4-H & YOUTH — 4-H Horse Judging Team place 4th at Nationals

The Lancaster County Horse Judging Team.
The Lancaster County Horse Judging Team.

Several Nebraska Youth attended the Western National Roundup Jan. 9–13, 2019 in Denver, Colo. The Conference, now in its 99th year, is held annually in early January, coinciding with the National Western Stock Show. This year’s theme was “Find Your Spark.”

In order to qualify, each team and individual were required to win the state competition. This year the Horse Judging contest consisted of 56 individuals on 14 different teams from across the nation. The Lancaster County Horse Judging Team of Ellie Bunz, Sidney Froistad, Julia Soukup and Cadi Wilbeck (coached by Roger Bell) earned overall 4th place as a team in the Horse Judging Contest. In addition, they received 3rd high team overall performance, 5th high team overall halter and 5th high team reasons. Individually, Ellie Bunz received 3rd overall halter. Sidney Froistad received 3rd overall performance, 7th in high individual reasons and 4th in high individual overall.

Other Nebraska contestants placed 1st in Horse Bowl, 3rd in Hippology, and 3rd in Horse Public Speaking. Team Nebraska received 1st High point overall. For the full list of results, go to http://www.westernnationalroundup.org/results-2018.aspx