2018 Judge Seminar Recap

On Saturday April 7, 2018, the Wisconsin Horse Council Judges, Judge Candidates and Auditors attended the annual WHC Certified Judge Seminar held at the beautiful Rawhide Boys Ranch.

The WHC Seminar Committee works hard year round to provide the highest level of education possible for our Certified Judges and Judge Candidates. We were honored this year to have Stephanie Lynn as our clinician.  Stephanie brings over 35 years of training, showing, and coaching riders. Stephanie has judged in several World Championship shows and holds judge’s cards in the American Paint Horse Association, American Quarter Horse Association and the National Snaffle Bit Association.

This year’s topic was Horsemanship. For the morning session held in Rawhide’s beautiful auditorium, Stephanie Lynn shared video of Horsemanship at the NSBA to demonstrate the evolution of this popular class. She then explained and had everyone practice the most up-to-date scoring method with the provided scoresheet. Questions were encouraged and answered with Stephanie’s 35 years of judging experience.

The Rawhide Boys Ranch provided a delicious buffet lunch just a short walk from the auditorium.
After lunch with another short walk to the arena, the afternoon session of live judging began.  Stephanie had this year’s seminar participants practice scoring individual Horsemanship maneuvers by the demonstrators. There was a variety of breeds in the Horsemanship demonstration, ranging from Paint, Palomino, Quarter horse, and Buckskin horse. After that, several complete patterns were demonstrated before the final live testing.

Planning for the 2019 Judges Seminar is already underway. Next years topic will be English pleasure (hunt and saddle seat with all types of breeds). The Judges Seminar will April 6, 2019.

The WHC Judges Committee would like to extend and HUGE thank you to Stephanie Lynn, Rawhide Boys Ranch and all of the owners and exhibitors who brought their horses for us to judge and all of those attended this event.