Hello everyone! We had a wonderful day at the Aesthete Miniature Horse Show in Doncaster on Sunday the 1st of August – an event which was held in memory of our daughter Vicky Johnson.
We raised a lot of awareness about CRY and SDS conditions at the CRY tent, and we had great weather too which helped to keep a smile on everyone’s face!
CRY Teddy and QT Kanga also came along, and had a lovely day in the sun making friends of both the two-legged and four-legged variety! CRY Teddy proved to be very popular with the younger visitors to the show, and there were even a couple of attempts to kidnap him!
“Oh no!” he squealed, as he was carried off by the ear by a little girl who had taken a shine to him. Fortunately I managed to rescue Teddy and place him back with his friend Kanga.
CRY Teddy and QT Kanga also managed to hitch a ride on Aesthete Cherokee Chieftain (owned by Ruby Brown). But he took a dislike to them both after a while, and bucked them off! “Eeekkkk” they shouted with disgust, “I think we shall go back to the CRY tent now please” they both said. (more pictures)
The supreme foal champion (owned by Plumtree Shetlands) seemed to get on much better with Teddy and Kanga, although was a little cautious at first……..perhaps wondering which Class these two strange little furry creatures were in!
As well as the horse show itself, there was a tombola stall, raffles, a ‘name the bear’ competition and an auction of items that had been kindly donated at the show. Abbie, David and Richard also handled horses for donations into the CRY fund.
Highest bidding on the donated goods was for a lovely mare and foal bronze clock, which was donated by the Davenport family of the Aesthete Stud – http://www.theminimarvels.com/home.shtml. Thank you to Jane and family.
Other items donated were:
a Mini Marvel toy (gladiator) which was donated by Tanya Larrigan of the Mini Marvels Show Team http://www.theminimarvels.com/home.shtml
a miniature travel rug / set was kindly donated by Hallmarked Stud. Although this did not meet reserve and so was not sold, it will be offered again at another event http://www.hallmarked.freeserve.co.uk/. Thanks to Mandy.
miniature stallions donated by top miniature horse studs, for a free covering to a mare. These tickets sold very well!! Details of this can be seen on the aesthete stud link www.aesthetestud.com/
The Davenport family also donated all the entry money from the Best Condition class of the show. A huge thank you to all at the Aesthete Stud!!
We had a wonderful day, and are very pleased to have raised £912.65 for CRY so far. This would not have been possible without the help of the Davenport and Lister families. Thanks must also go to Plumtree Shetlands (thank you Lorraine); Harewood Stud (thank you Kelly); Aughton Spotted Ponies (thank you Sue); Blackmins Stud (thank you Louise); Zeals House (thank you Wendy); and New Close Farm (thank you Jill).
A great day was had by all, and the memorial show for Vicky Johnson was a very memorable day indeed……….
Visit Jackie’s fundraising page at www.justgiving.com/sads