Region 12 Youth Jamboree Essay Winners

Club President
Sarah Hendricks congratulates both Youth Jamboree scholarship
recipients.
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My Billy Bob
10 and under winner

I have always loved horses since I was very little. I sarted taking lessons when I was seven. My Uncle Ed thought that I was interested enough that he wanted me to come ride his horse S.H.F. Billy Bob. My Arabian Billy Bob is very different and unique to me.

Billy bob has a much different personality than other horses. He can be very sensitive, but he can also be very stubborn. He can be sensitive by wnating to go in his stall at night. He is stubborn because he eats pizza and lemons, or when you're showing he will stick his head up and wonder it around. He can also be stubborn by you asking him to go one way but he will go the other way, or by nibbling you to get kisses. Billy Bob's personality is not like any other horses. That makes him very unique to me.

Billy Bob has a beautiful gait. He moves very smoothly and his trot is very unbelievable. He has the most beautiful extended trot. If he would have an extended trot and have his down at every show, he and I might win them. But he has the best extended trot out of lots of horses!

Billy Bob is a very beautiful horse. His head is very eyecatching. He has a beautiful curved jaw. It is shaped like a half circle. His head is shape like a v-shaped. His head does not look like a quarter horse. His face is curved also. he has a hump right between his eyes. I have rode lots of horses and none of them have heads like Billy Bob. His head is very unique to me!

Billy Bob is a great horse. No other horse is as unique as Billy Bob to me! His personalities, which are stubborn and sesitive, the way he moves, and because he is so beautiful, makes Billy Bob a magical and an unbelievable horse. S.H.F. Billy Bob is very unique to me, and I love him very much.

The Can Do Horse
11-17 winner

What makes arabians so different from other horses? I think that their inquisitive minds, beauty, and willingness to learn has placed them in a catagory of their own. Arabians have captured the hearts and minds of generation in the past and the many more to come in the future. The Arabian is the best horse breed that the human race could ever ask for and here's way.

The foundation of all the horse breeds started with the arabians. Arabians were considered the honored and sacred steeds of kings and queens and have led kingdoms to victory when wars were on. The wealth of many families were determined by the purity of the lineage of the Arabian that the possessed. Because of their diligence in keeping the breed pure we still enjoy today the abundace of talent that people enjoyed years ago.

The Arabian in an overall "can do horse". They have excelled in extreme equestrian sports and are continuing to awe the world with their athletic abilities. Their personalities have also captured the hearts of many people throughout the world because of their gentle and willing spirit. People of all ages are blessed by arabians and have been able to reach for their dreams at any age and anything.

The Arabian is an amazing and beautiful creature that is different from all the rest because of their natural beauty and unconditional loving spirit. They will continue to captivate the minds and sprits of the young at heart in the years to come.

Other essays submitted:

Arabians - A different Kind of Horse

  Why are Arabians a different kind of horse? Well, it all starts with their features, personality and their amazing talents. So let’s hear it! Their features are just absolutely most definitely different than any other kind of horse in the world. Their body and their neck are like a piece of artwork that had been created by a genius. They have a body of an angel and a beautiful eye. When you stare in their eyes you don’t see fear you see confidence like when you look into the eyes of a tiger. The way they move their body with their tail in the air is like watching a famous dancer performing his best dance.

Their personality is the best personality that anything could have. You can always count on them to be your friend no matter what and they will always be there for you to share your feelings with and to tell your inner secrets that no one can ever know. When I have a bad day I go to my horse and he will cheer me up. They don’t always do what you ask them to do but you can’t hold it against them because they can have bad days just like us. But I know I can always count on my horse to be there for me.

Their amazing talents are like nothing else you’ve ever seen before. They can perform so many different ways. Look at the way those park horses move their legs, the way the hunter horses are so graceful and the Country and English horses can trot so well to the music and the crowd cheering them on. Believe me, I know I have a country horse and he loves the music and the crowd. It makes him trot higher! Oh, and don’t forget the Western horse and the reining horse they are controlled by one hand, that’s absolutely amazing the way they are trained.

Arabian horses are willing to do anything you tell them to do as long as you cue them right and praise them when they do it. They are very smart animals. It takes a lot of hard work and practice but it is worth it in the end. I think Arabians are different because they have so many talents and can do so many different things. I love my horse, he loves me and he is my best friend.

The Arabian horse is one of the most majestic and yet still a delicate creation. With there eyes of determination. There piercing glare aimed on the prize, the finish line. With one blink of there eyes to see them as sweet as molasses. The neck shaped, with a curve of steel. There mussels hard and distinct to show every groove. With one drop of the head, ears softly forward, ready to give the all so familiar nuzzle. The body and legs so stately and intense. As perfect as a luxury auto. With one giving step, walks thought tall sweet grass with colorful flowers, grasshoppers, fireflies all around, follows the one they love back to the barn. The dock of the tail with one pierces sharp swoosh, the tail can strike the smallest of flies. With one gentle movement of the tail full and fresh as a new bail of hay. Shining like a ray of the morning sun, reaching though the clouds all the way down to softly touch the earth beneath. The gentle movement swaying in the afternoon wind. The head held high, the pride of the herd, a Strong incredible presents. With one soft look they give, heart felt, unconditional love. My horse. The horse. A different kind of horse. My Arabian.

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