Libby Saddle Club caps season with O-Mok-See

The Libby Saddle Club hosted its annual O-Mok-See event Sept. 20-22 at J. Neils Memorial Park.

Several dozen riders from Montana, Idaho and Washington competed in the three-day event. Founded in the 1950s, the club has provided the opportunity for equine lovers with the desire to compete in horse gaming in Lincoln County.

The sport of O-Mok-See began with the Blackfoot Indian Tribe. It means “riding big dance.” It also referred to pattern horse racing.

Here are the results:

Turn’N 4 Gold Buckle Show

Under age 8

1. Trapper Feist -980

2. Ava Miller-880

3. Piper McComb-760

4. Wilder Feist-600

5. Blaine Theis-460

6. Kaysin Larsen -340

8-11 years old

1. Sidni Sorensen - 980

2. Annalise Theis-770

3. Hali McPhee-630

4. Lisa Tuck-620

5. Bess Baker-550

6. Finley Hannah-370

7. Emily Stolfus-350

8. Bailey Lindgren-330

9. Taevyn Zitterkopf-230

10. Adilyn Penney-150

12-15 years old

1. Axel Jones- 760

2. Corbin Jasper-740

3. Kyla Gully-730

4. Kambryn Eubanks-480

5. tie (1, 2nd) Levi Barnard -440

6. Evie Bennett- 440

7. Peyton Zillman-410

8. Trinity Jones-320

9. Evie Holm-240

10. Tenley Zitterkopf-170

16-30 years old

1. Mikaila Neilson-900

2. Braelyn Gee-510

3. Kassandra Jarvis -490

4. tie (1,1st) Katie McGilvary -440

5. Ashley Freese-440

6. tie (1, 1st)violet Erickson-430

7. Alex Andreessen-430

8. Kimbrea Thornsberry -390

9. Brynna Bostic-290

10. tie (1,1st) Reese mcquade-250

Women 31-45 years old

1. Ashley Penney- 840

2. Kelly McComb- 810

3. Krysta jacobs-660

4. Jessica purkey-610

5. tie (4, 1st) Beth Romain -540

6. Hannah Jacobson-540

7. Nikki Ainsle -360

46-plus women

1. Darcy Alm-750

2. tie (3,1st) Denise Neilson-680

3. Tricia Brooks- 680

4. tie (2,1st) Judith Hemphill-540

5. Melissa Smith-540

6.  Mary Toren-460

7. Apryl Brainard-430

8. Dawna Carlon-370

9. Kim Hoodenpyle-280

10. Pat Yost-190

Men

1. (3,1st) Kurtis Jarvis-780

2.  Joe Brooks-780

3. Justin Wallace-760

4. Denny Neilson-620

5. Brian Adams- 600

6. Steve Hill-520

7. Bob Jones- 410

8. Kyle Hoodenpyle-310

9. Dallas Johnson-250

10. Ed Visnovske-210

Jackpot Pole Bending

1D

1. Tricia Brooks, 23.461 seconds, $93.34
2. Joe Brooks, 23.521, $83.44
3. Beth Roman, 23.641, $63.64

2D

1.Corbin Jasper, 24.467 seconds, $162.64

4D

1. Ashley Penney, 26.701 seconds, $33.94
2. Dawna Carlon, 26.910, $31.47
3. Cami Barnard, 27.050, $26.53
4.     The flag bearers for the Libby O-Mok-See event last month at J. Neils Memorial Park. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
     
5.     Competitors in the Libby O-Mok-See event last month were still practicing up until it was time to compete. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)