Idaho Horse Expo Collegiate Colt Starting Challenge

Don’t miss the Idaho Horse Expo Collegiate Colt Starting Challenge Presented by Road to the Horse! Dates are April 4-6, 2025 and located at the Ford Idaho Horse Park in Nampa Idaho.

Watch:

Multiple colleges streamed the action online via Facebook. View their Facebook pages below to watch footage from the event.

Schedule:

  • Friday April 4 at 12:00 Noon | Round One Starts (1 hr 10 min Round)
  • Saturday April 5 at 12:00 Noon | Round Two Starts (1hr 20 min Round)
  • Sunday April 6 at 9.45am | Round Three Starts (50 min Round)
  • Sunday April 6 at 3.15pm | Final Starts (40 min per team)

Colleges competing include:

  • Asbury University, Wilmore, Kentucky
    Coach Jesse Westfall, Kayleen Cordes, Adrianna Kooistra, Abianna Stiefel
  • Colorado State University Equine Program, Fort Collins, Colorado
    Coach Alex Parsaye, Kendra Godina, Maya Hamilton, Megan Lawler 
  • New Mexico Junior College Equine Program, Hobbs, New Mexico
    Coach C.D. Wilcox, Connor Box, Tyler Espenson, Cash Trexler

Collegiate Colt Starting Judges:

  • Donald Archer
  • Wade Black
  • Shamus Haws
  • Debbie Shearn
  • Penny Turner

Scores:

Overall Placing:

  1. Colorado State University | 1163.5
    MADISON BE GUNSMART | $3,000 Cash
  2. New Mexico Junior College | 1070.5
    FIRST GUNS N ROSE | $2,000 Cash
  3. Asbury University | 1055.5
    MADISON IS A PLAYGUN | $1,000 Cash

All scores are below. High (green) and low (red) scores are dropped.