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Champions Named at AQHA World Show The American Quarter Horse Association


crowned 94 world champions in Oklahoma City during the Bank of America Amateur and FedEx Open World Championship Show No- vember 6-20. AQHA world champions received a prize


package that included a Montana Silversmiths sterling-silver buckle with 14-karat gold over- lay, a neck wreath, custom-designed gold-tone trophy, specially designed and logoed Cripple Creek jacket, medallion, a pair of smooth os- trich Techno Crepe Justin Boots, Professional’s Choice products, 100 pounds of Nutrena feed as well as a cash prize. Meet each of our newly crowned AQHA


world champions, and learn more about their accomplishments at aqha.com/worldshow. AQHA also recognized some of the top


competitors at the World Show, including the Farnam Superhorse, the Oklahoma Leading Owner and the Farnam All-Around Amateur. The Farnam Superhorse award is the top


honor at the World Show, awarded to the horse who earns the most points in three or more events in two categories during the show. The winning owner receives $25,000 plus $2,000 of Farnam product, a WeatherBeeta blanket and an original Lisa Perry bronze. This year’s Farnam Superhorse Award was presented to Play Dual Rey and his owner, the Play Dual


Rey Partners of Whitesboro, TX. The Oklahoma City Leading Owner was


presented to Rita Crundwell of Dixon, IL, who earned the most points with horses entered and shown during FedEx open week. This is the seventh year in a row that Crundwell has won the bronze commissioned and presented by the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, which has presented the award since 1984. During Bank of America Amateur Week,


Adelaide Moncrief of Fort Worth, TX, was named the Farnam All-Around Amateur with her 1996 bay gelding Steady Spirit. Adelaide and Steady Spirit competed in all the amateur over-fences classes. The Farnam All-Around Amateur received $15,000 plus $1,000 in Far- nam products, a WeatherBeeta blanket and an original Lisa Perry bronze. The AQHA World Show is the world’s


largest, single-breed world championship horse show. This is the pinnacle event for owners and exhibitors around the world, who must qualify for the event by earning a prede- termined number of points to secure a spot in each of the 94 classes representing English, western and halter disciplines. More than 3,300 entries from the United States and 12 other countries competed at this year’s event, vying for more than $2.6 million in cash and prizes. Full coverage and results are available at


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Adelaide Moncrief & Steady Spirit are Top Amateur Team


Contributed by Larri Jo Starkey, The American QH Journal Adelaide Moncrief of Fort Worth, TX,


came to the 2010 AQHA World Championship Show planning to enter the events she enjoys and perform as well as she could. She never dreamed she would be the 2010 Farnam All- Around Amateur with her bay gelding Steady Spirit. “I just wanted to do the best I could,” Ade-


laide told the Journal after hearing the news about her win. “This far exceeded what I ever thought was possible. It’s just icing on the cake.” Adelaide and “Danny” were entered in all


the over-fences events: amateur hunter hack, amateur working hunter, amateur equitation over fences and amateur jumping. Their week started with hunter hack, Danny’s least-fa- vorite event, where they won reserve cham- pion trophies. A friend mentioned to Adelaide that she could be in contention for the Farnam All-Around Amateur Award, but it wasn’t part


of Adelaide’s thought process. “I didn’t think that far ahead,” she said. “I


was going to try to do my best in the moment.” The rest of the over-fences finals


were grouped November 12, with eq- uitation over fences first. Adelaide wouldn’t have changed anything about her ride. “I got reserve and was ecstatic,”


she said. “I think that made me very relaxed for the working hunter. I felt really good about (working hunter) and had no idea I’d win, just because there are so many horses out there and great riders.” With one class to go, Adelaide


Final All Around Amateur Standings


1. Adelaide Moncrief, Fort Worth, TX, Steady Spirit 2. Meghan O’Malley, Medina, OH, A Chanceof Blueskies 3. Whitney Walquist Vicars, Cleburne, TX, Dress This 4. Lauren Eichstadt, Greenville, PA, Its My Lucky Detail 5. Christine Sceets, Baytown, TX, Intangible Award


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had clinched the title, though she still didn’t know it. She credits her success to Danny. “He loves showing, and I think he knows he’s a champion,”


she


said. “He does his job and is happy to do it. He’s a one-of- a-kind horse – my dream horse, I think.” w


Adelaide Moncrief and Steady Spirit


Play Dual Rey and Casey Hinton The name of the 2010 Farnam Superhorse


and the rest of the top five horses wasn’t set- tled until the last rope had settled at the 2010 AQHA World Championship Show. As the last day of finals marched on, the


lead changed among the top five horses with classes still to go. Finally, in the break between heading and heeling November 20, the 2010 Farnam Superhorse was named: Play Dual Rey.


The Play Dual Rey partnership of Whites-


boro, started preparing the sorrel stallion for the World Show challenge three years ago. “I traded for him and bought him when


he was 4, then I had a group from Fort Stock- ton that was interested and so we made a part- nership,” said AQHA Professional Horseman Casey Hinton of Whitesboro, one of the part- ners. “This has been probably a three-year project putting all the pieces together, getting him really good in each of the events.” In addition to the hard work, the partners


and the plan, “Raymond” needed a little luck on his side, Casey said. “It’s a very difficult plan when you have the cattle and all the vari- ables in your roping,” he said. “The stars have


is 2010 Farnam Superhorse


Contributed by Larri Jo Starkey, The American QH Journal


to align to make it work for you.” At the 2010 World Show, the 7-


year-old stallion was 11th in senior tie- down roping; fourth in senior working cow horse; and fourth in senior head- ing. He was reserve world champion in reining, Casey’s event. AQHA Professional Horseman


C.R. Bradley of Collinsville, was lead trainer in the roping, with help from AQHA Profes- sional Horseman Rick Rosaschi of Gainesville. AQHA Professional Horseman Todd Crawford of Blanchard, OK, trained Raymond in working cow horse. Casey picked the trainers for different rea-


sons. “Todd and I went to college together, and


he’s the No. 1 money-earning working cow horse rider of all time. You go to the best,” he told the Journal. “C.R. Bradley has made it to the NFR. He lives about eight miles away from me. His father was one of my instructors when I went to the University of Findlay, so I remember C.R. when he was 4 years old. The team of the personalities and the type of train- ing – it really worked well.” It’s good to have a plan, but without the


right horse, the plan won’t work. Raymond’s the right horse, Casey said. “Everybody loves Raymond,” he said with a smile. “He over- tries. If you ask him for something, he’s going to try a lot. He’s very physical. Never wants to be wrong, so if you scold him too much, and he thinks he’s doing wrong, he’s going to try harder.” With so much focus on the Superhorse


chase, Casey and his partners haven’t had time to think much about Raymond’s future. He competed in the NRCHA’s World’s Greatest Horseman competition in February with Todd, and that might be an option again. Then again, Casey likes his own event, too. “We were reserve champion in the rein-


ing,” he said. “I’d like to see him be a world champion.” And the horse is young and sound, so the


partners might try for a second Farnam Su- perhorse title. “Who knows? It’s fun, so we might do it


again. We’ll see what happens.” The 2010 Farnam Reserve Superhorse


was Vital Signs Are Good. Owned by Joe and Karen Moran of Laguna Hills, CA. w


Final Farnam Superhorse Standings


1. Play Dual Rey, Play Dual Rey Partners, Whitesboro, TX 2. Vital Signs Are Good, Joe & Karen Moran, Laguna Hills, CA 3. Must Be A Detail, Highview Ranch QH, Rapid City, SD 4. Four Bonnie Bay, Michael & Kim St. Clair, Kahoka, MO 5. A Certain Vino, Lee Reeve, Garden City, KS


Play Dual Rey


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