Live Show 2025 from my prism...

I'm back from my 4th liveshow, it's once a year in France so I try not to miss it...

I was glad to get there with my friends @agrassstory , @manghorse_modelhorse & @kelly_breyerhorse ... our friendship is the cherry on top of thoses events.

This year started with the tack class, wich is unusual but at least gave frame to tack the day BEFORE the show, so for the first time I decided to play ambitious with showing my tack. Usually I don't have time to enter this class as I'm too busy judging.

My hopes and dream were crushed by @djedarabian.costumes (and all the other entrants)... we've got some talented tack maker in France for sure... here a little comparizon of my carriage entry vs hers...

 
I mean come on... 

My skills and patience with tack are as rare as unicorns, so it's a hard class for me... even if I like what I have and wish to put it more in light...

 

unicorn bridle by @barefootappaloosa , my tack hero ;)

Picture by @agrassstory
 

But if I didn't won any white ribbon, @agrassstory did - congratulation!

Then it was time for the breeds & colors class, that I usually judge... so I got no more time to try snap pictures (even the tack class was rushed to allow me to have all the stands of everyone in picture).

 

Picture by @agrassstory done while I did the following one...
 

 

Also thank to @manghorse_modelhorse for the extra pictures with my camera ;)

 

As always my horses archieved placings, competition is harsh but I'm always glad to see them stand for the unknown breeds that sports the LP colours and for the glory of spots!

 

Picture by @a.lot.of.models

 

Applause Me; 1rst in other spanish, 3rd in blanket/snowcape.

Banana Split; 2nd in appaloosa, 2nd in blanket/snowcape.
Daylight; 1rst in few spot/near leopard, 1rst in appaloosa - Champion of the stock class.

 

Picture by @manghorse_modelhorse
 

 Diamond Heart; 2nd in leopard, 1rst in USA draft - Champion of the draft class.

 

  Friendly Ghost; 3rd in mustang.
Morgane Lwyd; 1rst in mustang, 2nd in varnish roan.

 Lady Bee; 2nd in european warmblood, 1rst in varnish roan.
Merlin Sky Blue; 2nd in other/cross/foal, 2nd in few spot/near leopard. 
 Tigerlily; 2nd in british pony, 3rd in few spot/near leopard.
Ugly Duckling; 3rd in other/cross/foal, 1rst in pintaloosa.

Picture by @agrassstory

Spotify; 3rd in leopard, 1rst in european warmblood - Champion of the warmblood class.

 Nora Creina; 2nd in other saddle horse, 1rst in other appaloosa.

Valentine Kiss; 1rst in other/cross/foal, 1rst in blanket/snowcape.

Viviane Starry Sky; 1rst in other breed, 1rst in leopard.

Champion of the appaloosa class. Overall Champion of the color class.

(quick reminder that if you want infos about any artists involved in my collection, it's under the tag cavalry and that there's no mysteries about it)

Also this year I was able to grab a little more space - thank to @kelly_breyerhorse - and show my drawing work properly (if you are familiar with my previous stands, you know that was short on display), I'm really happy about how it looked!

And of course a huge thank you to everyone that stopped by and bough me something, it really means the world to me...

Pictures by @a.lot.of.models

 

 

We've finished the day with friends and cocktails...

@studiomoonrise_ / @manghorse_modelhorse / @kelly_breyerhorse  / @malikamodelhorse / @agrassstory

And were's at the end of my experience of this liveshow but I will post more for you to see, as always ;) 

My entry for the Art of the Horse (by Stone Horses company) have Won!

In march I posted about participating and beeing selected as finalist at the Art of the Horse competition held by Stone Horses and I'm thrilled to announce that I've won my category (flat art - traditional media).

As an artist it's always a great time to archieve such a recognition.
Also I could never thank enough the fact it was open to international. AOTH is a contest that merge two of my great passion: art and modelhorse. And please, look at the georgeous models they have made inspired by my drawing.

 
I cannot wait to have it in hand... it'll be my first Stone Horse model and then a long time wish coming true in my collection! I really cannot express properly how happy I am now.

All credits goes to Stone Horses by Volo Artem for the pictures & graphics.

 Also pssst if you want to see all the entries & placings, check this link for Braymere's blog... that quite something to see! 

In the land of brown horses, a black one is creative...

After a first week with Clémentine at my home, we went to Sabrina' stables.

As far we know, Sabrina is having very different taste than me when it came to horses... she doesn't like spotted horses and collect all shade of boring brown horses (minus one that's black)...

Sabrina & all her horses; Kingdom (dressage prospect, TF), Aliénor (only mare, TF), Ko Ko (her new personnal riding horse since she lost Quirian, TF), Amiral (retired, TF) and Ramdam (retired, SF). 

All of us three did a lot of things that week - it went really fast as good times always runs fast; including horse riding of course. And like always, a lot of timer pictures...

(timer picture 1)

I rode mostly Aliénor because she's my personnal favorite of the lot, but also Kingdom wich is a great and kind gelding.

Clémentine did the opposite she rode mostly Kingdom but also Aliénor (wich is her favorite too).

And Sabrina took Ko Ko (he's Aliénor son by the way), of course... 

(timer picture 2)

It was great, we did a trail together... and the last time we were able to do such was... well a long time ago (2016). I hope we are going to be able to do that kind of fun rides again sooner next time...

But here start the real highlight of this trip... 

On our first day together we went thrifting, because all of us three are addict to fleamarkets. When it come to serious things like that, I'm always in the starting blocks and might walk quicker than a normal people... so I was heading first, searching and then I saw something. I saw it but decided to ignore it in the sake of my room space. Then I finished touring the fleamarket and got back to my friends left behind and suddently out of nothing they said "did you saw...?"

And I was like "yes but no" wich is a firm nope except that maybe it wasn't really...

Because who can resist the most perfect spotted horse of them all? Not me... and in the end, I knew I was going to spent an amonth of time in a stable with absolutely no spotted horses at all, so yes of course, I had to found one for myself 😂

 

 (timer picture 3) 

So in the land of brown horses, a black spotted one is creative! (don't hesitate to let me know if my humor is bad, but I'm still laughting at this)