Michlynn St. John defended her reserve world champion title in amateur buckskin bred showmanship at the American Buckskin Registry Association World Show in July in Tulsa.
It was a bittersweet event, she said, as her horse, Ted, was in his final days as a competitor. He was retired in August.
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