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August: Fair, Leagues and More!

Last Saturday, August 6th, we had a great turnout at the Wright County Fair for OutWest’s Ranch Cut & Sort Jackpot with over 230 teams competing.   Although it may have been a long night with a short rain delay, the crowd seemed to be into the competition as much as the riders were.  Thanks again to everyone who came out to join us!   Congratulations to our Top 5 teams! 

1st Place Team: Joe Eberhart & Natalie Otto - combined time of 1:26:61

2nd Place Team: Kaitlyn Steffensen & Steve Simenson - combined time of 1:32:95

3rd Place Team: Kirk Hawk & Brian Kruger - combined time of 1:34:57

4th Place Team: Natalie Otto & Mike Steffensen - combination time of 1:34:88

5th Place Team: Susan Polzin & Joel Eberhart - combined time of 1:39:03

Also, this past week on Wednesday, we had our final night of Summer Sorting Leagues.  The Top 3 Riders in each league were awarded prizes with belt buckles going to those who finished with the highest number of points after the six weeks.  Congratulations to all of our riders and we are looking forward to more beautiful weather for our Fall leagues.

6pm Summer League: Mike Kelly - 3rd place, Stacie Regep - 2nd Place, & Tina Gruber - 1st Place

7pm (Pen 1) Summer Sorting League: Lisa Smith - 3rd Place, David Ellis - 1st Place & Steve Simenson - 2nd Place

7pm (Pen 2) Summer Sorting League: Natalie Otto - 2nd Place, Lynn Dahring - 1st Place & Rachel Foss - 3rd Place

8pm Summer Sorting League: Tina Gruber - 1st Place, Brian Kruger - 2nd Place & Stacie Regep - 3rd Place

 Check our web site for other events scheduled in August and this Fall!!

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Back in the Saddle…Again!

The 2011 season is already underway and it has been a great start to a new year!

Our Wednesday night Sorting leagues filled up fast this year and are flying by just as quickly.  We will be halfway finished with our Spring leagues after tonight’s sorting.  Just a reminder that all weekly point results can be found on our Ranch Sorting page under our Events (www.outwestarena.com/horse-events/test). 

Friday night Team Sorting practices have begun and there has been much enthusiasm and excitement going around for riders to start working their horses on the cattle.  

The cattle have been settling in quite nicely, especially after this past Memorial weekend when we hosted our first Ranch Cut & Sort Jackpot of the season.  We had a wonderful day and we would like to Congratulate again our top 5 teams of the day! 

There is much to be found at OutWest this year and we hope to see you at one of the many events.

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The Ending of another GREAT year at OutWest!

  1st Place Team - Jade Kampsen & Brandon Arndt, with a combined time of 1:19:27 

  2nd Place Team - Maynard Arndt & Brandon Arndt, with a combined time of 1:25:29 

  3rd Place Team - Susan Polzin & Dennis Polzin, with a combined time of 1:28:27 

 4th Place Team - Larry Smith & Dennis Polzin, with a combined time of 1:28:58 (draw team) 

  5th Place Team - Brandon Arndt & Melissa Nash, with a combined time of 1:29:15  

Also, last Wednesday evening, October 13th, we offically ended the 2010 season with our last night of our Fall Sorting Leagues.  It was a tight race for some of the placings leading into Week 7 and we could not have asked for a better night to end on.  The weather has been pretty good for our Wednesday night leagues and yesterday was no exception.   The results for the Fall leagues are posted on our Events page, but below are the top winners for each league:   

6pm Fall League Winners: Joe White, 40 pts - 3rd Place; Lloyd & Melissa Christenson; Natalie Otto, 45.5 pts - 1st Place; Tammy Graham, 41 pts - 2nd Place

7pm Fall League Winners: Jamie Laine, 36 pts - 3rd Place, Pen 2; Missie Schwartz, 39 pts - 2nd Place, Pen 2; Mike Olsen, 49 pts - 1st Place, Pen 2; Lloyd Christenson; Paul Grosser, 51 pts - 1st Place, Pen 1; Sarah White, 26 pts - 3rd Place, Pen 1; Brian Backstrom, 37.5 pts - 2nd Place (not pictured)

8pm Fall League Winners: Natalie Otto, 29 pts - 2nd Place; Tammy Graham, 28 pts - 3rd Place; Lloyd Christenson; Joe White, 47 pts - 1st Place

We really want to THANK everyone who participated in our leagues this season.  We had a great bunch out here every Wednesday night. 

Check back this winter for updates on our 2011 Event Calendar!  See you next season!

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2010 OutWest Ranch Horse Show Series Winners

2010 Ranch Horse Show Series Winners: Connie Jones, Open Gelding Reserve Champion; Logan Blum, Youth Champion; Lloyd Christenson; Lyndsey Balfanz, Youth Reserve Champion; Natalie Otto, Open Mare Champion & Reserve Champion; Melissa Nash (Rick Nash standing in), Open Gelding Champion

This past Saturday, we ended our Ranch Horse Show Curcuit Series on what turned out to be another GREAT day at OutWest Arena.  The morning showed signs of rain, but the sun was shining bright by the afternoon classes. 

Throughout the season, we have had many regulars of the OutWest family come out for every Ranch Horse Show this season, but we have had many new friends join us along the way.  It was even great to see new faces at our last show and even more enjoyable watching them earn their first ribbons. 

At the end of the day we handed out our Champion and Reserve Champion belt buckles to the horse & rider combination who accumulated the most points in the Youth classes, Open Mares and Open Geldings throughout our five horse shows this season.  The belt buckles went to:

Logan Blum - Youth Champion, Lyndsey Balfanz - Youth Reserve Champion

Natalie Otto -  Open Mare Champion &  Reserve Champion

Melissa Nash – Open Gelding Champion, Connie Jones – Open Gelding Reserve Champion

Congratulations to all our winners throughout the season and to our series winners!  We would like to THANK everyone for a great season and for all those who came out to watch and participate despite some of the weather conditions.  We look forward to what next year’s season brings!

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Congratulations 2010 Summer League Winners!

We finished off our last night of Summer leagues on Wednesday, August 18th handing out the belt buckles and prizes to our top 3 riders in each league.  We could not have asked for better Wednesday nights this past Summer league season.  There were many familiar faces this time around and also a few new friends added to the OutWest family.  Thanks for a great summer season and another congratulations to our top riders in each league…

1st Place Winner - Tina Gruber, 37 pts

2nd Place Winner - Natalie Otto, 37 pts

3rd Place Winner - Doug Peterson, 35 pts

7pm Pen #1

1st Place Winner - Tina Gruber, 50 pts

2nd Place Winner - Paul Grosser, 48.5 pts

3rd Place Winner - Jan Ellis, 30 pts

7pm Pen #2

1st Place Winner - Sharon Kelly, 38 pts

2nd Place Winner - Ali Kelly, 36 pts

3rd Place Winner - Stacie Regep, 30 pts

1st Place Winner - Paul Grosser, 44 pts

2nd Place Winner - Natalie Otto, 40 pts

3rd Place Winner - Russ Menth, 35 pts

Check out the final results for the Summer leagues on our Ranch Sorting page under Events.  Thanks again for a wonderful season and we look forward to the upcoming Fall leagues under the lights!

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Highlights from the Wright County Fair

Cows, horses and SHEEP…a Cowboy and Cowgirl’s dream! 

OutWest had another great year at the Wright County Fair thanks to Ron Denn and the Wright County Fair Board.  It is always a fun full day of events when we are at the fair. 

The day started over at the warm-up riding pen with OutWest Mutton Bustin.  We had 27 sheep riders who were young Cowboys and Cowgirls by the end of the afternoon.  The sheep were fast and fierce, but the young riders held their own on the backs of those sheep.  The crowd was really cheering them on.  Along with the riders, we mixed in a few other events that included stick barrel racing and cow pie tossing.  Thanks for the wonderful support of those who helped out for the day, which included the Fair Royalty ladies.  They made great barrels for our barrel racing!

In the evening we moved over to the riding arena for our Ranch Cut & Sorts.  We started with the novice teams made up of riders involved in 4-H.  The turnout was much larger than last year and it was great to see how the sport of sorting is still continuing to grow. 

Following the novice, we continued with the Open Ranch Cut & Sort Jackpot.  With the nicer weather we had this year compared to last year’s rain, there were 116 teams total bringing back the top 20 times for the short-go.  Not far into the competition, the times were really flying and it was a fight to get into the top 20.  The teams who came back for the short-go were trying for the chance to take home champion and reserve champion belt buckles and 50% payout to the top 5 teams.  It was a tight race, but Congratulations to our top 5 teams:

1st Place Team - Lisa Smith and Angie Gebhart with a combined time of 55:05

2nd Place Team - Brian Kruger and Brandon Kruger with a combined time of 56:42

3rd Place Team - Sarah White and Joe White with a combined time of 56:57

4th Place Team - Brandon Arndt and Kirk Hawk with a combined time of 1:00:09

5th Place Team - Melissa Nash and Kirk Hawk with a combined time of 1:01:43

We want to send out a big Thank You to the Wright County Fair for having us back again this summer and to everyone who came out to join us for the day.  We look forward to maybe seeing you again next year!

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4th of July Weekend Jackpot Winners

Congratulations to our Top 5 teams of the day:

1st Place Team – Blake Kruger and Kirk Hawk with a combined time of 1:13:18

2nd Place Team – Chad Little and Kirk Hawk with a combined time of 1:15:64

3rd Place Team – Jim Anderson and Brandon Kruger with a combined time of 1:17:18

4th Place Team – Charlie Little and Kirk Hawk with a combined time of 1:21:46

5th Place Team – Rick Reid and Carol Reid with a combined time of 1:24:55

Thank you to all those who came out to celebrate their holiday here at OutWest.  Our next big Jackpot will be on August 7th at the Wright County Fair.  We have enjoyed hosting a Jackpot at the fairgrounds for the last few years and we look forward to another great turnout this year.   We hope to see you there!

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OutWest Spring Sorting League Winners

This past Wednesday, we had a great end to our Spring Sorting Leagues here at OutWest.  The weather had been great throughout the 7 weeks except for maybe one night, but we ended on a beautiful evening.  Thank you to all of those who participated in the four leagues and we look forward to seeing many of them join us for the Summer leagues, which begin next week on Wednesday, July 7th. 

The results are in and below are the winners and participants for the Spring Leagues.  First place winners went home with an OutWest Sorting Champion buckle, 2nd place winners were awarded with an original Mike Bray coat rack, and 3rd place winners received their choice of an OutWest hat or t-shirt.

Spring League 6pm Participants

1st Place - Doug Peterson (39.5 points)

2nd Place - Vicki Baldry (31 points)

3rd Place - Tammy Graham (31 points)

Spring League 7pm Pen 1 Participants

1st Place - Kirk Hawk (52.5 points)

2nd Place - Paul Grosser (33.5 points)

3rd Place - Julie Lingo (32.5 points)

Spring League 7pm Pen 2 Participants

1st Place - Amy Kelly, not pictured (30.5 points)

2nd Place - Bob Kelly (30.5 points)

3rd Place - Mike Olsen (23 points)

Spring League 8pm Participants

1st Place - Kirk Hawk (44 points)

2nd Place – Tina Gruber, not pictured (32 points)

3rd Place - Paul Grosser (31 points)

Congratulations to all our winners!  See you all next season for the Summer Sorting Leagues!

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Congratulations OutWest Jackpot Winners!

This past weekend we held our OutWest Cut & Sort Jackopt on Saturday, June 12th.  Although it was a little cooler weather and rainy off and on throughout the afternoon, there were some great times with over 60 teams competing for the Jackpot.   In the short-go we brought back the top 20 times of the day and we want to send out a Congratulations to our Top 5 Teams:

1st Place Team – Kirk Hawk & Brandon Kruger, combined time of 1:17:15

2nd Place Team – Brandon Kruger & Brandon Arndt, combined time of 1:26:96

3rd Place Team – Mike Kelly & Natalie Otto, combined time of 1:27:93

4th Place Team – Vickie Simenson & Steve Simenson, combined time of 1:32:94

5th Place Team – Mike Kelly & Natalie Otto (draw team), combined time of 1:34:13

Thank you for all those who came out to compete and watch a wonderful day of sorting at OutWest!  We will have our next OutWest Cut & Sort Jackpot on Saturday, July 3rd starting at Noon and registration from 10:30-11:30am.  Hope to see you there!

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OutWest Spring Ranch Auction – May 15th

Looking for a sale or auction to consign your ranch equipment or horses to?  OutWest is now taking consignments through May 14th of all types of Hobby Farm and Ranch equipment and all breeds of Horses.  Please contact OutWest at 763.477.6629 to consign your items or for more information.  Please visit our Auction web pageto view the OutWest Spring Auction bill.

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