I cry at horse shows. I cry when watching a beautiful horse move in the show ring. I cry when a child wins a class - seeing the excitement on their face, it moves me to tears. I really cry when I win. Oh, it's so shameful! I don't know why I do this other than perhaps I've just got horses a little too romanticized in my head. It's just what I love; even watching others in the show ring, I just get misty!
I would just fall over in a swoon watching all of this winning!
I cringe thinking about my last little episode. A few years ago, Bobby and I made our western pleasure debut. We had previously shown exclusively hunt seat. Anyway, this particular show wasn't quite A rated, but many of Michigan's competitive Morgan farms were present and showing. It was HOT and mid July. Bobby and I did pretty well in our first Western Pleasure class, I think we placed 2nd or 3rd in a 12 horse class. So, we entered the Western Pleasure Stake class, then we won it. When the announcer called our names as the champions, the drama ensued. I gasped, my hand immediately went to cover my gaping mouth. The, eyes wide, I glanced to J (my trainer and Bobby's owner), she made her way into the center of the ring with a big smile on her face. Then, I began the blubbering.
"Oh my gosh." I sputtered, "I can't believe it!"
Oh, you would have thought I had won an Oscar - maybe I'd be a good candidate after that performance anyway. It was not a big deal at all, and I'm sure everyone was wondering what I had for breakfast. Regardless, though I have won some blues, my championships are few and far between. This particular championship win came with a garland of cheap green plants and red carnations to drape over the horses neck - oh - the - JOY! That was one of my proudest moments. I kept that ugly neck swag, and even made plans to dry it out. Alas,it turned brown and resembled a tumble weed after a week, so it was tossed. To this day, I still get happy feelings thinking back on that moment, though. Even though I cringe to think about my dramatic display of victory it was still wonderful no matter how small beans it was to others.
This is a different moment of glory. Not so glorious, we were the only ones in the class - good photo though. I'll post my moment of glory photo later :).
3 comments:
Great Photo!!!
I've always been too much of a cold-hearted-competitor-badass to cry at shows (but inside, I'm a little girl jumping up and down saying "i won, i won!!!')
I can relate. Tears of joy. I mean, you worked so hard! You deserved to be happy! ;)
I wonder if I'll ever win a championship in my life, LOL? Horse showing is something I have never done seriously (just 4-H, the fair, and schooling shows.) I don't do well in competitions because I get really nervous. But I am thinking of doing some schooling shows again in the future. It is good to get over my fears and continue to challenge myself and build confidence.
I am right there with you in the tears department. I cried when Summer and got our first, 1st place and she received her first trophy halter. I cried when she and I won our first jackpot on cow sorting. I cried when my Hackney Pony and I got 2nd place in our very first show out of 5 other ponies and I cried the first time I actually got to drive my miniature stallion. Sounds like they should name a hanky after us! LOL
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