A team of youth from Ward, Grand Forks and Stutsman counties took first place in the senior division of the 4-H hippology contest at the North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City on March 8.

The team members were Laura Brose, Maria Levin, Kali Miller and Kara Scheresky.

Hippology is the study of horses and horse-related equipment and feed.

Other placings in the senior division were: Grand Forks County, second; Barnes County, third; Ransom County, fourth; and Sheridan County/Wadena, Minn., fifth.

Laura Brose, Grand Forks County, place first in the individual competition.

The Morton County team of Ashley Goldade, Brooke Heidrich, Morgan Henke and Brenna Hoger placed first in the junior division.

Other top finishing teams in the junior division were: Kidder County, second; Mountrail County 1, third; Ransom County 2, fourth; and Wells/Ward counties, fifth.

NDSU Agriculture Communication - March 15, 2013