SE Ohio Model Horse Show - Halter (1)

My true love is performance, but today we are starting with halter. I never thought I would say this, but the halter division was the highlight of my day.

Unfortunately, I was super busy with performance and didn't get that many photos. Here are the ones I managed to slip in.

BBF Coroline - My foal that Travis Skaggs painted for me! Her first NAN card. The judge said he nailed the baby color! Go Travis!!

Kelsea Bauer's Marwari. Would you have guessed he started life as a Lonseome Glory?

BBF Hotrod Harley - The infamous Harley in halter (5th)

BBF First Kiss - Just one away from NANing! (3rd)

LCP Sonny Barpasser - Sonny got 2nd in painted halter :)

BBF Storm Chaser - My Stormy got 3rd out of all these gorgeous mustangs!

BBF Prestige - His first show and first NAN card.

BBF Armani - Armani's first class and first win!

BBF Barbossa - although he was the only one in the class, he still looked good :).

And my most favorite of all :). Not only did Armani win Champion Sporthorse, he went on to win Overall AR Halter Champion!! Woo Hoo!! I couldn't be happier!

SE Ohio Model Horse Show

Yesterday, I attended my second live show which went really well!

One of my most favorite CMs that was there.
Mandy Yountz and Tonja Clark put it on and did a fabulous job! It was great to see Mandy again, meet new people, eat some delicious cookies, and of course...show model horses!

CM/AR trail entry
I was surprised (or maybe it shouldn't be surprising?) to see that most of the show was OF halter. There were barely any CMs, some resins, and some performance showers. But, the competition was tough! There were some really nice horses and performance entries!

My portrait of Sonny and me :).
I will try to have a show report asap :)

Off to the Show We Go

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What Do You Think?

Between studying and preparing for a show, I need a couple breaks. In those couple breaks, I managed to throw these together:

The leather halter was going to be a stock show halter for my Sheza Lil' Bolder. Obviously, it ended up a LOT bigger than planned. Why? I have no idea. But, I am really proud of it so far; the stitching is good along with the thickness of the leather. Therefore, I do not want to just throw it away. So...what do you think? Who would this fit? If anyone wants to purchase it for cheap when I am done, just let me know :).

Next up is the purple halter that looks rather dashing against Salinero's dark bay color. This was my first time experimenting with layers of color. I am not sure if I like it or not? So...what do you think? Continue with the pink on the cheek pieces or tear it off and leave it plain purple?

Thanks in advance for your input ;).

Absence

Contrary to popular belief...I am alive!

That was definitely the longest I have gone without posting anything. School has really caught up with me this last week. And on top of that, I have a live show this weekend! AND still have to work! I don't think my life could get any more hectic. I am so stressed about getting things done, I am not remotely excited for my live show.

My last final is next Tuesday night, then I have a week and a half off before spring quarter. I have a LOT of tack making to do then, so I should have a lot of updates.

In the meantime, Sonny can keep you company.

black&green.

Here is my version of "Almost Wordless Wednesday":

Halter for sale!

Check it out.

Showmanship - Trends

Here are some extra photos from the show that I found interesting.

All types of horses (and people!) were showing in showmanship.

Some horses were big

and some were small.

Some handlers were male.

Some were very young! (and cute :))

Most showed in fancy halters, but some were plain.

Some horses had braided manes (see above), some were long

but, most were short and banded.

Here are some cool colors:

And my favorite horse at the show: Sonny's look-a-like!