Quick Silver remains in the thoughts of those who loved him and the memories of those who were honoured to watch the great buckskin gelding that truly was a Super Horse
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Quick Silver remains in the thoughts of those who loved him and the memories of those who were honoured to watch the great buckskin gelding that truly was a Super Horse
Yulgilbar Quick Silver has demonstrated the versatility of the Australian Quarter Horse breed having won points in the traditional western performance events with credible performances in the working events of Cutting, Working Cow Horse, Team Penning, and as a · timed event animal in Barrels and even Roping. He has competed in Working Hunter, and in fact, there is little that this horse has not done! His lifetime points total 1323.5 which include 427.5 Amateur and 532.5 Youth.
His total prize money earnings add up to $ 45,000, however the most precious and special award he has won is the Supreme Performance Medal. There are many AQHA Champions and National Hi Point winners but there are only a small handful of the Supreme Performance Medal holders. This Medal is only awarded to a horse that has gained 2 Superior Performance Horse Awards in any event and been awarded a Register of Merit in one of the following: Steer Wrestling, Calf Roping, Campdraft, Cutting, Working Cow Horse and been awarded 15 or more points at a National or State Championship event or approved capital city Royal Show.
A quote that sums up Quick Silver ' s versatility to a tee, came from the American judge Bob Loomis, on one of his trips to Australia ' I have seen it all, that yellow horse won a Pleasure yesterday, and a trail, and do you know what he has just done?... Well the sucker just roped a cow and did it well, and hell, he only has one eye!'
The amount of points that Yulgilbar Quick Silver accumulated were enough to earn him the following awards:
• AQHA Champion
• AQHA Performance Medal
• AQHA Youth Champion
• AQHA Youth Versatility
• Two Silver Century Awards
• Seven Superiors
• Nine ROMs
• Three Youth ROMs, and
• One Youth Superior
Yulgilbar Quick Silver ' s show career started as a 2 year old, Sue Farrell took him to the National Championships held in Melbourne and he placed 1st in the 2yo Gelding and 5th in the S / B Pleasure Futurity from a class of 55! The same year, in July, he went to Dubbo for the 2nd round of the S / B Futurity,
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