2017 Buckeye Event Concludes With 14,680 Entries!

July 28, 2017 | Filed under: Club & Show News,Club and Show News,Featured | Posted by:

By: Brittany Bevis

The long awaited results are in from The Little Buckeye and Buckeye Classic that took place July 14-23 in Wilmington, Ohio. The event provided nine sets of AQHA points and three sets of NSBA points to competitors who flocked to the Buckeye State for FREE entries, incredible prizes, and lots of fun! In all, the shows gave away over $100,000 in free entries and prizes. The entry total for the entire event was 14,680 with 9,802 entries at the Buckeye Classic and 4,878 at the Little Buckeye.

Check out some of the impressive class sizes:

L1 Amateur Trail- 24
Amateur Trail- 25
L1 Amateur Showmanship- 32
L1 Youth Showmanship- 32
14-18 Showmanship- 35
Amateur Hunt Seat Equitation- 37
Senior Trail- 38
Senior Trail- 38
L1 Trail- 43
Amateur Showmanship- 46

Sponsored by Piper Performance Horse and Baker Futurity Horses, the Team Tournament competition awarded $4,500 in Rods gift cards to competitors. Coming in first place was the team of Bailey Mierzejewski with Cruize, Jillian Stopperich with Cowboys Are Hot, and Alexa Black with Big Country Cruizer. The second place team consisted of Adeline Gabor with Consider Him Shiek, Addison Nalle-Icenhour with Lovin the Potential, and Kendel Bachey with Makem Hot. Placing third was Kim Best with Check This Machine, Isabella D’Onofrio with Nearly Chocolate, and Mia Wunderlich with Stop My Heart. Placing fourth was Angela Wade with The Perfect Kryme, Shelby Bollinger with Guccis Got Gold, and Tori Kendle with Quita Machine. Placing fifth was Sara Oler with KM Taylor Made Best, Faith Dilillo with Willy Quite Precious, and Natalie Hilty with Rock On Mr Cool.

Click on the links below to view complete results from the show: