Monday's competition was deep- a long great day of horse showing

I was able to see quite a bit of the show today- the equitation classes were well filled. Congratulations to Jessica Moctezuma and "Elvis" with a nice third place in the 17 year old age group.

We loved seeing "Squiggs and Yimmy" making a tremendous show to a second place finish in an amazing Adult Show Pleasure class, great job guys!

Lady Vol was the showstopper last night in the Ladies Fine Harness in possibly the best performance of the night. A big dark bay mare, she was the picture of precision and power. One of the nicest horses I saw all day yesterday.

Bustin' Out took a second in the Junior/Stallion 5 gaited class last night and was the crowd favorite. He's an amazing horse and I rememer Mike Setzer from the National Horseman talking about this horse last year- making waves out west- well here he is, the talk of the show. This was an amazing class, huge and they brought 10 back out on the rail and worked them again. He was the crowd favorite- a crowd in KY is never afraid to tell who THEY are with- several times last night the crowd made different ties than the judging panel.

The also had 10 or so do further work in the Amateur Ladies 3 gaited Under 2 and put them through their paces twice. It was a class of about 18 and this surprised me, as the classes in Lexington are this size and not usually split or given additional work. It makes for a nice horse show as you're getting to see more and more of these amazing horses- on the other hand you more frequently see judges making a quicker decision.

The weather is hot but nothing like last year. All is well and Louisville is wonderful and amazing and the quality is as always, outstanding. Oh and I saw Kim Cohen in the chute yesterday! Happy times!!!!