Last weekend Pepper and I won "prettiest bonnet" at the Easter Bonnet contest sponsored by ETI.  He was thrilled as the prize included a bucket with horse cookies in it.  Far more exciting than a ribbon! At least from a horse's perspective.

We did not win the egg-and-spoon race however.  It turns out that the galloping and lead changes so useful in a barrel race do not work as well in an egg-and-spoon race.  He tried though.

Pictures of our winning bonnets:

This is Pepper's bonnet with flowers.  It also has a reflective trim in case I want to use it at night.

This is a picture of my helmet cover hat from the test run the day before.  I based the look on an old painting I pinned on pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pin/161425967863730443/