BURBANK — If someone said Lindsey Spencer skated away with the 2013 California Reining Horse Association Reiner of the Year Award, they wouldn’t be far from the truth.

The Riverside area horsewoman may have taken up reining’s circles and patterns just seven years ago, but her youth from age 6 was spent alongside her older sister in competitive ice skating, where they both achieved senior level recognition in national competition. The training, discipline and awareness from that experience may have provided the 36-year-old Spencer a leg up in the show pen.

BURBANK — From aged events to Southwest Affiliate showdowns, the California Reining Horse Associaton’s Year-end Challenge show brought the Los Angeles Equestrian Center to life Oct. 23-27, showcasing talent that soon will be heading to the NRHA Futurity and Affiliate Championships in Oklahoma City.

TEMECULA — Champions were crowned and victories savored at the close of the 2013 Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. The blue ribbon in the top international division, the CCI3*, went to Buck Davidson and Petite Flower, who finished on a score of 59.2. Jolie Wentworth and GoodKnight finished second (59.7), and Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp and HHS Cooley (61.6) finished third.

RANCHO MURIETA –The National Reining Horse Association’s largest affiliate descended on the Murieta Equine Center Oct. 8-13 for the 2013 Northwest Affiliate Finals, hosted by a booming West Coast Reining Horse Association that held its year-end show, too.

The event, the last stop for qualifiers before they head to Oklahoma City for the NRHA Futurity and North American Affiliate Championships Nov. 28-Dec. 7, filled more than 300 MEC stalls , attracting entrants from Northern California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

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DEAR DANA: I’m taking my horse to his first show. Do you have any tips on how to prepare him? I’ve taken him to one show previously, where I just rode him around to expose him to the sights and sounds. He was pretty good considering, but he was jumpy and whinnied a few times.
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55th in a series
After Les broke down the components of a collected stop in last issue, here he presents keys to remember.