WWU Judging Team hosts successful clinic and judging contest

2/28/2012 Mary Ann Beahon
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William Woods University's Judging Team hosted the fifth annual 4-H and FFA judging contest Saturday.

Approximately 140 participants from all over Missouri and some from out of state attended, with ages ranging from 8 years old to seniors in high school.

At the clinic, competitors learned how to judge different types of halter and performance classes. Upperclassmen from the judging team and Jennie Petterson, western riding instructor at William Woods, described what competitors should look for while judging the different classes.
 
Riders from the William Woods saddle seat and western barns volunteered their time to handle the horses used to demonstrate the different types of classes. A total of 40 horses from both the saddle seat and western barn were used for the event"”including a horse hand painted by two equestrian students.
 
Shannon Yeaton of Epsom, N.H., and Emily Barrett of Bull Valley, Ill., painted the skeletal system onto western horse, IWF All That Glitters. The two students met hours before the clinic to finger paint the outline of the bone structure onto an unfazed Glitter.
 
"I think the visible skeleton was a great help to clinic participants. It was definitely a big hit as well. Pictures were being taken like crazy," said Barrett, a sophomore at William Woods.
 
Painting on a live horse was a unique task.
 
"To actually paint a horse was really fun. It was very weird to paint a living canvas, let alone one that has hair," exclaimed Yeaton, a freshman at William Woods.
 
Even those who helped host the clinic learned something during the clinic.
 
"I learned things I had never really noticed before," Barrett said, "and it was a really good hands-on experience, to say the least."
 
CUTLINE:
Shannon Yeaton of Epsom, N.H., shows off a fully painted Glitter.