Around the Rings – 2023 SCQHA NCQHA Carolinas Ranch Showdown

The South Carolina Quarter Horse Association and the North Carolina Quarter Horse Association just held their Carolinas Ranch Showdown from August 31 – September 3, 2023 at South Carolina Equine Park in Camden, SC.

They offered 4  Complete AQHA Shows, 4 Complete AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Shows, and 1 Ranching Heritage Challenge Show.  Judges were John Tuckey (RHC), Rob Meneely, Dean Bogart (RHC), Rick Christy, Carolyn Johnson, and Shannon Curl.

 

Congratulations to the high point winners:

 

Open Versatility Ranch Horse-

Fancy Blue Roo & Steve Meadows for the Clagg Family

 

Amateur Versatility Ranch Horse-

Bet Lucky 13 & Allsyn Light

 

Limited Amateur Versatility Ranch Horse-

Lil Lemon Twist & Kim Brittenham

 

Rookie Amateur Versatility Ranch Horse-

Winkle Lena & Simone Allen

 

Youth Versatility Ranch Horse-

Gunners Voodoo & Olivia Garvin

 

Rookie Youth Versatility Ranch Horse

– Hallmarks JB & Sadie Broadwell

 

RHC Open Horse- tie-

Seven S Crossfire & Steve Meadows

Laura Star Valentine & Billy Belk

 

RHC Youth Horse-

Chic Chesterton & Katie Mae Green

 

Cutting Horse-

Im Struck On You & Eddie Braxton

 

Rope Horse-

Sensations Blu Wood & Robert Light

 

Open Horse-

Dont Skip The Kruze & John Roberts

 

Western Horse-

Sea Horse Invitation & Charlotte Karcher

 

Small Fry-

BCK Skys Are Fine & Dylan Banks

 

L1 Youth-

Eves Cocktail & Mary Ella Bullington

 

L1 Youth Walk Trot-

Sea Horse Invitation & Avery Midgett

 

L1 Amateur-

InviteMeToBeRadical & Nicolette Occhifinto

 

L1 Amateur Walk Trot-

A Southern Style & Mary Hutchins

 

Amateur-

Miss Kitty Did It & Victoria Garvin

 

Select Amateur-

Ima Chic Wrangler & Terri Taffer

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Find your scoresheets here: Score Sheets – Google Drive

 

Find the circuit champion spreadsheet: Corley Equisports

 

Thanks to the talent of Jessica O’Connor Equine Imagery, we have an amazing candid gallery to share from the show! Keep scrolling to view the gallery, and if you’d like to find your own photos for purchase and to find the free candid downloads (web sized digitals), visit her website:

https://southernsoundsc.shootproof.com/gallery/ranchshowdown2023