2019 Country Tough Trail Versatility National Championship
Save the date! More information coming!
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Leroy Van Dyke and The Auctioneers will have a grassroots concert in Leroy’s childhood stomping grounds. Less than 10 miles away is where Leroy was born, grew up, and went to school. Von Holten Ranch is located on a family owned farm that has been in the same family since 1906. The Von Holten’s and the Van Dyke’s have been neighbors for over 100 years!
Tickets are $30 and can be purchased either at Von Holten Ranch in advance or online at www.vonholtenranch.com under the Country Tough Mercantile tab.
If it is not raining, the concert will be in the outdoor venue at Von Holten Ranch. If it is raining, the concert will be under the covered arena.
BRING A CHAIR!
Leroy and The Auctioneers will begin at 6pm, preshow entertainment starts at 5:30pm with local musician Matthew Cozart from Odessa, MO.
Von Holten Ranch has ample parking, a heated and air conditioned guest shower house with restrooms, and is also bringing in handicapped accessible portable toilets.
Concessions will also be available!
Von Holten Ranch also has shirts, cups, koozies, caps, silicone bracelets, leatherwork, children’s books written by Brandy Von Holten, and MO made ice cream for sale.
The concert is on Saturday, October 19, 2019 which is part of the 2nd Annual CT2V National Championship (CT2V=Country Tough Trail Versatility), which is a three day event. Come early on the 19th and watch the competitors compete in Ranch Horsemanship and a super fun event called Cowboy Roulette. In Cowboy Roulette, the competitors do not know what they have entered until the event calls for entries to show up and then the event is explained. The winner takes half of the entry fee!
Date: November 9-10, 2019
Cost: $125 per day, auditors $20 and not allowed until noon on Saturday
Daily Times:
Saturday: Beginners: 8am-3pm, Returning Students: 11am-6pm
Sunday: 9am-4pm
Location:
Von Holten Ranch
30455 Pacific School Rd
Mora, MO 65345
Phone: 816-719-5988 clinic sign up
Email: vonholtenranch@yahoo.com
The training manual is INCLUDED in this clinic price!
This is the last mounted archery clinic in Missouri for 2019!
Rain or Shine
$100 per participant, $50 nonrefundable deposit
In saddle or in hand
Bring a sack lunch
9am-4pm, 1 hour lunch
This clinic will focus on the correct way to introduce your equine to obstacles. We will focus on the approach, the obstacle, the departure, and the correct time to release pressure. Outdoor obstacles and arena obstacles will be used.
For the safety of our trail guests and their equine, Von Holten Ranch will be closed. Thank you for your consideration. We will reopen November 27, 2019.
Von Holten Ranch had a magical golden feathered turkey. It is so magical that each of the 24 feathers that were lost on the trails and only able to be found on November 30th are EACH WORTH DIFFERENT PRIZES…..some money, some tack, and some are worth a culinary treat!.
Simple potluck on Saturday night in the HEATED wedding venue! Bring finger foods, dips, and healthy treats so everyone’s waistline can stop expanding from Thanksgiving!
Have one last adventure with your family before having to nestle down for the winter!
Are you ready for SOME FUN!!! Check out these details!!
Come try Country Tough Trail Versatility / CT2V!
You will compete in actual trail, obstacles without points for speed, and a versatility pattern. We will have everyone do RH1 for this competition.
Now, here’s the fun part! In addition to winning versatility ribbons, each competitor that completes the three events will be given a ticket with a number. We will have a huge reveal of the prizes that correspond with the numbers! Here’s the fun part….some prizes are gag gifts are some are LEGIT gifts! There will be at least one $50 gift certificate amongst the prizes.
Bundle up and bring out those fuzzy ponies!
This event is not part of a series, and is just a stand alone competition. However, this will go towards qualifying for the national championship scheduled for October 9-11, 2020
Save the date!
Semi-formal/country banquet, dinner, awards and celebration!
The owners live at the ranch. However, with this being the slow season, we have ask that you CALL BEFORE YOU HAUL. We use this opportunity to mark new trails and spend time with friends and family. WE WILL PROBABLY BE HERE, BUT CALL TO BE SURE. After March 1st, we are open everyday unless posted online here and on facebook.
$50 per person, lunch provided
Co-instructed by CT2V Judge Teresa Krapes and Host/Judge Brandy Von Holten
This clinic is in the HEATED wedding barn!
We will go over the rules, scoring, and tips to perform your very best. When you leave this clinic you will understand scoring and have a game plan to succeed in CT2V in 2020!
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
This day is for competitors, parents, potential judges and volunteers…..anyone!
We will also have a few vendors and a chair masseuse during an extended lunch. That’s HOW COOL CT2V IS, PEOPLE…..hahaha!