Home Again

Wow, what can I say about my AQHA World Show experience. It was a great five days and it will be hard to return to work tomorow. At first I was a little disappointed to not make the top ten in open performance stallions. 11th out of 26 was close and really great considering the super nice horses that were in the class and the world class exhibitors of those horses. I think I did fine. The nerves seemed to disappear as we walked into the ring. Bud seemed to really be on his game. As I stood at the gate, I took a deep breath and said enjoy this. And I did. It was such a thrill to hear my friends and family cheer as my horse and I were announced. They were a small but mighty cheering section. It was so neat to see my name on the big screen as exhibitor, owner, and breeder. I was the only one in the class to have my name in all three spots. People noticed that too and commented from the side lines to me that it was neat that I owned and bred Daddys Legacy. As the class went on, my cheering section seemed to sound louder. When I asked my kids about it after the class, they said everyone in the section they were sitting at had joined them in cheering for us. It was cool to hear them all clap, whoop and holler when we were placed in a line up. I was only left "at the wall" under one judge. Being left at "the wall" did have one postive aspect- I got to hear from people in the stands that they really loved my horse. Too bad they hadn't been doing the judging. As I look at the results online at home I realize that 11th was darn good for an unknown person with an unknown horse at their first world show. One person told me my 11th was really first of the "no names". A different perspective to consider. I plan to be back someday.