Casey Saddle Club sets 2008 show dates

Special to the Tribune-Star

CASEY, Ill. May 15, 2008 10:22 pm

— The Casey Saddle Club conducted its annual meeting in March at the Casey Pizza Hut to set the show dates, work dates and revise the show schedule for the club.
The first show of the season is Saturday in the Casey Park. The remainder of the shows will be June 21, July 4, Aug. 9 and Sept. 13. All shows start at 3 p.m. The proceeds for the July 4 show will once again go to benefit the Clark County Shriners and their work for the Shriners Children Hospital. Last year, the Casey Saddle Club was able to donate more than $500 to the organization.
The club is again fortunate to have generous sponsors to support them. Steve Hamilton will once again donate a belt buckle so we can have a Youth High Points Award this year. Also, Bill and Judy Crouch are donating the ribbons that are handed out to all participants that place first through sixth.
The Casey Saddle Club has already had a couple of work days at the arena to make some much needed improvements. The biggest improvement that the club agreed to do this year was moving the announcers stand to the west end of the arena. Jim Bolin furnished use of the equipment and operator to make this happen.
The Casey Saddle Club Web site is caseysaddleclub.google
pages.com/caseysaddleclub. The new e-mail address is caseysaddleclub@gmail.com . Visitors will be able to find the show bill, directions to the arena and various other tidbits of information.
On Sept. 8, the club staged a Fun Show in Fairview Park. Sixteen riders participated in the show. Because of inclement weather, some of the regular classes were deleted.
The results of the classes:
Keyhole Race:
1st Place, Jessica Zellers (Casey)
2nd Place, Scott Justice (Greenup)
3rd Place, Emily Tatge (Casey)
4th Place, Dakota Blakeman (Casey)
5th Place, Courtney Gossett (Charleston)
6th Place, Allison Gossett (Charleston)
Keg Race:
1st Place, Jessica Zellers (Casey)
2nd Place, Courtney Gossett (Charleston)
3rd Place, Scott Justice (Greenup)
4th Place, Lindsey Tatge (Casey)
5th Place, Caleb Haley (Martinsville)
6th Place, Emily Tatge (Casey)
Barrels:
1st Place, Jessica Zellers (Casey)
2nd Place, Allison Gossett (Charleston)
3rd Place, Courtney Gossett (Charleston)
4th Place, Scott Justice (Greenup)
5th Place, Lindsey Tatge (Casey)
6th Place, Emily Tatge (Casey)
Flag Race:
1st Place, Courtney Gossett (Charleston)
2nd Place, Dakota Blakeman (Casey)
3rd Place, Emily Tatge (Casey)
4th Place, Lindsey Tatge (Casey)
5th Place, Elijah Justice (Greenup)
6th Place, Caleb Haley (Martinsville)
Pony Express Race:
1st Place, Jessica Zellers (Casey)
2nd Place, Emily Tatge (Casey)
3rd Place, Scott Justice (Greenup)
4th Place, Dakota Blakeman (Casey)
5th Place, Elijah Justice (Greenup)
6th Place, Lindsey Tatge (Casey)
Ribbon Race:
1st Place, Jessica Zellers (Casey) and Courtney Gossett (Charleston)
2nd Place, Emily Tatge (Casey) and Lindsay Tatge (Casey)
Plug Race:
1st Place, Jessica Zellers (Casey)
2nd Place, Allison Gossett (Charleston)
3rd Place, Dakota Blakeman (Casey)
4th Place, Scott Justice (Greenup)
5th Place, Courtney Gossett (Charleston)
6th Place, Lindsey Tatge (Casey)
Poles:
1st Place, Courtney Gossett (Charleston)
2nd Place, Scott Justice (Greenup)
3rd Place, Lindsey Tatge (Casey)
4th Place, Dakota Blakeman (Casey)
5th Place, Allison Gossett (Charleston)
6th Place, Caleb Haley (Martinsville)
Musical Poles:
1st Place, Jessica Zellers (Casey)
2nd Place, Lindsey Tatge (Casey)
3rd Place, Caleb Haley (Martinsville)
4th Place, Emily Tatge (Casey)
5th Place, Courtney Gossett (Charleston)
6th Place, Allison Gossett (Charleston)
The following people helped with the show: Bob Zellers, Michelle Haley, Dan Haley, Jill Tatge, Harold Tatge, Jim Bolin, Diane Bolin, Scott Gossett, Ed McKinney and Angela Zellers.
Throughout the show, various prizes were drawn to give to all of the riders and many of the spectators. Riders included Lindsey Tatge, Emily Tatge, Caleb Haley, Dakota Blakeman, Courtney Gossett, Allison Gossett, Riley McKinney, Jessica Zellers, Sarah Simpson, Hannah Simpson, Dylan Hickox, Scott Justice, Elijah Justice, Shelby Zellers, Karlee Maschhoff and Haley Elliott. Spectator prizes were donated by the Casey Saddle Club, B& B Propane, Snedeker Insurance, J & K Mitchell, Markwell Funeral Home, Union Planters, Casey State Bank, Toledo State Bank, Edie Wittenmeyer (White Stallion,) John Deere and Casey Farm Pride. Spectator winners were Kyle McKinney, Ed McKinney, Michelle Blakeman, Jerry Zellers, Debbie Zellers, Lanie Twigg, Ashley Mitchell, Misty Murray, Macy Roe, Michelle Haley, Danny Haley and Amilynn Zellers.
For more information, call Bob Zellers at (217) 932-5411 or Harold Tatge at (217) 932-6111.