Dakota Showdown Blog
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Want to follow the 100-day journey of our trainers and horses? The Dakota Showdown Blog brings you exclusive updates, behind-the-scenes stories, and important event details. From weekly progress reports on each horse-trainer team to event announcements and insider tips, this is your go-to source for everything Showdown.
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May 24, 2026
From Trainer Haylee Nichols: Let's properly introduce this guy! This is Blake, a 2 year old BLM mustang. Blake was born...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Day 27 with Vincent Muddy arena so we worked in the grass and on lunging tonight. In the...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Day 26 with Vincent Worked on softening to the bridle today along with sidepassing and...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Day 18 &19 with Vincent After a couple of days off we are back to work. We worked on...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Day 5 with Vincent We got the saddle on today! He was a chill guy and never offered any...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Day 3 with Vincent Back to the arena today. We worked on lunging today which he picked...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: No arena work today because of some rain but we worked on oral medication instead. Vinny...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Say hello to Vincent! Yesterday we went and picked up this big boy. He got off the...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Arryanna Schnetzer : Today was another amazing day with Dove! I worked on the ground with the saddle on,...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Arryanna Schnetzer : Hello everyone! As we move closer to summer, I am looking for sponsors! The money...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Arryanna Schnetzer : Today was an unexpected day. I had been out in the barn cleaning stalls. Dove had...
May 24, 2026
From Trainer Arryanna Schnetzer : My original goal today was to introduce Dove to a saddle but plans changed. Dove...
