The Long Lost Memorial Day APHA Show

I'm not sure what the heck happened to this set of pictures.  Normally I try to post in chronological order but this one...well it was an interesting show anyway. When we arrived Friday it was chilly and on the heels of lots and lots of rain.  We got parked in a spot that was relatively close but in the mud - or it turned to mud after we walked in it enough.  But our friends the Testers were there with us for the first time in a couple years so we were happy.

The first day was good but LLLLOOOOONNNNNGGGGGGG.

Equestrian girl did awesome - 4 judges the first day and lots of 1st and high placings.

That's our friend D on Danny in the blue shirt to the right of Equestrian Girl.

Here's a better picture.

Classes were pretty big - people come from all over for this show.  It was even bigger than last year - and that was big.

This girl behind Equestrian Girl was for Georgia!  She had the cutest little accent and white pony.

Here's friend D in her new Western outfit.  It was so pretty!

Western classes didn't get started until late afternoon/early evening.  You can tell everyone is starting to get tired.

I have no idea why I took this picture or what they were looking at.

I also don't know why EG is smiling - it was getting really late.

We FINALLY started trail class about 2 a.m.  Yes, as in well after midnight.  I seriously thought EG was going to call asleep in the saddle and Stanley was cat napping as much as he could with his nose tucked up against my back.  We were walking zombies when we finished at 3 a.m.  This was novice youth trail.

We changed shirts for Youth Trail.  Don't ask.  It was 2:30 a.m. and I wasn't going to argue.

We got to sleep in a bit on Sunday since it's just a "fun" day but we awoke to rising temps and humidity and some threatening storms.  But before they hit, the girls had fun doing egg and spoon, ride a buck, etc.

D's sister H wanted to ride Stanley.  I thought she knew where to sit!

Ah, I guess she does.

After all the fun and games, the rain started so they moved the picnic into the spectator area of the arena. We all ate and the storms got worse.  There were tornado warnings and most of us evacuated to the concrete block bathrooms - the rain was coming in sideways and blowing in 75 feet from the door.  It finally passed but touched down in several places close by and knocked out the power.

The next day...we had a horse show in the dark!  With no Public Announcing system, the announcer had his job cut out and we all had to be diligent about telling people in our barns which class was in when we came back.  Lots of cooperation kept it running like clockwork and we actually got done fairly early. It was a different kind of show with no power and high temps but it all worked out and EQ did fantastic winning both Novice Youth High Point and 13 and Under High Point!!!