
Ebbie Hansen
POINTS: 128.25
DIVISION: Open
HORSES: Zeek the Streek, Zipping Z
INSTAGRAM: hippicowgirl
Ebbie is the 2016 National Champion Sport Rider for the North Division. Zeek the Streak is the National Champion Sport Horse for the North Division.
Zeek and Ebbie started their 2016 season at the Great Gallatin Valley race in Bozeman. They won the Sport class pulling the awesome skier, Aaron Griffen. Next, they teamed up again at Whitefish and came out the Sport Champions. On to Jackson Hole, Ebbie and Aaron placed high in the average and started running Ebbie's mare, Zipping Z as well. Hailey, ID and Wisdom, MT were the next stops in which they garnered more points towards a National Championships for Ebbie and Aaron. Plus, Zeek the Streak was awarded National Sport horse of the Northern Division.

Richard Weber III
OPEN POINTS: 110.25
DIVISION: Open
HORSES: Twister, Lovely, Black Beauty, Dhabi, Serge, Prince, Derby
HOMETOWN: Ridgway, CO
BIO: My family has always believe in fast horses…….I finally discovered why we really need them.
RACE HISTORY:
2016 Southern Sport National Champion Rider

Joe Scanlon
Open Division - 61.5 Points
HORSE: Mud D Duck
HOMETOWN: Helena, MT
BIO: Long time Ski Joring Rider. One of the best in the west.
RACE HISTORY: Winning, winning, winning. 2016 Northern Open National Champion Rider.

Jeff Dahl
POINTS: 48.5
DIVISON: Open
HORSES: Cash, Rocket, Red Lodge
HOMETOWN: Durango, CO
BIO: Jeff is one of the original Ice Cowboys. He's been everywhere, done everything, and won over and over again. He pulls his son's Greg and Jason Dahl.

Scott Ping
POINTS: 42.5
DIVISION: Open
HORSE: Kona Coffee
HOMETOWN: Whitefish, Montana
BIO: Former NASJA President, Skijoring America Board Member, and former Whitefish Skijoring organizer. Great Rider, long time winner.
RACE HISTORY:

Tim McCarthy
SPORT POINTS: 10
DIVISION: Open/Sport
HORSES: Tank, Moose, Vader, Kruger
HOMETOWN: Aztec, NM
BIO: Long time competitor. Has a penchant for fast horses. Ski Joring America Board Member.
RACE HISTORY: Been running and winning for a very long time.

Mike Fredrickson
Open Division - 7.5 Points
HORSES: Leo, Moolah
HOMETOWN: Belgrade, Montana
BIO: Mike has been competiting for a few years and the man knows how to ride.
RACE HISTORY:
Winner Bozeman 2016, Jackson Hole 2016

Tim Guest
Open Division - 6 Points
HORSE: Bay Dog
HOMETOWN:
BIO: Tim is a long time competitor in many equestrian events.
RACE HISTORY:
Won a lot over the year.

CR Kunesh
POINTS: 80.5
DIVISION - Sport
HORSES - Easy-E & Kourtsey Coon Dog
BIO - CR is your 2017 Skijoring America Northern Sport Champion Rider. His Horse Easy-E took Horse of the year.

Sarah McConnell
SPORT DIVISION - 46.5 Points
HOMETOWN: Ridgway, CO
HORSE: Everybody Wants Me, Derby
Sarah is one badass rider. Sister of Richard Weber III, she is slowly breaking out into the Skijoring circuit looking to dominate.

Katherine Licht
SPORT DIVISION - 37.5 Points
HOMETOWN: Great Falls, MT
HORSE: CVC Wild Look aka Hell Bitch
INSTAGRAM: KatML07
Katherine and Quarter Horse mare have been ranch sorting and team penning together for a year now. They took 4th Day 2 at Lakeside this year pulling Emily Lewis.
SPONSORS: Dooley's Doabolical Diesel, Josh's Mohair Gear, and Girls with Guns Clothing.

Corie Downey
POINTS: 27
DIVISION: Sport
HORSE: Whiskey
This year is Corie first year competing in Skijoring. She will be attending Bozeman, Lincoln, Whitefish, Big Sky, Widsom, and Red Lodge.

Carissa Dahl
POINTS: 24.5
DIVISON: Sport
HORSE: Rage
HOMETOWN: Durango, Colorado
BIO: Carissa has been racing Rage for a few years now. They are fast and furious.

Amanda Hennessey
POINTS: 16.5
DIVISION: Sport
HORSE: (Silver) - LF Hancock Silverboy
This is Amanda's 2nd year skijoring. She and her buckskin gelding, Silver started off strong last year in the sport divison. She placed 2nd pulling Colin Cook and 4th pulling Conner Buckley at the Duckworth Montana Classic in Bozeman, Montana which featured a straight track design. In Whitefish she placed 4th with Colin Cook. Whitefish featured one day of straight track and one day of round track.
Silver is an all around horse that she has competed in numerous things with. From o-mok-sees, barrel racing, horse shows, judged trial rides to competitive trail rides, Silver does it all. Silver has also packed out elk and deer, drug out elk and deer, been used as a special Olympics horse as a 5yo, pulled kids/adults on a calf sled, and has ponied and helped trail many young colts. He is the kind of horse that Amanda can trust to throw an inexperenced rider on or any kind of child. He is fairly fast in an arena, but get him out on a wide open stretch and he kicks it up quite a few more gears!

TJ Simmons
POINTS: 18.75
DIVISION: Sport
HORSE: Turbo
HOMETOWN: Ordway, Colorado
BIO:
RACE HISTORY: TJ has been tearing up the circuit in the south sport division this year with his horse Turbo.

Eric Mikkelson
SPORT DIVISION - 15.75 Points
HORSE: Key Sunday
HOMETOWN: Albuquerque, NM
BIO: Starting skijoring at the Red River event in 2016.
RACE HISTORY: Red River 2016- 1st place in sport division on the second day with skier Vincent Miller while riding Key Sunday.

Jacob Strubbe
SPORT DIVISION - 3 Points
HOMETOWN:
HISTORY: Jacob Competed at San Juan Skijoring this year and plans to go to more events.

Scott Olson
POINTS:
DIVISION: Sport
HORSES: Larson & Ranger
SPONSOR: Lund Construction Inc.
What a fun sport! We won once let's do it again! I have competed in and won the 2013 novice division, and competed in the 2014 novice and sport division. All in whitefish. I will be attending Lakeside, MT, Lincoln, MT, and Whitefish, MT in 2017

Shad Lemke
SPORT DIVISION - 0 Points
HOMETOWN: Wilsall, MT
HORES: Misery
RACE HISTORY: Shad competed at the Lakeside Race this year.

Brooke Howell
HOMETOWN: Potlach, ID
BIO: Reining trainer that loves to skijor in the winter.
RACE HISTORY: Sandpoint, ID

Jennifer Butler
SPORT DIVISION - 0 Points
HOMETOWN: Whitefish, MT
RACE HISTORY: Jennifer has competed for a long time. She enjoys pulling her two boys Nathan and David Rizzolo

Jade Neves
OPEN DIVISION - 0 Points
HOMETOWN: Aztec, New Mexico
BIO: She's feirce, beautiful, and ready to rock on the horse she's running this year Vader. Jade is Tim McCarthy's Daughter and Savannah McCarthy's Sister. She has been racing for a long time.
RACE HISTORY:
Long time Southern Division rider.

Scooter Reeves
SPORT DIVISION - 0 Points
HOMETOWN: Gallatin Gateway, MT
RACE HISTORY: Scooter competed at the Lakeside Race this year with her quater horse Thomas.

Whitni Ciofalo
POINTS:
DIVISION: Sport
HORSE:
INSTAGRAM: wciofalo
Former three-day eventer turned skijorer through some liquid persuasion. Whitni grew up with horses in South Dakota and has competed in everything from 4-H to Morgan Horse breed shows to three-day eventing to collegiate equitation and hunter/jumpers. She's also taught riding lessons and guided in Yellowstone National Park and the Gallatin National Forest.

Dan Burgraff
POINTS:
DIVISION: Sport
HORSE: PC, Bunny Hop
HOMETOWN: Wolfcreek, Montana
BIO: It's horse race, clip it and rip it!
RACE HISTORY:
Red Lodge 2015 finals Barton Slaney 2nd place in sport. Bozeman, Montana Duckworth Classic 2016 Conner Buckley, Colin Cook. Horses, include River & Doce Whitefish World Invitational 2016 Conner Buckley and Colin Cook, behind River & Doce.

Kurt Algard
SPORT DIVISION - 0 Points
HOMETOWN: Helena, MT
BIO: It's horse race, clip it and rip it!
RACE HISTORY:
Kurt is a long time competitor who runs Wild Horse Stables. He is the organizer of the 2017 Lincoln, Montana race.

Dale Duff
SPORT DIVISION - 0 Points
HOMETOWN: Whitefish, MT
MULE: Psyco Sadie
BIO: Dale has been in the sport many years as an organizer and competitor.
RACE HISTORY:
Dale used to run the Whitefish Skijoring event as well as work with NASJA during their time. He's fierce believer in Mules. His Mule Psycho Sadie is one fast animal.

Michael Todd Patterson
SPORT DIVISION - 0 Points
HOMETOWN: Kalispell, MT
RACE HISTORY: Todd competed at the Lakeside Race this year as well as Bozeman and Whitefish in the past.

Lynn Hausauer
SPORT DIVISION - 0 Points
HOMETOWN: Whitefish, MT

Kayla Seaman
SPORT DIVISION - 0 Points
HOMETOWN: Kalispell, MT
HISTORY: Kayla competed this year at the Flathead Skijoring Championships with her quarter horse Cody.





























