IQHYA Show Concludes With 8,700 Entries! Click Here For Results and Photos
Cassidy Jensen poses with Shayne Gilliam after Cassidy rode Chocolatey Special K to win a The Equine Chronicle ad for 14-18 High Point!
By: Brittany Bevis
Cloverdale, Indiana was the site of an all-out AQHA extravaganza over the weekend with the Indiana Quarter Horse Youth Association Show, the largest show in Indiana, April 18-22. Judges were Bruce Walquist, Brad Jewett, Tracy Willis, Shawn Hays, Elizabeth Baker, Mark Baus, Bennie Sargent, Doug Rath, and Marty Jo Hays.
A brand new schedule, deep High Point awards, and an egg-citing Egg & Spoon race with 50% payback brought out competitors in droves and contributed to some impressive entry numbers. Show management group, An Equine Production, reports the overall entry total at 8,700 across all divisions and all classes with 6,495 AQHA entries for all judges. Check out some of these class sizes!
- Western Riding- 20
- Junior Trail- 20
- L1 Youth Hunter Under Saddle- 22
- 14-18 Equitation- 23
- 14-18 Hunter Under Saddle- 25
- Youth Trail- 25
- L1 Amateur Horsemanship- 25
- Amateur Horsemanship- 26
- L1 Youth Equitation- 29
- 14-18 Horsemanship- 29
- Senior Trail- 32
- L1 Trail- 33
- L1 Horsemanship- 42
Click here to view S/C 1 results.
Click here to view S/C 2 results.
Click here to view circuit champions.
One of the highlights of the show was the incredible High Point awards. Champions in six divisions received full page ads in The Equine Chronicle! The Reserve Champions received $300 to Logan’s Boots, and third place received a horse slinky.
Novice Amateur
Champion – Skippn Lyndy Lou/Michelle Savage
Reserve – Candy Coded Red/Jessica Pinisetti
Third – Ultimately Rodney/Courtney Mcrobert
Amateur
Champion – Version Of Goodbar/Sarah Lebsock
Reserve – Amazin Dream/Jessica Baird
Third – KM Zip Me Suddenly/Kari Jewell
Select
Champion – Hes Forever Good/Janet Egolf
Reserve – Only Zipped For Now/Luanne Coleman
Third – Only In My Levis/Terri Bloom Tisch
L1 Youth
Champion – That Sudden Smile/Elizabeth Meerman
Reserve – Formal I Will Be/Ryan Flowers
Third – Good N Plenty Benny/Brianna French
13 & Under Youth
Champion – Ima Tuff Barpasser/Caroline Fredenburg
Reserve – Potentially Money/Lyla Bellar
Third – My Only Good Shoes/Emma Gore
14-18 Youth
Champion – Chocolatey Special K/Cassidy Jensen
Reserve – Zips Bossy Chip/Ellexxah Maxwell
Third – Essentially Good/Gracie Himes
Other High Point Champions received great prizes as well.
Open
Champion – Some Hot Potential – Emma Brown (owner) ($400 Scheniders Gift Certificate)
Reserve – Always Lopin Sober – Katie Grossnickle (owner)
Third – KM Zip Me Suddenly – Kari Jewell (owner)
Small Fry
Champion – MWS Flashed N Chock/Elden Fredenburg
Reserve – Styles Sophisticated/Kenzie Bracken
Third – This Cowgirls Lopin/Makenna Harrison
L1 Amateur W/J
Champion – Bankable Interest/Susan Robinson
Reserve – Flat Out Cheating/Kelly Maciejewski
Third – Blueit On An Impulse/Tara Zaremski
L1 Youth W/J
Champion – Elegantsofistication & Emma Dejong
Reserve – Blazing Hot Moxie/Maghan Vanasdal
Third – Chips Cholcolate Bar/Briley Berns
Scroll below to view more fun photos, courtesy of Lauren Stepaniak and Emma Brown.
