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left her first ever World Show as the 2022 reserve world champions in Barrel Racing 13 & Under.
“I think it is amazing that Okie still has what it takes to compete at the level he is, being as old as he is,” Paislee said. “He has a huge heart and a winning attitude. I love him very much!” w
Most 26-year-old horses would be happy to en joy retirement in a lush green pasture, free of any work. But not Colonellrcossey,“Okie.”
4 SouthWest Horse Trader September 2022 elcome to the September 2022 Issue of SouthWest Horse Trader. Ahhh the Youth World Championship shows not only mark the end of summer but a return to school for most of the youth participants. That won’t slow down most exhibitors as they squeeze in chores before school and rides in the evenings. The dedication doesn’t end when the show does.
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The newly formed team finished the season in the top five for year-end standings—a great feat for any horse, much less one more than a quarter of a century old. As a former mount for Lacey Jo through high school, college and at APHA Paisleeseconds,aColiseum.WilledwhatknewShows,ChampionshipWorldOkiehisjobandheneedtodoinsideRogersWithtimeof17.882heandJordan
“I was hesitant about it, but they just clicked,” said Lacey Jo Singleton, Paislee’s aunt “E.O.” and Oakie’s main jockey throughout his career.
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finish up their best 3 year olds as Futurity season is gearing up. Trainers are narrowing down their selections and polishing up their manuevers. In the rodeo world, the dash is on to solidify those coveted final NFR qualification slots. Next month . . . our Amateur, Non-Pro and Professional issue fills our pages. Do you have a special exhibitor or horse to highlight? Drop me an email at roberta@swhorsetrader.com w
a 1996 bay overo gelding, finds joy in running barrels for Paislee Jordan Sin gleton — a cowgirl less than a third of his age. Okie was in semi-retirement at the Singleton’s home in Hope, Arkansas, when 8-year-old Paislee began falling behind in the Southwest Arkansas High School Rodeo Association. So, the two-time APHA reserve world champion got the call—and he answered, just as ready to run as ever.
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September 2022 SouthWest Horse Trader 5 with Livestock & Pets Too! HORSESOUTHWESTTRADER In This Issue Regular Features 12 Bits & Spurs - Laura Cannon 17 Cowgirl Corner - Sherri Mell 17 Chiro Corner - Dr Jenn Schuckman 20 Dressage News - FWDC 20 Trail News 19 San Angelo LGD News 21 Equine CBD - Scott Robertson 28 Advertisers Index 29 Classifieds 29 Traders On Our Cover Campbell Brown and Indira. ©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Inset: In the Pre-Junior division, Zone 7 claimed the top honors with Campbell Brown (Fayetteville, AR), Ava Le (Flower Mound, TX), Avery Griffin (Austin, TX), and Kaylee Rayner (Houston, TX) accepting their gold medals. w In The News 26yo Colonellcossey Carries 8yo Paisley Singleton to World Title . . . . .4 APHA World Championship Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 • Youngsters Shine in Inaugual Youth Yearling Futurity Project. . . .7 • Inaugural Ranch Horse Triple Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 • AjPHA All Around Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Wrapping up the 50th Annual Ford AQHYA World . . . . . . . . . . . .8 AQHA Ranching Heritage Young Horse Development Program . . . 11 ABRA World Champonship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 SW NAYC Young Riders Dresage Team Wins Gold. . . . . . . . .13 SouthWest Riders wow in the NAYC Pre-JR Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . .13 Why Steam Hay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Youth Shine at Tejas Rodeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 APH Foundation Raises over 35K for Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . .19 AQH Foundation Awards 37 Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Roaming VS Petrolling Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
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Allora Leonard and Stylish Lil Boon were earned the AQHA VRH Ltd Youth World Champion & NRSHA Limited Youth Ranch All Around title in Guthrie, OK.
Youth Arabian & Half Arabian Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 County 4-H of Texas took home the title of AQHYA World Horse Judging Champions.
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Madison Peters of Vail, AZ, and You Had Me At Cowgirl prevailed as overall Youth Yearling Futurity Project champions June 28 at the APHA World Championship Show. Madison usually shows in Youth 1118 Walk-Trot classes, but since those aren’t offered at the World Show, she was excited to try training a yearling for the new event. “Prada,” a 2021 bay overo filly by The Orig inal Cowboy and out of Suddenly Chexy (QH), was exactly the challenge she needed, and Madison says she was excited to present the filly at the 2022 World Show. “She is just so willing and she loves her job. She’s always willing to try new things, no matter what I ask of her,” Madison said. Exclusively for AjPHA members, the project featured Youth who worked with yearlings to prepare them for up to three different show classes: halter, longe line and showmanship. Each competitor kept a record book as they trained and cared for their year lings, and only to the Youth member was per mitted to handle and train their horses after April 1 of this year. Each of the three classes counted for 30 percent of exhibitors’ overall scores; their record book accounted for the remaining 10 percent. The project was open to yearlings of any breed, with extra incentives for those showing Paint Horses. Nine Youth partici pated in the inaugural competition.
Youngsters shine in inaugural Youth Yearling Futurity Project
• 1st Place: Madison Peters & You Had Me At Cowgirl (pic tured center)
The first-ever Ranch Horse Triple Crown Challenge successfully shook up the ranch horse market with its huge payouts and all-breed format. More than $116,000 was paid out across the event’s six Open and Non-Pro classes, plus over $40,000 in prizes, which took place July 3-6 in Fort Worth, Texas, in conjunction with the APHA World Championship Show. The event featured 147 competa tors. The Ranch Horse Triple Crown was the brainchild of APHA member Daniel Patton of Ostrander, Ohio, who developed
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The 2022 14-18 AQHYA All-Around winner is Brooke Jolstad of Denver, CO, who showed Betta Believe It. The 2012 brown gelding by Too Sleepy To Zip and out of Only Showin Off, is owned by Julie Jolstad of Den ver, CO, and was bred by Anthony and Chris tina Curiale of Swedesboro, NJ. Jolstad and Betta Believe It earned 46 points in the 14-18 Level 3 all-around competition.
The Reserve 13-&-Under All-Around is Isabella Buckley of Hampstead, NC, who showed Shes Rockin My Dream.
The 2022 AQHYA 13-&-Under AllAround winner is Emma Grace Gore of Cro ton, OH, who showed KM Genuinely Best.
AQHYA Contests
Action at the OKC Fairgrounds continued outside of the arena, too. The AQHYA Horse Judging Contest, Justin boots and Wrangler jeans decorating, speech and art/photo con tests were just some of the contests offered. Throughout the show, Ford AQHYA World teams also competed for points in a team spirit contest.The 2022 youth teams were recognized during the Parade of Teams in the Jim Norick Arena. Also recognized in the arena were the American Quarter Horse Foundation Scholar ship recipients, Ford AQHYA World contest winners and the 2022-23 AQHYA Executive Committee.
The 2014 red roan gelding by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Genuine Goodbar, was bred by John Narmont of Auburn, IL. In Level 3 competition, the duo earned 72 points in the 13-&-Under all-around competition.
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Wrapping Up the 50th Annual Ford AQHYA World
The Reserve 14-18 AQHYA All-Around winner is Alexa Victoria Black of Springfield, OH, who showed Huntin A Hot Cowgirl.
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That’s a wrap on the 2022 Ford AQHYA World Championship Show! This year’s Ford AQHYA World was held July 28 - Au gust 7 at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. More than 4,400 entries and 157 first time exhibitors attended the 50th anniversary of theAQHYAshow. exhibitors competed for 44 world championships, 40 Adequan® Level 2 championships and 13 Nutrena Level 1 Champion of Champions titles. For the first time in the 50-year history of the show, AQHA offered all-around titles for both the 14-18 and 13-&-Under divisions; Adequan® Level 2 core classes for 13-&-Un der exhibitors; Nutrena Level 1 Champion of Champions classes; and optional jackpots with cash payouts totaling over $77,000, paid onsite at theTheevent.2021 youth year-end high-point win ners were recognized during their correspond ing classes during the Ford AQHYA World.
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Bud Lyon of Tioga, TX, scored big in the Ranch Horse Triple Crown; together, Bud and his customers took home more than $77,000 in prize money at the APHA World Show, with a large chunk of that coming from the Ranch Horse Triple Crown events.
There is still time apply for the 2023 Young Horse Develop ment Program! The late application deadline is October 1. Accepted AQHYA members receive a donated weanling from an AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder. Youth who are not selected to receive a donated foal, but are still accepted into the program, will be able to purchase a weanling from a Ranching Heritage Breeder and participate in the program. Throughout the program, AQHYA members work with and train their yearlings, complete assignments and exhibit the yearlings at AQHA-ap proved and local shows. Ultimately, the top project participants have the chance to be recognized and rewarded with $5,000 in
American Quarter Horse Youth Association members have the opportunity to participate in hands-on horse training as they complete a record book and submit assignments that will teach the fundamentals of horsemanship. Then, they can show case their learned skills and knowledge and earn scholarships and prizes through the AQHA Ranching Heritage Young Horse Development Program.
the premier incentive competition based on inspiration from friend Clark Bradley. Clark, a NRHA Hall of Famer and 2x NRHA Open Futurity champion, envisioned a program that would elevate ranch competition purses to a reining-like level; Clark died in January 2022.
“The competition was just incredible,” Daniel said. “The Non-Pros were paid the same as Open riders across the board. That was just phenomenal. I am unbelievably proud to be able to put this on and work with APHA to do this.”
“It was a great experience because it was so competi tive with a good amount of horses and even payout with the Open, which was really neat,” Treylyn said. “This event is such a valuable addition to the ranch horse market. It also brought more people to Paint World to see how good the classes are, and there were more people who entered the Open/Amateur Paint classes because they were already go ing for the Triple Crown.”
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Horses and mules of nearly every color turned out for the 2022 ABRA World Champi onships in Tulsa this year. The NSBA Futurities were open to BOTH the ABRA and BBP horses. Hav ing the futurities available to both increased the com petition, which increased the purse payout, and some handsome checks walked out of that arena throughout the week! NSBA Bronzes lined the tables and were proud ly displayed throughout the week as nearly every class is dual-approved ABRA/NSBA. A welcome party, silent auction, and other fundraisers brought over $2,000 to the youth funds, and three $500 scholarships were awarded to youth recipients during the Opening Ceremonies. With a stall count of over 400, the World Show continues to grow. Even with the gnarly fuel pric es, people still rolled out from opposite ends of the country to attend the annual celebra tion of Duns, Buckskins, Red Duns, Grullas, Dunalinos, and their non-colored cousins for a genuine ABRA family reunion of equines! w
• Youth 13&U: Chips Favorite Invit, Lauren Youth 14-18: Dang Near Dun, Claire Kelp
• Youth Walk Trot 11-18: Gold Is Epic, Katilynn Hansen
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One of the most exciting parts, Daniel says, was watch ing Youth rider Treylyn Hancock—APHA’s new Youth president from Wharton, TX—nearly sweep the three NonPro Ranch Horse Triple Crown classes. Treylyn and her Paint, Slide My Way, won the ranch riding and ranch trail portions, and were reserve in the ranch rail pleasure class. She won more than $12,000, and also scored other prizes that included two saddles and a director’s chair.
“We are grateful for the success we had and were ex cited for the opportunity,” he said. “The ranch events have evolved really quickly and there is definitely a market and desire by the exhibitors to show not just for titles, trophies and buckles, but also for prize money. This is something that’s the next evolution of our ranch horse industry. Hopefully it’s a great stepping stone.” Bud loved the all-breed aspect to the Ranch Horse Triple Crown and brought both Paints and Quarter Horses to the event, which also drew en tries from other breeds, too. “I hope this Triple Crown is mutually ben eficial for ranch events and also for APHA and their World Show. Better caliber competition makes everything better, in my opinion.”
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Generous AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeders donate weanlings to this program each year.
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Ranch Triple Crown Cont from page 7 Bud Lyon & Lil Trash Talk ABRA’s family-friendly atmosphere keeps a lot of folks coming back year after year, and that family keeps growing.
• Buckskin Bred Youth: Miss Cocoa Chanel, Addyson Wicks • Speed Events Youth: Dang New Dun, Claire Klp
Austin County YRA awards: Pee Wee: Stella Burson, Sub-Jr: Easton Witt, Jr: Hayzen Hunt, and Sr: Makinzy Kneip Luke Coleman won the tie-down calf roping, ages 13-15, at the American Jr Rodeo Assoc Finals
APHA HPs were Connie Hatley (Am-WT/ Array of Neon), Karen Kennicott (Am/Just sayImsensational), and Solid-Paint HPs went to Shayna Taylor (Am & Open/Zip This Gal lant Girl). Pinto HPs included Connie Hatley (Am-WT/Array Of Neon), Marilyn Novat (Am/Cash Is Good), and Savannah McSween (Solid-Pinto-Y/Invited Cuz Im Gold). Appa loosa HPs were Heidi Tucker (Y/Chips At The Bar), Meggan Bailey (Nov-NP/Chocolate N Chill), and Karen Troendle (NP & Open/Oh Good Daisy). All-breed HPs included Hadleigh Roybal (Y-WT/Hot As Elle), Shyann Moor head (Y/Thomas), Sage Wilks (Am-WT/Izzy), Renee Carter (Am/Rockin Step), Hadleigh Roybal (Open-WT/Hot As Elle), and Paranor mal Activity (Open/Patty Wilber). Taos Coun ty 4-H sponsored the 4-H classes. In judged 4-H classes, HPs went to Ed Armstrong (Nov/ Rankin), John Turner (Jr/Fergie), and Savan nah McSween (Sr/Invited Cuz Im Gold). 4-H speed HPs were Kaycee Younker (Nov/Grade A Vision), Abigail McSween (Jr/Mynx), and Katelyn Peach (Sr/Double Shot). Faith Martin won the drawing for the youth Scholarship for the Stouthearted. Lost Horizon Ranch, Bryan, hosted a playday July 16, and HPs included Ella Green (10&U), Jace Baptiste (11-17), and Christi Madsen (18&O).
AQHA’s Legacy Breeders and Cumu lative Breeders that will be recognized at the 2023 Convention were announced July 22. 50-Year Legacy Breeders include Silverbrook Ranches (TX) and Whiting Ranch (TX). 50Year Cumulative Breeders include Basiel Bennett (TX), Patrick Fitzgerald (OK), F. Bert Lamb (OK), D.F. Martin (OK), and Buster Welch (TX). 100-Year Cumulative Breeders are King Ranch, Inc. (Kingsville, TX) and the W.T Waggoner Estate (Vernon, TX). fmi, breeders@aqha.org Wild West Promotions’ Breeders Challenge, held in Ardmore, OK, July 2224, paid out $50,110! Open 1D champions included Lindsay Bullard (Fri/KD Baby Driv er/15.352), Ashley Schafer (Sat/Famous Cash Can/15.091), and Rylee Leach (Sun/Louie Bug/15.070).
The 2022 Green Chile Classic was held July 15-17 in Stanley, NM, offered Paint, Pin to, Appaloosa, 4-H, and All-Breed competition.
South LA Team Sorting Association’s July 16 event in Port Allen resulted in winning teams being #6-Ranch (Josh Mouton/Tate Lou viere), Youth-Ranch (Brianna Clack/Cooper Crawford), #9-No-Lope (Laura Moore/Theresa Guidry), #10-Ranch (Charlie Richardson/Chad Williams), and 3-Man-2-Gate (Bill Mayfield/ Charlie Richardson/Chad Campbell).
The AQHA Executive Committee re leased a list of recently approved show judges. Kelly Stone Wainscott, Sanger, TX, was add ed to the list to judge Specialized Versatility Ranch Horse competition, and Jeff Buckley, Anna, TX, as a specialized reining judge. To learn how to apply to be an AQHA judge, visit aqha.com/become-a-judge
The USTPA Summer Spectacular, held July 29-31 at Ike Hamilton Event Center, West Monroe, LA, was staged by Jared Lesh Cow horses. It was an amazing show, offering $15K in added money and ran over 1K teams from 15 states plus Venezuela! The youth class, with 27 youth total, was the biggest in a long time! Division winners included 3-Sorting (Edu ardo Andres Leal/Fred Kramer), #6-Sorting (Cody Earls/Andrew Zito), Y-Sorting (Cali Saggione/Brooke Mitchell), #9-Sorting (Ray Echeto/Jordan Lesh), #5 (Jason Haley/Sammy Duncan/Glynn Garrett), #7 (Rick Dean/Avery Shelton/Phil Shelton), Youth-Penning (Owen Laura Cannon
The National High School Rodeo Asso ciation hosted its 74th annual national finals in Gillette, WY, July 17-23. It was the biggest ever, drawing 1,716 contestants from 44 states, 5 Canadian provinces, and Mexico. When the dust settled, Team Texas took the national fi nals title for the 7th time! National champions included John Crimber (TX/Bull-Riding), Ri ley Farris (TX/Girls-Cutting), and Tyler Cal houn (TX/Tie-Down-Roping). The total mon ey awarded in scholarships, prize money, and awards rounded out to just over $718,000!
Austin Co Youth Rodeo Assoc concluded its 2022 Summer Rodeo Series on July 15, with an awards banquet at Faith Academy Gym, Bellville. Grand champions received trophy saddles, and they included Pee Wee Stella Burson, Sub-Jr Easton Witt, Jr Hayzen Hunt, and Sr Makinzy Kneip. Also at the banquet, the Will Byler Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Makinzy Kneip.
12 SouthWest Horse Trader September 2022 NM Pinto Horse Assoc hosted the Mild Mini & Hot Pony Chile Sensation Show July 9-10 at NM State Fairgrounds in Albu querque. HPs were Strasslein Mar di Gras All About Jazz (Pinto Open Mini & AMHR Open Over/Janet Elder), Colorados Painted Storm Samson (Pinto Am Mini/Amanda Storm), Windsong Delite (AMHR Youth Under/Zoe Gonzales), Bar Z’s Wayward Son (AMHR Youth Over/Bricen Freiwald), Knights Chromed Out Cadillac (ASPC Classic Pony/Brenda Branch), and WCF Cease Fire (All-Breed Over & All-Breed Under/Joy Walters).
Triangle Horse Sales, a leading sale company of western performance horses since 1979, was recently sold by Jim Ware to West ern Bloodstock Ltd. The transfer of ownership to Jeremy and Candace Barwick, Stephenville, TX, was made official July 28.
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Leila Diab (Zone 10) took the win in the Gotham North/FEI North American Pre-Junior Jumping Cham pionship Qualifier aboard Quind. First to go in the order of 23 was Campbell Brown (Zone 7), riding Indira, owned by Ashlynn Crowley, who stopped the timers in an impressive 57.56 seconds. It would be 17 more rounds before the lead would change hands, as Diab raced to a clear effort in 56.70 seconds. Brown ultimately claimed second place and third-place honors went to Taylor Landstrom (Zone 6) and Eleanor. Pre-Junior competitors took to the podium for the first time during team competition on Thursday. Zone 7 claimed the top honors with Campbell Brown (Fayetteville, AR), Ava Le (Flower Mound, TX), Av ery Griffin (Austin, TX), and Kaylee Rayner (Houston, TX) accepting their round 1 gold medals. The Pre-Junior category welcomed five teams. Coming in to round 2 with a total of only 5.79 penalties, Zone 7 held the lead before the day’s competition got underway. The combined team from Zones 1/3/6, consisting of Campbell L. Hudkins (Zone 1), Taylor Landstrom (Zone 6), Riley McKesson (Zone 3), and Addy Wingate (Zone 3) recorded a zero-fault score to their existing penalties of 7.04 on the lowest score after the first round. The lead changed hands, however, as the team re corded 4 faults in round two and Zone 7 kept a clear sheet, putting the two teams neck-and-neck but edging Zone 7 into the gold medal posi tion. Zones 1/3/6 took the silver medal and Zone 10 took bronze after recording four faults in the second round of team jumping.
Young Rider Dressage Team Wins Gold at FEI NA Youth Championships
In silver-medal position was the USA Region 7 California team of Lily-Rose Bacon and Warm Night; Lucienne Bacon and Do Re Mi; Ellanor Boehning and Sir Junior; and Erin Nichols and Handsome Rob AR. Nichols had the highest individual score, earning a 70.147%. w
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“It’s definitely stressful to go in first because if you make an error you rely on your team for the rest of the round,” Brown commented about being the leadoff rider for Zone 7. “And when I had the one down in the first class, I was disappointed with my riding. In the second class though it really pays off when you help the team. It feels so good.”
“I was just very excited to come in the ring and put a clean test down because my horse is not the typical dressage horse you see at championships,” Piller said of Oreo, Elaine Knowles Cole’s pinto Gyp sy cross mare. “I wanted to make every point count and she really pulled it out for me for a clean, correct, and harmonious test.”
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“The highlight of my test today was the trot and the walk work,” said Lipar, who earned a 67.265% with Denise Lipar’s gelding, Zerrag mo. “He gets a little bit excited in the show ring, so I really try to use that to my advantage and make the trot extra powerful and special.”
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“My goal was to have a clean and consistent test, and I’m very thankful that we achieved that,” said Schults. “It’s a new record for us, and it’s a great time to do it! [My test] was nothing too exciting; just consistent, uneventful, and harmonious.”
Griffin was one of two athletes on the podium to jump double-clear in Saturday’s Individual Final. “We went in just trying to jump clear rounds and have a good experience and she did. She jumped four clear rounds [plus] a time fault so she was amazing. We came in sitting fifth, so our plan was to just try to jump two clean rounds and see what ev eryone else would do to potentially be able to podium. She went in and did amazing.” w
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Team dressage competition conclud ed August 10 at the 2022 FEI NAYC with the Young Riders completing their team tests under perfect weather conditions at Flintfields Horse Park. The team gold medal went to the combined USA Region 3/Region 9 team of Sophia Schults (Wellington, FL) and Conocido HGF; Mary Claire Piller (Oak dale, TN) and Oreo; Sydney Schultz (Mandeville, LA) and Dunkirk; and Syd ney Lipar (The Woodlands, TX) and Zer ragmo.Schults and Conocido HGF, owned by Hampton Green Farm, had a banner day, earning a 67.647% from the judges.
“I was really looking for a clean, correct, steady test, which we were able to pull off,” said Schultz, who rode Vicky Busch’s gelding to a 64.441%. “I’m 21, so this is my first and last NAYC. I’m very excited and blessed to have this opportunity.”
The fortunes changed again the next round, as Landstrom, Whita ker, and Avery Griffin (Zone 7) all recorded clear rounds and found themselves atop the podium. Whitaker, finishing on 3.32 penalties and only clear rounds aboard D’artagnan, took the gold, while Griffin took silver on 4.30 penalties, and Landstrom claimed the bronze.
NAYC Jumping Pre-Junior gold medalists from Zone 7
A combined team of athletes from Zones 5 & 7, with Alexander Alston (Zone 5 - New Albany, OH), Alexandra Pielet (Zone 5 - Highland Park, IL), Sofia Cady (Zone 7 - Austin, TX), & Charlise Casas (Zone 5Kenworth, IL), earned the Gold Medal in the Young Rider Team Final.
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After winning Wednesday’s Pre-Junior First Individual Qualifier coupled with her fault-free finish Thursday afternoon, Diab kept the leading individual position heading into Saturday’s Pre-Junior Final.
The faults-converted coming into the Individual Final. Leading the way, Leila Diab had the lead on 0 penalties, but acquired an un fortunate four faults. In second prior to the start of the day was Taylor Landstrom (Zone 6), but one rail added to her 1.46 time penalties in round one gave her 5.46 penalties. Taking over the gold-medal position was Addy Wingate (Zone 3) on 2.27 penalties and a clear effort.
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Nestled in the small town of Bulverde, Texas is a little Sat urday night Gem. Tejas Rodeo Company holds open pro rodeos each Saturday night from March through Thanksgiving week end in November. Tejas is known for their family-friendly at mosphere where spectators of all ages stay engaged. They offer Rodeos each Saturday night full of entertaining events like Bull Riding, Calf Roping and Mutton Busting. There is a Tejas Rodeo Steakhouse and Saloon on location where it is standing room only most Saturday nights with great steaks. During the rodeo, you will hear the announcer honoring the country and service men. The Drill Team is all decked out in Red, White and Blue and honors the Texas and American Flag during their 2 drills throughout the Rodeo. This Drill Team practices regularly at the Tejas Rodeo location and their practice pays off; they just thrill the crowd!Before the rodeo performance, there is always a Cowboy Church Service held in the stands, welcoming anyone to attend. It is led by Ronnie Christian or Cody Haynes, the Cowboy Pas tors. The Grand Entry is full of Cowgirls on beautiful horses carrying American and Texas flags, a Chuckwagon pulled by a matched pair of halflingers and driven at a high rate of speed by owner, Trey Martin, several longhorned cattle and the announcer talking about the old days when cattle were driven across the prairie. It is interesting and entertaining as well as historical. Mutton Busting is a big crowd favorite. The kids that ride the sheep have pre-entered online, just like the rodeo Cowboys and Cowgirls. There is a pre-show Mutton Bustin as well as a Mutton Bustin during the Rodeo. Each mutton Buster is let out of a chute one at a time on the sheep and is judged individually.
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Haygain Hay Steaming is scientifically proven to reduce up to 99% of this “dust” from forage. It is widely recommended for preventing & managing respiratory problems.
BETTER THAN SOAKING: Soaking hay to reduce dust can actually increase the bacteria content and many horses don’t like the taste. It’s also a water-wasting hassle and mess. If you need to soak to significantly reduce sugar content, it’s best to soak then steam. Haygain steaming slightly reduces sugar content but, unlike soaking, it otherwise preserves your hay’s nutrients.
Haygain has high-temperature Hay Steaming models for every need.
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5 Ways High Temperature Hay Steaming can Help Your Horse
GREAT TASTE: Got a picky eater? Haygain Steamed Hay has proven palatability advantage over dry or soaked forage. And the scent of Steamed Hay is equally beloved by horses and their people.
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• The HG ONE steams 2-3 flakes and is ideal for one horse or pony and is easy to travel with.
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It’s flippin’ hot out. So why make things hotter by steam ing your horse’s hay? Haygain Hay Steaming is always a hot topic because of its many horse health ben efits. Here’s 5: RESPIRATORY HEALTH: Does your horse cough occasionally? Or is his performance off slightly for no clear rea son? Early-stage respiratory issues could be the cause.Although forage is critical to our horse’s diets, it’s also a top source of respiratory particles that are the main cause of respiratory disease. The dust we can see in hay is not the biggest prob lem. It’s the microscopic particles we can’t see that contain mold, bacteria and other allergens and inflammation-triggering irritants.
MORE MOISTURE: Haygain Steamed Hay has up to 3X the moisture content of dry hay. Great for hydration and digestion, at home and especially with the stresses of travel and competition.
• The HG 2000 steams a full bale and is ideal for feeding multiple horses.
• The HG 600 steams a half-bale and is easily portable, too.
ALLERGIES & AIR POLLUTION: It’s common knowledge that al lergy season is becoming nearly year-round and that air quality is degrading due to drought and wildfires in much of North America. That puts a premium on controlling the controllable aspects of our horse’s environment. Feeding forage virtually free of dust and allergens helps horses cope with the particulate matter we can’t control in their environment.
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A common question I am asked is “when should I get adjusted again?” My answer is always “tomorrow is never too soon.” Depending on what your daily activities are your body may need a tune up right away or it may not need one for a week or so. When you start to feel that your body is out of place, stiff, or achy that is a great time to go see your chiropractor! There is no rea son to live in pain. Preventa tive care is the best choice of care! Between adjust ments stretching and exercise is the most effective way to keep your adjustments hold ing! All of our bodies end up misaligned due to our daily sitting, pushing, pulling or an accident. Keeping your body limber with stretching will help your joints bounce back after any type of strenuous ac tivity.
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Yancey James & Trey Martin, owners Tejas Rodeo
The winner receives a beauti ful trophy each night. Trey Martin and Yancey James own Tejas Rodeo and are both Cowboys. Trey is often seen roping in the Team Roping Event and sometimes the Calf Roping. Yancey was a Professional Bull Rider. Between the two of them, both ends of the arena are covered. Yancey announces the Rodeo every Saturday night while on horseback on his beloved Lena, a beautiful Paint mare. Growing up at the Tejas Rodeo are their children. Trey and Ter ri Martin’s daughter Maddison is often seen making great runs in the breakaway roping and Barrel Racing. Although Tejas Rodeo is an Open Pro Rodeo with contestants that have been rodeoing all their lives, Yancey’s daughter, Josey is also regular in the winner’s circle in the Breakaway Roping winning the Year End Saddle for 2021. We even got a glance at her rough stock career as she covered a Steer in August during the Rodeo Performance! She is also a Champion in the AJRA and was the Average winner in the Sub Jr Girls Breakaway of the Youth Rodeo Association and was 2021 Vegas Tuffest Jr World Championship Qualifier in 12 and Under and 15 and Under Breakaway Roping. Jace James, her brother, is a regular in the Steer and Mini Bull Riding as well as the Breakaway Roping, as boys 12 and under can rope with the Cowgirls. Jace grew up mutton busting and competing in the Tejas Paydays. At 11, Jace recently became the 2022 All Around Champion in the AJRA. He won 2nd in 4 events at the AJRA Finals. Yancey’s girlfriend’s daughter, Ava Garcia is often seen making a winning run in the Barrel Race at the Saturday Night Rodeo.Tanner
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Gonzalez James, son of Trista James (sis ter to Yancey James) is also growing up in the Tejas Rodeo Arena, first mutton busting and calf/steer rid ing and now is competing in the Team Roping and Calf Roping during the Tejas Rodeo Performances. Tanner was the 2015 AJRA NFR World Champion Calf Rider and 4th in the All Around. Of course, proud Grandmother, Sherri James (mother of Yancey and Trista) is up in the announc ers stand running the stopwatch and keeping books with secretary, Lynette Furr. It is really a family affair and the kids that are the Young Guns of Tejas Rodeo have and still are, literally growing up in that arena! These Young Guns and their parents are dedicated to the World of Rodeo, both at Tejas Rodeo and outside their little circle. The Future of the World of Rodeo is in good hands, if all the Young Guns are as wellequipped as these kids! Tejas Rodeo gives buckles to winners of each event for the Summer and Fall Series as well as a Championship saddle to the Year End Champion. I proudly wear my Tejas Buckles that I have won and am blessed to have earned 5 Year End Championship saddles in the Breakaway Roping. Also, on the location of Tejas Rodeo is the beau tiful WESTERN SKY WEDDING AND EVENT VENUE where events are scheduled throughout the year. The venue is beautifully landscaped and nestled in the trees with both indoor and outdoor access. Ev eryone I know either wants to have an event there or has had an event there! Get your tickets or enter the rodeo for next Satur day night at www.tejasrodeo.com! w Jace James (Steer Riding) & Neal Felton (Calf Roping) with Garcia barrel racer and daughter to girlfriend of Tejas owner Yancey James Madison Martin daughter of Tejas Rodeo owner, Trey Martin with her checks
The American Quarter Horse Foundation is awarding 37 students near ly $290,000 for the 2022-23 academic year. Since its inception in 1976, the Foundation scholarship program has awarded nearly $9.3 million in financial assistance to more than 1,600 young horse enthusiasts and industry members.
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We often recommend GPS trackers to producers new to LGDs to use on their dogs so that they can learn their dog’s movement patterns. We believe that dogs are often just patrolling and defending their territory and not really roaming. We have noticed through our use of GPS trackers, that dogs that roam tend to trav el in longer straight lines with some di rection changes every so often. Dogs that are patrolling or
The Foundation selects recipients based on financial need, academic merit, equine involvement and civic activities. These individuals are today’s students and tomorrow’s equine industry leaders. With an education, great mentoring and a love of the American Quarter Horse, these young adults will become the next generation of leaders who will perpetuate the equine industry through a variety of occupations. “Our youth and young adults are the future of the American Quarter Horse industry, and the Foundation and its donors are committed to making higher education more affordable for them,” said Chris Sitz, chief Foundation officer. “We are proud to award 37 new scholarships, in addition to the 78 renewals for the 2022-23 academic year. We were extremely pleased to honor these well-deserving young people in front of their family, friends and peers during the Parade of Teams at the 50th anniversary of the Ford AQHYA World Championship Show in August. The scholarship program is one of the found ing programs of the Foundation, and we are excited to continue to support our youth and young adults through this program.”
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Most of the accidents in this study were caused by dogs roaming off ranch boundaries. However, are the dogs really roaming or just patrolling an area larger than we would like? Producers often lump everything a dog is doing away from their charges as roaming. However, producers may be confused about why their dogs are leaving their charges.
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More deserving Youth will be on the road to making their dreams come true thanks to the efforts of the American Paint Horse Foundation at this year’s APHA World Champion ship Show in Fort Worth, Texas. All in all, more than $35,000 was raised to further one of the foundation’s greatest missions—funding Youth scholarships.
FOUNDATION AWARDS 37 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2022-23
This is the second part of a two-part series on common terms that small ruminant producers often confuse, or misuse related to LGDs. It’s important to understand the terms related to LGDs and to use them correctly when seeking help or advice for a particular issue.Producers often contact us looking for dog breeders or how to solve juvenile issues in their pups. How to stop LGDs leaving their property is the next most common question I receive. It is one of the main problems with LGDs and could be caused by improper bonding techniques when the dogs are puppies. Based on a study conducted in 1986 almost half of the LGDs on ranches were deceased by six years. As seen in the chart on page 26, the main cause of death in LGDs was from accidents.
The Foundation and its donors are honored to create a legacy of support for youth pursuing higher education. These scholarship recipients are individ uals who carry a passion and dedication to the American Quarter Horse as they begin their careers. View the 2022-2023 scholarship recipients at www.aqha.com w
Figure 1: LGD Doc showing a classic example of roaming mainly in straight lines. He was found approximately 4 miles from the ranch location.
Are roaming and patrolling different in LGDs? We would say yes! Roaming is more of a random movement of the dogs across an area with no real reason other than they are exploring the area. Roaming dogs can travel many miles before stopping. Usually, they travel so far away from their home pastures that they cannot find their way back. Patrolling dogs usually have a specific pattern to their behavior. For instance, we have a LGD (Thor) at the Center that most nights between 9-9:15pm he leaves his pasture and patrols the neighboring pastures for threats. Once he is done, Thor returns to his charges until the next night. Dogs that are patrolling or chasing a threat often have similar move ment patterns. You can determine your dogs’ movements by us ing a GPS tracker. For more information on GPS trackers, you can refer to the last three issues of this magazine.
The Details: The foundation, APHA’s charitable arm, hosted the Youth, Amateur & Foundation Cele bration June 29 and the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on July 1. The June 29 celebration fea tured free dinner and drinks for guests, and honored outstanding Youth and Amateurs for their yearend achievements. Nearly 100 items were offered in the foundation’s co inciding online auction, which raised over $34,000 for APHA’s Youth scholarship program and conclud ed at the end of the event. Special thanks goes to Paul and Marylyn Caliendo for their generous support of theAPHA’sevent. premier Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was also hosted by the foundation during the World Show, where it bestowed the associ ation’s highest honors to deserving pillars of the Paint Horse community. The sold-out celebration took place at Whiskey Ranch, just minutes from the Will Rogers facility in Fort Worth. Attendees enjoyed dinner, great mu sic and dancing, a “wine spin” game (proceeds benefiting APHA’s Youth scholarship program), ice cream on the patio and a festive evening at a fantasticTwovenue.Apple iPad Pros were also raffled off during the World Show. Proceeds from the raffles totaled $1,220 and benefited the founda tion’s general fund. w
The Foundation and its donors are honored to create a legacy of support for youth pursuing higher education.
The virtual challenges have been a great success in keeping riders en gaged throughout the summer with the sport of competitive trail and each other between NATRC competitions. For more information, visit the NATRC website or Facebook group. w HEATS UP
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The North American Trail Ride Conference (NATRC) virtual challenges are well un derway with the leaders in all brackets very close in points and miles.Themid-year results were recently published for the na tionwide challenges. In the Mileage Challenge, Lisa Jami son of Region 5 (southeast) is in front with 1655 miles ridden through July, followed closely by Elaine Sherer also of Region 5, and Gayle Muench of New Ulm, Texas with 1280 miles.
The footing and terrain differs greatly between locations, from twotrack sandy ranch roads to single track rocky hill climbs, and sometimes in the same ride. The veterinarians and horsemanship judges travel from the east and west coasts as well as from the heartland states of Kansas and Nebraska.“Wetry to have something that will appeal to all levels of riders, and all types of horses,” said Alanna Price, ride manager of the Grasslands Gamble held at the LBJ Grasslands Valley View Campground in Alvord, Texas on October 22-23. “We offer four different divisions that feature different dis tances and speeds.”
The Fort Worth Dressage Club is a club devoted to dressage and dressage activities for its members. We work throughout the year to provide educational op portunities and fun activ ities for our FWDCmembers.holdsmonth ly meetings at Szechuan Chinese Restaurant off Bryant Irving the 4th Monday of every month at 6:30CheckPM. out our website, fortworthdressageclub.com, we have pictures of members and activities.
The North American Trail Ride Conference (NATRC) hosts a full fall season beginning September 10-11 at the Fall Frolic Competitive Trail Ride at Storm Ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas, followed by a competition every two weeks through the first weekend in November.
FULL FALL NATRC SEASON BEGINS
“We have been fortunate to pull together a great set of competitions for this fall,” said Region 4 Ride calendar coordinator Elaine Swiss. “The locations range from a private ranch in South Central Texas to a public park in Central Oklahoma, and several places in between.”
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The Wayfarer Out West will be held September 24-25 in Leakey, Texas at the HW Lewis Ranch. This is a new location for competitive trail events and promises to be a challenging and rewarding ride. More information and instructions to register is available on www.na trc.org. w
In the Virtual Trail Ob stacle Challenge, Betsy Zimmerman of Texas is ahead in Bracket A, Linda Reilly leads Bracket B, Kelly Moon in Bracket C and Lilly Reilly in Bracket D (juniors). The brackets represent levels of experience in NATRC.
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FWDC had some members that traveled to Denmark for the World Equestrian Games which hosted top riders in dressage from several nations! We were there cheering on the American team. It was quite an experience. Not only did we get to see dres sage riders from all over the world, we got to meet many riders from other FWDCcountries.willbehosting our annual Camp for volunteers in August at Noble Champions. Thanks to Charles Scott, owner of Noble Champions, USDG GMO Education Initiative and The Dressage Foundation for helping us with a grant. We will be bringing in renowned dressage judge and clinician Janet Foy. FWDC activities throughout the year include our annual awards banquet to recognize members achievements through out 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 activi ties and other dressage events in the community. Let me know if you would like a dressage event known to other dressage enthu siasts and we will get the word out. Join FWDC and learn more about the wonderful sport of dressage. We welcome all levels of riders on all breeds of horses! w
Our experiences show horses to have strong memories when ex periencing negative situations. This may include trailering issues, stress induced during training, or pain asso ciated with certain activities. Each of these memories may trigger anxiety causing your horse to act out behav iorally creating a dangerous environ ment for your both. Boredom Many horse owners experience the dreaded weaving or stall walking and in some cases, this may be due to boredom. Natural habitat for horses is open land and grazing and stall con finement is anxiety inducing for some horses wanting to be out with pasture mates. Change Anxiety Shifting schedules, new envi ronments or starting heavy training schedules may all produce change anxiety for horses. Performance Anxiety Performance Anxiety can be due to several factors. The change of en vironment, rider’s nerves being felt by your horse or just the bright lights and loud music associated with some events. All of these factors contribute to anxiety and are certainly going to make a difference in your horse.
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As natural herd animals’ horses that are moved away from the herd or their buddy may certainly display sig nificant signs of anxiety.
“One of the earliest signs of disease, particularly BRD, is that cattle will tend to lag behind or isolate themselves from the rest of the group,” Scott said. “Other clinical signs can include fever greater than 104 F, discharge from the nose and eyes, coughing, a tilted head/ear position, and signs of depression, such as decreased appetite, slow body movement, and an un willingness to stand.”
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In North America, BRD is the leading cause of illness and death in cattle production systems, according to Dr. Matthew Scott, an assistant professor of microbial ecology & infectious disease at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ Veterinary Education, Research, & Out reach campus in Canyon, Texas. “Every year, the United States is estimated to lose approx imately $1 billion due to treatment costs and production loss attributed to BRD,” Scott said. “Additionally, we can expect that nearly 20% of all cattle raised for beef production will require clinical treatment for BRD at some point in their lives.”
Thankfully, CBD products pro vide a natural way to maintain your horse’s anxiety level and adjust to new surroundings, environments, changes and separation. If you have any questions about how or when to use cannabinoid products to manage anxiety, contact me directly at info@ tomlusa.com.Pleasevisit our website, www. tomlusa.com for more information and to also learn more about The PTSD Foundation of America. w
One of the greatest issues cattle owners face is Bovine Re spiratory Disease (BRD), a complex condition that can affect cattle of any age and breed.
BRD is considered a multifactorial disease complex be cause several factors play a significant role in its development, including genetic susceptibility, suppression of the immune system, stress, co-mingling with sick cattle, sudden weather/ climate shifts, and exposure to bacterial, viral, and/or parasitic pathogens.“We, in the industry, understand risk factors that lead to increased rates of BRD, but we do not fully understand how these factors develop into BRD in each individual animal,” Scott said. “Because of the communicable nature of BRD, both small and large herds are at risk of BRD development and outbreaks.”
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This anxiety is often experienced during things beyond the horse’s con trol that is impacting their environ ment. It could be fireworks during holidays, or a new construction proj ect that has moved closer to the area with large equipment and different noises. Any of these external changes to the daily environment create a re sponse which often leads to anxiety.
When treating BRD, veterinarians focus on both the health of the individual animal and the herd as a whole. BATTLE:
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Howdy! This month we are going to focus on different areas of equine anxiety and how CBD as sists in managing stress. Horses experience several types of anxiety stemming from their need to be herdmates as well as the innate stress of being a prey animal in their natural environment. The most common areas of anxiety include:
Another challenge associated with BRD is that as a prey species, cattle naturally try to hide signs of illness, making it difficult to detect the disease before it causes serious symptoms.
New this year was the Youth and Mid-Summer National Block Party. The Block Party featured live music from Bailey Rae, a Top Ten finalist on NBC’s The Voice. In addition to live music, there was a golf cart parade, dunk tank fundraiser, an adoption event through Edmond Animal Services, food trucks, and more!
Because of challenges associated with BRD, many scientists and veterinarians, including Scott, are studying the disease in an effort to find better ways to detect, treat, and prevent the disease.
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The 2022 Youth Arabian and Half-Arabian National Championship Show returned to Okla homa City, OK from July 14-23 for another great year of competition! With a slew of fun classes and events, including spotlight classes from the Arabian Working Western Alliance, Arabian Hunter Pleasure Association, and Ara bian Western Pleasure Association, this year’s show was fun for the whole family!
“While no one approach or drug will solve all BRD cases, advancements in disease prediction mod els and diagnostics could get us ahead of the disease process, possibly before cattle ever show signs of disease,” Scott said. “Veterinary involvement and re search related to these advancements could allow us to significantly reduce the negative impacts associated with BRD.” w Pet Talk is a service of the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University. Stories can be viewed at vetmed.tamu.edu/news/pet-talk Direct suggestions for future topics to editor@cvm.tamu.edu
Although there are many unknowns with BRD, there are also several known precautions cattle owners can take to reduce the risk of their animals becoming sick. The first of these precautions can start as soon as new calves are born. “At birth, calves are dependent on colostrum (the first milk produced by a cow) to receive passive immu nity for many different diseases,” Scott said. “Calves should receive an adequate amount of colostrum, typi cally 10% of its body weight, within the first few hours of life.”As calves grow, their immunity can be boosted further with vaccines, de-wormers, and adequate nu trition.For cattle of all ages, reducing stress is one of the best ways to lower the risk of BRD. This can include proper ventilation, minimal pen movements, low-stress handling techniques, clean bedding, and free access to feed and “Historically,water.
Livestock & Pet “Veterinarians working with cattle examine and treat diseases, including BRD, in individual cattle, but always with the herd in mind,” Scott said. “Because of the difficulty in diagnosing or predicting BRD prior to clinical signs, historical clinical information and dis ease rates within herds play an important role in mak ing the decisions in treating and managing BRD.”
BRD was often referred to as ‘ship ping fever,’ as cattle transported from cow-calf opera tions to feeding operations were at an increased risk of developing BRD,” Scott said. By making efforts to boost cattle health prior to the move and allowing several days of rest upon ar rival, owners can reduce the risk of BRD developing during the shipping process.
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Celebrating its 30th year, the Youth portion included the yearly Arabian Horse Youth Asso ciation (AHYA) Convention and AHYA Board Meeting. In addition, various special events and activities took place throughout the show including a Stick Horse Workshop, Dog Race and Costume Contest, Are U Okay Day, Chuck-a-Duck, and Graduating Youth Ceremony.
Additionally, T.A.I.L. Tours were held throughout the show to give visitors a chance to see the barns, meet an Arabian horse, and look behind the scenes of an AHA National Show.
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The 38th annual Ogden 8&U World Champion Barrel Race was held August 12-14 in Sweetwater, paying out a total of $42,925! The champion was Dusky Lynn Hall, Huntsville, on Add A Dash, with a 50.608 total.
Lone Star Steer Ropers Assoc’s August 13-14 event was hosted by Tim Spiva at Chil dress. Spiva secured added money from Tulia Livestock Auction, Huddleston Performance Horses, and Triangle Calf Growers. HPs were Joe Dan Barnes (B-Division) and Jack Kinsey (C-Division). Another steer roping is scheduled again in Childress on September 17-18. fmi, www.lonestarsteerroping.com.
Lanie Cornelius, Mount Pleasant, AR, was highly successful July 28-August 7, at the last AQHYA World Show for which she was eligible. Riding Rosies Rollin, she finished as world champion for L3 Barrels and L3 Pole Bending. In addition, she was L3 Stakes Race world champion on Leapin Lela! Also, she was awarded the Andrew McBeath Scholarship by the AQHA Scholarship Foundation.
Wendy Oswood, Weatherford, competed in and finished the Mongol Derby July 23-30. That’s the longest horse race in the world, set in Mongolia, Asia, and covers 830-miles of some of the world’s roughest terrain.
Wayne Halvorson, Guthrie, OK, was ap pointed as AQHA’s senior director of officials in July, and he started that job in August. As such, he will be a key member of the AQHA Show Department providing overall direction of AQHA’s judge, steward, and drug-testing Bits & Spurs - Cont from pagePecos12 Eggers won the allaround prize for Boys-7-9 at Erath Co Riding Club's Event Lauren Love & her trainer (and now fiance) Arnaud Ferret celebrate her NP Futurity win at One Hot Reining Makinzy Kneip received the Will Byler Memorial Scholarship at the Austin Co YRA Cali Saggione & Brooke Mitchell won the youth sorting at the USTPA Summer Spectacular Continued on page 26
Capitol Area QHA’s Beach Party Open Classic and Ranch Horse Show was held Au gust 13-14 in Taylor. The Classic Show’s HPs included Loralei Bolen (Small-Fry/Shes Radi cal Too), Reese Fischer (18&U-WT/Your One And Only), Holly Block (19&O-WT/Sugar Coated Impulse), Camden Kolby (18&U/Hott Topic Man), and Lisa Martin Jacob (19&O/ The Big One). Ranch Show HPs were Taylor Martin (18&U-WT/Rollin Lika Yankee), Trac ey Sulak (19&O-WT/Hobos Lotto Doc), Alexa Kilmer (18&O/Miss TC Star), and Dru Harper (19&O/Check Out My Machine). On Saturday, there was a special presentation of the check for $13K from the May show, to Hoofbeats for He roes, the amazing non-profit that offers equine programs for veterans and their families.
Arcese Quarter Horses USA, Weath erford, had two stallions reach NRHA mile stones. Gunnatrashya is now a $7 Million Sire, and Walla Walla Whiz reached $4 Million Sire status. Both stand at Oswood Stallion Station in Weatherford.
Davis/Brooke Mitchell/Cloraldo Leal Jr.), #10 (Dal Brown/Paul West/Britney Vespe), #10-Shootout (Cody Earls/Joseph Zito/David Ramsey), and Open-Penning (Chelsea Mitch ell/Tanner Keith/Val Vespe).
The Ultimate Calf Roping competition, held in Stephenville, August 6, was followed by the John Rae Powell Memorial Roping. Sam Rigsby won the #15 in the Memorial, and Ste phen Perry won the #13. Both earned special trophy buckles!
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Tangie Denzer, West Fork, AR, and Chocolate Chexed won a saddle July 21 at the ABRA World Show in Tulsa, as Amateur Ranch high point champion! The duo also were World Champion in Amateur Ranch Trail, Amateur Ranch Riding, and Reserve in Ranch Conformation!
The Curry County Fair’s 4-H Horse Show was held in conjunction with the ABH SA show August 13 in Clovis, NM. 4-H HPs were Ed Armstrong (Nov), John Turner (Jr), and Denny Turner (Sr & Overall). Belita Marti nez received the Sportsmanship Award.
Oklahoma’s Governor Kevin Stitt signed HB 3281 on August 10, making the American Quarter Horse the state horse of Oklahoma. Stitt, Senator Blake Stephens, and Randy Randleman rode horseback from the governor’s mansion and headed to the state capitol for the signing.
Pecos Eggers won the all-around prize for Boys-7-9 at Erath County Riding Club’s July 23-24 event at 377 Arena in Stephenville!
Jazmine Elizabeth Palacio was born July 22 to Jessica (Weaver) and Ignacio Pala cio, Nacogdoches. She is welcomed by brother Julian, who just began kindergarten!
The Horse Judging Contest at the AQHYA World Show hosted over 100 youth who participated in the horse judging contest August 1. The Henderson County, TX team took the win. Dakota Honea, Los Ranchos, NM won the Art Contest. Cameron Powers, Granbury, TX, won the Prepared Speech con test, and Lillian Roush, Arapaho, OK, won the Impromptu Speech contest.
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LGD - Cont from page 19 programs, maintaining the Association’s position as an industry leader and ensuring the integrity of the Associa tion’s show officials. Wesley Sowell, Cabot, AR, won the Dale Haubein Memorial High-Point Rider Award July 30 at Central Ar kansas Horse Show Assoc’s Show in Lonoke, AR. Sowell set a record with placings in Pleasure, Gaited, fun, and speed classes!
Andrea Busby, Brock, won the barrel racing cham pionship at the 126th annu al Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. She posted a time of 17.13 seconds on her mare Blazing With My Dude, earning $10,239!
Lauren Love, Whites boro, won the L4 NP Futu rity July 31 at the One HOT Reining event in Waco. She and her 3-year-old Anony miss posted a score of 144! Luke Coleman, Mad isonville, won the tie-down calf roping, ages 13-15, at the American Jr Rodeo Assoc Fi nals July 31 in Sweetwater. Laney Baker Bell, Madisonville, made a big change in August, leaving the field of education after 16 years and going to work for Rattlesnake Ranch Pecan Co. as marketing and sales director. rattlesnakeranchpecans.comcorporatesales@ Michelle Darling, Medford, OK, won the barrel racing average at the Dodge City Roundup in Kansas Au gust 3-7. Her 2-run total of 34.59 on her mare, Morning Traffic aka “Martini” earned her a $8,076 check! Bits & SpursCont from page 24 Continued on page 28
26 SouthWest Horse Trader September 2022 Livestock & Pet
2022MattersDigitalcourtesyphotoAgriLifeA&MTexas chasing something tend to have more circular loops or lines that zig zag across an area. As seen in Figure 1, LGD Doc traveled in a fair ly straight line on this date. Doc and his sister Thelma have been roaming since they had been released from the bonding pens in 2021. Doc’s travels on this date are similar his and Thelma’s movements every time the dogs have roamed off the ranch. On this date, Doc was alone and roamed almost four miles from his home ranch.Earlier in January of 2022, both Doc and Thelma traveled south of the ranch in Menard just over four miles away. The pattern that day was very similar to this event. Other dogs that have roamed in the project tend to show similar straight patterns when they are roaming.Aproducer could assume that the left picture in Figure 2 showing LGD Laverne, could be a roaming pattern as she traveled across two 1500-acre pastures that day. However, examination of her movements over time show that she usually patrols close to her livestock in a general zig zag pattern. This producer’s ranch has a very high predator load in this area. He had seen a large amount of evidence of predators in the lower pasture. Knowing Laverne’s working pattern and this infor mation it was easy to determine that she was probably chasing a predator across the ranch. The producer found a fresh crawl and hair on the fence by the highway lo cation where Laverne stopped the chase at the bottom of theThepicture.picture in Figure 2 on the right, shows the movement pattern of LGD Louise. Louise generally worked in a circular pattern across the pastures she guarded. While she would return to her stocks location to check on them, Louise was generally patrolled the perimeter of her pastures. GPS trackers can be a great help to producers in determining the movement patterns of their LGDs and areas of possible predator threats. We look forward to sharing our research with the ranching community over the next several years as the LGD bonding project continues at the Texas A&M AgriLife Center in San Angelo. Weekly progress of the puppies and the project can be viewed on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @TAMUlivestockguarddog.
Don’t forget to sign up for our blog The Guardian Way https://sanangelo.tamu.edu/research/lgd/ and check out our YouTube channel also. For questions regarding LGDs you can email me at bill.costanzo@ag.tamu.edu or call 325-657-7311.
Look for my next article on Livestock Guardian Dogs in next month’s edition of the Southwest Horse Trader magazine. w A six-year survival of LGDs and causes of losses. Most accidents would not have occurred if the LGD had not left the ranchers propertyed.
Figure 2: Photo on the left shows LGD Laverne in a zig zag pattern.
Photo on the right shows LGD Louise in a circular patrol pattern.
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Dr. Jack Ruttle, 91, Las Cruces, NM, died August 1. Years ago, while a student at Sul Ross University, he was in strumental in the founding of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. He was a member of Sul Ross’s 1951 champion ship team.
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Karen Barnes,78, Canyon, died August 5. Orin Barnes, her husband of 61 years, survives her, as do their children and their families. She kept books for their business, Orin Barnes Quarter Horses, until they both retired, and she also kept books for Panhandle QHA and a few oth ers.
F.D. Calhoun, 87, died at his home in Anderson, July 16. He developed a love for horses and cattle at an early age, and he was well-known for his knowledge of both. In his younger years, he rode rodeo bulls competitively.
Brenda Binion Michael, 81, Amaril lo, died July 27. Horses and rodeos were her livelong passions. She was an NCHA member with almost $70K in lifetime earnings. In 1998, she was selected as TriState Fair Cowgirl of the Year. A long-time member of the fair board, she was on the fundraising committee for the Amarillo National Center which opened in 2000.
Gentry Pickett Wools, Rowlett, graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington August 13, with a Masters of Science in Nursing–Nursing Education. She is now looking forward to working as an assistant clinical professor at UTA. Losses Margueriete Smith Abel, 78, Elgin, died July 5 after a courageous battle with metastatic cancer. In her early years, she developed a lifelong love for horses, and she barrel raced some then. After marriage, she and husband Jerry raised and showed cutting horses. That became one of her greatest pleasures.
Spots Hot, owned by Rocking P Ranch of Stephenville, was laid to rest Au gust 10. The 2001 sorrel stallion won the 2004 NCHA Open Futurity and had over half a million dollars in lifetime earnings. His progeny’s earnings exceed $7 million so far. Frozen semen is still available at Brazos Valley Stallion Station.
Terry Henderson, Stockdale, died August 11. He operated Terry Henderson Training Stables, specializing in fitting horses for halter as well as training them for showmanship, reining, and ranch spe cialties. Terry was very kind and generous and had a great sense of humor. He’s sur vived by son Ryan Henderson and daugh ter Traci Henderson Langford. w Weston Griswold earned his first NCHA check at Panhandle CHA's show.
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Lynn Bergfield, 65, New Waverly. passed away peacefully August 2. Hors es were her passion, especially Arabians. She was a unique and caring individual with many talents. and she will be greatly missed.
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Laura Jane Elder, 50, Uvalde, died July 28 after battling ALS. In her youth, she was involved in youth ro deo, 4-H, and quiteClubYouthforofonservedmarrying,horses.showingAftershe11yearstheBoardDirectorsUvaldeRodeoandwasactiveinRegions
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