State 4-H Horse Show
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raise funds, and also have a sportsmanship they support
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Erin Niemc
zyk, Wellsboro,
has been in 4-H
horse competi
tion for seven
years. She had
been giving
Hannah Dris
kell, Wellsboro,
riding lessons
when Hannah’s
Bethany Bickel, 19, Huntingdon,
polishes palomino Quarter Horse
mare Moonlit Velvet in preparation
for a grooming and showmanship
class.
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horse was injure.
For the state competition,
then, Erin turned the reins of
her own horse over to Hannah
to compete in several classes.
Erin won the Western riding
class in 1999 and 2000.
Hannah, with four years of
4-H experience, said that “4-H
has been a lot of fun. We
usually have really good
judges at the shows,” she said.
She has also learned how to
work with others, besides
learning the anatomy of a
horse, and what equipment is
proper to use on the ani
mals
“It’s a good learning ex
perience, even if you don’t
win anything,” said Erin.
“It’s a good experience to
make it to states, just to
get that far, even if you
don’t place, since you’re
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competing against other peo
ple who have made it to states.
“It’s an honor to be here
it’s a reward for all your hard
work,” she said.
Bethany Bickel, 19, Hunt
ingdon, polished palomino
Quarter Horse mare Moonlit
Velvet in preparation for a
grooming and showmanship
class.
“Grooming is one of the
hardest classes to get ready for
here,” she said. The horse’s
coat must be smooth and have
no winter hair. The class also
Rebecca Bundy, Luthersburg, and pinto miniature
horse Lady planned to compete in the yearling filly
classes. Rebecca is a member of Town and County
Horse and Pony Club, Clearfield County.
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Bickel practiced up patterns
and 3605, she said.
Bickel, part of the Hoof
Printers 4-H club, with 30-40
participants, has been to states
eight times and been in 4-H
for 11 years.
“I’m happy to be here,”
said Bickel. “It’s a reward at
the end of the year for me, to
know that I put in all this
hard work and this is what I
can get from it.”
Bickel is an ag education
major at Penn State.