Competition at A Sudden Impulse reached a peak with a slew of Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle and Ranch featured classes to begin to wrap up the 2026 Sudden Impulse at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida.

$20,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Non-Pro & Intermediate Non-Pro Hunter Under Saddle

The $20,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Non-Pro Hunter Under Saddle was the highlight event of the afternoon in the WEC Grand Arena, welcoming 12 combinations to the rail to vie for the lion’s share of prize money. In the end, it was Jana Leigh Simons that piloted Simons Show Horses LLC’s 2023 stallion, Against The Laww (Carlos), sired by Outlaw Enterprise out of Al Mine, to the win. Simons also claimed the Intermediate title.

“Sara’s [Simons] picked him out earlier this year,” Jana explained. “Amanda Jackson had him from Amy Walls from Canada, and he hadn’t really been shown. He showed in the Maiden, and Jesse Jones has shown him quite a bit here. So I really just got to enjoy him, Everyone had him ready, and I got to come, be with my sister, and enjoy the ride.”.

$20,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle Top Three Results

1 Against The Laww, Jana Leigh Simons, Simons Show Horses LLC 
2 Smoooth Like Butter, Deanna Willis, Deanna Willis 
3 Good Times Roll, Lauren Allen, Lauren Allen

$10,000 NSBA Junior Open & Limited Open Trail

Twenty horse-and-rider combinations competed for top honors in UF Health Indoor Arena 2, but it was Nick Mayabb who led the way, securing both first and second place. He topped the class aboard Elizabeth Ann Maggert’s Cookin Somethin Up and returned to claim second with Kelly Summers’ Dive Bars.

Mayabb earned a score of 235 with Cookin Somethin Up, the 5-year-old gelding by Hay Goodlookn out of Caught Me Looking. 

We won the Junior Trail at Congress last year and qualified for the $100,000 class tonight,” he said. “He’s very powerful and a great mover through the poles. He picks his feet up well, and he always gives himself a chance if he stays clean.”

Mayabb said Dive Bars, a 2021 mare by Best Brew At The Bar out of Certainly A Good Bar, who finished second in the class was reserve here in the Maiden Trail earlier this week. 

“She just started showing here, and she’s an exceptional trail horse,” he said. “To step up into the junior right away was great, so she’s going to be a lot of fun this year.”

$10,000 NSBA Junior Open Open Trail Top Three Results 

1 Cookin Somethin Up, Nick Mayabb, Elizabeth Ann Maggert
2 Dive Bars, Nick Mayabb, Kelly Summers
3 The Golden Girl, Jesse Jones, Eric Mendrysa 

Hannah Lind claimed the Limited title riding Sophia Garside’s 2021 gelding Forgot My Password (Gone Viral x Custom Made Machine). 

$10,000 NSBA Senior Open & Limited Open Trail 

Thirty top horse-and-rider combinations put forth their best efforts in pursuit of the win, but it was Anthony Montes who rose to the top aboard Kenneth or Laina Banks’ 2015 gelding Air Ryde (Machine Made oit of KM Hot Number) with a score of 239.5.

Montes also secured third place with Miller Quarter Horses LLC’s 2013 gelding Zippin A Breeze (Invitation Only x Zippin The Breeze), earning a score of 236.5.

$10,000 NSBA Senior Open & Limited Open Trail Top Three Results 

1 Air Ryde, Anthony Montes, Kenneth Or Laina Banks
2 KM Flat Out The Best, Deanna Searles, Susan Johns
3 Zippin A Breeze, Anthony Montes, Ingrid Miller Quarter Horses LLC

Clint Ainsworth piloted Scarlett Jones’ 2011 gelding So Good To B Me (Batt Man out of Good Baby Hotrod) to the Limited win with a score of 230.5. 

$10,000 NSBA Jr Ranch Riding & Limited Rider 

Eighteen horse-and-rider combinations kicked off feature competition in Jumper 2 with the $10,000 NSBA Jr Ranch Riding, but it was Ryan Kail of Cave Creek, Arizona, who piloted Lane Kail’s SS Walk The Line (Wimpys Little Step out of Aledo Advance) to the win with a score of 240.5.

Kail spoke about the 2021 gelding, whom he purchased this past fall, “Rory is a five-year-old gelding by Wimpy’s Little Step. “He’s like a big dog, like Clifford the Big Red Dog,” Kail said of the 2021 gelding he purchased last fall. “He’s wonderful. We bought him at the Congress last year from Jordan Martin, and he’s been incredible for us.”

$10,000 NSBA Jr Ranch Riding Top Three Results 

1 SS Walk The Line, Ryan Kail, Lane Kail 
2 Daytona Five Hundred, Shannon Quinlan Hill, Debbie Kuffer
3 Ohh What A Nite, Clayton Jerrell, Brandi Susanne McGonagill

Bradley Hill claimed the Limited title riding Janet Behling’s 2021 gelding Telem To Watch (Meteles Cat out of Watch Me Nae Nae). 

$10,000 NSBA Sr Ranch Riding & Limited Rider 

Twenty-four horse-and-rider combinations took to Jumper 2 to contest the $10,000 NSBA Sr Ranch Riding, but it was Clayton Jarrell who piloted Wendy McConnell’s Lets Double Down to the win with a score of 245.

The 2018 mare by High Roller Whiz out of Dunitz Midnight Glo holds a special place for Jarrell.

“I’ve had her for five years,” he said. “She’s pretty special. We’ve been through some stuff together. She’s a fighter,” he shared. 

Jarrell highlighted a key moment in the pattern. 

“She had a great breakdown from the extended lope to the extended trot,” he explained. “That’s kind of a tricky maneuver. I just said, ‘Hey, let’s trot,’ and she snapped right into it. I knew then, even with four maneuvers left, we were going to do something special.”

$10,000 NSBA Sr Ranch Riding Top Three Results

1 Lets Double Down, Clayton Jerrell, Wendy McConnell 
2 SS Wrecking Ball, Elizabeth Yoder, Alexius Dorsey 
3 Xtra Wimpys Catalyst, Matt Gouthro, Erika Collins Sterling 

Tyler Garrett rode Kerry Papendick’s 2020 gelding Gott This (Beat This Enterprise x Sue Zee Zip) to the Limited victory. 

$6,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Non Pro & Intermediate Non-Pro Western Pleasure

In a unanimous decision, Kristen Galyean piloted her own 2023 mare, Girl Code (VS Code Red out of Missy Machine), to victory in the $6,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Non Pro Western Pleasure, building on her win the day prior with trainer Aaron Moses.

“She’s just incredible and very special,” Galyean said. “Her breeder, Paulette, is a good friend of mine, and we really studied who we thought would cross well for her mom. I recommended VS Code Red, and she went with it. From the moment she hit the ground, I had been trying to buy her. She didn’t want to sell her until the end of last year, but when she finally decided to, it all worked out. She’s just extremely special and reminds me a lot of Vital Signs Are Good, her attitude, her movement, she’s just a freak.”

$6,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Non Pro Western Pleasure Top Three Results

1 Girl Code, Kristen Galyean, Kristen Galyean 
2 Ur Heart Or Mine, Aubrey Jacobs, Aubrey Jacobs
3 Fourmula 1, Brooke DeBuhr, Brooke DeBuhr

Aubrey Jacobs claimed the win in the NSBA 3-Year-Old Intermediate Non Pro Western Pleasure with her own 2023 gelding, Ur Heart Or Mine (Heart Stoppin x Why So Lazy). 

$6,000 NSBA Maturity Non-Pro & Intermediate Non-Pro Hunter Under Saddle 

A field of 15 horse-and-rider combinations took the rail for the $6,000 NSBA Maturity Non Pro & Intermediate Non-Pro Hunter Under Saddle, but it was Kaleena Weakly that took the top spot with Josh Weakly’s 2021 gelding, Dun Gone Southern (Carl), sired by Its A Southern Thing out of Ten Karat Romance. The duo also claimed the Intermediate title.

In just their second show together, and a fairly new discipline for Weakly, the duo shared a glimpse into their bright future ahead. 

“He’s just a dream,” Weakly said. “He’s absolutely amazing and a blast to show in every class we enter. He won the Color the other day, but it was a smaller class, and I just wanted to go out there and see how he could hang, and how I could hang. I’m kind of new to doing the Hunter Under Saddle, so it was really fun.”

Weakly said she bought because of his versatility and personality.

“He loves his job, he never says no,” she explained. “Out in the class, he has a great presence about him, his ears are always up, his topline’s fantastic, and he’s great-legged.”

$6,000 NSBA Maturity Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle Top Three Results 

1 Dun Gone Southern, Kaleena Weakly, Josh Weakly 
2 CoolKrymsunLadyLike, Laurel Champlin, Laurel A Champlin Family Trust
3 Its Krunch Time, Taylin Paige Collins, Taylin Paige Collins

$6,000 NSBA Maturity Open & Intermediate Open Western Pleasure 

Katy Jo Zuidema piloted The Drinkz R On Me (CP Surely The Best out of Absolut Martini Girl), a 2021 gelding owned by Lyle Hanson, to his third victory of the series in the $6,000 NSBA Maturity Open Western Pleasure, this time a unanimous win.

“I love that he has his big personality,” Zuidema said. 

$6,000 NSBA Maturity Open Western Pleasure Top Three Results

1 The Drinkz R On Me, Katy Jo Zuidema, Lyle Hanson 
2 Ten Kinda Southern, Shannon Curl-Holbin, Gumz Farm Quarter Horses LLC 
3 WhatGosAround, Blair Townsend, Capital Quarter Horses LLC

Blair Townsend claimed the win in the NSBA Maturity Intermediate Open Western Pleasure with the 2016 stallion, WhatGosAround (VS Flatline out of Whatscookngoodlookin), owned by Capital Quarter Horses LLC.

$5,000 NSBA $25k Limited Horse Open Maturity Western Pleasure

The $5,000 NSBA $25k Limited Horse Open Maturity Western Pleasure took to the rail first thing Friday morning in the WEC Grand Arena. Bret Parrish ultimately scored a special win with Jan Shephard Pittman’s 2016 mare, Good Miss Lazy (Lazy Loper out of Good Miss Sunny), marking her fourth win of the series.

“She fits me as well as any horse I’ve had in a long, long time,” Parrish said of Good Miss Lazy. “She’s great-minded and has a lot of natural talent. Her look, her attitude, and her movement. I just think she’s exceptional. I have more of a special bond with her than I’ve had with a horse in a long time. She really wants to do her job. She’s happy doing it, and that makes my job a lot easier and a lot more enjoyable.”

$5,000 NSBA $25k Limited Horse Open Maturity Western Pleasure Top Three Results

1 Good Miss Lazy, Bret Parrish, Jan Shepherd Pittman
2 Forever In Always, Cole Baker, WI Quarter Horse Partners Llc
3 Dont Get Me Started, Katie Cochran, Tenielle Obrien

$5,000 NSBA 4-Year-Old Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle

Haley Hartman found victory in the $5,000 NSBA 4-Year-Old Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle Friday morning, riding her own 2022 gelding, You Proof (Conway), sired by Best Brew At The Bar out of Lope Up Like Dis). Hartman said ‘Conway’ makes her time in the ring extra enjoyable. 

“He really loves showing, and that makes it so enjoyable because he goes out there and wants to do his job,” she explained. “We’ve had him for almost a year now, and he’s just fun. He’s easy, his legs are always great, and he always has the cutest little expression. We’ve built up a really good partnership, and I’m excited for the rest of the year.”

$5,000 NSBA 4-Year-Old Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle Top Three Results

1 You Proof, Haley Hartman, Haley Hartman 
2 Chrome Zone, Laura Bracken, Laura & Jerry Bracken
3 Southern Circles, Eleanor Ott, Londa Pickles

$5,000 NSBA Amateur Ranch Riding 

The Lane family continued their winning streak in the $5,000 NSBA Amateur Ranch Riding, with Lane Kail claiming both top honors. He secured the championship aboard SS Walk The Line, a 2021 gelding sired by Wimpys Little Step out of Aledo Advance,with a score of 234 and earned the Reserve title with He Man on a 229.50.

“My favorite thing about him (SS Walk The Line) is that he’s kind of a push horse,” Kail explained. “He needs a little motivation to go, but that’s what makes his breakdown so pretty and his stops so good. He’s always willing to do it. He’s done a great job for all of us. He’s won at just about every big show so far, Sun Circuit, Vegas, and he’s been very successful everywhere. He’s just an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime horse.”

$5,000 NSBA Amateur Ranch Riding Top Three Results 

1 SS Walk The Line, Lane Kail, Lane Kail 
2 He Man, Lane Kail, Lane Kail 
3 Nic The Whiz, Sofia Roberts, Sofia Roberts 

$5,000 NSBA Select Ranch Riding 

Carol Dewrell topped the $5,000 NSBA Select Ranch Riding aboard her own Clooney, 2019 gelding, sired by SD Frozen Enterprize out of a Machine Made, earning a winning score of 234.

“He’s just a clown. I can’t drink a bottle of water because he takes it away from me,” Dewrell said. “He wants to drink it, so I have to bring two if I want any. He loves cookies, he loves people. He’s just very personable with lots of personality.”

$5,000 NSBA Select Ranch Riding Top Three Results

1 Clooney, Carol Dewrell, Carol Dewrell (2134)
2 See The Magic, Kenneth Banks, Kenneth Or Laina Banks
3 Lida Spook, Lorrie Patridge, Lorrie Patridge 

$4,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old & Over $2,500 Limited Horse, Limited Rider Open Western Pleasure

It was a winning day for Chad Piper aboard Wanna Meet Sherlock, a 2020 mar by Mr Sherlock Holmes out of RU Hot For Chocolate, owned by Christine Hull, in the $4,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old & Over $2,500 Limited Horse, Limited Rider Open Western Pleasure.

“I bought this mare a little over a year ago,” Piper said. “Brian Baker had her and Chris Hull purchased her. She shows in the select and I get to show her in the $2,500 horse. She is great-legged, great minded and has a great topline.”

$4,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old & Over $2,500 Limited Horse, Limited Rider Open Western Pleasure Top Three Results

1 Wanna Meet Sherlock, Chad Piper, Christine Hull 
2 Ur Heart Or Mine, Mark Zeitler, Aubrey Jacobs
3 Machines R Vital, Miranda Klein, Bob Or Kathie Kennedy

A Sudden Impulse concludes on Saturday, April 18. 

Story courtesy WEC

Learn more about the Orange Blossom Classic & A Sudden Impulse here.

Photos courtesy of Shane Rux Photography.