Congratulations 2015 AQHYA Western Riding Finalists!

By: Brittany Bevis

After the conclusion of 66 goes in Western Riding Preliminaries today at the 2015 AQHA Youth World Show, the bubble score to return to the Finals was a 217.5. In order to return to the second-chance Shootout, competitors needed to receive a 213.

21 horse and rider pairs will return for tomorrow’s Finals, which will be judged by Holly Hover, Larry Little, Pierre Briere, Jim Dudley, and Randy Wilson.

Here is your working order:

135- Cheyenne Augsburger/Dynamic Allnite Long

1080- Kara Vickery/Strawberri Wine

364- Abbi Lynn Demel/There Goes My Zipper

929- Erin Nicole Mask/RR All In

945- Taylor Searles/Al Be Sweet On You

664- Brooke Granzow/Heavenly Mac

496- Shea Graham/Lets Talk ABout AOK

747- Klay McDowall/Certainly A Blaze

1068- Livvie Van Lanen/All But Sudden

786- Molly Moden/Blazeless

767- Kaylee Mellott/VS Born To Be Hot

179- Moa Berglund/Grey Asset

999- Chelsea Sterling/Triplicate Pleasure

921- Kacie Scharf/A Movin Machine

501- Deanna Green/Blazinmytroublesaway

946- Taylor Searles/Flashy Attraction

848- Carli Pitts/Hot Lady Born Lopin

832- Michelle Patin/Certainly Suited

860- Hayley Riddle/Good Miss Sunny

704- Kayla Magrum/Good Girls Don’t Iron

819- Sarah Orsak/Huntin By Moonlite

The highest placing horse and rider team during the preliminaries was Moa Berglund (who came all the way from Sweden) with Grey Asset; the team received a 226. The second highest placing horse was a tie between Strawberri Wine with Kara Vickery and Al Be Sweet On You with Taylor Searles, both earning a 224. Deanna Green rode Blazinmytroublesaway to round out the top three with a 223.5.

Stay tuned to see how the results will play out tomorrow afternoon… Good luck everyone!