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The Horsewoman

Review by Nancy Brannon

The Horsewoman, a novel by James Patterson and Mike lupica, is about three generations of horsewomen, the atwoods: grandmother caroline, daughter Maggie, and granddaughter becky Mccabe, who have a stable of show jumping horses in Wellington, florida

Maggie has long held ambitions for the olympics, but at the beginning of the book, she has an accident on a trail ride on her show jumper coronado evidently the horse was spooked by a fox (really? fox hunters know better), rears and falls on Maggie, doing serious damage to her pelvis and knee the horse runs back to the barn riderless, but becky decides she will ride coronado back on the trail because he will take her to her mother (seriously? this is not lassie and timmy ) of course, the horse does, and becky finds her mother unconscious, calls 911, and her mother is taken to the hospital where she undergoes surgery

While the mother is recovering, daugh ter becky exercises her mother ’s horse coronado along with her own show jumper, sky.

becky’s coach, Daniel ortega (Editor ’ s note: not to be confused with José Daniel ortega, former President of nicaragua ) is Mexican by birth, where his parents still reside, but he has Daca (Deferred action for childhood arrivals) status in the u s and is regularly in fear of Ice (Immigra tion and customs enforcement) deporting him

Maggie’s coach, gus bennett, was headed to the olympics in 2008 when a show jumping accident (fall) paralyzed him and curtailed his ever riding again, so he now gets around (quite well) in a

wheelchair he is a stereotypical grumpy, strict, abrasive coach, who we find out later also has a romantic side another stereotypical character is steve gorton, the rich co owner of coronado who is egotistical, self serving, brash, and manipulative only out to make money and get his way however he can the novel is written on a young adult reading level, maybe targeting the “text and tweet” readers, but I would not rec ommend it for readers ages 12 18 the characters’ dialog and the narrative are rife with unnecessary profanity and there is heavy consumption of alcoholic bever ages Most of the characters’ dialog is spent bickering with each other, as they are competitive and self serving, and their only ambition in life is to win I hate to say it, but the plot of this book is three legged lame, although the authors do interject plenty of ups and downs so that it’s not all smooth sailing for the at wood women to get to the olympics Just when things seem to be going well in the horse show arena for becky and Maggie,

“something” happens (described in the book by an idiomatic expression involv ing manure) It might be a wrong distance to a jump, a refusal, or a fall or the horse has cellulitis and the at wood women call the veterinarian, Doc howser, who won’t know the prognosis until the lab reports come back When they do, Doc howser makes a special trip to the gym where Maggie and becky are work ing out to tell them that the horse will be fine (Do you know a veterinarian who does that?)

the two redeeming characters are Daniel ortega and becky’s Dad, who is a clever new york lawyer becky’s parents are divorced, and her Dad shows up as a deus ex machina to save ortega from jail and deportation by the stereotypical Ice officers, who are decidedly prejudiced against people of Mexican origin.

Despite all the falls and pitfalls, the mother and daughter both make it to the Paris olympics on the u.s. show Jump ing team with their two horses coronado and sky

the denouement, “Paris,” is almost su perfluous since the two women have achieved their goal What remains to be

achieved is an olympic gold Medal twice in the last chapter the authors have becky think, “Maybe this is the way the story is supposed to end ” Maybe the au thors should have taken their character ’s thoughts to heart

this novel paints a negative image of grand Prix and olympic show jumping riders the riders that I know, while they are competitive, are not petty, selfish, and backbiting like the characters in this book they are far more amenable and helpful with their fellow riders, and are horsemen and horsewomen, who take care of the whole horse this novel should more ac curately be titled “the riders” since Mag gie and becky only ride their horses, while their grooms bring their horses to them al ready tacked and ready to ride, as well as take care of their horses after their rides It’s the grooms and the two trainers who are the horsemen

an excellent example of a real life olympic show jumping gold medalist who is a true horsewoman is Melanie smith taylor, who still continues educating her self and others about horse care and train ing check out her book, Riding with Life: Lessons from the Horse

J is for Justify

Review by Michele Harn

J Is For Justify, by lesley a.J. bau mann, is an author illustrated children’s alphabet book that is equal parts pic tures and text. colorful illustrations of 26 famous, and not so famous, thor oughbred race horses, from american Pharoah to Zenyatta, run across a full page, opposite a page with poetry about each horse’s history the illustrations are baumann’s detailed horse drawings, and the colorful background patterns are de rived from the jockey’s silks anecdotes about the horses include de tails about 2018 Kentucky Derby winner Justify’s knack for achieving impossible goals; rachel alexandra’s ability to out run the boys; and the fact that secretariat’s heart was twice as large as that of a nor mal horse there are details about the horses’ birthdays and which ones won the Kentucky Derby and triple crown how did bauman come to publish this book? sometimes an idea ruminates for a while before seeing the light of day. bau man’s idea to write and illustrate a book was her companion for many years but what would be the topic? she tells of fold ing a piece of paper and writing all the al phabet letters on it, but “I don’t think I can think of thoroughbred names for all the letters,” she told herself “When I did (think of all the names), then I researched the jockey silks, colors, etc ” at that point lesley just started, and J is for Justify be came the name of that book

With a degree in graphic Design, bau mandeviated from her usual media and created all the images with her iPad. her 20 years as a graphic designer and time spent working for a book printer during college gave her all the tools she would need plus the apple Pencil, which she describes as a breakthrough for computer drawing she would learn the other skills needed by a self published author along the journey

the 26 digitally created images of run ning horses become a motion picture when you flip quickly through the pages see that action and find more about the book at: https://jisforjustify com/

Its timely publication in May 2019, right after Justify won the triple crown, earned it a place on the shelves at race track gift shops, such as Keeneland the moment she first held the printed book in her hand it “felt brand new!” she said. “and to see my son lay on the floor and read it ” her thoughts trailed off to that sweet memory there will be more books to come. the next will likely be inspired by her saddle bred horse, clever but there are also more thoroughbred racing stories to discover.

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Iroquois Steeplechase

Article by Nancy Brannon; photos by Nancy and Tom Brannon

the 81st running of the Iroquois stee plechase, at Percy Warner Park in nashville, tenn , was back on its regular date this year: the second saturday in May (14th), 2022 but plenty of sun and tem peratures around 90°f made racing a bit more difficult for the horses the turf course was in excellent condition, main tained by Dwight hall and his crew the main race of the day, the $150,000 calvin houghland Iroquois (gr 1) was moved up to the fourth race and race meet ended with the sixth race, the Mason houghland Memorial timber race. both were the longest races of the day at three miles

this year ’s Iroquois winner was also last year ’s winner: snap Decision, trained by Jack fisher with graham Watters the jockey. nicky henderson trained Pistol Whipped (Ire), ridden by nicolai De boinville, had led from the start of the race, and snap Decision ran a close sec ond to him most of the way at the 13th jump, Watters made his move with snap Decision, overtook Pistol Whipped, and was leading by six lengths coming to the last fence he finished by seven lengths ahead of the pack that left De boinville riding the second placed horse (Pistol Whipped) and the cyril Murphy trained amschel (gb), ridden by barry foley, was third [amschel was second to snap Decision in 2021]

at the winner ’s area, trainer Jack fisher, jockey graham Watters, and the owners at bruton street us all termed snap Decision their “horse of a lifetime ” Jack fisher “had a plan and the jockey ex ecuted it perfectly.” Watters said he rode the horse a little more forward this year than last year and he challenged Pistol Whipped all the way.

“he was tired at the end; 16 fences going three miles in 90 degree heat with all this humidity,” Watters said. “he was tired, but less tired than those behind him ” snap Decision won a $90,000 purse for his efforts

local owners leiper ’s fork steeple chasers got off to a winning start at this year ’s Iroquois, as their horse fast vision, trained by leslie young and ridden by harrison beswick, won a $15,000 purse in the first race by 7½ lengths, the $25,000 bright hour

Jack fisher trained and bruton street us’ entry Proven Innocent gave fisher his first win of the day in the second race, the $40,000 george sloan and John sloan Maiden hurdle, taking a $24,000 purse, with the owner ’s son, connor hankin in

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the irons. graham Watters’ mount bickley, another Jack fisher trained horse, owned by Mrs s K Johnson, Jr , was second following the second race, the stick horse flat race drew enough young com petitors to fill three heats lots of parents and photographers crowded the finish line to snap photos of the determined racers

In the third race, the $75,000 green Pastures novice hurdle, Irvin naylor ’s Irish bred six year old scorpion’s re venge, trained by cyril Murphy and rid den by barry foley, was not only the best turned out horse in this race, but also the first place winner of a $45,000 purse following the fourth race, the Iroquois, it was time for the females to take the course in the $50,000 Margaret currey henley filly & Mare hurdle Down royal won the race for trainer Kate Dalton and husband jockey bernard Dalton this win marked Dalton’s 100th victory in his 18 year national steeplechase association career. called “Princess” at the barn, she was a solid second to the Mean queen in last year ’s filly & Mare stakes following the mares and before the timber race, huntsman charles Mont gomery, Mfh and Whippers In paraded the Mells foxhounds down the course and in front of the 25,000 spectators the Mason houghland Memorial tim ber race was the last race of the day and, in more than the others, the heat seemed to take its toll on the horses Winner Monbeg stream skipped the winning photos to get extra time being cooled off by veterinari ans and volunteers the pace setter, cho sen Mate, fell at the 15th fence, but was not injured, and horses notjudginjustsayin and Western crusader were pulled up the course was run on a new timber course, installed earlier this year and do nated by leiper ’s fork steeplechasers owners, Mark george and Mark McMil lan, in honor of his father brown McMil lan, who was a long time supporter of the Iroquois steeplechase the new timber course features posts and rails that are

safer for horses and riders

Race results:

First Race: the bright hour: (2¾ miles over national fences) 1 fast vision, 2 shaka, 3 queens empire

Second Race: the george sloan and John sloan Maiden: (2¼ miles over na tional fences) 1 Proven Innocent, 2 bick ley, 3, caughtmeoncamera

Third Race: the green Pastures novice: (2¼ miles over national fences) 1 scorpion's revenge, 2 Decisive tri umph, 3 going country

Fourth Race: the calvin houghland Iroquois: (3 miles over national fences) 1 snap Decision, 2 Pistol Whipped, 3 amschel, 4 Moscato

Fifth Race: the Margaret currey hen ley filly & Mare hurdle: (2¼ miles over national fences) 1 Down royal, 2 burn the evidence, 3. Kicking Myself

Sixth Race: the Mason houghland Me morial: (3 miles over timber) 1 Monbeg stream, 2. elusive exclusive, 3. Motiva tional

Snap Decision crosses the finish line to win The Calvin Houghland Iroquois (photo by Tom Brannon)

Scorpion’s Revenge over the last hur dle, winner of The Green Pastures Me morial. (photo by Nancy Brannon)

Down Royal (#3) clears the last jump ahead of Burn The Evidence and goes on to win The Margaret Currey Henley Filly & Mare Stakes. Burn the Evidence was second. (photo by Nancy Brannon)

Over the last timber fence, Monbeg Stream was well ahead of the pack to win The Mason Houghland Memorial (photo by Nancy Brannon)

Jockeys & Juleps Derby Party

By Jordan Walker

nearly 1,000 guests from across the Mid south gathered at the 7th annual Jockeys & Juleps Derby Party, benefiting southern reins center for equine ther apy, on May 7, 2022 Presented by first horizon advisors, the event featured big hats, bourbon, bluegrass music, and a live broadcast of the 148th Kentucky Derby.

Jockeys & Juleps was hosted at south ern reins’ farm on billy bryant road in fisherville, tenn. honorary event chairs Marley and Matt slutz welcomed guests to the organization’s largest annual fundraiser to support its mission to provide equine assisted services to children and adults with disabilities

the party was also attended by some of southern reins’participants and their fam ilies, who shared stories of how the organ ization has made a difference in their lives

With live bluegrass music by the river bluff clan, guests participated in live and silent auctions, and enjoyed delightful Derby fare and southern style cuisine served by off the square catering, galler foods, central bbq, napa café, and oth ers fox 13 news anchors valerie cal houn and Darcy thomas were the event emcees, and honorary auctioneer hal stansbury raised an impressive $60,000 in the live auction and paddle raise

celebrating “the run for the roses,” Memphis style, guests donned their Derby best to watch the greatest two minutes in sports as the incredible eighty to one odds longshot rich strike pulled off the win. signature mint juleps, by spirits sponsor athens Distributing and Woodford re serve, were served in celebration

Children are ready for the Stick Horse Race (photo by Nancy Brannon)

Parade of the Mells Foxhounds with Huntsman Charles Montgomery, MFH (above photos by Tom Brannon)

Patrons show off their Steeplechase fashion (photo by Tom Brannon)

Jockey Barry Foley on Scorpion’s Revenge, winner of the third race

Top steeplechase trainers Jack Fisher and Kari Brion (photo by Tom Brannon)

Timber winner Monbeg Stream comes to the post (photo by Nancy Brannon)

Evidence and #4 Cup of Aiken clear the hurdle together in The Margaret Currey Henley Filly & Mare Hurdle (photo by Nancy Brannon

Kentucky Derby

Compiled by Nancy Brannon

the 2022 Kentucky Derby was one of the most exciting Derbies in recent history the 80 1 odds long shot rich strike, deftly piloted by jockey sonny leon for trainer eric r reed, came from the back of the pack to overcome the favorites and leaders epicenter and Zandon, who dueled down the stretch, to win the 148th Ken tucky Derby at churchill Downs in louisville, Kentucky on saturday May 7 In fact, the horse was a late entry to the race, only after ethereal road was de clared out of the race on friday morning the chestnut colt ran the second biggest upset in the Derby’s history: to Donerail who won in 1913 against 91 1 odds the twenty horses in this year ’s Ken tucky Derby all got off to a good start with summer Is tomorrow taking the early lead Messier was in second, cyberknife in third, smile happy in fourth, and crown Pride in fifth as they headed to the back stretch the opening half mile was “blazing fast” at 45.36 seconds, said nbc race caller larry collmus on the back stretch summer Is tomor row continued the lead with Japan’s crown Pride moving into second and Messier in third then epicenter began moving up

quickly as crown Pride took the lead around the far turn, battling with Messier and going stride for stride

Places changed quickly going into the stretch as epicenter moved up to take the lead as they arrived at the final furlong, epicenter and Zandon went stride for stride but while everyone was focused on the two leaders, rich strike was coming up fast on the inside to eventully take the win “oh, my goodness! the longest shot has won the Kentucky Derby!” exclaimed nbc’s collmus coming from the third from last posi tion, sonny leon kept steadily moving his

Early Voting Proves Winner at Preakness Stakes

Compiled by Nancy Brannon

for the first time in two years, atten dance was not limited in the stands at Pim lico race course in baltimore, Maryland to watch the 147th Preakness on May 21, 2022 over 60,000 fans watched the race on one of the hottest days in May on record, according to the Maryland Jockey club, with temperatures rising to 95° f It was also the first time since 1985 that a healthy Kentucky Derby winner skipped the Preakness, The Baltimore Sun re ported

While many fans had been rooting for the only filly in the field of 9 three year olds, secret oath, to win the race, early voting nudged her out and ran the 1 3/16 mile race in 1 minute, 54 54 seconds, giv ing jockey Jose ortiz his first career Preakness win, a second Preakness win for trainer chad brown [with cloud comput ing in 2017], and a 65th birthday present for owner seth Klarman, a baltimore na tive who operates Klaravich stables early voting and armagnac (the 18 1 long shot) went out to the front early on, leaving the filly secret oath last of them all armagnac took the lead as they headed into the first turn, with early voting in sec

ond and simplification in third the pace for the first ¼ mile was “not all that fast,” said race caller larry collmus: 24 32 sec onds. [the horses were running at 37.94 mph ] the leaders continued in position as they headed down the backstretch and into the far turn. as they rounded the far turn, early voting slipped ahead of armagnac, while secret oath had made her run from the back of the pack to third position.

Into the stretch it was early voting who came into the final furlong with a three length lead secret oath was second with epicenter on the rail epicenter put on the pressure, but early voting kept his lead, winning the Preakness by a length and a half in 1 54 and 2/5 seconds epicenter, the 6 5 favorite, was second and creative Minister was third, leaving secret oath coming in fourth early voting was bred in Kentucky by three chimneys farm, where his sire gun runner stands at stud he was purchased for $200,000 at Keeneland’s 2020 sep tember yearling sale

“It’s a dream come true,” said jockey Jose ortiz, who just won his first Preak ness in his fifth attempt “I’ve been on him since he was a baby,” ortiz said “We al

horse up, when an opening on the rail on the far turn gave him ample room to run up the rail to catch the leaders he did have to make a narrow move between two horses just before coming to the rail, but was able to pass the two leaders before the finish line It was an exciting upset to say the least!

epicenter finished second and Zandon was third read the full results of the race at: https://www kentuckyderby com/horses

What caught a lot of folks’ attention was rich strike’s post race biting behav ior When outrider greg blasi, on the lead pony, came up to get rich strike under

control after the race, the horse repeatedly bit at blasi and the lead pony, biting blasi on the leg there were several tense mo ments as blasi’s horse reared and another outrider brought a lead rope to try to get rich strike under control read an inter view with trainer eric reed about the in cident at the Paulick Report at: h t t p s : / / p a u l i c k r e p o r t c o m / n e w s / t r i p l e crown/that man saved my horse from in jury reed addresses post derby incident w ith rich strike outrider/ Jockey Suspended

according to cbs sports, rich strike’s jockey sonny “leon has been suspended from competing for four days as a result of careless riding, according to regulatory rulings from the association of racing commissioners International

“It marked the fifth careless riding sus pension for leon since september. In ad dition, leon was also sanctioned for submitting altered and false documents for a physical examination to West virginia stewards while also inflicting injuries due to the misuse of his whip

“the 32 year old’s initial suspension was set at eight days, but got reduced to four days due to the fact that he didn't ap peal the ban since september, leon has racked up 32 total days of suspensions ”

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ways knew he was very talented, but we knew he was going to be a late developer he’s always been very nice We’ve always been very high on him.” the horse skipped the Kentucky Derby because “we thought he needed a little more seasoning, the extra rest would help him,” Klarman said of the decision to by pass the Derby even though early voting had enough qualifying points to make the field

after the Preakness, trainer chad brown said early voting would not run in

the belmont stakes. news reports are that Kentucky Derby winner rich strike will run in the belmont trainer eric reed con firmed to the associated Press on sunday May 22 that the plan is “absolutely” to run rich strike in the belmont epicenter, the horse who finished second in both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, likely won’t run in the belmont the 154th running of the grade 1, $1 5 million belmont stakes is saturday, June 11 at belmont Park in elmont, ny

Rich Strike, with Sonny Leon aboard, beats Epicenter, with Joel Rosario aboard, and Zandon, Flavien Plat riding, at the finish line of the 148th Kentucky Derby (Photo courtesy of Kentucky Derby.com)

Early Voting wins the 147th Preakness Stakes (Photo courtesy Preakness Stakes)

Horse Health & Welfare

Cooling Horses at the Steeplechase

By Nancy Brannon, Ph D

Dr Monty McInturff and his team of veterinarians at tennessee equine hospi tal, thompson’s station, tenn , have been volunteering as the official veterinarians for the Iroquois steeplechase for 31 years, since 1991 they do the pre race veteri nary checks and are on hand at various stations around the course on race day for any equine emergency they have cooling stations set up at the finish line and on the walkway between the stable and the track with ice, water hoses and water troughs one of Dr McInturff ’s creative innova tions is the “ice necklace” that the steeple chase horses wear after the race to help them cool down they are shoulder length veterinary exam gloves that are filled with ice, tied together, and draped across the horse’s shoulders to help cool them as they walk back to the barn they can also be placed on the jugular vein to quickly cool the body In addition, the horses get hosed by multiple people, as well as have buck ets of cool water poured on them Dr McInturff was pleased to report that there were no race day injuries to the horses another cooling feature at the Iroquois

steeplechase are the misting fans provided by Wallace trailers. With sunny skies and temperatures hovering around 90°f, it was tempting to spend the majority of my time between races standing in front of them noticing that I was spending quite a bit of time by the misting fans, guy Wallace came up to me and jokingly said, “the first two minutes are free, but we charge after that ” then he invited me into one of his latest trailer offerings: a refrigerated trailer What a cool place to spend time at the steeplechase! but it was short lived as I couldn’t take photos from there

Tennessee Equine Hospital veteri narians stand ready at the Iroquois Steeplechase (photo by Nancy Brannon)

Winner of the last race, Monbeg Stream, gets extra hosing, water, and two ice necklaces to cool him at the end of the race (Photos by Tom Brannon)

Hunter/Jumper

WTHJA Memphis in May I

Article by Nancy Brannon; photos by Nancy Brannon & Gary Cox

West tennessee hunter Jumper associ ation was back at the germantown charity horse show arena, germantown, tenn , for their second spring show series: Mem phis in May I, May 5 8 and Memphis in May II, May 12 15, 2022 the first week’s show attracted 108 horses, with riders showing in multiple classes

In this week’s WthJa hunter Derby, trainer Katana Kennedy o’brien coached the top three placing riders and horses: hillary Moore and chosen took the blue, with reagan gehm taking second on a Million reasons es and third on a Mil lion Dreams

In the $1500 high/low child/adult classic, allison smith and flying star won the blue (Jane olsen trainer) and chara short on nobel De reve placed sec ond (Jason schnelle trainer) fifteen riders competed in the Jr./ao hunter classic with sarah Morris and her gidget winning the blue ribbon Performance Working hunter 3’3”/3’6” champion was cheryl rubenstein’s capisce, ridden by Jason schnelle

ushJa hunters 2’9” champion was seaside, ridden by clay alder emily green and oasis were champi ons in the Modified child/adult hunter division

emma rupinskin and c’est la vie won the Dover/usef Medal Piper tushek and Dapper Don won the thIs children’s Medal.

Mia Duke and fairywood tomboy were winners of the Pony hunter classic, with turner Kitchens and the roan ranger in reserve nicole harris and her le Diplomate won the adult/child hunter classic, with anna Kate ryan and her compelling tak ing first in the low child/adult hunter classic.

the trainer with the most entries at the show was Dave Pellegrini, bringing 27

horses for 214 entries, placing in 194 classes, including 12 division champi onships and reserve championships. Jason schnelle had 18 horses at the show, plac ing in 79 out of 86 classes entered Katana Kennedy o’brien brought 15 horses, who placed in 118 out of 123 classes entered beanie cone also had 15 horses at the show, placing in 128 out of 145 classes en tered find full results of the show at horseshowsonline com

Beanie Cone on Charlotte Blondis’ Capital Z (photo by Nancy Brannon)

Jason Schnelle on Nicole Harris’ Girl Crush (photo by Nancy Brannon)

McKenna Barnes on Shana Robbins’ Kiss (photo by Nancy Brannon)

Katana Kennedy O’Brien on Beale Street (owner Courtney Link) in Green Hunter 3’3” (photo by Gary Cox)

Ruby Nahmias on Quiet Riot (owner Hayden Karley Mims), first place in 95m

Jumper

photo by Gary Cox

photo by Gary Cox

WTHJA Memphis in May II

hunter and jumper riders were back at the germantown charity horse show arena in germantown, tenn for the sec ond installment of West tennessee hunter Jumper association’s (WthJa) Memphis in May series, May 12 15, 2022 the spring weather had mostly left the mid south for this show, with Memphis heat back in season beanie cone commented, “Memphis in May II sure felt like a re hearsal for summer ” show organizers said the numbers were up: 40 horses more at

this show than the previous week’s show.

clay alder won this week’s WthJa hunter Derby on carita Palmer ’s sea glass she also swept the ushJa hunters 2’9” division, again, with firsts in four out of five classes on Mary alice West’s sea side

Jason schnelle and cheryl rubenstein’s capisce were Performance hunter 3’3” champions again Mia Duke and fairywood tomboy were Pony hunter champions, as well as winners of the Pony hunter classic, the usef/M&s Pony Medal, and were sec

ond in WIhs Pony equitation.

Debra Mayes and ashley fant’s nixon were short/long stirrup co champions susan ross and her blue Moon won the $1500 child/adult hunter classic calder trotz and fate bested the class of 14 to win the Junior hunter classic the low child/adult classic drew 18 entries with nicole harris taking the blue ribbon on her girl crush rachel sutton and her solo con te 2 took the a/o hunter classic top prize Kayla benson and corville Z won the $1500 low/high child/adult classic

local trainers were, again, very sup portive of the show and very busy coach ing riders Dave Pellegrini brought 35 horses, who placed in 226 out of 248 classes Jason schnelle brought 20 horses, who placed in 121 out of 124 classes Katana Kennedy o’brien coached riders on 18 horses to 152 placements out of 165 classes entered and beanie cone brought 16 horses to the show, placing in 135 out of 157 classes entered

find full results of the show at horse showsonline com

Article & photos by Nancy Brannon

Carly Alder on Mary Alice West’s CSeaside assidy Fendley on Zig Zag 4

Mells Foxhounds Fun Show

By Tom Brannon

Mells foxhounds held their “fun” horse show on May 7, 2022 at sugar valley farm in giles county, tennessee, which is one of Mells’ regular fixtures for fox hunt ing sponsored by Morton buildings, this horse show was not one of your run of the mill shows where everyone rides inside a perfectly manicured arena with engineered footing. It was the brainchild of clair Pin ney, Whipper In for Mells, who thought it would be fun to hold a show similar to the county horse shows that are held in her na tive england these types of county horse shows have been taking place in the british Isles for several hundred years and are attended by farmers, villagers, and roy alty alike

as in the english tradition, families and dogs were encouraged to attend In fact, dog races were a big part of the show there were terrier races and non terrier races, as well as lurcher (with 5 entries) and an open lurcher race, which was won by a poodle even though the dogs had

designated running lanes, not all stayed in side them and not all ran the correct direc tion even so, it was great fun for the dogs, their owners, and the spectators the final dog event was a parade class titled “the dog the judge would most like to take home,” judged by Mells’ huntsman charles Montgomery the winner was Wyatt, a bassett hound who is a blood pressure service dog on the equine side of the show, there were hunter and Jumper classes, with jumps provided by silver bay Jumps of Primm springs, tenn. the course was set in a grass field where the “arena” was marked off with ropes this type of “out on grass field” course is not only within the english county show tradition, but is much like the types of terrain found on a fox hunt. the weather was dry, with tem peratures in the mid 70s in the morning, but a mist came up in the afternoon mak ing course more of a challenge there were Mounted games, sponsored by u s Mounted games association (usMga), set up like a gymkhana, with

classes such as speed Weaver (bending), flag Moving, Mug Moving, and a sword lancer class all of these classes test the dexterity of horse and rider there was also a family class, a lead line class, and an award for best turned out rider, won by ron augman who was at tired in his u s Marine corps dress blue military uniform, fit for formal inspection

the “big class” was the Jumper stakes sponsored by bliss saddles with a $500 purse split between the first three stand ings In first place, taking home $250, was steph gollobin riding Mallory. steph hunts regularly with Mells clair said that Mells plans to hold an other fun show next spring, on May 6, 2023 which is also Kentucky Derby day

(photo by Michael Gomez Photography)

Not all dogs in the non Terrier races ran the correct direction. (photo by Michael Gomez Photography)

Ron Augman won the award for best turned out rider

photo by Michael Gomez Photography

(photo by Michael Gomez Photography

Steph Gollobin and Mallory, winners of the Jumper Stakes

Oak View Stables Show

oak view stables, olive branch, Miss , offered their first schooling show of the 2022 schooling show series on Memorial Day weekend, May 28, 2022 several barns in the west tennessee area have teamed up to offer nine schooling shows this season With over 60 classes to choose from, the show offered lots of opportuni ties for young riders and those just start ing in the horse show world to get practice on the flat and over jumps that suit their level of riding for those who want prac tice before rated shows, there are higher level jumps and jumper classes for more advanced riders find more information

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IHSA 2022 National Championship

By Carrie Wirth

harrisburg, Pa the 2022 Intercollegiate horse shows association (Ihsa) kicked off the national championship horse show, held at the Pennsylvania farm show complex and expo center in harrisburg, with great rides and big scores, May 5 8, 2022

the first class of the day was Individual open equitation over fences the 17 rider division rode over a flowing course of eight jumps with options at fences two and three Julianna empie, a junior on the Penn state equestrian team, took home the national championship with a first round score of 85 5 aboard big shot, a 17 1 hand chestnut geld ing provided by centenary university earning the reserve champion title with an impressive first round high score of 88, was Carly Alder (germantown, tennessee), a senior at savannah college of art and De sign (scaD) alder and her mount houdini, a 16 1 hand bay gelding from centenary uni versity had the luxury to go later in the class “I got to kind of see what the judges were looking for,” alder said. “they didn't seem to be rewarding for the inside turns and the de scription for my horse was nice and huntery so I just went and kept it tidy, tried to keep a nice hunter flow and have a nice round ” Day 2: USEF/Cacchione Cup Competi tion and Ranch Riding Debut

In the usef/cacchione cup over fences class, 24 horse and rider combinations navi gated the course designed by William yeager the course of ten fences, starting with a bend ing seven stride line, provided riders with op tions at fence one and fence five conservative rides dominated the division and were rewarded with high scores Pace and track were key to a smooth and successful round the usef/ cacchione cup Work off round was scheduled for saturday morning, when the top six riders returned for further testing Judges for the cacchione cup were todd Karn and tom brennan Pioneer Award

the Parade of teams is a tradition at every Ihsa national championship horse show this year ’s parade included a special presen tation to honor two people who have dedi cated their lives to Ihsa the Pioneer award recognizes individuals who have made a sig nificant contribution to Ihsa by bringing new vision, action and results to the associa tion ollie and Debbie griffith of ohio state university fit those criteria, and on the occa sion of their retirement from coaching, the Ihsa leadership honored them with this spe cial award

Emory and Henry College Earns Colle giate Cup Championship emory and henry college earned the col legiate cup, defending their title from the 2019 Ihsa national championship horse show, before covID 19 forced the cancella tion of two postseasons the emory and henry equestrian team, led by coach heather richardson, topped all the Ihsa hunter seat teams, earning 42 points and the collegiate cup championship the Miami university

equestrian team, coached by heather Pin nick, earned 39 points for the reserve cham pionship. remaining top ten placements:

3 sweet briar college

4 long Island university

5 college of charleston

6 st lawrence university

7 university of vermont

8 savannah college of art & Design

9 centenary university

10 Penn state university

Third Day Of The Show

usef/cacchione cup competition culmi nated with the Penn state university junior Julianna empie (chester springs, Pennsylva nia) taking home the coveted championship title empie is the first Penn state equestrian team member to be crowned the usef/cac chione cup champion in 44 years, since lu anne richards rode to the championship in 1978

NRHA/AQHA Individual Ranch Riding Results:

1: stephanie Miller, West texas a&M university

2: chloe sullivan, bloomsburg univ

3: Amber Hiscock, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville

IHSA/AQHA Individual Open Horse manship:

1: Kamryn Woodard, West texas a&M univ

2: sara beth felker, st andrews univ

3: Jordan Martin, Middle Tennessee State University

IHSA/AQHA Individual Level II Horse manship:

1: sara eveleigh, cazenovia college

2: Kaylee tingle, Midway university

3: caroline barthel, grand valley state university

4: Paige Pierson, university of Delaware valley

5: Jordan Dillenbeck, Middle Tennessee State University

IHSA/AQHA Individual Rookie Horse manship:

1: Macy french, West texas a & M

2: Shannon Kennedy, Middle Tennessee State University

3: elli schroll, university of findlay

4: Louann Branunwalde, Middle Ten nessee State University

IHSA/AQHA Individual Level I:

1: grace Wolfington, West texas a & M

2: Megan Pokorny, univ of nebraska lin coln

3: brooke Pitts, Wilmington college

4: emma ferguson, West texas a & M

5: Laura Hawkins, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Freshman Rides To NRHA/AQHA Indi vidual Open Reining Title

twelve riders galloped, spun, and slid to the delight of the crowd in the the nrha/aqha Individual open reining class the top three riders finished in a two and a half point spread

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) freshman Jordan Martin

(Murfreesboro, tennessee) wowed the judges aboard Dustin, a rider favorite draw from black hawk college, and took home the nrha lawson bronze trophy Martin and Dustin received a score of 146 5

AQHA High Point Rider Award the Ihsa/aqha high Point rider class began saturday with the horsemanship phase of 19 riders split into two sections each rider executed a walk, jog and lope along the rail for the judges one at a time, they performed the horsemanship pattern which included backing, gait extensions at the jog and lope, and a simple change of lead before returning to the lineup results:

1: nigel lancaster, ohio state univ

2: ashton Knerr, findlay university

3: rudy Pohlabeln, Morehead state col lege

4: sara beth felker, st andrews univ

5: Jordan Martin, Middle Tennessee State University

6: Josie spratt, black hawk college

7: allie rhoades, West virginia univ

8: sarah eberspacher, univ of nebraska lincoln

9: lori girrbach, university of south car olina

10: Irene Powlick, trinity university

IHSA/ NSBA Team Championship

the black hawk college (galva, Illinois) team won their semi finals hosted at their fa cility and came into nationals looking good they battled it out with 10 time national champion ohio state university, but in the end, the black hawk team edged out the ohio state team by two points to earn the first ever Ihsa team championship won by a commu nity college

IHSA/NSBA Western Team Results

1 black hawk college /48/ becca Irish

2. ohio state university /46/ ollie & Deb bie griffith

3 West texas a&M university /42/ amanda ellis

4 st andrews university /38/ carla Wennberg

5 university of nebraska lincoln /34/ lori Jaixen

6 Midway college /33, tied/ conner smith

6 university of Wisconsin river falls /33, tied/ Janie huot

7 albion college /26/ adam v D’agostino

8 saint Mary of the Woods /22/ tabatha taylor

read more about the Ihsa champi onships at: Ihsainc com

Carly Alder, senior at Savannah College of Art and Design, earned Reserve Champion in the Individual Open Equitation Over Fences with Houdini In the winner ’s circle with SCAD head coach Ashley Henry, assistant coach Tatum Tatreau and Bob Cacchione. (Photo by EQ Media)

Jordan Martin and Dustin earned the top score and championship in the NRHA/AQHA Individual Open Reining. (Photo by Tessa Wrice/EQ Media)

Julianna Empie (Penn State Univer sity) and Snowbound over the final fence of the USEF/Cacchione Cup Work Off round. (Photo by EQ Media)

IEA National Finals

By Kimber Whanger

the Interscholastic equestrian associa tion (Iea) completed its 20th anniversary season on april 28 May 1, 2022 with a 4 day national finals competition at the Pennsylvania farm show complex and expo center in harrisburg, Pennsylvania over 750 of the nation’s leading middle school and high school equestrian athletes (in grades 4 12), representing 242 teams from across the u s , gathered to compete as individuals and as teams for champi onship titles and collegiate scholarships in hunt seat, Western, and Dressage classes Iea had a total of 1,458 teams this season with 84 teams qualifying for the national finals team competitions this was the largest national finals event Iea has pro duced in its 20 year history similar to the collegiate riding format, Iea utilizes a draw based format whereby riders compete on unfamiliar horses in the following classes: hunt seat equitation over fences and on the flat, Western horsemanship, reining, and ranch rid ing, Dressage test and Dressage seat eq uitation Iea riders must develop their catch riding skills, as very little to no warm up is allowed before each class all tack and horses for national finals were provided by Iea member teams and out side horse providers thursday’s (april 28) competition began with hunt seat upper school team competition in the historic new holland arena eighteen hunt seat high school

teams were represented, with top honors going to sharkey farms (Zone 9 sno qualmie, Washington) coached by Kate sharkey and tiffany Woods reserve upper school champion team was em pire state equestrian team (Zone 2 la grangeville, new york) coached by clare Knapp

Iea Dressage and Western Middle school teams competed in the equine arena, as 12 teams from each discipline vied for championship titles each morn ing began with Dressage competition, fol lowed by Western classes in the afternoon top Dressage Middle school team honors went to laurel Manor equestrian (region 7 centerton, arkansas) coached by laura McKenzie Duncan reserve Middle school champion team was rcr farms (region 8 gilbert, arizona) coached by renae coates and Jennifer brinkman ayers

top Western Middle school team hon ors went to grier school (region W11 birmingham, Pa) coached by chris Mce lyea reserve Middle school champion team was Western ny equestrian (region 2 gowanda, ny) coached by heather Payne

friday’s (april 29) competition kicked off the ushJa (united states hunter Jumper association) sponsored individual classes for upper school hunt seat riders, as well as Middle school Dressage and Western riders saturday’s (april 30) competition was jam packed with ushJa sponsored classes for hunt seat Middle school, Dressage, along with nrha and nsba sponsored classes for Western upper school, including Iea’s marquee hunt seat class, varsity open championship

Pony Club at the Kentucky Three-Day Event

By Sarah Evers Conrad, USPC

the united states Pony clubs (usPc) had many proud moments during the 2022 land rover Kentucky three Day event from Pony club flag bearers during two opening ceremonies and young volunteers in the ring during dressage, to numerous Pony club sponsored events for members and Pony club visitors to the usPc booth.

Pony club members from the Mid South Region took center stage in front of a packed stadium on saturday night and on sunday morning to kick off opening ceremonies for saturday night’s $225,000 Kentucky Invitational csI3* grand Prix, ten riders from Keeneland and bluegrass Pony clubs expertly handled their trusty mounts as they marched into the rolex stadium carrying the flags of all nations competing in the event on sunday morn ing, six riders served as flag bearers for the opening ceremony and presentation of officials and flags before the ccI4* s Jumping test

ten lucky usPc members won the

drawing to go behind the scenes for an ex clusive barn tour and meet and greet with Pony club alumni on friday morning the public is not allowed back into the barns during an feI event due to security, so this was a special opportunity for Pony club the group met Woods baughman (Keeneland Pony club), who was com peting in his first 5* with c’est la vie 135, and two grooms for olympian Doug Payne alex ambelang (five valleys Pony club) and courtney carson (bosky dell Pony club). In addition, they met Doug’s famous olympic mount vandiver, who concluded his career with this land rover Kentucky three Day event.

sunday morning included another spe cial opportunity for Pony club members to tour the 4* stadium jumping course be fore the competition got underway course designer steve stephens graciously vol unteered his time to provide insight into his thoughtful, yet tough, 4* course

During the course walk, steve shared information about the obstacles, along

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the varsity open championship con sists of the top upper school rider from each of the 11 Zones Winning this presti gious class was sophomore alina sweeney from Patuxent run stables (Zone 3 Prince frederick, Maryland) coached by savannah english reserve voc honors went to senior Kennedy Dewan from fox tail farm (Zone 3 virginia beach, vir ginia) coached by Dana Kiser and sugi Dewan

In the Dressage/Western arena, the in dividual upper school Dressage leading rider title went to junior sammy Jetton from rcr farms (region 8 gilbert, ari zona), who is coached by renae coates and Jennifer brinkman ayers

Junior Payton Porterfield from aspire equestrian team (region 8 franktown, colorado) was awarded the Myron leff Western leading rider award Payton is coached by bridget rohde

In 2021, the Iea Western committee thought it fitting to honor the memory of long time coach, roger elder by creating a new perpetual sportsmanship trophy: the roger elder Memorial coach sports manship award this award recognizes not only good sportsmanship at national finals, but throughout a coach’s Iea his tory this award was donated by the ten nessee quarter horse association the Western committee received many outstanding nominations for this year ’s roger elder Memorial coach sportsman ship award and unanimously agreed that two women rose to the top as great exam ples of dedication and kindness and Iea values the two recipients of the 2022 award are sandra elder (roger's wife), coach of last lap ranch and linda Dare,

coach of Dare equestrian team closing day (May 1) of national finals saw the remaining team competitions hunt seat Middle school, Dressage upper school and Western Middle school

the top hunt seat Middle school team honors was sporthorse Intl (Zone 4 boyton beach, florida) coached by Kristin schuttemeyer reserve Middle school champion team went to cran berry acres (Zone 1 Marshfield, Massa chusetts) coached by Kate Paul top Dressage upper school team hon ors went to grier school (region D11W birmingham, Pennsylvania) coached by chrystal Wood, frannie King, chris Mce lyea and Kristen gretok reserve upper school champion team was rgb (re gion D2 new berlin, ny) coached by ronald bartholomew and alissa Donnell top Western upper school team hon ors went to flamekissed equestrian team (region W4) coached by amanda Pope and ruth sorrel. reserve upper school champion team was KM equestrian Pur ple (region W5n) coached by Katie Morehead, cindy Morehead and leah ely. rose, gretchen Deeds, nikole chaffin

In addition to riding competitions, Iea held an online horsemanship Knowledge test for all Iea riders and Junior con tributing Members this program is spon sored by united states Pony clubs, Inc (usPc) More than 400 members took the 25 question timed quiz the top eight mid dle and upper school placings for each dis cipline were announced and can be found at: www rideiea org/2022nationalfinals/

Photos of Iea national finals by Winslow Photography be found at http://winslowphoto photostockplus com/ album/3912230/

Pony Club flag bearers in the Rolex Stadium

with many fascinating facts about course design for instance, did you know that while show jumping courses typically have a water jump, like a liverpool, you won’t see this in an eventing show jump ing round? this is because eventing horses are trained to jump into water for their cross country rounds, which would inter fere with trying to get them to jump com pletely over a water obstacle during a show jumping round In addition, steve had participants count out strides as they walked distances between fences, and he answered questions about his course de sign

event saw more than half the competitors in the 5* and numerous competitors in the 4* representing not only u s Pony clubs, but also Pony clubs worldwide.

top three placing Pony club alumni in the 5*

3. Doug Payne, quantum leap, 38.4

4 boyd Martin, tsetserleg tsf, 38 5

5 bruce Davidson, Jr ,carlevo, 38 6

top three placing Pony club alumni in the 4*

1 elisabeth halliday sharp, cooley quicksilver, 29 7

2 Phillip Dutton, quasi cool, 38 6

7 elisabeth halliday sharp, cooley be cool, 46 5

Kentucky 3-Day Event dressage & eventing

Article & photos by Grace Netter

after a two year hiatus, the Kentucky horse Park welcomed back spectators to the 2022 land rover Kentucky three Day event (lrK3De), april 27 May 1, 2022. having canceled in 2020 and hav ing run with no spectators in 2021, this weekend was packed with spectators and excitement. like last year, the event hosted both a ccI5* l competition and a ccI4* s competition, bringing twice as many horse and rider combinations to the grounds With the tokyo olympics behind and the herning World equestrian games ahead, the heavy hitters were out in force for these champion titles

now boasting a total of four rolex watches, Michael Jung again secured the victory in the ccI5* l on fischerchip munk frh adding no penalties to his dressage score of 20 1, Jung broke the record of the lowest 5* finishing score of all time, on what was “chipmunk’s” first time competing at the 5* level second place in the 5* went to the youngest rider in the field, 25 year old yasmin Ingham of great britain Ingham, riding banzai Du loir, only added a hand ful of time penalties to her dressage score, 28 1, to finish with a score of 31 7

you might say that Doug Payne made a “quantum leap” to rise from twenty fifth to finish in third place on quantum leap, and was the highest placing american rider. he only added 1.2 time penalties on cross country to finish on a score of 38 4 right on Payne’s heels in the 5* with a final score of 38 5, fourth place went to fan favorite boyd Martin on equally fan favorite tsetserleg tsf Martin added 8 show jumping and 1 2 time penalties to his dressage score of 29 3, having gone dou ble clear on cross country

Just 0 1 point behind was bruce David son, Jr in fifth on carlevo, with a score of 38 6 Davidson had 10 time penalties on cross country and 1 2 time penalties in

show jumping.

In the ccI4* s competition, elisabeth halliday sharp and cooley quicksilver secured the victory, on 29.7, adding just 4 time penalties on cross country to their Dressage score, 25 7

In the 4*, Phillip Dutton had great suc cess aboard quasi cool, who came all the way from fifteenth place to second, to end on a score of 38 6 californian James al liston secured third aboard nemesis, end ing on 43 4 Dan Kreitl secured the only double clear in cross country with car mango to finish in fourth on score of 43 8 Dubarry of Ireland sponsored the fourth annual Dubarry team challenge, a team competition during the individual ccI4* that awards $20,000 in prize money to help teams prepare to compete in interna tional events team ger/Irl/nZl won on a score of 133.5. second came team great britain, with 141 2 in second, and then team usa in third, with a 166 3 Dressage April 28 29 a total of 45 five* horses were accepted in the thursday morning (april 28) jog, with Will coleman and Meghan o’Donoghue winning the best Dressed award by Dubarry of Ireland once thursday’s dressage portion kicked off, west coast native, tamra smith pulled into an early lead aboard fleece works royal, with a score of 32 9 right behind her came canadian colleen rut ledge on covert rights, scoring 33 8 With this being his olympic partner ’s retire ment from upper level competition, Doug

Payne piloted 18 year old vandiver into a 34 9 to sit in third on friday the leaderboard was all shook up when three new frontrunners rose to the occasion buck Davidson rode into third place on carlevo, scoring 27 4 sarah bullimore scored a 25 7 to bring her into second place on her homebred partner corouet and last, but not least, Michael Jung danced into first place aboard his partner since 2019, fischerchipmunk frh, with a smashing score of 20 1

Instead of a jog, the 4* riders opted for an in barn horse inspection on thursday, liz halliday sharp rode into first and sec ond place aboard her two horses, cooley quicksilver and cooley Moonshine, scor ing 25.7 and 26.8, respectively. traveling all the way to Kentucky, california’s helen alliston secured an early third place aboard her own ebay, with 28.7. come friday, halliday sharp would re tain third place in the top three on cooley quicksilver also competing in the 5*, colleen loach rode vermont into second place in the 4* on a score of 24 5 Into first place went Doug Payne on the mare starr Witness, earning a powerful 23 2 total paid attendance for dressage was 6,982 on thursday and 12,755 on friday

Tamra Smith on Fleeceworks Royal (Retired) (photo by Grace Netter)

Yasmin Ingham on Banzai Du Loir, second in the LRK3DE 5* (photo by Grace Netter)

Doug Payne on Quantum Leap (photo by Sarah Evers Conrad)

Another Rolex for Michael Jung for winning the LRK3DE on FischerChip munk FRH. (below) Jung on cross country (photos by Grace Netter)

Cross Country April 30

It was a wonderful Kentucky saturday, as bouts of both sun and rain traveled across the bluegrass lauren nicholson’s vermiculus and James alliston’s Paper Jam were withdrawn prior to cross coun try, which left a field of 43 five* riders to leave the start box this year ’s course was, again, designed by Derek di grazia, who created this course with the goal of getting both rider and horse to think on their feet optimum time was 11 minutes 4 seconds, over 28 fences as the competitors stormed the course, one would never know that this was Jung’s horse’s first time navigating a 5* track he didn’t bat an eye, coming home with no jump penalties, and a whopping eleven seconds under the time sarah bullimore picked up a 20 penalties on course, which took her out of the leaderboard, allowing boyd Martin to rise to the second place spot after a clear round third place after dressage, buck Davidson counted 10 time penalties, knocking him into fourth behind yasmin Ingham, now in third the 4* riders tackled a different, yet equally difficult Derek di grazia course overnight leader Doug Payne fell victim to the coffin element and was eliminated with a rider fall colleen loach ran into trouble early in the course: after picking up a refusal and breaking a frangible pin, she decided to retire vermont olympian Phillip Dutton went clear, with 6 4 time

penalties, to catapult him into third place liz halliday sharp rode foot perfect, only adding 4 time penalties, which brought her into second place with cooley quicksil ver Dan Kreitl went double clear to bring him from eleventh to first place on car mango going into stadium jumping only three 5* riders completed the cross country course with no jumping penalties and finishing inside the time on the 4*, only one rider, Dan Kreitl, finished the course with no jumping penalties and was the only rider to make the time this year there were no rider injuries, but two horses required medical aid after sustaining injuries on the 5*course early dressage leader, tamra smith, retired on course after fleeceworks royal mis stepped and sustained an injury to her left front pastern she was transported to hag yard equine Medical Institute, where she underwent surgery; the procedure and re covery were both successful and the horse will recover. land rover first timer ash lynn Meuchel and her horse emporium fell at the head of the lake, when empo rium scrambled over a jump and got tan gled in his tack he was also transported to hagyard, where the horse improved and doctors are optimistic for a full recovery saturday’s cross country brought the largest crowd of 35,794 Stadium Jumping May 1 the 5* sunday morning jog was a nail biter, with two horses spun and three held

leah lang gluscic’s aP Prime, and Zoe crawford's K e c Zara were not ac cepted, while hawley bennett awad’s Jollybo, colleen rutledge's covert rights, and lexi scovil's chico’s Man vDf Z were all held but later accepted follow ing the jog, thirty pairs advanced to tackle steve stephens’s stadium jumping course

Jung had a comfortable lead of two rails between him (20 1) and second placed boyd Martin (29 3) but when Martin knocked two rails and added 1 2 time penalties to his score, it solidified Jung’s victory, and allowed yasmin Ingham and Doug Payne to move ahead of him into second and third place, respectively Payne rode a clear round, which brought him up from fifth into third (38 4) Ingham was only two seconds over time, but still landed in second place (31 7) in her first appearance at land rover Kentucky. to the roar of the crowd, Jung blasted away any doubt when he crossed the finish markers completely clear.

after the 4* jog, twenty nine competi tors continued on to the final phase in the competition. two combinations were held, ryleigh leavitt with Moonlight crush and erin Kanara with campground ryleigh withdrew Moonlight crush from the hold box, while campground was accepted on second presentation

In the show jumping phase, Dan Kre itl’s luck on cross country did not reach as far as hoped, as he collected 12 jump

penalties and 2 8 time penalties, dropping him from first place into fourth on car mango (43 8) this allowed James allis ton and nemesis to edge onto the podium, finishing in third with 0 4 added time penalties (43 4) Phillip Dutton and quasi cool rose into second place, adding 1 2 time penalties to their score (38 6) liz halliday sharp rode a double clear round to secure the first place victory on cooley quicksilver (29 7) along with the competition, there were plenty of other activities for spectators the $225,000 Kentucky csI3* Invita tional grand Prix presented by hagyard equine Medical Institute was back, with the 1 45 meter friday ranking class, and the saturday 1 65 meter grand Prix this was the inaugural year for a scavenger hunt, hosted via the goose chase app open to all in attendance at the Kentucky horse Park, trivia questions, location check ins, and photo prompts were some of the tasks in the weekend long hunt. those who completed all of the challenges were entered into a drawing to win one of three prizes: a 2023 4 star trailers two horse trailer, a custom bates saddle, and a hero PeMf technology system of course, the trade fair hosted merchants from all over the world with all varieties of horse related merchandise further information and results of the 2022 lr3De are available at: www ken tuckythreedayevent com

Doug Payne on Quantum Leap (photos by Grace Netter)

Yasmin Ingham on Banzai Du Loir on the stadium course

Boyd Martin onTsetserleg TSF Buck Davidson on Sorocaima

Sarah Bullimore on Corouet

Sydney Elliott on QC Diamantaire

Badminton Horse Trials

May

Photos by Rebecca Berry Photography

laura collett riding london 52 for great britain (gb) were this year ’s win ners on a score of 21 4 she started in first place after dressage with an amazing score of 21, went double clear on cross country, and had a mere 0 4 time penalties in the show jumping phase to finish with 21 4 penalty points

collett and the 13 year old holsteiner gelding have made two career 5* starts to date and won them both with record set ting scores leading badminton from start to finish, her score of 21.4 is an all time badminton record and is only 0 1 penalty point off their record setting 21 3 score at Pau 2020. Michael Jung and la biosthe tique sam fbW held the previous bad minton record of 22 9

the top seven placements at this year ’s badminton horse trials were all from great britain

In second place was rosalind carter on lordships graffalo, finishing with just her dressage score of 26 0 the only rider to do so she was double clear on both cross country and show jumping phases oliver townend and swallow springs,

in second place going into the show jump ing phase, finished in third on a score of 29 7 he added four show jumping penal ties to dressage score of 25 7 he was dou ble clear on cross country

In fourth place was Piggy March riding vanir Kamira on a score of 30 1 her dres sage score was 25 7, but she incurred 0 4 time penalties on cross country and four show jumping penalties, to add to 30 1 oliver townend also finished in fifth place on ballaghmor class, in third place going into show jumping his dressage score was 25 9; he had zero cross country

penalties, but four show jumping penalties and 0 4 time penalties to total 30 3

Cross Country

collett had a fast, confident ride with london 52, finishing the day on their dres sage score, still in first place “eric Win ter ’s cross country course was the biggest, most intense course he has ever seen,” she said

oliver townend and swallow springs moved from sixth place up to second after a quick, clean round, and townend’s sec ond ride, ballaghmore class, moved into third place townend said the track “felt like a five star should feel the class horses made it look easy, and I felt the bal ance was right ”

rosalind canter and her 10 year old lordships graffalo moved from tenth to fourth and moved from twelfth to sixth on her second horse allstar b. american tamra smith and Mai baum had an accu rate but slightly slow ride, dropping her to fifteenth.

Philip Dutton and Z had a bit of a hairy moment at the vicarage vee, but moved up 14 places to 25th position. ariel grald and leamore Master moved up 30 places and to sit in 24th, and emily hamel and corvette moved up 19 positions the course was not without its pitfalls tom Mcewen and toledo de Kerser, who stood second after dressage, fell at the sec ond element of the lightsource bp solar farm bounce ramps at fence 24abcD

lillian heard and lcc barnaby were clear until fence 26ab, the Mars M, where they were eliminated with a “fall on flat ”

canadian Karl slezak retired fernhill Wishes (can) at fence 14abc, the KbIs brush village, after the pair picked up their second stop on course there they’d also had a stop at 6c in another brush complex, the huntsmans close

the 1 60 meter drop and waterfall to a fence in the water at 17ab, the Mars sus tainability bay, ended the day for quite a few pairs, including americans Matthew flynn and Wizzerd, Pippa funnell and billy Walk on, and last year ’s luhmühlen ccI5* l winners summerland and charly van ter heiden

there were 50 clear rounds from the 80 cross country starters, many of them first timers. the 2020 badminton horse trials cross country course was designed by eric Winter and crafted by the Willis bros course building team. It was unveiled for the 2022 event read about the course here: www badminton horse co uk/bad minton unveils a course for champions/ find more information about bad minton horse trials at: https://www bad minton horse co uk/ badminton house is now the family home of the 12th Duke of beaufort, harry somerset the badminton estate has been in the possession of the beaufort family since 1608

Laura Collett and London 52 fly off the Ford Broken Bridge

Oliver

Swallow Springs

photos by Rebecca Berry Photography

Jonelle Price on Classic Moet over the Lightsource bp Solar Farm

Phillip Dutton on

photos by Rebecca Berry Photography

A jubilant Laura Collett takes a vic tory lap around the show jump course after winning Badminton Horse Trials (Rebecca Berry Photography)

Badminton Cross Country

By Peggy and Cary Hart

after a two year hiatus due to the pan demic, 110,000 people, at least 2,500 dogs on leashes, children, grandparents, and 75 competitors from eleven different coun tries gathered on May 7, 2022 at the Duke of beaufort’s badminton estate to watch the world’s top eventing horse and rider combinations take on the cross country course a long time wish of mine was ful filled, as my daughter cary and I arrived early that sunny morning to walk the course and get a good look at the huge jumps before the competition started some of the toughest jumps were the vic arage vee, a narrow angled jump over a ditch; the huntsman’s close: three brush jumps in the woods that had to be taken at a tight approach because of a tree and an gled all the way through; and the broken bridge: half a bridge, then a big ditch the early competitors, such as William fox Pitt, were already warming up their first rides of the day to ready them for the 570 meter per minute speed (21 mph) for 6,700 meters or 4 16 miles grooms for horses to be ridden later in the day were hand grazing their charges amidst the crowd of onlookers and their dogs, as early competitors walked through, headed to the warm up area

the first rider was off at 10:00 a m and we waited at jump 18, the laMieux leap, a combination of three elements, all down hill the jump required a half halt at the top of the hill to the stone wall, land and push the horse forward to a huge ditch, with the rider sitting back so that when they landed on the down side, he could queue the horse to take off halfway down a rise to the last element, a skinny wall with brush It wasn't just the size and width of the jumps, but also the terrain that made this a jump you cannot slow down

for. to stand next to the track as a 1200 pound horse gallops by is a heart stopping moment!

cheers rose from the spectators as the horse and rider cleared a jump, or the sick ening crack of timber, groan of anguish from the crowd, and silence if there was a fall nicola Wilson was an early casualty when her horse, J l Dublin hung a knee on jump #27 (a wicker basket jump following the Mars M combination) and rolled over the rider, injuring her back riders were held for 27 minutes while she was taken to the hospital and the jump was eventu ally removed from the course as it was deemed too damaged to repair nicola is recovering in a rehab unit and the horse was not seriously injured even the eventual winner, olympic gold Medalist laura collett, had a mo ment at the horse quest quarry she told a commentator about her horse, “he started to question my sanity, but never stopped even after the hold, and gave me all I needed ”

emily King’s horse, vailmy biats, hung a knee at the savills hay feeders, fell and rolled over her her horse jumped up with emily’s foot still caught in the stirrup and then stood quietly as jump officials ran to help horse and rider walked off of the course uninjured, likely thanks to the safety equipment that riders wear.

fifty nine horses finished the course out of 75 riders Many were retired by their

New Rider in Town

the lawsons and oak view stables are proud to welcome a new member to their equestrian family. congratulations to rachel and trey lawson on the birth of their daughter, aria Marie! she was born in the middle of a thunderstorm in the early morning hours on april 12, 2022, weighing in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces and 20 inches tall Miss aria has already been promised a chestnut pony to match her hair rachel said, “she is so blessed to grow up in this amazing community how lucky she is to be so loved!” fortunately, grandpa Wes lawson got to see his new granddaughter before he passed away

(right) Trey and Rachel Lawson, proud parents of Aria Marie

riders and 13 were eliminated on course for refusals or falls the water element saw many refusals and, interestingly, the last jump of the cross country course saw quite a few refusals, which reinforces that old saying to the rider, “always ride to the last jump,” applies even at this level. William fox Pitt on little fire, his second ride of the day, remarked to the tv com mentator, “the last jump looks like it is into the crowd and little fire asked, “Did I really want him to do that? but we had a go ” american tamara smith, who finished in the top ten, when asked by a tv re porter about how she felt said, “relief! I finally have finished this after a long time, as I’m not so young for this ” american Phillip Dutton finished on Z

in 26th place; Will faudee on Mama's Magic Way finished 31st; Matthew flynn on Wizard retired; lillian heard on lcb barnaby was eliminated on course; and emily hamel on corvett finished 52nd laura collett on london 52 nearly fin ished on her dressage score of 21, with only 0 4 time faults on the stadium, with a final score of 21 4 the lowest score ever at badminton she went clear on cross country even after a scary moment when she came into the quarry too fast, the horse hung a knee, and she nearly went out the side door

sunburned, tired, and wishing we could ride a horse like that just once, we made our way back to the car park and home, first enjoying a “99” from the Ice cream truck check one off of the bucket list!

Grooms and horses in front of Badminton House. (Photo by Cary Hart A) ustin O’Connor on Colorado Blue. (Photo by Cary Hart)

Wes Lawson

Article & photos by Tom Brannon

the horse world lost another of its stal wart supporters on May 5, 2022 when We ston “Wes” galloway lawson, Jr passed away peacefully in his sleep after a lengthy battle with cancer he was 72

It is appropriate that Wes grew up on a horse farm his father, Weston g law son, ran rolling l ranch and stables training and boarding barn in bartlett, ten nessee I first met Wes when we were both about 11 years old at lawson’s stables, where my sister Melinda boarded her horse In fact, Melinda purchased her first horse from Wes’ dad on friday nights in the summer, the kids at the barn, includ ing Wes on his gaited horse named society boy, would hack up austin Peay highway to the raleigh saddle club shows they would hack back late at night trying to stay awake in the saddle

Wes and rose Marie were regular at tendees at the germantown charity horse show ball because that’s where Wes pro posed to rose Marie, and she finally ac cepted, after he persistently asked her about ten times Wes was rose Marie’s older brother ’s best friend when they were teenagers rose Marie said that Wes spent as much time at her house as he did at his own, but she did not much like him back

then her description was that she was a little proper and he was a little wild her story is that one evening after Wes got out of the navy (where he served as an aircraft mechanic on the uss Intrepid, 1968 1974) her brother asked Wes over to his house for dinner and her sister in law in vited rose Marie; but neither knew the other was coming to dinner after that, they started dating rose Marie went back to college in california, but Wes kept writ ing her letters and sending her flowers and pictures of him holding her horse.

In 1976 Wes and rose Marie married, and in 1977 together they started oak view stables (ovs) in germantown, tn. they later moved the business to olive branch, Ms, but the property was not even

on the market. they literally knocked on the farmer ’s door and asked him if he wanted to sell the farmer said, “Mark off what you want and I’ll sell it to you.” oak view stables now encompasses 70 acres together with their sons Phillip and trey (who was only 5 years old at the time of purchase), they built the house, barn with arena, cleared and fenced the land rose Marie said that Wes could fix almost anything: plumbing, electrical, trucks, and farm equipment he also ran a horse trans port business, hauling horses all over north america

Wes never met a stranger and always had a joke or two to share nancy and I en

joyed covering the ovs shows when Wes was announcing because he always brought humor to the mundane task of an nouncing riders’ and horses’ names. she noted some of Wes’ humor in an article about one of the shows: “announcing the rider and horse, over the rainbow, Wes commented ‘that’s where bluebirds fly ’ another time, he held up his walking cane and asked me, ‘What is this?’ I wasn’t sure, so he replied, ‘raisin’ cane!’ [groan]”

Wes became a friend, father, uncle, or grandfather figure to many Wes was al ways helping others, even in death, as he donated his body to the university of tn health science center for research

Rose Marie and Wes Lawson hit the dance floor at the 2018 Germantown Char ity Horse Show Royal Ball (photo by Tom Brannon)

Wes Lawson at the 2020 GCHS Royal Ball (photo by Tom Brannon)

foxhunting

Oak Grove Hunter Pace

Article & photos by Tom Brannon

oak grove hunt club held its spring hunter pace/timed trail ride on saturday May 21, 2022 at the oak grove Kennel, near holly springs, Mississippi hunter paces are open to the public and allow rid ers to enjoy the day, explore new territo ries, try out mounts, and expose green horses to the territory, while raising funds for the care and upkeep of foxhounds the hunter pace is a marked course tra versing varied terrain, such as one would encounter on a fox hunt riders got the op portunity to ride over open fields, deep wooded trails, and up and down the area known as “Mississippi hill country ” this hunter pace was held on one of oak grove’s main hunt fixtures, where they fox hunt throughout the fall and win ter the course started at the oak grove Kennel on lodge farm, owned by Dr shannon and amanda Mcgee, who is Joint Master and huntsman for oak grove, and much of the course was on lodge farm. another section of the course was on Wellington farm, owned by chris and camille collins camille, the quintes sential southern hostess, set up a lovely re

freshment stop on the cleared site of her future home, about half way through the course, where riders were served water, juice, or a champaign Mimosa not all of the riders were fox hunters; both english and Western riders came, as well as some on gaited horses teams of two or three riders rode the course and their ride was timed there was a prede termined, undisclosed ideal time set for the course, which was approximately two hours; the team that came closest to that ideal time was the winner there were winners in other categories, too: fastest time (of course, won by a team of teenagers) and slowest team no award was given for getting lost on the course teams were encouraged to wear cos

tumes, have a team theme or name, and dress accordingly. one team called them selves “hawaii five 0” and wore hawai ian shirts with leis draped on their own and their horse’s necks. another was named “running on freedom” with a patriotic american theme after the rides, everyone gathered at the oak grove Kennel for lunch and awards Donated award items included art work, grooming brushes, hoof picks, picnic wine totes, fly spray, horse shampoo, a texas hay net, and two $50 gift certificates do nated by trafalgar square/horse and rider books and the Mid South Horse Re view

amanda brought out several oak grove foxhounds for everyone greet and pet

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The Hawaii Five 0 Team (photos by Tom Brannon)

Virginia Kennedy and Brynda Read

The winning team with Oak Grove foxhound Yeager

Cowboys & Cowgirls

Lucky Seven QH Classic

Photos by Ruehle Photographix LLC

the tennessee quarter horse associa tion (tqha) presented the lucky seven classic quarter horse show May 4 8 at the tennessee Miller coliseum in Murfreesboro, tenn. Judges for the show were rick christy, theodore grose, John tuckey, tracy Willis, Manita Mckool De foor, and Matt howell. becky ruehle at ruehle Photographix llc was the official photographer for the show visit: www ruehlephotographix com/site/ and facebook ruehle Photographix llc the show manager was scheduled to be casey Devitt, but when casey’s son cody passed away unexpectedly, horse people stepped up to offer support one special individual, christian Jauntig, stepped up

to take over management of the tqha lucky 7 classic show for the Devitts. as the owner of topline event Management, Jauntig has much experience managing horse shows and the topper was that Jauntig requested that the lucky 7 classic management fees still be paid to the De vitts read the full story at the Equine Chronicle: https://www equinechroni c l e c o m / c h r i s t i a n j a u n t i g w i l l m a n a g e this weeks lucky 7 classic in time of trag edy/

the show began on Wednesday with the hunter classes all day thursday’s

show began with the youngest riders: small fry and leadline and moved on to trail, Western Pleasure and Western rid ing, ranch riding, and finished with rein ing there were plenty of nsba classes every day of the show In an absence of pleasure driving entries, friday’s show began with halter classes, followed by showmanship and, later, ranch riding and reining on saturday, the hunters and Jumpers were back in the arena, with rid ers showing their precision style in equi tation classes the show finished on sunday, with trail, Western Pleasure, horsemanship, and Western riding

class numbers were strong, particularly in trail, Performance halter, and ranch riding classes In addition to over 150 classes to enter, some special events were included in the show on saturday after noon, folks attended a Derby Party to watch the exciting Kentucky Derby Show High Point Awards:

Small Fry & L1 Youth Wallk/Trot: Maycee Watt Wrap up the Money

L1 Amateur Walk/Trot: Krackalackin Krymsun Debbie gast

L1 Youth: grace spooner Dudelook slikealady

L1 Amateur: Josyanne frazee Kool hinton

Youth 13 & Under: shes n control chloe roberts

Youth 14 18: Drinks at a goodbar Jada helmstetter

Amateur: no Doubt Ima cupcake hanna hussey

Amateur Select: Kat Draughon ab solute Purple haze

Open: lets Double Down & clayton Jerrell for Wendy Mcconnell

find show bill and full show results at: https://www tqha org/events

Better To BeA Winner, Tyler Haney, rider for owner Chester W. Prince

Exquisite Rumerz, owner Sarah Headley, in Performance Halter Mares

Photos by Gary Cox

the volunteer ranch horse association (volrha) was back at the show Place arena in cordova, tenn for their third spring show this year: salute the troops on May 21 22, 2022 It was another full weekend with 170 classes to choose from: volrha, aqha, nrcha, and aPha, utilizing both the indoor and outdoor are nas this was one of their biggest shows so far with almost 500 entries gary cox took hundreds of photos at the show the first day of the show saw over 60 cutting/herd work runs, 90 cattle runs, and over 60 trail/ranch riding runs on satur day afternoon, show officials hosted an Ice cream social for the youth competitors, sponsored by summer Kelley with farm bureau Ins in covington, tenn on sun day, cowboy church preceded the com petition, with shane campbell bringing the message

High Point Awards

volrha 18 & under all around: slid ing spook, adelyn burtner exhibitor volrha 19 & over high Point: rapped With chocolate, anita Perry ex hibitor

volrha open all around: s bar t boons lenamae, Martin schwartz ex hibitor

volrha open high Point: barry bolton got the top three spots: heza Mg Kinda guy, chips classical stone, and Ima tinseltown champ, respectively volrha amateur all around: a little Peppy rhythm, richard landes exhibitor; second, tinselsnapn, richard landes ex hibitor

volrha amateur high Point: lil Jac n gin, Kaylee rodriguez exhibitor volrha select all around: heza Mg Kinda guy, Kyle sanders exhibitor; sec ond, Ima tinseltown champ, Kyle sanders exhibitor volrha select high Point: cutter oak, suzanne Whitehead exhibitor volrha youth high Point: Julia Whitehead on uno Miss hollywood lucas Metcalf won the aqha versatil ity ranch horse all around and nrcha open hackamore with a buckin good time elise ulmer was first in aqha vrh ranch cutting on Pale face chic find complete results of this and the other spring shows at: http://www vol rha com/ under “show results ” for more information about ranch horse shows, visit the american ranch horse assn at: www americanranchhorse net aqha versatility ranch horse (vrh) competitions provide opportunities for american quarter horses to demonstrate their versatile abilities in ranch riding, ranch trail, ranch reining, ranch cow work, and ranch conformation at member shows the national reined cow horse asso ciation (nrcha) promotes the traditions of the vaquero spanish and Mexican horsemen of california who managed range bred cattle on ranches during the 18th and early 19th centuries the va quero’s working partner was a horse that could be controlled by a whisper light touch on the reins, while still possessing the speed and grit to handle the rankest cattle find more information at https://nrcha com/

MTSU Stock Horse Team Brings Home Two National Champion Team Titles

By Andrea Rego

on april 17, 2022 the Middle ten nessee state university (Mtsu) stock horse team traveled to amarillo, texas for the hughes ranch trailers national In tercollegiate ranch and stock horse as sociation national championship (nrsha ), the first of two national cham pionship shows for the week the compe tition featured 115 riders from 14 colleges and universities from seven states this is the second year for the championship event in amarillo six team members rep resented Mtsu in the division 2 category under the guidance of coach and Mtsu horse science faculty, andrea rego this collegiate ranch and stock horse competition featured students who com pete in four separate events: cow work, reining, ranch riding, and ranch trail the students rode in two go rounds to earn points for their schools toward team titles, while also competing for individual cham pionships

MTSU took home the Reserve Cham pion team title in the Division 2 category, winning a $1,000 marketing package as a prize notable individual all around awards included taylor Meek winning 8th overall in the limited non Pro all around Division Jobeth scarlett was 9th overall in the limited non Pro all around Division

“this trip was nothing short of amazing for me,” said graduating senior, taylor Meek “It was great to see how much each rider and horse had improved together, and the sportsmanship and support within our team and with other teams the competi tion was fierce, but Mtsu was well rep resented on a national level.”

on april 21, 2022 the students packed up from amarillo and headed to sweet water, texas to compete at the american stock horse association national colle giate championships “It was hard travel ing from one national show to the next, but it felt like the hardest part was already over after amarillo,” said Jordan Dillen

beck, senior horse science Major and team president “I made sure to take extra care of my horse and make sure she was prepared for another round of competi tion ”

two more students hauled to sweetwa ter and represented a total of eight Mtsu students and horses students competed in cow horse, pleasure, reining, and trail events. the raiders earned eight individ ual national and reserve national champion titles freshman horse science Major Jor dan Martin won the Don henneke trainer ’s award for her accomplishments aboard her personally trained mare, Miss catnic the team won the Division 1 cat egory, beating out stiff competition from texas tech

“this championship means a lot It was our first time attempting the Division 1 category, which meant we had six team riders instead of four, and we had to step up our game in the non pro division It was a ‘spur ’ of the moment decision to try for Division 1 and I’m so grateful to have had a team that happily jumped on board their determination definitely paid off and becoming Division 1 Champions was a bucket list item fulfilled for me,” said

coach andrea rego Mtsu team Members:

• taylor Meek, senior, from Murfrees boro, tn (horse science Major)

• Jobeth scarlett, Junior, from new Market, tn (animal science Major)

• Jordan Dillenbeck, senior, from Murfreesboro, tn (horse science Major)

• rachel Petree, senior, from May

nardville, tn (horse science Major)

• louann braunwalder, sophomore, from lascassas, tn (fermentation sci ence Major)

• Kara brown, Junior, from Murfrees boro, tn (horse science Major)

• Jordan Martin, freshman, from Murfreesboro, tn (horse science Major)

• savannah glinstra, senior, from co lumbia, tn (horse science Major)

additionally, vaughn coblentz and cory elks traveled to help work the asha national show “It was a great experience working the show and seeing what the judges were looking for in riders and horses I also made invaluable connections and will be working two world shows this summer because of those connections,” said elks, a Junior horse science Major the team would like to thank all of their supporters. “We couldn’t have done this without the many clinicians, working cat tle, and neal agee, and the experiences gained at the tennessee stock horse as sociation shows We are so thankful for all

of them,” said rego find information about the nrsha national collegiate show at: ranch horse net/national collegiate show asp find out more about the asha na tional collegiate championships at: w w w a m e r i c a n s t o c k h o r s e o r g / r e sources/national show futurity/

JoBeth Scarlett riding Twentyeleventwister in Non Pro Cow Horse (photo by High Cotton Promotions)

Taylor Meek riding DunnitsSmokin in Non Pro Reining (photo by High Cotton Promotions)

The MTSU

Stock Horse Association Championship team

The MTSU National Intercollegiate Ranch and Stock Horse Association Reserve National Championship team

Lucky

Article by Nancy Brannon; photos by Nancy Brannon & Gary Cox

the lucky Dog races semi trailer pulled into the show Place arena in cor dova, tenn for its third barrel race of the season, and first at the show Place arena, on May 5 8, 2022 the show drew 417 barrel racers from 27 states across the u s this show hosted one of six qualifying events for the breeders challenge, with caleb cline and sr Moonshine on the rocks the youth winner at this event (14 814)

there were 1,571 total runs in the open 4D over the weekend all the lucky Dog staff mothers received flowers on their special Mother ’s Day randee Prindle and red Man Jones turned in the fastest time of the weekend at 14 205

Average Champions:

futurity: brian Wheeler and sbW heavenly Peach, hattiesburg, Ms Derby: Jordan briggs and famous lil Jet, tolar, tx open 1D: randee Prindle on red Man Jones, gilman city, Mo open 2D: Maggie Peacock, anagua tuff stuff, lavaca, at open 3D: Kinlee childress, highway sixty four, starkville, Ms open 4D: sydney thompson, Meeko, new Johnsonville, tn Open 1D Winners: thursday: Dustin angelle on vf born famous; robert, la (14 308)

friday: Kassie Mowry on famous ladies Man; Dublin, tx (14 266) saturday: randee Prindle on red Man Jones; gilman city, Mo (14 205) sunday: andi anderson on aPh fiery breeze; arlington, tn (14 407) find full results at: www luckydo graces com/2022 results/ fessler Photog raphy was the official show photographer find photos at fesslerphotography net/

photo by Gary Cox

photo by Gary Cox

Lee Ann Brooks, BK Frosted Dynamite; Winthrop, AR (Nancy Brannon photo

Amy Stoltzfus on Villa Magna; Beavertown,

Nancy

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Caleb

Nancy Brannon

Mid South Memorial Day Scholarship Cutting

“showdown at the showplace” was the title of the Mid south Memorial Day scholarship cutting horse show on Me morial Day weekend, May 26 May 30, 2022 at the agricenter show Place arena, cordova, tenn It was a full show each day with youth scholarships awarded each day a total of $25,000 was split over the three days of competition and was paid based on the ncha payout schedule Jun ior and senior youth were combined for scholarship money payout, and Junior and senior youth points were combined per nycha schedule.

lae (limited age events) classes started on thursday with two go rounds and a final round; payouts in both go rounds as well as finals the 5/6 year old open, non Pro and amateur classes went first, run on the same set of cattle with $2450 added money these were followed by 4 year old open, non Pro, and amateur classes, again, run on the same set of cattle with $2450 added money friday’s classes were the second go for these horses

saturday’s classes utilized both the in door arena and the outdoor arena, starting with open, non Pro, (Continued on p 37)

Hustle Home Barrel Race

Photos by Gary Cox

on april 30, 2022, photographer gary cox traveled to coyote run arena in Mason, tenn capture the action at the bbr sanctioned hustle home barrel race the added money show offered $250 added buckaroo, $400 added 3D Poles, and $1500 added open 4D barrels, along with a $300 added youth and adult 3D barrels sidepot the show was pro duced by tonya and rowdy childress.

Winners:

Buckaroo 1D: trinity Jones on Matt Dillion (16.202)

Poles 1D: cassie Morton on bc (19 760)

Open 1D: elaina McKinney on cool Memories (14 871)

Youth Sidepot 1D: Kaylee childress on vfamouschrissy (15 029)

Adult Sidepot 1D: elaina McKinney on cool Memories (14 871)

(above) Just Let Me Hold You, Ricky Lewis riding. (below) Shes Spotless, Har ris Shepard riding (Tom Brannon photos)

(below left) Believe in Mirecycles, Kalyn Howell riding (below right) My Smooth Huntress, Zeke Entz riding. (Tom Brannon photos)

Buckles and IBarrels ngram’s Mill Saddle Club

Photos by Gary Cox

on sunday May 15, 2022, Ingram’s Mill saddle club held the final installment of its buckles and barrels series at the Marshall county fairgrounds, holly springs, Miss. Photographer gary cox traveled to Marshall county to capture the action a lot more riders were wearing safety helmets; it’s a growing trend.

Winners at this show:

Pee Wee: easton blanton on chance (20.807)

Open 1D: casey Johnson on cherry cobbler (14 760)

Buckaroo: Mabry Moore on gin (16 161)

Youth: Darby toole on Kate (15 031)

Adult: casey Johnson on cherry cob bler (14 760)

Buckle Winners for the series:

Pee Wee: easton blanton

Buckaroo: Mabry Moore

Youth: Darby toole

Adult: caleigh greene gant

Open 1D: Darby toole

Open 2D: bailey hickerson

Open 3D: Kyleigh veazey

Open 4D: blair Madison thompson

on saturday May 14, 2022, Ingram’s Mill saddle club held its last spring saddle club show at the Marshall county fair grounds, holly springs, Miss Photogra pher gary cox was there to capture the action in the judged classes, pole bending, and barrel racing

In addition to a variety of classes, at tendees at the show could buy a $2 ticket for a chance on prizes: Purina feed (strat egy, senior, and omolene 200), cups, hal ters, lead ropes, and fly masks for a $5 ticket, folks could have a chance to win a new english saddle shows start again in sept and oct

Photos by Gary Cox

Woodstock Cuba Saddle Club

Photos by Gary Cox

the Woodstock cuba saddle club shows are underway, offering a variety of classes from halter to walk/trot, horse manship, western pleasure, and gaited horse classes, and speed classes: poles, barrels, and flags the shows are held every friday night at their arena at 7211 Woodstock cuba road in Millington, tenn gary cox captured some of the horse show action on May 20 find more information about the club and shows at: https://www mywcsc com/

Sunset Hills Saddle Club

Photos by Gary Cox

sunset hills saddle club hosts horse shows at the Marshall county fairgrounds on friday nights at 7:30 p m , from april 8 through July 29, 2022 april 22 was their first Point show, followed by a second Point show in the outdoor arena on april 29 gary cox brought his cameras to cap ture the action at the april 29 show.

the shows offer a variety of classes in cluding halter, lead line, walk/trot, pony horsemanship, saddle horse, racking, western pleasure, trail pleasure, ranch pleasure, kids games, barrel racing and pole bending

On the trail

Timber Ridge

By Josh Guin

this month I spent time riding in big south fork national Park on the cumber land Plateau I stayed at timber ridge horse campground in Jamestown, tenn for several days and rode the diverse set of trails they offer there timber ridge has been around for many years and has been a mainstay for big south fork trail riders as a matter of fact, it’s where I got my start as a trail/obstacle clinician so many years ago today, the campground still maintains its horse obstacle course in the forest alongside the grounds this facility has a cozy feel and inti mate atmosphere with its two horse barns right in the center of the horseshoe shaped camping area this layout makes it super easy to step outside your camper door and see your horse anytime the amenities of timber ridge are on par with most campgrounds, including 24 pull through and back in sites with water and electric hookups plus a dump station, and each campsite is equipped with a pic nic table and fire ring for those who do not have living quarters, there are three rustic cabins that are heated and cooled, each with their own porch and there’s a full kitchen and dining hall with propane grills, a shower house, and Wi fi. for the horses there are two barns with lights and water, fifty 10x10 stalls, eight corrals, several turnouts, two wash bays, and several hitching rails conveniently lo cated throughout the grounds something

I especially appreciate is that they sell shavings, hay, firewood, and ice on site. I always prefer this over hauling everything with me

timber ridge has some of the best rid ing in tennessee, too there are four trail heads that lead out of the campground giving you direct access to over 200 miles of riding on big south fork national Park trails and twenty five miles of privately owned trails on rtta (ridge toppers trail association) property

While there are many sights to see in big south fork, the closest trail destina tion and one of my favorites in the heat of the summer is hippy cave, located just a couple of miles from the campground hippy cave is a hidden gem with a rock overhang in the bottom of a forested valley and is a natural wonder with waterfalls in the rainy season While you cannot ride your horse into the protected area, the park service has provided hitching rails to tie to and a short path to hike into the area another trail that makes timber ridge

so popular is the rtta trail, a privately owned and groomed trail of the ridge top trail association adjacent to timber ridge campground. one of my favorite destinations on this path is bear cave this rock overhang is situated in the bend of a crystal clear stream and offers riders the opportunity to tie their horses to a high line and rest at the picnic table in a natural amphitheater of green grass, rock walls, and the sounds of the nearby babbling stream the terrain on these two trails is a mixture of sandy soil, sandstone, and the occasional gravel bed brought in to pre vent erosion some areas can be muddy during the wet season and there are areas where erosion has taken its toll on the landscape, creating step downs and ditches; but both trails are well maintained and marked with plenty of signage and the big south fork trails have posted numbers along the way so that you can give your exact location in case of emergency there are trails available to suit any level of rider, so be sure to ask for a map when you check in at the office

I have so many great memories of my time in big south fork, memories of rid ing good horses with great friends through some of the most breathtaking views and overlooks in tennessee, to playing a guitar and singing songs around a campfire some of my most cherished memories have been made at timber ridge horse campground for information on ten nessee trail destinations, visit Josh’s online

Saddle Up for St. Jude

training & performance

round rock, texas on april 29 30, 2022 the southeastern livestock Pavilion in ocala, fl played host to 33 trainers and formerly wild horses competing in the 2022 extreme Mustang Makeover, a pro duction of the Mustang heritage founda tion. trainers picked up their assigned horses in early January and began their 100 day journey to the show ring by gen tling and training a previously untouched Mustang before competing for their shot at over $40,000 in cash and prizes before competing, applicants com pleted an extensive selection process, which evidences their training prowess and equine knowledge as an extreme Mustang Makeover participant, these ded icated trainers help to further the Mustang heritage foundation’s mission of helping Mustangs find permanent placement in loving homes their participation in the competition also demonstrates the versa tility, athleticism, and trainability of the american Mustang, which increases pub lic awareness and encourages others to consider adopting a Mustang the ocala youth Division competitors were paired with yearlings from nevada hMas (herd Management areas) and were tasked with training the youngsters

to hold their own during the in hand com petition in april the adult Division horses, all 3 to 4 year olds also from nevada herds, were started and shown under saddle at the april competition.

youth competitors compete in handling, trail, and freestyle classes, allowing them to showcase how their partnerships have evolved throughout the 100 day journey adult competitors show in a handling class, a pattern class, and a trail class to

determine who advances to the finals the exhibitors with the top ten combined scores from those first three classes then complete a brief compulsory pattern and a freestyle routine created by the competi tor. the combined score of the compulsory pattern and freestyle routine determines the extreme Mustang Makeover cham pion

this year ’s youth champion was si enna Pendergrass and Jelly bean and the adult champion was brittany Mayer and

cash Me outside a recap of the freestyle finals can be found on the Mustang her itage foundation youtube channel

next up, the Mustang heritage foun dation will be hosting a virtual extreme Mustang Makeover event in early august, followed by another live event in fort Worth, texas in september

extreme Mustang Makeover events are produced by the Mustang heritage foun dation, in partnership with the bureau of land Management Wild horse & burro Program, to showcase the versatility and trainability of the american Mustang the events are presented by Western horse man and sponsored by nrs supply, es pana silk, a cut above buckles, classic equine, Martin saddlery, resistol, and yeti

learn more about the event and auction at: mustangheritagefoundation.org/ex treme

the Mustang heritage foundation is dedicated to facilitating successful place ments for america’s excess wild Mustangs and burros through innovative programs, events, and education the foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization More than 16,000 Mustangs have been placed into private care through Mustang her itage foundation events and programs since 2007 for more information, visit mustangheritagefoundation org

Brittany Mayer, Adult Champion

Greener (Bluegrass) pastures A Tour in the Bluegrass

this year the american horse Publica tions (ahP) annual conference was held in the “heart of the bluegrass” and horse mecca: lexington, Kentucky on May 12 14, 2022. titled “back to the bluegrass,” the first day offered a “bluegrass state of Mind tour of lexington” that encom passed five iconic places in the area: Keeneland race course, Kentucky equine sports Medicine and rehabilitation cen ter (KesMarc), coolmore america’s ashford stud, hallway feeds, and rood & riddle equine hospital so on thurs day May 12, we boarded the coach at 7 a m eastern time and headed for breakfast at Keeneland race course Keeneland is truly a park like setting, with its beautifully landscaped grounds, and it is completely open to the public, as its founders intended it to be “a gathering place for all ” the track Kitchen is well known for its southern style breakfast, and it did not disappoint our tour guides loved sharing the track’s rich history and importance in thoroughbred racing several ahP mem bers recounted stories of their own horses having raced or gone through the sales

barn at Keeneland When we got off the coach after breakfast, we watched the or chestrated morning exercise of horses breezing on the track the gift shop was a strong magnet for most of the group, who found special treasures to take home soon we were whisked away to the Kentucky equine sports Medicine and rehabilitation center (KesMarc), a state of the art facility that serves a wide variety of equine athletes throughout the south We were asked not to photograph any horses at the center due to their strict confidentiality policy (a policy we would also encounter at rood & riddle equine hospital) the center proudly boasts of being an innovator in the use of hyperbaric chamber therapy for horses, which is still a rare treatment modality for horses next was coolmore america’s ashford stud, home to a who’s who list of thor oughbred stallions, including american Pharaoh, Justify, tiz the law, and 11 oth ers one after another, these stallions were paraded before us like handsome celebri ties on a red carpet the farm looked like an english manor estate with its perfectly manicured lawns, pastures, and flower beds notably missing? flies! not a one to be found, which is undoubtedly due to the

immaculately clean barns and fields the stud runs on a very predictable daily schedule, such that the stallions know when it’s their turn in the breeding shed or time for pasture turnout our empty stomachs eagerly boarded the coach for hallway feeds where, ap propriately, we were fed our box lunches the family run icon of the lexington horse world has a fully automated feed mixing and bagging facility that is clean enough to eat in I marveled at the effi ciency of their operation and the far flung places where they ship feed so that lex ington horses can have fresh hallway feeds when they travel our last stop was rood & riddle equine hospital, famous around the world

for their innovative veterinary care of horses the surgery suites each have a large picture window for tour groups to observe the surgical operations after sur gery, a recovery team helps the horses slowly and carefully awaken from anes thesia. the years of experience and knowl edge are evident in the calm, efficient way the horses are cared for the vast campus includes separate areas for horses, de pending on their diagnosis and treatment needed

It was a whirlwind day, given that each of these places could have easily been a half day tour as a first time attendee at an ahP conference, I had been told the tour is a must do It certainly surpassed my ex pectations by miles!

Article & photos by Michele Harn

(above) An overview of Keeneland Racecourse (below) Breezing horses on the track at Keeneland (bottom) the Saddling Paddock at Keeneland

One of the barns at Coolmore Amer ica’s Ashford Stud

(above & below) Stallions at Cool more America’s Ashford Stud

Walking through the tunnel to the racetrack at Keeneland

Sculpture of Secretariat

the World Premier of the only known full size steel statue of secre tariat, created by farrier and equine sculptor nigel fennell, was unveiled at the griffin gate Marriott hotel at the american horse Publications confer ence in May. It is a life size sculpture of the legendary racehorse with jockey ron turcotte, entitled “god’s boy 31 2 24 ” It is constructed of plasma laser cut individual mosaics of secretariat

nigel fennell worked as a farrier for 31 years then, three years ago fennell turned to building life size horse sculp tures

fennell’s latest sculpture pays hom age to the record breaking and awe in spiring performance by secretariat to seal his 1973 triple crown win and ce ment his legacy as a racing legend

In the 1973 belmont stakes, secre tariat literally ran away from the com petition, winning the longest leg of the triple crown by a distance of 31 lengths in a record 2 24 seconds, thus the title for the sculpture

engraved along the sculpture on either side of the horse’s head are iconic lines that were broadcast during secretariat’s

belmont race:

“secretariat is blazing along ” “he is moving like a tremendous ma chine!”

(below) Two other steel horse sculp tures by Nigel Fennell

The Hyperbaric Chamber at Rood & Riddle Equine Center

Solar Power Projects

Deploying Solar with Wildlife and Ecosystem Services Benefits the u.s. Dept. of energy’s (u.s. Doe) office of energy efficiency and renew able energy (eere) announced the De ploying solar with Wildlife and ecosystem services benefits (solWeb) funding opportunity for innovative solu tions and strategies that maximize benefits and minimize impacts to wildlife and ecosystems from solar energy infrastruc ture

this funding opportunity is to invest in innovative research that accelerates the large scale development and deployment of solar technology to support an equitable transition to a decarbonized electricity sys tem by 2035 and decarbonized energy sec tor by 2050 Decarbonizing the grid responsibly and equitably requires that wildlife and ecosystems associated with solar energy facilities are well understood achieving this goal will support the na tionwide effort to meet the threat of cli mate change and ensure that all americans, as well as the nation’s wildlife and ecosystems, benefit from the transi tion to a clean energy economy climate change is a threat not just to human soci eties, but also “presents a growing threat to the nation’s fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats in profound ways.”

the goal of this funding opportunity is to develop solutions and/or strategies that minimize the adverse impacts of solar en ergy on wildlife and maximize the ecosys tem benefits, while enabling the rapid deployment of ground mounted solar en ergy successful projects will produce re search results that are generalizable to multiple sites, pertinent to multiple stake holder groups, impactful in a short time frame (i e , 3 years or less), and engage local communities most affected by solar energy deployment for support, contact solarwildlife@ee doe gov

KUB Signs Contract with Solar Al liance for 1 Megawatt Knoxville Solar Project

solar alliance energy Inc and the Knoxville utilities board (Kub) have signed a contract for the design and instal lation of a 1 MW community solar proj ect, the first of its kind in Knoxville, tenn solar alliance will design, engineer, and install the project, which was scheduled to begin construction in april 2022 and will be completed by august 2022 Kub pre viously announced that 20% of Knoxville’s electricity will be generated from solar energy through Kub’s partici pation in the tva green Invest program

In total, Kub will secure enough solar en ergy to power about 83,000 homes

Mid-South Horse Review

BOARDING

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HORSES FOR SALE

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HORSE TRAINING

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boarding at beautiful WhIte oaK farM: located on 40 acres in northeast shelby county at 10023 rosemark rd full board $400/month board includes stall cleaning, shavings and morning & evening feedings numerous amenities in clude large stalls with windows, stall fans, heated waterers, turnout pastures, lighted outdoor arena or inside barn riding, crosstie area with hot/cold wash rack, fly spray system bermuda hay grown and baled onsite gated facility with owners and farm manager living on property call sammy 901 833 3075 6 rtfn

full boarD $250 nice friendly barn located in Memphis/cordova, tn high, dry barn, small arena, owners on site retired or aged horses welcome call rob (901) 359 3341 6 1tp

HAY AND FEED

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Wanted: good natured, well trained quarter horse or saddle horse Please call 901 476 5702 lmsg 6 1tp

EMPLOYMENT

horse drawn carriage drivers needed in downtown Memphis We will train no experience necessafy (901) 496 2128 uptowncarriages com 6 5tp earn up to $60,000/yr part time in the equine appraisal business horse back ground required home study courses available. 800 704 7020. www equineappraiser com 6 2tp

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SADDLE REPAIR

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indoor action

the $25,000 novice and novice non Pro, the $50,000 ama teur, the $5,000 novice non Pro, followed the youth and finals for the three cate gories of the 5/6 year olds

purpose of this show is to award college scholarships to top youth cutting horse riders saturday’s youth scholarship winners were: Millie Joe rosenberg of corinth, Ms ($2499), riding cutting com mander cody gann of leighton, al ($1999), riding hevvy Metal georgia hoffman of anthony fl ($1499), riding smart bobby rey. annie Kate White of Philadelphia, Ms ($999), riding cat Man blue cooper yarbro of oxly, Mo ($666), riding Jrs cat Wiskey; and lily erwin of evans, ga ($666), riding Moonstruck Player

lor ruth allen of Philadelphia, Ms Monday, Memorial Day was the finale of the show with top horses in all divisions competing bradey Davis of texarkana, tx on Kiss My spot was the open cham pion for the weekend ricky lewis of batesville, Ms on birdy was the non Pro/unlimited amateur champion

D’albor Photography was the official photographer for the show find photos at: https://dalborphotography mypixieset com results were posted daily on facebook at: https://www facebook com/midsouth

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15” association tree corriente saddle condition is like new $1,500 lvM 901 485 9660

TRAILERS

2001 big valley 2 horse trailer, black with escape door, spare wheel

sunday’s classes followed the same order, except finishing with the 4 year old horses’ finals sunday’s youth results: 1 sunday Drive, ridden by lyndi elaine Polk of edwards, Ms 2 hevvy Metal, ridden by cody gann 3 Moonstruck Player, ridden by lily erwin 4 can Man blue, ridden by annie Kate White 5 sr Kit Kat rey, ridden by Maggie Malee Wil son of cordova, al 6 & 7 tie: cD cats olena, ridden by cody cain of chancel lor, al and fantastic one, ridden by tay

Mid-South Horse Review Calendar of Events

J U N E - J U LY

AGRICENTER SHOW PLACE ARENA

JUN. 3 5: lucky Dog barrel race

JUL. 1 3: Mid south quarter horse show

JUL. 9 16: nrcha eastern Derby

JUL. 22 24: West tn quarter horse show

GERMANTOWN CHARITY ARENA

JUN. 7 11: germantown charity show

JUN 22 26: exel hunter/Jumper show

MARSHALL CO. FAIRGROUNDS

JUN 17 19: Wild Wagon Weekend

ROANE STATE EXPO CENTER

JUN. 4 5: southern series barrel race

JUN. 10 12: se ranch horse seriew

JUN. 16 19: tqha Dogwood classic

JUN. 25 26: centerline Dressage show

JUL. 1 3: east tn cutting horse assn

JUL 8 9: agMa World championship

Mule & Donkey show

JUL 16 17: centerline Dressage show

JUL 30 31: tn stock horse assn show

TENNESSEE MILLER COLISEUM

JUN. 3 4: regional 4 h show

JUN. 10 12: se regional tn Poa

JUN. 13 16: tDot state rodeo

JUN. 24 26: tennessean Dressage shows

JUL. 7 10: Kyqha circuit show

JUL 21 30: Pleasure & colt grand champ

TRI-STATE EXHIBITION CENTER

JUN 3 4: uPha horse show

JUN. 8 11: cleveland charity horse show

JUN. 17 18: nbha 04 06

JUN. 23 26: yeDa nationals

JUL. 1 2: nrha

JUL. 8 9: Jx2 Productions

JUL. 16: lutherin saddlebred show

JUL 22 23: scenic flight Dressage

JUL 29 30: scenic flight Dressage

NATN’L INTERCOLLEGIATE RODEO

JUN 12 18: casper, Wy. college national finals rodeo

TENNESSEE HS RODEO ASSN

JUN. 3 5: Martin, tn state finals

US PONY CLUB

JUN. 12: lexington, Ky Ky horse Park

Midsouth Pony club D ct rally Info: mid south ponyclub org

JUN 21 26: lexington, Ky Ky horse Park Midsouth Pony club Mega rallies Info: midsouth.ponyclub.org

JUL. 27 31: Mill spring, nc tryon Inter national equestrian center usPc champi onships east Info: www ponyclub org

HORSE & TACK SALES

JUN. 3 4: cullman, al cullman co ag trade center Mustang & burro adoption Info: 601 715 5649 blm gov

JUN 4: houston, Ms triple e livestock tack 10 am horses 2 pm Info: a J ellis 662 401 9760

CLINICS / CLASSES

JUN. 13 17: nashville, tn tennessee state library & archives Junior historians in training camp, 4th to 8th grades 9 am 4 pm Info: sos tn gov/tsla/summercamp

JUL 16: crossville, tn 470 copperhead lane understanding saddle fit class Info: terry Peiper tpeiper@aol com

SPECIAL EVENTS

JUN. 5 7: Washington, Dc. omni shoreham hotel american horse council annual con ference Info: www horsecouncil org

JUN. 14: spring hill, tn Middle tennessee agresearch center fruits of the backyard field Day Info: 931 486 2129

JUL. 15 17: lexington, Ky Ky horse Park breyerfest www breyerhorses com

BARREL RACING

JUN 3 5: Memphis, tn lucky Dog barrel races. Info: www.luckydograces.com

JUN. 4: Winchester, tn southern Middle tn Pavilion nbha tn09 Info: lana blankenship (931) 247 2340

JUN. 7: goodlettsville, tn bethel rd sad dle club Info: laura Primm 615 969 2355

JUN 11: brandon, Ms rankin co Multi purpose nbha Ms03 Info: Wendy Warren (601) 540 5095

JUN 11: Winchester, tn southern Middle tn Pavilion. nbha tn02. lana blanken ship (931) 247 2340

JUN. 14: goodlettsville, tn bethel rd saddle club laura Primm 615 969 2355

JUN. 18: Meridian, Ms lauderdale co agri center nbha Ms07 Info: scott thomas (601) 504 7811

JUN 18: Pontotoc, Ms Pontotoc agri cen ter nbha Ms01 Info: Dianne holman 501 454 0803

JUN. 18: McDonald, tn. tri state exhibi tion center nbha tn04/tn06 Info: lacey thompson 423 368 2623

JUN. 21: goodlettsville, tn bethel rd saddle club laura Primm 615 969 2355

JUN. 25: brookhaven, Ms lincoln co civic center nbha Ms05 Info: amy Davis 601 669 1428

JUN 28: goodlettsville, tn bethel rd saddle club laura Primm 615 969 2355

JUL. 3: goodlettsville, tn. bethel rd. sad dle club Info: laura Primm 615 969 2355

JUL. 9: halls, tn flying h arena Info: leanne Dyson 731 413 1211

JUL. 16: Winona, Ms Montgomery co coliseum nbha Ms04 Info: brandi flem ing 662 230 2766

CUTTING HORSE

JUN 10 12: forest, Ms scott co forest coliseum central Ms cha Info: linda clark 205 246 3798

JUN. 18: Prairie, Ms Infinity ranch ne Ms cha Info: linda clark 205 246 3798

JUN. 18 19: lebanon, tn James e Ward ag center country Music cha Info: Jo quethia eatherly 615 642 0605

JUL 1 2: harriman, tn henry stafford ag exposition center etcha Info: frank casey 731 514 0701

JUL 8 10: forest, Ms scott co forest col iseum. central Ms cha. Info: linda clark 205 246 3798

JUL 16 17: lebanon, tn James e Ward ag center country Music cha Info: Joquethia eatherly 615 642 0605

DRESSAGE

JUN 5: hernando, Ms Mid south Dres

sage academy candy crush schooling show www midsouthdressageacademy org

JUN. 18 19: hernando, Ms. Mid south

Dressage academy summer solstice usDf www midsouthdressageacademy org

JUN. 19: virtual greystone Dressage show sites google com/view/greystonedressage/

JUN. 25 26: harriman, tn roane state expo center centerline show Info: tricia Miles 239 860 2265

JUL 16 17: harriman, tn roane state expo center centerline show Info: tricia Miles 239 860 2265

DRIVING

JUN. 7 11: germantown, tn gchs arena germantown charity horse show Info: www gchs org

EVENTING

JUN 11 12: new Market, tn river glen June ht Info: www river glen com

JUL 1 2: gladstone, nJ hamilton farm essex horse trials. Info: www.essexhorse trials org

GAITED HORSES

JUN. 4: Wartrace, tn Jernigan field PWhat fun show

JUN. 4: Pikeville, tn bledsoe co fair grounds east tn spotted saddle horse club

JUN 7 11: germantown, tn gchs arena germantown charity horse show Info: www gchs org

JUN. 18: cookeville, tn. hyder burks Pavilion Whoa summer classic

JUL. 9: lebanon, tn James e Ward ag center PWhat fun show

HUNTER/JUMPER

JUN. 7 11: germantown, tn gchs arena germantown charity horse show Info: www gchs org

JUN 18 19: Knoxville, tn 11904 yarnell rd sonny brooke stables show Info: (865) 281 3099

JUN. 24 26: germantown, tn gchs arena exel schooling show

JUN. 29 JUL. 3: franklin, tn brownland farm summer www brownlandfarm com

JUL. 6 10: franklin, tn brownland farm Mid south classic JUL 9: olive branch, Ms oak view sta bles schooling show oakviewstables net

POLO

JUL. 16: franklin, tn harlinsdale farm franklin Polo Info: franklinPolo com

QUARTER HORSE SHOWS

JUN. 4 5: lauderdale, Ms lauderdale co agri center Mqha summer shows Info: www mqha org

JUN 15 19: harriman, tn roane state expo center tqha Dogwood classic Info: www tqha org

JUN. 18 19: gulfport, Ms. harrison co. fairgrounds sun n fun qh show Info: www mqha org

JUL. 1 3: Memphis, tn show Place arena Mid south liberty circuit

JUL. 7 10: Murfreesboro, tn Ky qh assn Double Down circuit

JUL 13 17: Murfreesboro,tn tqha

southland circuit Info: www tqha org

JUL 22 24: Memphis, tn show Place arena. Wtqha summer circuit

RACING / STEEPLECHASING

JUN. 11: elmont, ny belmont Park bel mont stakes www belmontstakes com

RANCH HORSE

JUN 10 12: harriman, tn roane state expo center southeast ranch horse series

RODEOS & BULL RIDING

JUN. 4: Pittsboro, Ms. calhoun co. agri center IPra Pittsboro Ms rodeo Info: 662 252 4634; 662 252 9214

JUN. 10 11: lawrenceburg, tn rotary Park henryville fire & rescue rodeo Info: 270 269 6000

JUN. 10 11: loudon, tn Municipal Park sgt chris Jenkins Memorial rodeo Info: 865 300 4717

JUN 10 11: gallatin, tn triple creek Park bold enough challenge rodeo. Info: 865 556 9154

JUL. 8 9: hohenwald, tn 115 smith ave hohenwald rodeo Info: 337 427 6336

JUL. 8 9: Dickson, tn Dickson co fair grounds Dickson stampede Days rodeo Info: 270 269 6000

JUL 11: new albany, Ms union co fair rodeo Info: 662 252 4634; 662 252 9214

JUL 15 16: savannah, tn hardin co fair grounds buckin’ on the river

JUL. 15 16: columbia, tn Maury co fair grounds Maury co sheriff's Dept IPra rodeo Info: 337 427 6336

JUL. 15 16: tuscaloosa, al ray c Jenkins Multipurpose arena sokol Park arena rodeo Info: 205 372 3182

JUL 16: new albany, Ms union co fair rodeo Info: 662 252 4634

JUL 22 23: Philadelphia, Ms neshoba co fairgrounds neshoba co fair rodeo

JUL. 22 23: Whitwell, tn. Ketner's Mill arena rodeo Info: 337 427 6336

JUL. 23: holly springs, Ms Knotty bolden Memorial arena Knotty bolden Memorial rodeo Info: 662 252 4634; 662 252 9214

JUL. 29 30: sweetwater, tn 1855 new hwy 68 sweetwater rodeo 337 427 6336

JUL 29 30: springfield, tn robertson co fairgrounds guptons ram tough IPra rodeo Info: 337 427 633

ROPING

JUL. 9 10: McDonald, tn tri state exhi bition center ustrc signature series

STOCK HORSE

JUL. 30 31: harriman, tn roane state expo tnsha show Info: www tnsha org

TRAIL RIDES

JUL 14 16: tuscumbia, al gardiner farms 26th annual saddle up for st Jude 256 446 5392. www.saddleup4kids.org

DEADLINE

Deadline for JULY issue: JUNE 24 find more on our website: www midsouthhorsereview com see you next month!