I Have Split Todays Post Into Three Parts,

as when I use many pictures in one post it slows up the whole process of posting them,

today we were off,

 to the International Livestock Show which is a three-day event, held at the National Sports Stadium on Soi Chaiyapruek 2,

 but as we arrived we were in for a surprise,

 there was also an International drift competition taking place,

 I was aware of the sport but it never really watched it on television,

 but here it was in real life,

 having said that these are just warm up laps, the real racing has not take place till later on this afternoon,

 so on into the National Sports Stadium,

 the sign outside says it all,

we have been to the stadium a few times before, once for this livestock show,

 and one other time when a Thai Buddhist Amulet exhibition was taking place,

 then we were inside looking at the different types of livestock that were here,

 there were not just cattle here but also goats,

 and chickens,

 it was of course an exhibition and there were prizes to be won, these for the best goats in the competition,

 this I believe is the final lineup,

 with one of the judges asking one of the exhibitors to move the animal slightly,

 then the lineup was complete,

 then moved onto the cattle section,

 it is amazing how many different farms are in Thailand,

 that specialise in Thai Brahman cattle, although of course they are originaly from India,

 the animals themselves are huge,

 and again like goats they are all being exhibited in a competition to find the best,

 each farm taking their best animals around the competition arena,

 this is one of the many booths where you can buy cattle or enlist breeding services from bulls and heifers,

 each farm owner proudly displaying the trophies that his herd have won in the past,

 we then passed a pen where small goats were displayed,

 this one seemed to like having his picture taken,

he always seemed to adopt the perfect pose, after looking around the rest of the livestock we then made a move outside to watch some of the drifting in the next post.