APHA World Over Fence Winners Include Chabot, Caldwell, Lyon, Skrabanek, and More

By: Brittany Bevis

Today’s classes at the 2021 APHA World Show will focus on English disciplines, specially Over Fences and Equitation. This morning’s events kicked off with high flying action in Green Working Hunter with the winner being crowned as No Doubt This Is Hot and Jamie Rowland. Mason Lyon rode The Big Bang Theory to a Reserve finish. Third was Mason once again with Talk About A Debut.

In the next class, it was time for Mason to enter the winer’s circle in Junior Working Hunter with Talk About A Debut. Reserve was Jamie Rowland with No Doubt This Is Hot. Third was Mason Lyon with Talk About Eye Candy.

Mason bred and raised this 5-year-old mare and showed her sire, I Got Em Talkin, during past APHA World Shows. She’s now owned by Morgan Rogers, who had great success thus far with a win in Novice Amateur Hunter Hack and a Reserve finish in Novice Amateur Working Hunter. Mason also placed third in Green Working Hunter and was Reserve in Junior Hunter Hack.

“When she was four and COVID hit, we needed a project,” Mason says. “We pulled her out of the pasture, and she was barely broke. We showed her here last year, and she did well. We have continued on, and she keeps getting better.”

“My favorite thing about her is that, from the beginning, she was super dependable. She comes around the corner and locks in. She knows it’s her job. I never worry about her.”

Coming up next, Mason will show Talk About A Debut at the NSBA World Show and The Championship at WEC-Ocala in the fall.

In Novice Amateur Working Hunter, the winner was Wicked Red Flyer and Sydney Caldwell. Reserve was Talk About A Debut and Morgan Rogers. Third was Secret Treasure and Amy Novacek. In Novice Youth Working Hunter, the winner was Big Shoes To Fill and Summer Skrabanek. Reserve was Welovepie and Addison Krause. Third was Too Cool To Catch and Gianna Brown.

The Amateur Working Hunter class provided an emotional win for Sarah Elder Chabot and her longtime partner, A Well Dressed Man.

Sarah and her longtime partner, a 13-year-old gelding named “Calvin,” achieved an emotional win today. “Four years ago, we didn’t have a great AQHA World Show, and it really shook my confidence,” she says. “Previously, we’d won Equitation Over Fences and Amateur Working Hunter. He’s been turned out for four years since then. This was kind of a big heart moment for us. I got him up about six weeks ago, and we started putting the pieces back together.”

When Sarah first purchased Calvin as a four-year-old, he was AQHA and APHA Solid Paint Bred; but, thanks to the recently rule change, he now has Regular Registry APHA papers. Sarah’s longtime trainer, Karen Evans Mundy, found Calvin for her client, and the trio has been a team for ten plus years now.

“He always shows better than he rides in the warmup pen,” she says. “He has great expression and is a touch brighter when he shows, so he’s careful with his legs. He’s a really good partner, and we’ve been together for a long time.”

Following this interview, Sarah and Calvin continued their winning ways with a World Championship in Amateur Equitation Over Fences. Coming up next, they will compete in Amateur Equitation and Halter.