Sterling Fair

Sterling fair was a huge sucsess today! Everyone did really well and the apple crisp was delicious. We started of the day when Katie came over with sheep transportation. From there we loaded all three of my sheep in with the four of hers. To say the least, getting Shetlands into a truck that is three feet off the ground is not easy. Vaughan is easy enough to pick up and throw into the truck bed, however when it comes time to get the two ewes in, the fun begins. Finally after much protesting and manuvering everyone was in and on their way to a fair.
Once there we claimed pens and did a last cleaning. Shetlands keep a lot of wool on them for show, which means that I have to get all the vegitative matter out of the wool. Because this is a very tedious activity, a blower is sometimes used to get most of the hay out. Half way through blowing Izzy out, because she decided to stick her butt in some hay, the blower(and the rest of the power) went out. Ignoring the blower, I began to hand pick, Izzy until all of a sudden it came back alive. I jumped and watched the ground around the blower become an explosion of dirt and grass. This event only took a few seconds but I thought it deserved to be mentioned.
As for show results:
Reserve Champion Fitting and Showmanship(after taking 1st place in intermiediate F&S) with Izzy
Champion Shetland Ewe with Izzy
Reserve Champion Ram with Vaughan
1st place yearling ewe with Izzy
2nd place yearling ewe with Bea
1st place pair with Izzy and Bea
1st place with Vaughan

Izzy with her Champion Ewe ribbon

Izzy in the Grand Champion drive

I was a little bit tiered and Izzy didn't seem to mind being a pillow...

As I said, it was a very sussesful day.