Hovis_and_SidsMum
Well-Known Member
I will keep this short but in summary I'm not sure I like this showing thing...........
Mum gave me a bath on staurday and really scrubbed me, I'll give her her due she got me very very clean!
She then trussed me up like a turkey with leg warmers on. Timmy said i look like an extra from Fame. I'm not sure that was but even I thought I looked stupid. There are times when a boy could seriously dislike his mother.
Then on sunday morning she rudely got me out of bed and started grooming AGAIN. Aunty Laura plaited my tail like a girl then i was unceremoniously dragged onto the lorry and told under no circumstances was i to rub, poo or wee on myself. Seriously do they have any idea what its like to be back there when dad is driving? They'd poo themselves i can tell you.
Anyway we got there and mum and aunty sarah got me off the lorry and undid my leg warmers to reveal gleaming white feathers - THEN they covered me in baby powder! I smelt like a babies bum - i was SO embarrassed I wanted to die (particularly as there was a foxy mare in the trailer next door). So there am I with my tail tied up like a girl, smelling like a baby and wafting talc everytime i moved. Seriously the chances of me pulling were close to zero.
Mum was talked into doing some "in hand" thing which basically meant I had to run around with mum whilst some old woman told her i "lacked impulsion". I would have shown her implusion if mum hadn't stopped me from kicking the old bat. Mum only went in the silly class so the other bloke in it had someone to beat. He was an 18HH shire who made me look like a shetland! he was HUGE! Plus he did it at county shows so I can live with being beaten by him. Besides which i didn't fancy my chances if he got mad at me! I got a rossette though which was cool.
Then mum took me away from the old crow and put my saddle on and we went for a little ride in front of a nice lady who said i was lovely. Apparenlty mum needs to relax more and "allow my lovely paces to be seen" - i tell mum this all the time but does she listen to me?!
Once again we got beaten by the big man but heh he was rather good. I got a bit carried away with my cantering and mum took half the arena to stop me so i think fair doos he was better. The nice lady said i was young though and the big man was much older than me so he'd had more practise. I liked her and didn't try to kill her when she gave mum her rossette.
Mum was pleased with me and said i'd been a really good boy so that was cool and i got loads of treats. I'm not sure it made up for me smelling like a babies bum but it at least made me feel better.
I'm not sure how much of this showing lark mum wants to do and i much prefer jumping over things. The second lady was very nice but the one who made me run round and said rude things about me wasn't. Next time I'm going to tread on the old bags toe. Thats of course if there is a next time.............
Mum gave me a bath on staurday and really scrubbed me, I'll give her her due she got me very very clean!
She then trussed me up like a turkey with leg warmers on. Timmy said i look like an extra from Fame. I'm not sure that was but even I thought I looked stupid. There are times when a boy could seriously dislike his mother.
Then on sunday morning she rudely got me out of bed and started grooming AGAIN. Aunty Laura plaited my tail like a girl then i was unceremoniously dragged onto the lorry and told under no circumstances was i to rub, poo or wee on myself. Seriously do they have any idea what its like to be back there when dad is driving? They'd poo themselves i can tell you.
Anyway we got there and mum and aunty sarah got me off the lorry and undid my leg warmers to reveal gleaming white feathers - THEN they covered me in baby powder! I smelt like a babies bum - i was SO embarrassed I wanted to die (particularly as there was a foxy mare in the trailer next door). So there am I with my tail tied up like a girl, smelling like a baby and wafting talc everytime i moved. Seriously the chances of me pulling were close to zero.
Mum was talked into doing some "in hand" thing which basically meant I had to run around with mum whilst some old woman told her i "lacked impulsion". I would have shown her implusion if mum hadn't stopped me from kicking the old bat. Mum only went in the silly class so the other bloke in it had someone to beat. He was an 18HH shire who made me look like a shetland! he was HUGE! Plus he did it at county shows so I can live with being beaten by him. Besides which i didn't fancy my chances if he got mad at me! I got a rossette though which was cool.
Then mum took me away from the old crow and put my saddle on and we went for a little ride in front of a nice lady who said i was lovely. Apparenlty mum needs to relax more and "allow my lovely paces to be seen" - i tell mum this all the time but does she listen to me?!
Once again we got beaten by the big man but heh he was rather good. I got a bit carried away with my cantering and mum took half the arena to stop me so i think fair doos he was better. The nice lady said i was young though and the big man was much older than me so he'd had more practise. I liked her and didn't try to kill her when she gave mum her rossette.
Mum was pleased with me and said i'd been a really good boy so that was cool and i got loads of treats. I'm not sure it made up for me smelling like a babies bum but it at least made me feel better.
I'm not sure how much of this showing lark mum wants to do and i much prefer jumping over things. The second lady was very nice but the one who made me run round and said rude things about me wasn't. Next time I'm going to tread on the old bags toe. Thats of course if there is a next time.............
