Show Day (Part One)

Well Katy and I got to go to our first Dales Show on Sunday, it left me soooo exhausted I haven't been able to put hoof to keyboard until now!

To be fair our show adventure technically started on Saturday afternoon with the arrival of Mum, Uncle Tony, Benji and the water snake.  All three of us got tied up on the yard and Katy was the first to be attacked by the water snake, she got soaking wet and then started to foam and bubble a lot.  She was not too keen on the snake getting near her head but she was very brave and stood quite still (well for Katy anyway, she can be a bit of a diva on the yard - but then again she was getting all the attention, which she loves).

Then we were swapped around and it was my turn to be drowned by the wet snake. I was much braver about getting my head wet, but I did wonder if they were trying to make me go dapple like Katy!

The snake is not so bad in fact it was such a hot day I even had a drink from it! I did honestly its just Mum was too slow to capture the moment on film!

Then Katy decided to copy me...

Aunty Georgie turned up to help polish feet, brush out tails and manes etc and she gave Zippy a brush too, so she didn't feel left out.  Katy got her tail put into a plait while I had my handsome red cotton sheet on to stop me becoming dusty!

Katy thought the best way to dry was to become a galloping spin drier, so she charged up and down the field kicking and bucking, I only joined in for a bit - well it's quite hot having a rug on in this sunshine.  We were given tea and put out to bed.

At this point we knew something was going on, but had no idea what, so we just tucked into the grass and enjoyed the evening sunshine, little did we know what was going to happen the next day.

To be continued.......