training horses and improving their
relay skills. The time spent showed
in their results as they started
doing well leading up to the finals,
racing in several races including
Browning, MT, Sheridan, WY and
Ft. Hall, ID the summer of 2018.
The team of Shetlands they used
at Championship of Champions
were Ghost Face, Fancy Gun, and
Hooligan. The boys put their
time in breaking and training
not only their current team but
other ponies along the way.
Starting with Tippiz, a pony they
purchased in 2016. “The boys
bought her and Kemmer showed
them how to break her and
coached them on what to do”,
Paula says, “Then he stepped
back and let them do the work”.
She hit the relay trail that year.
In 2017 the boys bought and
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broke Ghost Face and Fancy Gun. In 2018 the boys
were gifted two bucksins with a colt (Felica, Rapun-
zal and Empire) from Gigi, Melinda Kop and family.
Then a roan named War Drum from Mike Loring and
family. The training that they put into their ponies
led to winning a custom-made bit from Tom Balding
Bits and Spurs for 2018 Pony of the Year with Ghost
Face.
They are typical boys and love indian relay, hunt-