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AQHA ANNOUNCES THEIR NEW 2010 JUDGES
After several days of grueling testing and interviews for those applicants invited to go test for their AQHA All Round Judges Card, the following individuals were approved: Jennifer Leckey and Jessica Gilliam both from Indiana, Jerry Erickson and Terry Thompson both from Texas, as well as two from California, Jill Newcomb and Jimmy Stickler. Kathryn Kope from Florida was also among the select few that received their AQHA Judges Cards after the 2010 testing which was held this past April in Texas.
The AQHA Progressive Judges Card is also quite an honor and Ron Stratton from Tennessee as well as Wayne Holt from Texas received those cards. Any show with less than 350 entries quality
for progressive judges.
Four individuals received the AQHA Novice Show judges credentials and they are Donna Crossman from Virginia, Kris Hiney of Wisconsin, Joe Pluhar and Ried Thomas both from Texas.
The Novice judges can judge the AQHA Introductory shows as well as the Novice. Congratulations to All!
Cowboy Fred Whitfield and Hunter Herrin To Compete for $10,000 at Battle in the Saddle Match Roping
The American Quarter Horse Journal, May 24, 2010 – A match roping
between Texan Fred Whitfield and Oklahoman Hunter Herrin will be held July 9 at the inaugural Battle in the Saddle competition at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. In the Texas versus Oklahoma duel, accuracy will be the name of the game and more than state pride is on the line. The roper with the most catches will ride away with $10,000 and a pair of commemorative Battle in the Saddle spurs. Whitfield and Herrin, both professional tie-down ropers, will rope in five rounds for a $10,000 winner-take-all purse. State Fair Park and the American Quarter Horse Association have teamed up to present Battle in the Saddle, the first-of-its-kind equestrian event. The event is owned by Oklahoma State Fair Inc. and managed by AQHA and is a premier equine competition showcasing five western disciplines. Competitors will shoot it out in five fast-paced, exciting events: ranch horse, reining, working cow horse, roping and cutting.
Whitfield is an eight-time World Champion tie-down roper from Hockley, Texas, with career earnings of more than $2 million and has qualified to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo 18 times. Fans of the Texas cowboy are sure to be “raising the roof” with Whitfield’s famous hand gesture. Hailing from Apache, Oklahoma, Herrin has four Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifications in his six-year career and has more than $600,000 in career earnings. The talented Oklahoma roper finished second in the 2008 world standings.
The excitement begins at 7 p.m. at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. In addition to the match roping, the evening will also include the finals for the junior and senior team roping. Tickets for the Friday night roping event are only $15 and can be purchased from the State Fair Park ticket office.
The world’s most talented horses and cowboys take center stage July 5-10 in Oklahoma City to battle it out for top honors at the inaugural Battle in the Saddle competition. Battle in the Saddle is open to all breeds and will feature $130,000 in added money for an estimated $300,000 in total purses. Cutting, reining, roping and working cow horse classes will be recognized as AQHA special events. All breeds are welcome, but American Quarter Horses competing will receive AQHA points. Roping events will be recognized by the American Rope Horse Futurity Association and follow ARHFA rules. Horses competing in the cutting will receive National Cutting Horse Association recognition. Ancillary reining classes will be approved by the National Reining Horse Association and NRHA affiliate Oklahoma Reining Horse Association. The National Reined Cow Horse Association will be involved as well.
State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, often referred to as “The Horse Show Capital of the World,” is a premier equine facility that annually hosts the American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show, the National Reining Horse Association Futurity and Derby,
the U.S. Team Roping Championships, the International Finals
Rodeo and many other major equine events. With more than $70
million in recent renovations and stalls available for 3,000 horses,
State Fair Park has become the go-to destination for top-tier equine
competitions and events.
For more information, or to enter, visit www.battleinthesaddle.com.
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Check Out These Babies
Cowboy Mounted Shooting
BBR World Finals
Barrel Racing's Biggest Fan
Barrel Horse Talk brought to you by BarrelHorseWorld.com
Teen Corral w/ Clint Van Volkenburg
IJRA News - Mud, Guts and Glory
Recollections...The Dahlens of Iowa City, Iowa
Barks N Bits w/ Bella
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NABRC CHANGES
May 21, 2010 - Attention all WBRC Team USA members, producers, qualifiers, nominees and invitees! The WBRC committee is proud to announce that the WBRC 2010 finals, has moved from Manitoba, Canada to Kansas City, Missouri.
The inaugural event will be held at the beautiful American Royal Facility. Date for the finals will be Nov. 4-7, 2010. We are also proud to announce we have changed the competitive team to TEAM International, which will consist of all teams with exception of Team USA. This allows all of our international friends to compete in this exciting event rather than limiting the competition to those from Canada.
The WBRC committee is working diligently to host this “one of a kind event” in a location that is convenient for all involved. Any barrel race will be considered for a qualification race (USA or INT). The event must have a minimum of 5 paid qualifiers to host a qualifying race. One per five entries advance to team.
Good luck in your qualifying race and the WRRC Finals. If you cannot make the qualifying race that you entered, you may qualify at any Qualifying race. You must contact us in advance. Your fastest time of the qualifying race will be your qualifying time. One per five will advance to Team.
WBRC Finals
Open - 25 Team USA and 25 Team International will compete in the NABRC semi-finals. Brittany Pozzi will serve as Team USA Captain
Youth-A total of 50 youth (USA and International combined) teams will be drawn at semi-finals. Martha Josey is the WBRC Youth Team Captain
Open Finals Format
• 25 TEAM USA and 25 TEAM International competitors will go
head to head in the WBRC semi-finals
• Top 10 USA and Top 10 International will compete in the WBRC
finals
• Highest average of each team minus two lowest times will
become the 2010 World Barrel Racing Challenge Champions.
• World Champions will win $100,000 ($10,000 per team member)
• Open consolation race (payoff to be determined)-Will consist of
bottom 15 from each team along with losing team (40 riders).
Youth Finals Format
• Will consist of 50 WBRC qualifiers
• Each qualifier will draw a 1 or 2, to determine which team they
will compete on
• Team 1 and Team 2 will go head to head in the WBRC semi-
finals
• Top 10 Team 1 and Top 10 Team 2 will compete in the WBRC
finals
• Highest average of each team minus two lowest times will
become the 2010 World Barrel Racing Challenge Champions.
• World Barrel Racing Champions will win $100,000 ($10,000 per
team member)
• Youth consolation race (Payoff to be determined)-Will consist of
bottom 15 from each team along with losing team (40 riders).
We hope these changes are pleasing to each of you, World Barrel Racing Challenge Committee Please contact us at jgd@barrelhorseworld.com with any questions or concerns. Please go to www.northamericanbarrelracingchallenge.com for all updates and qualifying race locations, across the country.
Tragedy Strikes Hamilton, OH Family on May 22, 2010
Letter regarding Schwab & Collier Benefit Auction This letter is to request support for a Hamilton, Ohio family struck by tragedy on Saturday, May 22, 2010. This tragedy has left the family with much to be concerned about and we would like to ease their concerns by providing some financial assistance to them.
.....Five members of the Schwab/Collier family, two horses, and a
dog were traveling together to a horse show when a left front tire blew and sent the truck and trailer careening into a hilly tree filled highway median. Cindy Schwab and 14 year old son, Trey Schwab, were sent via life flight to University Hospital and Children’s Hospital respectively and remain hospitalized at the time of this issue. They both have a long road to recovery. Luckily Paul Schwab II, Tena Collier and her four year old son, Trevor, received only non-life threatening injuries. The beloved family horses, Bar Dee Boy (aka “Scooby”) and MF Poco Red Wrangler (aka “Popeye”) were transported to Lebanon Equine Clinic. Scooby remains hospitalized and is expected to recover, but unfortunately Popeye did not survive through surgery. The truck and trailer are a total loss. This family has been long standing members of the rodeo, barrel racing and AQHA communities. Tena Collier is a former Miss Rodeo Ohio and is a long time rodeo and barrel racing competitor who has touched so many lives with her work with 4H and youth rodeo. Her brother, Trey Schwab, can be found in the AQHA youth standings along with his great horse, Scooby. Paul Schwab is a Youth Director for the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. He and his wife, Cindy, have supported their children’s passion of horses. We are asking for individuals and businesses to offer financial support for this family’s medical and veterinary bills. Financial support can be given by donating money, goods or service vouchers. All goods or service vouchers will be auctioned online and turned into financial support. A bank account has been established to hold the funds for the family. A website has been created to aid in the fund-raising effort and to serve as a portal for the online auction and method for those concerned to receive updates. You may visit the website at www.SchwabCollierBenefit.com. Goods or service vouchers may be mailed to the address below I/C/O Nadine Gibbons. Cash donations may be made by contacting Nadine at 937-416-4278
or mask7881@yahoo.com. Let’s band together to help this ever-giving family in their time of need. If you have questions, concerns or further ideas to help this effort, please feel free to contact Nadine or leave comments on the website. Your support and prayers for this family are much appreciated. Thank you in advance and many blessings to you and yours.
Sincerely,
Friends and Fellow Horsemen and Women of the Schwab/Collier Family
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horse industry and these days you will hear both names mentioned often at NBHA and other barrel racing shows in Indiana. During the month of July in recent years they have been extra busy during one of Indiana's largest barrel races. (That's about all of the hints I am going to give!) Oh....and these pictures were taken of the brothers in 1965(L) and 1955 (R.)
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These barrel racers were included in a local newspaper article write-up about the 1994 NBHA Youth World Championships. The Finals were held in Augusta, Georgia in 1994 and all the youth in the picture made the trip. THe kids were all from northwest Indiana Bridget Roorda (now Duggleby) has helped out on occasion with us here at The Horse Resource and Ronda Stiles (now Casey) stays very active in the barrel horse and rodeo world and has also been a great help to our Sales staff. Brad Roorda is still very active in the barrel horse world and even had a former horse compete at the NFR in recent years with Firewater Fanny, ridden by Amanda Clayman
Barbara Barten of Rensselaer, IN knew that the kids in our June Mystery of the Month were from left to right: (Front) Justin Hayworth, Brad Roorda, Bridget Roorda (Duggleby) and Ronda Stiles (Casey), (Back) Ashley Hayworth, Josh Clouse, Brock Roorda and Trent Roorda.
