Move Up Dance

Had to do the "dance" last weekend in Roswell. Finally made it to a level 3! Paul Whitwam with the help of Roswell's Marley and Runyan families put on a great match...two in fact. Some 50 shooters attended with folks coming from as far away as Texas, Colorado and Arizona. Dan Byrd came with 5 horses and left with 8 including my new Palomino who Dan is going to put a handle on over the next few months. The match was well run with a free hamburger dinner on Friday night. Bill Marley pulled out his rolling barbeque smoker and cooked for the bunch. The weather was perfect and a lot of shooting took place. The match offered time onlys after each run on Saturday. Many took advantage of this, especially Bob Ostrenga who rode two other horses including a beautiful black quarter horse he just purchased. Several folks tried to talk him out of the horse but he's turning out to be a keeper for Bob. Sugar Ray came down to announce and the Saturday Night Showcase attracted a good crowd. Lot's of money was raised for a local youth group with the team of Taylor Marley and Kathy Holman bringing in the gold. There was about $5000 added money so winners did well. Purina was a sponsor and also gave 50lb bags of Ultium to the class winners. I use the product and was happy to go home with two!

Western Shooting Horse will be putting on a three-day match at the Bernalillo Sheriff's Posse covered arena on the weekend before the Worlds. For folks who are passing through on their way to Amarillo, the dates are November 14-16 and all are welcome. There are 40 stalls and 25 camper hook ups. We are limiting it to 75 shooters and are hoping to have added monies. Call Cynthia at the Western Shooting Horse office to sign up. Entry is $150. We will also have and Eliminator and Rifle match.

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