Fort Worth Texas is the place to be for the Reichert Celebration, one of the largest all-breed horse shows in the nation.

This year the Reichert Celebration, which started on Aug. 15 and runs through Sept. 1, offers AHA, APHA, ApHC, AQHA, POAC and NSBA, futurity and stakes classes along with Dash for Cash 5-D Barrel Race and Cowboy Mounted Shooting. It’s definitely a jam-packed two weeks of horse showing, entertainment and fun with your family and friends.

Kicking the show off was the POA/AQHA Youth Team Tournament that consisted of 37 youth kids that were randomly put into eight teams. The youth competed in their breed classes and their best five scores from the Youth Performance Halter Mares and Geldings, Youth All Age Halter Mares and Geldings, Showmanship, Horsemanship, Western Pleasure, Trail, Hunt Seat Equation and Hunter Under Saddle were then added up for the teams overall total. Taking home the $1,000 scholarship was Team 5 with a grand total of 291 points.

* Lacey Jo Edge / Showing: Vested Pine Assets and Finally Employed

* Ashtyn Gravitt / Showing: Scarlets Note

* LaKayla Philips / Showing: Justa Lucky Impulse

* Avery Koehler / Showing: Dutch Major Investment

* Sarah Clymer / Showing: Pal Lance

Bringing home the $500 scholarship was Team 6

* Sarah Boxer / Showing: Silver Nightcap

* Sara Houk / Showing: A Sudden Star

* Elizabeth Grace Gallup / Showing: Maybe Hez On Holiday

• Skye Vandrop / Showing: Rocky Skips Noches

All youth participating in the team tournament received a pair of jeans and a shirt from Cinch or Cruel Girl.

Saturday night the Will Rogers Coliseum was the place to be with the All Cowgirl VIP Showdown to benefit the Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. 60 women shooters were invited and after several rounds of shooting, 12 remained to be paired with a VIP shooter from the horse show community. Lara Yungclas and Brittany Bevis were two of the VIP shooters that donated their time for such a great cause. It was an amazing night, fun was had by all exhibitors and spectators and money was raised for the Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.

The second week started of the Reichert Celebration with the All Breed World Championship classes. Exhibitors of all breeds this week have been for Reichert World Champion Belt Buckle and title in each class.

Futurity classes continue all week with winners taking home some substantial checks.

Andy Cochran took home $2,234.28 for his win in the 3-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure for owner Ruth Marie Howe, of Burleson, Texas.  ZZ Top Hat N Tails collected $1,913 for a win in the Color Classic Hunter Under saddle with Lisa Ligon in the irons for owners Curtis and Priscilla Barnes, Galatia, Illinois. James Farrell, Durham, Connecticut won the Green Trail aboard A Moonlite Moon, taking home $358.20. Katie Johnson, Rogersville, Missouri rode Touched Softly to victory in the Open Division of the Non-Pro Maturity earning $1,139.59. B Endless Legs captured the top spot in the 3-Year-Old Open Hunter Under Saddle for owner Cathrin Gutmann, Austria, with Allison Clark in the irons. The win was worth $989.08.

Complete results are being posted daily for this year’s Reichert Celebration at: http://www.reichertcelebration.com/results2014.htm

There is still a lot of competition to come with the Reichert Sale Stakes Open 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure and Open Division of the 2-Year-Old Color Classic Western Pleasure on Friday. Saturday will feature the Reichert Sale Stakes

2-Year-Old Buyers Choice and the Limited Division of the 2-Year-Old Color Classic Western Pleasure.

The Reichert Sale will also take place on Saturday, Aug. 30 in Will Rogers Memorial Center. Bidding will also be possible on the internet by

Alan Parker will handle the auctioneer duties and online bidding

A list of sale entries, along with video links to, is available here: http://alanparkerauctions.com/the-reichert-celebration-sale/

You can’t bid from the list of sale entries on this page but if you look to the right you will find a blue tab marked Online Bidding Powered by Proxbid. To view the online catalog or bid online click the blue Proxbid button.

For more information on the Reichert Celebration visit: http://www.reichertcelebration.com