Horse Show

The Washington County Horse Council will present an open horse show Saturday at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center off Sharpsburg Pike. Shows are open to riders of all ages and skill levels. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The trail course is set up outside the ring. Division specifications have changed to allow each rider a chance to participate in more classes than ever. Classes cost $6 each, and there is a discount for registered 4-H members. The public is invited to watch and attend the free event.

Saddles 'n' Spurs, a 4-H Club, will hold its Washington County Open Model Horse Show Sunday, Feb. 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Washington County Agriculture Education Center's multi-purpose building. The center is at 7303 Sharpsburg Pike. The show is open to those ages 18 and younger. The classes include: Fun division with a two-entry limit per class and open to all brands of horses Performance division (limit one entry per class - Breyer/Stone brands only) Halter (limit two entries per class - Breyer/Stone brands only)

Ribbons to sixth place and trophies will be awarded in 11 divisions: Short stirrup, novice, youth English, adult English, youth western, adult western, youth speed, adult speed, green horse, jumper and novice/short-stirrup speed. Registration at 8 a.m., classes start at 9 a.m., Saturday, July 15. Washington County Agricultural Center, horse arena, 7303 Sharpsburg Pike, south of Hagerstown. For information e-mail WCHC secretary LeAnn Johnson at drlajohn@aol.com and indicate horse show on the subject line.

The Open Fall Fun Show sponsored by Saddles and Spurs 4-H Club will be today at 9 a.m. at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center off Sharpsburg Pike. Several activities are planned, including open classes for all ages; equitation, pleasure, timed and trail events; team relay activities; water carry; and cake walk. Helmets and boots are required for all events. The center has new all-weather footing, new jumps and standards, parking and public restrooms. There is no grounds fee.    For more information, call Leslie Hart at 301-432-4782, send an email to lhart@hagerstownedc.org or go to www.wchorsecouncil.org .

WILLIAMSON, PA. The Franklin County Fair kicked off its 101st year Sunday with a horse show. Twenty-seven youths participated in the horse show, which was free to enter and offered cash prizes to winners. "It's something for the kids to do who aren't showing animals," said Bryce Pugh, one of the organizers of the show. Pugh said he and his wife, Debbie, took over chairing the event three years ago. "We said we'd do it," he said. "It was either that or they wouldn't have it anymore.

GREENCASTLE, Pa. - The Quarter Horse Youth Association will hold open breed shows today and on Saturday, May 10, at Silver Star Saddle Club in Greencastle. Call Kimberly Hiett at 301-797-1021. A "Becoming a Love & Logic Parent" parenting class will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, May 6 through June 10. The class is free to any parent of 11-to 18 year-olds in Washington County. For registration and location information, call Jennifer Lowery, at 301-791-7023 or e-mail wcdiversionjl@hotmail.

The Washington County Horse Council is hosting a series of three open horse shows this summer: June 24, July 15 and Aug. 12 at the Washington County Agricultural Center Horse Arena at 7303 Sharpsburg Pike. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Classes start at 9 a.m. Ribbons and trophies will be awarded in 11 divisions: Short stirrup, Novice, Youth English, Adult English, Youth Western, Adult Western, Youth Speed, Adult Speed, Green Horse, Jumper, and Novice/Short-Stirrup Speed. For more information e-mail council secretary, LeAnn Johnson, at drlajohn@aol.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - A horse show for the fun of it, the second of three scheduled this summer, was held Sunday at the Wilson College Equestrian Center for students in the school's community equestrian program. Kim Battin, an adjunct faculty member who runs the school's horse shows and the community riding program, said 35 entrants competed for ribbons Sunday. "This is not a serious show. It's just for fun," she said. The event is held in June, July and August on the campus.

There were thoroughbreds and foals, muscular lines and wavy manes, but all without horse trailers and with a much easier cleanup Sunday. Saddles-n-Spurs, the 4-H horse club, held its fourth annual model horse show Sunday at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center. Instead of riders lining up at the gate to a show ring, young girls carried their entries of model horses to the center tables and dusted them off before the judges gave the models a scrutinizing eye. Like their real-life counterparts, the model horses were judged on the body and build of their breed, said Rebecca Lawson, a judge from Boonsboro.

GREENCASTLE, PA. - Named in honor of Aryn Mills, a 4 1/2-month-old baby girl who died in an automobile accident on Williamson Road, Aryn's Saddle Club held its first horse show on Saturday at American Legion Post 373. "I think it's a good tribute to her," said Charlie Mills Jr., manager of the Greencastle American Legion and father of Aryn, who died Sept. 11, 2005. Sam Wagaman, president of the club, started Aryn's Saddle Club in March for area youths. "There's a local club that has no gaming for the kids, and I think this is a kids' sport, too, not just for the adults," he said.

There were thoroughbreds and foals, muscular lines and wavy manes, but all without horse trailers and with a much easier cleanup Sunday. Saddles-n-Spurs, the 4-H horse club, held its fourth annual model horse show Sunday at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center. Instead of riders lining up at the gate to a show ring, young girls carried their entries of model horses to the center tables and dusted them off before the judges gave the models a scrutinizing eye. Like their real-life counterparts, the model horses were judged on the body and build of their breed, said Rebecca Lawson, a judge from Boonsboro.

Saddles 'n' Spurs, a 4-H Club, will hold its Washington County Open Model Horse Show Sunday, Feb. 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Washington County Agriculture Education Center's multi-purpose building. The center is at 7303 Sharpsburg Pike. The show is open to those ages 18 and younger. The classes include: Fun division with a two-entry limit per class and open to all brands of horses Performance division (limit one entry per class - Breyer/Stone brands only) Halter (limit two entries per class - Breyer/Stone brands only)

Gentle giants exhibited by the Carbaugh family of Greencastle, Pa., took home several blue ribbons Thursday during the Draft Horse Pleasure Show at the 2013 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. The Carbaughs placed first in a variety of classes, including senior youth cart (ages 14 to 19), team hitch commercial, youth team hitch and youth riding. Judges for the show were Tom and Judy Smith. First-place winners for the Draft Horse Pleasure Show were: Men's Cart - Linda Bunning/Walter Rice, Benchfield Farms, Cumberland County Ladies' Cart - Emily Mitchell, Crystal View Carriage Services, Carbon County Junior Youth Cart (8 to 13)

A horse show in Inwood, W.Va., next week is one of two major annual fundraisers needed to keep the word of God spreading among the 1,000 or so “backstretch” workers at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. The money augments the $100,000 annual budget of the Charles Town Race Track Chaplaincy. It pays for a full-time chaplain and two part-time secretaries, said M. Victoria “Torie” White of Shenandoah Junction, W.Va., a member of the chaplaincy's council. The chaplaincy is an arm of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America.

Goat might be the world's most consumed meat, but “Faye,” Darby-Rose Patterson's 8-year-old boer goat, will not be bound for someone's dinner plate when the 60th Jefferson County Fair ends Saturday. Faye, one of 125 goats entered in the fair this year, will return home with Patterson to Kearneysville, W.Va., as the Overall Grand Champion in the Youth Division for meat goat breeding classes, which were judged Wednesday. “I don't have any interest in eating goat,” Patterson said with a smile.

The Top Five Wind Down Friday The Rhythm Kings with Kim Tantillo will perform. 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at The Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., downtown Hagerstown. $5; $2, ages 12 and younger. A luminaria ceremony by the American Cancer Society will be held. Luminaria will be sold for $10 each from 6 to 9 p.m. Go to www.mdtheatre.org . 'Annie' wraps up A musical about Little Orphan Annie, a spunky girl adopted by a business tycoon. 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, and Saturday, Aug. 18. Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater, 44 N. Potomac St., downtown Hagerstown.

Durango trotted up to the 2-foot-high bar, clearing it and, two seconds later, a second bar. Atop the 15-year-old bay paint was Anna Foss, 11, the only competitor Sunday in the open hunter hack 2-foot class at Blue Ridge Riding Club. “It's fun 'cause it's like flying,” Anna said of jumping with Durango. She and the horse have been together for about two years, and have started jumping more, said Anna, who lives in Shepherdstown, W.Va. Sunday's show was the last of the season for the riding club, on Mapleville Road north of Boonsboro, Club Treasurer Sherry Olden said.

The Washington County Horse Council will present its dressage horse show Saturday, Oct. 15, at 9 a.m. at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center off Sharpsburg Pike in Boonsboro.   The Ag Center has new all-weather footing, standards, parking and restrooms. There will be no grounds fee.   The public is invited. A photographer and food service will be on site. Classes cost $12 each, and the registration deadline is Oct. 10.  For more information, call 301-432-4782 or go to  www.wchorsecouncil.org.

The Open Fall Fun Show sponsored by Saddles and Spurs 4-H Club will be today at 9 a.m. at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center off Sharpsburg Pike. Several activities are planned, including open classes for all ages; equitation, pleasure, timed and trail events; team relay activities; water carry; and cake walk. Helmets and boots are required for all events. The center has new all-weather footing, new jumps and standards, parking and public restrooms. There is no grounds fee.    For more information, call Leslie Hart at 301-432-4782, send an email to lhart@hagerstownedc.org or go to www.wchorsecouncil.org .

Morgan Nicholas' Christmas gift could give her a world championship in a few short weeks. Nicholas, a 10-year-old girl who lives in Hagerstown, will ride Paradigm Pageantry - a horse her parents, Paul and Heather Nicholas, bought for her last Christmas - at the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show in Oklahoma City from Oct. 8-15. “It's a family investment, but it was a present at Christmas time and it's been good,” Heather Nicholas said. “We did it kind of like a surprise party.