Schmitz Horses

09/07/2026

Congrats to Laramie Renner and family!

08/06/2026

Everyone had a fun time hanging out in Winona, Minnesota for the Bluff Country Classic.

Look Here Cowboy owned by Deb DeBlaey
★Class wins in Amateur Select Western Pleasure
★Class wins in Level 1 Amateur Western Pleasure
★Class wins in Level 2 Western Pleasure with Robert
★Top 2 placings in Level 1 Trail with Robert

Too Sleepy to Moxie and Cristie Hess
★ Circuit Champion and Class wins in Amateur Select Hunter Under Saddle

VS Beas Good Sneaker and Laramie Weiss
★Top 2 in the Level 1 Western Pleasure
★Top 2 in the All Breed Western Pleasure with Robert
★Top 3 Amateur Western Pleasure

Whattare the Odds owned by Lara Simmons
★Circuit Champion and Class wins in the Western Riding with Robert
★Top 2 placings in Level 1 trail with Robert
★Leadline with Lauren and Lorenzo Schmitz

Always a Classy Ride with Jill Ellsworth
★Circuit Champion and Class Wins in Amateur Select Horsemanship

Made a Good Deal owned by Deb DeBlaey
★Circuit Champions and Class wins in the Level 1 Western Pleasure with Robert

Reba owned by Lara Simmons
★Class wins in the All Breed Ranch Riding

Southern Enterprise owned by Tina Bothum
★Class wins Level 1 Hunter Under Saddle with Jessi Lueth

One Sultry Night and Katie Schmitz
★Circuit Champion and Class wins in the AQHA and APHA Amateur Western Riding
★Circuit Champion and Class wins in Level 1 Western Horsemanship
★Class wins in AQHA and APHA Amateur Horsemanship
★Class wins Open Western Riding
★Leadline with Lauren and Lorenzo Schmitz

Hes No Secret with Deborah DeBlaey
Class wins level 1 amateur trail
Class wins Amateur Select Trail
Reserve Amateur Geldings

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07/13/2026

Another great time at one of our favorite horse shows, MAQHA Corporate Challenge. We always have a great time, are surrounded great competition, and enjoy our time in and out of the pen.

Congrats to Christina Marie Bottlemy and This is your Nite
Reserve All-Around Rookie Amateur All-Around
Class wins and Circuit Champion Rookie Amateur Horsemanship
Class wins Rookie Amateur Showmanship
Top 4 Level 1 Amateur Western Pleasure
Top 10 Level 1 Amateur Horsemanship
Leadline with Lauren

One Sultry Night and Katie Schmitz
Circuit Champion and Class wins Level 1 Horsemanship
Class wins amateur western riding
Top 3 Level 2 Western Horsemanship
Top 3 Senior Western Riding with Robert
Leadline with Lorenzo

Look Here Cowboy and Deb DeBlaey first time showing as a team
Top 10 Junior Western Pleasure
Top 7 Level 1 Select Western Pleasure

Too Sleepy To Moxie and Cristie Hess
Top 2 Level 1 Amateur Walk Trot Equitation
Top 3 Amateur Select Hunter Under Saddle

Are you Sirious owned by Lara Simmons
Top 3 Level 1 Hunter Under Saddle shown by Rhonda Spratto

VS Beas Good Sneaker owned Laramie Weiss and first time shown!
Top 4 Level 1 Western Pleasure with Robert
Top 9 Amateur Western Pleasure

Darn It to Blazes owned by Lara Simmons
Tied for 3rd place in the Premier Sires 3/4 Year old Hunter Under Saddle shown by Rhonda Spratto

06/26/2026

We had great back to back horse shows a few weeks ago in Oshkosh WI. Our teams had fun, had success, and great rides and patterns! We had a crew there and couldn’t do it without everyone’s help and support! We hope we didn’t miss anyone on our lists!

PAPER VALLEY FESTIVAL

🐴Darn It To Blazes owned by Lara Simmons
Circuit Champion and Class Wins Level 1 HUS shown by Rhonda Spratto
Top 2 Amateur Select Hunter under saddle with Lara

🐴Whattare Theodds owned by Lara Simmons
Circuit Champion and Class Wins in Level 3 Western Pleasure
Class Wins in All Breed Western Riding
Class wins in Open Western Riding
Class wins in the Amateur Western Pleasure with Lara
Top 2 placings in the Level 1 Trail with Robert
Leadline with Lauren Schmitz

🐴Always a Classy Ride owned by Jill Ellsworth
Top 2 placings in the Level 1 Amateur Horsemanship
Top 2 placings in the Amateur Horsemanship

🐴Made a Good Deal owned by Deb DeBlaey
Class wins in Level 1 Western Pleasure shown by Robert
Top 2 in the Level 1 Amatuer Western Pleasure

🐴No Doubt Ive Made it owned by Carly Salter
Class wins in the All Breed Western Pleasure shown by Robert

🐴Decidely A Diva owned by Lori Rippa Reilly
Circuit Champion and Class wins in the Amateur Western Pleasure
Class Wins in All Breed Western Riding with Robert
Circuit Champion and Class Wins in Level 1 Western Riding
Leadline with Lorenzo Schmitz

🐴Worth It To Be Lazy owned by Leah Williams
Class wins in Rookie Youth Western Pleasure
Class wins in Level 1 Youth Western Pleasure
Class Wins Rookie Youth HUS
Class Wins Level 1 Youth HUS
Class Wins Rookie Youth Equitation

🐴Miss Southern Dream
Top 2 Small Fry Western Pleasure with Addison Knierem
Leadline with Lillian Knierem

🐴Reba
Top 2 placings in All Breed Open Ranch Riding with Robert
Top 2 placings All Breed Open Horsemanship

🐴Hes No Secret owned and shown by Deb DeBlaey
Circuit Champion and Class wins in Level 2 Trail
Circuit Champion and Class wins Amateur Select Trail
Circuit Champion and Class wins in Level 1 Amateur Western Riding

🐴Are You Sirious owed by Lara Simmons-First time shown
Top 3 Level 2 HUS shown by Rhonda Spratto

🐴Too Sleepy To Moxie owned by Cristie Hess
Class Wins Amateur Select HUS
Circuit Champion Level 3 HUS with Rhonda Spratto
Top 2 Rookie Amateur Equitation
Top 3 Level 1 Amateur Equitation
Class Wins All Breed Amateur Equitation

🐴Southern Enterprise owned by Tina Bothum
Top 4 Level 1 HUS shown by Jessica Dotterer

🐴A Minute for Drama
Circuit Champion and Class wins in Open Pleasure Driving with Robert
Circuit Champion and Class wins in Amateur Pleasure Driving with Lara
Top 2 WQHA Non Pro WT HUS with Lara
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Lazy Days

🐴Darn It To Blazes owned by Lara Simmons
Class Wins Level 1 HUS shown by Rhonda Spratto
Top 2 Amateur Select Hunter under saddle with Lara

🐴Whattare Theodds owned by Lara Simmons
Circuit Champion and class wins All Breed Trail
Circuit Champion All Breed Western Riding
Circuit Champion Open Western Riding
Top 3 Level 1 trail with Robert
Top 3 Amateur Select Western Pleasure
Leadline with Lauren Schmitz

🐴Made a Good Deal owned by Deb DeBlaey
Circuit champion and Class wins Level 1 Western Pleasure shown by Robert

🐴No Doubt Ive Made it owned by Carly Salter
Top 2 All Breed Western Pleasure shown by Robert

🐴Look Here Cowboy owned by Deborah DeBlaey
Class wins and circuit Champion Level 2 Western Pleasure with Robert

🐴Decidely A Diva owned by Lori Rippa Reilly
Top 2 Amateur Select Western Pleasure
Leadline with Lorenzo Schmitz

🐴Worth It To Be Lazy owned by Leah Williams
Class Wins Rookie Youth HUS
Top 2 Level 1 Youth HUS
Class wins in Rookie Youth Western Pleasure
Top 3 Level 1 Youth Western Pleasure
Top 3 Rookie Youth Horsemanship
Top 3 Rookie Youth Showmanship

🐴Miss Southern Dream
Top 3 Small Fry Western Pleasure with Addison Knierem
Leadline with Lillian Knierem

🐴Reba
Circuit Champion and class wins All Breed Open Ranch Riding

🐴Hes No Secret owned and shown by Deb DeBlaey
Class wins in Level 2 Trail
Class wins Amateur Trail
Top 2 Level 1 Amateur Western Riding
Top 3 Western Riding with Robert

🐴Are You Sirious owed by Lara Simmons
Top 3 APHA Green HUS shown by Rhonda Spratto

🐴Too Sleepy To Moxie owned by Cristie Hess
Top 3 Amateur Select HUS
Top 3 WQHA WT Non Pro Eq

🐴A Minute for Drama
Circuit Champion and Class wins in Open Pleasure Driving with Robert
Circuit Champion and Class wins in Amateur Pleasure Driving with Lara

🐴Country Fleetheart owned and shown by Melissa Muesch
Circuit Champion and Class wins APHA Amateur Showmanship
Top 2 APHA Novice Amateur Western Pleasure
Top 3 APHA Amateur Western Pleasure
Top APHA Novice Amateur Horsemanshop
Top 2 All Breed Horsemanship
Top 4 All Breed Showmanship

05/22/2026

We are so excited for the new team of Charlee and Deb DeBlaey!

We would like to congratulate Deb DeBlaey on the purchase of Look Here Cowboy affectionately as “Charlee”
She had a great first two shows in the all around and we will always be huge fans. Deb and Charlee will be under the guidance of Robert Schmitz. Thank you Beth Lepping for having us get Charlee’s all around career started!!

05/21/2026

We had a great time in Iowa at the Mayflower a few weeks ago!

Darn It To Blazes owned by Lara Simmons
⭐️Circuit Champion and class wins Level 1 HUS shown by Rhonda Spratto
⭐️Top 2 placings and points in Amateur Hunter under saddle with Lara

Whattare Theodds owned by Lara Simmons
⭐️Top 3 placings in the Amateur Select Western Pleasure with Lara
⭐️Top 4 placings in the Senior Western Pleasure with Robert
⭐️Top 5 placings in the Level 1 Trail with Robert

Always a Classy Ride owned by Jill Ellsworth
⭐️Top 3 placings in the Level 1 Amateur Equitation
⭐️Top 3 placings in the Level 1 Amateur Horsemanship
⭐️Class wins in Amateur select horsemanship

Made a Good Deal owned by Deb DeBlaey
⭐️Top 2 placings and points in the Level 1 Western Pleasure shown by Robert

05/06/2026

Super fun event!

2026 MAYFLOWER PURINA WESTERN RIDING/RANCH RIDING TEAM SHOOTOUT

1 WR Robert Schmitz - Whattaretheodds $400
RR Spencer Groth - Chicslikemychocolate $400

2 WR Spencer Groth - VS Final Addiction $300
RR Amy Henderson - Chex Cashn Diamonds $300

3 WR Ashley Montgomery - Shelovesarainynight $200
RR Kylee Kapraun - W**e O $200

4 WR CJ Kirkland - Tell Em You Know Me $100
RR Manny Hershberger - Hes A Cool Rooster $100

5 WR Cindy Hamilton - Bruce Allmighty
RR CJ Kirkland - Tell Em You Know Me

6 WR Hannah Lind - Money Gate
RR Traci Scott - A Sudden Kiss

7 WR Tori Paris - VS Final Addiction
RR Cindy Hamilton - Bruce Allmighty

8 WR Cindy Hamilton - Ooh Brother
RR Doug Bogart - Byou Buck

9 WR Monte Hamilton - Wranglered In Tioga
RR Cindy Hamilton - Ooh Brother

10 WR Reagan Schwartz - One Lazy Night
RR Monte Hamilton - Wranglered In Tioga

Thank you to Purina for sponsoring the $1,000 Added Money and prizes for our Top Ten!