Gymkhana family galloped and impressed

On the first evening of Addison County Fair and Field Days, horses are quickly lined up behind the warm-up ring gate, ready to gallop.

The 2023 Addison County 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl was held Feb. 18 at the Shoreham Elementary School in Shoreham. Thirteen youths participated in the event.

The University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge hosted the annual Addison County 4-H Hippology Contest on Jan. 21.

The nonprofit farm, run by co-founders Madison Berry and Jasmine Foster, is a training and adoption facility for wild horses. Berry and Foster bring the mustangs from out West to find forever homes in New England. 

I’d like to offer my sincere condolences to whoever lost two horses in a road accident on Route 116 recently. 

In writing of my experience, I am hopeful to elicit change.

In the black of night, at 5 a.m., two horses trotted by my house on Route 116.

To follow are results from the Open Horse Show and 4-H Horse shows at Addison County Fair and Field days.

BURLINGTON — May 15 was a busy, jam-packed day for the 44 horse-savvy 4-H’ers who took part in two competitions: horse judging and hippology. The day began at the Blackrose Morgan Farm in Colchester, where they judged Morgan geldings in hand, stock horse … (read more)

“This is going to be a demo day and an educational showcase,” said Lynda Malzac, a local horse trainer who helped spearhead last year’s Horse Ring rebuilding campaign.

NEW HAVEN — Lori Brown may run the Field Days event with the strangest name, but she said it’s also one of the more inclusive and family-oriented competitions on the program: the gymkhana.On Tuesday gymkhana celebrated its 10th anniversary at Addison Coun … (read more)