2012 HN Halloween Costume Awards

A huge thanks to all the readers who sent in photos of themselves and their horses in costume–you guys are awesome! And the awards go to…

Top photo: Stephanie Echols

• CUTEST COUPLE
  

Ted Craig (Palms, CA): “A jolly holiday dressed as Mary Poppins and Bert riding carousel horses. (Mountain Meadows Boarders)”

• BEST MINIATURE HORSE IN A TUTU

Kaycie Timm (Katy, TX): “My miniature horse, Bambi on Ice, and I in our Nutcracker themed costumes. She is the Sugar Plum Fairy and I am the mouse king!”

• CUTEST!!!

Ashley Russell (Great Falls, VA): Golly Tabatabaie dressed as Princess Jasmine, my son Brody Russell dressed as Aladdin, and Cupid’s Little Arrow dressed as a mini elephant.”

• GROSSEST

Rebecca Fecher: “Coby and his horse Milagro having some Halloween fun!”

• MOST CREATIVE USE OF COTTON BALLS

Caren Gallaher: “Our version of little Bo peep;) 60 hours of cotton ball sewing;) and the candy fairy. Great costumes at Fiesta Farm–Also Nemo and an anemone, a paper doll and pony and a peacock;)”

Anna Collier (Ann Arbor, MI): “Sydney Collier a 14 year old Grade 2 Para Equestrian with the USPEA and her very special American Paint Horse named Rebel Chip!”

Nicole Kovacik

• LEAST AMUSED EQUINE FACIAL EXPRESSION
  

Marianne Meagher Gradeless: “The Hot Dog is my horse Jack, the Mustard is my grandaughter Victoria! Much to Jack’s dismay!”

• MOST INVENTIVE

Ashley Russell (Great Falls, VA): “Ashley Russell as the Headless Horseman riding Ariaan with my daughter Teagan Russell as the pumpkin head.”

• MOST TOLERANT HORSES

Pam Haverland Thomas (Phillipsburg, NJ): “Mario and Luigi”

• MOST LIKELY TO CAST A SPELL ON THE JUDGE

Stephanie Guerlain: “Stephanie Guerlain riding her trusty broom, Camden.”

Leah Simpson: “We thought you would like this picture of my daughter Hannah and her pony, the witch and the black cat!”

• MOST RIDICULOUS (IN A GOOD WAY!)

Theresa Flowers (South Bend, IN)

• MOST LIKELY TO TALK LIKE A PIRATE

Heather D (Dayton, OH): “Myself as a pirate and my TB Edison as The Black Pearl :)”

• MOST COLORFUL

Micki Woodward McDaniel (Danville, KY): “My Little Pony”

• MOST HILARIOUS

Pam Bennett-Skinner (Durango, CO): “This is Faleen and I in our Dressage Queen/Dancing Queen costume for our Dancing Queen freestyle at a local dressage show. (I’m an eventer, I only play a DQ around Halloween.)”

• MOST HISTORICAL

Tami Harris: “Hi, This is Kneehigh dressed in his destrier costume, I wanted to share for your Costume Contest. He is indeed lionhearted as he braved a nearby hot air balloon giving rides, just so he could play basketball with the kids. I hope you’ll like his facebook page and follow his adventures at http://facebook.com/kneehighandme“

• SCARIEST

Kelly Schrader (Ackworth, GA): “Here is one costume we had for Halloween one year.”

• MOST COLOR COORDINATED

Kimberly Lennon-Freire: “My kids some ten years back aboard my now 21 retired event horse, Captain Ahab.”

• MOST TONGUE-IN-CHEEK

Ann Miller Sterritt (Stratham, NH): “Camel and Rider”

• MOST BAD A$$

Kristi Gottsponer (Las Cruces, NM): “In my roller derby uniform with my draft cross Miss American Pie as my skate”

Happy Halloween!!!