coachmac
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We have went to quite a few shows this year and had some success. I have a feeling that we have missed a few purples due to getting outshowed, but with a 9 year old..... you sort of expect that. Nevertheless, frustration is not uncommon with myself or my daughter. A few weeks ago we went to a little one day show and she won Jr. showmanship. She was pumped and we were too! Before we went to IA we had our county fair. Her heifer was doing really well and had been gaining well since regionals in springfield where she was sixth overall. It was fun to see her bloom! We pulled into our fair with high hopes needless to say! The day of the show everything seemed to work. Showmanship was first and it would be HOURS before we went in for the breed show, so I did a no glue "fit" for showmanship. I have to say that many of the "concoctions" for hair that I have picked up on Steerplanet worked like a charm. The judge talked to the kids and seemed very comfortable talking to them. He was treating them like showmen/women and not like little kids. For our daughter, that was a plus! When he was giving his reasons for picking the winner he said the young lady won because of her knowledge of the the industry and her breed. *not my kid* is what went through my head. My daughter is Captain Random when she talks and it is hard to keep up at times! Cracks us up, but in this situation...... not the place for randomness. He announced her as the winner and my wife about climbed the fence. I was relieved, but knew the breed show was starting shortly and I had to get back to the chute and start fitting my sons heifer. He was in the same showmanship class and easily took one of the bottom three spots... out of 15! He was MAD, but not at his heifer. The lil boy's heifer behind him just kept ramming her nose up my sons heifer's posterior and she took obvious offense too it. He is our ultra competitor! Hates to lose at anything and this was not good for his MOJO. ( to be cont )
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