AQHA January / February Magazine AQHA JAN-FEB 2020 PRINT | Page 38

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Blackaller coming in as Reserve Champions. Youth
Champion Gelding went to YLS Garnet Q-85164
shown by Devyn Naef with Heez My Perfexion
Q-80170 and Katie Way coming in Reserve
Champions. Champion Colt/Stallion was awarded
to Red October Q-90841 shown by Karen Nicoletto
for Barbara Wheatcroft. Congratulations to all our
state champions in the halter events.
After a short break, we moved onto our biggest
event of the show – 2yr & Over All Age Hunter
in Hand. Hunter in hand is a class geared towards
the suitability for Hunter under saddle, creating
the perfect venue for many performance-type
QH’s the chance to be recognised in hand for
their conformation, temperament and movement.
From 16 entrants, the 2019 State Champion was
awarded to Littlestone Kryptonite Q-82644, shown
by Tracy Allen. Hot on their heels was Clairveaux
Im SurelyGood Q-80804 shown by Devyn Naef
in Reserve Champion and REQ All Things Nice
Q-85795 shown by Shellina Walther coming in 3rd
place. This class was proudly sponsored by Bushby
showing Skips Hot Cookie for their
champion win and to Karen Cornish
showing Im Pawsitively SurelyGood
Q-72936 for their reserve title. Paula
& Karen were also 1st & 2nd in the
Open Western Pleasure feature
sponsored by Rebeccas Western
Designs. Our Harris Saddlery Youth
Western Pleasure feature champion
was Mia Tierney riding RQH Bam Ba
Lam Q-60397, with Charlotte Maney
and Inscription Q-66854 as Reserve
Champions.
Saturday night saw some fun and
games and pizza night on the grassed
area. It was great for all to kick back
and relax with some relief of cooler
weather! A big thank you to Paula
Balgera for organising the dinner and
Rynelle Greig for organising the games!
Hay with our champion taking home a $250 hay
pack.
Saturday evenings events started with the Amateur
Western Pleasure Feature sponsored by Showtime
Show Clothing. Congratulations to Paula Balgera
We finally came to the last day of the
show with everyone looking forward
to an early finish! Whilst we had the
English events underway in the indoor
arena, the WAQHA also ran unofficial
Western Dressage outside. A big
thank you to Vanessa Hancox for organising, Berny
Taylor for her help and a very massive thank you to
Roxanne Balchin who gave up her day to judge.
Congratulations to Cherry Brennan for receiving
the highest score of 83.88% of the day. Thank you
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