Johnson County 4-H hosts horse clinic

The Johnson County 4-H hosted a Horse Clinic on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at Chamber Park. The horse clinic offers a safe and fun environment for students to engage in hands on learning, without having to own a horse. This year 17 students attended our clinic which focused on teaching students to safely interact with horses while learning how to groom, saddle, lead a horse, the importance of colors and markings and how a horse’s senses are different from a human’s.

Following the clinic, students could exhibit their horse in an assortment of classes during our show. This year we had 3 lead-liners and 4 students entere the various classes to exhibit their horses’ athletic ability in a variety of disciplines.
All of our exhibitors this year did a wonderful job showing their horses. In Addition each of the participants displayed exceptional sportsmanship for one another. The show results are as follows:

Lead Line:
Joyce Ann (JoJo) Aldridge
Katelyn Jones
Ella Ruth Simcox

Halter Conformation: 1st Megan Rice
2nd Emaline Cornett
3rd McKinzie Jones
4th Bud Robinson
5th Katelyn Jones

Showmanship:
1st Emaline Cornett
2nd Bud Robinson
3rd Megan Rice
4th Katelyn Jones
5th McKinzie Jones

Western Pleasure 2-Gait:
1st Emaline Cornett
2nd Megan Rice
3rd McKinzie Jones
4th Katelyn Jones

Western Pleasure 3-Gait:
1st Emaline Cornett
2nd Katie Simcox

Western Horsemanship:
1st Emaline Cornett
2nd Katie Simcox
3rd Megan Rice
4th McKenzie Jones
5th Katelyn Jones

Trail:
1st Emaline Cornett
2nd Megan Rice
3rd Katie Simcox
4th Katelyn Jones

Barrel Racing:
1st Katie Simcox
2nd McKinzie Jones
3rd Katelyn Jones

Pole Bending:
1st Katie Simcox
2nd Katelyn Jones
3rd McKinzie Jones

The Johnson County 4-H would like to thank all the volunteers, parents, coaches, students and supporters that worked together to make this event a success.