Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine May 2018 Vol 3 Issue 2

Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine ®

11 Year Old Cowgirl Mustang Ambassador Goes International

America’s mustangs may have just had their youngest ambassador abroad. Angeline Saliceti, an 11yr old from Topeka, Kansas just returned from representing the Brand in Europe. As the Extreme Cowboy Association’s reining Young Guns World Grand Champion with her mustang Samson, Angeline was invited to compete at Equita Lyon in France for one of the largest equestrian events in Europe. In 2012, Angeline’s family adopted Samson through the Hutchinson Correctional Facility’s training program. Once considered unridable, time, patience and persistence built a bond between the 6yr old and her horse. She asked to join the Ultimate Horsemen’s Challenge

Association in Kansas and enter Extreme Cowboy Association racing with Samson. By the end of their first racing season Angeline and Samson had accumulated enough points to qualify for Craig Cameron’s Extreme Cowboy Association’s World Championship in Texas. At seven years old she was the youngest competitor to qualify. After two days of racing, Angeline and Samson qualified for the top 10 to make finals, where they placed sixth overall. They had been together less than a year, which to us was astonishing! For the past 5 years, Angeline and Samson qualified for finals in the EXCA World Championships, and last year under the coaching of Lee Hart,

she earned the Young Guns Day 1 and Day 2 High Point World Champion, as well as the Young Gun EXCA World Finals Grand Champion! They also earned the 2015 EXCA Kansas State Grand Champion, 2015 EXCA Missouri State Grand Champion, 2015 EXCA Mid Central Grand Champion, 2015 UHCA Buckaroo Grand Champion, 2015 4H Racing Grand Champion, 2015 4H Performance Grand Champion, 2016 EXCA Missouri State

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