An amazing weekend had by all!

Despite some stormy weather, the Ranch Horse Revolution Club is proud to announce our first show of the year held June 24-25 was a huge success!

We never thought we would see the day that one of our shows would be ‘sold out,’ but to our surprise, we had to close entries two weeks before show day due to an unprecedented amount of entries!

Luckily our outstanding judge, Glenn Perran (of Kelowna BC) was happy to have us add a second judge to ensure that he and our exhibitors wouldn’t be showing into the wee hours of the morning! Whitney Watson-Wilson saved the day! With short notice and the stars aligning, she was able to come in and judge 65 Ranch Reining entries in one arena while Glenn judged in the Trail arena.

Ranch Horse Trail was the most popular class, which we had to CAP at 102 entries! Our largest division was the Green walk-trot-lope, with 18 exhibitors, followed by our newest division, DWD walk-trot, with 14 exhibitors; and our largest class was Ranch Conformation Geldings 6 & Over, which had 34 horses! Our biggest success was the development of the DWD (‘Don’t Wanna Die’) walk-trot division, designed explicitly for the greenest-of-green novice exhibitor. We aimed to create a safe, supportive, and encouraging space for those new to showing to come out and gain confidence and experience in the ranch horse arena.

Our club’s motto is “Community over competition,” which we witnessed throughout the weekend, seeing new friendships forged, ongoing ringside support and encouragement, and an overall sense of community.

Our show saw a wide range of competitors from across BC and Alberta – some as far away as Vancouver Island and Calgary. Our

Rylan Romano & in Youth Ranch on the Rail open all-breed designation has attracted a lot of breed and discipline diversity. The holding arena and show arena were filled with quarter horses, paints, appaloosas, mustangs, arabians, a gypsy cob and a fjord, with exhibitors from all different backgrounds, some trying out the ranch horse discipline for the first time.

We are incredibly humbled by the support of our sponsors to make these shows possible! Thank you to Janice Reiter Photography for capturing all the beautiful show images from the weekend!

Please check out our Facebook page, “Ranch Horse Revolution Club” for more info! See you at our next show September 16-17 at the Armstrong IPE Fairgrounds for more revolutionary fun!