Several Nebraska 4-H’ers attended the Western National Roundup’s Horse Classic on Jan. 5–9, 2022 in Denver, Colo. To qualify, each team and individual were required to win the state competition.
This year, the Horse Judging contest consisted of 32 individuals on 8 different teams from across the nation. The Lancaster County 4-H horse judging team of Emmi Dearmont, Samantha Fox, Kali Maytum and Erin Oldemeyer (coached by Roger Bell) earned 5th place team overall in the Horse Judging Contest. In addition, they received 4th team halter, 5th team performance and 6th team reasons.
Individually, Emmi Dearmont received 9th in halter, 14th overall and 16th in reasons. Samantha Fox received 5th in performance, 10th high overall, 15th in halter. Kali Maytum received 10th in performance. Erin Oldemeyer received 14th in reasons, 16th overall, 17th in halter and 17th in performance.
Team Nebraska received 5th place top high point overall state. For the full list of results, go to
https://co4h.colostate.edu/national-western-roundup.