Back to Berrien $10K Added NSBA “THE DAC” $2,500 Novice Horse Open Western Pleasure

The flagship class of Back to Berrien returned again this year – a $10,000 Added NSBA “THE DAC” $2,500 Novice Horse Open Western Pleasure, offered for 3 YO and over novice horses who have not earned over $2500 as of June 1, 2025. The DAC sponsored feature class also offers a limited rider division with added money.

The 2025 Back to Berrien is judged by Amanda Gately, Valerie Kearns, Judd Paul, Nancy Sue Ryan, and Randy Wilson, with judge Dan Trein judging the NSBA & AQHA Special Event on Wednesday. The show is managed by Jon and Kathy Barry, Gil and Becky Galyean, and Wallace and Sissy Anderson.

See results for this year’s class with 21 teams!

 

		Horse & Exhibitor	Owner	Payout	Sire x Dam
1st		First Thingz First Aaron Moses	Katie Van Slyke	$4,828.80	RL Best of Sudden x VS The First Lady
2nd		American Machine Katy Jo Zuidema	Mallory Menard	$3,319.80	Machine Made X Flashin My Best
3rd Also the Limited Champion		Pop Lock N Drop Itt Dillon P Hatten	Taylor Punt	$2,867.10	Im A Platinum Dream X WW Shes Certain
4th		Hypnotizzed Katie M Green	Ditty Up LLC	$1,509.00	No Doubt Im Lazy x HP Surely Im Sleepy
5th		Lore Bugg Blake Britton	James & Kelly McWhinney	$1,358.10	Machine Made X Only The Best
6th		Speckle Trout Angie Rigdon Cannizzaro	Angie Rigdon Cannizzaro	$1,207.20	Cool Breeze X Lookin Hot In Blue
7th		Certainly A Blessing Jamie Hartman
8th		Made To Be Foxy RJ King
9th		Gone Tailgating Taft Dickerson
10th		Pacmaan Brian E Cox
11th		Slow The Curve Donnie Recchiuti
12th		Wilde Child Kenneth D Lakins Jr
13th		Mama Said Lope Houston Huff
14th		Km Easy Being Me Kristy L Starnes
15th		Choose Wisely J Cole Baker
16th		Rockin On Impulse Michael John Tivoli
17th		Makin Good Money Brian Baker
18th		Wanna Meet Sherlock Chad Piper
19th		Good To Be Alluring Patrick Heeley
20th		SoCoolIMagnificent Brent Garringer
21st		Pinky Swear Mark Katafiasz Jr

 

Find all results for the show here:  TNT App