Sunday 24 April 2016

Reining Dreams Live 2016

Reining Dreams Live is always a great show (I do love the Southern shows) and yesterday was no exception.

Full pictures (all 350 of them): https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153985143830155.1073741994.689360154&type=1&l=95f27b8417

It started off as an early day for us and some serious tetris. The question of the day was can you fit three people, a dog, two show strings and all the Chestnut Ridge stock into one car?

Answer? Yes apparently. Although we were all a little squished in!

After a stop for coffee and bacon rolls we arrived at the show venue just after 8, bright and early and ready to get showing.

The show was rather relaxed, with plenty of breaks and a nice smooth feel. I was only doing a few performance entries so was able to spend lots of time gossiping before we got started :D

The day started off with performance, the standard of which was incredibly high!

The raffle was really awesome, loads of great prizes to be won


Just one of the amazing performance entries


I love pink so this doll's top was right up my street!


A very fancy parade entry


Definitely the largest entry of the day!


And one of the smallest


PERFORMANCE CHAMPION


By Cristina of CK Tiny Tack.

PERFORMANCE RESERVE


We then moved on to the in hand classes, with sections for OF, CM and AR.

A very nice PSA


Love these little guys but such a pain to photograph!


Very gorgeous Arab


Cute little TWH


I just love the paint job on this MFT


One of my favourite horses on the show circuit


Another beautiful model


And another one...


Spotty pony :D


CRS The Sea, The Sea (aka Cravas)


ARTIST RESIN CHAMPION


ARTIST RESIN RESERVE


One of the cuties that I had the privilege of judging


A very grumpy donkey!


CUSTOM FINISH CHAMPION


CUSTOM RESERVE


It just isn't a live show without an Alborozo!


CRS Connotational Indentation (aka Connor) who won his class :)


ORIGINAL FINISH CHAMPION


ORIGINAL FINISH RESERVE


The day finished off with workmanship, and some very large classes!

A lovely grey Journeyman


CRS Three Plays (aka Pacu)


Beautifully dramatic horse


A spotty Andalusian


You looking at my spotty bum???


WORKMANSHIP CHAMPION


WORKMANSHIP RESERVE


It was now time for the Supreme, how they were going to choose this I don't know!

A weird angle shot of the Performance champ


SUPREME CHAMPION


SUPREME RESERVE


SUPREME RESERVE TO RESERVE


Thank you to Frances and Cristina for a wonderful day, I had a great time :) I hope everyone who picked up new Chestnut Ridge ponies loves them and roll on the next live show!

Brunello

Check out one of this year's Breyer Mid Year releases.

A gorgeous real horse portrait, 400 will be made with the limited edition rug (to get these you need to attend the Tryon Spring 8 FEI 5*)



None rugged models should hopefully be available from late Summer onwards (in the UK we normally get mid year releases around late September).