Beehive Live

Today I got up bright and early, picked up Angelo and Heather and drove us to Castle Rock, Colorado for Beth McCarley's Behive Live Model Horse Show. 

The show was held at CALF's Lowell Ranch, a turn of the century ranch...

that now serves as a working agricultural education center.

The space was small but not ridiculously so,

and featured a beehive in the entry...

and chicks in the showhall.

There was food.

Angelo Žunić and Heather Malone

There was a raffle.

And there were also about a million mini scale plastic horses!

This was a yellow card show so the class list was all about color, 

collectibility...

and fun.

There were bees everywhere...

and the Championship prizes were SMB pins and bottles of artisan honey.

I judged an extremely competitive Custom Color division.

The Overall Champion was this gorgeous little Alborozo owned by Teresa Fedak. My pictures don't do him justice. His finishwork is stunning.

This was a really fun day spent with a great group of people.

Nancy Dement, Dana D'Ippolito, Teresa Buzzell, Beth McCarley and Teresa Fedak

Congratulations, Beth. That was a most outstanding debut as a show host. I can't wait to see what you do next!