Ranch Horse

Clarendon College RHAA Show

Posted By: Gatlin Duncan

This past weekend we had a good turnout for our RHAA show held here at the LEC. We had a total of 46 entries, which was a good fundraiser for the ranch horse team.

Tanner Schultz was 3rd in the Wrangler class and Gracie Paul placed 4th right behind Tanner. Zane Davis won the Cowboy class and Jakob Dees won the Ranch Hand class.  

This makes 5 students (Zane Davis, Gracie Paul, Kolyn Dutton, Jakob Dees, and Tanner Schultz) that have qualified for the RHAA finals held in Abilene May 10th-12th.

Ranch Horse Team- Fort Worth Collegiate Challenge

Posted By: Gatlin Duncan

Four members of the Ranch Horse Team traveled to Forth Worth, Texas to the National Reined Cow Horse Celebration of Champions. This event hosted a special intercollegiate challenge, where 9 colleges and universities attended as well as an invitational High School Cow Horse Challenge.

The Clarendon Ranch Horse Team walked away with the Reserve Team Championship. Zane Davis, Gracie Paul, and Tanner Schultz made up the Team.

Zane Davis won the non pro division.

Gracie Paul was 4th in the limited-non pro division.

Tanner Schultz was 3rd in the novice division.

 

Jakob Dees was invited to the High School Cow Horse Challenge from his previous success at the National High School Finals. Despite of a horse change due to injury, Jakob ended up 4th in a tough class

 

 

Ranch Horse Results

Posted By: Gatlin Duncan

Abilene SHOT Show- October 27-28th

Gracie Paul- Top 10 All Around for the weekend

6th place cow show 1

6th place pleasure show 2

8th reining show 2

Amanda Brown- 2nd place Pleasure show 1

Jakob Dees- 7th place cow show 1

4th cow show 2

Zane Davis- 11th cow show 1

Clarendon RHAA- November 3rd

Wrangler Class- Kolynn Dutton 3rd

Gracie Paul 4th

Ranch Hand class- Jakob Dees 1st

Zane Davis 2nd

Amarillo RHAA- Nov 10th-11th

Gracie Paul 1st place Wrangler Class and 2nd place in the finals

Zane Davis 5th place Cowboy Class out of 30 competitors

 

This makes 4 members that have already qualified for the RHAA finals in Abilene in May of 2018.

Ranch Horse Team Fall wrap up

Posted By: Gatlin Duncan

Roaring Springs RHAA Show

Posted By: Bret Franks

The ranch horse team has started competition early as 3 members traveled to Roaring Springs to compete in the ranch horse competition August 26th. The team looks promising as Zane Davis wins 4th place in the cowboy class and Dee Oles places 3rd place in the ranch hand class. The next competition for the ranch horse team will be September 10th in Vernon Texas at a Stock Horse of Texas show.

Ranch Horse Fall Semester Wrap up

Posted By: Gatlin Duncan

As the Fall Semester wrapped up, the ranch horse team traveled to 2 Stock Horse Shows and 2 Ranch Horse Shows. Starting the year at the end of August at the Roaring Springs RHAA show, Colten Jackson placed 3rd in the Wrangler class. Dee Oles placed 2nd in the Cowboy Class and qualified for the National Finals for the RHAA association held in Abilene, TX on May 12th-14th. The team then traveled to Vernon Texas to a SHOT show where the team took Reserve Champion Collegiate Team. Dee Oles and Jake McCathern were both in the top 10 in the overall standings and Dee Oles won the Cow work. The team traveled to Abilene to at the end of October to a 2 day SHOT show where Cutter Smith placed in the top 15 in the overall standings the 1st day and Zane Thomas finished in the top 15 the 2nd day. Dee Oles won the cow work both days and several individuals placed in the top ten in different events. The last show was held in Amarillo where members competed in the RHAA show at the WRCA ranch rodeo. The team had a little tough luck as they were up against some stiff competition, but walked away with more experience. Everyone has improved from show to show and look forward to the upcoming show season where we kick it off in Abilene at a SHOT show February 26-28th.

Ranch Horse Team competes in Abilene, Vernon

Posted By: Ashlee Estlack

The Clarendon College Ranch Horse Team competed at the Stock Horse of Texas Collegiate World Championship show November 1 and 2 in Abilene, TX.

Although the team as a whole didn't finish in the top five, there were a couple of individuals who were the top in their class on cow work.

Colton Jackson won the Cow horse class in the Limited Non-pro division and Caleb Urbanczyk won the cow horse class for the novice division at the collegiate level.

On November 16, Kory Bateman and Caleb Urbanczyk won 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the Wrangler class with 11 individuals competing at the Ranch Horse Association of American Show in Vernon, TX.

Ranch Horse Team attends clinic

Posted By: Ashlee Estlack

This fall the Ranch horse Team went to Vernon, TX, to a horsemanship clinic sponsored by the Stock Horse of Texas.

They competed at Amarillo Ranch Horse Association of America competition where Korey Bateman won the Wrangler Class and also placed 3rd on a different horse.

They are currently working hard to improve for the Stock Horse of Texas World Championship in Abilene starting October 31.