A view from the ingate

Hello from Oklahoma City. I am anxiously waiting 9am when the show gets started. Storm goes in the second class of the morning and then I can relax and enjoy my last day here. I have had the chance to see her work a couple times and she has improved each day.

Mike Wahl Performance Horses has had a great show so far. One of Mike's students was Reserve Grand National Champion in 14-17 Showmanship, with another student in 3rd place in the 10-13 year old Showmanship class. Yesterday, a rider won her 11 year old western pleasure class and Mike's awesome gelding Lance was second in a huge, 22 horse western pleasure class.

Here is a picture I took last night looking down the ramp into the coliseum. There are actually 3 rings going most of the time. This is the ring Storm will be showing in this morning.



It is hard to really get a sense of how big this ring is from the picture. Notice the banners hanging from the rafters. Each one lists a former champion, the class they won and the year they received it. Pretty impressive to a person who spends hours pouring over the morgan magazines.

More stories and pictures when I get home.