Olympia Horse Show
Dec. 23rd, 2019 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearOne of my favourite Christmas traditions is going to the Olympia Horse Show every year with my mum (she buys tickets for my birthday in November, but the show is always the weekend before Christmas).
This year's show was slightly marred by the new rule of not being allowed to eat in the auditorium, and also by the special guest star being our least favourite performer. However, we combined the two very successfully, since that act was just before the interval, so we ducked out early and too advantage of their being no queue for the toilets and lots of seats available to eat lunch before the crowds descended.
My chosen pony came second to last in the Shetland Pony Grand National, but it was still one of the major highlights of the year. And the Household Cavalry Musical Ride was even more impressive than usual, because they'd added some extra specially complicated choreography. The showjumping was nail-biting, since there were only six clear rounds out of thirty-eight competitors. And the dog agility trials were amazing, as always.
So, a very good day out, and great company to share it with.
This year's show was slightly marred by the new rule of not being allowed to eat in the auditorium, and also by the special guest star being our least favourite performer. However, we combined the two very successfully, since that act was just before the interval, so we ducked out early and too advantage of their being no queue for the toilets and lots of seats available to eat lunch before the crowds descended.
My chosen pony came second to last in the Shetland Pony Grand National, but it was still one of the major highlights of the year. And the Household Cavalry Musical Ride was even more impressive than usual, because they'd added some extra specially complicated choreography. The showjumping was nail-biting, since there were only six clear rounds out of thirty-eight competitors. And the dog agility trials were amazing, as always.
So, a very good day out, and great company to share it with.
