$100,000 Up For Grabs at 2018 Cornhusker Classic! Including Equine Chronicle Bucks
By: Brittany Bevis
The Nebraska Quarter Horse Association is pulling out all the stops this year to ensure that the 2018 Cornhusker Classic will be the best yet. A whopping $100,000 in payouts will be presented during the event, which will take place during six full shows June 15-24 in Lincoln, NE. Judging the show will be Jessica Gilliam, Brad Kearns, Beckey Schooler, Kendra Weis, Terry Cross, and Dean Bogart.
Show Manager Michelle Forness remarks on the extreme growth the Cornhusker has seen over the past few years. “It’s a very evolving show, for sure,” she says. “It’s never the same, which makes it a challenge with so many moving parts. It has changed so much in the last four years from a 4,000 entry AQHA show to 7,000 entries. Now, we host a full slate of NSBA dual approved classes and futurities with almost $18,000 in added money, along with the Premier Quarter Sires Limited division classes.”
In addition, the show will offer $4,000 in added money in the Limited Open Heading and Heeling and Non Pro Heading and Heeling. The show is also a host of an ARHFA (American Rope Horse Futurity Association) event.
Check out the NSBA futurity classes on the schedule:
- NSBA Novice Horse Western Pleasure $1,000 added ($2,500 in Limited)
- NSBA Amateur Horsemanship $250 added
- NSBA 3-Year-Old Non Pro Limited Western Pleasure $1,000 added
- NSBA Green Trail $1,000 added
- NSBA Non Pro Trail $1,000 added
- NSBA Intermediate Non Pro Trail $500 added
- NSBA Intermediate Rider Senior Trail $500 added
- NSBA 3-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure $1,000 added
- NSBA 3-Year-Old Non Pro Western Pleasure $1,000 added
- NSBA 3-Year-Old Intermediate Non Pro Western Pleasure $1,000 added
- NSBA Junior Trail $1,000 added
- NSBA Senior Trail $500 added
- NSBA Non Pro Maturity Western Pleasure $1,000 added
- NSBA Intermediate Non Pro Maturity Western Pleasure $1,000
- NSBA 3-Year-Old Limited Western Pleasure $1,000 added
- 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure $1,000 added
- NSBA Open Maturity Western Pleasure $1,000 added
- NSBA Intermediate Maturity Western Pleasure $1,000 added
- NSBA 3 and 4-Year-Old Hunter Under Saddle $1,000 added
Premier Quarter Sires classes to be offered include:
- PQS $5,000 Limited Horse Open Rider Western Pleasure $5,000 added
- PQS Non Pro Trail Sweepstakes
- PQS 3-Year-Old, 4-Year-Old, 5-Year-Old Open Trail Sweepstakes
- PQS 3-Year-Old Limited Horse Limited Rider Western Pleasure
- PQS Limited Horse Limited Rider Non Pro Maturity Hunter Under Saddle
- PQS 3-Year-Old Limited Horse Limited Rider Hunter Under Saddle
- PQS Limited Horse Limited Rider Non Pro Maturity Western Pleasure
New this year is the PQS Trail Sweepstakes for horses between the ages of three and five, the PQS Non Pro Trail Sweepstakes, and the PQS $5,000 Limited Horse Open Rider Western Pleasure with $5,000 added. Also new is the NSBA Intermediate Rider Senior Trail and Living Large NSBA $2,500 Limited Horse Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle with $1,000 added.
An exciting new addition to the show this year are Equine Chronicle Bucks that will be presented to competitors in random class drawings. That’s $500 a day for classes taking place June 15-19, totaling $2,500 for the show!
Competitors can also vie for a Blue Ribbon Show Halter, which will be presented to the High Point Level 1 Youth in Youth Showmanship. This award is being donated by Blue Ribbon Tack and Bunting Performance Horses.
Other fun events during the show include a Wine Tasting Party from James Arthur Vineyard and Craft Beer Tasting from Broiler Brew Company. There will also be a Mimosa and Bloody Mary Party during Halter classes, compliments of Willybeuptonogood and Brickham Quarter Horses.
Click here for more information about the Cornhusker Classic.
