May 28, 201115 yr http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=15716018 ^^^ must see TV . . Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick ponies . . May 26th, 2011 @ 9:53pm By ksl.com FARMINGTON -- While the state has yet to officially cancel any events involving horses that might have been exposed to a local recent equine herpes outbreak, owners and arenas are taking precautions. Because of the outbreak, contestants at the Davis County Sheriff's Mounted Posse Junior Queen Contest had to cowgirl up Thursday night without their mares. Instead of competing on horses, as is typically the case, contestants were asked to trot around the arena with stick horses as their show ponies. cont.
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