GRANGE FAIR HORSE SHOW

The granddaughter of one of my teaching friends is a horse crazy little girl. She rode in the Grange Fair Horse show yesterday in the Short Stirrup Division. Her pony's name is Sweetie Pie, who is a school horse at the stables where she takes riding lessons. Here she is in a walk-trot class, concentrating very hard on her riding.

In one class she had to ride a figure eight pattern and halt in the middle. She's doing a very nice job in this picture. Her circles were round, and you could tell she was doing a figure eight, unlike some of the other riders who rode oblongs or some kind of weird pattern that did not resemble a figure eight at all.

Here's a proud little girl bringing her blue ribbon to.... not her mom... not her dad.... not her grandmom... but her grand dad! I think it is a tradition.

She won three blues (1st place) and a pink (5th place) which gave her the Grand Championship of this Division. Here she is with her family and riding instructor.

I love this picture of the two of them. Sweetie Pie pricked her ears and really looked like a sweetie pie in this picture. They are a beautiful pair.

Here she is with grand dad, tender of the ribbon stash. This talented young rider came home with 12 ribbons! What a wonderful day and a special memory for a very special little girl. Congratulations!

I am so happy that I was there to take pictures! Brought back memories of MY horse show days.