BELOW: First stop is to visit with Laurie & Jeff's new Bellagio filly Lady Bella, out of Serendipitys Lady (by Thee Desperado). Laurie is mighty proud of her little girl!!
ABOVE LEFT: Guest speaker Corky Sutton is an international judge and a wealth of knowledge about the judging arena! CENTER: George presents Bellagio RCA to the group. RIGHT: A beautiful Bellagio filly among the Kindergarten Graduates of 2011.
BELOW: Checking out the handsome Bellagio colt Infinity RCA followed by a beautiful Mishaal filly! Every filly we saw was stunning!!!
ABOVE: Mishaal HP wows the crowd. He is simply beautiful! RIGHT: Shawn talks with Corky & Troy who are equallly wowed by Mishaal!
BELOW: More members of the Class of 2011 are presented, including a cute Mishaal colt let by Mark out of Liberty HG...who really puts on a show for Greg & Monique when turned loose!!
ABOVE LEFT: Mark adorned in the roses! CENTER: Mike Cimino demonstrates a Natural Horsemanship technique for working with foals. RIGHT: Guest speaker and well known international trainer Troy Smith talks to the group.
BELOW: Cornelius watches as Laurie practices some of Troy's training techniques.
ABOVE: Mark leads a discussion on proper show clipping techniques as George and Kim demonstrate.
ABOVE & BELOW: Greg shares a joke with Shawn...then Jinny represents the Purple Gang in the Kalkata Challenge. She did an outstanding job and placed third...yeah Jinny!!!
ABOVE LEFT: Judy & Bev Smith-Embry watch as Lola puts on a show. CENTER: Judy shares a carrot with Lola. RIGHT: Not sure...but it must have been good!!
BELOW: Sunday morning brought the first measurable rain to Waco in several months...almost 6" fell in a short period of time and caught this group of mares by surprise! And what a surprise to me to see a black piggy spending time with the mares...our Pumpkin Piggy has a Texas cousin!!
ABOVE: The rain caused the cancellation of the amateur show, but the group took advantage of the extra time to visit Laurie's filly and to walk around the farm looking at all the beautiful horses.
BELOW: Greg made friends with every horse he met! CENTER: Mark finds a good itchy spot on Rhapsody In Black. RIGHT: Judy & Deb talking to Infinity.
WE HAD FUN!! HOPE YOU WILL PLAN TO JOIN US NEXT YEAR!!!
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