Waikato Show
On Friday last week I went to the Waikato show with freckles, yes it was yet again another agricultural day. This time it was a much longer drive to Hamilton and it was now up against all of the Waikato. Once we started I counted about 25 people in my ring and there were only 8 ribbons so it was going to be a hard job to get any ribbons at all.
I have always known that my calves strong point is rearing and so I couldn’t wait until it started. Finally rearing was here, all 25 of us tried to spread out around the ring but that was hard just trying to fit us all round the outside. The judge looked at all the calves and then pulled the best into the middle and looked over them again, luckily I was in that group of 11 so I definitely had a good chance of something. The judge made his decision and called for me to go out as first. I couldn’t believe that I had actually got 1st over 24 other calves.
Since I got first I had to take my calf over to the champion ring, so now another judge looked over all the calves and then he kept on going back and forth between a jersey an Ayrshire and FRECKLES! I couldn’t wait to hear the results, but when the calf that got 2nd to me came into the ring I knew that I had won champion. Once again I couldn’t believe that I was champion. When the judge finished making his decision on the reserve champion, he called out for us to go into the middle to get our ribbons and for me a trophy that I will get my name engraved on and keep for the year, also a medal that I will be able to keep forever. The champion ribbon was different this year because they were celebrating their 75th year of the Waikato Show. So the champion ribbon was black with gold lettering and gold tassels. I was so glad that I had won it. My huge smile said it all!!!
