07/04/2026
After 18 days of living in the hot, humid Fort Worth bubble that is the APHA World Show… we’re officially Sweet Home Alabama bound! 🤍
This year’s World Show was incredibly good to us, and we’re heading home more grateful than ever.
🔹 SCENE AS LAZY 🔹
🏆 World Champion Masters Senior Pleasure with Leah Carpenter Hassell
🏆 World Champion Intermediate Masters Senior Pleasure with Leah
🏆 World Champion Intermediate Senior Pleasure with Zane Bates
🔹 THE WILD WILD WEST 🔹
🏆 World Champion EWD Pleasure with Sara Waltrip
🏆 Reserve World Champion Bridleless Pleasure with Taylor Bates
🏅 Top 5 Masters Junior Pleasure with Lisa Waltrip
🔹 FOR BETTER OR WORSE 🔹
🏆 World Champion Intermediate Junior HUS with Taylor Bates
🔹 SST BISCUIT AT NITE 🔹
🥉 Third Super Sires Novice Horse Pleasure - Limited with Zane Bates
Our 2yos are riding around with total confidence, too. We can’t wait to show off all of their hard work and talent soon.
We were also fortunate enough to sell multiple horses while in Fort Worth—more on that soon! We’re so excited for everyone involved.
And, we found amazing homes for all of our corgi babies! ❤️
Thank you to Kollin & Miranda for being incredible hosts and even better friends.
Thank you to Kenny for not only shoeing our horses to perfection with 110% effort every single time, but also for being one of our biggest supporters.
Thank you to Arthur for everything you do to keep everyone prepped and at the top of their game. Truly the unsung hero of the whole camp… or battlefield, if you will. (iykyk 😜)
Thank you to Giana and Jeremiah for keeping everything running smoothly back at the barn while we were gone. We literally couldn’t have done it without you both!
One of the best parts of the trip was getting to spend it surrounded by so many of our favorite people in Fort Worth. That certainly wasn’t lost on us. Thank you to everyone who stopped by the stalls for w**e slushies, laughs, and good conversation. 🍹
I’m not sure how we’ll ever top this year… but I guess we start trying for 2027 today. 💪🏻
More photos to come as we get them back…
