05/11/2026
Congratulations Serena!
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Featuring your No. 1 Novice Youth Year-End Champion, ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ & ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐
Hailing from Wilsonville, Oregon, Serena pushed through a 2024 diagnosis of hip dysplasia and tears to both labrums, returning in 2025 alongside Someone Like You, her 2013 sorrel overo mare by Zippos Sensation and out of HF Diva. The pair climbed to the top of the Top 20 Novice Youth list with 156.5 qualifying points.
Unsure how much time she would have left in the saddle, Serena made one more trip to the 2025 APHA World Show in Fort Worth, Texas, with her trainer, Laura Satern.
"The World Show is something that I'll never experience again. I drove down with [Laura], and we got super close. My family came down, too, and we went to dinner every night. It was such an incredible experience. It was the perfect way to end ... There is a photo of us where I was on the rail, and I had just won. We were hugging, and we're both crying. It was such a unique experience that I'll never have again."
Rounding out the Top 20 Novice Youth list:
2nd | ๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ & ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐
3rd | ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง & ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐
4th | ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ณ & ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
5th | ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ง & ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ฒ
6th | ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ & ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ง
7th | ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง & ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ค
8th | ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐๐ & ๐
๐จ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐
9th | ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐
10th | ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐. ๐
๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ก๐๐ง๐ซ๐ฒ & ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ
11th | ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ & ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ญ
12th | ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ & ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ
13th | ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ค๐ & ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ
14th | ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ & ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐
15th | ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก & ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ก๐จ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฒ
16th | ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ซ & ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฒ
17th | ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ & ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ
17th | ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ & ๐
๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ
19th | ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ & ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ
20th | ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ & ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ
View this yearโs winners in the latest digital-only edition of the Paint Horse Journal ๐ https://bit.ly/2026PHJYEDigitalIssue
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