Beginning early on July 28th, Team Louisiana began moving into the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds with dreams of accomplishing their goals at the 2010 AQHYA Youth World Show. The temperature ranged around 110 degrees and was predicted to get hotter.

The first wave of Team Louisiana arriving was halter, western and English youths. Once the horses and exhibitors settled into their stalls, preparation began. Practicing patterns, clipping manes, banding and baths were dominate. Team Louisiana was preparing for their arena dreams.

First up for Team Louisiana was halter. They went in like a storm and brought the first wave of heat with the following youths prevailing in the top 15 in their classes:

3-year old Mares	Paige Nevils		13th placing			Thats Y Im Cool
Aged Mares		Andy Causey		12th placing			Wincredibly Charming
			Mikayla Meyer		7th placing			Fellas R Cool
Yearling Geldings	Melissa Birch		8th placing			Kidd Promise
			Alex Causey		5th placing			Im Doing Fine
2-year old Geldings	Andy Causey		6th placing			Im Dominate Too
			Orrin Fontenot		10th placing			Local Celebrity
			Riley Rivers		Reserve and Silver Globe	Real Groovy
3-year old Geldings	Annie Clae' Barousse	12th placing			Intensely Dominate	
Aged Geldings		Sydney Rivers		3rd  placing and Bronze Globe	Ima Handsome Clu

Once halter was over, the western and English teams made their way to the arena. Competition was high with Team Louisiana showing at their best. Some made it to the preliminaries, but unfortunately did not make the top 15. There is no doubt that Team Louisiana is very competitive in these events.

When everyone thought Team Louisiana might be calming down, then came the "speed storm" which caused a lot of turning n burning; dipping and darting and all that stuff that goes with the barrel racing, pole bending and stake races. When the dust cleared, Team Louisiana had rocked Oklahoma City with the following youths prevailing in the top 10:

Stakes			Sidney Sehon		3rd placing and Bronze Globe	The Bikini Scandal
			Katie Reine		4th placing			Bullys Storm
			Paige Nevils		9th placing			Docs Some Boss
										(28 years young)

After the speed storm calmed down and OK City thought it might get cooler, little did they know another storm was brewing and it was only going to get hotter. It was time for the Team Louisiana team penning/ranch sorting/ tie-down roping exhibitors. Once these youths entered the arena, it was evident that their arena dreams were coming true. When it did get cooler, Team Louisiana had taken the roof off of the dome with the following youths prevailing:

Team Penning		Corey Free		3rd placing and Bronze Globe	Ole Colonel Jackie
			Cydney Free		3rd placing and Bronze Globe	Heza Pappy Fitz
			Corey Free		4th placing			Skeezixs Streak
			Cydney Free		4th placing			Tivios Freckle Man

Ranch Sorting		Corey Free		1st placing and Gold Globe	Ole Colonel Jackie

Tie down roping		Issac Fontenot		2nd placing and Silver Globe	Matataris Rapper
  

Team Louisiana showed their presence at the 2010 AQHYA Youth World Show held in Oklahoma City and will be bigger and better next year.

Glenda B. Pickett
LQHYA Youth Advisor