The One With The Really Good Babies

The show was a BLAST. We did not necessarily come back big winners, but we had a really good time. We got to the show about two hours ahead of time so that the babies (Onyx, Dublin and Sudi) would have plenty of time to settle in and get adjusted. Well there was almost no settling in required. - They acted like seasoned PRO’s! By their actions, you couldn’t even tell they were young – and you definitely couldn’t tell that Dublin was still a stallion.

We did have two "incidents" though. We were watching some of the YEH Dressage classes and all of a sudden Dublin broke loose from the trailer – his leather halter hanging in pieces on his head. What we THINK happened was that Sudi began to assert some of his masculinity (ha!), and Dub decided he’d had enough and pulled back – hard enough to snap his old leather halter. He was such a really good boy though and really didn’t go anywhere. Luckily we had a lovely PINK halter in the trailer that fit him. :-D

Our second incident, was slightly more amusing. Onyx, being tied next to the tack room discovered a bucket of feed while she was sniffing around slightly through the door. Noticing her curiosity, I moved the bucket to the back of the tack room, thinking nothing of it. The next thing we know, the front half of Onyx is completely inside the tackroom - her nose burried in the bucket of feed. Tammy calmly asked Onyx to back out, but the poor baby got her front hooves caught on the bottom ridge of the door frame. She never freaked out, and thankfully the door frame was made of alluminum so it only bent slightly.

As far as the FEH tests went, Onyx performed the most perfectly out of all three. We all commented that it looked as if she knew the judges were admiring her lovely figure. Dublin was second to go and was farely well behaved except for a few small love nibbles on Tammy's arm as they trotted around the triangle.

Poor Sud was the last of our three to go, and by that time had had about all the show boredom he could take. He did not stand well, had the most unmotivated walk, and when we trotted, he broke into a canter freaking out at some people in the background. The judges were very nice about it, but nevertheless, he didn't get terribly great scores.

Overall, we were all pretty pleased with how well the babies did. The dressage show at Marston Plantation is still on for both Kehbir and Sudi on April 5th. We'll possibly be taking a total of six horses (two for me - Sud and Kebhs; two for Tammy - T-Rex and Barney; and two for Liza - Calico and Poppy) This weekend will determine if we do just dressage or add on some Combined Training classes! To check out the show website, go to http://www.marstonplantation.com/show_schedule.html

I don't have any show pics loaded on the computer yet (I know - I'm SO slack!). I promise to get some up soon though!

For now, let just hope that all our dressage work doesn't turn out like the below pic!