A Blue Ribbon Day!

Kat won her first Blue Ribbon today! She placed first in Showmanship. Showmanship is where you walk your horse into the ring and to the judge. You are judged on how well you present your horse. In her first show, she made a big mistake and did not place at all-or was very last. Two shows later, she places first! She has learned a lot in a couple of months...it helped that "Jo" is home for the summer. "Jo" is the worlds smartest horse person and best coach. So between her and her mom, how could we go wrong???

Kat also had a cool new pink hat and a new shirt today, so in addition to her growing skills, she looked really cute! The hat was a gift from Jo's cousin.

This is Kat during showmanship. See how nicely she and Hickory are standing? Except, if you look closely, Hickory has his left hind leg cocked. We don't know why he does that, but he isn't supposed to when he is "set up". Oh well...when Kat saw this picture she said, "Oh, I look cute!" Yes, she does! We were also very happy to have a new judge today. One who knew what he was doing. It didn't hurt that Kat, The Thinker and cousin placed in the top three most of the day! He was obviously a very smart judge.

This horse show thing has turned out to be a really fun thing for all of us...if it just weren't so early in the morning...and so far away...I don't like getting up at 6 am on Saturday morning. At least it is lots of fun, and the company is wonderful!