01/10/2026
Royal Melbourne Show 2026
What a brilliant time we had over the past 3 days. Our young pony, Paulgren Park Mr Vabulous, had his first Royal under saddle and we couldn’t be happier with how he handled himself.
It was a big ask of this very new partnership, but Charlee really stepped up taking care of Ted when he was overwhelmed by the atmosphere at times and guiding him around for a really positive experience.
He produced lovely work in his novice to claim 5th place and worked beautifully for a call in the heats in a huge childs hunter class. The timetabling was a complete mess which meant the childs classes went into the evening and poor Ted just found the bright lights and sounds of the night carnival pretty scary.
They came out in the open yesterday to finish with the softest, kind work and we decided to finish on that note. He looked the part and we can now go away with lots of learnings and continue to cement his education.
It’s been a huge win for both banking loads of confidence. Couldn’t be prouder of Ted handling the fire works and general public all flocking around him with prams, wheelchairs and whatever else (insane that the show even allows that!)
Thank you to Debbie for coming along to help us out and to Fur Family Nanny for keeping things running at home for us. So lucky to have such a brilliant pet carer.
Biggest thanks at Charlee’s coach, Melissa McCauley, for all she’s put into this combination over the past few months. It’s not been an easy journey, but the work is paying off.
