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The whole week in one armful, 2019
2019 at the WHOA International: the whole week's ribbons in one armful, back at the barn.
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Multi-discipline equestrian program in Northern Kentucky: hunters, jumpers, Tennessee Walking Horse, and eventing.
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Green shirts and a pile of ribbons, 2019
2019, the last evening of the WHOA International at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum. Boone County 4-H green, every ribbon we won that week, and a very patient horse.
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Western day at the International, 2019
2019 at the WHOA International in Murfreesboro: western tack, black shirt, and a horse who'd rather be posing than walking.
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Ribbons on the stall door, 2019
Summer 2019 at the 41st WHOA International Grand Championship in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. By the last day the ribbons ran the whole length of the stall door.
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RyleeSetting Sun Equestrian📍 Tennessee Miller Coliseum· Photo
Sunset schooling, October 2018
October 23, 2018, an evening ride in the jump arena as the light went orange. Fall in Northern Kentucky is the best riding weather of the year and it lasts about three weeks.
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Sonny, dressed as a football
October 19, 2018: homecoming week, so Sonny got laces painted on and I got a jersey. He took the whole thing with the dignity of a horse who has seen a lot of ideas come and go.
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Waiting on spring
February 27, 2019. Still shaggy, still waiting for the grass to come back, still checking whether anyone walking up the drive has brought a treat. (They had not.)
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February sun at home
February 3, 2019 at the home arena: a rare warm, bright afternoon in the middle of winter, so SiSi and I went out and schooled in it. Frozen ground in the shade, dust in the sun.
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Western day at Lakeview Park
June 2, 2019 at Lakeview Park in Frankfort, Kentucky. Black shirt, black hat, and a black-and-white walking horse for the western classes. The pinto did the work; I mostly tried to look the part.
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A championship plate at Morehead
Memorial Day weekend 2019 at the Derrickson Agricultural Complex, Morehead State University. Sonny and I took home a championship plate and a tricolor from the Appalachian horse show, saddle seat in the lavender coat.
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Sonny at the Celebration grounds, July 2019
Shelbyville, Tennessee, July 24, 2019: Sonny and me with a red ribbon on the Celebration grounds. That was the week we came home Reserve High Point Youth at the TWHBEA World Versatility Show.
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Burrito and me, Cross Rails champions
July 4, 2019, Broadbent Arena, Louisville: I'm A Burrito and I won Cross Rails Hunt/Pleasure at the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show. First state-show blue, on the best pony in the barn.
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SiSi in her ribbons on the Fourth of July
July 4, 2019 at the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show: SiSi (Si'Vous Plait) in a blue ribbon and a championship rosette in front of the State Fair sign. Hunt seat day, and she was foot-perfect.
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Throwback: Sonny's blue-ribbon night at State 4-H
Throwback to July 2, 2019 at the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show, Broadbent Arena in Louisville. Sonny (He's Armed & Charmed) and I finished the night with two blue ribbons and a medal, and he stood for photos like the professional he is.
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John Wick top ten at The International
Top ten at The International! John Wick and Rylee placed 10th in All Day Pleasure Amateur/Youth at WHOA's International Grand Championship -- the premier flat-shod walking horse show in the country.
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Remembering Burrito
Remembering I'm A Burrito: 2020 KHJA year-end Champion in the Pre/Intermediate Children's/Adult Jumper with Kaleb Alden in the irons. Some horses never leave the barn.
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Arthur jumps to a championship at Hathaway Hill
Arthur (show name Waterfall des Negres) was Novice Children's/Adult Jumper Champion at the Hathaway Hill Summer Show with Rylee — proof that hunters, jumpers, and gaited horses all have a home at Horse Commons.
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Setting Sun EquestrianArthur· Barn Update
Horse spotlight: Sonny, 3x Region 3 High-Point Champion
Meet Sonny (show name He's Armed & Charmed) — a foundation horse of Setting Sun and a three-time TWHBEA Region 3 High-Point Champion. Every horse on Horse Commons gets a page like his.
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Reserve Champion at the 2025 TWH National Celebration
Reserve at the Celebration 🥈 Rylee earned Reserve in the Auxiliary Equitation Youth Medal Championship at the 2025 Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration — one more highlight in a season spanning gaited, hunter/jumper, and eventing.
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Setting Sun EquestrianRylee· Community Update
Kentucky 4-H NATRC award update
From the Kentucky 4-H Horse Program public Facebook feed: NATRC award nominations were tallied, with the Rising to the Challenge and Team Spirit awards announced. Horse Commons can pull public 4-H community updates into the local horse-show conversation without exposing private member posts.
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Setting Sun EquestrianService: Show Prep, Braiding & Photography· Show Result
Straight from 4-H State to Shelbyville
Minutes after rolling in from 4-H State, Ry was back in the ring at Shelbyville. Great rides and patterns all around — exactly the kind of busy show-family weekend Horse Commons was built to capture.
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Setting Sun EquestrianService: Show Prep, Braiding & Photography· Show Result
State 4-H: buckles, high points, and barn crew grit
Rylee and the Setting Sun crew made it through State 4-H after a marathon travel week: 8 belt buckles, 2 high-point awards, and several ribbons. The Campbell County crew made it fun, and SiSi, John, and Sonny were perfect all week.
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Team win at KHP
Kentucky Gentleman, Rylee, and Setting Sun had a strong outing at the Kentucky Horse Park.
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KennieRyleeSetting Sun Equestrian📍 Kentucky Horse ParkService: Show Prep, Braiding & Photography· Photo
Snowflake's new show clip
Fresh clip done ahead of the hunter derby. Always happy to recommend our show photographer.
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SnowflakeSetting Sun EquestrianService: Show Prep, Braiding & Photography· Barn Update
Group farrier day Thursday
We have a group farrier visit Thursday — message the barn to get your horse on the list.
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Setting Sun EquestrianLexington FarrierService: Farriers & Hoof Care· Care Note
Carrie's spring vaccines done
Carrie is up to date on spring shots and her Coggins is current for the season.
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Carrie VirginiaSetting Sun EquestrianService: Equine Vet, Coggins & Health Certificates· Show Result
Kennie's eventing debut at May-Daze
Kennie is officially an event horse! USEA Novice debut at the Kentucky May-Daze Horse Trials with a 36.7 dressage test for Rylee. Cross-country said 'not today' -- we'll be back.
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KennieRyleeSetting Sun Equestrian📍 Kentucky Horse Park