MINNESOTA EQUIFEST!!!

They bragged their horses were great then they came and proved it!!!  CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who put themselves on the line in public to show their stuff at the EQUIFEST HORSEMANSHIP CHALLENGE!!!! 

1ST PLACE - TRACY PORTER, MILTON WI.  SCORE OF 142.

Tracy and her gelding Paso Fino "Caz" rock the EquiFest course for first place!

2ND PLACE - CASSIE SPRENGER,  Lakeville, MN SCORE OF 137.5

Cassie and Smokey doing their thing at EquiFest!

3RD PLACE - ZEKE ZACHARIAS, Spooner, WI  SCORE 132.5

Zeke and Bozo showing their style at EquiFest.

To see all the photos from EQUIFEST go to www.bretthartimagery.com the official North Central Region and 3S-Ranch photographer!

LOOK FOR US TO PUT ON ANOTHER EVENT IN FEBRUARY INDOORS!

Click here for score sheets for all competitors at EQUIFEST

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REGIONAL 2009 CHAMPIONS!

PRO DIVISION

1st Place - Sid Zacharias riding T.J

2nd Place - Zeke Zacharias riding Bozo

3rd Place - Jerusha Rose Steinert riding Ace

NON-PRO DIVISION

1st Place - Eve Loftness riding Spryna

2nd Place - Jenny Meyer riding Samantha

RIDE SMART DIVISION

1st Place - Cynthia Nadler riding Andri

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Chris and Univeristy of MN Challenge horse Willow rocking the course at Hillsdale, WI  This mare had only 30 days on her.  WoooHoooo!

Photos by Brett Hart Imagery

Sid Zacharias and TJ blowing through the flamingo's in the tunnel or is that walking calmly!? 

Photos by Brett Hart Imagery

Frank Sinatra and Chris handling the creek with ease.

Photos by Brett Hart Imagery

April, 24, 25 & 26 Minnesota Horse Expo

We had the whole crew at Craig Cameron's booth at the Minnesota Horse Expo advertising our North Central Region of the Extreme Cowboy Association.                                                                  

Ellen G. Waukon - Extreme Cowboy Association North Central Region Advisory Board Member.  EXCA Judge and course certification official.  ellen@egw-consulting.com

Denise Horstman - Forte Insurance Owner/Agent - Insurer of 3S-Ranch and North Central Region's Administration Contact.  EXCA Judge. denise@forteinsurance.net

Chris Vinson - Head Trainer at 3S-Ranch and EXCA competitor.  chris@3S-Ranch.com

Attending the two Horse Expo's (Minnesota and Madison) has led the North Central Region down the trail to success!!!  We will be certifying more courses during the summer and plan to have at least one Challenge evey month through to the Regional Finals in the fall. 

We have also been invited to showcase our North Central Region of the EXCA in the upcoming Minnesota Equifest in October.  We will be hosting a mini-Challenge on Saturday the 24th with the Finals on Sunday the 25th.    

We couldn't have had a better turnout at the booth and I want to Thank everyone for their continued support of the North Central Region of EXCA.  See you all on the trail!  Chris

From left to right: Craig Cameron founder of Extreme Cowboy Racing, Chris Vinson Competitor EXCA, Bill Hull EXCA President and Kristi Hart North Central Region EXCA Judge

Above taken at the Madison Horse Fair April 17, 2009

April 17, 18 & 19 Madison Horse Fair

Krist Hart and I (Chris Vinson) spent the weekend advertising the NCR (North Central Region Obstacle Course Challenges) in Craig Cameron's booth.  The original "Extreme Cowboy" and the president of the Extreme Cowboy Association Bill Hull were very gracious and welcoming to us.  They support our region of the EXCA by allowing our North Central Region contestants to also compete in the EXCA started by Craig Cameron.  RFD-TV has made this new sport very popular and we are excited to have the first course here at 3S-Ranch.  We will be working with folks across MN, WI and IA to develop a circuit of courses where we track points, much like the rodeo, with the regional finals to be held at 3S-Ranch this year.  Our regional finalist can go compete in Topeka, KS for the EXCA if they so choose.  It's a great new opportunity for all us horse folks and I look forward to seeing you all on the "circuit".  Chris