Why the Chicken Crossed the Road results, part one

Friday was the results show for Danielle Feldman's Why the Chicken Crossed the Road Photo Show.

Because this show was held on Facebook, entrants already knew their individual class placings. Those were announced in real time, as each class was judged. Halter results came first. The classes in this division were huge, so I wasn't expecting much. Imagine my surprise, when several of my horses received good ribbons, including first in a foal class with one hundred seven entries!

The second division to be judged was the Creativity Challenge. The first class was Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? My answer to this was, "Free Breyers"! It was good enough for fourth place.

The best way to win performance championships is to show one horse in as many classes as possible, and to make every entry count. There were twelve classes in the Creativity Challenge, and I showed my old horse, Dun Up Purdy in nine of them. This one is Raining Cats and Dogs. He placed first in this one. My other entry, Hollywood Lassie, was third.

To make Dun Up Purdy's entries more memorable, I decided that all of them would include chickens. This one is Time Flies When You're Having Fun. I like the concept of this photo, with its long shadows indicating a long but good day. Sadly, the execution is not quite up to par. It placed fifth. Jennibray and Love N Stuff also showed in this class and placed third and fourth respectively. 

In addition to chickens, all but one of Dun Up Purdy's Creativity Challenge photos featured a "horse girl" and a "chicken guy". This one - which was entered in Ignorance is Bliss - is titled "Ignorance is Bliss/Love is Blind/My Boyfriend Helped". It placed first, just ahead of Olivia's back-to-back double bareback horror show.

Dun Up Purdy's entry for It Takes Two to Tango was essentially the same set-up as Time Flies, just shot in different lighting and from a lower angle. It was third in this class.

For No Such Thing As a Free Lunch, I got out all the dolls that had ridden, driven and led Dun Up Purdy throughout this show. I added a lot of ribbons and food for everyone except poor Purdy. This was good enough for fifth. Beep's sandwich thief photo placed third.

The next class was Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover.  I really love tiny books so I was super happy to win first and second with Dun Up Purdy and Tucker.

I didn't get my act together for Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth. The only Braymere entry was an old picture of Love N Stuff. Fourth place.

The horse girl and chicken guy made it official in Look Before You Leap. This placed second.

I chose "Putting the Cart Before the Horse" for the Choose Your Own Adventure Idiom class. This earned Purdy his fourth blue ribbon of the division.

Tell Me a Story was a collage class, so of course, I made a collage showing using my photos from this division plus a couple extras. I bet Danielle was getting pretty tired of my horse girl and chicken guy, but she still placed this second.

The last class of the Creativity Challenge was I Made This. Since I did not make Dun Up Purdy, he sat this one out. Instead, I showed a picture of Bubbles with a stack of Braymere saddles, a NaMoPaiMo bag and a snail. Another blue ribbon!

This was a really good division for me. I entered every class, and I made each entry count. I was pleased, but not surprised to learn that Dun Up Purdy was the Champion of the Creativity Challenge.

He also received one of the coveted "Good Egg" awards for going "Above and Beyond" with all his chicken entries. Hurray!

The next post will cover the English, Western and Everything Else Performance Division