The Wrangler Horse and Rodeo News

September, 2024 • The WRANGLER • 37 wyoming QuArter horse AssociAtion For Memberhip Form go to https://wqha.org/ PRESIDENT Sharon Bailey hujomom68@gmailcom VICE PRESIDENT Adair Walker adair@rhapsodyfarmqh.com SECRETARY Nicole Ballenger nicoleballenger5@gmail.com TREASURER Susan Nelson snelson@qadas.com YOUTH ADVISOR Lindsay and Jan Guynn lindsayrguynn@gmail.com BOARD MEMBERS Linda Henderson, Terry McDowell, Sarah Camphell, Stacy Thomas, BeLynn Johner, Mark Guynn CONQHA LIASON AnneMarie Johnson AQHA National Directors Stuart Thompson, Krystal Peterson, Jenny Ingwerson-Niemann Dues may be paid online or sent to: Susan Nelson PO Box 581 Niwot, CO 80544 WQHA Cowboy Summer Classic 2024 Results Are In The Wyoming Quarter Horse Association (WQHA)'s Cowboy Summer Classic, held July 10-14 at the fairgrounds in Douglas WY, attracted exhibitors from across Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming to show to six nationally known judges in a wide range of Quarter Horse and All-Breed classes. AQHA judges Margo Ball, Manita DeFoor, Glenn Wells (July 10-12), and Shane Young, Karen Banister, and Jamieson Gross (July 12-14) placed more than 850 class entries in open, amateur, novice amateur, rookie amateur, select amateur, youth, novice youth, and rookie youth AQHA and All Breed classes. Those classes included ranch horse (ranch riding, working western rail, and ranch trail), reining, barrel racing and pole bending, halter and showmanship at halter, Western performance (western pleasure, western riding, horsemanship and trail), and English performance (hunter under saddle and equitation). There were All breed and walk-trot options for both English and Western classes. Ranch riding, ranch trail, (regular) trail, and western horsemanship were especially popular, and reining drew a good crowd this year too. The show's AQHA youth high-point winners were: Makayla Kessie and Only One Krymsun (youth champion and rookie youth champion; Milana Rowe and AJ Shes Surely Foxy (L1 youth champion); Addyson Kurtz and Riding the Range (youth reserve champion and L1 youth reserve champion); and Giana LaReau and Boxo Heavens Zanparr (rookie youth reserve champion). High-point AQHA amateur exhibitors were: Caitlyn Kauffman and Look Here Im Hot (amateur champion and L1 amateur reserve champion); Sharon Bailey and Rio Del Cielo (rookie amateur champion), Heather Banks and A Martini Girl (rookie amateur reserve champion and L1 amateur champion); Kelley Simonsen and Sho Me The Monie (select amateur champion) and Roxanne Doogan and The Witch Doctor (select amateur reserve champion). AQHA high -point horses were: Swaggerin Rey (champion senior horse, owned by Laurie Lukas and shown by Josephine Gurley), Sonita Rey (champion junior horse and champion L1 horse, owned by Laurie and Wayne Lukas and shown by Josephine Gurley); and Im Fancy Schmancy (reserve champion L1 horse, owned by Jeri K. Lockwood and shown by Geoff Morris). All Breed and walk-trot champions were: Makaela Johnson and Always Extreme (youth champion), Julian Nemmers and Smart Little Shorty (adult champion, owned by Anne DeGraff), and Alyvia Kurtz and Magnanimous (walk- trot champion). Congratulations to the many circuit and individual class winners, and to everyone who came and showed! The riders and the horses were all truly impressive. All results are posted at Sherri Matuska Show Management www.smshowmanagement. com. WQHA would like to thank the many sponsors who's support resulted in great circuit, high point, and lucky exhibitor awards. Platinum (over $500) and gold ($500) sponsors include: Converse County Tourism Board, Equine Oasis, the Wyoming State Fairgrounds, Tom Balding Bits and Spurs, Lange Performance Horses, Grasslands Market, Kelley Simonsen, Stuart Thompson, Smiley the French Bulldog from NYC, and Wrangler magazine, which sponsored our ads. Caitlyn Kauffman & Look Here I'm Hot Milana Rowe & Aj She Surely Foxy Addysen Kurts & Riding The Range Nancy Nemmbers & Martini Girl

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