Adding to the conga

The conga of G3 Ponies that is! I LOVE this mold, not 100% sure why,
maybe it's because I have always had ponies in real life, but anyway, I
added to my conga today (which now stands at 3 OF, 1 CM). A lovely bay
Pony Gals pony arrived home.

Wordless Wedensday

Just an envelope today, nothing as huge and extravagant as mailday a
couple weeks ago!! Today was my prize from Awesome Model Horse Tack's
(on Facebook) contest. It was a drawing one in which I entered the pic
below. And this was my prize, a set of hobbles. Love the colour!! Thanks AMHT!And if your wondering about the title, yea, it is wednesday over here!! we're a day ahead of America etc, good ol' New Zealand!!

Ruff Rider

I found a new horse to ride!! Well, really was told I can ride him if I
want to, so I took the opportunity and now have the challenge of
getting a 16hh TB gelding ready to show. I am going to ride him in the
shows as well as his owner just had a baby and is keen on me doing work
with him and wants to jump. I have formed new opinions on showing when
it is that or nothing...it doesn't seem so bad now that jumping is out
of the question for now!!
Please excuse the way my feet are in the pics, I'm highly peeved with
the way I'm riding at the moment...am DEFINITELY going to focus on
those legs next time! And I'm leaning forward..see what a year off of
riding does to me?!! GAHH!
But here he is, Ruff, or Atakarma (I think that was his racing
name..need to confirm how to spell it!)

This pic my legs are especially bad...GRRR!

It's All In The Details

I love this set!! maybe it's just because it is my first tack set, but
I find the details on it amazing! I can't help but wonder what I will
think of a set made by someone else, someone who does this all the
time...but, I'll let the pictures do the talking for this set!

I really like this last picture...
pitty the sun was in the wrong place casting that shadow over Electra's quarters...

and here I was thinking a western set would be pretty easy to
do!!! PAH! Yeah Right!!! Not for me it won't be! A bridle, yea, maybe,
but not a saddle!! haha! it woud take me forever to finish it!!!

Photo Shoot #2: CB

CB being short for Cleveland Bay, aka, Journeyman, or as he is identified in the shows: Southbound Warrior.

CB, meet Magic!

I'm not sure which picture I like the best, the one in the sun, or the one without the sun...

Darn you stupid buttercup!!!

Love this horse!! The first thing mum
said when she saw him was 'You'll have to make a cart for it'!! And I
think I will!! he'd look so good pulling one!! I found some leather to
make him a harness, so that's a start!

Photo Shoot #1: Salpicardo

Just thought I'd share them...some of CB to come tomorrow :)

This isn't working

Remember the rider doll i got last week? And how she had to learn
western as I don't have an english tack set? yea, well, her converting
to western isn't going too good! I'm not sure she understands that you hold the reins differently when riding western!So she went back to some form of english and has started riding CB bareback. And
I got back from a trip to Christchurch yesterday, so there will be lots
of pics from that to come!! Apparently there was an earthquake while we
were down there, but it happened during the night (about 1am) and I
slept through it...

NZ Live Placings

Finally took some pictures of my CMs I sent up to NZ Live with their ribbons/rosettes/cards!!! Then again, not really finally as they ony arrived home on Wednesday, 2 days ago....but anyway, here they are!!
KISMET REMEMBER ME
1st Black, Bay, Brown - Open Workmanship
2nd Colour - Novice Workmanship
1st Repaint - Novice Workmanship
1st Drastic - Novice Workmanship
CHAMPION NOVICE WORKMANSHIP
RESERVE SUPREME CHAMPION WORKMANSHIP
4th CM/AR Mini Colour - Black, Bay, Brown

BM MINUET
4th Colour - Novice Workmanship
3rd CM/AR Mini Breed - Sport/Light

BM CONN THE WORLD
4th Repaint - Novice Workmanship
1st Trad CM/AR Other Pure Breed
3rd Trad CM/AR Black, Bay, Brown Colour

BM SKYLAR ROSE (I honestly though she would do better! She is open to offers also :)
3rd CM/AR Mini Breed - Stock/Broken

BM STAND BY ME
1st Best CM - Novice Shower
CHAMPION NOVICE
SUPREME NOVICE
4th Black, Bay, Brown - Open Workmanship
1st Colour - Novice Workmanship
RESERVE CHAMPION NOVICE WORKMANSHIP
4th Trad CM/AR Black, Bay, Brown Colour

BM LIGHTENING
3rd Best CM - Novice Shower
3rd Chestnut - Open Workmanship
3rd Colour - Novice Workmanship
2nd Repaint - Novice Workmanship
4th CM/AR Mini Colour - Chestnut

KISMET FEATHER HUNTER
4th Best CM - Novice Shower
3rd Repaint - Novice Workmanship

Homecoming

Waiting for the postie when your at home specifically waiting seems to
take twice as long for him to arrive!!!! But this time the wait was
worth it!! My horses arrivedehom today, in a box that could nearly have
held a real horse saddle!
Here's Sunny (a Breyer Traditional) showing just how big the box is..
The first I saw (once i got all the peanut things out of the way!) was Electra...
she is lovely, and her tack is just amazing!!! Definitely more pics of that to come!!
Next
to come out was Journeyman...he's so big!!! Mum doesn't know about him
yet, he's going to be rather hard to hide!!! na, I will show him to her
tonight when I "remember" about him!! I didn't get a pic of just him in
his whole body (goodness knows why!!) but I think you all know what he
looks like, but look at his dapples!!! They're so yummy!!

and then I found this surprise, tucked up behind Journeyman....this
girl is my first rider, and after reading Jennifer Buxton's articles on making dolls' boots,
I think I will revamp this one, make her some better fitting clothes
and some boots, she looks so...I don't know, untidy?? the way she
is..but either way, at the moment she has to learn to ride western!
but
wait, there's more!! Salpicardo was next to come out, this boy is so
much nicer in person than in photo's!! I love his colour!!! he just
looks rubbish in this pic!
he even still had his catalogue that comes in the boxes...
so
anyway, here's the lot that was in the big box!! (minus my guys I sent
up, these are just the ones that hitched a ride home!!!) forgot to take
a pic of just the wee white guy too, he's a body, another surprise!
he's a PS Pebbles WB...unsure what sort of clothes he wants at the
moment, but i'm loving his size!!!
and look what I noticed....WB and Journeyman are in the same sort of pose!!!
That's
all for now, but don't worry, I wont be too far away, I have the next 4
posts planned out already!!!! And then I'll have pics from the show in
Christchurch this weekend!! mwa hahahaha!!!