The competition continued with the ancillary classes, plus the start of the youth classes. McKinnon Larcombe rode Taris Dreamer (Magnum Chic Dream x Taris San Cutter) to a score of 145 to top the Limited Non Pro.
“I’ve only had him for four months now, so I’m just getting to know him,” Larcombe said. “This is the biggest show we’ve been to so far and I haven’t really run him super hard yet, so I went out there with a plan to push it a little more and I told myself to trust him and it paid off.”
In second place was Tina Ellis riding Whatacromedmercedes (Cromed Out Mercedes x What A Sunrise) to a score of 142.5.
The Youth classes saw a lot of action with Faith Horner riding Bit Of Magnum (Magnum Chic Dream x Bitsy Bye Remedy) to the Youth 13 & Under win with a score of 137.5.
“It was really fun, he ran really fast and he did all of his maneuvers very well,” Horner said. “He’s a two-time world champion, so I love him a lot.”
Emma Lane won the Youth 14-18 with a score of 146 riding Gunner Gump, who’s by Colonels Smoking Gun out of Little Patrasha Gump. Lane also won the USA Reining Youth 14-18. “Grumpy” has been enjoyed by the lane family for some time showing under Emma’s dad and brother before her.
Lane shared some insight about her run, “It was very fun. I was very surprised that I did so well because he doesn’t do well outside. He can see everything and it kind of scares him. So I was very happy with my run.
Emily Opell topped the Unrestricted Youth riding HA Tears Of The Sun (Lena Spark x HA Chic A Tune) with a score of 144.5.
“I just got back from Springfield,” Opell explained.” He got a little sore so I couldn’t show him in the last youth. We had to give him some time off and let him recuperate. I got back here and it just worked out for us. He was good.”
Becca Schaffhauser rode Dunitwithasmokingun (Colonels Smoking Gun x Dun It Doll) to a score of 70.5 to win the 10 and Under Short Stirrup. Becca said that she enjoyed the stops the most .