Habighorst has a busy day ahead. He plans to show in the Amateur Yearling Geldings, Amateur 3-Year-Old Mares, and Amateur 3-Year-Old Geldings before the day is through.

“I’ve worked so hard for this. I wanted this forever. I didn’t want to leave the arena; I just wanted them to let me stay out there!”

“Henry is Henry,” Rita Habighorst says. “There will never be another Henry”

“I was first to go, so I was a little nervous making the lines, but I was really, really happy. I didn’t expect it. It was amazing.”

Today marked an exciting milestone for Ruby because this was her first trip to the APHA World Show in fifteen years.

This is Prince’s fifth World Championship title in horsemanship, but it is her first as an amateur competitor.