Law
Well-Known Member
Today I took my little yearling (Taz Monkey) to his first ever show I've been looking forward to it for a few weeks and finally the day came
He'd had a bath earlier in the week and I spent 2 hours yesterday getting his legs sparkly white and his tail tangle free. He'd had a little work done in the arena teaching him to trot up and a practice run out in the trailer earlier in the week too so was quite prepared for it.
We got there and he was cool as a cucumber, came off the trailer and munched hay whilst watching all the fuss and animals.
He waited for about 2 hours for his first class and then went in the indoor school (first time he's seen one!) was impeccably behaved and then went back to the trailer to wait for his next class. There were only three in our class and he came third-the judge said to me that his head was out of proportion to his body as he has a poor neck and shoulder and needs 'building up' and his back end needs built up and he needs some topline.
I'm chuffed to bits with how he's looking and appreciate that he will be slow to mature so am not worried about how he compares to his peers. His neck is massively improved in just 2 months and I think he has an ok bum on him!
He then went into the yearling horse class; I knew he was going to look like a weed in this class as he will only ever make a small horse but he's not a pony so that was all we could enter. (There was only a shetland in the pony class!)
So there were two of us in the horse class and the other entrant was enormous and very well conditioned, a really nice looking mare. And then us!
So again he did a really good show and was brilliantly behaved. Judge didn't say anymore about Taz other than that he was well behaved and that is was good for him to be out getting educated
So we had second in that class.
Few pics (aren't great sorry
) no jacket on as it was boiling hot and low-key/not exceptionally formal
Sorry for the essay just wanted to share as a few people have kindly helped me out from on here and either leant me stuff or patiently answered questions!
Thanks for reading
We got there and he was cool as a cucumber, came off the trailer and munched hay whilst watching all the fuss and animals.
He waited for about 2 hours for his first class and then went in the indoor school (first time he's seen one!) was impeccably behaved and then went back to the trailer to wait for his next class. There were only three in our class and he came third-the judge said to me that his head was out of proportion to his body as he has a poor neck and shoulder and needs 'building up' and his back end needs built up and he needs some topline.
He then went into the yearling horse class; I knew he was going to look like a weed in this class as he will only ever make a small horse but he's not a pony so that was all we could enter. (There was only a shetland in the pony class!)
So there were two of us in the horse class and the other entrant was enormous and very well conditioned, a really nice looking mare. And then us!
So again he did a really good show and was brilliantly behaved. Judge didn't say anymore about Taz other than that he was well behaved and that is was good for him to be out getting educated
Few pics (aren't great sorry
Sorry for the essay just wanted to share as a few people have kindly helped me out from on here and either leant me stuff or patiently answered questions!
Thanks for reading
