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Australian Reining Breeders Classic
Limited Non Pro DERBY Winner Tracey Strelitz riding Quixotes Lil Wimpy winning $ 359 , Championship Buckle & Garland . 2nd Brooke Sestero riding Chasing Nu Dreams winning $ 279 , Reserve Championship Rug & Custom ARBC Knife . 3rd Alisha Darville riding Heaven Sent Magic winning $ 159 & ARBC Spur Straps .
Australian Reining Breeders Classic Gunners Special Nite Novice Horse Non Pro Derby Winner Christine Williams riding Skeetation winning $ 779 , Championship Buckle & Garland . 2nd Jolene King riding RKN Favouritism winning $ 519 , Reserve Championship Rug .
Rockin W Ranch Rookie Shootout
Champion Natalia Kritikou riding
Sheron ’ s Shining Sonita
Australia ’ s Greatest Horseman Event attracted some of Australia ’ s best horse and rider combinations .
Starting the competition was 2 handed cutting and Drywork down the fence segment to narrow the field down to their top 15 horse and rider combinations .
Some big cheques for the first go round , top horse and rider combinations in both Drywork and Down the Fence as well as the Two-Handed Cutting Segments were presented as the Top 15 Finalists were announced .
This year saw the inclusion of the $ 10,000 4 years and Under Class for both our reining and challenge competitors .
Country Trucker Caps 4yrs & Under $ 10,000 Feature Event certainly had the crowd excited with a talented line up of Futurity Horses showing their skills in the showpen . Championship Title went to Lana Kelderman riding Nu Too Much where she took home a championship buckle , garland and a cheque for $ 5,000 . Reserve Champion - Chris Gould riding Checkout My Shiner receiving an ARBC Championship Rug and a cheque for $ 2,500 . 3rd Place - Ashley Backhouse riding Sherons Shining Sonita . 4th Place - Warren Backhouse riding Q Vista Shooting Star . 5th Place - John Wicks riding Dunitallkindachic . 6th Place - Evie Gilmore riding Google Chrome .
This years ARBC Rockin W Ranch Rookie Shootout saw our top 10 Rookies laying it all out there to compete for this beautiful ARBC Trophy Saddle kindly sponsored by Wade Farquhar owner of Rockin W Ranch . This years winner being Natalia Kritikou riding Sherons Shining Sonita . Such a deserving win Nat , congratulations also to Trudy Stone for coming in Reserve Champion in this amazingly strong lineup . “ Congratulations to all 10 of our Rockin W Ranch Rookie Shootout Finalists ”.
This year saw the running of the much-anticipated ARBC Australia ’ s Greatest Horseman event , with competitors running for a prize pool of over $ 40,000 . The ARBC Inaugural
ARBC 4yr & Under Champion Nathan Wilson riding Mitchell ’ s A Contucky
Top 3 in first go round of Drywork & Down the Fence : $ 3,000 Rob Leach riding Shirley Shiney , $ 2,000 Leah Read riding Do Me A Favour , $ 1,000 Leah Read riding Youngstar Marnies Glamour .
Top 3 in the first go round of the Two-Handed Cutting : $ 3,000 Mark Buttsworth riding Peps Double Ray , $ 2,000 Mark Buttsworth riding Branchvale Exile , $ 1,000 Daniel Lithgow riding Twice Rapt .
Presentation of the cheques were made after the Drywork and Down the Fence segment of the AGH and the 15 finalists announced . Friday morning saw the 15 finalists complete their 2 handed cutting segment , leading into the evening finals on Easter Friday . The cutting component of this feature event was judged by Ken Cullen and Glenn Wyse .
2021 AQHA YEARBOOK ~ MAY / JUNE ISSUE