Wow!! You done good!! Especially getting 1st out of 10 in Novice. But you get a BadDog for forgetting the camera! ;o)
Now if you could just carry Soldier to a show and get people to want you to name your price for Him!
You should hear Hal telling the story of taking him to pull John's wagon. He's hilarious. I can't tell it like him. (MY VERSION) Hal went to the store and he and John decided to hook him to his wagon with Champ. John wanted an excuse to whip him and the "old farts" all took off and parked themselves under Jimmy's trees in lawn chairs to watch the "show". Meanwhile, Jimmy had just let a company spread "HUMAN WASTE" for fertilizer on 60 acres behind his house and some neighbors. More fuel for the farts! While they were sitting, waiting for Soldier to act up and get whipped, they were ROASTING Jimmy about the STENCH he has stirred up. (He wasn't the only one.) Jimmy just hitched up his mules and rode off without saying a word them calling out one-liners the whole time. Meanwhile, Soldier walked off pulling his wagon like he'd been doing it all his life! I wish I'd been there.
Soldier did eventually act up and John did spank him with a whip. He kicked the front of the wagon and his foot up in the wagon a few inches from Hal and broke the harness. Hal said he didn't know how he didn't bust the front out of the wagon. John said, "I just love this!"