“In my group, I see about 20% attrition rate of kids going on to show at Quarter Horse shows,” says Holly Hover. She views it as the ideal opening for families who have interest, but have not had the opportunity to become involved with horses.

With just shy of 2,700 AQHA entries, the new Fall Harvest Championship Show showed an impressive turnout for its first year. The inaugural multi-breed event took place October 5-8 in Des Moines, IA, with an innovative format that included a five judge AQHA show with a four judge ABRA show.