NSBA Announces Hunter Jumper and Show Horse Of The Year
If Im Honest, 2022 Show Horse of the Year
Photo credit: Cody Parmenter Photography, courtesy NSBA
If Im Honest is a 2016 bay gelding by How Bout This Cowboy and out of Who Could Be Certain. Evie Doles and “Moose” have been show partners since late in 2020, and in 2022 they earned $20,582.07 and 186.5 NSBA points to earn the Horse of the Year title. Evie and Moose stood at the top of the class in everything from Youth Horsemanship to Hunter Under Saddle, Hunt Seat Equitation, Showmanship and Performance Halter Geldings from January through December, and her trainers Chris and Melissa Jones added Open wins in Western Riding and Hunter Under Saddle.
Lafitte De Muze, 2022 Hunter Jumper Horse of the Year
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Lafitte De Muze, a 2011 Belgian Warmblood, has the breeding Darco-Everlychin De La Pomme, Malito De Reve. The friendly gelding is a barn favorite who enjoys attention and doing his job in the show ring. In 2022, you would seldom find Lafitte without a blue first place ribbon during his classes at the World Equestrian Center-Ocala. In just three months, he accumulated wins in Performance Hunter 3’6”, Performance Hunter 3’6” Handy, 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby and High Performance/Performance Hunter 3’6” with professional trainer Amanda Prescott Steege.
