European excellence

Oh dear, posts this year are proving even more erratic than last. I won't bore you with the full list of excuses, but one is that I was organising a live show, which was held in April. Having held a show for British breeds last year, this year I thought we would go for European breeds.

There was a wide range of In Hand classes catering for all European breeds and for many makes of model. However, as usual, I was most impressed by the quality and ingenuity of the performance entries on display. So I thought I would share a few of them with you here.

Here's a lovely Akhal-Teke costume entry by Suna Akiah:

while here's a medieval French knight by Ann-Marie Potrell:

This Spanish lady by Laura Ibbitt was Reserve to Reserve Ridden Champion:

and here are two lovely Spanish Riding School entries, by Catriona Burt and Lynne Howberry-Gale respectively:

This really cute milk-float turnout was by Suna Akiah:

and lastly, Lynne Howberry-Gale's dressage entry, MHEC Danzig, was the Performance Champion: