Winning a title at the National Reining Horse Association Derby presented by Markel Insurance isn’t a small achievement. It’s a moment most people only get to dream of, and on Friday night a 16-year-old girl rode into the arena of the Jim Norick Coliseum, capturing the crowd’s attention from her very first stop.

The National Reining Horse Association Derby presented by Markel Insurance has reached the half-way point. On Wednesday, June 19, the first section of the Open Derby preliminaries was held in the Jim Norick Coliseum.