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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July 19, 2026
From Trainer Haily Chitwood: Worked with Padme some more the last couple of days. We've been yielding, picking up and...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Haily Chitwood: Leading Padme out after her session without her rushing the gate or running off. See...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Haily Chitwood: Some grooming and picking up feet. See previous post for more info from today! Padme will...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Haily Chitwood: Me and Padme have been in a rough patch recently. We have learned that we can pull back...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Haily Chitwood: The Fan Favorite for the showdown is live! The team that gets the most votes will get a...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Aspen Lyons: Today Luke and me just played! We decided to take a day with no expectations as I realized he...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Aspen Lyons: If you are interested in Luke please show your support by voting fan favorite!Luke is picking...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Aspen Lyons: It’s been about a week since I’ve worked with Luke so we just did a small refresher! Today I...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Haylee Nichols: In case you needed a little extra encouragement on who's your favorite from this year's...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Haylee Nichols: Blake told me this morning he was feeling very patriotic. I mean what's more American then...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Who is that?! The GSH crew came up last weekend to do a halfway check and take pictures...
July 19, 2026
From Trainer Arryanna Schnetzer : After almost a week off, I got to ride my lovely mare today. I went back to lunging...
