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elcome to the June 2022 Issue of SouthWest Horse Trader. I’ve had quite a few pinch myself moments over the years where I attended, worked or accomplished something that was pretty incredible. But, the recent Kentucky Derby left one of my good friends pinching herself and I got to enjoy it from the sidelines. It’s not everyday that you can say, “hey I know the pony rider who lead the longshot Kentucky Derby Winner out on the track.” Many of you read her Chiro Corner colCheck out Dr umn each month so you kind of know her too! Yes, Jenn's conI’m talking about Dr Jenn. So of course, I asked her nection to the to share her experience with SouthWest Horse Trader! the Kentucky Next month we look forward to our annual Train- Derby Winner starting on ing Feature. So TRAINERS- Get your articles in! Vispage 17. > it swhorsetrader.com for the latest news & events. w

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Dare Earns NRBC Championship

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On Saturday night, crowd favorites Trevor Dare and Jerseys Baby Driver (Hercules) added another line to their resume, winning the Level 4 Open Championship at the National Reining Breeders Classic.

Dare and Jerseys Baby Driver, by Yellow Jersey out of Wind Her Up Chic, were first on the ground in the last set of horses on Open Finals night. From the moment they ran into the pen, the roar of the audience was deafening, and those cheers built to a crescendo when the score – a 228 – was announced.

“Everyone works really hard to get to the Finals,” Dare said. “For me, I have wondered, ‘Can I ever win it? Is it even possible?’ So, to win it is awesome. I feel amazing.”

“I always try to nail that first stop. I said ‘Whoa’ and it just felt right. I backed up, and then another area I might not have shown him to the best of his ability before is his turns, but he turned hard both ways tonight,” Dare recalled. “I remember sitting in the middle thinking, ‘Holy smokes! This might work!’”

Trevor Dare & Jerseys Baby Driver According to Dare, Hercules just got better and better the whole run.

For the win, Dare, Hercules, and owner Janice Laney, were presented with an incredible array of prizes plus a check for $75,000, pushing his lifetime earnings to more than $225,000!

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During the NRBC Non-Pro Finals, Chandler Winard & Whoz Joe Daddy slid to the Level 2 & 1 Championships, Level 3 Reserve and Level 4 fifth.

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The Texas Shoot Out horse show had a big turn out at the The Texas Rose Horse Park in Tyler, Texas April 27-May 1.

Wednesday saw beautiful weather and the TX Super Series Performance Hunter Stake got things started in the main hunter ring. Morgan Knochel riding MTM Animated owned by Skylar Sneathern took home the top place.

On Thursday the SSG stakes continued with the 3’/3’3 Texas Green Stake. Adrianne Gamboa bettered the field of 18 on CR Ciao Bella owned baby Victoria Eastman. Courtney Lenkart was second on Balius for Adler Manson, and she also took the yellow ribbon on Visionary for Eyckenhoeve Sales LLC. Courtney also guided Balius to the USHJA 3/3’3 USHJA Green Incentive win. Second went to She’s All That and Jef Lauwers ridding for Linda Yarborough. Third place went to MTM All In and Morgan Knochel for Brawley Farms.

The 3’6/3’9 USHJA Green Incentive was held and Matt Cyphert riding Ritz for Katie McDonnell take the top spot. Second went to Jef Lauwers riding Easton Blue for Papandreou Hunter and Jumper and third went home with Up Next and Christina Schweir riding for Catherine Garrett.

In the jumper ring on Thursday the Welcome Stake saw Happy Comly gallop away from the 27 horse field on Clock-Wise CSH for Comly Sport Horses. Second was NKH Cento Blue owned by NKH LLC and ridden by Nicolas Gamboa. Nico also took third on Champions League for Maddie Morley.

Friday was Derby day and the $10,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby and a field of 22 showed over a beautiful course set by Lynn Mullins. Jef Lauwers grabbed the tri-color rosette on Hallpass owned by Sue Copeland. Alex Ansteth took second on MTM Hat Day for Tori Wiesner and third went to Happy Hour and Mindy Coretz ridding for Eighteen Acres Farm.

In Hunter Ring II the Non Pro Hunter Derby was held, and Encore CBF owned and ridden by Ella Abehere took home the blue. Second went to Portofino Ramiro owned by Anna Mathews and ridden by Eva Linke. Third place went home with o/r Mercedes Flett on Caswell.

The Jumper ring saw Storybrook Farm from Argyle, walk away with many awards. In the $5000 1.25M EMO Jumper Classic, Giana Aycock piloted her Flex A Tia to the blue. Second went to Colby Coltrain riding Gianna’s Conquer and third was RF Blitsfee owned and ridden

by Rowdie Jo Adams (trained by Gianna and Colby).

Giana Aycock Saturday morning had a change & Flex A Tia of plans with the $30,000 CWD Grand Prix leading off the day in hopes to beat bad weather later in the day. Nicholas Gamboa continued his hot streak taking the top spot on NKH LLC’s NKH Cento Blue. Jennifer Gamboa Nico’s mother got to take a break out of the show office for the win. Second went to Happy Comly on Clock-Wise CSH and third was Juju VDM and owner rider Savanah Hemby. w

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Fernando Salgado & Gunnabeabrightstar

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Cont from page 4 “This horse is so good to my family, both inside and out of the arena,” added Dare.

Former Champion Casey Deary tied himself for Reserve on two great horses with each marking a 226.5 to win $45,000.

Down Right Amazing, owned by DAG Ventures LLC, is by Gunner out of Shesouttayourleague. Deary and Down Right Amazing also won the preliminary round.

Americasnexttopgun, by Walla Walla Whiz out of Americasnextgunmodel, owned by Puno Performance Horses, have won more than $203,000 plus this year’s NRBC. Fernando Salgado’s score of 225.5 on Gunnabeabrightstar sealed the deal on the Level 3. That score would also put Salgado fourth in the Level 4 Open with the 6-year-old stallion

by ARC Gunnabeabigstar out of Abbie Be Tuff.

“This horse is for sure special to us,” Salgado said. “I started him and made all the Level 4 finals as a three-year-old. When we bought our place, I sold him to the Neibergers so he went to Casey Deary, and he was very successful with Casey as well.”

The horse ended up in Salgado’s string after an injury in 2021 sidelined him for a bit.

Salgado laughed, and joked, “If I was Casey I don’t know that I would share a horse as nice as this!”

It has been a long road for Jimmy Van der Hoeven to get to where he is today. Originally from the Netherlands, Van der Hoeven qualified for the NRBC Open Finals 10 years ago and walked away with the Level 2 win. Fast forward to the 2022 NRBC, and Van der Hoeven won the Level 2 for the second time.

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Taylor Zimmerman & Shining On Ruf he said of Onecoolchic, a five-year-old mare by Magnum Chic Dream and out of Skeets Red Dunit. “I think that gives them grit and makes them good.”

Winning the Level 1 Open Classic Finals at the NRBC is every young trainer’s dream, and for Katie Davis that dream came true on Saturday. She rode the 5-year old Starfire Sixtysix (Inferno Sixty Six x Wind It Up Chic) to the win with a score of 219.5.

Chicowhiz’s huge stops and pretty appearance in the show pen impressed the judges during the first section of the Open Finals.

Cody Sapergia rode the seven-year-old stallion,

by Smart Chic Olena out of Whizicle, to a score of 222 (includes handicap) to win the Prime Time Open title.

The Gainesville trainer calls the horse Jimmy and has ridden him since he was a fouryear-old. Jimmy came from Canada through Andre De Bellefeuille’s breeding program and is owned by Larizza Rizzi.

“At the NRBC, it’s always a great event to be a part of,” Sapergia said. “It’s been a great show all these years, and I’m really happy to win something here.”

The Non Pros The atmosphere during the 2022 NRBC Non Pro Finals, held April 22, was full of anticipation.

When Taylor Zimmerman rode into the Coliseum on Shining On Ruf, the excitement of the crowd built, and the whoops, hollers, and whistles hit their crescendo when the pair’s score – a 222 – was announced. “The crowd was electric. I was really focused and trying to zone in as much as possible, but I did hear and feel the energy from the crowd,” Zimmerman

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Samantha Smith & Smokin 66 shared following the Finals.

Competing as draw 23 in the second section of the Finals, Zimmerman had to wait out eight more impressive teams.

The score held. Zimmerman was presented with a bevy of prizes, plus a big check to the tune of $30,000!

Shining On Ruf, owned by Taylor’s grandfather Vaughn Zimmerman, is by his stallion Not Ruf At All and out of Boom Shine Sally.

Finishing as Reserve were Gina-Maria Schumacher and Gunnastepya with a 220.5.

Schumacher and Gunnastepya, by Gunnatrashya out of SDP A Lasting Step, won $20K. Samantha Smith scored a 218 aboard Smokin 66, a 5-year old mare by Inferno Sixty Six and out of Nuthin Chic, to claim Level 3 and $12,500. “I feel amazing. It’s been a heck of a road to get here,” she said, explaining she had two back surgeries and was unable to ride for eight months.

In 2015, Chandler Winard piloted a palomino horse to win the Level 2 & 1 Championships while also finishing reserve in the Level 3 and fifth in the Level 4.

It felt like déjà vu in 2022, as Winard placed identically, once again on a yellow reining horse. This year’s partner was Whoz Joe Daddy, a four-year-old stallion by Lil Joe Cash out of Miss Sunshine Annie.

Winard rides with Dan Huss. “Dan told me to keep it clean and have a good, positive ride because my horse is only four and it needed to be a confidence builder for both of us,” she said.

Francesca Sternberg and Red Dirt Paleface made their long trip to the NRBC worth it.

Sternberg and her team traveled from overseas to compete at the prestigious event.

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Vitals Are Good), Alana MaHall (Open-2nd-Go/Hello Stella), and Pete rie Stanton (Youth/Interestedin Outlaws Oen (Futurity-Race/Bapitized By Fire). & Y-AB/Powderandlead), Grace Riely NMQHA’s 2022 Land of Enchant(Y-L1/A Certain Red Vette), Brooklyn ment Circuit, held April 21-24, had great Mueller (Y-WT/Too Lazy To Pay), and weather.

It was great to be back showing Finely Faith Magdeburg (Small-Fry/Hot In at the State Fairgrounds for the first time My Blue Jeans). since 2019! HPs were Got My Zipper Stuck Deep South Stock Horse Assoc aims (Sr-Horse/Bridgett Honea), Wisely Zipped at bringing horse riders together from all Up (Am/Megan Maestas), Zippo Del Oro over Southern Louisiana and Mississip(Sel-Am/Brenda Schlote), Best of Batt pi to share in equine appreciation, and it Man (WT-Am/Hank Henley), Dont Skip hosts events at The Clinton Arena in ClinA Krymsun (WT-Y/Sarah Wolf), Overdue ton, LA. The April 16 event offered HPs To Be Invitd (L1-Am/Edward Atler), Got under 2 judges but they matched that day My Zipper Stuck (L1-Y & 13&U/Dakota and were Lillie Chandler (Peanut), Amelia Honea), and Dreamcatchers Chex (14-18/ Tircuit (PeeWee), Alyssa McLin (Jr), and Kaydens Koenig). The Summer EnchantWren Brumfield (Sr). fmi, dsshsa.org. ment is June 16-19. fmi, www.nmqua.com.

TQHA’s incentive program paid out The Texas Festival Horse Show, $100K for the second year at the NCHA hosted by TX Amateur QHA and Big Super Stakes that ended April 16. It paid to Country QHA, was held April 21-24 in the 3 highest-placing eligible horses in the Waco. Afterwards, TQHA President MiOpen, NP, and Amateur, with owners and chelle Tidwell stated, “This was the first of riders required to be current TQHA memfour TQHA saddle series show this year.” bers and horses registered with AQHA and L1 Amateur winners were Kelsey Garfoaled in Texas. There were 7 eligible in cia (Hmnship/Cuz Im Da Best), Deborah the Open, 20 in NP, and 14 in Amateur.

Harris (WP/One Hot Summer Night), MaOklahoma QHA’s relocated on April riah Embry Shelton (Shwmnshp/Sudden19 to the NRHA Building on the OKC ly Shez Lazy), Jeanne Kavanaugh (Trail/ Fairground. The new addesss is 2021 West Suddenly Best Vested), Nolan Johnsrud Reno, Oklahoma City, OK 73107.

(RRiding/Talkin Cheap), and Cyndey AQHA offered open and futurity McCulloch (HUS & Eq/Lopinonbourbonincentive race side pots at the 2022 Better street). L1 Youth winners include Addie Barrel Races World Finals in OKC April Allen (Hmnship/Do Ya Likem Lazy), Lily 19-24. Big winners included Devin Young Corbin (HUS & WP/Hes Not Just A Ru(Open-1st-go/Jetting To Docs Bar), Sharin mor), Karli Rayburn (Shwmnshp & Eq/ 12

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Cowgirl Corner Special Olympics Texas Equestrian Summer Games

By Sherri Mell, 2X Hall of Fame Cowgirl Hosted at the Brazos County Expo Complex Arena in Bryan, the Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) held its State Summer Special Olympics Equestrian Games Competition on May 19-22. Teams from all 4 regions of Texas (Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern) were present and the 130 Athletes enjoyed trading pins from their own region for a pin from another region. Many were trying to get all 4 pins! Due to Covid, the last equestrian competition had been held in 2019. Athletes, parents, supporters and volunteers were very happy to see this event happening once again.

An opening Ceremony was held in the main arena with the Delegations in the stands sporting their team banners! Mike Aguilar of Team ROPER (Riding Opportunities Promoting Exceptional Riders) carried the American Flag. Dalia Martinez of ROPER carried the Torch. Several Law Enforcement Officers were in place for the Opening Ceremonies and stayed throughout the entire weekend, assisting where needed! The Athletes enjoyed complimentary dinner both Friday and Saturday evenings and lunch was provided on Saturday with a dinner and dance hosted by the Knights of Columbus complete with disc jockey and the 80’s theme!

The Unified Team Relays ran on Friday night. Zoe Burt, Kodi Burt, Dominique Burt and Dalia Martinez from Team ROPER made up 2 Unified Partner Teams.

Special Olympics Unified Sports teams bring people together to promote social inclusion through sport. In Unified Sports, teams are made up of people of similar age and ability with the mission being Inclusion. So, if the Athlete can walk only on horseback, then his or her partner will also walk only. Unified Sports was founded in 2008 by the Special Olympics Texas. With ROPER’s home base in San Antonio, we have had Inclusive Riding since 1993 at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.

Also on Friday night were the Team Relays. Team

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Homestate heroes Clay & Saebens win BFI Contributed by Kendra Santos

Dalia Martinez of ROPER strikes a pose with Coach Mell.

2022 ROPER King Zachary Shieferl

ROPER’s Relay Teams consisted of Athletes Dalia Martinez and Ben Stankien.

All our Relay Teams received medals.

Following the Relays were the Pole Bending, Figure 8 Stake Race, and Barrel Race. Michael Aguilar of ROPER won all the Speed Events for level A. Silver medals were received

by Zachary Vasquez in the Barrel Race and Zach Sheiferl in the Pole Bending Event.

Only Levels A and B compete in the Speed events as these events are for independent riders only. Team Captains from both Victoria (Abigale Brzozowske) and ROPER (Michael Aguilar) dominated the field of Speed Event Riders as they did in the Area 20 Games. These two riders bring their own horses, trucks and trailers to Special Olympics Practices and Competitions!

After the Speed Events, Athletes competed in the Western Riding events, followed by the Awards Ceremony for the Speed Events and Western Riding.

Saturday brought out the Western and English Equitation as well as the Trail Classes followed by the Awards Ceremony for the events of the day. It was seasonally hot but the huge fans that hung from the ceilings helped us to keep cool. After the competition and awards, athletes trotted over to the Dinner and Dance to show off their moves! A few of us crazy coaches did, too!

A Special Thanks goes out to the many Volunteers. Through Special Olympics Texas, they handed out the beautiful medals and ribbons to the Athletes throughout the entire competition, opened gates, cleaned up after horses and ran errands. All done with smiles on their faces.

It would be impossible to do the Special Olympics Events without great Sponsors. Team ROPER Athletes are thankful to Professional Breakaway roper, JJ Hampton of JJ HAMPTON REALTY for her support through Summer Games. She has paid for the entire team’s entry fees at Summer Games for the third year. Having sponsors herself, she understands the importance of sponsoring and supporting athletes to reach their goals.

I would also like to thank LOCAL VFW POST 837, SAY WHOA, ARENA WERKS and Chuck’s TRANSPORTATION for the donations that also assisted our ROPER Team through the 2022 Equestrian Season.

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Team roping fans who attended the 45th annual Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic at the world-famous Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma were treated to the tightest short round in BFI history. And it was Sooner State cowboys Jake Cooper Clay and Billie Jack Saebens who came out kings of the 126-team BFI from third high callback to take the sweet $150,000 victory lap after roping six steers in 47.11 seconds.

“The BFI is the most prestigious roping there is, in my book,” said Clay, 23, who calls Sapulpa home.

“I’ve watched the BFI forever. You can’t look away from the money, and there are so many people watching.

Even people who don’t team rope know what the BFI is. What means the most to me is to look at the list of all the guys who’ve done good at this roping, and now I’m on that list.”

“The money’s good, but the confidence that comes with a win like this one might be even better,” said Saebens, 33, who lives in Nowata with his fellow WNFR qualifier wife, Ivy. “I know I work hard at it, and have good horses. But you go to ropings, and you drive-I live dang near in Kansas, and I drive to Texas every week-and sometimes it feels like you get your butt kicked over and over. Capitalizing at a roping like this helps a guy forget about all the losing, all the driving and roping in the cold in Nowata.”

Finishing just 1/10th of a second behind Clay and Saebens’s 47.11 were James Arviso, Seba Dalkai, AZ, and Josh Patton, Shallowater, TX, who stopped the clock 6 times in 47.21.

The team earned $103,000.

Cowboy Curveballs The twists and turns at the 2022

BFI were wild. Arviso’s the 18-yearold nephew of Derrick Begay, won the Hooey Jr BFI Open earlier this BFI Week with Oklahoma’s Landen Glenn, who’s also 18. Fast forward to BFI Day, and Glenn won the Rickey Green Award for the Overall Fast Time at the BFI behind Aaron Tsinigine with a 5.47-second winner in Round 3. Tyler Wade and Saebens won the inaugural RG award in 2019, by the way.

The Wrangler and Priefert Short Round winners were Bubba Buckaloo and Joseph Harrison with a 6.95-second run, which was good for $4,000.

That put them fifth in the average for another $30,000 after roping six in 48.33. The third-place team of Rhen Richard and Jeremy Buhler were 47.35 on six for $70,000. Chad Masters and Cory Petska finished fourth in 47.92 for $50,000.

Horsepower

If the head horse Clay just won BFI ’22 on looks familiar, there’s good reason for that, too. Streakin Sun Dew was named the Head Horse of the BFI. “Sun’s 17 now, and still going strong,” says Clay.

“Horsepower’s the biggest thing, because the score’s so long and the steers run so hard. Good horses make all the difference here.”

Harrison was deeply touched to take Heel Horse of the BFI honors with his horse The Governor, who like Sun is a sorrel. The Governor is 10, and his registered name is Freckles Instant Coffee.

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Rich Strike springs 80-1 stunner in Kentucky Derby

148th Running of the Kentucky Derby Contributed by Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com

RED TR-Racing’s Rich Strike, a last-minute addition to the Kentucky Derby (G1) field from the also-eligible list on Friday morning, rallied from far back to pull an 80-1 upset of Saturday’s 148th Run for the Roses. In deep stretch, the onetime maiden claimer rolled past favored Epicenter and Zandon to spark a $163.60 win mutuel.

The first Derby starter for trainer Eric Reed and jockey Sonny Leon, Rich Strike was bred by the all-time leading breeder in Derby history, the legendary Calumet Farm. He extends Calumet’s grip on the record as its 10th KY Derby winner.

By Keen Ice, who famously stunned Triple Crown champion American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers (G1), Rich Strike had not previously won a stakes. He was a distant fifth behind Epicenter in the Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds, then tried the trail on the Turfway Park Tapeta. Third in the Leonatus S., the deep closer got up for fourth in the John Battaglia Memorial, and third in the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3).

But Rich Strike had romped in his only prior start at Churchill Downs, albeit in a $30,000 maiden claimer last September. Claimed from Calumet that day, the stamina-laden colt benefited from a ferocious pace set-up in Derby 148.

First, though, Rich Strike needed a defection to draw into the field. Right before scratch time Friday morning, Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas had to scratch Ethereal Road, and Rich Strike suddenly got his chance.

Dubai shipper Summer Is Tomorrow set a blistering pace, pressed by Japan’s Crown Pride.

Messier tracked, then split them as he made his bid for glory. It was short-lived, as his proximity to the pace told.

Epicenter cruised to the fore entering the stretch, only to be challenged by Zandon. They appeared poised to fight out the finish, until Rich Strike surged to their inside and completed the 1 1/4-mile classic in 2:02.61. Simplification finished fourth, and Mo Donegal rounded out the top five.

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Chiro Corner Contributed by Dr. Jennifer Schuckman

Rich Strike, his groom & Dr Jenn

KY Derby Fun

I received the call of a lifetime when I was invited to pony racehorses at this year’s Kentucky Oaks (Friday) and Kentucky Derby (Saturday). This was my first invite to help at the Run for the Roses, by far the most epic race I have helped with. I found out the morning of the race that I would be ponying the late entry longshot Rich Strike to the post! You know, the underdog who was not supposed to be there, who came from behind to win by ¾ of a length. This month I’m sharing my experience ponying the winner of the Kentucky Derby!

What is Ponying? After the racehorse is saddled in the paddock, it is taken to the track. At the gap in the track a pony horse will hook up to the racehorse and bring him to the starting gate. The purpose is to make sure the racehorse stays focused and safe during their warmup. An added bottleneck comes into play during the Derby in that instead of going straight to warmup, all horses must walk the track past the cameras for introductions.

How did you get into ponying? I started ponying occasionally when I lived in Lexington, Kentucky. I had a friend need an extra person one day and she asked me to join!

I have been moonlighting on the track ever since.

Who invited you to Churchill for the Kentucky Derby? Marilyn Montavon!

She has had pony horses on Kentucky tracks for over 40 years. I LOVE working with her.

On this trip, she put me on Silver, a great stout gray horse.

What did it feel like to be on the track at Churchill Downs? I have been

to Churchill Downs for many races, including other Derbies. Nothing compares to the energy at Churchill Downs on Derby Day. That energy was magnified 100 times being on the track in front of the crowd. It is the most electric feeling to be walking to the front side of the track with 170,000 cheering people. I was in awe of the size of Churchill Downs as I stood on the track waiting for the call to the post. Immediately after the call, a marching band started

playing. It gave me goosebumps to be a part of something so magical! The crowd goes from singing “My Old Kentucky Home” to cheering. The loudest roar you’ve ever heard from the excited race goers shakes you to your core.

In that moment on the track, I understood why all these horses are higher strung then normal.

How did it feel to have Rich Strike in your hand? From the back of the pony

horse, you can tell if the racehorse is nervous, looking at the crowd, washed out from the noise, or focused on the race. Hooking on to Rich Strike he felt FOCUSED! He was also very ready to be away from the roar of the crowd. While jockey Sonny Leon had a good hold on him, the colt was slinging his head trying to tell us all he was ready. Silver, a very experienced pony horse, tolerated Rich’s antics, including his biting, and pushed back on him.

In his quest for a more sympathetic pacifier, he found my hand. Before my days as a chiropractor and the need to protect my hands, I would have taken it all in and kept going. But with his aggression level growing with the building roar of the crowd, I handed him off to the outrider for the final prep.

Having Rich Strike in my hand was the most amazing feeling I have ever felt. The over whelming magic of being on the track for the Derby post parade coupled with a horse that is ready to win gave me goosebumps. I felt all the magic in that moment!

What were you thinking when you saw he won? From the point in the track

where the riders stood with their pony horses, Rich Strike was still 10 horses deep when he came by. I thought to myself, “he must be trapped”. Then when we heard his name over the speaker, the whole track erupted, and the rest is now history!

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NRBC Cont from page 8 The Prime Time Non Pro winner arrived from Great Britain ready to compete with the best of the best on her six-year-old gelding by Pale Face Dunnit out of Lost In Tinseltown.

Together, Sternberg and Red Dirt Paleface scored a 219 (including handicap) in the Prime Time Finals, and their 217.5 in Levels 4 and 3 tied for fifth in Level 4 and tied for second in Level 3. All totaled, Sternberg and Red Dirt Paleface won $20,250.

“I promised myself I would run in and do a proper stop, and as a result I wanted to pat my horse. I thought to myself I must not pat anything - I need to get on with it,” she said with a laugh.

There was a tie for reserve between Lisa Neiberger and All About Business and Jose Vazquez and SLJ Corazon Valiente. Each had scores of 217 (including handicap).

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Product Highlight www.CastlebrookBarns.com 800.52BARNS Castlebrook Barns’ long list of accessories are designed to offer you many options for function, comfort and style.

Each accessory is designed to complement your barn and enhance its functionality and beauty. Below are just a couple of our most popular accessories.w WASH POST Designed for either indoor or outdoor use, your Wash Post is equipped with an insulated, comfort grip wand that stores in its own holder. The upper swing arm design and coiled hose virtually eliminate the ageold problem of kinked hoses that become trampled on by your horses. You and your horses’ safety is also insured by use of a specialty colored safety hose that not only gives a visual warning, but also stays off the ground to avoid tripping hazards.

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STABLE COMFORT In keeping with Castlebrook’s long-standing tradition of providing the ultimate in comfort and safety for your horses, we offer the Stable-Comfort Flooring System. Stable-Comfort is easy to clean and provides a healthy environment for your horses. Stable-Comfort is a seamless one-piece system that allows for easy cleaning. Its patented design is the equivalent of 8 inches of bedding, allowing for the use of only a small amount of bedding for urine absorption.

Cleaning time is cut in half and bedding costs are significantly reduced by the use of Stable-Comfort in your barn.

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News & Events

Fort Worth Dressage Club The Fort Worth Dressage Club is a club devoted to dressage and dressage activities for its members.

We work throughout the year to FWDC show table provide educational opportunities and fun activities for our members.

FWDC holds monthly meetings at Szechuan Chinese Restaurant off Bryant Irving the 4th Monday of every month at 6:30 PM. Check out our pictures of members and activities on our website at www.fortworthdressageclub.com.

FWDC hosted a clinic with Bill McMullin, a “S” judge and a USDF Certified Instructor through FEI, a USDF Trainer Faculty Member, and a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold Medalist. The clinic was held May 21-22 at the Patterson Circle P Ranch in Aledo.

This was a very successful clinic with 9 riders at all levels. Mr. McMullen shared his expertise and had many exercises for riders to work on to improve their horse’s performance. Riders and auditors came away with more knowledge and ways to improve their individual horses.

We want to again thank the Patterson’s for donating their facility and being such gracious hosts! Circle P, a full boarding facility owned and operated by Jennifer and Mike Patterson, generously donated their beautiful facility, including stalls and lunches, both days to FWDC. Learn more about them at www.pattersoncirclepranch.com.

FWDC will hold its schooling show June 5th at Willow Draw in Weatherford. The entry form is on our website. Whether you are riding or watching, please join us for a relaxed, fun show. We will offer the USEF dressage tests, Western dressage, eventing dressage and gaited dressage.

FWDC activities throughout the year include our annual awards banquet to recognize members achievements throughout the year, which also includes a silent auction to benefit our Scholarship fund, USDF/USEF Recognized show, schooling show, low cost clinic, pool party, video night and other dressage related activities. This past year we also hosted a bit fitting clinic and brought in an expert in proper bits for your individual horse. It was very well received and a great educational experience.

FWDC sends out group e-mails to members to keep them informed of club activities and other dressage events in the community. Let me know if you would like a dressage event known to other dressage enthusiasts and we will get the word out.

Join FWDC and learn more about the wonderful sport of dressage.

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Competitive Trail News In The SouthWest

LEISURE DIVISION OFFERS STEP UP OR PERMANENT HOME Three years ago the North American Trail Ride Conference (NATRC) introduced the Leisure Division to its trail competitions in every region across the United States. This division of competitive trail offered one-day shorter distances and slower speeds than traditional NATRC events.

The Leisure Division When introduced in 2019, the Leisure has been Division (LeD) was targeted at riders new to a Huge distance riding and new to judged trail events.

Success!

In a very short time, it became clear to NATRC leadership that there was a need for the Leisure Division, not as an introduction to longer, faster 2-day events, but as a destination division. Feedback from LeD competitors confirmed theories that many trail riders loved competing in judged events, but did not have the time to dedicate to conditioning their equine partner to ride longer than 10 miles, faster than 3.5 mph or for two days in a weekend.

Beginning in 2021, NATRC began to offer Leisure Division Only competitions. This decision opened up many opportunities to sanction events at more private ranches that could not support 25 miles of trail required for the Open Division.

The benefit of the Leisure Division is that it can be a destination division, but it can also be an introduction to Novice or Competitive Pleasure Division that are generally 15-24 miles per day, for one or two days, at 4-5 mph, which is mostly trotting or loping/cantering. LeD takes away the fear of the unknown about distance competitive trail.

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SUMMER TRAIL EVENTS MOVE TO THE MOUNTAINS

The summer months in the Southwest are bereft of trail competitions as national organizations focus on events in New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Minnesota, the Dakotas and New England. Local organizations like the Texas Trail Challenge Club host fun get-togethers with or without horses at local lakes.

Traveling with horses to trail competitions in northern or mountain climes can be refreshing and fun with proper planning. Be sure to secure all necessary equine traveling papers (health certificates) from a licensed veterinarian as you plan your route. Each state has a State Veterinarian and requirements may vary.

Overnight accommodations for horses and driver can be found online, and generally are affordable places to garner much-needed rest on the road. Some locations require certified weed-free forage (hay), and many will provide it for purchase.

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LGD Management Bill Costanzo – LGD Research Specialist, TX A&M AgriLife Research

This month we will be continuing the three-part series on using GPS trackers for livestock guardian dogs.

Part two will focus on the types of commercially available SmartOne -C trackers that are available for produc- satellite- based ers to use on their dogs.

GPS tracker.

Types of GPS Trackers Its best to use Lithium-Ion batteries in your trackers to maximize battery life. Many ranchers will find that active tracking commercial GPS trackers for cargo containers and semi-trucks offer the best type of tracker for LGDs. These units are often waterproof with strong cases and have options to conserve battery life. There are two main types of GPS trackers available, passive, and active tracking. Those terms refer to how the data is collected and reported by the tracker.

Passive trackers collect the data but must be removed from the dog and have the information downloaded onto a computer to be able to track its locations over time. The units often have internal batteries that must be recharged after downloading the stored data.

These are generally much smaller than active trackers and have a longer battery life, but do not offer live tracking of the dog. A common passive tracker is the i-GotU tracker. The tracker can be purchased online from many different retailers. They are often used for research purposes as they can store up to 65,000 pings.

For small producers with well socialized LGDs this type of tracker may be a good option as they are inexpensive, but still provide tracking of the dog’s movements.

Active trackers send a signal either via cellular service or satellite service to a provider. Active trackers require larger batteries than passive units and provide live tracking of the dogs. However, their batteries must be replaced or charged on a regular basis. Depending on the type of active tracker you purchase, you can expect anywhere from a few days to a few months of battery life.

Cellular GPS trackers can often provide 5-minute updates on a dog’s position. However, this comes at the price of battery life. GPS pings of 15 to 30 minutes are useful for most tracking purposes with uploads every one to four hours. The uploads to the providers server are what creates the most drain on battery life

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Equine CBD ASk The Expert Contributed by Scott Robertson, TOML

WHEN TO USE CBD'S

Howdy!

This month we are going to talk about the potential benefits and why cannabinoids are being used in the equestrian industry. There are multiple areas that are showing to be impacted by introducing the use of CBD and Cannabinoids. At TOML, we break them down into four categories; Anxiety, Wound Care, Focus and Wellness which leads to the goal of greater Quality of Life and Performance Restoration. Let’s briefly look at each and how cannabinoids may benefit.

Anxiety

One of the most common uses for CBD products is assisting with anxiety and stress. This could be during trailering, away from their buddy, competition stress or anxiety that is created in the training process. These changes in environment or expectation may create anxiety that manifests itself in the gut as well as mentally. The use of pellets, tinctures or biscuits could ease this anxiety and assist horses to manage the mental anxiety and gastrointestinal stress.

erties. In case studies using our products significantly advanced timelines in the recovery from deep gash wounds, slices, large tissue damage and exposed muscle have all been observed with phenomenal recovery.

Focus “Hot” horses come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. The ability to get a horse to stay on task, block out the distractions and focus on the moment is critical in the show pen, practice pen or on a trail ride.

CBD products may help to improve attentiveness by stimulating a response from dopamine receptors. Dopamine acts as a neurotransmitter and is largely responsible for memory and focus. The extra attention to detail and focus can make all the difference during training and performance.

Quality of Life/Performance Restoration

Recently the Executive Director of a major equestrian organization and I sat down for lunch and the entire time we spoke about Equine Wellness. The basis of everything we do in each of our product lines is to improve the quality of life of every person and animal we touch. Cannabinoids play a vital role in the health Wound Care of the endocannabinoid system creating a This is an area that is often over- very healthy and balanced body. Whether looked, but cannabinoids may play a sig- it’s aiding the health of 25-30 year plus horses, off track thoroughbreds rehabilinificant role in assisting in wound care. In tating to get back in the game or western 2020, research studies with cannabinoids performance horses in cutting, barrels and showed CBG to have antibacterial, anticow work cannabinoids are showing to fungal, antiviral, and antimicrobial propbe the significant difference in restoring health and wellness to live their best life.

Any questions about how or when to use cannabinoid products within USEF or FEI guidelines, contact me at cbdexpert@swhorsetrader.com. We welcome all questions and will respond in future editions.

Visit www.tomlusa.com for more information and to also learn TOML products have aided in the timely more about The PTSD Foundation of recovery from deep gash wounds.

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Erica Arnold & Beyond A Cowboy Maddie Passmore was HP Cham- Savannah Foxworth & Sophie Nolan Johnsrud & Talkin Cheap won the Youth W-T Buckle Challenge pion 14-18 at Hunt Co Horse- Bernhagen tied for Gonzales won the L1 Amateur Ranch Ridat OBHA's Bloomin' Blowout Show. man's Assoc's May 13-14 show Cutting Never Won A Buckle ing Buckle at TQHA's TX Festival.

Bits & Spurs - Cont from page 12 Izzy Legendary), Emerson Knabenshue (Trail/ See My Shiney Hiney), & Rosemary Hartman (RRiding/Spot On Joe). fmi www.TQHA.com.

OK Buckskin HA’s Bloomin’ Blowout Horse Show, held in Tulsa April 23-24, was action-packed with lots of fun, many prizes and awards. ABRA HPs were Madison Harrrison (Y), Tina Dawson (Am-WT), Leesa Hogan (Am), Jamie Phillips (Op), and Kimberly Pemberton (Bkskn-Bred). AB HPs were Blakely Fowlkes (10&U-WT), Mackenzie Mullen (11-18), Jammie Sissek (Ad-WT), Allysa Frost (Ad), Charlie Dupree (Rch-10&U), Kameelah Anderson (Rch-11-18), and Miranda Ruleford (Ad-Rch). fmi, www.oklahomabuckskin.org.

OK Combined Training Assoc hosted the Feather Creek Spring Schooling April 24 in Norman, OK. Kudos to those who braved the wet weather! The top FEI score went to Laura Ruskoski and Manu Forti’s Croga King.

In Horse Trials, winners included Stephanie Villines (Nov/Two Out Rally), Brady Schneider (Beg-Nov/KS Bluestream Cimarron B), Livia Carlson (Starter/King of Hearts), Morganne Bigham (Intro/Umbra), and Savanah Edwards (Grasshopper/Samacs The Magician).

The USTRC Finals, held in Fort Worth April 24-May 1, paid out $2,764,500 and resulted in Shootout average champions Cinch Moody/Rich Skelton (#16.5), Walker Smith/ Zane Bruce (#15.5), Corben Culley/Tyler Pearson (#14.5), Kirk Williams/Shank Edwards (#13.5), Hunter Stanley/Twister Smith (12.5), Colton Sims/Matt Gunter (#11.5), Garrett Roffino/Kadin Babb (#10.5), Jhett Vander24

hamm/Cameron Capshaw (#9.5), and Cael Cantu/Trevor Skelton (#8.5).

The $10K Added Josey Reunion Barrel Race, held in Marshall, April 27-May 1, was great fun plus paid big bucks! Champions were Neeley Lewis (1D), Renee Douglas (2D), Savannah Palmore (3D), and Staci Wolf (4D).

Livingston Horse Show Assoc’s April 30 show in Clinton, AR. Judged HPs were Lillie Gilpin (pnut), Hollie Johnston (p-wee), Erin Whittington (jr), and Celine Perry. Timed Events HPs were Jackson Bankston (pnut), Skylar Norrad (p-wee), Lacey Menant (jr), and Dooder Pardue (sr). Jackpot winners were Margaret Williams (WT) and April LeJuene (barrels). fmi, livingstonhorseshow.weebly.com.

LA Stock Horse Assoc’s April 30 show in DeRidder HPs were Scott Long (Op/BH Chick Delight), Eddie White (NP/Judging Cats), Cathryn Donne (Am/Ms Whizzen Rey), Mary Ann Clay (Nov/Soula So Smart), Darrell Butler (Jr-Horse/LC Metal Sparks), Hannah Holden (14-18/Cats Astrey), and Reese Dufresne (13&U/Rowdy). Jackpot winners were Alex Schexnider (Cutting/Hello Kiddy), Darrell Butler (Working Cow, Reining, Pleasure/Two Man Larado), and Mona Poret (Trail/Josey). fmi, www.louisianastockhorse.com.

NavaRio Ranch’s April 30 event HPs were Kyndal Daniel (WT-YL1), Alex Ayala (WT-YL2), Addison Brosch (YL1), Taylor Vicary (YL2), Jeremy Dull (Grn-Horse), Beverly Winkelmann (WT-Adult), Courtney Powers (WT-Op), Reagan Hoelscher (Rookie), Jacque Weido (Nov), Katy Spell (Am), and Liz Hebert (Open). fmi, www.navarioranch.com.

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South LA Team Sorting Assoc’s April 30 event in Port Allen offered $1K added to the #6 class. Champions were Kayne Calvert/Ely Early/Cydney Free (Y-Tm Pen), Clay Earls/ Cydney Free/Harrell Smith (#14-Tm-Pen), Clay Earls/Aston Stanford/Lee Earls (3-Man-2Gate), Bubba Moore/Roy Sattler (#10-Ranch), Cody Earls/Ken Marks (#9-No-Lope), and Kerry Simon/Tate Louviere (#6-Ranch).

CAQHA’s Beat the Heat Classic and Ranch Horse Show, held April 30 - May 1 at Belton’s Bell Co Expo, benefitted Hoofbeats for Heroes and was CAQHA’s largest show in history with 615 entries! Drawing winners were Vanessa Olonzo (saddle), Melanie Etter (donkey print), and Deryl Abbe (buffalo print).

HPs were Colbie Harris (Small-Fry/HCF Last Of My Class), Hayden Harmon (WT-18&U/ Spotted MNMS), Kasey Herzog (WT-19&O/ Sissy), Laci Heiner (18&U/Chase The Frost Away), Carla Carfora (19&O/Sends Roses

By Choice), Elena Twohig (WT-18&U-Rch/ Blazing Investment), Crystall Petry (WT19&O-Rch/BR Champagne Romeo), Alexa Kilmer (18&U-Rch/Miss TC Star), and Dru Harper (19&O-Rch/Check Out My Machine).

CAQHA’s next show is August 13-14.

Ultimate Calf Roping’s May 1 competition in Decatur, resulted in Average champions Glen Hollenbeck (#15), Robert Crenshaw (#13), Logan Robertson (#12), Miles Nixon (#11.5), Russell Gary (#11), and Wyatt Harris (#10). fmi, www.ucroping.com.

Hunt Co Horseman’s Assoc’s May 1314 show in Sulphur Springs had big classes, but judge Tim Finkenbinder kept things moving!

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Livestock & Pet

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DOG DAYS OF SUMMER Whether your dogs’ live indoors or are working outdoor dogs, it is essential to keep them safe during hot weather. Heat stress can cause dogs to have rapid breathing, excessive panting, and can cause them to struggle to lose excess body heat. It is difficult for them to release body heat through evaporation when exposed to high temperatures in areas with high humidity and no breeze.

Summer in Texas and other southern states can cause a great deal of stress on our furry friends, and it is our job to help them stay cool and hydrated.

Making sure your dogs’ always have access to fresh clean water and shade are two main steps to keeping them safe. Some other precautions to take are to limit exercise on hot days, keep pets on grass if possible to avoid burns on their paws, and give special attention to elderly pets to ensure they aren’t too hot.

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in a GPS tracker. The more often that you have data sent, the shorter the battery life typically is. Cellular signal strength in an area also has a great impact on battery life. Areas with strong cellular signal will have much longer battery life than areas of poor signal because the GPS 3 different LGD's travels over a day on a large pasture. tracker will have a difficult time Arrows indicate direction of acquiring the signal and sendtravel and red boxes indicate ing the information in weak siglocations the dogs stopped. nal areas. Some trackers on the market have features which help increase battery life by only allowing the tracker to send a signal a few times and then stop if it does not receive a signal to send the data.

If cellular signal is low in your area, then a satellite signal-based GPS tracker may be a good option. Currently the units are just entering the market and only a few are in use. However, the advantage to these units is that they will acquire a signal in almost any location. All they need is a view of the sky to send a signal of your dogs’ location. The battery powered units have similar life to the cellular based Blue area is a geofence set up around a pasture at the AgriLife Center in San Angelo. units. There are some new solar powered units on Red dot is an LGD. the market that look to be promising for LGD use, as well. The solar powered satellite trackers show great service and an installation cost of the tower. Costs promise if manufacturers can reduce the size of the for the towers vary based on whether power and/or units so that they can be mounted on a dog’s collar. internet is available at the site.

These units once placed on a dog would never have We look forward to sharing our research with to be removed for battery replacement. However, the the ranching community over the next several years units at this time are a little too large to be placed on as the LGD bonding project continues at the Texas a dog’s collar. Also, most of the units need to have A&M AgriLife Center in San direct sunlight to stay adequately charged to send a Angelo. Weekly progress of the signal. puppies and the project can be The newest type of GPS tracker to recently hit viewed on our Facebook and Inthe market is the LoRa tracker. This system was stagram accounts @TAMUliveoriginally designed for military applications and has stockguarddog. Don’t forget to recently been adapted for civilian use. It uses a tow- sign up for our blog The Guarder to relay data from the GPS trackers to the cellu- ian Way https://sanangelo.tamu. lar provider and eventually the tracking companies’ edu/research/lgd/ and check out software. The LoRa system has several advantages our YouTube channel also. including lower unit costs, lower monthly fees, lonFor questions regarding ger battery life and constant pings/uploads. Most LGDs you can email me at bill. producers will find that a 15-minute ping/upload is costanzo@ag.tamu.edu or call more than adequate to track their LGDs. The LoRa 325-657-7311. Look for my next system does have some draw backs. The main draw article on Livestock Guardian back for the LoRa system is that the towers signal Dogs in next month’s edition of can only reach approximately a 4 ½ mile radius from the SouthWest Horse Trader. w it. For producers with large ranches an additional LoRa tower and tower would need to be installed to cover the entire hardware system. ranch. There may also be a monthly fee for the tower

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Passmore (14-18), and Sandy Galloway (19&O). fmi, www.huntcountyhorse.com.

Barrel Racing Association of Texas held its final points race for the 2021-22 season May 14 in Cresson. Champs were Scamper Hill Cole (Op & Ad), Hadley Spence (Y), Bobbie Kuhn (Sr & Op-Rookie), Brandi Williams (Painted Ponies), and Lindsey Joe Berend (Y-Rookie).

The Barrel Racing Industry Alliance new site barrelracingalliance.com provides informational and educational data resources for the barrel industry.

Braggin' Rights!

Gonzales TX Cuttings’ Never Won A Buckle on April 23 ended in a tie, so Savannah Foxworth and Sophie Bernhagen won buckles, courtesy of Cindy Snyder!

Shallowater FFA’s horse judging team won the TX State Horse Judging April 23, earning a trip to the National FFA convention! Team members were Lana Brickey, A.J. Kendrick, David Kendrick, and Gracie Potter. Potter was overall thirdhigh individual for the contest!

Gillian Chant, Abilene, and SleepininTheStands won the 4/5-yo NP Trail at The Sudden Impulse Futurity April 26 at the World Equestrian Center, Ocala, FL, earning a check for $1,073.42!

Sam Rose, Gainesville, was hired as the NCHA’s Director of Judges. He has been an NCHA judge since 1999 and an AAAA judge for the last 20 years, with 178 credits to his name.

Justin White, Chappell Hill, won both open aged event titles at the Polly Hollar Memorial Bluebonnet Stakes in Brenham April 29-30. He won the 4yo Open on Tanja Allen’s Rebel In Pink Lace and the 5/6yo Open on Melissa Hoelscher’s Ezlikesundaymorning.

Sydney DeMatteo, Euless, and Bayside won the $1K NTHJC Hunter Derby at the NTHJC May Days Show at Texas Rose Park in Tyler May 7-8.

Ann Warrick, Cameron, received the Sandy Smith Scholarship May 8 at the Josey Junior World Barrel Race festivities.

Booger Walsh, Iowa Park, was the

lucky winner of a breeding to Chris Littlefield’s stallion, Bold And Beautiful, at RHAA World Finals May 12th stallion showcase at the Western Heritage Classic.

Aly Ghormley, Madisonville, graduated from Texas A&M on May 13, with a degree in Agricultural Economics with an emphasis on Political Policy. She plans to pursue a Masters in Agricultural Economics while working as a teaching assistant and competing on the Aggie Rodeo Team, running barrels, roping, and goat tying.

Rhapsodizing, owned and ridden by Kaye Nell Ivins-Ochetto, Belcher, LA, was NSBA 3-yo NP HUS champion May 13 at Southern Ohio QHA’s show, The Madness, in Wilmington, OH. Amanda Driewer and River Kile got married May 14th in Hurricane, UT. Their honeymoon was spent sightseeing through the Utah National Parks. They plan to continue living in Somerville, with their dogs, horses, and miniature donkey.

Julian Palacio, age 5, Pollok, was one of 7 leadline buckle winners May 14, riding Checkers at Cross Timbers Cowboy Church’s spring playday in Lufkin. Now he is among the many excited about the church’s fall playday series!

Shez Fancy Boon, ridden by Mason Griffin, Pioneer, LA, owned by Todd and Stacey O’Neal, won the $5K-Novice class both May 14 and 15 at the Central Mississippi CHA show in Forest, MS. Layten Graham signed on May 17 to ride with West Texas A&M Ranch Horse Team. Graduating on May 20 from Midway High School in Henrietta, she plans to major in Equine Industry and Science. She also received a HLSR $20K scholarship!

Losses Thomas Peyton “Tom” Bivins, 69, Amarillo, passed away May 4. He was quite focused on community service and was a dedicated horse show dad and an AQHA Director Emeritus.

Dick Pieper, 82, Marietta, OK, passed May 15. The NRHA Hall of Famer held judge cards for NRHA, AQHA, NCHA, and NRCHA. He was internationally-recognized as a master horseman and developed some of the performance horse industry’s legendary horses. w

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