Hoping to see a bit of driving, I walked over to the covered arena briefly yesterday morning to check out the Bluegrass Morgan Classic horse show. I arrived just as class 35 was ending and so saw the tail end of that and the beginning of class 36.

the winner of the "saddle seat equitation, 13 and under" class

the eventual winner (sadly, the only entry) in the "classic pleasure driving, open" class

Yesterday evening, Kathy went with a group of friends to the Lex. Junior League Horse Show, taking the CAA’s “little” camera with her to get some photos for us. Kathy duly handed the camera to Wendy Ying, whom we thank for the following photos:

Charlie Poppe drove his pair of Hackney ponies in the concours d'elegance (photo by Wendy Ying)

also in the concours d'elegance: Misdee Miller driving a unicorn (photo by Wendy Ying)

and the final entry in the concours d'elegance: a troupe of circus vehicles owned by Michele Macfarlane (photo by Wendy Ying)

circus vehicle #1: a swan carriage pulled by three Minis (photo by Wendy Ying)

circus vehichle #2: a stallion being driven by a "rider" on a lion ... confused yet? (photo by Wendy Ying)

circus vehcile #3: a calliope, with a poodle on top ... we have it on good authority that the calliope was being played, as well ... Charlie's and Misdee's horses remained remarkably calm through all the commotion (photo by Wendy Ying)

Later in the evening, under the lights:

the winner in the coaching class, Marilyn Macfarlane, with her team of Friesians (photo by Wendy Ying)