4-H Horse Show Is Fun for All
Saturday was a beautiful day for the second Jasper County 4-H Horse Show.
The show, which was held at the Shady Dale Rodeo Arena, started promptly at 9 a.m., and ended about 8:30 p.m. Jasper County 4-H’er Amber Scarbrough sang the National Anthem while Casey Elias, Krista Mercer, and Nathaniel Hinton carried the American, Georgia, and 4-H flags around the arena.
This event was coordinated by the Jasper County 4-H Horse Club as a fund raiser to send deserving 4-H’ers to Georgia State 4-H Horse School and to provide support for other 4-H Horse Events such as 4-H Horse Judging, 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl, and Hippology Contests.
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This show had a little something for everyone. Halter classes, Western and English Classes, speed events and good old fashioned fun classes were offered.
Some of the more entertaining classes included a pants-on-the-goat race, powdered donut race, and musical feedbags. The tunnel race was also a crowd favorite. A new addition this year was a PeeWee Division for children 10 years of age and under. Games such as the potato race, and the gummy worm race were enjoyed by these youngsters.
High Point and Reserve High Point awards were given for divisional placings and for the All Around High Point and Reserve in Novice, Youth and Open classes.
A special thank you goes to the Monticello and Shady Dale Masonic Lodges for donating the use of the arena, for running the concession stand and for all their time and effort in helping the 4-H Horse Club get ready for the event. Dr. Jennifer Proctor and Benny Hawthorne donated their time to take pictures of the competitors and spectators. Over 50 competitors registered for the show with many of them participating in multiple classes.
Our Jasper County Youth did well against the competition. The Youth High Point Hunter Division winner was Casey Elias on Tes Blackberry Winner while the Reserve title went to Krista Mercer on Mr. Tuff Fleet. The Youth High Point Halter Award went to Tracey Bohannon on Ms Dunny Broker and the Reserve High Point in the same division went to Tabitha Bohannon on Tonto. The Youth High Point Huntseat Division and the Youth Western High Point Division winner was Krista Mercer on Mr. Tuff Fleet with the Reserve High Point in both categories going to Casey Elias on her gelding Lightning War Leo.
The Youth Contest Division High Point and Reserve High Point Awards went to Casey Elias on her geldings Tes Blackberry Winner and Lightning War Leo. The PeeWee Division High Point Award went to Jessie Wyatt on Midnight and the Reserve PeeWee High Point Winner was Seth Bennett on Tuxedo Teddy.
The Novice Huntseat Division Champion was Keelie Jordan on her horse, Sonata, was followed by her sister Kinsley Jordan on Hungry Hippo as the Novice Reserve Huntseat Division Champion. Seth Bennett was the Novice Western Division High Point Winner on his horse Tuxedo Teddy.
The Reserve Western High Point Winner was LaraLee Veal on CC. The Open Halter Division Champion was Tracey Bohannon on Ms Dunny Broker followed by Casey Elias on Lightning War Leo as the Reserve Division Champion. The Open Hunter Division Champion was Amber Scarbrough on Tomorrow’s Promise and the Reserve High Point winner in the Hunter Division was Casey Elias on Lightning War Leo. These girls switched places in the Huntseat Division where Ms. Elias won the High Point Award and Ms. Scarbrough was the Reserve Winner.
The Open Western High Point Award went to Casey Elias on Lightning War Leo with Tracey Bohannon winning the Reserve High Point Award. The Open Contest Division High Point winner was Casey Elias on Tes Blackberry Winner who was followed by LaraLee Veal on Misti as the Reserve Open Contest Division winner. Trophies and ribbons were given for Overall High Point Winners and Reserve High Point winners in the Novice, Youth, and Open Divisions.
The Overall Novice Champion was Seth Bennett on Tuxedo Teddy with the Reserve going to Keelie Jordan and Sonata. The Overall Youth High Point Award and the Overall Open High Point Award went to Casey Elias and Lightning War Leo. Amber Scarbrough and Tomorrow’s Promise were the Overall Open Reserve High Point winners and Krista Mercer and Mr. Tuff Fleet were the youth Reserve High Point winners.
A special thank you goes to all of the 4-H parents and volunteers for this event. It couldn’t have happened without you! For more information on the Jasper County 4-H Horse Club contact Lucy Ray at the Jasper County Extension office 706-468-6479.
