1st Place - Danny and Desleigh Hughes
Prize: FREE "Crossing Rainbow Bridge" figurine

Kaitlyn Hughes & Alleycat
My 14 year old daughter, Kaitlyn Hughes with Alleycat. Sadly she was
PTS only a few weeks ago because of cancer. She was over 30 years old.

2nd Place - Tara Leigh
Prize: FREE Ride the Sky book

Tara Leigh & Wyatt the Riot
Let me introduce you to Wyatt the Riot. He's a rescue pup.

3rd Place - Kierstin Hensley
Prize: FREE Ride the Sky book

Kierstin Hensley & Magic
This is my horse, Magic. He died at 26 years last winter. I laid on top of him crying as he took his last breath and I watched him go to heaven. I grew up riding him ever since I could walk. He is my reason of my love for horses. He was one of the greatest, sweetest, and best personality horses that I have ever encountered. No one knows what it is like to lose a pet until you’ve lost someone as great as him. To win this contest would mean the world to me because I would then have a painted pony for him to be remembered by. I hope you’re eating your favorite carrots and have a big green pasture where you are baby.

Ride the Sky

Ride the Sky is the first "inspirational book" to be published by The Trail of Painted Ponies. Ride the Sky brings something new and exciting to the "inspirational book" category. It is a hardbound book,100 pages in length and features gorgeous photographs of 43 Painted Ponies, some never published before, each paired with an inspiring quotation that captures the spirit of the artwork on the Pony. Ride the Sky will encourage you to live more artfully and show you how to fly without wings.

Tara Walton & Brooke
This is me and my forever horse, Brooke. She was my first project horse that was rescued from an abusive life and ended up being the most kind & gentle soul I have ever encountered. Brooke crossed the Rainbow Bridge in 2013 due to an illness. As I said before, she is my forever horse. Even though she is gone, she is always with me in my memories & my heart.

Sioux Skyhorse Whitefeather & Binky
This is my cremello QH, Binky, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge last year as the result of a tendon injury - he was only 6yo & I miss him dearly. Binky was special from the start, born 20 November 2011 (in Australia, that is written 20/11/2011), he was orphaned at 10 hours & that was the beginning of our very close bond. I basically lived in my tack room for 3 months, commuting between home, stables & work, on public transport - it was crazy! At 8-10 days old, he was fostered by my leopard appaloosa mare Harli & so he was lucky to be taught to "be a horse". But Harli did not have milk, so he was still bucket raised. I feel very blessed to have had Binky in my life, to have the amazing experience of hand raising him, of seeing Harli take on a foal by free choice who wasn't her own, for having the chance to have such an incredible bond with a horse.

Amanda J & Morgan
Here are a picture of me with my corgi (Morgan). Morgan loves to dress up and smile, and is very photogenic. Thank you for your consideration.

Laura Diakow & Shaker

Destiny Sapp with Indy & Roxy

Adelynn and her horse Rosie