Rochelle Wilkinson and Chips Favorite Invit.

The University of Findlay will host its 14th annual Spring Horse Sale tomorrow, at the Western Farm in the Dale Wilkinson Arena, 14700 U.S. Route 68 south of Findlay, Ohio.

Today, graduating seniors competed in the program’s Clark Bradley Pleasure Futurity, a Western Pleasure class designed to showcase their 2-year-old futurity prospects. These horses will be available for purchase through the sale, featuring bloodlines such as VS Code Blue, RL Best of Sudden, Extremely Hot Chips, No Doubt Im Lazy, Gettin Impulsive, Batt Man, and many others.

The following sponsors donated prizes for the competitors: Sponsors Harris Leather & Silverworks and JR Wenger, work saddles; Roth Show Equipment, a custom set of spurs; Kathy Williams Tail Extensions, tails and a show shirt;  Tom Moore Show Tack, a show saddle pad; and Rod’s Western Palace, engraved headstalls.

Charles Cannizzaro of Purcell, Oklahoma judged the class.

Placings (along with lot numbers) are as follows:

Champion – (Lot 21) Hez Made Too Order, by Presidental Order out of Shezcompletelylucky, shown by Brandon Morin.

Reserve – (Lot 23) Chips Favorite Invit, by Favored By All out of Chips Lady Te, shown by Rochelle Wilkinson.

Third – (Lot 20) KM Best In Boots, by RL Best Of Sudden out of Invited By The Lady, shown by Rachel Jones.

Fourth – Invy Pit Crew, by Mechanic out of Only The Invited, shown by Danielle Tester.

Fifth – (Lot 22) Keep Mine Riginal, by Riginal Cinch Brand out of Machinedforkeepsakes, shown by Kayla Triska.

Sixth – (Lot 24) Classy Strutin by Strutin On The Range out of Hot N Classy Asset shown by Kirby Wierda.

Seventh – (Lot 19) AJ Remingtonrepeater, by Repeated In Red out of JM Investers Candy, shown by Natasha Lancaster.

Eighth – An Extreme Machine, by Extremely Hot Chips out of An Elegant Machine, shown by Jackie Snezek.

Ninth – (Lot 25) Partylikeyoumeanit, by Extremely Hot Chips, out of Dressed To Party, shown by Alexis Isla.

10^th– Lazy In Red, by No Doubt Im Lazy out of Little Red Dress, shown by Lindsay Nelson.

11^th– (Lot 26) KM I Got The Blues, by VS Code Blue out of Step Out With Sheik, shown by Hannah Chipps.

Danielle Tester and Invy Pit Crew

A total of 52 horses will be featured in the 2018 Findlay Spring Horse Sale. Western pleasure and all-around prospects will be showcased, as well as Hunter Under Saddle, Ranch Riding, Western Riding, Trail, Reining, and quiet lesson/4-H horses.

The sale is organized by the equine marketing class. A portion of the proceeds will go toward scholarships, along with the purchase of new prospects for equestrian students to work with in the coming semester. In 2017, the event provided approximately $40,000 toward scholarships to select UF equine students.

A demonstration of each of the sale horses will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the sale at noon.

Spencer Zimmerman, Professor of Equine Marketing and Riding Instructor said the target market for buyers will cater to anyone looking for a nice pleasure all-around prospect or someone looking for a quiet 4-H horse safe for kids to ride.

“The Findlay sale allows us to showcase our talented group of horses here at the Western Farm,” he said.

Meri Marsh, Director of the Equestrian Studies and Equine Management Programs and Riding Instructor said the most gratifying part of the sale is seeing horses get placed into homes where they will be serviceable and perhaps introducing buyers to a new interest and passion for horses.

“We have a policy here at the University where we try to maintain a high degree of integrity with our horses in our sale,” Marsh said. “Anybody that purchases a horse in our sale knows that we stand behind that horse and are very open with any kind of issue that the horse might have.”

Additional information, including the featured horse of the week, photos, videos, an event catalogue, and more details about other equestrian events at UF’s western farm are available at www.findlayequestrianevents.com or on the University of Findlay Western Facebook page.

The sale catalog is available here: http://11uo8j1crs5f1h9wh4x70j9p-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/finalspringhorsesalecatalog.pdf

Sales videos are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJcFuVevwww3GUJrY6j9bA5EUuSynA4dQ

For more information call the Western Farm at (419) 434-6256.