Candid Photos

Candid Photos Honorable Mention by Kimberly Gerard

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January 16, 2026

By Staff Writers

Laura Hirth of Harleysville, Pa., sent in this photo taken by her friend, Kimberly Gerard in Fleetwood, Pa.

The photo is of Hirth and Olaf the goat.

Candid Photos Honorable Mention by Judith Jefferis

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January 16, 2026

By SARA CAVANAGH

Judith Jefferis of Unionille, Pa. took these photos.

The one on the left is of her daughter Jennifer Files and her great-granddaughter Ahlana McElroy on Leroy and the second is of Jefferis on Leroy.

Candid Photos Honorable Mention by Karen Kohl-Trauger

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January 14, 2026

By Staff Writers

Karen Kohl-Trauger of Spakers, N.Y., send in this photo. 

"This is my daughter, Carrie, reunited with one of our foals," said Kohl-Trauger. "She had handled him since birth until we sold him as a yearling. We got to visit him when he was training to race. I think he remembered her! Photo taken at Saratoga racecourse, Saratoga, NY."

Candid Photos Honorable Mention by Sandy Williamson

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January 14, 2026

By SARA CAVANAGH

Sandy Williamson of Bechtelsville, Pa., took this photo of Madison Temkin on Fernhill Bertus competing at the Fair Hill 5*.

Candid Photos Honorable Mention by Jan Cobb

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January 12, 2026

By Staff Writers

Jan Cobb of Upper Black Eddy, Pa., took this photo.

This is my husband Gary Sholtis and his 18-year-old molly mule Dottie," said Cobb. "Dottie is asking for cookies."

Candid Photos Honorable Mention by Judith Jefferis

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January 12, 2026

By SARA CAVANAGH

Judith Jefferis of Kennett Square, Pa., and Clark, Wyo., took  this photo, using her pet hostein cow as a novel way of getting a Christmas tree home.

"My ranch manager, Jerry Hill, riding Numbers- using Leroy as a “pack horse” to bring in his Christmas tree," saod Jefferis of her ranch manager in Wyoming.

Candid photos third place winner is Bill Vendetta

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January 3, 2026

By SARA CAVANAGH

Bill Vendetta of Cochranville, Pa., placed third in Candid photos with this picture of his nephew Logan feeding a horse a carrot.

"My nephew Logan is 4," said Vendettta. "He was visiting with his father. He'd never met any horses before, so he was a little apprehensive, but we assured him it was okay, and that the horse would just take the carrot and not his fingers."

"The horse is Bullet, one of my Pair Pleasure Driving pair," said Vendetta. "He is paired with Bandid in competition."

Candid Photos Honorable Mention from Virginia Lippincott

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January 10, 2026

By SARA CAVANAGH

Now that the Candid, Action and Pets winners have been announced,we return to Candid Photos Honorable Mentions.

There are so many very good photos that there is no particular order to these Honorable Mention Photos.

Almost all have been separated by venues, subject and photographers only, not by how good they were judged to be.

A few of them could easily have been winners.

This first Candid Honorable Mention was sent in by Virginia Lippincott.

The picture here was taken of Nancy Marcinko at Liberty Archery Clinic at Turn Key Equestrian in in Quakertown, Pa.

In the clinic archers were shooting arrows to at least 4 targets while trotting on horseback.

This photo was taken by an unknown/unnamed bystander.

Candid photos second place winner is Cesar Contreras

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January 2, 2026

By SARA CAVANAGH

Tara Ziegler of Oxford, Pa., sent in this photo taken by her husband Cesar Contreras of their daughter Hannah running towards their chickens.

Hannah had just turned three when this picture was taken," said Ziegler. "This was the first year since she was born that we had chickens. Wehad gotten them earlier as chicks."

"We just incubated some eggs, so we'll have baby chicks," said Ziegler. "We also have goats, and we're surrounded by Amish with horses."

Candid Photo First Place winner is Walt Szybowski

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January 1, 2026

By SARA CAVANAGH

Walt Szybowski of Hawley, Pa. won the Candid Photo with this great photo of a deer eating a snack from the lips of his wife Heidi.

"We have a farm in the Poconos," said Szybowski. "We have all rescues, horses, cows, pigs and dogs. We love our rescues."

"This is a sweet deer," he said. "He's been around Heidi for about three years. We have deer all around, but we named him Special. He'd follow Heidi when she was mucking out stalls. When we were sitting on the porch, he's come up, We'd able to pet him."

"I was sitting right next to my wife when Special came up, and I took this picture," said Szybowski.