Another successful year for 4-H Working Ranch Horse Program

By Christy Todd

Ranch Horse Leader

The 4-H Working Ranch Horse Program has had another successful year for exhibitors participating in the Madison-Jefferson County Fair. This year's show was held August 6 at the Ennis Rodeo Grounds and had 8 exhibitors. The working ranch program teaches horse and cattle stockman ship through a variety of classes geared to horse and cattle work.

These classes are geared towards the activities that you would engage in on a daily basis with a working ranch job or ranch lifestyle. The exhibitors competed in a cattle sort, knowledge test that shows their smarts of all aspects of horses and cattle, reining agility pattern to showcase their horsemanship skills, and roping classes both on and off a horse. Depending on the level of the exhibitor, this determined the degree of difficulty they had in each class. It was a great show that showcased all the participants hard work.

The following is this year's results at the fair show:

Knowledge Test

Level One

Doc Wilson -Grand

Kayzlie Ostler -Reserve

Treyer Ostler – Blue

Level Two

Hannah Todd – Grand

Spur Chapman – Reserve

Vance Wingard – Blue

Level Three and Four

Brand Oster- Grand

Jacy Johnson -Reserve

Reining/Agility Pattern

Level One

Treyer Ostler – Grand

Doc Wilson – Reserve

Kayzlie Ostler – Blue

Level Two

Hannah Todd – Grand

Spur Chapman – Reserve

Vance Wingard – Blue

Level Three and Four

Jacy Johnson – Grand

Brand Ostler – Reserve

Roping

Level One

Treyer Ostler – Grand

Doc Wilson – Reserve

Kayzlie Ostler – Blue

Level Two

Spur Chapman – Grand

Vance Wingard – Reserve

Hannah Todd – Blue

Level Three and Four

Brand Ostler – Grand

Jacy Johnson – Reserve

Cattle Sorting

Level One

Doc Wilson – Grand

Kayzlie Ostler – Reserve

Treyer Ostler – Blue

Level Two

Vance Wingard – Grand

Hannah Todd – Reserve

Spur Chapman – Blue

Level Three and Four

Brand Ostler – Grand

Jacy Johnson – Reserve

Over All High Point Winner – Grand -

Brand Ostler

Over All High Point Winner – Reserve – Doc Wilson

Beginner Overall Grand Champion – Doc Wilson

Beginner Overall Reserve Champion – Treyer Ostler

Junior Overall Grand Champion – Hannah Todd

Junior Overall Reserve Champion – Spur Chapman

Senior Overall Grand Champion – Brand Ostler

Senior Overall Reserve Champion –

Jacy Johnson

We would like to thank all those parents that shuttled kids back and forth to practices, all of our sponsors that helped out with buckles and great prizes, and our wonderful judges and ground crew that help make this show and project possible. Thank you again!