The G-Man was on hand for the Virginia Quarter Horse Association at their Spring Breakout, held March 22 – March 26, 2023, to celebrate with our readers on their successes! Some special highlights:
Saturday night’s Tali Terlizzi Quarter Horses Maiden Western Pleasure at The Virginia Maiden!
Champion: Saay My Name (Machine Made x HP Only The Best) with Aaron Moses for Wes and Lindy Ashlock – $12,000
Reserve: R WE There Yett (Machine Made x Diamonds R Best) with Kelby Hutchinson for John Pauluzzi – $8,500
3rd: Caution Hot Chips (Extremely Hot Chips x Oh So Pine) with Taft Dickerson for Cindy Ruble Brown -$7,125
4th: Ladee Luck (Gone Viral x VS Code Me Lucky) with Ashley Lakins for Mr and Mrs William Wilkes – $5,050
5th: Sundi Comin Down (Lazy Loper x Hotroddin On Sundi) with Katy Jo Zuidema for Courtney Suthoff – $3,800
6th: Cool Like This (Machine Made x In My Sunday Best) with Bret Parrish for Robert and Lisa Thomaier – $2,400
7th: Suddens Made Mann (Machine Made x Mac Dilemmas Magic) with Cody Parrish for Richard and Malinda Baumann – $2,100
8th: Made For Naturdays (Machine Made x KM Little Bit Of Me) with Justin Clay Arrington for Alexa Love Francl – $2,000
9th: Made For The Bigtime (Machine Made x This Version Glows) with Casey Willis for Karma Equine LLC -$1,650
10th: KM Once Upon A Time, (The Lopin Machine x Suddenly Its Time) with Rusty Green for Tami Bobo – $1,500
The Virginia Maiden Three Year Old Non-Pro Hunter Under Saddle:
Champion: Al Be Best (Good Better Best x Al Be Bautiful), Kelsey Bell – $1,000
Reserve: Makin It Platinum (Makin Me Willy Wild x A Platinum Touch), Christina Shanahan – $731.25
3rd: Party Gurl (The Born Legacy x The Party Starts Now), Amy Smith for Capall Creek Farms LLC – $481.25
The Virginia Maiden Maturity NonPro Hunter Under Saddle:
Champion: Al Be Bleu (Allocate Your Assets x Makin The Boys Blue), Tali Terlizzi – $1,550
Reserve: Ridin On Chrome (When In Chrome x Shez Dressed Hotter), Kelsey McArthur – $1,250
3rd: Al Southern Couture (Its A Southern Thing x All About Couture), Amanda Smith – $800
As always, there are plenty of around the rings photos from Gordon and Charlie. Here’s the final set! Click on each photo to enlarge: