Show Reports
If there's one thing we are-- it's a show barn! Here are some of out show reports from previous outings. We show in Region 7, and used to show in Region 6 from 2010-2014.
Palmetto State Live -- January 18th, 2014
The 2014 Model Horse Show Season came and went quickly for me. Palmetto State Live is my first and last show of 2014 due to having to move Spring of this year. I will be present for Region 8 shows when I resume showing my horses. This was a fantastic show, and I was very pleased with how well my horses did! There were some I was sad to see not place, but others I was delighted to see get a place in the Spotlight! Here's a loose breakdown of how we did:
Judge's Choice
Lord of War - Judge's Choice of OF Resin, AR/CM Mini, and OF Plastic Mini Divisions
Group Champions
Paint it Black - OF Plastic Light/Sport Group
Golden Age - OF Plastic Gaited Group
Eastern Front - AR/CM Spanish/Carriage Group
Tuxedo Mask - AR/CM Light Draft Types Group
Wayward Wiggle - OF Plastic Mini Division
Group Reserve Champions
Laws of Attraction - AR/CM Spanish/Carriage Group
Magic Carpet Ride - OF Resin Division
Sweet Berry Wine - OF Plastic Ponies Group
NAN Card Recipients
Jasmine, Laws of Attraction, Paint it Black, Reign of Fire, Doktor Nowak, Tuxedo Mask, Luck be a Lady, Rhythm of the Knight, Pillow Talk, Sweet Berry Wine, Golden Age, Coins Miss Twist, Wayward Wiggle, Lord of War, Percival Q. Woolcott, Doc of the Bay, Ostfront, Eastern Front, Colossus of Rhodes, Skippy! The Wonder Horse, Paparazzi, Prince of Storms, Magic Carpet Ride, Bellyflop, Final Belle, Spotted Big Time, Stray Cat Strut, Hindi Sad Diamonds, Casual Friday, Oakleaf Autumn, Whiskey Business, Mr. Fritz, Jumper Cables, Harrison Fjord, Sir Lancelot, Mighty Putty
Judge's Choice
Lord of War - Judge's Choice of OF Resin, AR/CM Mini, and OF Plastic Mini Divisions
Group Champions
Paint it Black - OF Plastic Light/Sport Group
Golden Age - OF Plastic Gaited Group
Eastern Front - AR/CM Spanish/Carriage Group
Tuxedo Mask - AR/CM Light Draft Types Group
Wayward Wiggle - OF Plastic Mini Division
Group Reserve Champions
Laws of Attraction - AR/CM Spanish/Carriage Group
Magic Carpet Ride - OF Resin Division
Sweet Berry Wine - OF Plastic Ponies Group
NAN Card Recipients
Jasmine, Laws of Attraction, Paint it Black, Reign of Fire, Doktor Nowak, Tuxedo Mask, Luck be a Lady, Rhythm of the Knight, Pillow Talk, Sweet Berry Wine, Golden Age, Coins Miss Twist, Wayward Wiggle, Lord of War, Percival Q. Woolcott, Doc of the Bay, Ostfront, Eastern Front, Colossus of Rhodes, Skippy! The Wonder Horse, Paparazzi, Prince of Storms, Magic Carpet Ride, Bellyflop, Final Belle, Spotted Big Time, Stray Cat Strut, Hindi Sad Diamonds, Casual Friday, Oakleaf Autumn, Whiskey Business, Mr. Fritz, Jumper Cables, Harrison Fjord, Sir Lancelot, Mighty Putty
Palmetto State Live -- November 16th 2013
The Palmetto State Live show series offers a challenge for showers by combining Artist Resin and Customs to show against each other. It also combined the Peter Stone and Breyer Horses to show in one larger OF Plastic division. All in all the show went as well as it could have. A lot of our regular champion horses did not place, while other never-placers ended up taking NAN cards.
There were no Division Champions at this show. Instead, there were only Group Champions and a Judge's Choice at the end of the Division. Here are our placings:
Group Champions
Terms of Endearment - Spanish/Carriage Group Reserve Champion
Jasmine - Gaited Group Reserve Champion
Toot Sweeps - Light Draft Group Reserve Champion
Forever in Blue Jeans - Stock Group Reserve Champion
Golden Age - Gaited Group Reserve Champion
NAN Card Recipients
Doktor Nowak, Sweet Berry Wine, Amber Lance, Rhythm of the Knight, Altivo, Terms of Endearment, Jasmine, Golden Age, Forever in Blue Jeans, Harrison Fjord, Tuxedo Mask, Percival Q. Woolcott, Song of the South, Coatcheck, Follow My Lead, Bohemian Rhapsody, Ostfront, Toot Sweeps
Other Places
We netted quite a few ribbons that weren't first or second... so I wanted to call attention to the other horses who stood out enough to earn themselves a nice ribbon! Here are our other 37 winners that didn't quite make it to the top! (color coordinated to reflect which ribbon placing they received!
Whiskey Business, Skipn Sweet Dreams, Mr. Firestarter, Pillow Talk, Mr. Fritz, Paint it Black, Hindi Sad Diamonds, Domino Effect, Flip Trick, Mighty Putty, Sir Lancelot, Pride of Pompeii, Black Magic Woman, Reign of Fire, Laws of Attraction, Know the Score, Casual Friday, Dues American Dream, Trial by Fire, Eastern Front, Tully Targus, High Value Target, Goober Smooches, Doc of the Bay, Mr. Transistor, Private Dancer, Senorita Margarita, Wayward Wiggle, Knights on Broadway, High Plains Drifter, Colossus of Rhodes, Jumper Cables, Rhapsody in White, California Rose, Tequila Mockingbird, Shadow of Colossus, Pizzicato Playtime
There were no Division Champions at this show. Instead, there were only Group Champions and a Judge's Choice at the end of the Division. Here are our placings:
Group Champions
Terms of Endearment - Spanish/Carriage Group Reserve Champion
Jasmine - Gaited Group Reserve Champion
Toot Sweeps - Light Draft Group Reserve Champion
Forever in Blue Jeans - Stock Group Reserve Champion
Golden Age - Gaited Group Reserve Champion
NAN Card Recipients
Doktor Nowak, Sweet Berry Wine, Amber Lance, Rhythm of the Knight, Altivo, Terms of Endearment, Jasmine, Golden Age, Forever in Blue Jeans, Harrison Fjord, Tuxedo Mask, Percival Q. Woolcott, Song of the South, Coatcheck, Follow My Lead, Bohemian Rhapsody, Ostfront, Toot Sweeps
Other Places
We netted quite a few ribbons that weren't first or second... so I wanted to call attention to the other horses who stood out enough to earn themselves a nice ribbon! Here are our other 37 winners that didn't quite make it to the top! (color coordinated to reflect which ribbon placing they received!
Whiskey Business, Skipn Sweet Dreams, Mr. Firestarter, Pillow Talk, Mr. Fritz, Paint it Black, Hindi Sad Diamonds, Domino Effect, Flip Trick, Mighty Putty, Sir Lancelot, Pride of Pompeii, Black Magic Woman, Reign of Fire, Laws of Attraction, Know the Score, Casual Friday, Dues American Dream, Trial by Fire, Eastern Front, Tully Targus, High Value Target, Goober Smooches, Doc of the Bay, Mr. Transistor, Private Dancer, Senorita Margarita, Wayward Wiggle, Knights on Broadway, High Plains Drifter, Colossus of Rhodes, Jumper Cables, Rhapsody in White, California Rose, Tequila Mockingbird, Shadow of Colossus, Pizzicato Playtime
Hollow Horse Live: Test of a Halter Champion -- April 13th 2013
Before I get into the particulars about the placements in this show, let me first explain a bit about it. This show was called Test of a Halter Champion because in this show your horse could show and compete for TWO different Halter Cards in TWO different Divisions. If your horse received a 1st or 2nd in BOTH classes, they could go to the Best in Show ring. The divisions were stand alone (Breyer, Stone, Other Make, China, Resin, Custom, etc) and combined classes, only split by size (OF Traditional Plastic Horses, Traditional Artist Resin/Custom, OF Mini Resin/China).
It was a disappointing show in one sense, but in other ways it went well. Something important to understand and keep in perspective, is that there is two ways a judge can pin a class. 1) According to NAN standards and the show's guidelines and 2) According to NAN standards and the show's guidelines but only after taking their own preferences into consideration. This is a normal occurrence. Sometimes it passes over you. Sometimes it works in your favor. But sometimes it nails you.
Division Champions
Domino Effect - Stone Division Reserve Champion
Group Champions
Eastern Front - CM/AR Traditional Stock Group Champion
Domino Effect - Stone Sport Group Champion
Percival Q. Woolcott - Artist Resin Group Reserve Champion
NAN Card Recipients
Percival Q. Woolcott, Eastern Front, Eastern Front, Jumper Cables, High Value Target, Sweet Sunset Wine, Sweet Sunset Wine, Diamonds and Guns, Oakleaf Autumn, Nobody's Business, Whiskey Business, Domino Effect, Brass Tax, Sips 'n' Tips, Magic Carpet Ride, and Lord of War. While she's not eligible for a NAN card, our very own Tilmarili the Dragoness got a 1st place ribbon in her Fantasy class! She was the only entrant, but we think that's because she scared off the competition!
Other Placings
We received plenty of other ribbons, and for the most part only showed most of our horses one time. In the end, I believe 2/3 of my horses placed, while few NAN qualified. Considering the sparser class list, I am happy with the performance. No horses to connect to the placings, though I may update it later with as many of the results as I managed to get.
5 Third Places - 10 Fourth Places - 10 Fifth Places - 10 Sixth Places
It was a disappointing show in one sense, but in other ways it went well. Something important to understand and keep in perspective, is that there is two ways a judge can pin a class. 1) According to NAN standards and the show's guidelines and 2) According to NAN standards and the show's guidelines but only after taking their own preferences into consideration. This is a normal occurrence. Sometimes it passes over you. Sometimes it works in your favor. But sometimes it nails you.
Division Champions
Domino Effect - Stone Division Reserve Champion
Group Champions
Eastern Front - CM/AR Traditional Stock Group Champion
Domino Effect - Stone Sport Group Champion
Percival Q. Woolcott - Artist Resin Group Reserve Champion
NAN Card Recipients
Percival Q. Woolcott, Eastern Front, Eastern Front, Jumper Cables, High Value Target, Sweet Sunset Wine, Sweet Sunset Wine, Diamonds and Guns, Oakleaf Autumn, Nobody's Business, Whiskey Business, Domino Effect, Brass Tax, Sips 'n' Tips, Magic Carpet Ride, and Lord of War. While she's not eligible for a NAN card, our very own Tilmarili the Dragoness got a 1st place ribbon in her Fantasy class! She was the only entrant, but we think that's because she scared off the competition!
Other Placings
We received plenty of other ribbons, and for the most part only showed most of our horses one time. In the end, I believe 2/3 of my horses placed, while few NAN qualified. Considering the sparser class list, I am happy with the performance. No horses to connect to the placings, though I may update it later with as many of the results as I managed to get.
5 Third Places - 10 Fourth Places - 10 Fifth Places - 10 Sixth Places
Carolina Gold Classic -- March 9th, 2013
Man oh MAN! Started off the 2013 show season with a bit of a shaky start! Carolina Gold Classic had a whopping 69 entrants and hundreds upon hundreds of horses... some classes with over 50 entrants. HOWEVER... we did much better this year than we did last year... sorta. Last year I won one group champion, and one reserve and won the division. This year I won FOUR group reserve champions and no divisions. I came home with more rosettes (and they had pony bag prizes for Group champs/reserves!) so I came home with 4 of those too! I had twice as many NAN cards this year and... well, all my winnings are up there!
Group Reserve Champions
Laws of Attraction - Custom Light/Spanish Breed Group
Colossus of Rhodes - Stone Gaited Group
California Rose - Stone Stock Group
Domino Effect - Stone Sport Group
NAN Card Recipients
Laws of Attraction, Pizzicato Playtime, Diamonds and Guns, Colossus of Rhodes, Seduction, California Rose, Domino Effect, Not A Contender, Luck Be A Lady, Final Belle, Dr. Steve Brule, Stray Cat Strut, Doktor Nowak, Reign of Fire, Tiponya, Forever in Blue Jeans, Shadow of Colossus, and Sweet Berry Wine!
Bridesmaid Winners
Lord of War, Knights on Broadway, Times New Roman, High Value Target, and Wayward Wiggle!
All things considered, it was a strong start in 2013. Well, a strong start considering there'll likely only be 1 or 2 more shows for this year.
Group Reserve Champions
Laws of Attraction - Custom Light/Spanish Breed Group
Colossus of Rhodes - Stone Gaited Group
California Rose - Stone Stock Group
Domino Effect - Stone Sport Group
NAN Card Recipients
Laws of Attraction, Pizzicato Playtime, Diamonds and Guns, Colossus of Rhodes, Seduction, California Rose, Domino Effect, Not A Contender, Luck Be A Lady, Final Belle, Dr. Steve Brule, Stray Cat Strut, Doktor Nowak, Reign of Fire, Tiponya, Forever in Blue Jeans, Shadow of Colossus, and Sweet Berry Wine!
Bridesmaid Winners
Lord of War, Knights on Broadway, Times New Roman, High Value Target, and Wayward Wiggle!
All things considered, it was a strong start in 2013. Well, a strong start considering there'll likely only be 1 or 2 more shows for this year.
Hollow Horse Live 2 -- September 8th, 2012
We had a challenging and exciting weekend at Hollow Horse Live 2, on September 8th, 2012. Pictured above are our horses that were lucky enough to make it to the Division Call Backs. From left to right:
Diamonds and Guns - Stone Division CHAMPION!!! Stone Light Group Champion
Colossus of Rhodes - Stone Gaited/Spanish Group Champion
Woodrow's Pledge - Unrealistic Color Group Champion
Laws of Attraction - Custom Spanish Group Reserve Champion
Coat Check - Custom Sport Group Reserve Champion
Seduction - Performance Costume Group Reserve Champion
Nobody's Business - Stone Stock Group Reserve Champion
Diamonds and Guns - Stone Division CHAMPION!!! Stone Light Group Champion
Colossus of Rhodes - Stone Gaited/Spanish Group Champion
Woodrow's Pledge - Unrealistic Color Group Champion
Laws of Attraction - Custom Spanish Group Reserve Champion
Coat Check - Custom Sport Group Reserve Champion
Seduction - Performance Costume Group Reserve Champion
Nobody's Business - Stone Stock Group Reserve Champion
Congratulations to Hollow Horse Live 2 NAN card recipients!
Here's our horses that earned tickets to the North American Nationals at Hollow Horse Live 2! Horse's name is in color (red if they won second place-- blue if they won first place), followed by the class they were in. Great work!!
Stone: Whiskey Business - Morgan, California Rose - Quarter Horse Mares, Gunnin' for Gold - Other Stock, Blue on the Bayou - Tennessee Walking Horse, Goober Smooches - Other Gaited, Sergeant Nowak - Spanish Breeds, Classical Renaissance - Other Pure/Mixed Breed, Cauld Blast - Clydesdale/Shire, Nobody's Business - Appaloosa, Diamonds and Guns - Other Light, Colossus of Rhodes - Saddlebred, Woodrow's Pledge - Unrealistic Traditional Stone (Collectability card), Seduction - Arabian Costume (Performance Card), and Iron Cross - Western Pleasure (Performance Card)
Custom: Laws of Attraction - Andalusian, Jumper Cables - Other Light, Coatcheck - Other Sport, Private Dancer - Arabian, Wind Walker - Mustang, and Seminole Wind - Mustang.
Breyer: Prince of Space - Other Pure/Mixed Breed, Mighty Putty - Belgian/Percheron, Beam Me Up - Traditional Saddlebred, and Oingo Boingo - Sport Breed Foals.
China: Little China Girl - China Morgan (We only have one OF China horse in our barn... and she won!)
Here's a mostly complete list of other horses that placed, but didn't quite make it to a NAN qualifying position. Great effort through some tough competition! Some of these classes had around 30 horses in them! Yellow signifies 3rd place. White signifies 4th place. Pink signifies 5th place. Green Signifies 6th place. It was a fast paced show and difficult to keep up with-- but thanks to Paul Nowak, my horse handler, for recording these scores the best he could!
High Value Target, Lord of War, Greyberry, Take Five, Song of the South, Skips Supreme Lass, High Caliber, Forever in Blue Jeans, Reign of Fire, Senorita Margarita, Sweet Berry Wine, Bluebeard the Bold, Trick my Trick, Unchecked Imperialism, Mr. Fritz, Celebrity Zillions, Mr. Firestarter, Harvest Moon, Pizzicato Playtime, Follow My Lead, Tiponya, Shadow of Colossus, My Little Shotzi, Firing Blanks, Sweet Sunset Wine, Times New Roman, Pride of Pompeii, Totally Jazzed, Mr. Transistor, Flip Trick, Count Spotula, Coin's Miss Twist, Rafalca, and California Dreamin'.
Whew! Of all the horses we brought, over 2/3rds placed. It was our greatest haul of NAN cards to date. We also found our best success to date in Division Callbacks with 7 horses making it to the finals! Thanks for a wonderful time!
Stone: Whiskey Business - Morgan, California Rose - Quarter Horse Mares, Gunnin' for Gold - Other Stock, Blue on the Bayou - Tennessee Walking Horse, Goober Smooches - Other Gaited, Sergeant Nowak - Spanish Breeds, Classical Renaissance - Other Pure/Mixed Breed, Cauld Blast - Clydesdale/Shire, Nobody's Business - Appaloosa, Diamonds and Guns - Other Light, Colossus of Rhodes - Saddlebred, Woodrow's Pledge - Unrealistic Traditional Stone (Collectability card), Seduction - Arabian Costume (Performance Card), and Iron Cross - Western Pleasure (Performance Card)
Custom: Laws of Attraction - Andalusian, Jumper Cables - Other Light, Coatcheck - Other Sport, Private Dancer - Arabian, Wind Walker - Mustang, and Seminole Wind - Mustang.
Breyer: Prince of Space - Other Pure/Mixed Breed, Mighty Putty - Belgian/Percheron, Beam Me Up - Traditional Saddlebred, and Oingo Boingo - Sport Breed Foals.
China: Little China Girl - China Morgan (We only have one OF China horse in our barn... and she won!)
Here's a mostly complete list of other horses that placed, but didn't quite make it to a NAN qualifying position. Great effort through some tough competition! Some of these classes had around 30 horses in them! Yellow signifies 3rd place. White signifies 4th place. Pink signifies 5th place. Green Signifies 6th place. It was a fast paced show and difficult to keep up with-- but thanks to Paul Nowak, my horse handler, for recording these scores the best he could!
High Value Target, Lord of War, Greyberry, Take Five, Song of the South, Skips Supreme Lass, High Caliber, Forever in Blue Jeans, Reign of Fire, Senorita Margarita, Sweet Berry Wine, Bluebeard the Bold, Trick my Trick, Unchecked Imperialism, Mr. Fritz, Celebrity Zillions, Mr. Firestarter, Harvest Moon, Pizzicato Playtime, Follow My Lead, Tiponya, Shadow of Colossus, My Little Shotzi, Firing Blanks, Sweet Sunset Wine, Times New Roman, Pride of Pompeii, Totally Jazzed, Mr. Transistor, Flip Trick, Count Spotula, Coin's Miss Twist, Rafalca, and California Dreamin'.
Whew! Of all the horses we brought, over 2/3rds placed. It was our greatest haul of NAN cards to date. We also found our best success to date in Division Callbacks with 7 horses making it to the finals! Thanks for a wonderful time!