SFTC Resin Halter, part two

The Resin Sport and Stock breed divisions at the Show for the Cure were absolutely ridiculous, both in quantity and quality of the entrants.  Each class was double judged, but those judges only had four ribbons to give out.  Crazy!

Even with all the amazing horses on the table, there were a few standouts.  This first horse was one of them.  This is Grand Design a Carol Williams Valor Resin painted by Karen Beeson.  LOVE him!

An amazing Deputed Duke. 

 Two nice grey minis.

 SMB Valinor resin.

 Another droolicious Appaloosa Valor.

 Customized Valor by Steph Michaud.

Beautiful Venator. 

Award winning Wee Jay. 

On to Stock Horses! 

Even though there were a lot of horses...

by a lot of different artists...

I think it would be fair to say that this was the Carol Williams division.

 Oh, there were so many horses sculpted...

 and painted...

by Carol! 

I am such a fan of Carol's work that just being in the same room with so many of her creations was a thrill.  On a personal note, however, I'm glad that the competition in Colorado is not quite that intense.  I think I'd win a whole lot less NAN cards if I lived in Chicago!

SFTC Resin Halter, part one

As much as I enjoyed judging the performance classes at the Show for the Cure, I also found myself looking forward to the times between classes. While my exhibitors were busy preparing their entries...

I would wander over to the Resin Halter and Custom Halter rings where there was no end of beautiful things to ogle. These first two horses were both sculpted by Lynn Fraley.

 This one was also painted by Lynn and is owned by Elizabeth LaRose.

Big and little angry horses.

I just know this lovely mule wants to move to Colorado and join my string of multi-talented performance mules.

This horse was pictured in yesterday's post wearing his Spanish bullfighting tack. He's just as impressive undressed!

Another nice Fraley. Lynn's work seems to be especially popular among collectors in the Illinois/Wisconsin region.

All the resin halter classes were really tough. At home, the Saddlebred class usually has less than five entrants.  Not so at the Show for the Cure! Among other things, the judges had to choose between multiple copies of Dozen Roses resins... 

 a couple Haute Aires...

and at least one Miss America.

And just look at the Arab class! This was only part of the table.

This was my first time to see an Eberl Sushi in the flesh. Not surprisingly, I want one!

Of course, I would be equally happy to give Liz LaRose's Oksana a home. Oksana is an Eberl Lajjina painted by Carol Williams. The detail on this model was just amazing.

Of course, it wouldn't be an Arab class without at least a few greys.

If I'm not mistaken, this Sarah Rose Rasam was owned and painted by Karen Beeson.

I honestly don't know how the judges narrowed it down to just four, but this Eberl Jamil by Kate Schick came away with one of the top prizes.

This pretty Azham was entered in the Half Arabian class. Perhaps his owner thought the competition would be a bit easier there...

It wasn't!

Another half Arab, this amazing Appaloosa Ziryab is owned by Rosalie Deis and was painted by Billie Campbell. 

More amazing horses to come!

SFTC Other Performance, part two

Without a doubt, the single most difficult class I judged at the Show for the Cure was the Other Performance class.  Talk about comparing apples to oranges.  There were so many really creative and wonderful entries--choosing just four was torture.  It pained me to leave so many good entries unacknowledged.  Take a look at these pictures and you'll see what I mean!

This is Karen Meekma's mule Clayton competing in coon jumping. 

Lady Phase in cross ties--so cute!

Justin Thyme escaping the toy box. 

 Jeni Lambert's Timepiece resin free jumping.  I especially like the little Bloks on top of the barrels.

Manuela Wieczorek's race horse. 

A cute Pebbles scale vaulter. 

In hand trail. 

Polo camp. 

Harness was both the next class and the performance class of the day.  The blue ribbon went to this very correct OF Breyer Pacer.

This is D'arry's entry.

 Isn't the dog cute?  He's holding a Pebbles scale glove in his mouth!

Very nice mini team.

I missed taking pictures of the division champions, but I do remember who they were.  The Reserve went to Karen Meekma's Mephisto resin and his amazing Lu Heater costume.  

The Champion was Karen's mule, Clayton.  He added that to his Western division championship and was a shoo in for the Overall Performance Champion title.

Overall Performance Reserve Champion honors went to D'arry's Thrillseeker. 

Thank you so much to everyone who showed performance at the Show for the Cure.  I really enjoyed seeing so many wonderful entries and congratulations to all the winners!