Rising J LLC

04/10/2025

Get those 4-H horse validations completed soon! The fee for validating goes up after April 15th. Horse validation is required for all horses being shown at the district and state 4-H horse shows. Giddy up! 🐎

https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/events/horse/

04/08/2025

Rising J Ranch IEA team is officially finished with their first competition year!

🔥We finished the year with 7 riders and our upper team qualified for our regional show at WTAMU.

Grace callan
Individual
🏅Varsity open reining 2nd place
🔝5️⃣ Varsity open horsemanship 5th place
Team
🏅Varsity open reining 2nd place
🏆Varsity open horsemanship 1st place🎉

Bailey Wormstadt
Individual
🔝🔟 Varsity intermediate reining 7th place
🔝🔟 Varsity intermediate horsemanship 6th place

Nayeli Sanchez
Individual
🔝🔟 Junior varsity novice horsemanship 6th place
Team
🏅Junior varsity novice ranch 2nd place
🔝5️⃣ Junior varsity novice horsemanship 3rd place

Clara Eaton
Individual
🔝🔟 Junior varsity beginner horsemanship 7th place
Team
🏅Junior varsity beginner horsemanship 2nd place

Thalia Diaz
Individual
🔝🔟 Junior varsity beginners horsemanship 9th place

Sophia Mullens
Individual
🔝5️⃣ Future novice ranch 4th place
🔝5️⃣ Future novice horsemanship 4th place

Lindsey Snowberger
🏅Future beginner horsemanship walk/trot 2nd place

We faced many challenges in our first year. Mostly that at the very start, life happened and we had to start all over immediately after our first show, we had no facility, no horses, and a brand new name. The fact that we made it through any of that, and had the successes we did, makes us all winners in all the ways it matters. Despite everything we went through, we were consistently praised for our sportsmanship, kindness, and graciousness as a team, and I couldn’t ask for anything more.

And while we may be done competing, our year is not over yet! Rising J Ranch is proud to be supplying horses for the 2025 IEA western national finals in Fort Worth in June! Our team will be there to represent our horses as warm up riders and horse holders and we couldn’t be more excited!

⭐️Stay tuned for individual rider highlights for the IEA season over the next few weeks! ⭐️

Thank you to everyone who made this regionals weekend possible! It was cold, and snowing, but it was so much fun. Every one of our riders had GREAT rides, and our little bobbles taught us so much. The growth we’ve seen from the beginning until now has me beyond excited to see what this team will accomplish next year!

‼️We are looking for a few select riders to add to our team for next year! If you are interested, please reach out, send a message. Shows start back up in September, and we will be working hard all summer in preparation for next season!‼️

04/05/2025

04/04/2025

RISING J RANCH REGIONAL QUALIFIER
☀️Grace Callan☀️

Grace is qualified to ride
Individually and for the team in
Varsity Open Horsemanship and Reining

This is Grace’s first year in IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association. Grace shows Pinto, APHA, and other series in the all around events with her horse Wilson! She also took to trying the stock horse and reining events this year, thanks to IEA! Grace is the president of her 4H club, and has many accomplishments in the world of competitive horse judging including an individual win at the San Antonio major this year, as well as a win in Bryan for A&M, and many more top 5s! In her spare time, Grace enjoys helping all the members of her team learn and practice horse judging, and is always willing to help her teammates with whatever they need, whether it’s going over patterns or understanding horse descriptions!

Grace is a senior this year and is heading to Texas A&M University in the fall for animal science!

Good Luck Grace!

04/04/2025

RISING J RANCH REGIONAL QUALIFIER
☀️Lindsey Snowberger☀️

Lindsey is qualified to ride
Individually in
Future Beginner Horsemanship W/J

This is Lindsey’s first year in IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association. IEA has been Lindsey’s first experience into the world of horse showing. She is excited to be on this journey and is already looking forward to next season and continuing to learn the pleasure and all around events! Outside of horses Lindsey is a fierce gymnastics competitor!

Good Luck Lindsey!

04/04/2025

RISING J RANCH REGIONAL QUALIFIER
☀️Bailey Wormstadt☀️

Bailey is qualified to ride
Individually in
Varsity Intermediate Horsemanship and Reining

This is Baileys second year in IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association. Bailey is also a Hunt Seat IEA member! Bailey is the vice president of her 4H club, has several top ten placings at the horse judging majors this season, and actively shows in all the events, from ranch to hunt seat and more!

Bailey is a senior this year, and heading to West Texas A&M University in the fall for animal science and Pre-Vet!

Good Luck Bailey!

04/04/2025

RISING J RANCH REGIONAL QUALIFIER
☀️Thalia Diaz☀️

Thalia is qualified to ride
Individually in
Junior Varsity Beginner W/J/L

This is Thalia’s first year in IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association. Thalia is the secretary of her 4H club, and active member of the horse judging team, and a seasoned competitor in many livestock events including goats and sheep. Thalia likes to spend time being creative in the metal shop and loves competing with FFA in ag-mech contests too! She is looking forward to showing the stock horse and ranch events this coming season!

Good Luck Thalia!

04/04/2025

RISING J RANCH REGIONAL QUALIFIER
☀️Nayeli Sanchez☀️

Nayeli is qualified to ride
Individually in
Junior Varsity Novice Horsmanship
For the team in
Junior Varsity Novice Horsemanship and Ranch

This is Nayeli’s first year in IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association. Nayeli has competed in stock horse and ranch events before, and is interested in speed and cattle events as well. She is a member of 4H and is looking forward to being on the horse judging team next year! Outside of horses Nayeli is a wicked goalie on her high school varsity soccer team!

Good Luck Nayeli!

04/04/2025

RISING J RANCH REGIONAL QUALIFIER
☀️Clara Eaton☀️

Clara is qualified to ride
Individually and for the team in
Junior Varsity Beginner Horsemanship W/J/L

This is Clara’s first year in IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association. She is looking forward to showing her Rising J lease horse Rocky in the all around events this year. Clara is an active member of 4H, is a fierce livestock competitor with a specialty in pigs, and is a talented horse judging exhibitor as well!

Good Luck Clara!

04/04/2025

RISING J RANCH REGIONAL QUALIFIER
☀️Sophia Mullens☀️

Sophia is qualified to ride
Individually in
Future Novice Horsemanship and Ranch

This is Sophia’s first year in IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association. She also competes regularly in stock horse shows and ranch events with her Rising J lease horse Maggie! Sophia is a member of 4H and is looking forward to starting on the horse judging team this next season!

Good Luck Sophia!

04/04/2025

On today’s countdown to regionals…

We are sharing the biggest, most heartfelt, thank you to the people who make this all possible. We have the best parents and grandparents, and I mean the very best. From the early mornings, the late nights, the cold, the rain, the wind, the heat, the traveling, the hugs, the “hold this” and “help with that”, to making sure everyone, including us coaches, has snacks and stays hydrated, making sure when we need to do color wars at a show we are decked out to the nines in purple fun, and even when we are all running on empty and busy and working full time, picking up again a few short weeks later, to head to a show in the freezing cold, and doing it all, all over again.

We truly couldn’t do this without you.

Thank you 💜

04/01/2025

On today’s countdown to regionals!

An inside look to the holding area at our last IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association show!

This is where the most coaching, pep talking, analyzing, last minute fixes, smiles and tears happen, and we love every minute of it!

💜🐴💜🐴💜🐴💜🐴💜🐴💜🐴💜🐴

03/29/2025

A great morning spent with McLennan County 4-H at the Texas A&M University Horse Judging clinic!

03/26/2025

💥On today’s count down to regionals…

❗️Why stretching is important! ❗️

Stretching is crucial for all riders to improve flexibility, reduce injury risk, and enhance balance and coordination, ultimately leading to better riding performance and a more comfortable experience for both horse and rider.

And it’s a great moral and team booster first thing in the morning! It gets us up and ready to take on the show day! ☀️

03/24/2025

Today in our countdown to regionals!

Ever wonder what the Rising J team does at shows when their coaches are in the coaches meetings?

Here’s your answer 🤠💜

IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association

03/24/2025

A quick overview of Rising J’s last regular show of the 2024/2025 IEA - Interscholastic Equestrian Association show season!

🥇🏆Overall CHAMPION high point team for am show!
🥈Overall reserve champion high point team for pm show
🥈Grace callan- reserve champion open high point rider am show
🥈Bailey Wormstadt- reserve champion varsity intermediate high point rider am show
🥇Nayeli Sanchez- CHAMPION junior varsity high point rider am show
🥈Sophia Mullens- reserve champion future novice high point rider am show
🥈Thalia Diaz- overall reserve champion beginner junior varsity high point rider for both shows
🥈Lindsey Snowberger- overall reserve high point beginner future walk/jog high point rider for both shows
🔥Aaliyah Totten- had some great rides with some good placings in all her classes!
🔥Kimberlee Smith- made her return debut back to the show pen after an injury and had a great set of rides and a great first IEA show experience drawing a difficult horse and riding it to a 2nd in the ranch!
🔥 Clara Eaton- the best horse holder, warm up rider and team helper, we couldnt have done it without you this weekend!
🔥Arabella Martinez- warm up rider, team helper, and line dance teacher extraordinaire! We couldn’t have done it without you either!

⭐️⭐️⭐️Stay tuned for more posts this week with highlights, pictures, details, and an insight to all the fun we had and learning we did at this show as we count down to our REGIONAL FINALS in just two short weeks!⭐️⭐️⭐️

I couldn’t be more proud, I love this team

03/21/2025

At our IEA practice yesterday, I found myself quoting the great and wonderful Ted Lasso.

Ted says, "You know what the happiest animal on Earth is? It's a goldfish. You know why? Got a ten-second memory. Be a goldfish, Sam."

By saying "be a goldfish," Ted is suggesting that his players should not dwell on their mistakes or let them define them, but instead, focus on the present and move forward.

So as we move into our last IEA show before regionals, I want to remind my team, that when mistakes happen, because they will, be a goldfish. Enjoy the rides. Learn what you can. And be grateful for the oppurtunities.