Texas Tech University's Ranch Horse Red Team in the Department of Animal & Food Sciences garnered the World Champion Title in the Division 1 Collegiate grouping in October at the Stock Horse of Texas World Show & Derby at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene, Texas, program officials report. Separately, Tech's Ranch Horse Black team placed third at the national competition.

Among the winners from the Tech team were:

All-around World Championship Collegiate Non Pro

• Jordan Cheek (2) from Hico
• Matt Major (3) from Magdalena, New Mexico
• Ben McCartney (4) from Throckmorton
• Sawyer Sanders (5) from Era

All-around World Championship Collegiate Limited Non Pro

• Teghan Brooks (2) from Wolfforth
• Chesney Reeves (3) from Central City, Nebraska
• Sarita Short (8) from Voss
• Sarah Garner (9) from Azle
• Iris Baker (10) from Dripping Springs

All-around World Championship Collegiate Novice

• Grace Blackwell (1) from Checotah, Oklahoma
• J'Cee Faith Petty (7) from Adrian
• Ethan Smith (10) from Floydada

More than 3,000 competitors attended the five-day Stock Horse of Texas World Show & Derby with participants coming from 13 states, and an age range from eight to 80. 

It's been a very good year for Texas Tech's Ranch Horse Teams. In April the team captured the program's sixth national championship and first since 2016 by dominating three other teams in the competition at the Hughes Trailers Collegiate Ranch & Stock Horse Championship at the Tri-State Fairgrounds in Amarillo. Tech won the overall Division I competition with a two-go-round score of 288, easily outpacing nearby rival West Texas A&M, which finished second.

CONTACT: Chance Brooks, Interim Chair and Professor, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or chance.brooks@ttu.edu

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