On Sunday, eight riders from GELAM Riding Stables in Clarendon gathered for a day of friendly competition, with plenty of family members cheering from the sidelines.

The morning opened up with . . .

jumping competitions before transitioning into western games.

GELAM’s owner Ginger Finan said that she usually holds a competition later in the year, but decided to keep things small and keep the competition between her students.

“It’s normally early October, but I decided that since there was no fair we could have it,” she said. “Today there’s eight [riders]. The reason is I only had eight horses. I definitely could have had more kids interested, but I only had eight horses at this point in the year to lend. It wasn’t open to the public just so everyone could have a nice relaxing competition.”

The fence of the ring was lined with parents and grandparents cheering on the young riders and even the competitors encouraged one another.

“That’s the best part, I love hearing the cheers from one child to another,” Finan said.

The results were as follows:

Walk/Trot/Canter – 1st Addie Derouin, 2nd Reese Rusentrom, 3rd Nora MacKechnie

Jump Course (X’s) – 1st Addi Finan, 2nd Nora MacKechnie, 3rd Matthew Lepine

Jump Course (Verticals) – 1st Reese Rusentrom, 2nd Addi Finan

Pole Bending – 1st Addi Finan, 2nd Reese Rusentrom, 3rd Nora MacKechnie, 4th Kaleigh Milford, 5th Addie Derouin

Barrels – 1st Addi Finan, 2nd Reese Rusentrom, 3rd Nora MacKechnie, 4th Addie Derouin, 5th Kaleigh Milford

Flag – 1st Addi Finan, 2nd Matthew Lepine, 3rd Addie Derouin

Holy Barrel – 1st Addi Finan, 2nd Addie Derouin, 3rd Kaleigh Milford

Keyhole – 1st Addi Finan, 2nd Reese Rusentrom, 3rd Nora MacKechnie, 4th Grace MacKechnie, 5th Matthew Lepine

Circle Race – 1st Addi Finan, 2nd Reese Rusentrom, 3rd Grace MacKechnie, 4th Addie Derouin, 5th Kaleigh Milford

Relay Race – 1st Reese Rusentrom and Addi Finan, 2nd Addie Derouin and Addi Finan, 3rd Nora MacKechnie and Kaleigh Milford, 4th Reese Rusentrom and Daphnee Drolet, 5th Matthew Lepine and Grace MacKechnie

Dash for Cash – Addi Finan won more than $240, coming in with a blazing fast time of 9.68 seconds.

Reese Rusenstrom rounds the barrel on Dandy during the dash for cash event.

Matthew Lepine, riding Georgia, snags the stick out of the barrel during the pole bending competition.

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