{"id":22292,"date":"2026-09-24T21:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.changespell.com\/wordplay\/?p=22292"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:41:19","slug":"rainbows-and-state-fair-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changespell.com\/wordplay\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/rainbows-and-state-fair-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbows and State Fair, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Patty Wilber<\/em><\/p>\n

Last weekend was the end of the NM State Fair horse shows<\/strong>.\u00a0 NMBHA donated a nice Oren Mixer buckskin print for the high-point Buckskin horse in the Ranch Pleasure Stakes, and I got to present it to the winner!<\/p>\n

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It seems as though rain likes<\/strong> to fall during State Fair, and this year, while waiting for the results, there was a double rainbow!<\/p>\n

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I convinced Dolly Wallace to be in my rainbow pic!<\/p><\/div>\n

It turns out Dolly was also the buckskin winner!<\/strong>\u00a0 She piloted Marilyn Novat’s\u00a0 gelding to the high point in the ranch pleasure stakes!<\/p>\n

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Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Only a few months<\/strong> until the 2027 show season starts!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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