By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
The second time around seemed to be the perfect touch for Sidney Long at Tuesday’s horse show.
After having already performed a tricky pattern for her age class in Western Showmanship, Long sought to improve upon what she and her horse Domino already did.
“I thought it was a very difficult pattern. It had a lot of pivots in it and I was just hoping I could do the best I could do and improve from when I did it before,” Long said. “I think I improved a lot when I went back in and I’m hoping the judge noticed that.”
Long competed against nine other competitors, all first and second place winners in each of their respective classes. The showmen and their horses were required to walk from cone A to cone B, complete a 360-degree turn at cone B, and trot to the judge where they performed another 45-degree turn to face him for inspection. After that, the pair would back up 10 steps and complete a 270-degree turn to end their showmanship pattern.
A list of the Western Showmanship results can be found below. The show returned in the afternoon for Western Horsemanship. Riders will compete in gymkhana classes Thursday beginning at 9 a.m. and a versatility show will take place later that day at 3 p.m.
Western Horse Showmanship 15-18
1st Sidney Long
2nd Alissa Bartholomew
3rd Austin Burton
4th Riley Erwin
5th Maria Harstine
Western Horse Showmanship 12-14
1st Clint Erwin
2nd Chloe Carman
3rd Emma Studer
4th Bailey Wallace
5th Cecilia Wurm
Western Horse Showmanship 9-11
1st Katie Ruffener
2nd Rachael Forsythe
3rd Morgan Lambert
5th Tristen Lowe
Western Pony Showmanship 9-18
1st Emma Studer
2nd Nolan McKibben
3rd Ysabella Wurm
4th Olivia Chase
Western Showmanship First Year Member
1st Morgan Lambert
2nd Cecilia Wurm
3rd Ysabella Wurm
4th Olivia Chase
5th Kim Ousley
Western Showmanship Championships
Grand Champion Sidney Long
Reserve Alissa Bartholomew