It was noted that in the spirit of the 4-H program, other drill teams offered to loan horses to the teams with problems. There were five horses with problems and three different counties offered replacement rides. Of the 10 teams in the drill competition, six are from District 6 in deep East Texas along the Louisiana border. When you consider the minimum age for the 4-H program is 8 years old and in the third grade, or 9 years old, it makes the riding skills exhibited by the youngsters even more remarkable. There are pre-teens on most of the riding clubs.
Today marks the changing of programs for the week-long show.
Most of the Open Show participants leave today and the Qualifying Show starts Thursday. There were 1,230 entries in the Open Class and 1,313 in the Qualifying Show. That figure breaks down to a total of 935 youths and 1,112 horses. The only repeat winner from the 1998 open show through Tuesday afternoon is Taylor County horseman Levi Williamson in the Working Cow Horse class. Here are results from the Texas State 4-H Horse Show at the Taylor County Expo Center.