2016
AQHA AT
EQUITANA
E
quitana was held
from the 17-20th
of November
2016 at the Melbourne
Showgrounds.
We felt very privileged
to have Crushed Ice,
aka ‘Squirty’, as the
representative for the
AQHA for the day. On
arriving we found our way
to the Breeders Village,
where Squirty was to spend
his day.
Kasey Wyse and
Crushed Ice
The crowds were huge and
once the gates opened at 9
am, people came flooding in,
with many coming to see all
the breeds at the Breeders
Village.
We where lucky enough
to have a stable at the front,
so the first horse you saw
as you came into the stables
was the Australian Quarter
Horse. Throughout the day
Squirty stood patiently at
the stable door lapping up
all the attention he was
getting - a great example of
the breed.
Yulgilbar Offenbach
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y name is Lisa Smith, and I would like to take
this opportunity to personally thank the
Australian Quarter Horse Association for their
kind sponsorship of the Best Performed Quarter Horse
Award, at the recent HRCAV TTT Dressage.
I was the rider lucky enough to win this award and no
words can describe how excited and proud I was to win
this award. I have never in my life won a rug and it was a
dream of mine to one day win my very own rug award.
I have not ridden dressage in approximately 20 years
and had not been in the saddle at all for a couple of years
due to having a broken ankle, which required multiple
surgeries and a lot of time off.
I practiced and practiced leading up the event and then
sadly the week before the event I had a very big fall,
which resulted in bruised collar bone, displacement
of my neck and broken ribs. However after lots of bed
rest, strapping and pain relief I insisted on riding and
managed to get through both of my tests and placed in
both with a very respectable 2nd and 4th placings, which
saw me secure the AQHA Award.
I couldn’t have done this without the love and support
from Lisa and Shane Toy, who own the gorgeous
Yulgilbar Offenbach, who I had the privilege of riding and
of course the generous sponsorship of the award from
the AQHA.
Thank you to AQHA for getting behind these events and
making dreams like mine for all of us riders out there to
come true!!!
Breeders Village
CRUSHED ICE
When it came to our
breed demonstrations,
we were escorted to and
fro though the crowds by
the very helpful Equitana
volunteers. I must say a
very big thank you to all
the volunteers, both from
Equitana and our own
Association for all the
assistance given.
I would also like to thank
the other Youth - Bonnie
and Lana - for helping out
with the demonstrations
and as representatives of
the AQHA Youth Division.
Another thank you must go
to the owners of the other
horses that were also put
on display at the
Breeders Village.
Not only were we
representing the
Australian Quarter Horse
Association, but we were
also representing the AQHA
Youth division.
LETHAL FANTASY
WHIZZ FIZZ
Kasey Wyse
2016 AQHA Youth
President
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