EYEING THE COMPETITION. JARROD ELMER OF BLANCHARD, IDAHO, AND HIS 14-YEAR-OLD APPALOOSA GELDING THUNDER WAIT FOR THIER TURN TO ENTER THE ARENA AT THE EMPIRE CLASSIC APPALOOSA HORSE SHOW, WHICH CONCLUDED SUNDAY AFTER A THREE-DAY RUN AT THE SPOKANE INTERSTATE FAIRGROUNDS. ELMER, 10, WAS COMPETING IN THE YOUNG SHOWMANSHIP AT HALTER, 12 AND UNDER CLASS. ABOUT 150 HORSES FROM ACROSS THE WEST PARTICIPATED IN THE SHOW. PHOTO ARCHIVE/ SPOKESMAN REVIEW
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review