Roseau County 4-H Drill Team Awarded Blue Ribbon At Regional Competition

by Laurel Latham

Alexie Horner, 23, got her first and only horse, Nova, at the age of 14.

“It took three years of constantly begging my parents for a horse before I got Nova,” explains Alexie. “She’s a sorrel quarter horse and the horse I used for 4-H. I rode Nova when I was on the drill team. I still have Nova.

“When I went to a 4-H summer camp back then, one of the classes was learning drill team riding to music. I loved it! When I came home, I presented the idea of a Roseau County horse drill team at the yearly 4-H meeting.”

Before discussing the fact she is now coach of the newly formed Ro...