Youth & Amateur at Gatton Clinic and Show
The Gatton Quarter Horse and Performance Assoc held a massive Youth and Amateur Owner weekend on the 29th and 30th of October at the Gatton Indoor Arena. Saturday saw 46 riders, 30 Amateurs and 16 Youth, plus numerous fence sitters participate in a Youth and Amateur only Clinic.
We were very privileged to have four wonderful trainers helping everyone out. Kane Skopp focused on Western Pleasure, Holly Johnson focused on Showmanship, Samantha Daley focused on Halter and halter prep and Natasha Edwards focused on rider position for Hunter Under Saddle and Hunt Seat Equitation.
Riders were placed into five groups who rotated through the clinicians over the day. Each group having a great time and learning a lot considering the temperatures that weekend where pretty high. As the day wore on, lots of participants commented on what they had learnt from each trainer and all had homework to take away with them. Many riders asked if the club could hold another clinic in the future, so stay tuned!
Sunday’ s Youth and AO Feature Show kicked off at 8am with Shane Massingham judging two Youth and AO Halter Feature events. TSC Sheer Intimidation owned by Leanne Gidman won the under two feature sponsored by Jack’ s Mobile Coffee and AA Performance Horses. Almavale Poppy owned by Lee Sim won the Three And Over Halter Feature, sponsored by Run Bare Horse Care and KD Garlands.
AO and Youth Halter events followed with KP Ima Stardust Seeker( Rosie Webb) winning Supreme AO Quarter Horse, sponsored by Phillip Williams and Samantha Daley and BPS Hot N Sassy( Sharnte Wilson) winning Supreme Youth Quarter Horse, sponsored by Jessica Simpson and Samantha Daley. The Supreme AO Paint Horse, sponsored by TLD Paints & Quarter Horses and Samantha Daley was won by RMB Ecstatic( Sue McCoombs) and the Supreme Youth Paint Horse, sponsored by Kerryn Reid Photography and Samantha Daley was won by Counttheloot( Laine Gillard). BPS Secret Weapon( Theresa Zelenak) was awarded Supreme AO Solid Paint, sponsored by Diane Starky and Samantha Daley. The final Youth and AO Appaloosa Supremes, kindly donated by Mark and Leanne Gidman and Samantha Daley and Katrina Lewis went to Aweluminous( Katrina Lewis and Brianna Simpson).
The show continued with an Youth and
AO Showmanship Feature, sponsored by Smoochez Doggy Spa and KD Garlands won by Sharnte Wilson showing BPS Hot N Sassy ridden events. Frances Bear rode CP Collaboration to win the AO Hunter Under Saddle Feature, sponsored by the Gillard Family and KD Garlands and Sharnte Wilson rode BPS Hot N Sassy to win the Youth Hunter Under Saddle feature sponsored by SK Tack. Winner of the AO Western Pleasure Feature sponsored by Amanda Sproules and Rob Harrington and Mark and Leanne Gidman was Marie Farmer, riding PPH Hot Like Tahnee. The winner of the Youth Western Pleasure Feature sponsored by Annette Blakey and SK Tack was Laine Gillard riding Count The Loot.
After a long day, with big classes, High Point Awards went to: Novice Youth- Emily Jane Bowling Sponsored by SRQ Show Horses Runner up- Boston Musgrave Sponsored by What ' s New Performance Horses Youth under 13- Sharntè Wilson Sponsored by DHR Designs Runner up- Holly Wright Sponsored by Phillip Williams Youth 14-18- Chole Miller Sponsored by Kim Thake Saddles & Tack Runner up- Tamsin Beard Sponsored by ESS-J Performance Horses Novice Amateur-Kimberley Lyons Sponsored by Syerra Daley Runner up- Stacey Thomas Sponsored by Michelle O ' Donnell Beard Amateur Junior- Jess Page sponsored by Horse N Rider Runner up- Donna Lucas Sponsored by Stacey Thomas Videography & Photography Amateur Senior- Kerry Ann Derksen Sponsored by Cooper Daley Runner up- Danielle Cameron Sponsored by the Gillard Family Select Amateur- Rosemary Webb Sponsored by KNJ Paints & Quarter Horses Runner up- Sharon Gillard Sponsored by the Day Family RWD-Wendy Bri Sponsored by Bitumen Driveways Encouragement Award- Tamsin Beard Sponsored by Bang For Your Buck Horsegear
Without all our fabulous sponsors this show would not have been such a huge success. Thank you to What’ s New Performance Horses, ESS-J Performance Horses, ESS-J Tail Bags, Phillip Williams, Sam Daley, Di Starkey, Eve’ s Bibs N Ties, Wyn Trost Accounting, Natasha Maree Training Stables, Musgrave Haulage,
Horse N Rider, SRQ Show Horses, Bitumen Driveways, Annette Blakey, Silver Circle Equine, Georgia Jones, Twisted T Saddlery, Karra Johstone, KD Garlands, Stacey Thomas Videography & Photography, Gillard Family, Jessica Simpson, Mark & Leanne Gidmann, Keryn Reid Photography, Katrina Lewis, Smoochez Doggy Spa, SK Tack, Michelle Beard, Bang For Your Buck Horsegear, TLD Paints and Quarter Horses, Day Family, Run Bare Horse Care, DHR Designs, Amanda Sproules & Rob Harrington, Equine ID Solutions, Kim Thake Saddles & Tack, KNJ Paints & Quarter Horses, Jack’ s Mobile Coffee, AA Performance Horses, Cooper Daley, Syerra Daley, Image Performance Horses and Horsemans Trading Post.
After such a successful show, the GQHPA are looking forward to running the 2017 Qld Quarter Horse State Show in June.
Marie Farmer
Francis Bear
Cooper Daley
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