Battle of the Best
Training Competition

A fun friendly horse training competition for adult horse trainers.

Horse pick-up: April 5, 2025

Competition: July 26, 2025

At the Isanti County Fairgrounds in Cambridge, MN

This event is open to the public! Riding horses will be available for adoption at the event. Take your lucky horse home that day!

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BBTC Rulebook (click here)

2025 BBTC Results

2025 Winners:

Division 1: Technical Placings
🥇Dawson Alme with Tempest
🥈Terri Marken with Aztro

Division 1: Freestyle Placings
🥇Dawson Alme with Tempest
🥈Terri Marken with Aztro

Division 1: Overall Placings
🏆Dawson Alme with Tempest
🥈Terri Marken with Aztro
🥉Anne Senger with Whisper
4️⃣Sarah Erickson with Lyra
5️⃣ Hailey Germain with Soko

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Division 2: Technical Placings
🥇Beth Dahlberg with Fiesta
🥈Emily Christensen with Jitterbug

Division 2: Freestyle Placings
🥇Beth Dahlberg with Fiesta
🥈2-way tie!
Emily Christensen with Jitterbug
Ally Pink with Doodle

Division 2: Overall Placings
🏆 Beth Dahlberg with Fiesta
🥈Emily Christensen with Jitterbug
🥉Ally Pink with Doodle
4️⃣Katie Livingood with Ranger
5️⃣Andrew Meyer with Omni

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Division 3: Technical Placings
🥇Elli Kramer with Belle
🥈Jen Egge with Ninja

Division 3: Freestyle Placings
🥇Elli Kramer with Belle
🥈Jen Egge with Ninja

Division 3: Overall Placings
🏆 Elli Kramer with Belle
🥈Jen Egge with Ninja
🥉Isabella Anderson with Dazzle
4️⃣ Hannah Germain with Finale
5️⃣ Erica Sireno with Paladin

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Peewee Division
🏆 Blayne Sweet with Jigsaw
🥈Jen Egge with Orion
🥉Saydi Sweet with Puzzle
4️⃣Leah Ward with Popcorn

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We can't forget about our Specialty Awards!
"Best Glow-up": Beth Dahlberg with Fiesta
"Dress to Impress": Katie Livingood with Ranger
"Most Captivating Performance": Dawson Alme with Tempest
And for our trainer who was faced with the destruction of a tornado during this challenge, we have our "Resilience Award": Isabella Anderson with Dazzle

2025 Adopted BBTC Horses:

Tempest

Aztro

Whisper

Fiesta

Jitterbug

Ranger

Belle

Ninja

Jigsaw

Puzzle

2025 BBTC Program

What is the BBTC?

The Battle of the Best Training Competition (BBTC) is a competition featuring horse trainers from all over the Midwest. These trainers have from April 5th to July 26th to work with an unstarted horse and train it to the best of their ability. Then it's time to compete against all other trainers in a battle to find out who is the best.
This is the 2nd year running the BBTC. There will be 4 divisions for horses and trainers.

Division 1 is for unstarted horses shown at the walk, trot, canter.

Division 2 is for unstarted 3 yr olds shown at the walk and trot.

Division 3 is for horses that have been started but need more training or can benefit from more training.

Peewee Division is for horses under the age of 2 that cannot be ridden yet.
All horses except those in the Peewee division will be available for adoption at the event! Starting bid $2000!
This event is open to the public!