01/12/2026
Last night at the Spartanburg Horseman Association show banquet our travel team was truly celebrated for the hard work they put in all season. We walked away with an incredible list of awards including Reserve Peewee Pleasure, Reserve Open Hunt Seat, Overall High Point Peewee English, Overall High Point English Champion, Reserve Peewee Showmanship, Champion Youth Halter, Champion Youth Showmanship, Reserve Peewee Western Pleasure, Champion Peewee Western Pleasure, Champion Youth GAYP, Champion Youth Pleasure, and Overall High Point Youth Western Pleasure.
These kids have worked so hard with their ponies and we could not have been surrounded by a more loving and supportive show family than Spartanburg. They truly run such a fabulous circuit and award such fantastic prizes. Our riders are absolutely amazing.
Going back and looking at vision boards from the beginning of the season and seeing them crush their goals in such a big way is incredible. I also love seeing where they thought they would be in January and how many of them ended up succeeding in completely different areas by the end of the season. So many months of hard work went into making this polished group of riders. They spent countless hours becoming true partners with their horses. They smiled through the nerves and showed up anyway. They rolled with abscesses, ulcers, back issues, bad attitudes, head shaking, spooking, refusals, and all the chaos that comes with loving horses. They met every obstacle with grit, sometimes with a little attitude of their own, and came out the other side as something I am beyond proud to call our show team.
The way our riders represent Gypsy’s Gait with kindness, sportsmanship, and heart is something special. The love they show each other shines just as brightly as the riding they bring into the arena. The belts, trophies, and shelves they will need to hold them are proof of how hard they worked and how far they have come.
Thank you to the Spartanburg committee for being so wonderful to our riders and for hosting such a great circuit. If you are searching for a show series, this is it. Thank you to our group of amazing ponies who love their girls and try their hardest for them every day.
Thank you to the parents who make this all possible. You have created such fantastic young people and that shows in everything they do, both in and out of the arena. You support them through the long days, the early mornings, the wins, the losses, and all the growth in between. To top it all off, the fun we have in the dirt, gnats, and heat are memories we will always cherish. You are truly the reason these kids get to shine.
Be proud girls. Every single one of you is incredible. I am so full of pride to have you as my team. Here is to the 2026 season and getting to do it all over again. I cannot wait to see everything you accomplish.
