Day 3 and 4 Around the Ring Photos- MAQHA Corporate Challenge
Day 3 Highlights
- Starting off raining, but ended up to be a great show day!
- Morning started with donuts sponsored by Dax and Laura Atkinson/Atkinson Quarter Horses
- Pizza Party in the evening sponsored by Dominos, Terry and Shelley Snyder, Darleen Gargano, Terri Shaleen
- Freezy Pops in the afternoon sponsored by Unbridled Boutique
- 4,000 total entries for 1st split/combined
- 1,212 AQHA entries per judge (up from last year)
- 196 total Showmanship runs
- Lots of new faces and horses
- 15 Entries of Bridleless Trail
- Winner of Bridleless Trail was Brooke Ingstad and HP Ima Foxy Dreamer : $1,500 added money from Barbie Evans and Bunting Performance Horses. Highest Placing Non Pro ($250) donated by Brett Clark Quarter Horses was also Brooke.
Day 4 Highlights:
- Green, Junior, and Senior Western Pleasure had $500 added money. Green was won by Erin Lieurance and sponsored by MQHA. Junior was won by Erin Lieurance and sponsored by Hornig Insurance. Senior was won by Jeff Cochran and sponsored by MQHA.
- NSBA Non Pro Trail was sponsored by MQHA and Timber Valley Farm (Mike and Bonnie Minor) and was won by Mallory Vroegh.
- NSBA 3 & 4-Year-Old Western Pleasure Non Pro was won by Alyssa Beardsley and it was sponsored by Twin Cities Featherlite.
- Bagels sponsored by Kroll Performance Horses in the morning
- Subway sandwiches were a huge success, given by the Corporate Challenge committee as a thank you to attendees
- Root beer floats were sponsored by Stellar Equine Performance Therapy. We went through 15 gallons of ice cream in 60 minutes!
- Highest Scoring Trail Horse was No Question I’m Lazy and Robin Frid for owner, Lisa Neiberger. Bean bag boards were sponsored by Ashton Performance Horses.
- High Point Halter Horse: Mike Jacobson with Miss GQ Amazing sponsored by Style Stable Products, Shawn and Shannon Wacker
- Brandt Blanket Company has been busy personalizing vests given as circuit awards.
