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The Sunday Sort

The Sunday Sort

My first cattle sort was actually a two day event. The first day being the experienced drive and the second day being the “fun show” version.

I will say I loved the speed and agility of the competitors in the open but the length and size of the “fun show”. Perhaps because my body was just in pain, but also because it was a much, much shorter day in comparison to day one.

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Cattle Sorting Photography

Cattle Sorting Photography

I thrive on challenge and taking the best images I can even when it is something new. I will stand for hours even when my body aches and cries for me to get off hard ground, slip the camera bag off, and the camera and take a break. I put my all into covering events even when they are new because I want to surprise everyone with my images and surprise myself.

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Fun Show Number One

Fun Show Number One

One of the fun things during Horse Show season is Fun Shows. They are a stress relief and just a way for horse people to hang out and enjoy their equine partners and friends without competition hanging over their head.

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Second Show at Grizzle Ridge Arena

Second Show at Grizzle Ridge Arena

Summer show season started with a bang in May and then into June we went with everything on track for a busy, busy month. However there are somethings we just cannot predict and that is the weather.

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Starting with a Bang

Starting with a Bang

It is not surprise that the horse show year as gotten a late start. The weather pretty much said sit down, shut up, and delay, delay, delay. With lots of rain here in the midwest and storms that brought multiple tornados, flooding, and mudslides there was no good time to till the arenas and ready the ponies to ride.

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Old Images Revisited

Old Images Revisited

A couple months ago Facebook was kind enough to to bring an old venue and old images I had taken back into event goers minds and feeds via memories. Sometimes this a great thing at least as long I the photographer still has the images and their archives haven’t been corrupted… which sometimes happens especially when they are pretty old files.

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