SHOWTIME!!

Omigod, I am RAPT with how Bella peformed at Kumeu A&H today (13 March 2011). 

1st in Best Presented - many thanks to Leesa Anderson and Anna Limmer for their super presentation skills, and Maryanne Jefferies for the kind loan of her bling browband.
2nd in her age class - tough class against some lovely horses. 
1st in future broodmare to breed show horses

Bella was superbly well behaved (well, in my rose tinted eyes anyways).  She lost a bit of concentration in the ring to start with - she was a bit distracted by things outside the ring but as it was her first show, that was to be expected. 

6 sleeps!

I dropped Bella off at Leesa Anderson's tonight - what a superstar!  If she encounters something she isn't sure about, she just stops and looks.  Awesome!  

Can't wait to see what Leesa does with her - below are pics I took on 6 March 2011

It's showtime!

I've just paid for and sent the entry form off for Bella's first show. I don't know whether I'm excited or nervous!!!

She is going to do three classes inhand - best presented, age, potential as a future broodmare - just for the experience. She is going to look silly against the huge warmblood young' uns but oh well.

New Year, new name?

I've been appallingly slack at updating Bella's blog - I don't do much with her now that I'm living in Papakura and working in the city and she is in Dairy Flat. I try to see her every weekend.

Bella ties up (and stays tied up!), loves being groomed/given attention and walks/halts inhand. She didn't want to/didn't know about trotting inhand the other weekend so had an impromptu lunge lesson - happy to halt, walk, trot on the left rein, not so sure about doing the same on the right rein.

I would like to take her to Helensville and Kumeu A&P shows but they may end up in the 'too hard' basket. Bugger.

Anyways, most people didn't like "Believe" as a showname so with some research, I discovered "Meissen" - a German town, and a type of porcelain. I believe it is pronounced "My-sin" but I would imagine a lot of people will pronounce it "Meesan". There is already a 'Meissen' registered with NZEF so I will register Bella as "Meissenz"