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NATIONALS @ AMARILLO
May 2022
The 2022 Hughes Trailer National Ranch & Stock Horse Show is officially in the books. There were 115 riders from 7 different states making up 14 different teams. We came home 4th in Division 1 with many individual successes as well.
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Novice
Reagan: Go 1: Cow 2nd, 1st Trail, 3rd all around
Go 2: 2nd Trail, 5th all around
5th OVERALL
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Haley Winkler: Go 1: 4th Trail, 8th Reining, 5th all around
Go 2: Cow 6th
8th OVERALL
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Krisondra McMellian: Go 2: Cow 6th, Reining 7th
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Grace Chambers: Go 2: 9th Cow
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LTD Non Pro
Sara Saxe: Go 1: 2nd Cow, 4th Reining, 9th Trail, 4th all around
Go 2: 2nd Trail
10th OVERALL
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Non Pro
Emma Thrasher: Go 1: 9th Reining
Go 2: 4th Reining, 6th Cow, 7th Pleasure, 8th Trail, 6th all around
9th OVERALL
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Nicole Jones: Go 1: 10th pleasure
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SPRING COMPETITION UPDATE
February-March
Brains and Bridle Results:
They came home with a 2nd Place Media Interview and 4th Place Public Speech as well as a few top ten placings in the performance classes. Nicole Jones, Saryn Paulsen, Haley Winkler, and Reagan Loxton prepared for many weeks leading up to this contest. Not only did it prove those with skills used in the professional world, but skills needed to be effective on the ranch. Thank you, Texas Equine, for sponsoring this trip!
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NRCHA Collegiate Invitational Results:
A week ago, Sara Saxe, Emma Thrasher and Krisondra McMellian got home from a successful weekend in Fort Worth. Emma ended up 1st Non Pro Cow work, 4th place Non Pro overall. Sara Saxe placed 3rd in the Limited with a 2nd Ltd. Reining and 3rd Ltd. Cow work, and 3rd overall. Krisondra had her first official show on her new ride, Rosebud! Cavender’s proudly sponsored this trip!
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Bryan Results: Reserve Champion Team
Novice
Krisondra McMellian: 2nd place all-around, 3rd pleasure, 4th reining, 5th trail
Reagan Loxton: 3rd place all-around, 3rd trail, tied 4th pleasure, tied 4th reining, tied 5th cow
Haley Winkler: 4th place all-around, 1st trail, tied 4th pleasure, 4th cow
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LTD Non Pro
Sara Saxe: 7th place all-around, 3rd reining
Todd Wellmann: 10th place all-around, 2nd pleasure
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Non-Pro
Nicole Jones: 8th place all-around, 2nd cow
Emma Thrasher: 9th place all-around, tied 3rd reining
SHTX WORLD SHOW RESULTS
November 1, 2021
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The Texas A&M Ranch Horse Team packed up this past Tuesday and headed to the SHTX World Show in Abilene, Texas. Not only was this their first show away from home base with the new 2021-2022 team, but it was an all-week endeavor. The Aggies stuck with it and came up with a 4th place Title. But with the way Aggies are… the team is not satisfied and will continue their hard work over the winter break in hopes to come back in the spring more competitive than ever.
Novice Division: 37 collegiate riders
Sara Saxe- Round 1: 5th all around / Round 2: 8th all around / Total: 4th all around
Emma Thrasher- Round 1: 4th all around / Round 2: 1st all around / Total: 3rd all around
Reagan Loxton- Round 1: 16th all around / Round 2: 4th all around / Total: 8th all around
Haley Winkler- Round 1: 7th all around / Round 2: 5th all around / Total: 5th all around
Krisondra McMellian- Round 1: 34th all around / Round 2: 30th all around
Grace Chambers- Round 1: 29th all around / Round 2: 32nd all around
Limited Division: 33 collegiate riders
Kaley Berkley- Round 1: 11th all around / Round 2: 25th all around
Todd Wellman- Round 1: 27th all around / Round 2: 12th all around
Emily Edwards- Round 1: 18th all around / Round 2: 30th all around
Non-Pro Division: 11 collegiate riders
Nicole Jones- Round 1: 9th all around / Round 2: 9th all around / Total: 10th all around
Saryn Paulsen- Round 1: 7th all around / Round 2: 7th all around / Total: 10th all around
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TAKING COLLEGIATE RESERVE IN BRYAN
October 11, 2021
The Texas A&M Ranch Horse Team kicked off their season at the Bryan Stock Horse of Texas Show at the Expo Center this last weekend. They just missed the bringing the title home by a few points. Some new names appeared on their roster and made a big impact on increasing the team’s competitiveness.
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Novice Division: 18 collegiate riders
· Sara Saxe: 1st place boxing, 2nd place pleasure, 4th all around
· Emma Thrasher: 2nd place boxing, 3rd place pleasure, 9th all around
· Reagan Loxton: 2nd trail, 8th all around
· Haley Winkler: 1st pleasure, 1st trail, 3rd all around
· Krisondra McMellian: 4th boxing, 5th all around
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Limited Division: 17 collegiate riders
· Kaley Berkley: 1st box-drive-box-drive, 3rd pleasure, 4th reining, 2nd all around
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Non-Pro Division: 7 collegiate riders
· Nicole Jones: 2nd reining, 4th trail, 6th all around
· Saryn Paulsen: 4th fence work, 1st pleasure, 3rd trail, 3rd all around
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COLLEGE RANCH HORSE BY HORSEPRO.TV
July 15, 2020
MS. PAIGE LINNE IS THE HEAD COACH TO ONE OF THE TOP COLLEGIATE STOCK HORSE TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY......
CROSS COUNTRY AND COW SENSE: AN EVENTER TRIES HER HAND AT REINED COW HORSE
April 20, 2018
Firsts are always memorable. Reading a hunter’s account of their first event, or watching a reiner ride a show jumper gives you a sense of anticipation. Will they be successful? Will they enjoy their experience? Watching others experience eventing for the first time renews my passion for the sport. So when I wound up in grad school and became close friends with a rider whose equine sport of choice is Reined Cow Horse, I decided to flip the script. Heels down and grab mane for: An Eventer Tries to Be a Cowgirl.....