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The Boulder County 4-H Horse Judging Team earned the privilege of representing Colorado 4-H at multiple national competitions during the next year with a hard-fought reserve state championship in a very close contest at the Colorado State 4-H Conference. The annual competition was held in conjunction with the three-day leadership conference at Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, Colo. The team plans to attend the American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Contest in Oklahoma City, OK in August, the All-American Quarter Horse Association Contest in Columbus, OH in October, the Arabian & Half-Arabian Horse Association National Championship Contest in Tulsa, OK in October and the National Reining Horse Association Futurity Contest in Oklahoma City, OK in November. Teams from counties across Colorado competed in the day-long contest and the Boulder County 4-H Team won the performance division and ended second in halter, reasons and overall. Team members include: Sophia Block and Madison Guerrero, both of Erie, and Rhiannon McDermid and Mattea McQueen, both of Berthoud. Among over 25 peers, Boulder County boasted three of the top ten overall individuals with Mattea and Rhiannon finishing as the top two individuals of the entire contest. Mattea was the top contestant in both halter and performance, earning her High Individual honors by a mere seven points, a beautiful champion buckle and a scholarship courtesy of the CSU Animal Sciences Department.  As individuals, Rhiannon was third in halter, second in performance, sixth in reasons and second overall; Sophia was twelfth in halter, eighth in performance, tenth in reasons