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Axton
Chase Show Report This was only our second year at the Kent show. Last year we took just two dexters and won a rosette in each class we entered. This year we took two dexters and four southdowns. There were also three pupils from the Spectrum Centre and my daughter Zara from the main school. It was a hectic lead up to the show and we still had to halter train the cows and sheep. Two of my pupils also had to get used to walking the lambs. This was not as easy as it sounds because sheep, being sheep, would either walk or kneel depending upon how they felt at the time!! It was also a very wet few days washing the lambs. Especially when Chloe had the hose. Stephen found that for some reason every time Chloe turned to talk to him the hose pointed where she was looking.
The actual show date came round all to quickly. We loaded up the animals and I towed them down to Detling. Many thanks for all the help when I arrived on site. This was only my second attempt at towing.
Friday arrived and Chloe, Marianne and Nathan arrived nice and early to start getting their animals ready. All was going well until our steer calf was about to enter the ring and for some reason decided to misbehave. Poor Nathan had never shown anything before and he is not good with new situations. However with help from the stewards Nathan coped with the situation and entered the ring where he did well. Nathan came 5th and Zara 4th. It was then time for our lambs. Eventually, Chloe, Marianne and our lambs were ready. Once in the ring they finally managed to sort themselves out and Marianne came 6th with our twins.
Saturday was a nice restful day as we had no pupils to look after. Sunday however was a different matter. Trying to get the cows, sheep and my four YFC members ready for the turnout classes. Tim, Stephen, Simon, Emma and I were at full stretch. Eventually everything came right. Zara & Nathan were first in and came a creditable 5th & 4th respectively. Chloe also got a commended with her lamb, so once again we achieved a rosette in every class we entered.
My overall opinion of the show was that my little "party" had a great time and want to go again next year. Even some of the parents have offered to come down next year to stay on site and help with the cooking or the animals. Finally, our thanks to the show committee for all their hard working making this year's show so enjoyable!
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