Youth World Show Roundup: Texas triumphs in Youth Team Tournament

The 2015 AjPHA Youth Team Tournament was once again a success, with teams representing regional clubs from all over the country. Team Tournament consists of three main sections:

• Performance Classes: Designated team members participate in five classes: Showmanship, Hunt-Seat Equitation, Western Horsemanship, Barrel Racing and Walk-Trot Pleasure. Up to two contestants per team may compete in any one class, and top-placing contestants earn points for their team’s overall ranking.
• Knowledge Relay: Participants navigate through an obstacle course while performing a variety of horse-related activities. Each team consists of up to five members, and participation from each age group—including even the youngest Walk-Trot exhibitors—is encouraged in this fun event that emphasizes the importance of teamwork.
• Hippology: This portion of the contest puts team members’ horsey know-how to the test. Up to eight members per team collectively complete a hippology—general horse knowledge—test as a group. Questions range from equine anatomy and physiology to situational questions and everything in between. Test scores are added to the team points.

Texas Team Blue was this year’s overall winner; the results of Team Tournament are as follows:

1. Texas Team Blue: Faith Dugdale, Madeleine Frere, Sabine Lazo, Haley Thomas, Julie Hill, Raygan Follis, Taylor Eller, Lexi Gutfranski, Rebecca Summer, Treylyn Hancock1^st place Equitation

   1^st place Barrel Racing

   3^rd place Hippology

   3^rd place Barrel Racing

   3^rd place Equitation

   3^rd place Walk-Trot Pleasure

   4^th place Knowledge Relay

   5^th place Walk-Trot Pleasure

   5^th place Showmanship at Halter

2. Upper Midwest Team: Amoreena Most, Mckenna Martin, Sydney SchmidtJulianne Nagy, Olivia Bass, Mackenzie Gail Chapman, Reece Chapman

   1^st place Knowledge Relay

   2^nd place Hippology

   2^nd place Barrel Racing

   2^nd place Western Horsemanship

   2^nd place Walk-Trot Pleasure

   3^rd place Western Horsemanship

   4^th place Showmanship at Halter

3. Iowa Paint Horse Youth Club: Abigail Merschman, Raigen FurnessWhitney Vesey, Kirsten Pfab, Samantha Daily, Lily Anderson, Mallory Vroegh

   1^st place Hippology

   1^st place Western Horsemanship

   1^st place Showmanship at Halter

   2^nd place Knowledge relay

   2^nd place Showmanship at Halter

   4^th place Western Horsemanship

   5^th place Equitation

4. Team Oklahoma: Alyssa Sappington, Cara Christensen, Morgan ThomasAvery Rees, Lana Grace Kidd, Taylor Tuso, Brianna Tuso, Lauren Gralla

   4^th place Hippology

   4^th place Walk-Trot Pleasure

   4^th place Barrel Racing

   4^th place Western Horsemanship

   4^th place Equitation

   5^th place Western Horsemanship

5. Illinois Junior Paint Horse Club: Alexa Grace Hattan, Brady Hattan, Sydney Depauw

   1^st place Walk-Trot Pleasure

   3^rd place Knowledge Relay

   5^th place Hippology

6. Colorado Junior Paint Horse Club: Abby Rasmussen, Hagen Davis, Alexis Sage Miller, Hannah Murusky, Breanna Hitner, Maggie Collins

   2^nd place Equitation

   3^rd place Showmanship at Halter

   5^th place Knowledge Relay

7. Arizona Paint Horse Club: Airyan Conn, Madyson Peters, Alyssa Donelson, Madyson Peters, Kieli Adkins

   5^th place Barrel Racing

For more Youth World Show results, visit the AjPHA Youth World Championship Show event page on Facebook. Tag your own pictures and join the conversation by using #APHAywcs. Find great candid shots and more at j.mp/YWCSphoto15. Show-ring shots available through Official Show Photographer Larry Williams Photography: http://bit.ly/1g2eADs.

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