A total of 98 horse and rider teams from the Yukon and Alaska saddled up for the 31st annual Whitehorse 2010 Horse Show held over the weekend.
With the hopes of becoming a sanctioned event under Equine Canada, the national equestrian governing body, organizers operated under the specified guidelines, offering riders conditions and judging they would receive at a sanctioned event.
“There’s been a big desire to move our show to the next level,” said show manager Anne Lewis. “This is the 31st year of the show, and over the last 10 or 15 years we’ve seen a lot of our riders actually progress to competing in the rest of Canada. It’s really important for us as an organization to provide our riders with the best resources and opportunities in their performance and competition here so they feel ready and prepared when they do go south.”
Besides the obvious benefits for riders and their horses – becoming accustomed to more regulated competition – if the show becomes sanctioned in the future, participants could earn points towards a national ranking and could use the local event, held at the at the Yukon Horse and Rider Showgrounds, to qualify for Outside shows. This past weekend’s show was the first step in making the show sanctioned, which could happen as soon as next year.
The following is a cross-section of results from the show. Due to space constraints, results are limited to one age category (junior C, B, A or adult), per division and demonstrate the variety of equine classes presented by YHRA for the Whitehorse 2010 Horse Show.
For full results, please contact Anne Lewis at yhra2010@gmail.com.
Yukon Championship Halter
1st Cathy Mattson/Sea Irish Gold
Gymkhana
1st Angelique Sevigny/Sonny’sBest Yet and Dempsey’s Aurora Skye
Dressage
1st Heather McCann/Rosatta
Junior dressage
1st Faith Larose/Caesar
Charity Extravaganza events
Matched pairs
1st Sarah Hougen/ Maggie May
1st Anna Ramminger/ Windy Sitka Day
2nd Kelsie Olsen/Cool
2nd Amanda Dendys/ Santa De Mingo
3rd Angelique Sevigny/ Zippo Pine Retreat
3rd Elaine Seier/Jack Versatility
1st Lisa Ibias/Ok Truly Lacy’s LAD
2nd Laura Sidney/ Nimara Nateese
3rd Kristin Kibby/Marquise Ruby
Musical freestyle
1st Josie Storey/Beauregard
1st Anna Ramminger/
Windy Stika Day
1st Hana Val/Caesar
1st Sarah Hougen/Maggie May
1st Eryn MacGillivray/Blue Wheel Sundown
1st Michael Hougen/Lancelot
1st Sydney Johnson/Lily
2nd Kylie Ibias/OK Truly Lacy’s LAD
2nd Sarah Milks/Awesome to the Max
2nd Evelyn Walker/Sayla
3rd Katie O`Farrell/Over Dun Elegance
3rd Shannon Mason/Sayla
In hand events
Halter mares
1st Cathy Mattson/Seas Irish Gold
Showmanship – junior C
1st Malorie Hanson/Lady In-hand trail
1st Erin Woods/Dusty’s Winged Spirit
Gymkhana events
Lead line
1st Olivia Barker/Little Ben
1st Connor Hoyt/Dollar
1st Malorie Hanson/LadyEgg & spoon
1st Laura Sidney/Marquis Ruby
Stake race – junior C
1st Brayden Bjork/Kelsie Mate
Barrel racing – junior B
1st Kylie Ibias/A Penny For your Thoughts
Pole bending
1st Angelique Sevigny/Dempsey’s Aurora Skye
Western events
Trail horse senior horse – junior B and C
1st Laura Sidney/Nimara Nasteese
Western pleasure senior horse – junior A/adult
1st Rachelle Wallace/Midas
Stock seat equitation – junior C
1st Shannon Mason/Sayla
Western horsemanship – junior B
1st Laura Sidney/Nimara Nasteese
Command class – junior A
1st Cathy Mattson/Sea Irish Gold
Green as grass – modified open
1st Brooke Nielson/Callie Girl
English events
Road hack – horse – junior C
1st Tamara Campbell/LJS Mirador
Hunter under saddle – junior B
1st Anna Ramminger/Windy Sitka Day
English pleasure – junior A
Emily Oettli/Bonny
Hunter seat equitation – flat – adult
1st Wendy Smith
Jumping events
Hunter 2’3”- junior B
1st Laura Sidney/Marquis Ruby
Hunter 3’0”- adult
1st Brooke Nielson/For Keeps
Jumper 3’0”- open
1st Spencer Sumanik/Nick
Gambler’s choice 2’6”- open
1st Meggy Hanna
Dressage events
Walk/Trot test – junior B/C
1st Faith Larose
Training level test 4 – junior A/adult
1st Jenilyn Kooy/Mandolin HBR
First level test 4 – junior A/adult
1st heather McCann
Contact Tom Patrick at
tomp@yukon-news.com
