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Huntsman Charles Montgomery leads the Mells Foxhounds at the Boxing Day Hunt (photo by William Kenner

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Pony, by R.J. Palacio

Review by Nancy Brannon

the gist: Palacio’s 2021 novel Pony is an intriguing story about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with a ghost as his companion, and a mysterious pony as his guide

twelve year old silas Bird is awakened in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, mitten wool, a ghost His father promises to re turn in a week and silas must remain at home But when a white faced arabian pony shows up at his door, silas makes the courageous decision to leave his home and embark on a perilous journey to find his father along the way, he will face his fears, unlock the secrets of his past, and explore the mysteries of the world around him

Palacio is the author of a number of children’s book and this one is intended for middle school young readers How ever, the story will capture the attention of adults, as well, and perhaps inspire addi tional research on topical themes in the book, such as the science of photography, telescope making, classical literature, vio lins, spiritualism, history of printing, and counterfeiting

adults may want to read first the au thor ’s note at the end of the book, which explains her research for the novel Palacio is fascinated with the history of photogra phy and the groundbreaking discoveries that happened simultaneously all around the world some by people now famous, some by people who never knew notori ety she is especially interested in antique types of photography: daguerrotypes, am

brotypes, tintypes, and entire victorian era albums

she loves antique musical instruments, and was particularly drawn to the name of silas’ mother ’s violin, mittenwald, which means in the midst of the forest mitten im Wald (maybe that’s where the ghost mit tenwool gets his name.) mittenwald is a small town in Bavaria, germany, a center of violin making since the mid 17th cen tury. the first violin maker to set up his workshop in the town was matthias klotz she also loves antique books and names several, which she references throughout the book each chapter begins with an an tique photograph and a quote from a book or writing and she did a lot of research on counterfeiting

Back to the plot: the story begins in 1860 with silas and his Pa living out west near a small, remote town silas was once struck by lightning, which has left a mark on his back, and he has the ability to see and speak to ghosts this may remind you of melinda gordon on the tv show “ghost whisperer ”

silas is “home schooled” by his Pa, often characterized as a genius, after his teacher, the widow Barnes, raps silas’ knuckles for believing in ghosts so silas’ education is filled with all kinds of things other boys his age would not know Pa is a boot maker by trade, but also an en graver, a photographer, and an innovator in photo development one of his Pa’s in ventions is a telescope to capture a photo of the full moon at its perigee

the reason Pa is taken away by ollerenshaw’s gang of rough men is for his engraving skills, as they expect him to make perfect bank notes in their counter feiting scheme as silas is on the journey to find his fa ther, he links up with several interesting people the first is u s marshall enoch farmer, who agrees to take silas along with him in search of the notorious coun terfeiter mr ollerenshaw farmer explains to silas that the orange street gang was the biggest counterfeiting ring in new york marshall farmer may remind some of rooster Cogburn in True Grit, who helped a headstrong 14 year old girl track down her father ’s killer other characters are sheriff Chalfont and Deputy Beautyman, who also agree to help silas find his father and go after the notorious ollerenshaw once they find the gang holed up in a cave, other gang char acters emerge, like the “twins” and rufe Jones, a very talkative co conspirator who wants to escape punishment for his part in the counterfeiting operation there’s ollerenshaw himself, who be lieves he can get away with his scheme and successfully bribe any judge who might be inclined to put him away He continually insists that silas’ Pa is mac Boat, the man who stole $25,000 worth of gold coins, and he wants Boat to show him where the gold is buried silas denies his Pa is mac Boat, but is martin Bird silas’ mother died when she gave birth

Author R. J. Palacio

to him, but silas takes his mother ’s violin on his journey with him we find out later in the book that the violin was a mitten wald, made by sebastian kloz in 1743 as the book progresses, more of the connections from silas’ past are made manifest. turns out, sheriff Chalfont’s wife Jenny was a music student of silas’ mother, who taught her to play the violin silas eventually visits the home where his mother was raised and gets to meet his grandmother while walking through the grounds of her estate, he finds the buried gold

Perhaps i’ve given away too much, but there is much more of the story that i have not revealed the journey to find his Pa and the surefootedness of Pony, with his ability to successfully navigate the rough est and steepest terrain will hold your in terest, as twists and turns and a leap over a huge abyss keep you in suspense as you travel with silas the book will in spire you to look up many of the refer ences to ancient and classical literature that Palacio mentions, as well as terms you may not be familiar with what a remark able parent and teacher silas’ Pa was! i won’t reveal the outcome of silas’ search

Thad

By Tom Brannon

on December 2, 2021, southside gallery in oxford, mississippi hosted an artists’ reception for the first joint exhibi tion of husband and wife, thad Lee and Carlyle wolfe Lee

in December one usually sees depic tions of sleighs, snow, and other such win ter scenes, even though we rarely have such weather in the mid south instead, southside gallery, on the oxford square, had a month long exhibition of the work of oxford residents, husband and wife artists Carlyle and thad Lee, titled Mur murations it was decidedly and refresh ingly not set in a casing of ice and snow Carlyle described it: “this is our first collaborative exhibition as husband and wife the work represents an expansive field of wildflowers in late summer, the Dixon woodland gardens in bright fall, wintery trails at Crystal Bridges, early spring on an oxford early morning, and lush June in Cashiers, nC ”

Carlyle’s paintings and thad’s photo graphs examine intricacies and abstract patterns in the atmospheres they portray Carlyle continued: “we titled the show Murmurations after discussing the grace ful synchronicity of many birds moving as one thad loved the word and suggested that it conceptually structure our collabo ration as we developed paintings and

photographs about places we experienced together, it was a sort of dance i enjoyed responding to thad’s colors and composi tions, and thad developed new techniques to introduce painterly veils of color in his photographs

“there are many moments of unity echoing between our distinct voices in the shared atmospheres they represent in the back of the gallery, thad’s moon Paintings are a sort of brilliant solo thad developed the abstractions as décor for a key setting in one of his screenplays (he’s also a writer) a hotel on the moon and de scribes the process of making them as ‘painting with light ’

“my paintings and works on paper are about awareness of the natural world be

coming progressively, cyclically more present to its rhythms, gaining deeper un derstanding of its design, and acquiring di rect experiential knowledge of its mysterious beauty

“since 2001, i have been making con tour line drawings of plants from the drawings, i isolate silhouette shapes that i cut out of paper and use as stencils to make oil paintings and works on paper or cut out of metal to make sculptures my work is cumulative in nature gradually marking time and seasonal change, unity and variety, individual and collective beauty.”

Carlyle produces her work in a rustic studio at her home near oxford, where she has the company of her animals and plenty

of outdoor space many of the works at this exhibition were line drawings (graphite on paper) and paintings of flow ers (gouache on paper) many of thad’s photos at the exhibition were also of flow ers from a close up perspective that blend well with the paintings, often on the same wall as Carlyle’s paintings some of thad’s photos were taken at Point Pleas ant farm near Holly springs, miss where Carlyle often rides her horse

Carlyle has a Bachelor of fine arts from the university of mississippi and a master of fine arts from Louisiana state university Her next exhibition is in sep tember 2022 at David Lusk gallery in nashville. to view more, visit her website: carlylewolfe com

By Nancy Brannon, Ph D

you may have seen the sym bol (+x) in a circle on some cowboys’ hats and wondered what it means is it a gang sym bol for a math cult? is it a merit badge for mathematics achieve ment? signs of the times (pun intended)?

none of the above it is a symbol of the american Hat Company meaning “Posi tive times,” reflecting the mantra of the late keith maddox (1945 2019) it began as a cattle brand and was adopted by the american Hat Company as a lasting legacy of keith and susan maddox, as well as a guiding principle for the business and a way of life “Positive times” is a re minder to put positive energy into every aspect of the world that you touch. read more about keith maddox, his Positive times brand, and acquisition of american Hat Company at: https://ameri canhat net/keith maddox the hat king/ we think that (+x), Positive times, makes a good theme for 2022 and it sure trumps ( ÷) “negative division ” negativ ity and divisiveness can bring on individ ual health problems as well as societal problems “frequent criticism, cynical thoughts, denial” and derogatory com ments toward others “can create neural pathways in the brain that encourage sad

ness” and conflict “these negative ten dencies can cause our brain to distort the truth and make it even more difficult to break the negative cycle,” say the health experts at marque medical “negativity can manifest in numerous ways, including cynicism, hostility, polar ized thinking, jumping to conclusions without sufficient evidence, blaming,” and more “extended bouts of negativity can result in serious health problems because it sends our body into stress mode extended periods of negativity slow digestion, and decrease the immune system’s ability to fight inflammation ” adding positivity to your attitude can enrich your health, your life, and the lives of all those you come in contact with the mayo Clinic has found health ben efits to positive thinking. “the positive thinking that usually comes with optimism is a key part of effective stress manage ment. and effective stress management is associated with many health benefits

“Positive thinking means that you ap proach unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way Health benefits that positive thinking may provide include: in creased life span, lower rates of depres sion, lower levels of distress, greater resistance to disease, improved psycho logical and physical well being, improved cardiovascular health, better coping skills during hardships and times of stress ” socially, positive thinkers enjoy more confidence and rich relationships with oth ers Positive thinkers come up with con structive solutions Positive thinkers often have more empathy Positive thinkers are pleasant company, and they can deal with conflict more effectively in 2018, tara Parker Pope wrote an in formative article in The New York Times, “the Power of Positive People ” Her arti cle gives evidence of how surrounding yourself with positive friendships can exert a measurable influence on your health behaviors and, ultimately, on longevity

tchiki Davis, Ph D published an arti cle in Psychology Today on January 1, 2021, “the Power of Positivity ” she also finds that “Positivity can lead to better mental health and well being ” examples of “how to use the power of positivity in your life include: self oriented positivity (i’m a good person); other oriented posi tivity; gratitude; paying attention to the positive; savoring; and future oriented positivity ”

ronald e riggio, Ph D , wrote in Psy chology Today in march 2020, “is there really Power in Positive thinking?” He begins with the 1950s book by norman vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking, and examines whether “an opti mistic attitude and positive thoughts can lead to better outcomes and greater life satisfaction ” from there he fast forwards to rhonda Byrnes’ 2006 book, The Secret, and says, “Byrnes suggests that simply thinking about positive outcomes will lead to them ” from there he explores research on the role that “positive emotions play in improving one’s mood and leading to healthy physical and psychological out comes ” the research concludes that the role of positive thoughts and emotions can produce beneficial outcomes “it is impor tant to be positive and realistically opti mistic, and it also takes constructive behaviors to achieve positive outcomes and having supportive others who en courage us goes a long way to achieving success ”

in fact, Peter Pan’s (J m Barrie, 1904) instructions are to “think happy thoughts” and you can fly! “Just think of happy things and your heart will fly on wings ” there are plenty more examples of the benefits of positive thinking to be found we think that adopting the american Hat Company’s mantra (+x), Positive times can not only improve individual lives, but also make the world a better place Let’s make Positive times in 2022!

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Horse Health & Welfare

Practitioners Celebrate the Return of In-Person Education at AAEP Convention in Nashville

From Giulia Garcia

the resumption of in person learning at the american association of equine Prac titioners (aaeP) 67th annual Convention in nashville, tenn , Dec 4 8, enabled horse doctors to reestablish important in dustry relationships and reconnect to their passion by acquiring solutions for patient health and practice success attendance comprised 3,662 veterinary professionals, students, guests and exhibitors nearly 700 additional equine practitioners and stu

dents are participating remotely via a vir tual component offering on demand ac cess to recordings of educational sessions with 146 hours of practical and inno vative continuing education on offer, prac titioners acquired solutions to practice challenges across the equine veterinary spectrum, including dentistry, imaging, in ternal medicine, lameness, reproduction and more in addition, 93 veterinarians and nearly 100 veterinary students refined techniques and learned new skills at an ex pansive slate of dry labs

During the opening session on Dec 5, keynote speaker meagan Johnson offered tips and suggestions for practices to create a generationally inclusive workplace that helps practices maintain outstanding serv ice to horses and clients as well as facili tate the growth, satisfaction and long term success of associates and interns at the following day’s milne Lecture, renowned equine locomotion expert Dr Jean marie Denoix helped practitioners identify and interpret the biomechanical and anatomic clues to various lamenesses, obtainable through a visual exam of the horse under different gaits, surfaces, and exercises in addition to clinical education, practi tioners and students renewed friendships and expanded their professional circles at numerous networking and social events they also shopped for their next practice investment among 268 exhibiting compa nies within the trade show

“after our necessary pivot to an exclu sively virtual event last year, convention attendees were excited to gather together again in nashville this year, which re quired reasonable safety measures be put in place,” said aaeP executive Director

David foley “at the same time, we wanted to ensure that we had options for those who were hesitant to travel or whose practice obligations precluded them from attending in person. enabling their partic ipation virtually expands accessibility to the outstanding educational program of fered in nashville, ultimately benefiting the health of their equine patients ”

installation of 2022 officers: Dr emma read of Columbus, ohio, was installed as aaeP’s 68th president she is joined as a 2022 officer by President elect Dr rob franklin of fredericksburg, texas; vice President Dr katherine garrett of Lex ington, ky ; treasurer Dr amy grice of virginia City, mont ; and immediate Past President Dr scott Hay of fort Laud erdale, fla

new members of the board of directors are Dr Jackie Christakos of Littleton, Colo , and Dr eric mueller of sunset, s C

Presentation of annual awards: seven aaeP members were honored for out standing contributions to the horse and profession during the Dec 7 President’s Luncheon:

Distinguished educator award aca

Award winning and renowned equine orthopedic surgeon Dr Dean Richardson delivered the Frank J. Milne State of the Art Lecture. His presentation covered the surgical opportunities available for fracture repair in equines Dr Richardson, whose accomplishments encompass caring for some of the world’s most famous horses, including 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, is the Charles W. Raker Chair in Equine Surgery and Chief of Large Animal Surgery at Penn Vet New Bolton Center.

demic: Dr elizabeth santschi, manhattan, kan

aaeP research award: Dr Joy tom linson, ithaca, n y

Distinguished service award: Dr Jim morehead, Lexington, ky Distinguished Life member: Dr william moyer, Billings, mont sage kester Beyond the Call award: Dr Larry Bramlage, Lexington, ky President’s award: Dr Carol Clark, ocala, fla., and Dr. amy grice, virginia City, mont

award of scholarships: through the generosity of its scholarship program part

ners, the foundation for the Horse awarded $355,000 in scholarships to 14 veterinary students

the aaeP’s 68th annual Convention will be held in san antonio, texas, nov 18 22, 2022

find more information at the aaeP website: https://convention aaep org/ and on facebook

About AAEP: the american associa tion of equine Practitioners, headquar tered in Lexington, ky., was founded in 1954 as a non profit organization dedi cated to the health and welfare of the horse.

Foundation for the Horse Unveils $10 Million Campaign

By Keith Kleine, AAEP

the foundation for the Horse, whose mission is to improve the health and wel fare of horses around the world, has an nounced an ambitious effort to raise $10 million over a three year period

Begun in January 2020, “taking the Lead the Campaign for the Horse” al ready has confirmed commitments of more than $6 7 million despite the chal lenges of a global pandemic throughout most of 2020 and into 2021

foundation advisory Council Chair Dr rick mitchell, Campaign Cabinet Chair Dr Monty McInturff and Campaign re gional Chair Dr margo macpherson pub licly launched the campaign December 5 during the opening session at the aaeP’s 67th annual Convention in nashville, tenn every dollar given, every pledge made, and every estate plan documented is applied toward the goal

“this campaign is about doing more for the horse,” said Dr. mcinturff. “it is about securing the future: a future with more relief for horses at risk of abandon ment or neglect; a future with more re sources to help horses in the wake of natural disasters; a future with more re search in pursuit of treatments and cures;

and a future in which more students pursue and stay active in equine veterinary medi cine Let’s all work together to take the lead!”

the Campaign Cabinet of volunteers is comprised of John Chalk, Dr Doug Corey, Dr rob franklin, Jeannie Jeffery, Dr margo macpherson, Dr. monty mcinturff, Dr rick mitchell and Melanie S. Taylor from modest beginnings 27 years ago, the foundation has evolved into a dy namic organization that, for the first time in its history, distributed more than $1 mil lion in grants in 2021 in support of pro grams and projects that improve the health and well being of horses the generosity of campaign contributors will help ramp up support of the foundation’s mission and further expand its impact around the world

“i ask each of you to share your pas sion for the horse with those in your sphere of influence,” said Dr mitchell “tell your story about why you care and give Help us inspire others to join us in this mission and help us secure the future ” those interested in making the world a better place for horses can help the foun dation achieve its $10 million goal by making a donation online at: foundation forthehorse.org/give now.

Samantha Davis: Overcoming Adversity young riders

By Nancy Brannon, with Kathleen Terry Sharp

samantha Davis rides at trinity farm in Lakeland, tenn and just graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor ’s degree in December 2021 from the university of memphis she was President of the u of m equestrian Club and the first member (of the rebooted club) to graduate But life has not always been easy for samantha or her horse, “Big ” Both she and Big, a 13 year old thoroughbred, have overcome overwhelming adversity to gain the suc cess they experience today in november 2016, Big suffered a bro ken leg He had been turned out in a pad dock overnight and, running around, somehow broke his leg. He had surgery at mississippi state university and spent at least a year in rehab with his former owner sharon nicholls on easter sunday 2019, as a college sophomore, samantha had a life threaten ing brain aneurism, from which she almost died she underwent a craniotomy, and spent a couple of months in the hospital “i spent my 21st birthday in iCu not a place where you’d want to celebrate such an important birthday,” samantha remem bered a year later, she had to have a second

surgery and was hospitalized again. she now has a metal plate in her head and has had to relearn many things she’s riding again, but life is not quite the same as it was before the aneurism

Before taking up riding, samantha par ticipated in competitive gymnastics. But under her mother ’s influence, she decided to take up riding as a junior in high school (2015) samantha’s mother Priscilla rides at trinity farm and is the office manager there she has also served on the west ten nessee Hunter Jumper association (wtHJa) board

samantha started riding horses at trin ity about the time that “Big” was in reha bilitation in 2018, she started leasing “Big” and they got along well. this year, sharon nicholls decided to give “Big” to samantha since she is retiring to her home in florida with her husband. “Big” means a great deal to samantha “He is such a great gift,” she said “we have such a bond and he has actually helped me rehab, too emotionally and mentally He just seemed to know that he needed to take it easy with me and, even though a thoroughbred, he is as calm as could be ”

samantha now shows “Big,” show name gold Cielo, in the wtHJa shows in the jumper division at her last show, Har vest time, she moved up to the 0 90m Jumpers where she placed third she also showed at the exeL show and at memphis in may this year

in fact, at the 2021 wtHJa spring schooling show, ironically on easter weekend, the 0 70m Jumper Champion was samantha Davis on sharon nicholls’ gold Cielo (trained by Poppy Doyle) the pair were first in two out of three classes what an amazing recovery for both in just a few years!

the aneurism sparked an interest in medicine and samantha is now waiting to hear from her applications to attend med ical school “i always had an interest in a personal type, not a desk, job this past summer i did an internship at regional one Health medical Center in trauma sur gery when i had my craniotomy, the doc tors went above and beyond [the call] to help me in turn, i want to help people re cover from whatever issue they face ”

“samantha is truly a unique young woman,” said eCHo foundation Presi dent kathleen terry sharp “she repre sented the eCHo foundation as germantown Charity Horse show Princess in 2017 and was everything you would hope a Princess would be ”

Boxing Day

By Tom Brannon, MFH

everyone is familiar with the Christmas Carol “good king wenceslas,” whose lyrics refer to the feast of stephen st stephen’s Day, December 26, is a tradi tional day for fox hunting and horse rac ing, as he is the patron saint of horses metal boxes are said to have been placed outside churches in the middle ages to collect money during the feast of saint stephen, who is known for distributing aid to the poor and helping widows in great Britain, the December 26 Boxing Day tradition has its roots in the victorian era in england’s aristocratic past, this was the day that tradesmen such as butchers and bakers received gift boxes from the “Lord of the manor ”

“British servants to the wealthy in the 19th century were given time off to visit their families, as their services had been required for the Christmas Day celebra tions of their employers they were, there fore, allowed the following day for their own observance of the holiday; each ser vant would be handed a box to take home, containing gifts, bonuses, and sometimes leftover food,” Cameron macphail ex plained in a December 24, 2019 article in The Telegraph: “everything you need to know about Boxing Day traditions and how it got its name ”

while today’s world is more egalitar ian, Boxing Day is still a traditional day to go fox hunting on both sides of “the

foxhunting

pond ” although there is never a guaran tee of a great hunt on any particular day, every foxhunter loves a day of riding and sport on Boxing Day they also get to show off those new boots, flask, or bridle that they got for Christmas

TVH Boxing Day Hunt

From Madison Walker, Hon Secretary

the tennessee valley Hunt Club (tvH) celebrated Boxing Day, December 26, 2021, with its traditional Children’s meet at riverplains farm in strawberry Plains, tennessee an eager field, with several juniors out, gathered on an unsea sonably warm December day the high light of the day was having three generations of the niceley family out, both mounted and on foot, for a beautiful day of hunting along sweet gum Bend and the scenic Holston river tennessee valley Hunt enjoys hunting fox and coyote in several counties sur rounding knoxville, tennessee Hounds are kenneled in new market, tennessee on beautiful rolling land. Professional Huntsman, ryan Johnsey, mfH, origi nally from virginia, trains and hunts the pack. tvH is known for its passion for sport, the excellent cry of its Penn mary del Hounds, friendly subscribers, and gra cious southern hospitality find more information about tvH at: https://www tvhfox com/

Mells Boxing Day Hunt

By Tom Brannon, MFH; photos by Willilam Kenner

mells foxhounds, lo cated in Lynnville, tn, hosted both the Cedar knob and Cedar Hills Pony Clubs at its annual Boxing Day Hunt, Dec 26, 2021 there were 60 riders in all with four fields, which in cluded two fields of junior riders Huntsman Charles montgomery brought 12 couple (24 hounds) to the fixture at mas ter of fox Hounds (mfH) Bill Haggard’s “Cabin ” the day was spring like warm, with a fine mist in the air and Bill said that the scenting was good Here’s how Bill de scribed the hunt the hounds found a coyote right away, but this was a clever fellow and he knew how to evade the pack, doubling back at one point and then taking off across the hilly territory and crossing Highway 166 the pack stayed together, however, and when the quarry crossed the highway with the full pack in pursuit, all of the road whips sitting in their cars got a full view

in fact, everyone, including all of the chil dren, got a view of the coyote that day

they also got to see some fantastic hound work and observed how well the whips work and coordinate with the Huntsman in such challenging hilly terrain after the coyote had given the group such a good run, Charles gathered the hounds and roaded them back to the Cabin the Pony Clubs hosted the post hunt meal, where Charles gave a play by play account of the day’s hunt from the huntsman’s perspective to the mesmerized guests. in his talk, he pointed out that,

when the coyote doubled back, the hounds ran to heel, i e , backwards, and whipper in Clare Pinney turned them around and sent them in the proper direction this ex planation of the day’s sport by the hunts man has become a mells tradition He names hounds and what they have done that day, as well as what the staff did to riders who may only see a part of the ac tion, it paints a broader picture of the day’s hunt

The Niceley family at the TVH Box ing Day hunt

Huntsman Ryan Johnsey, MFH with the Tennessee Valley Hunt foxhounds

Kennerly Bailey (front), junior rid ers, and Megan McClung (adult)

Junior riders at Mells Boxing Day hunt (photos by William Kenner)

Longreen Boxing Day Hunt

Hillsboro Hounds Boxing Day

17 Hounds (8½ couple) Headed to Hughes, Arkansas for Boxing Day Hunt the Longreen foxhounds celebrated Boxing Day, December 26, 2021, with a hunt at shannondale farm near Hughes, arkansas in the mississippi river Delta. the hunt fixture is mainly flat row crop farm land drained by deep ditches with culverts for traversing. some of the cul verts are big enough for the huge farm tractors used in this type of farming and some are only wide enough for one horse at a time the soil has enough sand in it to make for good footing and the many trac tor roads for galloping this is good be cause galloping is what the eleven riders did a lot of that day

there was such a dense fog that morn ing that Huntsman susan walker, mfH decided to delay moving off until she could at least see her hand in front of her face a 10 15 mph warm wind picked up out of the south, removing the fog after the first cast in a ditch system between millseed Lake and the mississippi river temperatures were in the 60s, which made for difficult scenting conditions susan recast in several locations, in cluding the local dumping area where the coyotes usually hang out, but to no avail finally she drew Crooked Bayou, which

feeds millseed Lake in the north part of the hunt country they hit the jackpot! a pair of coyotes came out of the thicket; one went north and one went west the pack split and then one of those things happened in hunting that just astonishes everyone the two coyotes joined back up, bringing the entire pack back together

Both coyotes ran to ground in a culvert and hounds and riders got to peer inside at them several young hounds on their first hunt got a nose full of what they are sup posed to run susan gathered the hounds and then re ceived a call from mike ellison, out rid ing on his mud Buggy, who had viewed a coyote out in the open she roaded the pack to the site of the view and cast again another run commenced that took the pack and riders back to the bayou then another astonishing thing happened sit ting on her white horse out in an open field watching the pack work, a coyote that the hounds were not running came across the field going in the other direction and came within ten feet of her horse He was trying to get the heck out of Dodge! eventually she picked up the pack to call it a day. the gPs trackers showed that the hounds ran 18 20 miles and the riders covered 12 miles, all in about three hours

USPC Foxhunting Awards

Foxhunting Certificates

Pony Club members receive recognition for their knowledge of foxhunting the award is separated into unmounted and mounted sec tions the unmounted portion can be completed individually, and is required as part of the mounted section upon successful completion of the un mounted portion, the candidate will earn a lapel fox Pin if the candidates also fulfill the mounted portion of the certification, they receive a certificate and usPC foxhunting Pin applications can be submitted at any point in the year Download the application here: https://www ponyclub org/

the MFHA Fairly Hunted Award is given yearly by the mas ters of foxhounds association (mfHa), to any young person who hunts five times and is so acknowl edged by a master no examination is given and no requisite skills are required just participating in foxhunts anyone under 18 who participates in fox hunts is eligible, regardless of whether he or she is a member of Pony Club the mfHa presents participants with a pin, certificate, a one year subscription to Covertside, the magazine of mounted foxhunting, and their names are mentioned in an honor roll at the mfHa annual meeting find out more at the mfHa website: mfha com/pack junior

By Dana Burke, Hon Secretary and Huntsman Johnnie Gray

Hillsboro Hounds annual Boxing Day hunt started on a foggy warm morning, not promising hunting weather a large num ber of riders were out for the annual tradi tional day dressed in their formal hunting attire. everyone set off in a jovial mood, which was elevated within the first five minutes of the hunt as the hounds struck quickly and took everyone on a fast 25 minute coyote run this run was quickly followed by a little fun on a grey fox after a very brief respite, another coyote showed up for a run that was truly blister ing! Johnnie gray gives a very accurate account of the day

Hounds met at time out farm for our Boxing Day Hunt at 9:00 a m temps were about 60° with fog

Hounds were cast into the covert oppo site the meet site and drew through the val ley, when they started to speak they ran through the chert pit into the turtle Pond covert, then over to emily’s folley Left here, then through the Locust grove, back towards the turtle Pond covert By now, hounds were very hot, so after a nice 25 minutes run, they were taken to a pond to cool off

we drew on into the Bobcat covert, then onto the Big Briar Patch Behind it, hounds started speaking in the briars, but struggled because of the scent. then a grey

fox was viewed by whipper in Leilani gray and hounds were on again after a short run, the fox went to ground under some tree roots we cast into the Big woods and, after a few minutes, hounds struck a coyote and ran fast towards flat rock, then left to wards emily’s folley, over to the turtle Pond and onto the meet site. Hounds were flying over the time out Drive way onto Blue Creek, then into a piece of country we could not cross trailers were called for, as hounds ran east about two miles before most were picked up the lead hounds covered about another two miles before all were recov ered By this time it was 1:45 p m

Pretty good Boxing Day meet!

Huntsman Johnnie Gray and the Hillsboro Hounds on the foggy hunt Hday

untsman Susan Walker, MFH with the Longreen Foxhounds at one of the large culverts in the hunt territory.

the London international Horse show ran December 14 20, 2021 and included fei world Cup Jumping, fei Dressage, and fei Driving find full information here: https://londonhorseshow com/ Show Jumping Media Release: December 19, 2021

the Longines fei Jumping world Cuptm brought top class sport to exCeL London as the world’s best equestrian ath letes battled it out for the prestigious title the testing 1 60m course set by Brazilian course designer guilherme gorge saw 11 combinations master the first round with out fault the first to achieve this feat, ire land’s anthony Condon riding sfs vincomte, got the jump off underway, in curring four faults coming out of the dou ble at fence eight great Britain’s Jack whitaker followed Condon into the arena, suffering the same fate ireland’s michael Duffy was the first to produce a clear over the shortened course, which featured nine jumping efforts, set ting a time to beat of 39 38 seconds nor way’s geir gulliksen put in a brilliant effort to take the lead, however it was short lived, as he was followed into the arena by the legendary John whitaker, who went into pole position at the halfway point

former world no 1, Harrie smolders, survived a tricky moment at the first, be fore upping the ante to provide a new tar get to beat of 36 77 great Britain’s olympic champion, Ben maher, put in a valiant effort, but could not match the pace of smolders, finishing in eventual fifth with three to go, great Britain’s Harry Charles, full of confidence following a win earlier in the week, took over the lead to the delight of the sell out crowd, shav ing 0 86 seconds off smolders’ time the 22 year old had a nail biting wait for the final two, which included martin fuchs, but his round aboard the 11 year old mare, stardust, proved unbeatable, giving Charles the victory exactly 20 years after his father won the same competition

Leading rider was great Britain’s Harry Charles (61 points), with swiss rider mar tin fuchs a close second (60 points) and great Britain’s Ben maher in third (48 points)

Dressage

By Patricia Salem; Images by Jon Stroud

Charlotte Dujardin of great Britain won

Leg 4 of 8 in fei Dressage world Cup™ action at the London international Horse

show on friday, earning a grand Prix freestyle personal best of 89 040 percent with the diminutive Dutch warmblood gio, aka “Pumpkin ” Dujardin’s victory was tinged with sadness, as it was her final ride with the 10 year old gelding, who has been sold to sarah Pidgley, whose daugh ter annabella will take over the ride

Charlotte fry, also of great Britain, won second place at the event aboard an other Dutch warmblood, Dark Legend third place was awarded to frederic wan dres, the sole representative of germany at London, who rode Duke of Britain frH and leads the western european League in overall qualifying points for the fei Dres sage world Cup™ finals at Leipzig next april

it was a full house at exCel London, where the annual holiday show had been relocated during renovation of the tradi tional olympia venue although it was a switch for the athletes and fans, the new host offered a larger warm up ring and more spacious arena, still festively deco rated, which was less intimidating for the horses.

with points on offer for Leipzig and only four legs remaining after London, the competition was stiff the constantly changing leaderboard was a testament to the high quality of artistry and athleticism brought to the show and provided an ex ceptional treat for the audience that was hungry for Dressage excitement eight nations were represented, with 15 horse and rider combos, six of which came from great Britain to thrill the home crowd at the end of the interim break, British rider Lara Butler and kristjan were in the lead, with a score of 76 305% from the five european judges Butler ’s compatriot gareth Hughes was in second place with kk Dominant (75 845 percent), followed by alejandro asencio mendez of spain and focus (73.775 percent).

However, there were some Dressage powerhouses still to ride, and the second half of the program saw even higher marks from a slew of superb performances

Haley watson greaves of great Britain opened the show after the intermission with a gorgeous ride that showed off the remarkable floating quality of rubins nite’s extended trot watson greaves, who took time off recently to become a new mother, has been missed on the world Cup circuit the pair ’s score of 75 875% propelled them into second place for the moment and showed they’re back with a vengeance to compete for a berth to ger many after a lovely program by agusti elias

Lara of spain with altaneiro (71 725%), frederic wandres took over the lead with the Duke His ride perfectly showcased the Hanoverian’s elegant walk and smooth transitions wandres kept the 14 year old gelding in a textbook uphill frame throughout, but would 80 260% percent be enough to hang onto the lead?

nanna skodborg merrald of Denmark was sadly eliminated, after the judges no

ticed a tiny amount of blood around the mouth of atterupgaards orthilia this can occur with a nick from the bit or even when a horse bites its own tongue in con centration, but it meant merrald’s test wouldn’t be counted

so, it was up to Charlotte fry next to see if she could go home with the top ho nours fry, whose late mother was also a Dressage competitor, rides for great Britain but trains on the mainland as a co owner of van olst Horses with a team bronze at tokyo and a team silver at the Hagen european Championships under her belt, fry is now ranked number 20 in the world

fry’s program with Dark Legend earned 87s for artistic scores and a total of 81 945% their transition from the two tempi to the ones on a curve was simply stunning, and they took over the lead with only two riders yet to go Britain’s richard Davison gave it his all aboard Bubblingh, whom he handles with great calmness and consistency But their marks of 76.910% weren’t enough to send the 66 year old athlete to the podium that left only Charlotte Dujardin and “Pumpkin,” as the little chestnut is affec tionately known around the stables with London being their last hurrah together, the former olympic champion wanted to go out on a high note it was mission accomplished for the pair, who gave an extraordinary perform ance, even better than their win the night

before in the short grand Prix with scores over 94 for artistic merit, the two picked up 89 040% from the judges, giving them the gold and a new but bittersweet personal best said Dujardin’s men tor, Dressage legend Carl Hester, “He’s an amazing horse who gives his all ” she makes her extremely difficult programs look easy, “and the horse re sponds so beautifully.”

Hester received his own accolades on friday night, in the form of a surprise Lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the discipline “it doesn’t feel like i’ve been in it that long,” he said “it’s just wonderful to receive an award like that i’m very, very happy ”

as for Dujardin, she was elated with her swan song performance aboard gio “i’ve just finished the most incredible year,” she commented of her team and in dividual bronze medals at the olympics and individual bronze and team silver at Hagen “He truly is the most amazing horse what a legend ”

it was the ideal place to reach her peak achievement with gio “there’s nothing like riding at home and having the home crowd cheering you on!” Dujardin added the British riders had a banner night when all the scores were tallied. richard Davison ended in fourth place, followed by Butler, watson greaves, and Hughes mendez ended in eighth place, with great Britain’s Louise Bell (into the Blue) in ninth and tommie visser of the nether lands (genesis Begijnhoeve) rounding out the top 10

Driving

By Patricia Salem; Images by Jon Stroud

Boyd exell of australia notched an other win on saturday December 18, 2021, as fei Driving world Cup™ action was an evening highlight at the London in ternational Horse show

His amazing victory at London was the defending champion’s third of the season,

Harry Charles and Stardust

Charlotte Fry and Dark Legend (photo by John Stroud)

and he leads the standings in points to head to the finals at Leipzig next spring.

second place at leg 4 of 5 in world Cup qualifying events was awarded to Dutch athlete koos De ronde, who has finished as a runner up at London in years past and couldn’t quite top exell’s time third place went to mareike Harm of germany, the sole female driver on the circuit, who had the only other double clear of the night, her best performance of the season saturday’s course designed by Jeroen Houterman of the netherlands was the same challenging one teams had been faced with all week leading up to the sat urday finale, and there had been few clear

rounds requiring both speed and techni cal precision, it featured places for long galloping runs and sweeping turns, as well as a wooden bridge and two sets of tightly placed marathon boxes.

seven drivers lined up for one last crack at the course on saturday night, represent ing six nations. only three made it through to the drive off to decide the winner first up in the last round was mareike Harm, part of the silver medal winning german team at the fei Driving european Championship for four in Hand at Bu dapest in september

Harm had a tremendous round, going clear in just 143 70 seconds, nearly a sec

ond faster than her previous round, putting pressure on the two teams to follow. it was clear to fans that her training with Boyd exell has upped her game and made her a true contender in the series.

koos De ronde was keen to finally see a win at London with his wife marie as his navigator, the Dutch driver pushed hard to top Harm’s time and lay down a real gauntlet for exell But perhaps he went a bit too hard, as he saw the ball atop one obstacle hit the ground, which meant he had 4 penalty points to add to his fast time of 137 25 seconds

it all came down to exell, driving with his usual team of emma olsson as navi

gator and Hugh scott Barrett as backstep per. would he be able to find seconds somewhere on the course to pull off an other win?

it looked iffy at first, with exell’s time almost a second behind De ronde’s at the halfway point But holding steady through the boxes and then opening the reins as he charged towards the finish did the trick He crossed the beam in a blistering 134 38 seconds, beating his first round time by more than five seconds, with no penalty points, for the top honors

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Charlotte Dujardin and Gio (photo by John Stroud)

Boyd Exell (photo by John Stroud)

driving

La Grange Christmas Parade

Photos by Nancy & Tommy Brannon

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oh, the weather outside was delightful for a drive through the rural idyll. folks had no better place to go, than to the holiday parade with a beau ♫

small towns bring out nostalgia for simpler, friendlier times, with “children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile and on every street corner you hear: jingling bells” from the horses’ har nesses as they parade through town on a sunny, cool, second sunday after noon in December (12, 2021), horses, hounds, and humans gathered in historic Lagrange, tenn for an old fashioned

Christmas parade around the small, quaint town, with horses ridden and driven, and folks dressed up in their holiday attire a toasty fire in the fireplace at the general store warmed the visitors, who enjoyed hot chocolate and spiced cider, with cook ies, brownies, and another tasty dessert the stores fern and retro were open for gift shopping fuel food truck served lunch, while those waiting for food could examine the beautifully restored circa 1948 black Dodge power wagon flatbed

it was a gathering of friends from nashoba Carriage association, the ger mantown Charity Horse show, Pony Club, Longreen foxhounds, and local residents sharing the joy of the season it’s a most wonderful time of the year, with everyone telling you “Be of good cheer!” and, of course, santa Claus came to town, riding in the last carriage with ken and Chrissy Daniels “He knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake!”

Hunter/Jumper

the germantown Charity Horse show board received eight strong applications for Horse show Queen this year they all had formerly been Princesses and pro vided sound reasons for aspiring to be Queen under scrutiny from the board, they successfully answered substantial questions from members yet only one could be chosen as Queen, as those not chosen were encouraged to apply again, as the age limit is 25

the choice of the new Queen was kept secret until December 16, 2021 when the Queen was announced at the annual ger mantown Charity Horse show Christmas party at the Pickering Center, near the show grounds Before the secret was re vealed, nancy france read the official bio of the successful candidate Official bio:

“the next Queen of the germantown Charity Horse show has grown up in ger mantown and cannot remember life before her first Charity Horse show experience she has been an avid equestrian since her first costume class, which was before she could even walk she has spent many sea sons at the Charity show showing in the hunter/jumper divisions and watching oth ers compete

“to continue riding and showing as much as possible, our new Queen com pleted her high school studies through the Connection Homeschool tutorial, which allowed her to compete on the east coast as well as regionally Currently, she is a junior at rollins College in winter Park, florida, where she is majoring in interna tional Business with a minor in archaeol ogy this past semester she has been researching ancient egyptian artifacts from the Banks Collection of the Baker museum of rollins College

“she is a member of alpha omicron Pi sorority and an active member of the rollins student government association she has held the offices of residential Life

and explorations senator and finance Chair

“During her freshman and sophomore years, she rode with the rollins equestrian team, but this year, she chose to focus on her personal horse and their showjumping career.

“when not riding a horse, our Queen enjoys hiking, kayaking, and anything out doors. she has been an active volunteer as sisting in fundraisers for the arthritis foundation and the Pet alliance of greater orlando

“our new Queen has been accepted to study abroad, but the pandemic has thwarted those plans for two consecutive semesters fortunately, she has been ac cepted again to study at kansai gaidai university in osaka, Japan for the fall 2022 semester

“when it comes to horseback riding, our Queen has always set her goals quite high Her first big goal was to be a con tender in the gamblers Choice, which she achieved in 2017 finishing in 4th place now her new goal is to compete in the 2022 gCHs grand Prix

“the germantown Charity Horse show is pleased to introduce the 2022 Queen: miss kiersten alexis sudlow.”

it was quite apparent that kiersten is excited about the honor, as are her parents fara and Chad sudlow. kiersten and her mom are the proud owners of the ger mantown, tenn tack shop, saddles n such. kiersten was a gCHs Princess in 2017 master photographer alex ginsburg and his wife rhonda were present, as alex captured candid photos of the 2022 Queen and her family you’ll be seeing more of alex’s photos this year, as he photographs all the horse show Princesses you’ll see him photographing at the horse show in June, too find more at: www alexgins burgphotographics com/

Fara,

International Hunter Derby Regional Championships

Lexington, ky Dec 13, 2021 the first year of the Platinum Performance/ usHJa international Hunter Derby re gional Championships wrapped up after five championships were held across the country new in 2021, the regional Championships served as an additional benefit to usHJa international Hunter Derby Program participants. exhibitors did not need to qualify for the Champi onships and could compete in any one re gional of their choice.

the north Central Championship kicked off the regional Championships at the split rock Hunter Jumper Classic i Csi3* on June 9 13 in Lexington, ky the aiken fall festival i hosted the south Championship, september 8 12 in aiken, s C the south Central Championship took place at the southwest showdown, september 22 26 in katy, texas the championships wrapped up with

London (Continued from page 15) music and crowd more clearly, which urged on both his human team and his horses. “you can feel the atmosphere in the new arena,” he said “the crowd is with you at every turn ” the veteran driver, winner of multiple fei Driving world Cup™ titles and world championships, made some changes in his horses prior to saturday’s competition “the old camels are the best camels,” he remarked

Driving as a wildcard meant no chance to add qualifying points, but it gave him the freedom to try some different tactics, including using voice commands as rec ommended by george Bowman, a carriage driving legend and winner of multiple British national championships as always, exell enthused about trav elling to London and the warm welcome he feels when competing there “we’ll do a little bit of a show and try to look after our horses,” he said, before heading to the

the southwest Championship at national sunshine series ii on november 9 14 in thermal, California nick Haness, of temecula, California, and Caldiano, owned by Double Down farm, LLC, were named champions Shawn Casady, of Harriman, tennessee, and ashland farms’ Cassario 8 earned reserve Casady showed Cassario 8, a 9 year old Holsteiner gelding by Cassin, during the 2021 international Hunter Derby Champi onships, where they qualified for the sec tion a Handy round with a top performance in the Classic round

Casady, a top young professional who moved to the west Coast in 2018, was pleased to ride the talented gelding in the show ring shawn Casady equestrian is lo cated in Harriman, tenn

Learn more about the usHJa interna tional Hunter Derby Championships at ushja org/iHDrC

prize giving, where his equine team were adorned with reindeer antler ear bonnets for holiday cheer once the scores had been tallied, Jérôme voutaz of switzerland finished in fourth place, followed by former cham pion ijsbrand Chardon of the netherlands, Dries Degrieck of Belgium, and Daniel naprous of great Britain, in that order

photo by Libby Greene for Phelps Sports

Boyd Exell (photo by John Stroud)

Wrangler NFR

the 2021 wrangler national finals rodeo, presented by teton ridge, ran from December 2 11, 2021 at the thomas & mack Center in Las vegas, nevada following is a summary of the week’s winners from saturday night, December 11 find complete results of each day’s performances at: www prorodeo com and at wranglernetwork com/events/wrangler national finals rodeo

For second year in a row Stetson Wright wins two PRCA world championships for the second straight year, stetson wright left the wrangler national finals rodeo as a two time world champion after winning the all around and bull rid ing world titles in 2020, wright won the all around and saddle bronc riding crowns in 2021 saturday night before 17,373 fans wright finished the season with a PrCa regular season record of $686,513 wright won the all around title with a record $585,850 He was the saddle bronc riding champ with $343,524

Cowboys & Cowgirls

this was wright’s third all around title in a row and he broke trevor Brazile’s PrCa record in 2015 for most money won in a season at $518,011 in saddle bronc riding, wright had to have a bunch of the pieces of the puzzle come together in round 10 and they did wright won round 10 with a round record tying ride of 93 points on Cervi Champi onship rodeo’s vitalix ricky Bobby that earned him $26,997 and it pushed him to an eighth place check in the average, $6,532 the combination allowed him to edge his brother ryder, the 2020 saddle bronc riding world champ, who finished the season with $342,337

“when they told me i won it, i looked at ryder and i said i came in here to play defense for you tonight,” stetson said “i didn’t know i even had a chance but i guess as long as there’s still rounds there’s always a chance ”

Bareback rider Kaycee Feild makes more PRCA history

kaycee feild is the greatest bareback rider in PrCa history the genola, utah, cowboy made that a reality when he won sixth bareback world championship at the 2021 wrangler national finals rodeo sat

urday night

feild finished the season atop the PrCa | ram world standings with $357,420 Jess Pope finished second with $340,499

“this is a numb feeling,” feild said “Honestly, i’ve dreamed about giving this speech a lot i really have it is an unreal feeling what’s most important to me is my family and having them here and ex periencing this with me then, the records

i’m breaking and putting my name down in history which will last a lot longer than i’m alive that’s much more valuable than any business or any piece of land i could leave for my kids

“the feild name, the feild legacy that my dad (late Prorodeo Hall of famer Lewis feild) started is something i’m very proud of i’m very proud of the heritage and legacy and everything that represents this is a very big one for me it’s hard to

Sage Kimzey is the World Champion Bull Rider. (photo: Rod Connor)

Tyler Waguespack is the World Champion Steer Wrestler. (photo: Phill Kitts K) aycee Feild is the world champion Bareback Bronc rider. (photo: Phill Kitts)

Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira win World Championship Team Roping.

Stetson Wright is the World Champion Saddle Bronc rider. (photo: Phill Kitts)

(photo: Phill Kitts)

talk to tell you the truth it is a lot of fun ” feild has won world championships in 2011 14 and 2019 20 He broke the all time bareback riding world championship tie at five with Prorodeo Hall of famers Joe alexander and Bruce ford feild clinched his latest title with his 89 5 point ride on Pickett Pro rodeo’s new scarlet that placed him second in the round, which earned him $21,336 He also placed second in the average with 872 5 points on 10 head Pope won the av erage with 873 points and collected $69,234, but feild earned $56,171 to hold off Pope

feild also won the ram top gun award with $231,564, which goes to the nfr contestant who wins the most money in one event, not counting ground money

Tyler Waguespack collects his third steer wrestling world title tyler waguespack is back on PrCa’s championship throne the gonzales, La , cowboy won his third world championship by earning $289,791 waguespack, who also won world crowns in 2016 and 2018, finished third in round 10 with a 4 2 second run to collect $16,111 and then finished second in the average with a 48 1 second time on 10 head to earn $56,171 will Lummus, who won the average, finished second in the world standings with $248,168

“this one i think is a little bit better; i felt like i came out of nowhere after hav ing that broken barrier (in round 2 with a 13 1 second run),” waguespack said “i just had to keep my foot on the gas and had to keep winning every single round. at no point in the 10 rounds did i safety up; it was full steam ahead all the way ”

Sage Kimzey adds seventh world title to his collection

kimzey captured his seventh bull rid ing world championship in eight years, earning $411,465 kimzey only trails Don gay who finished his career with a PrCa record eight bull riding world champi

onships

kimzey won third in the average and held off Josh frost, who finished second in the world standings with $363,353 kimzey clinched his crown by splitting second in round 10 with his 88 point ride on Cervi Championship rodeo’s greeley Hat works Centerfold

“it was a long 10 days for sure,” kimzey said “But it’s the best 10 days of our lives every year there’s a lot of ups and downs, but at the end of the day it’s the nfr ”

kimzey finished fifth in the world standings a year ago and was thrilled to be a world champ again “for sure, i always wanted to be at the top , ” kimzey said “it was one of those things where last year didn’t go as planned so i just get back on, try harder, and do better ”

Tie down roper Caleb Smidt collects third world championship

tie down roper Caleb smidt always seems to rope his best at the wrangler nfr that trend continued in 2021 when smidt clocked a 7.8 second time in round 10 to secure his third world title and third nfr average title the texas cowboy finished his season with $318,455 smidt won the average with 83 1 seconds on 10 head He also won world championships and average ti tles in 2015 and 2018

“i had a great calf tonight,” smidt said “she was awesome and my horse has been great He’s been giving me a chance all week from slow calves to fast calves; he gives me a chance every time i back in there there was lots of praying this week and i’m just blessed to be here ”

Team ropers Driggers and Nogueira win gold buckles

the standout team ropers kaleb Drig gers and Junior nogueira won their first team roping header and team roping heeler world titles Driggers finished with $263,227 and nogueira earned $277,612

Back in 2016, nogueira became the first Brazilian world champion in PrCa his tory by winning the all around world title He now becomes the first Brazilian to win a team roping world championship

“this is awesome to achieve this dream,” nogueira said “we have been re ally close and worked really hard to do this we have been here before and had the experience and kaleb did a great job like always i wanted to heel behind this guy and i think god put us together for us a reason i want to glorify god for this title ”

Driggers and nogueira finished third in the average with a 52 6 second time on nine head they had a 7 1 second time in round 10 to secure their titles

“we have been in this situation a lot and to finally have it go our way is amaz ing,” Driggers said “i’m a numbers guy so i had it all mapped out and knew what we needed to be until they came back and told us we had won we still were not sure because i have been so close so many times i have been reserve world champion

four times and to finally get over the hump is great ”

Jordon Briggs snares barrel racing world and average titles

Barrel racer Jordon Briggs had quite the 2021 wrangler nfr, winning the world championship and the average champi onship Briggs clocked 136 83 seconds on 10 head, a new record.

“oh, man it means a lot,” Briggs said “that was my goal coming into here i knew i had the horse that could do that, and he did it i had so many people cheer

ing for me i even had bull riders i have never met cheering for me it was great i felt a lot of power behind me and didn’t want to let anyone down and my horse never does rollo has not hit a barrel all year long. He is definitely a unicorn.

“i am a very average minded person and that is why this was my goal i was re ally disappointed the first year i made it that i didn’t place in the average that is what i had out for blood this trip was that average title. and to set the average record was icing on the cake ”

Caleb Smidt wins both the World Championship and the Average title in tie down roping Saturday (photo: Phill Kitts)

World Champion Barrel Racer Jordan Briggs (photo: Phill Kitts)

Jess Pope rides for a score of 92 pts on Gun Fire in bareback (photo: Phill Kitts)

Kaleb Driggers (photo: Rod Connor)

Bucking Around the Christmas Tree

path from arkansas to kentucky. i asked gary if there were any effects from the storms at the Bull riding event, which started at 6:30 p.m. He replied, “the bull riding ended about 8:45p m , so it was over before the storms hit i made it back to Horn Lake about two hours before the storms came though it was unusually warm; the arena had open sides so the wind was coming through quite strong, but at least it was comfortable with the warm temperatures no damage at our house, but my weather station recorded about 2½ inches of rain and 660 lightning strikes!”

By Nancy Brannon; Photos by Gary Cox

Lifting a theme from the 1958 song by Brenda Lee (written by Johnny marks), northwest mississippi Community Col lege hosted this Bull riding event in sen atobia, miss. on December 10, 2021. in addition to the bucking competition in Junior and senior divisions, admission to the event was a canned good or toy, to be donated to local charities and kids could get their picture made with santa this was the friday night/saturday morning that strong storms and tornadoes rocked across six states in the mid south, wreaking destruction along a 250 mile

North Mississippi Winter Bull Riding Series

Photos by Gary Cox

Photographer gary Cox traveled to the second installment of the north missis sippi winter Bull riding in new albany, miss on December 11, 2021 the age groups in this junior bull riding event are 13 and under and 14 18 years see more of gary’s photos on our web site:

The young cowboys probably didn’t realize at the time how important their prayers would be on this particular night.

Who knew Santa is a bull rider?

Lucky Dog Barrel Race

Article & photos by Nancy Brannon

Christy Lewis and her crew brought their huge semi trailer to the show Place arena, memphis, tn, for the Lucky Dog 2021 series finale on December 3 5, 2021. the show was a Better Barrel races dou ble points/ double qualifier and an rfD tv the american qualifier the show drew a huge crowd, all vying for year end awards Christy said they drew “about as many as we can pack in here ” the show attracted 532 contestants from 16 states across the mid south/mid west

Christmas Cash Barrel Bash

Photos by Gary Cox

the marshall County fairgrounds in Holly springs, ms was hopping with ac tivity on December 18, 2021at the Christ mas Cash Barrel Bash the show started at 2 p m and offered classes for 12 & under, open 3D poles, youth 3D barrels, adult 3D barrels, and open 4D barrels each division had added money: $800 added to open, $100 to youth, $100 to adult and $100 to Poles

Photographer gary Cox was there cap turing all the action from about 1p m until 7 p m “it was quite a large event!” he said “they had just finished the adult class at 7 p m and were starting the open class when i left. i would say they likely went for 3 or 4 more hours ” gary snapped over 1,000 photos while he was there Here are a few samples.

find more information about events at marshall County fairgrounds on face book.

open average winner, running with the Pack average winner, and Buckle win ner for the weekend was Bailey Belcher of Brooks, ky on Picket Coin five with times of 14 520 and 14 479 with 736 en tries in saturday’s open 4D, Bailey Belcher and Pocket Coin five ran the fastest time of the day (14 520) sunday’s open 4D drew 620 entries, with allis maxwell of milan, tn and streaking nightmare running the fastest time: 14 413

(left) Marne Loosenort of Hazel, KY on Lovin Fame (14.619)

Ranch Horse Show Raises

for Fayette

on saturday Dec 4, 2021 gary Cox traveled to the gould arena in moscow, tenn to a ranch Horse show put on by Parker Bradford of Bradford Performance Horses the event was for the benefit of fayette Cares with 100% of the proceeds going to fayette Cares: more than $3,500, plus lots of gifts and food items

fayette Cares is a non profit organiza tion located in somerville, tenn that serves more than 1,500 people annually in fayette County the organization has pro

grams to help the homeless; domestic vio lence intervention services; and provides assistance to those in economic crises with rent and utility funding, emergency food, clothing, house wares, and school sup plies. it offers life skills classes for money management, job readiness, wellness, par enting, and more services find out more about fayette Cares at: www.fayette cares org

Photos by Gary Cox

Greener pastures

Managing Native Grass Forages

New book by Patrick Keyser, avail able through UT Extension, provides a holistic guide for native grass producers

knoxviLLe, tenn native grass lands were once plentiful across what is now the united states, including tens of millions of acres across eastern u s land scapes the plow, exclusion of fire lead ing to forest succession, and year round, unmanaged grazing led to their gradual disappearance over the past two centuries today, less than two percent of our once vast native grasslands also known as prairies, glades and savannahs remain within the eastern u s , there are even fewer remnants of these productive and ecologically important plant communities native grasses are well known for their massive root systems. it is these roots that enable them to store large amounts of car bon within the soil and, as a result, could make native grasses a strategic tool for re ducing carbon levels in our atmosphere these same roots also improve soil health, reducing runoff and soil loss, and make these grasses remarkably drought tolerant for these reasons and more, there is a re newed interest in and awareness of the im portance of grasslands, especially those native to the u s

for example, big bluestem, which was the dominant species across more than 100 million acres of u s grasslands, has also been shown to be excellent forage for cat

tle and other livestock native grasslands also provide essential habitat for many at risk species, making an important contribution to improved bio diversity they fulfill habitat needs for many species, including pollinators and rapidly declining grassland associated birds like the northern bobwhite, a once common game bird throughout the south ern and eastern u s with his new book, native grass for ages for the eastern us, Pat keyser, pro fessor and director of the Center for native grasslands management at the university of tennessee institute of agriculture, shares decades of experience combined with the latest science on using these grasses in twenty first century agriculture keyser ’s book provides a holistic view of using native grasses on today’s farms organized into five sections, the book pro vides comprehensive and practical infor mation on using these grasses including life history, establishment, management, troubleshooting, and benefits of these species references listed in every section, more than 250 in all, provide readers with a treasure trove of additional information more than 200 graphs, charts, tables and

pictures illustrate many of the concepts presented in the text appendices provide in depth information on seed vendors, seedling identification tips and additional resources

keyser notes, “american agriculture has led the world because of relentless pursuit of innovation when it comes to grasslands that support our livestock and benefit our environment, our soils, our cli mate, our wildlife, it appears that what has grown here for millennia, and is so well adapted to our conditions, may actually be a key innovation for maintaining prof itable, productive and sustainable farms well into the future.”

Don Ball, professor emeritus with auburn university and co author of the widely recognized gold standard of grass land agriculture, southern forages, en dorsed keyser ’s book as a remarkable achievement that may come to be viewed

as a classic agricultural publication an other prominent leader in forages, agreed Jimmy Henning of the university of ken tucky says native grass forages is “es sential reading for farmers and grassland professionals alike ”

Hardcopies of the book are available for purchase through ut extension online at nativegrasses tennessee edu/native grass forages for just $25

the ut Department of forestry, wildlife and fisheries is part of the Her bert College of agriculture, ut agre search and ut extension at the university of tennessee institute of agriculture the curricula focus on a mastery learning ap proach, emphasizing practical, hands on experiences fwf’s faculty, staff and stu dents conduct research and extension that advances the science and sustainable man agement of our natural resources for more information, visit fwf tennessee edu

New Educational Program Targets

New and Beginning Farmers

knoxviLLe, tenn university of tennessee extension is launching a new educational program designed to help be ginning farmers or individuals starting a new venture in agriculture ut farming fundamentals provides participants with resources and information on the essential principles needed to build a successful op eration

Program topics include production ba sics, farm and financial management, mar keting, taxes, business plan development, and other related topics

Program Components

this program is broken into two parts: required and optional each participant is required to complete the 5 required mod ules and 3 of the optional modules.

Required Modules

• introduction

• financial statements

• taxes

• farming foundations

• Business actions Optional Modules

Pick 3 modules from the following:

• Livestock Basics

• specialty Crops

• value added

• Crops

each module is 1 5 hours of content videos. after each video there will be a link to a quiz that must be completed the 5 required and 3 selected modules totals 12 hours of programming. in order to re ceive certification, a participant must watch the videos and complete the quizzes (8 total modules).

“ut farming fundamentals is specifi cally set up for beginning farmers to start their business on a strong foundation and help avoid early missteps,” said program coordinator Charley martinez, an assistant professor in the Department of agricul tural and resource economics “this pro gram was developed by agents and specialists across the state of tennessee ” the program launches January 1, and online registration is open once regis tered, participants receive a link that en ables on demand access to all of the program’s videos and resources. the cost of participating in the program is $100 Participants who fully complete the pro gram will receive a certification and, if they signed up, they will qualify for the tennessee agricultural enhancement Pro gram (taeP), which provides cost share

dollars to agricultural producers

more information is available online at: https://arec tennessee edu/extension/farm ing fundamentals/ Contact Charley mar tinez with questions about the program at cmart113@utk edu or 865 974 7414

Native grasslands like these provide many ecological services and can also be beneficial for ranchers and farmers by producing high quality forage for livestock (Photo by P. Keyser of a pasture in Charlotte County, Virginia, courtesy UTIA)

Charley Martinez

Day Trails in

Compiled by Tom Brannon

most of the time we think of winter as cold, and sometimes wet and miserable But in the mid south we often have days when the weather is nice enough that a trail ride is just the ticket for a fun day on horseback temperatures in the 40s and 50s are very comfortable for horses; be sides, there are no flies in the winter overnight camping, particularly primitive camping, could get pretty chilly, and some campgrounds are closed in the winter a daytime trail ride after a relatively short haul can be a great way for you and your horses to enjoy the cooler season and still be able to sleep in your own bed and your horses in their own barn Josh guin, a reg ular contributor of trail riding articles in the Mid South Horse Review, has com piled on his website, tnhorsetrails com, a list of trails in tennessee that lend them selves to a day’s trail ride Hauling dis tance depends on your starting point, but there is at least one day trail within a two hour haul of almost anywhere in ten nessee not many states can claim that, particularly when the distance from one end of the state to the other is over 500 miles the tennessee state Parks website, https://tnstateparks com/activities/horse back riding, also has information about

trails within state parks Before you haul, contact the facility to make sure they are open that day and if there are any special restrictions Below is a partial list

Big Hill Pond State Park

6 miles; trail difficulty: intermediate

1435 John Howell rd , Pocahontas, tn

Big Hill Pond state Park lies in the southwestern part of mcnairy County and encompasses 4,138 acres of timberland and hardwood bottomland Cypress Creek and tuscumbia river border the property the flood plain, adjacent to the river and creek, contains small oxbows and swampy areas which are desirable habitat for wa terfowl, wildlife, and fish equestrian trails are primarily on old logging/fire roads and park gravel roads Horse trails are blazed red and shared with mountain bike riders most fire roads are double back roads

Chickasaw State Park and Forest over 100 miles; trail difficulty: begin ner to advanced 20 Cabin Lane, Henderson, tn

Chickasaw state Park has five miles of horse trails and the surrounding Chicka saw forest has hundreds of miles of trails. Horses may be rented at the stables or bring your own

Bowie Nature Park

12 miles; trail difficulty: beginner 7211 Bowie Lake rd , fairview, tn Bowie nature Park contains 700+ acres of forest, lakes, and trails Day use trails are good for barefoot horses and begin ners the trails are beautifully maintained

and, since they close the trails in wet con ditions, they are generally free from ero sion within the park there are 12 miles of winding trails through several ecosystems that include wetlands, grasslands, pine for est, and hardwood forest at any time, trails may be closed to bikers and horse back riders due to wet conditions, so call before riding: 799 5544 ext 1

Harlinsdale Farm

3 miles, trail difficulty: beginner 239 franklin road, franklin, tn the equestrian trail at Harlinsdale is open as a self guided trail throughout the park, uniquely located next to historic downtown franklin the trail features 2 62 miles of standard trail and 33 miles of ad vanced trail throughout the historic farm, known as the birth place of the modern tennessee walking Horse

Percy Warner Park 8 7 miles; trail difficulty: beginner 2500 old Hickory Blvd , nashville, tn Percy warner Park, along with edwin warner Park, form one of the largest mu nicipal parks in tennessee, together at 3,100 acres just outside downtown nashville Percy warner Park has a dedi cated equestrian trailhead entrance off old Hickory Blvd with ample parking its nine miles of maintained trails with shade trees, open fields, access to water, picnic areas and winding paths make this a prime trail riding destination

Meeman Shelby Forest State Park 8 5 miles; trail difficulty: intermediate

910 riddick rd , millington, tn meeman shelby forest state Park is a 12,539 acre hardwood bottomland area bordering the mississippi river, 13 miles north of memphis, featuring mature Bald Cypress and tupelo swamp most of the facilities are on top of the Chickasaw Bluffs that rise from the bottomlands and are covered with large oaks, american beech, hickory, and sweet gum the trail meanders along a bluff with the largest loop overlooking Poplar tree Lake the horse trail closes for inclement weather and wet conditions Please call 901 876 5215 to see if the trail is open trail and topography maps are available at the visitor ’s center

Norris Dam State Park

125 village green Circle, rocky top, tn; 865 425 4500

norris Dam state Park shares a bound ary with the City of norris the following trails, located on the east side, are open for equestrian use: Camp sam, Lake view trail, Lakeside Loop, and Highpoint trail Panther Creek State Park

2010 Panther Creek Park road, mor ristown, tn; 423 587 7046

the trails offer a variety from easy, straight, gently sloping sections to stre nous, hilly sections along Cherokee Lake, with captivating views Bring your own horse, with current negative Coggins pa pers there are no camping facilities on the trails, and riders must stay on the trail

field trials

National

the amateur field trial Clubs of america (aftCa) sponsored the 41st running of the national amateur all age invitational Championship, December 6 8, 2021 at ames Plantation, grand Junc tion, tn. Judges were Dr. robert rankin of edmond, okla and Brandon Johnson of guthrie, okla Jim atchinson of Caruthersville, missouri was the reporter aftCa says, “the purpose of this trial is to determine the best amateur all age dog in america!”

Here’s the field trial format: Braces of dogs are drawn for the first day’s running each dog will have a different bracemate, course, and time to compete on the second day all dogs will compete for one hour on the first two days a brace is complete when the dogs are ordered up the com petition the first two days is to qualify the dogs for a third day the judges will call back at least two dogs after one hour, the duration of the heats on the third day is at the judges’ discretion the Champion is named based on its performance all three days a runner up is not mandatory, but may be named if the judges deem a dog especially worthy twelve dogs were invited to compete in the 2021 renewal, running in six braces on monday December 6 and six braces slated for tuesday December 7. Call backs were on wednesday December 8

Winners:

CH Hendrix’s touch up (Burke Hen drix/owner; Jonathan Burch/scout)

ru mohawk mill image (gary winall/owner; ellen Clements/scout)

Hendrix’s touch up, handled by Burke Hendrix, and mohawk mill image, han dled by gary winall, both male pointers, ran in the first brace on monday on tues day, mohawk mill image ran in the fifth brace against Cocklebur king tut, another male pointer handled by Bubba spencer, and Hendrix’s touch up ran in the sixth and last brace against rebel survivor, male pointer handled by David williams Burke Hendrix was thrilled with the win “this was a back to back amateur invitational Championship win for “Hank ” thanks for all the texts, calls and kind comments Dad and i are blessed and grateful to own Hendrix’s touch up (Hank) thanks to Piper Huffman for all your hard work this year thanks to Jonathon Burch for giving 100% as a scout thanks to Purina, ames Plantation and their staff, rick Carlisle, Chris weath erly, ryan Braddock, and others thanks ken Blackman for being spot on with the dog wagon. Congratulations to ru mo hawk mill image, gary winall and ellen Clements ”

this year ’s national amateur all age invitational was, ironically, almost a re

peat of the 2020 edition, which ran on De cember 7 9. Last year ’s championship was won by Hendrix’s touch up, owned by Burke and guy Hendrix of Hernando, miss. and handled by Burke. Last year ’s runner up was mohawk mill trail war rior, another dog owned by gary winall of Powhatan, virginia.

Hendrix’s touch up is now at the top of the aftCa 2021 invitational Points standing list Pendy’s good grace, han dled by matt Pendergest, who ran in the fifth brace on day 1 and the second brace on day 2, is currently in second place in the standings find more information at: https://www.aftca.org/invitational points/

Charles

CH Hendrix’s Touch Up (photo courtesy Burke Hendrix

BOARDING

Hillside stables now offering custom organic herbal packs. give your horses exactly what they need offering full board, 2x daily feeding, stall cleaning and daily turnout. retired/aged horses welcomed wound care/rehab available, plus lessons for horse or rider amenities include covered arena, round pen, and wooded trails full board starting at $500 00 Located south of Collierville/ germantown 901 857 7500

www Hillsidestables wordpress com

HORSES FOR SALE

Caballos en venta: Quarter Horse weanlings, 2 year olds, Bays & sorrels. good conformation, easy movers: $750 & up 662 292 7384 or 662 292 0368

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Premier Horse Boarding & training: full & pasture retirement board excellent care w/lots of amenities outdoor arena moscow, tn 901 331 3500 Dana

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nice friendly barn located in Cordova/ memphis, tn Located 15 minutes from germantown, Bartlett, east memphis and shelby farms owners are on site retired or aged horses welcome High dry barn, trails, and small arena Call rob (901) 359 3341

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self Care Pasture & stall board: $200 mo. arena and trails available. smyrna murfreesboro, tn area 615 545 4271

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Boarding: Lakeland, tenn. 2 stalls and turnout Horse owner is responsible for all care and feeding $300/mo 901 338 9686

HAY AND FEED

HORSE TRAINING

Horse gentling & training the correct way. 6 days/ wk training & desensitizing. Quality grain & hay $650 month must have current Coggins/vaccinations Call michael: 901 857 8060

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Three Silos Training Developing your horse for its specific job; helping set up a successful partnership between horse and rider expertise in lead change, col lection, suppleness, balance & lightness to the aids Collierville, tn $1,200/month in cludes full care & turnout suzy Hoyt 901 497 1131

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SM206 Disc Mower

Parting Shots

EMPLOYMENT

the Mid South Horse Review has an opening for a sales representative who is horse & horse product savvy knowl edge about horse farms & land/real estate sales is a plus Contact tom Brannon: of fice (901) 867 1755; cell: (901) 573 9074; email: midsouthhorsereview@yahoo com

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4 x 5 mixed grass hay rolls for sale fertilized, clean mixed grass rolls are barn kept and in field Call or text for pric ing 901 497 1131

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SADDLE REPAIR

saDDLe & taCk rePair: van’s Leather Craft in stock new and used sad dles and horse health products. off Hwy. 309, 1909 Bubba taylor rd , Byhalia, ms (662) 838 6269

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Mid-South Horse Review Calend ar of Even ts

AGRICENTER SHOWPLACE ARENA

DEC. 31 JAN 2: ashley Brooks memorial

Barrel race

JAN. 14 16: Battle in the saddle

FEB. 11 13: Jx2 team roping

FEB 25 27: st Jude Barrel Jam

MISSISSIPPI HORSE PARK

FEB. 11 12: rotary Classic rodeo

FEB 25 26: msu equestrian team

ROANE STATE EXPO CENTER

FEB. 11 13: east tn Cutting Horse

MAR 4-5: J r 's Pro rodeo

MAR. 11 13: tQHa Celebration Circuit

MAR. 25 27: tn reining Horse assn

TENNESSEE MILLER COLISEUM

JAN. 21 22: seBra national Bull riding

FEB 12 13: mtsu equestrian team

FEB. 18 20: mtsu equestrian team

MAR. 10 13: volunteer state Pinto org

MAR 24 27: iBra turning spring

TUNICA ARENA & EXPO CENTER

MAR. 11 13: Jx2 team roping

TENNESSEE HS RODEO ASSN.

MAR. 19 20: memphis, tn

TENNESSEE YOUTH RODEO ASSN

MAR 5: tuscumbia, aL

MAR. 19 20: memphis, tn

LITTLE BRITCHES RODEO

JAN. 8 9: Brandon, ms. msLBra #11 12

FEB. 26 27: Brandon, ms msLBra #13 14

US PONY CLUB

JAN. 26 30: norfolk, va norfolk water side marriott us Pony Club Convention info: www ponyclub org

HORSE & TACK SALES

JAN 5 9: online thoroughbred Charities of america stallion season auction info: (859) 276 4989; tca org

FEB 5: thaxton, ms triple e Livestock tack 10 am Horses 2 pm info: a J ellis 662 401 9760

COWBOY CHURCH

Sarah, MS. 548 Bryant Lane Bryant Lane Cowboy Church info: facebook Wynne, AR Cr 381. three trees Cowboy Church info: threetreescowboychurch com Collierville, TN 1656 n Col arl rd old west special trails. sundays 10:30 am.

CLINICS / CLASSES

JAN 6 9: usef Horsemastership training series info: www usef org/network/cover age/2022horsemastership/

JAN 6 9: robert Dover Horsemastership Clinic info: www usef org/network/cover age/2022robertdover

SPECIAL EVENTS

JAN. 15: southaven, ms the arena Com munity foundation of nw mississippi Crys tal Ball gala info: crystalballgala org

JAN. 16: Collierville, tn Booyas 5:30 p m oak view stables year end awards Banquet info: oakviewstable@gmail com

JAN. 28 29: southaven, ms Landers Cen ter mid south rodeo Queen Pageant info: rodeoenn@aol.com

FEB 19: national arabian Horse Day. info: www nationalarabianhorseday com

BARREL RACING

DEC. 31 JAN. 2: memphis, tn. show Place arena iBra info: katie white 270 627 1031

JAN. 7 8: martin, tn utm ag Pavillion iBra info: katie white 270 627 1031

JAN 8: mason, tn Coyote run arena winter series info: aubrey Lemmons 901 355 3429 or tonya Childress 901 871 9343

JAN 13 16: memphis, tn show Place arena Battle in the saddle info: www safe harborevent com

JAN 22: mason, tn Coyote run arena winter series info: aubrey Lemmons 901 355 3429 or tonya Childress 901 871 9343

JAN 29: Decaturville, tn triple P arena info: Jamie white 901 378 7470

JAN. 7 8: martin, tn utm ag Pavillion iBra info: katie white 270 627 1031

JAN. 8: mason, tn Coyote run arena 4393 gainsville rd , winter series info: aubrey Lemmons 901 355 3429 or tonya Childress 901 871 9343

JAN 13 16: memphis, tn show Place arena. Battle in the saddle. info: www.safe harborevent com

JAN 22: mason, tn Coyote run arena 4393 gainsville rd., winter series. info: aubrey Lemmons 901 355 3429 or tonya Childress 901 871 9343

JAN. 29: Decaturville, tn triple P arena info: Jamie white 901 378 7470

FEB 5: mason, tn Coyote run arena 4393 gainsville rd , winter series info: aubrey Lemmons 901 355 3429 or tonya Childress 901 871 9343

FEB. 19: Decaturville, tn triple P arena info: Jamie white 901 378 7470

FEB 19: mason, tn Coyote run arena 4393 gainsville rd , winter series info: aubrey Lemmons 901 355 3429 or tonya Childress 901 871 9343

FEB. 25 27: memphis, tn show Place arena iBra Jamie white 901 378 7470

CUTTING HORSE

JAN. 6 7: forest, ms scott Co forest Col iseum Central ms CHa info: Linda Clark 205 246 3798

FEB. 12 13: forest, ms scott Co forest Coliseum Central ms CHa info: Linda Clark 205 246 3798

FEB. 11 13: Harriman, tn roane state expo Center east tn Cutting Horse info: frank Casey 731 514 0701

DRESSAGE

JAN 12 APR 3: wellington, fL eques trian village adequan global Dressage festival info: https://gdf coth com/

JAN 30: virtual greystone Dressage show info: https://sites google com/view/grey stonedressage/home

FIELD TRIALS

JAN. 10: grand Junction, tn ames Plan tation Hobart ames memorial aaa &

Derby stakes. www.amesplantation.org

FEB. 14: grand Junction, tn ames Plan tation 2022 national Championship info: www.amesplantation.org

FOXHUNTING

SATURDAYS: Dec mid mar oak grove

Hunt Hudsonville, ms Lodge farm info: amanda mcgee 901 606 2119

HUNTER/JUMPER

JAN. 29: etHJa year end awards Banquet

QUARTER HORSE SHOWS

MAR 11-13: Harriman, tn roane state expo Center tQHa Celebration Circuit

RACING

JAN APR friDays sunDays. Hot springs, ar oaklawn Live racing info: www oaklawn com/racing/calendar/ RANCH HORSE

JAN. 20 21: Jackson, ms miss state fair grounds Dixie national arHa show

REINING

MAR. 25 27: Harriman, tn roane state expo Center tn reining Horse assn

RODEOS & BULL RIDING

JAN. 8: Laurel, ms magnolia Center Pro rodeo

JAN. 8: new albany, ms 1558 Hwy 30 e north miss winter Junior Bull riding text Heather: 662 934 6871

JAN. 13 16: guthrie, ok Lazy e arena ifr info: 405 235 6540

JAN 15: tupelo, ms. ne ms. Champi onship rodeo www hiloprorodeo com

JAN 22: new albany, ms 1558 Hwy 30 e. north miss. winter Junior Bull riding. text Heather: 662 934 6871

JAN 28 29: Hattiesburg, ms forrest Co multipurpose Center. southern miss Coca Cola rodeo

JAN 29: southaven, ms Landers Center rodeo of the mid south

FEB. 5: new albany, ms 1558 Hwy 30 e north ms winter Junior Bull riding text

Heather: 662 934 6871

FEB. 11 12: starkville, ms miss Horse Park rotary Classic rodeo info: www.mshorsepark.com

FEB. 11 12: oxford, ms Lafayette County PrCa rodeo

FEB. 11 19: Jackson, ms. mississippi Col iseum Dixie national rodeo

FEB 12: memphis, tn fedex forum PBr Pendleton whisky velocity tour info: PBr com

FEB 19: knoxville, tn thompson Boling arena PBr Pendleton whisky velocity tour info: PBr com

FEB 19: new albany, ms 1558 Hwy 30 e north ms winter Junior Bull riding text Heather: 662 934 6871

FEB 25 26: Corinth, ms north ms PrCa rodeo

FEB. 25 26: Little rock, ar simmons Bank arena PBr unleash the Beast tour info: PBr com

ROPING

JAN 8 9: meridian, ms. Jx2 team roping. info: www jx2events com

FEB 11 12: starkville, ms miss Horse Park. starkville Breakaway roping. FEB. 11 13: memphis, tn Jx2 team rop ing info: www jx2events com

MAR. 11 13: tunica, ms. Jx2 team rop ing info: www jx2events com

TRAIL RIDES

DEC. 31 JAN. 1: Belvidere, tn Circle e guest ranch new year's ride cir cleeguestranch com

DEADLINE

Deadline for FEB. issue: JAN. 22

Deadline for Field Trial Review: FEB 7 see you next year! find more on our web site: www midsouthhorsereview com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Field members with Tennessee Valley Hunt Club ride off on the Boxing

Hunt.

Mady Walker