 
Getting to know the Queen!
Name: Caitlin Elizabeth Vonderohe
Birthday: January 25, 1989
School: Purdue University
Grade: Freshman
Major: Animal Science
Clubs/Activities: Therapeutic Riding Volunteer, PEAP club, Zoo Club, Work
(scoop ice cream), Volunteer at Humane Societies, Shadow Veterinarians
Favorite Pastime: watching movies
Favorite Food: Chocolate covered strawberries.
Movies: Finding Nemo, Young Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera, The
Princess Bride
Music: Big and Rich, Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, Lifehouse, Sarah
Bareilles, U2
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Celebrity: Mel Brooks.
Parents’ Names: Eric and Barbara
Pets (other than horses): 2 dogs, 1 turtle, 1 Bunny named Tim.
Horses' Registered Names: Hustlers Gold Nugget, and Queen Jelly Bean
Barn Names: Buggy Boogers, Jelly Bean
Sex/Age/Color/Pattern: 6 year old Palomino Overo stock type mare, 7 year
old bay Tobiano miniature mare.
Years Showing Pinto: 5 years
Favorite Memory from a Pinto show: 3 people helping me drag Queen Jelly
Bean over a Jumping in Hand course at my first pinto show. It was a great
icebreaker.
Favorite Class: Youth Driving
First Horse Show: 4H Area Show in Southern Indiana.
First Horse Shown: Quarter Horse mare, Sassy Lil’ Bull
Starting riding: At the age of 10
Other Horse Activities Outside of Pinto: Therapeutic riding volunteer,
being a working student for a dressage trainer, take as many riding lessons as I
can, trail riding.
Best Thing About Showing: The people you meet.
Worst Thing About Showing: Early Mornings
Getting to Know the Princess:
Name: Madalyn Rebecca Vonderohe [a.k.a. Maddy]
Birthday: February 26, 1994
School: Park Tudor
Grade: 8th
Clubs/Activities: Volleyball team, yearbook committee, volunteer at
inner-city schools, play the viola and violin in orchestra
Favorite Pastime: Reading, playing volleyball, and learning to play the
guitar
Favorite Food/ Restaurant: I love Goldfish. My favorite restaurant is the
Spaghetti Factory
Movies: Finding Nemo, Young Frankenstein, Juno, Cloverfield, National
Treasure, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Princess Bride, Phantom of the Opera
Music: The Beatles, U2, The Hush Sound, The Killers, Paramore, Queen,
Carrie Underwood, Sara Bareilles, Switchfoot, Lifehouse, The Who [I love all
types of music]
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Celebrity: Hugh Laurie
Parents’ Names: Eric and Barbara
Pets (other than horses): Two dogs, Wiggles and Lilly; one turtle,
Peek-a-boo; one vindictive rabbit.
Horses' Registered Names: A Bita Zip, Queen Jelly Bean
Barn Names: Petey, Jelly Bean
Sex/Age/Color/Pattern: 9-year-old sorrel Overo Stock-type gelding,
7-year-old bay Tobiano Miniature mare
Years Showing Pinto: 5 years
Favorite Memory from a Pinto Show: Watching my dad compete my
western-pleasure gelding in speed classes. We had great fun with “parental
gaming”!
Favorite Class: Trail, contesting, or Jumping-in-hand with Jelly Bean
First Horse Show: Marion County Fair in 2001
First Horse Shown: My family’s sorrel Quarter Horse mare, Sassy Lil’
Bull
Started Riding: At the age of 5
Activities Outside of Pinto: Trail riding, honorary PEAP member, riding
for fun, lounging around bareback (my horse is padded like a couch!)
Best Thing About Showing: Meeting the people, and the immense bond
between horse and rider
Worst Thing About Showing: Early mornings and feisty horses
Former Indiana Pinto Royalty
Past Queens: ( *
denotes Miss Pinto America)
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1970 Patty McCormick* |
1978 Debbie Kruse
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1980 Rene Richmond*
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1982 Stacey Robinson*
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1987 Amanda Owens* |
1989 Shelli (Shrum)
Colvin
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1993 Debra Hurst*
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1995 Tiffany Fox* |
2006 Tiffany Sajdera
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2007 Tiffany Sajdera
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National queen photos courtesy of Pinto Horse Magazine
and the PtHA Heritage Foundation website.
Past Princesses:
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webmaster at: indiana_pinto@yahoo.com
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