner with a large group of other showers and the hosts/hostesses and judges. At first I wanted to just go back to the hotel and get dinner on our own, but I decided that going out with the group and hopefully chatting with some of them might help break the ice and calm my social anxiety so that talking to people during the show would be easier. We wound up sitting at a table with two of the show hosts/hostesses, the MC, and one of the judges. Everyone was very nice and welcoming, which made me feel a lot better.</div>
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It had been a long day, and the next two days were going to be long as well, so Rob and I retired to our hotel after dinner and tried to get as much sleep as possible that night.<br />
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I'll post the rest of the show report later!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-60003190193416411782014-01-01T12:30:00.000-06:002014-01-11T12:11:18.084-06:002013: Year in ReviewSo, it's the start of a new year, but I thought I should quickly take a look back at 2013.<br />
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2013 was my year to get back into the hobby after another long break. My horses were mostly packed up in boxes in the closet in my office/craft room since I moved in Spring 2010. In late May 2013, my boyfriend Rob and I went to Branson for a vacation to celebrate our anniversary. While we were there, we browsed some antique stores and found some Breyers. They were a bargain, so I had to get some, right?<br />
Rob also bought me these two, and now blames himself for rekindling my model horse <strike>addiction</strike> passion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ponies that Rob bought for me in Branson.</td></tr>
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The rest of the year became a whirlwind of hobby activity for me. I jumped back into collecting (aka buying way too many ponies) and started looking for shows in the area. I only attended two shows in 2013, but they were a great way to get back into the swing of things.</div>
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The first show was Hog Wild Live in Springdale, Arkansas on September 14th.<br />
It was a great show, and I did pretty well for my first time showing since 2008, plus I learned a lot.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My show string for the day.</td></tr>
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Some highlights of the show:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruby Slippers earned her NAN card in Western for my Bridleless Reining entry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epiphany won 1st place and a NAN card for English Pleasure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To The Moon NANed in Over Fences.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brytteva and Chiquita won OF Mini Foal Champion and Reserve.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brytteva went on to win OF Mini Reserve Grand Champion.</td></tr>
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Several other of my horses NANed in Halter, and overall it was a good day.<br />
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My second show of the year was the Mid Ark Model Horse Expo in Greenbrier, Arkansas on November 2nd. This was my third time attending the Mid Ark Model Horse Expo (previously I attended in 2007 and 2008), and it was just as fun as before. I had a more successful day in the Performance divisions than I did at Hog Wild, and I think I also did a better job of socializing there (normally I'm very shy/introverted and have social anxiety) so the day was really a success.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My horses did pretty well!</td></tr>
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Some highlights from the show:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epiphany scored the blue in Hunter/Jumper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another blue for Epiphany in Dressage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epiphany even got a blue in English Trail!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epiphany trotted away with CM/AR English Performance Champion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruby Slippers got another NAN card in Western Games.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epiphany came back and won CM/AR Overall Performance Reserve Grand Champion.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the OF Performance Division, Pennyroyal NANed in Hunter/Jumper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pennyroyal got the blue in Dressage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pennyroyal won enough ribbons to earn the OF English Performance Reserve Champion rosette.</td></tr>
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Again, I had several horses win NAN cards in Halter, hooray!<br />
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2013 was a good year for me in the model horse hobby, but I think 2014 is going to be even better.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-45351148357842115902013-12-31T18:00:00.000-06:002014-01-22T15:48:26.879-06:00My Hobby HistoryMy first introductory post was getting a bit long, so I figured I should make a separate post explaining my activity and absence in the hobby.<br />
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I grew up in the Philadelphia area, and was an active show-goer in Pennsylvania and the surrounding states (plus one trip to Breyerfest) from 1995-1999 until I moved to Little Rock, Arkansas in the summer of '99. After the move, however, it was harder to find shows that were close enough to travel to. In addition, high school, my job(s) and volunteer job, my new horse, and my social life all kept me pretty busy. I still managed to make it to a handful of shows between 1999-2002, including a second trip to Breyerfest, but mostly I enjoyed the hobby from afar - still collecting and reading anything model horse-related that I could get my hands on.<br />
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My life has had many ups and downs over the years, and thus my activity in the hobby seemed to ebb and flow as I entered "adulthood". I graduated high school in 2002, was a new mother in 2003, and then a grieving mother in 2004. For awhile, life was so rough that even my model horses couldn't save me from my depression, and thus they fell to the wayside. Then I got married in 2006 and life seemed to be ok. My (now ex-)husband was deployed, and I had a lot of free time on my hands, so I jumped back into the hobby again. I started live showing again from 2007-2008, but only made it to a few shows nearby. My marriage turned sour very quickly though, and I packed up and fled in early 2008. Between the divorce, and then another long-term relationship ending in a break-up in 2010, I moved a few times and my horses were in boxes more often than not. <br />
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Finally, 2013 inspired me to open up the boxes that had been tucked away in storage since 2010. My boyfriend, Rob, and I had taken a vacation in Branson, MO in May, during which, we spent part of one day browsing antique shops. As luck would have it, a few of them had Breyer horses! They weren't in great condition, or anything fancy, but I bought several and Rob bought me a couple as well. As I admired them back in our rental cabin that night, my passion was re-ignited. <br />
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When we returned home, I was determined to get back into the hobby full force. I unpacked horses, bought new horses and tack, returned to the online hobby community, and started showing again by the fall.<br />
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I am hoping that 2014 will be my best year yet in the hobby. I have a lot of plans and goals for the year, including going to even more live shows that ever before. Wish me luck!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10977290083140297784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950095025931398276.post-90575443674231300282013-12-29T16:30:00.000-06:002014-01-22T15:51:23.258-06:00An Introduction of Sorts<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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My name is Janna, and I'm a model horse addict. </div>
<br />Shady Creek Farm is the name of my model horse "stables". I've been collecting model horses ever since I was a girl. When I was probably about four years old, my parents bought me my first Breyers, and of course, they were my favorite play toys. I still have them, but they definitely have some battle scars! When I was eleven years old, I learned about the model horse hobby through Breyer's Just About Horses magazine. It was at this point that I started paying more attention to the condition of my models, and more of them became "shelf models" than "play models". I also discovered my first local model horse show around the same time, and was hooked! My activity level in the hobby has ebbed and flowed over the years (more on that in a future post), but I have always had a passion for plastic ponies and I don't think that will ever change. I'm just glad to be active in the hobby again, and I hope it will stay that way for years to come.<br /><br />My main interests in the hobby are collecting (still some OF Breyers, also Peter Stones, customs, and resins) and live showing (especially Performance). I dabble in a bit of prop making but would like to do more. I would also like to participate in photo showing, and maybe even branch out into making tack and trying my hand at customizing models myself.<br /><br />Besides model horses, I enjoy: spending time with my real animals (seven dogs, one cat, one horse, and lots of reptiles); doing animal rescue work; dog training; photography; video games; reading; and crafts. I have an amazing boyfriend named Robert (although I usually call him Rob), and I am very lucky that he loves me and supports me in everything I do, including the model horse hobby.</div>
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