Ranch Riding Bound!

Joschka Werdermann soared to the 2021 AMERICANA Ranch Riding European Open Championship. He had two horses in the qualifier, and in the finals he won first and second place aboard respectively 12-year-old AQHA Ruff Commander (Ruf Lil Rascal x Peppys Especial Lena), owned by Leonie Mager and the Criollo CP Chaca Teso, owned by Jacqueline Gulden-Schütz.

The Buckskin stallion Ruff Commander has had a successful reining career among others, "I've had Ruff Commander in training for about four weeks now," said Joschka. "He is an absolutely cool, laid-back horse, but of course I didn't know how he would manage the atmosphere of the show arena here at AMERICANA, but at the end he didn't mind at all and was right there with me from the beginning."

Verena Geirhos riding Lisa Geirhos’ Nu Rietta Chex took the Ranch Riding European Ranch Riding Non Pro Championship with a 151 score.