The Supreme

I had  a wonderful horse filled weekend! Friday, Ted and I hit the road; he dropped me off in Red Deer Alberta so that I could attend the Canadian Cowhorse Supreme, and he continued on to Edmonton to visit with family- so we both got to do what we wanted most- win win! I met up with Crystal and stayed until Sunday afternoon.
Friday night was the horse sale, showcasing horses bred to do the cow events; cutting and working cowhorse, and there were a couple of reining types and some ranch horses to round it off.
I think the averages were up, and it was a good place to sell yearlings: of the 8 yearlings sold, the average was $4,850, with the highest selling yearling bringing $10,000, and the lowest priced yearling was $2100.
Of eleven 2 year olds, the highest seller sold for $11,000 and the lowest for $2100 with an average of $4,564. The colt that sold for $11,000 was one of my favorites- a black rabicano grandson of both High Brow Cat and Smart Little Lena.
I have never seen so many rabicano colored horses in one place- not just in the sale but in the performance pens, they were everywhere!
I spent most of my time with Crystal watching the cutting and working cowhorse classes, but did manage to get over to the reining barn in time to watch three of the championship runs for the classes of that day. One of my favorites of the cutting horses was Cataduala, here is a video of him with his rider Gerry Hansma.

The working cowhorse class is my favorite though; anyone who has ever had to sort a cow out of a herd and take it down a fence or road knows how tough it can be.  This kid won his class Saturday morning:

Here is a smokin' run by Dale Clearwater:

And, just one more.... gotta get an Appaloosa in there for Sherry, these High Sign Nugget colts now have their daddy in the Canadian Supreme hall of fame.