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Linda Shore working with Wilga Park Latte
for a number of months), and once our flurry of shows is over,
Ian will continue their training.
Above: Linda removing the mud from Wilga Park Castelao
Below: Wilga Park Silver Sabre after his bath
Linda has taken the yearlings out of their comfort zone and
introduced some scary objects to them as well as teaching them
to lunge and trot out for show. She has introduced them to the
enjoyment of having a bath! Wilga Park Latte was so cool about
the whole process that she decided she’d like to investigate what
was in the dairy shed while Linda was hosing her (below).
We intend to take Latte, along with Wilga Park Silver Sabre,
to Allora and Clifton Shows in February. Latte was also to go
to Toowoomba Royal, but her new owners, Bruce and Julie
Cornelius, would like her home in Tassie by March for Julie’s
birthday.
With all the rain of late, our horses were wearing baubles of
heavy black mud in their manes, so most of them enjoyed a bath.
WD40 is a magnificent item to have in your tool kit. It detangles
knots, dissolves hard mud balls and leaves the hair as slick as
any expensive horse de-tangler product. (WD40 is based on fish
oil, so is not harmful.) I can vouch for its many benefits.
Allora and Clifton Shows are fast approaching for we south-east
Queenslanders. Allora will possibly be done and dusted by the
time this is printed, but Clifton has Morgan Classes on Sunday
15th February. They are Morgan classes with much more ‘zing’
than in previous years. We will have a Best Presented class for
those who just want to have a practice run with their horse. The
pure and part bred classes are split into age groups so that we
can have champion stallion, mare and gelding and Supreme
Champion Pure Morgan Exhibit, and a Supreme Champion Part
Morgan Exhibit – both these will be presented with a trophy as
well as their wide, coloured sash.
The ridden classes are also a little different in as much as we
will have an English Ridden class and a Western Ridden class
– with a trophy for the champion in each section. Wilga Park
Morgans have sponsored these classes as the Show Society
has been struggling and is trying to encourage numbers to the
show … without the entries the show will fold. We are doing
our bit to encourage the local Morgan owners to participate.
It is such a wonderfully laid back atmosphere at Clifton, it is
the perfect place to take young horses, but also is competitive
enough for the older, tried and true, competitors. Please come
along and compete for the trophies. If we have good attendance
this year, we will continue to sponsor the event with trophies
for years to come.
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