Fair showing
Bailey Brown strides into the showmanship competition leading her horse. Brown came in right behind the reserve grand champion for the juniors competition in Tuesday’s horsemanship contest at the Grant County Fair.
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Competition judge Heidi Bach eyes the skill of a young equestrian and makes notes during Tuesday’s competition. Bach said she competed herself when she was young and began judging at 18.
A young woman works with one of the more stubborn horses in the equestrian competition Tuesday morning. Multiple novices, competing for the first time, faced a few challenges but stood proud with their four-hooved friends at the end of the novice heat of the competition.
A young rider leads one of the smaller horses along the route to show off his skills. While both the competitor and his animal were smaller than others, they did well and showed that they’d put in work ahead of the competition.
A young lady holds her horse as she prepares to begin her run through the course for judging. Her purple, black and white outfit was one of many traditional Western outfits competitors wore for the horsemanship competition.
Members of the juniors heat of the competition wait with their horses lined up for scores to be tallied. Boys and girls both led horses through the horsemanship event with varying degrees of success, but consistently with appreciation and care for their animals.
One of the competitors waits for judging to finish in the heat ahead of hers. Competitors generally carried themselves with grace as they worked with their horses.
MOSES LAKE – Perhaps the only thing more colorful than the variety of horses in the Harwood Pavillion Tuesday morning were the outfits of the young equestrians who came to show off their skills. One standout was Bailey Brown, a young horse lover who dressed in more English than Western attire for the event she’d worked hard to prepare for.
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