2012 Arizona Sun Circuit Sun Circuit 2012 started with fun and
excitement and continued on the roll to the very end. Opening night saw a large turnout for the freeWelcome party dinner hosted by the Johns Tobin and Searles families. The Smart Boons Fence work challenge coincided and started with a Boom when The Knight family added an additional $5000 to the pot to make it a $10,000 added event. Sun Circuit in sup- port of all the added money events paid back 100% of the entry fees in all the spe- cial added money events held during the week. Brad Lund with a stellar perform- ance on Nic N Chics won $3430. Laurel Denton was the Limited open champion winning $1235 for her performance aboard Solo Smoke Olena. On Monday the Cinch Open and Non
Pro Timed Event Challenge gave the rop- ers a chance to subsidize their trip to sunny Arizona. JayWadhams, open head- ing, winning $1440 , Les Oswald open heeling , winning $1360 walked away with the best times in the open. Katie Liebold, Non Pro Heading, winning $716 and Cobey Hampton, Non Pro Heeling, winning $940 were the Non Pro winners. To top the night off the Herd Collection donated a Recliner swing to the winner of the Dizzy Dummy Roping Contest. Hosted by Sun Circuits own Garret Cooper, ropers would have to spin around a broom 10 – 15 times pickup their rope and rope a dummy in an allot- ted time. As the time went down and the
spins went up Mr. Brad Barkemeyer was the last roper standing, literally. The Markel Insurance Arena hosted the rop- ing events where ropers roped every day for four days on the first half of the show for a total of eight judges. Roping classes saw over a 30 % increase in entries from 2011 numbers. The off day lead to more excitement
as golfers enjoyed a perfect weather day of golf competing in the Platinum hosted Sun Circuit golf tournament. AQHA Executive President Don Treadway even stopped by to send the golfers off. AQHA’s director of judges Alex Ross, Buddy Fisher, Leonard Berryhill and Tate Oakley took top team honors of the golf tournament. Bob Kail of the AzQHA board of directors once again organized the tournament for the enjoyment of Sun Circuit exhibitors . Each year Bob also negotiates discount rates for Sun Circuit attendees at local courses for the duration of Sun Circuit. Thursday riders were back in the sad-
dle again for the AQHA show as well as the Self Shine Non Pro Reining Stakes. Christie Batson went home with a check for $1688 as the winner. Cocktails and hors’ dourves were on Markel Insurance at the Cocktail hour. Friday brought the Smart Boons
Non Pro Fence work challenge with $3000 added. Corey and Christine Cushing threwan additional $500 into the pot for the Non Pros. Lori Wyman and
Little Doc Lady went home with a check for $1575 as winners of the event. Following the Fence Work, the Rein in Cancer Frisbee toss awarded a 50x Shortys Caboy Hattery to the once again lucky Barkemeyers. The Salamone fami- ly hosted yet another free dinner and an AzQHYA youth Fund Raiser at the Sweethearts N Denim dinner party. 6 ipads were given away in this festive night of horse show Bingo. Saturday Self Shine and the Moran
Family hosted the All Age Reining Stakes. Winner Rachel Ory pocketed $2295 piloting Solar Electric to the win marking a 148. LaurelWalker organized the 70’s Quarter Horse Kids Reunion. Collectively with the Sweet Shop, Double R
Ranch.com and friends of the 70’s another free dinner was served. This was a great night with loads of pictures and video of many who shaped the Quarter Horse industry. Saturday food was on the sponsors, AQHA pleasure Stallion Machine Made owned by Dr. Candace Hall and Cory Seabach provided lunch. Shortly after Lunch Patrick Heeley and Ms. Winnie Goodbar won the $5000 Az. Pleasure Stakes and took home $2385 for the win. Patrick also won the trainers balloon race and a 55” Flat Screen. The Kail Quarter Horses $2500 limitedwaswon byDavid Archer andA Good N Hot Machine for a
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