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State Championship Entry Form is Live

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The entry form for the State Championships is now live. Check it out here.

Early Bird pricing is valid through October 1. Regular rates are valid through October 23 and Late Entries will be accepted from October 24-November 1. Entries will not be accepted after November 1 as we need time to put the entire show together.

Remember, technology is not always our friend, so if you have any issues with the entry form, please let Valerie know ASAP and she’ll get it fixed for you.

2023 High Point Standings (as of August)

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Here are the High Point Standings after the third qualifier of the year.

Compulsory
The Renegades4301
The Outsiders4062
Silk & Sable2592
Aftershock1099
Youth Theme
The Gospel Riders4380
Hearts For Horses4248
The Gypsy Rebels3043
Swamp Donkeys3014
Novice Quad
The Outlaws4175
Swamp Donkeys4171
The Gypsy Rebels2881
Aftershock2545
Open Freestyle
The Renegades4425
The Outsiders4343
Hearts For Horses4290
Novice Freestyle
Hearts For Horses3894
The Outlaws3821
Swamp Donkeys2897
The Gypsy Rebels1517
Aftershock1380
Open Theme
The Outsiders4718
The Renegades4684
Hearts For Horses Quad4537
Hearts For Horses4535
The Gospel Riders4316
Silk & Sable2759
Short Program
The Renegades4155
The Outsiders3967
The Gospel Riders3858
Silk & Sable2241
Swamp Donkeys1070
Open Quad
The Renegades4545
Hearts For Horses4382
The Outsiders4350
Silk & Sable2862
The Gospel Riders1425
Rodeo
The Renegades4898
The Outsiders4833
Novice Theme
Swamp Donkeys4457
Hearts For Horses4331
The Outlaws4202
Aftershock2816
Youth Quad
Hearts For Horses4098
The Outsiders4061
The Gypsy Rebels2909
Swamp Donkeys2775
Youth Freestyle
The Gypsy Rebels2917
The Gospel Riders2907

August Qualifier Results

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We had a great show, despite the heat, for the third qualifier of the 2023 season. Below are the results.

Compulsory

  • First Place • The Renegades • 1,526 points
  • Second Place • The Outsiders • 1,472 points

Novice Freestyle

  • First Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,586 points
  • Second Place • The Outlaws • 1,524 points
  • Third Place • The Gypsy Rebels • 1,517 points
  • Fourth Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,516 points

Youth Quad

  • First Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,430 points
  • Second Place • The Outsiders • 1,395 points
  • Third Place • The Gypsy Rebels • 1,382 points
  • Fourth Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,340 points

Rodeo

  • First Place • The Renegades • 1,597 points
  • Second Place • The Outsiders • 1,561 points

Youth Theme

  • First Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,547 points
  • Second Place • The Gypsy Rebels • 1,538 points
  • Third Place • The Gospel Riders • 1,515 points
  • Fourth Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,507 points

Open Theme

  • First Place • The Outsiders • 1,631 points
  • Second Place • The Renegades • 1,620 points
  • Third Place • Hearts For Horses – Quad • 1,576 points
  • Fourth Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,543 points
  • Fifth Place • The Gospel Riders • 1,499 points

Short Program

  • First Place • The Renegades • 1,453 points
  • Second Place • The Outsiders • 1,421 points
  • Third Place • The Gospel Riders • 1,411 points

Novice Theme

  • First Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,590 points
  • Second Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,561 points
  • Third Place • The Outlaws • 1,550 points

Youth Freestyle

  • First Place • The Gypsy Rebels • 1,415 points
  • Second Place • The Gospel Riders • 1,391 points

Open Freestyle

  • First Place • The Outsiders • 1,431 points
  • Second Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,425 points
  • Third Place • The Renegades • 1,413 points

Novice Quad

  • First Place • The Outlaws • 1,564 points
  • Second Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,542 points
  • Third Place • The Gypsy Rebels • 1,509 points

Open Quad

  • First Place • The Outsiders • 1,437 points
  • Second Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,409 points
  • Third Place • The Renegades • 1,408 points

Judge’s Choice Awards

  • Cody Luft – The Gypsy Rebels – presented by Kitty Yeager
  • Tim Patient – The Renegades – presented by Cary Chasteen

Judge’s Choice Awards sponsored by Custom Crafts by Ceceilia

Sportsmanship Award

The Gospel Riders

August Order of Go

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Hey Teams and Drill Enthusiasts!

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the end of the month for our third and final qualifier of the 2023 show season. Here is the Order of Go. We encourage everyone to come out and cheer on your favorite teams, have some fun with friends and enjoy a day outside … it may be hot, but at least we’re under a covered arena!

Country Caterers will be on site providing concessions. Below is a Sample menu. They change their specials every week and work hard to bring you the freshest food, so don’t get your heart set on a certain item, we just wanted to give you a rough idea of what types of food they will offer.

Please remember this is a sample menu only. Actual food offerings and pricing may be different at the show.

2023 High Point Standings (as of June)

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Here are the High Point Standings after the second qualifier of the year.

Compulsory
The Renegades2775
Silk & Sable2592
The Outsiders2590
Aftershock1099
Youth Theme
The Gospel Riders2865
Hearts For Horses2701
Swamp Donkeys1507
The Gypsy Rebels1505
Novice Quad
Swamp Donkeys2629
The Outlaws2611
Aftershock2545
The Gypsy Rebels1372
Open Freestyle
The Renegades3012
The Outsiders2912
Hearts For Horses2865
Novice Freestyle
Hearts For Horses2308
The Outlaws2297
Swamp Donkeys1381
Aftershock1380
Open Theme
The Outsiders3087
The Renegades3064
Hearts For Horses2992
Hearts For Horses Quad2961
The Gospel Riders2817
Silk & Sable2759
Short Program
The Renegades2702
The Outsiders2546
The Gospel Riders2447
Silk & Sable2241
Swamp Donkeys1070
Open Quad
The Renegades3137
Hearts For Horses2973
The Outsiders2913
Silk & Sable2862
The Gospel Riders1425
Rodeo
The Renegades3301
The Outsiders3272
Novice Theme
Swamp Donkeys2896
Aftershock2816
Hearts For Horses2741
The Outlaws2652
Youth Quad
Hearts For Horses2668
The Outsiders2666
The Gypsy Rebels1527
Swamp Donkeys1435
Youth Freestyle
The Gospel Riders1516
The Gypsy Rebels1502

June Qualifier Results

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Here are the results from the second qualifier of the season held in June 3-4 at the Florida Horse Park.

Congratulations to all the teams, horses and riders. Your had work and dedication really showed. Looking forward to seeing everyone in August.

Compulsory

  • First Place • The Outsiders • 1,390 points
  • Second Place • The Renegades • 1,358 points
    **corrected to 1,403 points for High Point due to input error**
  • Third Place • Silk & Sable • 1,337 points

Novice Quad

  • First Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,428 points
  • Second Place • The Outlaws • 1,424 points
  • Third Place • The Gypsy Rebels • 1,372 points
  • Fourth Place • Aftershock • 1,318 points

Novice Freestyle

  • First Place • The Outlaws • 1,412 points
  • Second Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,384 points
  • Third Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,381 points
  • Fourth Place • Aftershock • 1,380 points

Rodeo

  • First Place • The Renegades • 1,609 points
  • Second Place • The Outsiders • 1,598 points

Youth Theme

  • First Place • The Gospel Riders • 1,556 points
  • Second Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,507 points
  • Third Place • The Gypsy Rebels • 1,505 points
  • Fourth Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,441 points

Open Theme

  • First Place • The Outsiders • 1,566 points
  • Second Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,558 points
  • Third Place • The Renegades • 1,540 points
  • Fourth Place • The Gospel Riders • 1,534 points
  • Fifth Place • Silk & Sable • 1,529 points
  • Sixth Place • Hearts For Horses Quad • 1,529 points
    **tie was broken by the Equitation score**

Short Program

  • First Place • The Renegades • 1,392 points
  • Second Place • The Outsiders • 1,350 points
  • Third Place • The Gospel Riders • 1,314 points
  • Fourth Place • Silk & Sable • 1,105 points

Youth Quad

  • First Place • The Gypsy Rebels • 1,527 points
  • Second Place • The Outsiders • 1,481 points
  • Third Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,475 points
  • Fourth Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,435 points

Open Quad

  • First Place • The Renegades • 1,427 points
  • Second Place • The Outsiders • 1,398 points
  • Third Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,347 points
  • Fourth Place • Silk & Sable • 1,312 points

Open Freestyle

  • First Place • The Outsiders • 1,418 points
  • Second Place • The Renegades • 1,404 points
  • Third Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,377 points

Youth Freestyle

  • First Place • The Gospel Riders • 1,516 points
  • Second Place • The Gypsy Rebels • 1,502 points

Novice Theme

  • First Place • Hearts For Horses • 1,488 points
  • Second Place • The Outlaws • 1,471 points
  • Third Place • Aftershock • 1,457 points
  • Fourth Place • Swamp Donkeys • 1,455 points

Specialty Awards

  • Judges’ Choice Awards
    Sponsored by Custom Crafts by Ceceilia

    Lawren Narramore from Hearts For Horses

    Addison Greene from The Gospel Riders
  • Horsemanship Traveling Trophy
    Sponsored by The Country Lane Tack – Dr. Luis Acosta

    The Outsiders

June Qualifier Entry Form is Live!

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The Entry Form for the June Qualifier is now live! You can access it by clicking on the 2023 Show Season tab on the website or from this link.

Early Bird Registration deadline is May 3. Remember to qualify for Early Bird, you must submit ALL items relating to that class (riders, music, write-up and diagram if applicable to that class). If you don’t have all those items ready, you can submit for just that class once you have the information.

For those teams that helped us out by moving out of powered RV sites at the February competition, your discount will automatically show on this form. Please reach out if you have any questions.

We are looking forward to seeing you all again in June!

The moment you’ve waited for …

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Hello Drill Teams!

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting 6 months for … information and links to the photos from the November 2022 State Championships! 

Technology has not been anyone’s friend throughout this process. The Photographer had hard drive issues and lost a ton of pictures. Unfortunately, it looks like she lost ALL of Sunday’s photos and quite a few from Saturday. However, on the brighter side, there are almost 3,000 pictures that we did get from her!

The files she sent me were super-hi-res so I’ve been struggling with downloading them and getting them formatted in a way that you can all easily download. None of the photos have been retouched, lightened or edited in any way except for reduction of file size. If your team has a tech guru that wants any higher resolution photos to work with, let me know which ones and I can send them over.

It seems like the easiest way to get the pictures to you was through the pixieset photosharing website … however, to use a free account there were size limitations. To compensate, I created 3 free accounts. 🤦‍♀️

So, here are the links to the 3 accounts with images. What appears in these 3 sites is what I have. Please don’t ask if I have anything else, as all other pictures has gone to the great digital beyond and will never be recovered.

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I hope you enjoy the photos. Looks like there are some good ones there!