October 2009 SouthWest Horse Trader

QuarterHorse
Johns Wins Bayer
Select All-Around Title
Horsemen and women over 50 drove into Amar-
illo with a purpose. To take home an AQHA Trophy
at the 2009 Bayer Select World Championship show
or have a lot of fun trying to win. Held August 31-
September 6 the exhibitors caught up with old friends,
met new ones and vowed to be back again next year.
Scott Myers and Darn That Kat rode to the Reserve Spot in
Susan K. Johns has been competing in American
the All-Around. Rounding out the top five amateurs were Lori
Quarter Horse shows since childhood, but she hasn't
S. Bucholz and Larks Happy Days, Katherine K. Tobin and
won an all-around award since she was a teenager.
Mostly Chocolate and Kim Blyth and Hes Absolutely Good.
That changed September 6 when her performance
For complete results and winning runs visit
with Majestic Scotch at the 2009 Bayer Select World
www.aqha.com. SouthWest Horse Traderwould like to thank
Championship Show garnered her top honors.
the American Quarter Horse JournalStaff for all their hard
The duo won the top honor of the show partici-
work during the show. Thanks to them, we are able to bring you
pating in only three events, western pleasure, western
this great coverage and photography. w
riding, and horsemanship. Of course she
left quite an impression, winning the west-
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“I’ve been an amateur contender for
the all-around on several different horses,
than 20 years, aiming for an
Introducing the Arena
but only competing in three or four
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TEAM PENNING
Riding 14th in the draw in the finals of team penning, Team Fletcher
trotted toward the herd. Brothers Alan and Gary Fletcher, plus Alan’s wife,
Tonya, were mounted on homebreds. “Flag’s up,” the announcer said.
“Seven, seven, seven.” Quickly, the Fletchers chipped two off the edge of
the herd. Almost as fast, the family partnership found one more and headed
for the pen. In 40.910 seconds, the championship run was done. Combined
Bobbie Arnold Atkinson’s husband,
with their first run time of 47.115 seconds, they penned six cattle in 88.025
Henry, wasn’t feeling well and he had to
seconds. And that was good enough for first.
stay at home. At the 2009 Bayer Select Gary Fletcher,
World Championship Show, Bobbie
Alan Fletcher
wanted to have a little bit of Henry with
and Tonya
her, so she tacked a small pin to the lapel
Fletcher ac-
of her show suit. Henry had given it to
cepted their
her. Her good luck from Henry worked.
world champi-
onship trophies
Bobbie walked out with a world champi-
from AQHA Ex-
onship trophy in one hand and Bewitch-
ecutive Com-
ing Cool Kid in the other. Her pin was still
mittee member
secure on her lapel.
Gene Graves.
YEARLING MARES
Other SW Winners
In 1974, the first AQHA World Champi-
onship Show was in Louisville, KY. Glenn
Cookie Reynolds and
Cantrell of Lone Grove, OK, was there,
RR Big Shot Of Mocha
showing Sonny Go Lucky to the first world
won the Select world
championship in 2-year-old stallions. Since
championship weanling
then, he has been a fixture on the show cir-
geldings title.
cuit. On September 1, Glenn claimed his sec-
ond world championship, this time with a Teresa Fletcher and
filly he raised himself. “She’s a very nice Lopin On Easy
mare, kind of hard to show sometimes, but Street rode to the
she has been good and got a lot of really super Horsemanship
features about her, a real good neck and back trophy.
and we’re real, real proud of her.”
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