10/19/2026
🐴❤️ **Good horses, great people, and a whole lot of reasons to be proud!**
The NCTA Ranch Horse Team spent the weekend at the CSU Silver Jubilee in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and we're bringing home more than just show results!
With roughly 30 entries in each Collegiate Novice class, our riders had some great competition and plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.
🏆 **Gracie Thomas** and Who Whizbubadoe had a fantastic weekend, earning:
* 🥈 Tied for 2nd in Reining
* 4th in Pleasure
* 6th in Trail
* 7th in Working Cow Horse
* **4th Overall in the Collegiate Novice All-Around!**
👏 **Ailey Marburger** and Big Gem Surprise put together some solid rides, earning 15th in Working Cow Horse, 16th in Reining, 17th in Pleasure, and 22nd in Trail, finishing **16th Overall in the Collegiate Novice All-Around!**
But some of our favorite moments from the weekend had nothing to do with placings.
**Ellie Long, Jaidin Miller, and Nicole Pollard** each reached personal milestones in the show pen this weekend. Those moments when hard work starts coming together, confidence grows, and riders accomplish something they weren't sure they could do…..That's the good stuff. We are incredibly proud of all three!
And can we give **Arabella Kallhoff** a HUGE round of applause?! 👏 This girl spent the entire weekend on foot, running from one end of the grounds to the other, helping riders, keeping us organized, and somehow managing to be everywhere she was needed. Pretty sure she was the glue holding the whole operation together! Arabella, you are a rock star, and we appreciate you more than you know! ❤️
There's a lot of learning that happens at a horse show, and not all of it is reflected on a scorecard. It's the grit, the problem-solving, the confidence, the horsemanship, and the willingness to show up for each other that make these weekends so valuable.
**Proud of the progress. Proud of the teamwork. Proud of this crew.**
Enjoy a few clips from our weekend! 🎥🐴
