Friday, November 14, 2008
Students win horse show awards
 Two University of Southern Indiana advertising and public relations majors participated in the largest single breed horse show in the world in Columbus, Ohio in October. Tally Engler, Princeton, and Maria Schlumpf, Evansville, both earned honors and awards at the All American Quarter Horse Congress, which attracts more than 17,000 horse show entries and over 650,000 people in a three-week period.Engler, a freshman, was named a reserve champion in the Youth Western Pleasure, placing second out of 115 entries. In the Western Pleasure class, horses are evaluated on manners and disposition. Engler said that judges look for an unruffled disposition, smooth way of going, and response to changing gaits. She won top honors in several other categories with horses, A Gift So Good and Ive Good Principles. Schlumpf, a junior, was a finalist in the queen contest at the Quarter Horse Congress. She represented the Indiana Kentucky Illinois Quarter Horse Association. Contestants take a written test on their knowledge of American Quarter Horse Association rules. They also are judged on horsemanship abilities and personality in oral interviews. Schlumpf rode Engler’s horse, Ive Good Principles. Both girls know each other through horse shows and have been riding horses since the age of five. The Congress, established in 1967, is an event to showcase and promote the American Quarter Horse and educate horse owners about the care, training, and showing of horses. Kathy Funke News & Information Services kfunke@usi.edu or 812/465-7050 |
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