Show report part 2 Resin

After the Plastic division it was time for the Resin division. I don't have a whole lot of resins (just realised I have a more then I thought but they're unpainted) so I only had 9 models to show in this division.

First up was, as before, the foal championship. My cute little Helios (Mink Oliver rep. S. Kern) was shown in this division and he took third in his class. I had hoped he'd do a little better but he had good competition so I'm happy with him anyway. The winner of his class, a sweet little Dancing Daisy resin went on to be champion reserve behind an adorable little longeared donkey foal.

Champion Foal: Ölandstokens Tårta, RC Honey rep. S. Nordström
Champion Foal Reserve: Myrelle, RC Dancing Daisy cm S. Nordström

The arabian championship was one of the larger championships and it contained many nice models. My own Athame (AA Sabiha ret.) took third in her class behind an Eberl Mahiba painted by G. Schmitt and an AA Sabiha cm S. Nordström. The winners of this championship tend to do good in shows (they are very well done) so it was no suprise that they did go this time too.

Champion Arabian: Ahvaz Fahd, RC Nahar rep. Sheri Rhodes
Champion Arabian Reserve: Ahvaz Aslan, RC Khemosabi rep. Sheri Rhodes

The Asian/African/Oceanian championship was once again not very big but that doesn't mean that it wasn't competitive. There where several nice resins but in the end the champion title went to a Sarah Rose mini Marwari and the reserve title went to a Sarah Rose Khan.

Champion Asian/African/Oceanian: Sindhurakghak, RC Mini Marwari rep. S. Nordström
Champion Asian/African/Oceanian Reserve: SD Alexej, RC Khan rep. Kathy Curtis

After the Asian/African/Oceanian championship it was time for the American championship. It was another small championship but as for the Asian/African/Oceanian championship, it was competitive. In the end the Covenants proved most popular with a first and a second for Covenant Kepts and a third place for a Covenant Renewed. The two Covenant Kepts also claimed the champion and reserve titles.

Champion American: Viewhill Champagne, RC WBP Covenant Kept rep. M. Mistretta
Champion American Reserve: Golden Romance, WBP Covenant Kept rep by ?

Stockhorses followed the American championship and despite the fact that there were many nice stockhorse breeds it proved to be the day of the quarterhorses in the resin show. The champion was the winner of the quarterhorse stallion/gelding class and the reserve was the one placing second in the same class.

Champion Stockhorse: R. Dirty Cash, RRQH #1 Carol Williams
Champion Stockhorse Reserve: R. Blue Mist Bandit, RC Lonestar rep. K. Schick

Next championship was one that I had high hopes for, since I had three of my nine horses entered here. My thoroughbred mare Lost All Hope (Kitty Didit rep. L. Lawrynovicz) got third in her class which I considered a good result.

Both Belize (Eberl Genoveva rep. S. Nordström) and Chester VS (Eberl Caitano rep. S. Nordström) showed in the same class, and as usual, I had high hopes for them, until I saw the class list. If you ask me, the resin warmblood class has consistently been one of the most competitive classes the last shows I've been to. This time it was all models (mostly Eberl warmbloods) repainted or customized by S. Nordström. Seeing the starting field I thought that my horses might place third and fourth out of five with a gorgeous Eberl Willoughby (probably my favourite of the entire show!) as first and a beautiful Eberl Firenze as second. I was wrong. Chester VS won the class and I was thrilled! The beautiful Willoughby came in second with my Belize as third, the Firenze as fourth and a really nice customized Giovanni as fifth.

It seems like I have a tendency to underestimate Chester VS. He usually does very well for me. This time he outdid himself, claiming the champion title, beating Ciderprinsen J who claimed the champion reserve title. So it really was Chester's day this time.

Champion Sporthorse: Chester VS, Eberl Caitano rep. S. Nordström
Champion Sporthorse Reserve: Ciderprinsen J, Eberl Sioux rep S. Nordström

There weren't too many European breeds to attend this show so it was quite a small championship with lots of nice models. The lusitanos did best for the day claiming both champion and champion reserve titles. 

I've only seen Eberl's Vincenzo in porcelain but I thought he was even more impressing in the resin form.

Champion European: Importante J, Eberl Vincenzo rep. S. Nordström
Champion European Reserve: Madrid J, RC Matador rep. S. Nordström

The drafthorse championship was quite tough and my Ayers Rock Brigadör (MM Brigadier rep. A. Gustafsson) placed third out of three in his class. The winner of Brigadör's class, Dark Shadow, went on to win the champion title with a beautiful Tiny shown as a North Swedish Drafthorse as reserve.

Champion Drafter: Dark Shadow, Eberl Adonis rep. P. Lawson
Champion Drafter Reserve: Viggo, RC Tiny rep. P. Lawson

I always say that I don't have alot of ponies but some how they must've multiplied because I had three to show in the division. A lot of breeds were represented and my horses represented two different breeds. Lady Louisa (Sifton Pasha rep. S. Nordström) and If I Could Dream (HA Misty Dawn rep. A. Gustafsson) placed third and fourth in the riding pony class. The winner of the riding pony class claimed the champion reserve title with a cute shetland pony as the champion. My third horse in the championship, Epsilon (NL New Forest OF) came second in the other ponies class.

Champion Pony: Al Capone, RC Kipling rep. S. Nordström
Champion Pony Reserve: Bon Power, RC Rasam rh S. Nordström

The crossbred class was probably one of the biggest classes in the entire show with a lot of different crosses. The winner of the crossbred class was also the reserve champion. The winner of the wild horse class claimed the champion title.

Champion Wild/Crossbred: Shilah J, RC Caldero rep. S. Nordström
Champion Wild/Crossbred Reserve: TO Alistair, Lakeshore Marshall OF

The last championship of the show was the other equus, even though it in this case only consisted of "longears". The winner was a very worthy mule with a cute donkey (mother of the donkey foal claiming the champion foal title), as reserve.

Champion Other Equus: Alfons, RC Hey Mule rep. C. Jolly
Champion Other Equus Reserve: Bonnie, RC Blossom rep. S. Nordström

The other equus championship was the last championship in this division and it was time to crown the Best in Show and Best in Show Reserve. Of course I hoped for Chester but the callback table was really tough so I didn't expect him to claim any of the bigger titles (I was still thrilled that he won his class and claimed a champion title that I didn't really need him to do more). The Best in Show title was won by Importante J, the lusitano and the reserve title went to Alfons, the mule.

Best In Show Resin: Importante J, Eberl Vincenzo rep. S. Nordström
Best In Show Resin Reserve: Alfons, RC Hey Mule rep. C. Jolly

When they where crowned it was time to bring in the Best in Show from the Plastic division to crown a Grand Best In Show and Reserve.

The Grand Best In Show title went to...

Grand Best In Show: Importante J, Eberl Vincenzo rep. S. Nordström 

Importante J!

And the Grand Best In Show Reserve went to...

Grand Best In Show Reserve: Crownhill Malackey, Tr. Pony of America CM P. Nilsson

Crownhill Malackey, the Best in Show of the Plastic division.

Next part will cover the results from the Mini plastic division.