Missouri Fox Trotters: 2017 Show and Celebration Winners
At this years Show and Celebration the versatility horse made a debut in the main arena on a couple occasions, showing that the Fox Trotting horses were bred to handle any type of job on the ranch and can go to the show pen and perform as champions.
Jessica Stafford and her horse, Rush River Sterling Watergait (aka “Pig Pen”), earned World Champion Working Horse in this year’s Show and Celebration. Jessica has trained with Sonny and Sharon Nelson for some six years and during that time has earned several world champion titles.
Hannah Stafford, and her horse Pig Pen’s Brother (really a full brother to her sister’s horse) earned Reserve World Champion Versatility Horse in last week’s Show and Celebration.
They competed in showmanship, horsemanship, English pleasure, western pleasure, trail, open reining, barrels, poles, and stakes race.
Jessica Stafford and her horse, Rush River Sterling Watergait (aka “Pig Pen”), earned World Champion Working Horse in this year’s Show and Celebration. Jessica has trained with Sonny and Sharon Nelson for some six years and during that time has earned several world champion titles.
Hannah Stafford, and her horse Pig Pen’s Brother (really a full brother to her sister’s horse) earned Reserve World Champion Versatility Horse in last week’s Show and Celebration.
They competed in showmanship, horsemanship, English pleasure, western pleasure, trail, open reining, barrels, poles, and stakes race.
Hannah Stafford, 14, and “Pig Pen’s Brother” won reserve World Grand Champion Versatility Horse at the 2017 Show and Celebration last week. Shown with Hannah is Sharon Nelson.
Jessica Stafford, 16, shown above with her Fox Trotter “Pig Pen”, and her trainers, Sonny and Sharon Nelson,earned the title of World Grand Champion Working Horse at the 2017 Show and Celebration.
Stafford Sisters Ride Full Brothers To Versatility Titles With MFTHBA
