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 5, 2026
From Trainer Haily Chitwood: I can't post multiple videos to the same post so here's pt. 3 of the previous post Padme...
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Haily Chitwood: I can't post multiple videos to the same post so here's pt. 2 of the previous post Padme...
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Haily Chitwood: Padme has been doing well and we are moving a bit better now that leading isn't so scary....
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Aspen Lyons: Me and Luke got some beautiful pictures from our last show I am in aw of how they Luke and...
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Aspen Lyons: Today me and Luke didn’t do much he’s getting to the point where he has most of the basics...
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Aspen Lyons: Today me and Luke did a little more desensitization, we also did some lunging and side...
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Aspen Lyons: Today Luke got more desensitization! Today me and Luke played around with a tarp. While he...
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Haylee Nichols: Little bit of a unfortunate update, but I dont want to only show our good times because...
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Day 65 with Vincent Whew it’s been a minute. Things have been busy around here the past...
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Day 45 with Vincent Worked outside of the arena today. We warmed up with some lunging,...
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Day 39 with vincent Some snippets from ride #2 with Vinny
July 5, 2026
From Trainer Marlee Stortroen: Day 34 with Vincent Well today was the day. I swung a leg over and it couldn’t have gone...
