Buckle Series horse show offers welcome return for riders and families

A young rider gets set for her event on Saturday Morning at the second show in the Buckle Series, sponsored by G & C Arena and the Stardust Cowgirls Drill Team.
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Numerous young cowgirls and their trusty horse companions came out to perform and compete at G & C Arena on Saturday morning.
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Jillian Linehan and her horse look out at their competition on Saturday during the morning events of the Buckle Series show at G & C Arena.
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Julie Larsen makes her way around the arena on Saturday morning during the Buckle Series second show of the summer. Larsen, who helped found the sponsoring Stardust Cowgirls Drill Team, said she was just excited for people to have a chance to come back out.
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Nine-year-old Addison Vasquez peaks out from underneath her horse on Saturday morning at G & C Arena. Addison and her sister, Rylie, competed for the very first time on Saturday.
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Mallory Bressette and Brady Linehan wait for their chance to enter the gate at the Stardust Cowgirls Drill Team and G & C Arena’s Buckle Series event Saturday morning.
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Pam Sortomme smiles as she makes her way around the inside of G & C Arena during an event on Saturday morning.
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Dani Lyman came all the way from Spokane to compete on Saturday morning at G & C Arena. Lyman woke up with excitement before her 3 a.m. alarm even went off as she headed up to Ephrata for the event.
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Casey McCarthy/Columbia Basin Herald Owen Montgomery holds onto the reins of his horse as he waits for the judges’ decision on Saturday morning at the Buckle Series second event of the summer.

Julie Larsen rides near the fence as she makes her way around the ring at G & C Arena near Ephrata Saturday morning.
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Many young riders came out to compete for the first time at the Stardust Cowgirls and G & C Arena’s Buckle Series event on Saturday. The event is the SCDT’s first in-person event of the year and G & C’s second.
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Savanna Allen smiles next to her pony as they wait patiently for their turn during competition on Saturday morning at G & C Arena.
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Lucia Clemetson rides beside the fence at G & C Arena on Saturday morning as horses and riders of all ages return for what will be the first event of the summer for many of them.
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Cassidy Cox and her equestrian teammate in competition make their way out of the arena after an event on Saturday morning near Ephrata.
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Cassidy Cox, right, stands alongside her fellow competitors as they await the judges’ decision on a presentation event Saturday morning at G & C Arena.
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Rider Dani Lyman was excited for her first non-virtual competition on Saturday as she made her way to Ephrata for the second Buckle Series event of the summer.
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Addison Vasquez, 9, makes her way into the arena in her first horse show ever on Saturday morning at G & C Arena.
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