Meet the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame Class of 2025

This year’s Hall of Fame class includes three horses, two women and two men.

From AQHA:

Bestowed by the American Quarter Horse Foundation, induction into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame is our industry’s highest honor. This year, we will induct three horses, two women and two men in the Class of 2025: Acadamosby Award, Allocate Your Assets, Danjer, Stan Weaver, Nancy Cahill, Blair E. Folck and Robin Merrill.

Acadamosby Award

Born the night of the 1990 Academy Awards, Acadamosby Award, or “Oscar,” lived up to his winning name all his life. By Mosby and out of Madcap Maggie, Oscar was bred by Jamee Golan Bornstein of East Troy, Wisconsin. The gelding’s long-time owner was Chelsea Knox of San Clemente, California. Oscar is the only three-time AQHA Superhorse (reserve Superhorse twice), is in the top three AQHA leading horses by number of world championships, had a total of 38 AQHA world and reserve world championships, was a 21-time All American Quarter Horse Congress champion and four-time Congress all-around champion.

Allocate Your Assets

The all-time leading sire of money-earning English all-around horses, Allocate Your Assets was foaled in 2000. By Protect Your Assets and out of Katt Sass (TB), “Al” was bred by Julie Feld of Morrison, Colorado. Katherine and G. W. Tobin of Scottsdale, Arizona, were his last owners of record. Al was the total package; his 665 foals have earned more than $1.6 million, more than 28,000 AQHA points and 80-plus AQHA Superior awards. He stamped his foals with great minds and movement that served several disciplines, including under-saddle classes, over-fences classes, pleasure driving and even western riding.

Danjer

Two-time AQHA racing world champion Danjer is crossing the finish line into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. The 2016 brown gelding, who is by FDD Dynasty and out of the Take Off Jess mare Shez Jess Toxic, had 22 firsts from 35 starts during his racing career and earnings of nearly $2.5 million. Danjer had a record 12 Grade 1 stakes wins at five different tracks, was the all-time leader of stakes wins with 16 at 440 yards, won at least one Grade 1 stakes at 440 yards in six consecutive years and won the AQHA Challenge Championship three times.

Stan Weaver

Before, during and after serving as AQHA president, Montana rancher Stan Weaver was fully involved in putting AQHA’s focus back on its ranch roots. Because he had asthma, Stan wanted to become a tax lawyer. But that all changed when his mom got sick and his dad asked him to come back to the ranch. That’s where he built up the ranch’s American Quarter Horse herd and became involved with AQHA. He was elected president in March 2019. Stan was involved in the development of the AQHA Ranching Heritage program, which includes Ranching Heritage Breeders, ranch horse competitions and the AQHA Ranching Heritage Young Horse Development Program.

Nancy Cahill

AQHA Honorary Vice President Nancy Cahill has excelled in her field in the 50 years she has been training and showing American Quarter Horses. She was a founding member of the Texas Quarter Horse Association; has been a voice for youth, showing, ranching and racing; joined the AQHA Professional Horsemen Association when it started in 1995 and was selected as the AQHA Professional Horsewoman of the year in 1996; trained several youth to National Collegiate Equestrian Association careers; poured hours of her time into the American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup; and volunteered her time to the betterment of the horse, including serving on the AQHA Animal Welfare Commission.

Blair E. Folck

An AQHA director from Ohio, Blair E. Folck was a pioneer in Quarter Horse showing, racing and sales segments in the 1960s. Blair developed the first major Quarter Horse consignment sales east of the Mississippi, which was Tattersall Sales in Kentucky; was the driving force behind the founding of the All American Quarter Horse Congress; purchased halter stallion Impressive as a weanling and sold him as a yearling; and bred, raised and raced Go With The Wind, who sired 1976 All American Futurity winner Real Wind. Blair also partnered on What Luck (TB) with C. T. Fuller. That stallion went on to sire two racing world champions.

Robin Merrill

A first-class lady with a calm and confident demeanor, AQHA Honorary Vice President Robin Merrill has been involved in the American Quarter Horse industry most of her life. That’s how she met her husband, Frank, and together they have raised their children–and now their grandchildren–on the backs of American Quarter Horses. Robin has done it all from showing as a youth and adult to managing a breeding operation to owning and managing cutting horses and racehorses. She has brought vision, knowledge and passion to the American Quarter Horse Foundation, and her integrity is unmatched.

Make plans to join us to celebrate the Class of 2025 at the 2025 American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame Induction & Reunion Celebration September 12-13 in Amarillo, Texas.

When you think of a horse or human in the American Quarter Horse industry who embodies greatness, why not try to nominate them? They, too, could be inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. Learn how to nominate today!