August - California Gymkhana Association

After everyone got their ponies put away and cleaned up we had a great BBQ that was
catered by “Famous Dave’s” from Gilroy. The dinner was chicken, ribs, corn biscuits
and coleslaw and was really awesome. Best thing was we all got to eat, but we didn’t
have to cook, serve or clean up and that was great! As soon as dinner was over, 8
Second Ride started playing and we all danced until the band had to leave since they
had another show to do early Sunday morning.
Sunday morning started at 9am, the snack shack had breakfast burritos and all was
good.
Winners Sundays Events::
Clair Amador/Ocho
1st FC Hrs 11-34 - HS 28.953
1st FC Hrs 11-34 - P I 21.563
2nd FC Hrs 11-34 - SBL 20.283
Austin Arabia/Ransom
2nd FC Hrs 10/un - F8S 19.802
1st A Hrs - QR 24.755
Paula Baldwin/Mouse
1st A Hrs - BAR 23.510
Misti Behning/Doc
2nd AA Hrs - BAR 20.841
2nd AA Hrs - QR 22.189
Lisa Lynn Bellangero/Jewels
2nd FC Hrs 35-99 - BAR 30.979
Sara Castagnetto/Chief
2nd FC Hrs 11-34 - P I 27.607
1st FC Hrs 11-34 - SBL 18.728
Balee Coffey/Silver Mist
2nd FC Hrs 10/un - P I 20.760
Rebekah Crill/Sebastian
1st AA Hrs - HS 11.465
1st AA Hrs - P I 13.401
Lauren Doyle/Hershey
1st FC Hrs 11-34 - F8S 17.541
2nd FC Hrs 11-34 - QR 30.652
Gage Florence/Snickers
2nd AA Hrs - SBL 8.945
Jenifer Galindo/Max
1st AA Hrs - BAR 20.564
Kristine Garbini/Ben
2nd FC Hrs 35-99 - HS 32.338
Douglas Hatano/Rio
2nd A Hrs - BAR 23.540
2nd A Hrs - QR 25.722
Ashley Hofman/Lee’s Terminator
2nd AAA+ Hrs - F8S 10.979
2nd AAA Hrs - HS 9.978
Jessica Howes/Blondie
2nd AAA Hrs - SBL 8.053
John Kresha/Dude
1st FC Hrs 35-99 - F8S 18.322
2nd FC Hrs 35-99 - P I 19.940
1st FC Hrs 35-99 - QR 30.836
2nd FC Hrs 35-99 - SBL 17.301
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Renee Ledesma/Poco Bar
1st AAA Hrs - HS 9.969
2nd AAA Hrs - QR 20.156
Yvonne Lee/Tillie
2nd A Hrs - HS 15.651
2nd A Hrs - P I 16.069
Alley Lewis/Silver
1st AAA+ Hrs - P I 9.953
1st AAA Hrs - QR 19.826
Meshelle Lewis/Barbie
2nd FC Hrs 35-99 - F8S 19.255
1st FC Hrs 35-99 - P I 19.927
2nd FC Hrs 35-99 - QR 34.701
1st FC Hrs 35-99 - SBL 16.133
Audrey Liddle/Miss Painted
Lady
1st FC Hrs 10/un - P I 20.443
1st FC Hrs 10/un - SBL 16.588
Sierrah Madrigal/Bubba
2nd AAA+ Hrs - BAR 18.609
Ashley Mcdonough/Vanna
1st FC Hrs 10/un - HS 28.720
Roquel Merrick/Fanci
2nd AAA Hrs - F8S 11.204
Mandy Mondiel/Rockstar
1st FC Hrs 35-99 - HS 31.476
Sami Mount/Pokey
2nd FC Hrs 10/un - HS 31.645
2nd FC Hrs 10/un - SBL 18.077
Tori Mount/Puzzle
2nd A Hrs - F8S 13.719
Julia Newcomb/Sonny
2nd AA Hrs - HS 11.487
Pamela Novinsky/Pistol
1st FC Hrs 35-99 - BAR 30.282
Taylor Pennings/Zippo
2nd FC Hrs 11-34 - BAR 30.300
1st A Hrs - P I 15.665
Tammy Pigao/Sir Lance Aluke
2nd AA Hrs - F8S 12.409
Mia Prichard/Clyde
1st FC Hrs 10/un - BAR 29.056
2nd FC Hrs 10/un - QR 33.066
Taylor Prichard/Ace Of Spades
1st A Hrs - HS 14.831
Shannon Rahn/Doc’s Saltnpeppy
Lee
1st AAA+ Hrs - BAR 18.589
1st AAA Hrs - F8S 11.135
1st AAA+ Hrs - QR 19.429
Cj Rand/Watusi
1st AA Hrs - F8S 12.242
1st AA Hrs - QR 22.009
Mckenna Rose/Sissy
1st AAA Hrs - P I 11.083
1st AAA Hrs - SBL 7.804
Christopher Rowles/Copper
Penny
2nd AAA Hrs - BAR 19.437
Nathan Rowles/Ace
1st AAA+ Hrs - F8S 10.933
Allison Shiffrar/Saintly Pepper
1st AAA Hrs - BAR 19.258
2nd AAA Hrs - P I 11.466
Amanda Shores/Flame
2nd FC Hrs 11-34 - F8S 20.291
Sami Simmons/Earny
2nd FC Hrs 10/un - BAR 29.293
1st FC Hrs 10/un - F8S 18.078
1st FC Hrs 10/un - QR 32.086
Kyla Smyth/Jewel
1st A Hrs - F8S 13.708
Caitlin Sullivan/Ginger
1st AA Hrs - SBL 8.872
Marietta Sullivan/Taz
2nd AA Hrs - P I 13.487
Jamie Tsuji/Awesome Possum
1st AAA+ Hrs - HS 9.483
Cierra Valdez/Hopscotch
1st FC Hrs 11-34 - BAR 28.522
2nd FC Hrs 11-34 - HS 32.943
2nd A Hrs - SBL 12.063
Dymond Wafler/Beauty
1st A Hrs - SBL 11.177
Katie White/Diva
1st FC Hrs 11-34 - QR 30.617
The riders were all waiting to see who won what. D1 had highpoint awards to 10th
place! The awards were Saddles to first, our custom belt buckle with a barrel racer
turning a palm tree for reserve, 3rd place were embroidered stadium seats, 4th place
were saddle racks and a Aloha frame, 5th place were hay bags and a bag of feed, 6th
place were boot bags and a bottle of Cowboy Magic, 7th place were bridle hangers
made from real horseshoes and curved glass picture frame with certificate for a photo,
8th place was a certificate for a custom photography session with Mindy Sullivan
along with a bucket full of brushes and shampoo, 9th place were Bradley Wear(Lisa
Bradley) certificates and a grooming kit and 10th place were gift cards from Pizza
Factory in San Juan Bautista (Dennis Cole) and a silver hoof pick. Thank you to all
the folks who donated or made the awards, the riders sure did seem to like them!!
The highpoint winners were:
AAA+ 1st Shannon Rahn, 2nd Nathan Rowles,(actually Nathan and Jamie tied) 3rd
Jamie Tsuji, 4th Allison Shiffar, 5th Christopher Rowles, 6th Alley Lewis, 7th Timmi
Leemen and 8th Sierrah Madrigal.
AAA 1st Roquel Merrick, 2nd McKenna Rose, 3rd Ashely Hofman, 4th Renee
Ledesma, 5th Jeanette Veino, 6th Stefani Hofman, 7th Brandi Mount, 8th Danielle
Benhning, 9th Susan Mann and 10th Kayla Chavez.
AA 1st Rebekah Crill, 2nd Julia Newcomb, 3rd Misti Behning, 4th Marietta Sullivan,
5th Tiffany Sharton, 6th CJ Rand, 7th Kassidi Hofman, 8th Gage Florence, 9th Larry
Conte and 10th Demelza Perez.
A 1st Yvonne Lee, 2nd Violet Hackett, 3rd Taylor Prichard, 4th Tori Mount, 5th Paula
Baldwin, 6th Dymond Wafler, 7th Mindi Sullivan, 8th Douglas Hatano, 9th Kyla
Smyth and 10th Christina Bless.
FC 10 and under 1st Audrey Liddle, 2nd Sami Simmons 3rd Mia Prichard, 4th Ashley
McDonough, 5th Balee Coffey, 6th Austin Arabia, 7th Brianna Novinsky, 8th Sami
Mount and 9th place Haley Bolivo.
FC 11-34 1st Clair Amador, 2nd Lauren Doyle, 3rd Amanda Shores, 4th Adrianna
Ojeda, 5th Taylor Pennings, 6th Cierra Valdez, 7th Sara Castagnetto and 8th Katie
White.
FC 35+ 1st Pam Novinsky, 2nd John Kresha, 3rd Meshelle Lewis, 4th Shelly
McDonough, 5th Mandy Mondiel, 6th Kristine Garbini, 7th Lisa Lynn Bellangero, 8th
Pam Arabia, 9th Phyllis Odom and 10th Diane Stadel.
Congratulations to all the winners !!
Of course a show this size wouldn’t and couldn’t happen without a lot of help and
planning. Thanks to Phyllis Odom for taking all the entries and setting the show up in
the computer. The ground was awesome due to Rodger Odom and Skip Hofman. Our
ever favorite parking director was Ben Novinsky, our great announcers for both days
were Mike Behning and Jeff Arabia, Booth workers and computer imput by Edie
Behning, Danielle Behning, Roberta Jiracek, Ashley Vaughn and others, Judging were
Skip Hofman, Dennis Cole, Shannon Rahn, Arlene Tsuji, Rodger Odom, Rebekah
Crill, Chris Rowles, Bev Hampton, Diana Malley, Pam Novinsky, Mindi Sullivan and
myself. Thanks to Lea Legnon for helping in the arena and in the snack shack. Eric
and Tiffany thanks for working in the snack shack too. We had a ton of arena help and
gate workers and I won’t be able to remember all of you, but we know you helped and
thank you all so much. We gave out workers awards of $50.00 cash each day as well
as other prizes.
We are already talking about next years show and working on awards, you can never
start too early!
Don’t forget it is once again going to be time for nominations for the D1 board. We
meet on the first Wednesday of the month for dinner, have a great meeting and get to
visit. We really do have a great time and we would love to have some new faces. If
you don’t want to be on the board, consider at least coming to our meetings to see
what we are all about. If you are interested in running or would like to nominate
someone, please let us know. If you don’t want to be President, VP, Treasurer or
Secretary we always welcome directors and the more the merrier. We won’t refuse
anyone or any help, believe me!!
Our Autumn series starts in September and consists of two weekends (4 separate
shows). The dates are September 12-13 and October 10-11. Highpoint for the 4 shows