Minimor
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Well, I showed in my first Shetland classes today, and I'm hooked--I love showing ponies. I knew I would; I used to show Morgans, and then more recently Minis, and the Shetlands are the most fun of all!
My new ponies arrived Friday & all 3 were out in the ring today, along with my senior Classic mare, Jewell; they did well too!
Fox's Sweet Jewell got one 1st and 2 seconds in the senior mare class, then went on to get two Grands and one Reserve Grand in the Championship. Platte's Untimely was the only junior stallion shown so of course got three 1sts, then he got one Grand and 2 Reserve Grands in the Championship class. The yearling fillies, Plattes Unadorned and Plattes Unavoidable were 1st and 2nd respectively under all 3 judges, then lost out to the senior mares in the championship class.
And may I say that I am absolutely THRILLED with the quality of the 3 ponies--all sired by Willowlawn Mr. Unique--that Lewella sold to me; they are good looking ponies, and all 3 have absolutely outstanding movement. Buying long distance, sight unseen, it's easy to start wondering if you made the right choice, and it's just so great to have the horse arrive & find out that you've gotten a lot more horse than you'd even been hoping for.
The 2009 Manitoba International was Manitoba's first ASPC sanctioned show and I can't tell you how nice it was to see the Shetlands out in the ring here. We're looking forward to a bigger and better show for Shetlands and Minis in 2010; for myself, I'm already planning to show ponies only and leave the Minis at home next time around
My new ponies arrived Friday & all 3 were out in the ring today, along with my senior Classic mare, Jewell; they did well too!
Fox's Sweet Jewell got one 1st and 2 seconds in the senior mare class, then went on to get two Grands and one Reserve Grand in the Championship. Platte's Untimely was the only junior stallion shown so of course got three 1sts, then he got one Grand and 2 Reserve Grands in the Championship class. The yearling fillies, Plattes Unadorned and Plattes Unavoidable were 1st and 2nd respectively under all 3 judges, then lost out to the senior mares in the championship class.
And may I say that I am absolutely THRILLED with the quality of the 3 ponies--all sired by Willowlawn Mr. Unique--that Lewella sold to me; they are good looking ponies, and all 3 have absolutely outstanding movement. Buying long distance, sight unseen, it's easy to start wondering if you made the right choice, and it's just so great to have the horse arrive & find out that you've gotten a lot more horse than you'd even been hoping for.
The 2009 Manitoba International was Manitoba's first ASPC sanctioned show and I can't tell you how nice it was to see the Shetlands out in the ring here. We're looking forward to a bigger and better show for Shetlands and Minis in 2010; for myself, I'm already planning to show ponies only and leave the Minis at home next time around
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