Blacktown Ag Show - 20/3/10

Well my boy Prince did it again, brought home Best Colour, Best Presented, Stallion over 4 years and Champion Colt/Stallion.

Here's the photos:

He looks so nice! i want his halter.

WHo was that other black colt there?

The halter.... aahhh there's a story behind that one!!

Almost every time I have gone to a show, the stupid bloody cable halter has broken, come undone, twisted, lead snap breaks... something nearly always goes wrong to me or someone else I know. I even bought a really expensive BKM one, but when I tried to trot them out, if they resisted, it twisted into their eye and they would resist more. Then I was showing a block headed buckskin mare and cable didn't suit her so I got a western halter from the States. I loved it because it was so strong and I knew it wasn't coming off! I finally invested in a pretty little western halter for my foals, and then started looking for one for Prince because his head is in between a typical "Mini" size and "Shetland" size. It took me five months of buying and reselling ones that didn't fit, but finallllllly I found a tack shop in the USA that had the exact size I wanted, I paid for it in the hope it would arrive before Luddenham show but a few days beforehand the seller emailed me saying it was still two weeks away!! I was panicking because I had no back-up halter plan, but then all of a sudden there it was sitting at the post office the day before the show. And yep, it fitted him like a glove.



As you would already know by now, the other colt there was Anyssa Park Cause For Applause. I found out on the results page of Emma's Show Horses website, but his owner has now joined the forum too

The little black colt was mine. Ayssa Park Cause for Applause aka Cosmo. He is the one in my avatar picture but he is a lot more black now. The photo in my avatar was taken last year at the mini Show held at Dubbo (State Show I think) December 09 where he was placed top 3 yearling with his breeder.

Sharleen

He is standing great in those photo's...well done!