Some of you may remember my thread earlier in the year re shearing for showing.
Quick update - we entered the Suffolk Show yesterday with two of our girls - managed to get them halter trained, cleaned up, on the trailer and to the show and in the ring with no major crises! We didn't place, but also didn't come last - so that is a win for us. We were up against serious competitors who have been doing this for years, and breed for showing, in a mixed breed class.
The judge was impressed with our sheep, but they weren't quite in top show condition (weren't as fat as the others
). So now we are making plans for the Royal Norfolk where we are in a Coloured Ryeland class which will be interesting.
We had a fabulous day and the girls were a great hit with the public as we waited to enter the ring (took them up far too early in our newbie eagerness)! Despite coming home with no rosettes we are happy happy happy and very proud of our girls.
Any other showers out there?