Champion

Nicole had her big 4-H horse show last weekend.  So last week she was busy cleaning her tack and washing her horse to prepare.  He's so pretty in his duds.  He even managed to stay clean.

The first class of the day was halter.

They did great together.

The judge thought so too, apparently.....
 

Since they came away with the Grand Champion trophy for her age group!  Woohoo!

Then it was on to bareback class.

And, again, they walked away with the Grand Championship for Nicole's age group.

Next was Western Equitation.

And, AGAIN, got top honors for the age group!

Next was the English riding class. Nicole just started riding English this year, so she was excited to try something new.  Don't they look fancy?!

And they managed to earn Reserve Champion in the class!

Then back to the western saddle and time to tackle the trail class.

Jasper is such a good boy.  He'll anything Nicole asks him to do.  And, most likely, he'll do it well!  And, go figure..... they came away with the Grand Championship for Trail Class, too!

In case you lost count, that was a total of FOUR Grand Champion placings and one Reserve Championship.

Not too shabby for a Saturday.  We knew they'd do well together, we just weren't expecting them to be such trophy hogs!!  There was some tough competition, so she may not walk away with so much hardware next year.  All day long, we told Nicole to remain humble, but ever since the show we've been bragging on her at every opportunity.  Parents are so embarrassing!  Good job, kiddo!!