MONROE - Meg Butenhoff loves horse shows.
She has to, in order to endure the temperatures, which reached close to 90 degrees Tuesday at the Green County Fair 4-H Horse Show at the Green County Fairgrounds.
Also wearing on the 16-year-old Belleville girl are "a lot of lunging" from a new horse for her, involvement with the horse as far as positioning, and the outfits, oh, the outfits.
"The outfits are not so comfortable," Butenhoff said. "They're just so hot."
Adding to Butenhoff's discomfort Tuesday was A Classic Kay Cee, her horse. Butenhoff started working with the horse about a year ago.
"We're finally figuring each other out," Butenhoff said of the 15-year-old quarter horse. "He's a well-behaved horse most of the time."
A Classic Kay Cee behaved well enough, and Butenhoff performed solid enough to win the Showmanship Grade 10 and Up division of the horse show.
It's not the first title for Butenhoff, who's been showing horses for about three years. Butenhoff's considered a late-comer to the horse show scene. Many kids start showing horses at the 4-H level at age 9. Some do other competitions even earlier than that.
Butenhofer's victory and resulting trip to the state competition took her mind off the stresses of temperature, a lunging horse and suffocating outfits, for about 10 minutes.
"I have to get ready for another class," said Butenhoff, who competed in five classes in the day-long show.
She has to, in order to endure the temperatures, which reached close to 90 degrees Tuesday at the Green County Fair 4-H Horse Show at the Green County Fairgrounds.
Also wearing on the 16-year-old Belleville girl are "a lot of lunging" from a new horse for her, involvement with the horse as far as positioning, and the outfits, oh, the outfits.
"The outfits are not so comfortable," Butenhoff said. "They're just so hot."
Adding to Butenhoff's discomfort Tuesday was A Classic Kay Cee, her horse. Butenhoff started working with the horse about a year ago.
"We're finally figuring each other out," Butenhoff said of the 15-year-old quarter horse. "He's a well-behaved horse most of the time."
A Classic Kay Cee behaved well enough, and Butenhoff performed solid enough to win the Showmanship Grade 10 and Up division of the horse show.
It's not the first title for Butenhoff, who's been showing horses for about three years. Butenhoff's considered a late-comer to the horse show scene. Many kids start showing horses at the 4-H level at age 9. Some do other competitions even earlier than that.
Butenhofer's victory and resulting trip to the state competition took her mind off the stresses of temperature, a lunging horse and suffocating outfits, for about 10 minutes.
"I have to get ready for another class," said Butenhoff, who competed in five classes in the day-long show.