San Antonio Youth McCall


Hansma & Reytheon


Sara Mayes & Its All Possible


Brett Sanders & Roses And Chocolate


San Antonio Scholarships Awarded This year the San Antonio


Stock Show & Rodeo committed over $9 million to education. The amount represents scholarships, grants, endowments, junior live- stock auctions, western art auction funds, Calf Scramble programs, and show premiums paid to youth in the state ofTexas.This brings the total amount that the organization has committed since inception to $113 million.At the conclusion of each of the hosted horse shows, scholarships were awarded to the topTexas finishers in theYouth di- vision.


Cutting Horse Show The 2012 San Antonio Stock


Show & Rodeo National Cutting Horse show featured a Mercuria NCHAWorld Series ofCutting for the third consecutive year, show- casing some of theworld’s top cut- ting horses. Texas youth competed for a total of $28,000 in scholar- ships during the Cutting Horse show.


With a total combined score of


298 from both rides, McCall Hansma, rode Reytheon to a


$10,000 scholarship for first place. TheWeatherfordwinner had this to say about Reytheon, “he is my most favorite horse I have ever had.”Hansma is a freshman in high school. Riding Auspicious Cat, Rieta


Dufurrena of Gainesville received a combined score of 296.5, secur- ing her second place and earning her a $10,000 scholarship. The third place recipient, Ian Coalson, Weatherford riding Dualinisalena, won an $8,000 scholarshipwith his combined score of 293.5.


Quarter Horse Show Quarter Horse exhibitors won


a combined $28,000 in scholar- ships onFebruary 12 at theSanAn- tonio Stock Show Quarter Horse Show. The Reserve High Point win-


ner, SaraMayes, riding ItsAll Pos- sible was the recipient of the $10,000 scholarship. “Itmeans the world to me to win this show. I worked very hard for it,” said Mayes of LagunaVista. Emily Osborn, Brownsville, also received a $10,000 scholarship


Dunsmore & Sensational Lilo


Caitlin


on her horseAGoodAddition. The $8,000 scholarship was awarded to Logan Pluhar of Canyon riding No ImpulseControl.


Paint Horse Show Exhibitors won a combined


$20,000 in scholarships onFebruary 16 at the SanAntonio Stock Show PaintHorse Show. BrettSanders, ridingRosesAnd


Chocolate, was the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship. She is a junior atMansfieldHigh School and is the Youth Vice President of the Texas PaintHorseClub. SanAntonio’sSarahOrsak also


received a $10,000 scholarship on her horse,My CowboyCadillac.


Open Horse Show $28,000 in scholarships were


awarded on February 18 at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo OpenHorse Show. The High Point winner, Caitlin


Dunsmore,McKinney, riding Sen- sationalLilo,was the recipient of the $10,000 scholarship.Dunsmore is a senior at McKinney High School and is involved in 4-H, FFA, and is on the horse judging team. Dun- smore said, “I never thought Iwould


Shelbi Haynes & Leaving High


get this far.” Laurel Gigliotti of Granbury


also received a $10,000 scholar- ship on her horse BlingAnd Blue Jeans.The $8,000 scholarshipwas awarded to Madison Troxlar of Alvin, ridingMr. Eternal Luck.


Horse Skillathon The SanAntonio Stock Show


&Rodeo hosted its first everHorse Skillathon competition on Febru- ary 18. With 20 entries, Texas youth competed for High Point buckles and reserve High Point plaques in each age division. TheHorse Skillathon is an in-


novative newcontest designed for students to showcase their knowl- edge of horses and the horse in- dustry. Contestants applied their book knowledge during a written exam and then performed tasks at hands-on stations.Finally, during a speech round, senior contestants demonstrated their ability to com- municate knowledge of industry related issues. The junior division wasmade


up of students between the ages of 8 and 10. Megan Folbre, of Kenedy was awarded the High


Shanna Cruse & Lil Angels Axelle


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