Halloween-themed Gymkhana draws lots of entries

By Leslee Wilson

Sunday, October 26, was the first day of the Winter Series Gymkhana held at the Crossroads Centre in Oyen. Fifty-five people of all ages come out for a day of Halloween dress-up with their horses, and fun in the dirt - participating in pole bending, barrel racing and thread the needle. 

So many great costumes, it made it difficult to just choose a few winners! 

In the tiny mites, there were 20 kids, 5 and under, to choose from! First place went to Codee and Hazen Galloway dressed up as Olaf and Elsa, and one of their horses was Sven from the Disney movie Frozen. Second place was a camo-dressed hunter, Hayden Hovind. And one of the youngest contestants, Allen Fletcher, won third as a bank robber.

In the large group, 1st place: Paislee Harper- minion. 2nd, Linden Ganser dressed as a bumblebee.

Remington Armstrong captured 3rd dressed as Merida from the movie Brave.

4th place was a dual team, Faye Liken and Bailey Pitre dressed like Smokey and the Bandit. April Paisley won the most creative award for dressing herself and her horse like a scarecrow, sunflowers and all!

A big thank you to those who helped judge and those who donated to our prizes. 

The day went great with lots of people jumping in to volunteer and help the day run smoothly and fast.

Our next date is set for Sunday, November 23rd. Please reach out to Leslee Wilson 1-403-664-0071, if you'd like to help our event by sponsoring year-end prizes.

TINY MITES

Poles

1. Kaylee Fletcher

2. Sawyer Houston

3. Allen Fletcher

4. Brant Beaulieu

Thread the Needle

1. Kaylee Fletcher

2. Sawyer Houston

3. Hayden Hovind

4. Allen Fletcher.

Barrels

1. Kaylee Fletcher

2. Sawyer Houston

3. Hayden Hovind

4. Allen Fletcher

PEEWEES

Poles

1. Paislea Harper

2. Kacey Lee

3. Grant Fletcher

4. Fallyn Duque

TTN

1. Kenlee Wilson

2. Fallyn Duque

3. Kacey Lee

4. Harper Cosgrave

Barrels

1. Kenlee Wilson

2. Grant Fletcher

3. Kacey Lee

4. Paislee Harper

JUNIORS

Poles

1. Rowyn Olsen

2. Lakoda Miller

3. Alyssa Andersen

TTN

1. Tylee Wilson

2. Lakoda Miller

3. Alyssa Andersen

Barrels

1. Brylee Harper

2. Sadie Ross

3. Lakoda Miller

SENIORS

1. Abbie Cowie, all events

OPEN

Poles

1. Leah Kosolofski

2. Deb Jones

TTN

1. Leah Kosolofski

2. Bailey Pitre

Barrels

1. Leah Kosolofski

2. Deb Jones

NOVICE

Poles

1. Alyssa Andersen

2. Tylee Wilson

TTN

1. Alyssa Andersen

2. Tylee Wilson

Barrels

1. Alyssa Andersen

2. Tylee Wilson