Around the Rings Results – 2025 Orange Blossom Classic
The Orange Blossom Classic, which spanned the dates of April 16-20, 2025, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala, boasted 4 AQHA Shows – 1 AQHA World Show Qualifying Event, and it was AQHA, NSBA, and FQHA Approved.
The show known as an elegant opener for A Sudden Impulse stands on its own, with highly-anticipated added money NSBA classes across the spectrum of disciplines in addition to some of the best horses in the industry.
Orange Blossom Classic Judge Pool consisted of highly sought after judges: Amy Watkins, Allen Mitchells, Gary Roberts, Eric Petersen, Tammy Braham, Lynda Danielson, Robin Frid, David Denniston, John Briggs, Jerry Erickson, Lisa Moden, Carly Parks, Casey Devitt, April Devitt, Brad Jewett, Jeff Mellott, Jimmy Daurio, Brendan Brown, Becky George, Rhonda Replogle, Dawn Kreakie, Pam Scott, Cynthia Mergaert, Glenn Wells, Manita DeFoor.
Keep scrolling for complete results, scribe sheets, high point winners, and circuit winners, and stay tuned for A Sudden Impulse results.
AQHA & NSBA Results: Untitled Report
Scribe sheets: Orange Blossom Scribe Sheets — An Equine Production
High Point Winners
(Pick up awards at the show office)
| Division | Champion |
| Jr Open | The Cookie Club – Jackie Adams |
| Sr Open | C – Kickin Dust Up – Molli Froman
R – Shootin The Breeze – Marcie Mcclenon |
| L1 Open | DGS Legacy & Robin Degraff |
| L1 Amateur | C – Snazzy Lil Machine & Alexis Gooding
R – Batta Bing & Penni Himes |
| Amateur | C – Ima Savvy Investment & Paige Rogers
R – Dont Think Twice & Meghan Pye |
| L1 Select | C – AnotherDayInParadise & Jenny Dobbratz
R – Shootin The Breeze & Marcie Mcclennon |
| Select | C – Batta Bing & Penni Himes
R – Never Enuff Sleep & Pam Duer |
| L1 Youth | C – TheyCallMeButter & Taylor Latham
R – Hot Little Loper & Brooklyn Gressani |
| 13 & under | Good Evanescence & London Nietzer |
| 14-18 | C – The Batchelor & Ady Kallay
R – The Publication & Shayne Gilliam |
| Small Fry | C – No SneakinUponWilly & Charlie Miller
R – VS Ride The Line & Remington Ortega |
| L1 Am Walk/Jog | C – To You Lazy & Louise Harrison
R – LeeaguersCrystalCopy & Adrienne Miller |
| L1 Youth Walk/Jog | VS Ride The Line & Remington Ortega |
| Amateur Ranch | C – Gotta Magic Gun & Heather Ronek
R – Seven S Crossfire & Kara Ann Bennett |
| Select Ranch | C – Bet Boon Gone Blue & Carol Dewrell
R – Lida Spook & Lorrie Partridge |
| Youth Ranch | C – PS Remington & Kennedy Beltz
R – Winn Like Flinn & Lane Kail |
| Open Ranch | C – Lets Double Down & Wendy McConnell R – Alpha Black & Circle Y Ranch |
| Open Fence | C – Hot Dig It – Rebecca Edward
R – Never Forgotten – Allison Mcculley |
| L1 Amateur Fence | C – One All Of An Amen & Stephanie Smith
R – All About That Blaze & Jill Zeitler |
| Amateur Fence | C – One Al Of An Amen & Stephanie Smith
R – Kryminal Justice & Miranda Schaefer |
| Select Fence | C – Im What Matters Most & Tiffany Tarantello
R – A Pleasant Dream & Susan Cannan |
| L1 Youth Fence | C – Email Details & Vivianne Ortega
R – UF Reason To Move & Layla Delvecchio |
| Youth Fence | C – Al Be At The Bar & Addison Krause
R – Email Detail & Vivianne Ortega |
Circuit Award Winners
(Pick up circuit awards at the photographer backdrop at Arena 4)
| Class | Orange Blossom |
| 101/501. L1/Green Non-Pro SMS | Lopin For Coronas & Courtney Archer |
| 102/502. L1/Nov Select SMS | AnotherDayInParadise & Jenny Dobbratz |
| 103/504. L2 Select SMS | A Good OHK Krymsun & Ann Roberts |
| 104/504. L3 Select SMS | Showin My Ace & Lauren Stopperich |
| 105/505. L1/Nov Amateur SMS | No SneakinUponWilly & Sydney Miller |
| 106/507. L2 Amateur SMS | Goodride Clyde & Samantha Columbus |
| 107/507. L3 Amateur SMS | Ima Savvy Investment & Paige Rogers |
| 108/508. L1/Nov Youth SMS | Cant Stop Wont Stop & Ella Forehand |
| 109/509. 13 &Under Youth SMS | Good Evanescence & London Nietzer |
| 110/510 14-18 Youth SMS | Prepare To B Shocked & Myah Chaput |
| 111/511. Small Fry Showmanship | No SneakUponWilly & Charlie Miller |
| 112/512. Am. Perf. Geldings | Invited For Martinis & Kenny Hoffma |
| 113/513. Youth Perf. Geldings | The Batchelor & Ady Kallay |
| 114/514. Perf. Halter Geldings | Invited For Martinis & Kenny Hoffman |
| 115/515. Am. Perf. Mares | Doubl Or Nothin & Rick Smith |
| 116/616. Youth Perf. Mares | Good Evanescence & London Nietzer |
| 117/617. Performance Mares | Doubl Or Nothin & Rick Smith |
| 118/618. Am. Perf. Stallions | |
| 119/619. Perf. Stallions | |
| 120. Amateur Yearling Geldings | |
| 121. Amateur 2-year-old Geldings | CR Peacemade & Bob Cassata |
| 122. Amateur 3-year-old Geldings | Under Fire & Alexis Gooding |
| 123. Amateur Aged Geldings | Shootin The Breeze & Marcie Mclendon |
| 126. Youth Yearling Geldings | |
| 127. Youth 2-year-old Geldings | |
| 128. Youth 3-year-old Geldings | |
| 129. Youth Aged Geldings | The Publication & Shayne Gilliam |
| 132. Yearling Geldings | |
| 133. 2-year-old Geldings | CR Peacemade & Kelley Wainscott |
| 134. 3-year-old Geldings | Under Fire & Sonnesa Gooding |
| 135. Aged Geldings | |
| 138. Amateur Yearling Mares | She Sails & Amanda Bennett |
| 139. Amateur 2-year-old Mares | Sultree & Bob Cassata |
| 140. Amateur 3-year-old Mares | |
| 141. Amateur Aged Mares | KR Xfiniti & Bob Cassata |
| 144. Youth Yearling Mares | She Sails & Kendall Bennett |
| 145. Youth 2-year-old Mares | |
| 146. Youth 3-year-old Mares | |
| 147. Youth Aged Mares | |
| 150. Yearling Fillies | She Sails & Kelley Wainscott |
| 151. 2-year-old Mares | Sultree & Kelley Wainscott |
| 152. 3-year-old Mares | |
| 153. Aged Mares | KR Xfiniti & Kelley Wainscott |
| 156. Amateur Yearling Stallions | |
| 157. Amateur 2-year-old Stallions | |
| 158. Amateur 3-year-old Stallions | |
| 159. Amateur Aged Stallions | |
| 162. Yearling Stallions | |
| 163. 2-year-old Stallions | |
| 164. 3-year-old Stallions | |
| 165. Aged Stallions | |
| 168/568. Junior Pleasure Driving | Al Be Large & Kevin Dukes |
| 169/569. Amateur Pleasure Driving | ImagineEveryDetail & Sydney Thompson |
| 170/570. Senior Pleasure Driving | Orange Is The New Bay & Kevin Dukes |
| 171/572. L2 Senior Trail | Shes So Southern & Carmen Mayabb |
| 172/572. L3 Senior Trail | Lets Ride & Kyle Dougherty |
| 173/573. L1/Green Working Hunter | All About That Blaze & Ryan Painter |
| 174/574. Progressive Working Hunter | Hot Dig It & Ryan Painter |
| 175/575. Jr Working Hunter | Sketchie Situations & Robert Stuckey |
| 176/576. Sr Working Hunter | Allocate In Green & Ryan Painter |
| 177/577. Amateur Jumping | Kryminal Justice & Miranda Schaefer |
| 178/578. Youth Jumping | |
| 179/579. Jumping | |
| 180/580. L1/Green Hunter Hack | DGS Legacy & Jessica Johnson |
| 181/581. Jr Hunter Hack | Hot Dig It & Ryan Painter |
| 182/582. L1/Novice Am. Hunter Hack | One Al Of An Amen & Stephanie Smith |
| 183/583. L1/Nov Youth Hunter Hack | Jacket Optional & Peyton Pelton |
| 184/584. Select Hunter Hack | Im What Matters Most & Tiffany Tarantello |
| 185/585. Amateur Hunter Hack | My Next Edition & Hanna Thomas |
| 186/586. Youth Hunter Hack | Al Be At The Bar & Addison Krause |
| 187/587. Sr Hunter Hack | My Next Edition & Ryan Painter |
| 188/588. Amateur Working HUS | All About The Blaze & Jill Zeitler |
| 189/589. Youth Working HUS | Al Be At The Bar & Addison Krause |
| 190/590. Working HUS | Hot Dig It & Ryan Painter |
| 191/591. Small Fry Western Pleasure | No SneakinUponWilly & Charlotte Miller |
| 192/592. Small Fry Horsemanship | No SneakinUponWilly & Charlotte Miller |
| 193/593. L1 Youth W/T WP | VS Ride The Line & Remington Ortega |
| 194/594. L1 Youth W/T HMS | VS Ride The Line & Remington Ortega |
| 195/595. L1 Amateur W/T WP | Last At Batt & Michael Fried |
| 196/596. L1 Amateur W/T HMS | To You Lazy & Louise Harrison |
| 197/597. L1 Non-Pro Horsemanship | Cruze Kontrol & Ali Hartman |
| 198/598. L1/Nov Select HMS | Shootin The Breeze & Marcie McClenon |
| 199/600. L2 Select HMS | A Good OHK Krymsun & Ann Roberts |
| 200/600. L3 Select HMS | Showin My Ace & Lauren Stopperich |
| 201/601. L1/Nov Amateur HMS | Snazzy Lil Machine & Alexis Gooding |
| 202/603. L2 Amateur HMS | Kustom Made & Megan Hawkins |
| 203/603. L3 Amateur HMS | Ima Savvy Investment & Paige Rogers |
| 204/604. L1/Nov Youth HMS | Naturally Lazy & Sadie Brown |
| 205/605. 13 & Under Youth HMS | Good Evanescence & London Nietzer |
| 206/606. 14-18 Youth HMS | The Batchelor & Ady Kallay |
| 208/608. L1/Nov Select WPleasure | Call Her Daddy & Patricia Shepherd |
| 209/609. Select Western Pleasure | Moonragous & Anneene Miller |
| 210/610. Junior Western Pleasure | City Limit Signs & Aaron Moses |
| 211/611. L1/Nov Am WPleasure | Sure Am Southern & Hannah Mowrey |
| 212/612. Amateur Western Pleasure | Well There You Go & Renee Norleen |
| 213/613. L1/Green WPleasure | HP The Lazy Machine & Katie Green |
| 214/614. L1/Nov Youth WPleasure | League Of Her Own & Morgan Corkum |
| 215/615. 13 & U Western Pleasure | |
| 216/619. 14-18 Western Pleasure | Strike 3 & Logan Starnes |
| 217/617. Senior Western Pleasure | VS The Fireman & Anthony Montes |
| 218/618. L1/Green Junior Trail | VS Whole Lotta Lucy & Sara Simons |
| 219/619. L1/Green Senior Trail | Perfectly Southern & Jesse Jones |
| 220/620. L1/Nov Amateur Trail | Moonlight Potential & Scarlett Jones |
| 221/621. L1/Nov Select Trail | Heza Slow Burn & Cheryl Wallschlager |
| 222/622. L1/Nov Youth Trail | Cant Stop Wont Stop & Ella Forehand |
| 223/623. Small Fry Trail | No Sneakinuponwilly & Charlie Miller |
| 224/624. L1 Youth W/T Trail | VS Ride The Line & Remington Ortega |
| 225/625. L1 Amateur W/T Trail | GoodgirlsFinishLast & Russell Urekar |
| 226/627. L2 Junior Trail | Made U Look Again & Carmen Mayabb |
| 227/627. L3 Junior Trail | Straight Line Breeze & Nick Mayabb |
| 228/629. L2 Amateur Trail | Kickin Dust Up & Molli Froman |
| 229/629. L3 Amateur Trail | Nothin But Nett & Jeffrey Johns |
| 230/631. L2 Select Trail | Only Bittersweet & Jennifer Michaels |
| 231/631. L3 Select Trail | Lets Ride & Janet Egolf |
| 232/632. 13 & Under Youth Trail | Good Evanescence & London Nietzer |
| 233/633. 14-18 Youth Trail | Hot Ovations & Natalie Hudson |
| 234/634. L1/Nov Youth WHunter | Email Detail &Vivianne Ortega |
| 235/635. L1/Nov. Youth EOF | Email Detail &Vivianne Ortega |
| 236/636. L1/Novice Am. WH | These Irons R Famous & Madelyn Lanz |
| 237/637. L1/Nov. Am. EOF | Luke For My Assets & Allison McCulley |
| 238/638. Select Working Hunter | A Pleasant Dream & Susan Cannan |
| 239/639. Select Equit. Over Fences | Im What Matters Most & Tiffany Tarantello |
| 240/640. Amateur W Hunter | One Al Of An Amen & Stephanie Smith |
| 241/641. Am. EOF | Kryminal Justice & Miranda Rogers Schaefer |
| 242/642. Youth Working Hunter | Hoos Sophisticated & Kenzie Bracken |
| 243/643. Youth EOF | Al Be At The Bar & Addison Mae Krause |
| 244/644. L1/Green Ranch Riding | Best Jac & Brad Hill |
| 245/645. Junior Ranch Riding | Hollaback Girll & Clayton Jerrell |
| 246/646. L1/Nov Am R Riding | Lida Spook & Lorrie Partridge |
| 247/647. Amateur Ranch Riding | Gotta Magic Gun & Heather Ronek |
| 248/648. Select Ranch Riding | Clooney & Carol Dewell |
| 249/649. L1/Nov Youth RRiding | Hes Got The Bird & Annika Alvey |
| 250/650. Youth Ranch Riding | PS Remington & Kennedy Beltz |
| 251/651. Senior Ranch Riding | The Half Time Show & Steve Meadows |
| 252/652. Small Fry HUS | NoSneakinUponWilly & Charlotte Miller |
| 253/653. Small Fry HSE | |
| 254/654. L1 Youth W/T HUS | |
| 255/655. L1 Youth W/T HSE | |
| 256/656. L1 Amateur W/T HUS | Shes On The Catwalk & Jeri Lynn Miller |
| 257/657. L1 Amateur W/T HSE | LeaguersCrystalCopy & Adrienne Miller |
| 258/658. L1/Green Non-Pro HSE | Cruze Kontrol & Ali Hartman |
| 259/659. L1/Nov Select HSE | ATouch Of Excellence & Patty Barrett |
| 260/660. Select Hunt Seat Equitation | Mr Goody Too Shoes & Caroline French-Campbell |
| 261/661. L1/Nov Amateur HSE | Aint Gota Lot & Tiffanie Burwell |
| 262/662. Amateur HSE | Hot Mess N A Dress & Kelley Martin |
| 263/663. L1/Nov Youth HSE | Stayy In Ur Lane & Maya Douglas |
| 264/664. 13 & U HSE | Good Evanescence & London Nietzer |
| 265/665. 14-18 Youth HSE | The Batchelor & Ady Kallay |
| 266. Non-Pro English Versatility | Kustom Made & Megan Hawkins |
| 267. Open English Versatility | LG Texas Scotch & Cheryl Hawkins |
| 268/668. Junior Hunter Under Saddle | Boys Are Better & Keith Miller |
| 269/669. L1/Nov Select HUS | AnotherDayInParadise & Jenny Dobbratz |
| 270/670. Select Hunter Under Saddle | Always GoodToBe Best & Sandra Morgan |
| 271/671. L1/Nov. Am HUS | Aint Gota Lot & Tiffanie Burwell |
| 272/672. Am. Hunter Under Saddle | Al right All Right & Rebekah Kazavicius |
| 273/673. L1/Green HUS | That Certain Sumthin & Sara Simons |
| 274/674. L1/Novice Youth HUS | Code Thirty & Mara Clennon |
| 275/675. 13 & Under Youth HUS | Sudden Vital Signs & Grace Riley |
| 276/676. 14-18 Youth HUS | Code Thirty & Mara Clennon |
| 277/677. Senior Hunter Under Saddle | Im Willy Good Today & Keith Miller |
| 278/678. L1/Green Jr Western Riding | KM Once Upon A Time & Sara Simons |
| 279/679. L1/Green Sr Western Riding | IsThatCoolWithYou & Sara Simons |
| 280/680. Jr Western Riding | Cool Moving Lady & Anthony Montes |
| 281/681. L1/Nov. Am. W. Riding | Gun Powder N Smoke & Jessica Kuhne |
| 282/682. Amateur Western Riding | KM Flat Out The Best & Jeffrey Johns |
| 283/683. Select Western Riding | KM Flat Out The Best & Susan Johns |
| 284/684. L1/Nov. Youth WRiding | Sudden Top Notch & Reagan Thenhous |
| 285/685. 13 & U Western Riding | A Certain Red Vette & GRACE Riley |
| 286/686. 14-18 Western Riding | The Publication & Shayne Gilliam |
| 287/688. L2 Sr Western Riding | IsThatCoolWith You & Sara Simons |
| 288/688. L3 Sr Western Riding | KM Flat Out The Best & Deanna Searles |
| 290/690. L1/Green Ranch Trail | Alpha Black & Bud Lyon |
| 291/691. Jr Ranch Trail | SilverAndSmoke & Brad Hill |
| 292/692. L1/Nov Amateur Ranch Trail | Poco Dun Darlin & Kimberly Westervelt |
| 293/693. Amateur Ranch Trail | Good Gravy & Tianna Cooper |
| 294/694. Select Ranch Trail | Clooney & Carol Dewrell |
| 295/695. L1/Nov Youth Ranch Trail | Heavy Duty Nic & Leighton Ortega |
| 296/696. Youth Ranch Trail | This Chics Nite & Emily Patton |
| 297/697. Sr Ranch Trail | Alpha Black & Bud Lyon |
| 298/698. Junior Working Western Rail | They Not Like Us & Bud Lyon |
| 299/699. Am Working Western Rail | Gotta Magic Gun & Heather Ronek |
| 300/700. Youth Working Western Rail | Showtimes Spook & Kaitlin Mcmahon |
| 301/701. Senior Working Western Rail | Alpha Black & Bud Lyon |
