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AQHA FEATURE
Ranch Trail at Burpengary Western Performance Clubs Ranch versatility shows
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was the President of BWPC then , and very big on promoting Youth . The club had arranged a trip to New Caledonia with a week of Clinics comprising of some incredible trainers , Ken Davison , and Kyle & Kristy Mobberly . I applied for a position on the team & was lucky to secure a spot alongside 3 talented Youth riders ; Emily Bowling , Georgia Jones and Sharnte Wilson . With Nicole Brunker ( now Davison ) as our Team Manager , we headed off for an amazing time . We learned so much , met beautiful people and made lifetime memories .’
By 2017 , Mac & Brianna found their stride and made their first trip to Tamworth for Q17 . They competed in the Novice Youth , with Brianna in awe at being surrounded by some incredible horses & riders . Inspired , she headed home to Queensland , to prepare for Q18 !
‘ We worked hard on the areas we needed to improve in , heading to as many shows as possible . We headed to the Queensland State Show to compete in the Novice Youth classes . It was a great show , with us taking out High Point Novice Youth of the show , an award very important to me , as it showed me how hard Mac and I had worked .’
That year , they tried almost every class , with Brianna discovering Mac ’ s versatility and his love of going forward ! His vocation was the pattern classes , especially Ranch Riding , proven by the pair taking out High Point Youth Ranch Riding of Australia .
‘ 2018 was my High School Year 12 and I decided to focus on that , only doing a few shows . Q18 was awesome & we achieved great results , winning the Novice Youth Showmanship . In the Halter classes , I also won the Youth 3 & under Halter filly , showing Christine Sewell ’ s filly , I ’ m A Celebrity Q-83417 , aka Lovey . I ’ ll treasure these awardsmy first ever National show buckles !’
Moving forward , the Miller ’ s decided to purchase a lovely old mare named Millers Lucee Q-51301 . Sired by Cee A Barpasser , Q-33338 & out of Millers Redsan Q-29751 , Lucee was in foal to HF Somethin Hot Q-48718 & foaled a gorgeous chestnut colt in November 2018 . They named him Tre and watched with excitement as he grew , knowing he ’ d be something special . Unfortunately , he never got the chance to be that . After a freak accident , Tre had to be euthanized , leaving the family heartbroken .
‘ The following year , The Hypnotist Q-80593 , aka Tigger , joined our show team , but he broke his jaw during training . We were looking at a 12-18 months recovery time for Tigger , so we pulled a less than amused Mac out of semiretirement , to once again begin competing with him in every event we could .’
Although Brianna was missing Tigger in the show team , she and Mac achieved some great goals throughout that year , including winning both Hunter Under Saddle and Trail in the Novice Youth classes at Q19 . Considering these to be their normally weaker classes , it was a big achievement for these two !
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