I've already shared some of the pictures of our POA's we showed when I was a kid. I can't remember if I mentioned Pee-Wee.

You can't ask for a better reselling situation than that....
Then our rig. This was our pride and joy when we really got into showing. Funny thing is I'd never want anything this big today (6-horse slant steel trailer), but we had a lot of fun times in this.

Then this guy here is a paint I showed for one of my first clients. The date on the back of this photo is 8/28/93. Her mare had kicked me and hurt me pretty badly (moving one of my ribs back and creating a lot of scar tissue I had problems with for years). This gelding was a lot sweeter but not much of a mover, so we didn't do very well, but it was fun to get my feet wet at some APHA shows. This photo was taken at an open show in Pratt or Kingman, I believe.

Then there was Nipper. When I was going to Juco in Hutchinson I got the opportunity to help out at an ApHC trainer's place. I wasn't paid, but I got to do some training on the side that I earned a little extra money doing.

This colt was a solid Appy that her daughter hadn't had any luck on. He was so funny because he bucked every time we loped! We had the vet check him out and we went over our tack numerous times. No matter what I did training wise, tack wise, vet wise he continued to do his little carousel-horse buck. It was harmless but wasn't appropriate in the show ring. I eventually chose to ignore it and ride it out of him, so we went ahead and prepared for the show, buck and all.
When we got to the ApHC show I warmed him up and he did a couple of little bucks but nothing too bad, so I went ahead and entered the class. He did PERFECTLY! He didn't buck one bit! We won our class, beating the trainer I was working for on her horse. We did well in all our classes and I later found out we had won the high-point junior horse for the entire show!
Of course after that her daughter wanted Nipper back. Not sure whatever happened there, but it was sure fun while it lasted.
Look at all this....all these stories off of 4 old photos. It's amazing what a person digs up when they go looking through their junk!
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