I can’t believe it is just over a year ago since my mum died. The 21st of June would have been her birthday and I know she would have wanted me to carry on as normal and show our ponies. So with her in the back of my mind, we took four ponies to the NPS Area 20 Summer show held at the South of England show ground inWest Sussex. It turned out to be a long hot day but well worth it.
Our first class of our day was for miniature ponies aged three and under. We got off to a good start with novice filly Snelsmore Oceana who was placed second and Snelsmore Orchid following on in fourth. Our next class, the four years and over, was immediately after and gave us little time to swap ponies. Luckily our horse box was park nearby and we returned slightly out of breath with our filly Snelsmore Madonna and stallion Snelsmore Jasper. With two of our nicest ponies in the same class we didn’t know who would come out top. Madonna moved beautifully and continued her recent form taking the top spot; I can’t help but enjoy it when a filly beats the stallions, especially when I’m leading her! Cliff lead Jasper, who looked fantastic and gave our judge, Mr A Bell, a very tough decision to make when it came to the remaining places; with the competition strong we were happy with a close third.
With no miniature championship Madonna and I had to battle it out against the highest placed standard ponies for the Overall Shetland Champion. Madonna took it all in her stride and trotted her way to the winners spot, taking Supreme Shetland Champion and Best Miniature rosette. we now had an opportunity to go forward much later in the day for the Supreme In-Hand, competing with all the other breed champions.
Five hot hours later Madonna and I did our show in the main ring against some beautiful other breed champions. Madonna was still full of spirit and floated around the ring with a little more energy than me; it seemed a very long way round! The judges were very complementary about her and gave us a fourth place. We were so pleased and a little part of me knew my mum would have been too.
A little help from my Mum in West Sussex
I can’t believe it is just over a year ago since my mum died. The 21st of June would have been her birthday and I know she would have wanted me to carry on as normal and show our ponies. So with her in the back of my mind, we took four ponies to the NPS Area 20 Summer show held at the South of England show ground inWest Sussex. It turned out to be a long hot day but well worth it.
Our first class of our day was for miniature ponies aged three and under. We got off to a good start with novice filly Snelsmore Oceana who was placed second and Snelsmore Orchid following on in fourth. Our next class, the four years and over, was immediately after and gave us little time to swap ponies. Luckily our horse box was park nearby and we returned slightly out of breath with our filly Snelsmore Madonna and stallion Snelsmore Jasper. With two of our nicest ponies in the same class we didn’t know who would come out top. Madonna moved beautifully and continued her recent form taking the top spot; I can’t help but enjoy it when a filly beats the stallions, especially when I’m leading her! Cliff lead Jasper, who looked fantastic and gave our judge, Mr A Bell, a very tough decision to make when it came to the remaining places; with the competition strong we were happy with a close third.
With no miniature championship Madonna and I had to battle it out against the highest placed standard ponies for the Overall Shetland Champion. Madonna took it all in her stride and trotted her way to the winners spot, taking Supreme Shetland Champion and Best Miniature rosette. we now had an opportunity to go forward much later in the day for the Supreme In-Hand, competing with all the other breed champions.
Five hot hours later Madonna and I did our show in the main ring against some beautiful other breed champions. Madonna was still full of spirit and floated around the ring with a little more energy than me; it seemed a very long way round! The judges were very complementary about her and gave us a fourth place. We were so pleased and a little part of me knew my mum would have been too.