The 2023 Fonner Park State 4-H Exposition was held July 15–19 in Grand Island. Here are the Lancaster County 4-H’er purple ribbon and top 10 winners. Complete results are at http://4h.unl.edu/horse/state-expo.
JUDGING TEAM
(Res Ch) Dillon Docter, Faith Oldemeyer, Amelia Proffitt, Max Roberts; coached by Roger Bell
JUDGING INDIVIDUALS
Lena Gropp (4th, Blue Ribbon), Faith Oldemeyer (6th, Blue Ribbon), Amelia Proffitt (10th, Blue Ribbon)
HIPPOLOGY TEAM
Senior Hippology – Saunders/Lancaster/Washington (Ch) Shea Frink, Brin Egr, Colleen Savig, Madeline Spreeman; coached by Ann Gillentine, Saunders County
3-5 YEAR OLD HALTER GELDINGS
Josie Johnson (Res Ch), Liz Funk (9th)
3-5 YEAR OLD HALTER MARES
Caraline Higgins (3rd), Skylar Frisbie (6th, Blue Ribbon), Lillie McHenry (10th, Blue Ribbon)
6-10 YEAR OLD HALTER GELDINGS
Lena Gropp (6th)
6-10 YEAR OLD HALTER MARES
Josie Johnson (Ch), Ava Smith (6th), Lillie Beach (10th, Blue Ribbon)
11+ YEAR OLD HALTER GELDINGS
Kiara Eppenbach (3rd)
11+ YEAR OLD HALTER MARES
Amelia Proffitt (Ch), Scarlett Battles (8th)
MINIATURE/SHETLAND PONY HALTER GELDINGS
Paige Schepers (Ch), Collin Schepers (3rd)
MINIATURE/SHETLAND PONY HALTER MARES
Paige Schepers (Ch), Collin Schepers (3rd), Violet Green (4th, Blue Ribbon), Lyra Krutak (6th, Blue Ribbon)
SR SHOWMANSHIP
Caraline Higgins (4th), Taylor Root (8th), Scarlett Battles (9th), Skylar Frisbie, Ava Smith
JR SHOWMANSHIP
Lily Wood (Ch), Claira Heinzle (3rd), Josie Johnson (5th), Kiara Eppenbach, Kayla Isaacs, Taeva Taylor
ELEMENTARY SHOWMANSHIP
Lauren Johnson (Ch), Xavyer Bourek (Res Ch), Lena Gropp (9th)
MINIATURE/SHETLAND PONY IN-HAND TRAIL
Paige Schepers (Ch)
SR TRAIL HORSE
Makenna Coe (4th, Blue Ribbon)
JR TRAIL HORSE
Josie Johnson (Ch), Lauren Johnson (3rd, Blue Ribbon)
WESTERN PLEASURE PONIES
Skylar Frisbie (5th)
SR WESTERN PLEASURE
Scarlett Battles (10th), Caraline Higgins (Finalist), Kali Maytum, Ava Smith, Liz Boshart, Lillie Beach
JR WESTERN PLEASURE
Kiara Eppenbach (3rd), Josie Johnson (7th), Claira Heinzle (Finalist)
ELEMENTARY WESTERN PLEASURE
Lauren Johnson (Res Ch), Anne Hastings (7th), Lena Gropp (8th), Xavyer Bourek (10th), Violet Green (Finalist)
SR RANCH PLEASURE
Caraline Higgins (Ch), Scarlett Battles (Finalist), Shea Frink (Finalist), Makenna Coe, Lillie McHenry, Addison Gropp
JR RANCH PLEASURE
Lyra Krutak (Finalist), Max Roberts
ELEMENTARY RANCH PLEASURE
Lauren Johnson (3rd), Xavyer Bourek (9th), Evelyn Smith (Finalist)
SR WESTERN HORSEMANSHIP
Taylor Root (5th), Caraline Higgins (6th), Ava Smith (Finalist), Lillie Beach
JR WESTERN HORSEMANSHIP
Kiara Eppenbach (Finalist), Lyra Krutak (Finalist), Paige Schepers (Finalist), Claira Heinzle, Josie Johnson
ELEMENTARY WESTERN HORSEMANSHIP
Lauren Johnson (Ch), Anne Hastings (Res Ch), Violet Green (4th), Xavyer Bourek (10th)
ENGLISH & WESTERN DRESSAGE – ADVANCEMENT LEVEL 2
Xavyer Bourek (Ch), Lyra Krutak (Res Ch), Liz Boshart (4th, Blue Ribbon), Amelia Proffitt (5th, Blue Ribbon), Max Roberts (6th, Blue Ribbon)
ENGLISH & WESTERN DRESSAGE – ADVANCEMENT LEVEL 3
Calli Robinson (Ch), Skylar Frisbie (3rd, Blue Ribbon)
HUNTER HACK
Paige Schepers (3rd)
ADVANCED HUNTER UNDER SADDLE
Paige Schepers (3rd)
ADVANCED HUNT SEAT EQUITATION
Paige Schepers (3rd)
SR RANCH RIDING
Caraline Higgins (5th)
JUNIOR RANCH RIDING
Josie Johnson
ADVANCED WESTERN PLEASURE
Paige Schepers (3rd)
ADVANCED WESTERN HORSEMANSHIP
Paige Schepers (Res Ch)
SR REINING
Scarlett Battles (5th)
JR REINING
Josie Johnson (7th, Blue Ribbon), Taeva Taylor (9th, Blue Ribbon)
SR HUNTER UNDER SADDLE
Taylor Root (4th), Lillie Beach (6th), Liz Funk (8th), Skylar Frisbie (10th), Makenna Coe, Kali Maytum, Ava Smith, Scarlett Battles
JR HUNTER UNDER SADDLE
Lauren Johnson (Res Ch), Josie Johnson (3rd), Violet Green (4th), Anne Hastings (7th), Claira Heinzle (10th), Xavyer Bourek (Finalist), Lena Gropp
SR HUNT SEAT EQUITATION
Makenna Coe (Finalist)
JR HUNT SEAT EQUITATION
Josie Johnson (Ch), Lauren Johnson (Res Ch), Violet Green (3rd), Xavyer Bourek (5th), Claira Heinzle (Finalist)
WORKING RANCH HORSE
Caraline Higgins (5th), Scarlett Battles (8th, Blue Ribbon)
SR POLE BENDING
Shea Frink (5th), Katie Marsh (6th), Lillie Beach (8th)
ELEMENTARY POLE BENDING
Lauren Johnson (3rd), Anne Hastings (4th), Violet Green (7th)
SR BARREL RACING
Shea Frink (6th), Lille Beach (7th), Liz Funk (9th)
ELEMENTARY BARREL RACING
Lauren Johnson (3rd), Violet Green (4th Blue Ribbon)