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Mark Buttsworth riding Stylish Abylene Fort Worth Saddlery Open Campdraft Champion
Gita Thomas riding Q Vista Shooting Star Q-85537 - Open Champion
ARBC Open Futurity Level 3 & Level 2 Champion - Tyler Smith riding Q Vista Step it Up Q-95142
Beniah Derby Stockmans Challenge Champion Dan Steers riding Chisums Little Freckle Q-91924
Nathan Wilson riding Royalle Double Your Money A1-9346
Thomas Arena Products Rookie Shootout Champion - Kalana Loxton riding Qmatch Cool Orchid Q-62891
Our 2024 Affinity Equine Lady Rider Award recipient is the very deserving Leah Read . Congratulations Leah you certainly are a deserving winner of this special award , special thank you goes out to Fort Worth Saddlery and Affinity Equine for sponsoring the very special prizes awarded to Leah .
The Chris Parnell Sportsmanship and Encouragement Award , recognising the great sportsmanship of a competitor that perhaps didn ’ t win anything but showed true sportsmanship towards competitors and her pony is now a perpetual award with the recipient selected by our judges . The winner of this special award this year was selected by our reining judges Jo McConnell , Darren Simpson , Susan Frost , Gary Yaghdjian & Steve Withers .
The 2023 Chris Parnell Award recipient is Tracey Charles who not only competed in the reining events , but was there as the PA to event owners throughout this massive week . Our Canadian reining judge Gary Yaghdjian spoke into why Tracey was selected and it certainly resonated the true spirt of both horsemanship and sportsmanship is a fundamental part of Tracey .
The Chris Parnell award was kindly sponsored by Checkout Hollywood owner Kathleen Murphy and Equissage Qld Lucie . Thank you , ladies , for ensuring the memory of this special lady and all that meant so much to her continues at the ARBC Show .
The celebration of our Champions continued with 10 big cheques presented to the deserved champions of the ARBC for 2024 . We also presented Golders Dalby sponsored Championship Jackets to our feature event champions , Australia ’ s Greatest Horseman Mark Buttsworth , Classic Challenge Daniel Lithgow , Derby Challenge Dan Steers , OPEN Challenge Nathan Wilson , OPEN Derby Lana Kelderman , Non Pro Derby Keiran Moses .
It was at the ARBC VIP dinner that event owners and creators Errol & Gita Thomas announced this being the last ARBC Show . After 10 years and 9 of these prestigious events , it was time for them and rightly so . Organising and pulling off an event of this size certainly leaves an amazing legacy across all disciplines being represented . The event model will go on under the new name of AGH Show , held around the same time of year offering the opportunity to continue the amazing comradery between reiners , challenge and cowhorse competitors .
ARBC Reining Judges
Thank you to our wonderful ARBC Official Photographer Ken Anderson Photography & Brendon Murray for these amazing photos .
We thank everyone that supported , competed or just came to watch the action and revel in the comradery that has become the ARBC Show . We will be doing a feature article on this legacy event the ARBC Show with Errol & Gita Thomas in the coming issues so keep an eye out on the story of this prestigious event .
2025 AGH Show dates will be released soon with the new event owners looking to take it to the next level again .
2024 AQHA YEARBOOK ~ MAY / JUNE ISSUE