Horse Judging Win

On Saturday, March 21st the 4-H Vernon/Cedar County Horse Judging Team participated in the state 4-H Horse Judging Contest in Columbia Missouri. The Jr. Team consisting of Cara Clow, Jessi Snead, Kayla Forkner, Claire Silvers, and Jaynee Beaty received 1st place in the Jr. division. Cara Clow took top honors with a 1st place overall individual. Jessi Snead took 8th place overall individual. The Sr. Team consisting of Kelly Clow, Danielle Hillsman, and Samantha Whitworth took 6th place. Kelly Clow took 6th place overall individual for the Sr. Division. The team was coached by Kelly Clow and Sara Garr of WS Enterprises in Irwin Missouri.

The whole team

whole team again

Nervously waiting

@ Chili's. REALLY HOT CHICKEN!!! lol

Horse Judging Meeting & Clinic

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On Tuesday February 24th Kelly and Cara attended an informational Clinic at NEO in Miami OK. It was very educational. They went over halter, western pleasure, and western horsemanship. NEO will be having another clinic on hunter under saddle and hunt seat equitation with an emphasis on reasons. It will be held on March 1oth.

On Thursday February 26th the horse judging team met for a meeting and discussed the Buckner contest and NEO clinic. We then judged two classes one halter and one western pleasure. The juniors gave reasons on Halter and the Seniors gave reasons on both classes. We also discussed contest attire which will be a western shirt and jeans with a belt. Our next meeting will be at the Greenstreets March 3rd at 4:30. We will be judging two halter classes with Sara Garr's assistance.

Northwest Missouri Horse Judging Contest at Buckner

The 4-H Vernon/Cedar county horse judging team went to Buckner missouri to compete in their judging contest. We had enough kiddos for two teams; team one: Kelly Clow, Cara Clow, Jaynee Beaty, and Samantha Whitworth. Team two, Jessi Snead Claire Silvers and Kayla Forkner. Team one recieved first place in the Senoir Division. Both teams did well and scored very high on reasons.

Judging a performance classs.

Getting warm with Wendy's Gormet Food.

Home Meeting

Discussing a western pleasure class.


Learning new terms through osmosis!


The Horse Judging Team met Tuesday February 3rd at the Clow's. They watched a video on how to evaluate western pleasure gaits, then discussed a western pleasure class. We had 7 members in attendance. The assignment was to write up two sets of halter reasons, mares and geldings, and have one memorized for the next meeting (Feb. 10). The other set should be prepared so we can talk about the layout. Members need to decide on the class age and reasons why. Call Kelly if you have any questions. # 417-667-6063

Meeting @ Bobs

On Saturday January 31st we had a meeting at Bob Andrew's barn to judge several classes of horses. We judged Aged Quarter Horse Mares and a class of 2 more Mares. We discussed the placement of the 2 classes of horses and then gave reasons to Sara. It was a great day for a clinic. The weather was warm and sunny. Our next clinic will be in Buckner Missouri on February 21st

Listening to Sara's wise commentary.

Upcoming Meetings

Here are our meeting dates and times for January, February, and March. All meetings will be at Nancy's house in Nevada unless otherwise noted. Please bring notepads, pens, and judging term book to all meetings.

January 13th @ 6:30
January 27 @ 6:30
??Tentative meeting??: January 31st or February 1st. Live horse Clinic at Bob's.
February 3rd @ 6:30
February 10th @ 6:30
??Tentative meeting??: February 15th @ Greenstreet's Live horse clinic.
February 21st Saturday Horse Judging Contest and Clinic at Buckner
February 26th @ 6:30 Thursday
March 3rd @ 6:30
??Tentative meeting ??: March 7th or 8th Live horse clinic @ Greenstreet's.
March 17th @ 6:30
March 21st Saturday STATE HORSE JUDGING CONTEST IN COLUMBIA!!!!

Meeting @ Sara's

On Saturday January 10th, the entire team met at Sara Garr's place for a horse judging meeting. Sara went over how to judge a horse and the team judged 2 classes with 2 horses each. At the end of the meeting we read reasons to Sara on the first class of horses. Despite the cold, it was a very productive meeting. Everyone should have their reasons from the second class of 2 year old geldings written and memorized by our next meeting on Tuesday January 13th.

On the way to Sara's.

Team judging first class.

Judging second class

Writing reasons.

First Meeting

Welcome to the Vernon County Horsemanship Team. (Est. 2006) Coordinators for the team are Nancy Seeley and Kelly. Sarah Garr is our coach. They can be reached at 417-667-6063 or 417-448-9749.

Our first meeting was held January 6th at 7:00 p.m. and lasted until 8:30 p.m. We had 100% attendance. We have a 3 member Sr. team and a 5 member Jr. team. We watched one halter class and went over conformation basics and then judged a seperate halter class. The whole team gave reasons on the second halter class. Our next meeting will be at Sarah Garr's house January 10th at 1:00 p.m.