聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 It was an evening of fun and excitement in Stoughton with the New Hope Horse Club鈥檚 annual Rough 鈥楴 Ready Roughstock event.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 One of the organizers, Dee-Anna Lyke, said the event attracted between 250 and 300 people, which has meant a successful fundraiser for the New Hope Horse Club. The event also attracted nine riders in each of the CCA event. While all other events were full, the Wild Horse Races were the one exception, however, with only two teams it remained a riveting event to watch.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e only had two in the Wild Horse Races, but that didn't matter because of how exciting it was,鈥� Lyke explained. 鈥淎t first it looked like the one team was going to win, then the second team looked promising, but in the end the horses won.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lyke added, 鈥淚t was a great day and we finally had really great weather this year.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The family fun included youth focused vendors and activities.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭here were lots of kids out and many had a lot of fun with their events like the mutton busting and we had six teams in the wild pony races,鈥� she explained.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭hank you to all of the volunteers; they all put in a lot of hours to make this happen. And thank you to everyone who came out!鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Monty Koopman on Popcorn took first place in the Bareback event.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In the Wild Pony Races Kennedy Langevin, Bailey Steeves, and Dallyn Steeves earned first place
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Cassie Eaton on her horse Sadie took first place in the barrel racing event.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Casey Bertram took on Ballroom Blitz in the Saddlebronc division and earned first.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Deree Smalley took to the chutes to earn first place in the Jr. Steer Riding event.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Winning the Wild Horse Races this year were the horses.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Taking first place in the always exciting Bull Riding event was Tyler Knox on Brindle Bob.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Once again stock was supplied by local contractor Prime Time Rodeo, owned by Jim Lawrence of Kennedy.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The evening ended with entertainment by The Yahoo, which Lyke said was very good: 鈥淭hey played until 1:30 in the morning, so they played all through the night, and they鈥檙e a really good band, played a lot of great music, and you could tell they鈥檝e been playing together for awhile.
