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Contributed by Laura Cannon OK Palomino Ex-


hibitors Assoc’s Go For The Gold event, held September 1-3 at Clare- more Expo Center, drew good numbers of ex- hibitors, many leaving richer with cash or prizes. HP champions included Elian Roehrs (WT-10- 18/Seek The Deck), C.J. Kirkland (5-9/BCQHDia- mond Lass), Marlee McElwee (Youth/Queens Love Me), Amberly Phelps (Am/One Smart Connection), Susan Bollich (Select-Am/Come On Suzy) and Allean Horn (Open/Xclusive Gold). Exquisite Zippo, owned by Rystrom Quarter Horses, was Overall HP Stallion and HP Performance Stallion, both for the third year in a row! Caribbean Touchdown was HP Weanling Mare and Supernatural Fella HP Weanling Stallion.


At the Stock Horse of Texas September


7-9 show in Hamilton, Texas A&M Univer- sity’s Stock Horse Team member Kelly Ranly showed Pepto Rey Lori in the novice division, taking firsts in cow, reining, and pleasure and third in trail, to be named novice division cham- pion. Courtlyn Ranly and Shiners Hickory Girl placed tenth in the intermediate division, with 4th place pleasure and 9th both reining and cow.


NM High School Rodeo Association


kicked off its fall season September 8-9 in Grants. Quincy Sullivan was Champion All- Around Cowgirl, and Frank Florenz was Cham- pion All-Around Cowboy.


OK Pinto Horse Assoc’s Sweet Septem-


ber Shows, held September 8-9 in Inola, had beautiful weather, great judges, and awesome exhibitors, all making it a fun weekend.


Western OK Ranch Horse Assoc’s Sep-


tember 8-9 in El Reno resulted in HPs to Stacy Rutledge (All-Age), Christa Stone (Am), Brian Stone (Nov-Am), Hawk Larson (Youth), Ruthie Larson (Nov-Youth), David Burgard (Rookie-Rider), and Devyn Weichel (Nov-


14 SouthWest Horse Trader November 2018


earned the Open HP title at OK Palomino Exhibitors Associa- tion’s Go For the Gold Event.


Allean Horn & Xclusive Gold


smiles after she completed her NP Superior award.


Horse). Versatility champions included Stacy Rutledge (All-Age), Christa Stone (Am), David Burgard (Rookie-Rider), Brian Stone (Nov- Am), Devyn Weichel (Nov-Horse), Hawk Lar- son (Youth), and Ruth Larson (Nov-Youth).


Mountain Top Cowboy Church Arena


Ministries, Heber Springs, AR, presented year end awards Sept 9, with overall winners being Daisy Tucker (PeeWee), JoJo Lawrence (Buck- aroo), Blair Henry (Jr), & Jimmy Thomas (Sr).


Wild West Productions’ September 9


event at Fort Worth’s Cowtown Coliseum paid almost $18K! Dona Kay Rule and High Valor won the Open 1D with 13.679!


ARQHA’s Go South For The Winner


showis scheduled for November 30-December 2, in Texarkana, AR. The all-inclusive $280 fee includes a stall and one horse’s entry fees for 6 judges! fmi, www.arkansasquarterhorse.com.


Hunt County Horsemen’s Association’s


September 7-8 event in Sulphur Springs yielded HP champions Trista Huckstep (13&U), Kait- lyn Evans (14-18), and Rachel Dean (19&O).


The Permian Basin Fair Team Roping


(USTRC), held in Odessa September 7-8, paid out $84,090! Winners and their averages on 4 head were Kyle Taylor/Clay Houston (#9/ 39.13), Chris Thomison/Cutter Thomison (#12- Slide/30.04), Tyler McKinney/J.R. Gonzalez (JR-NFR-Open/33.61), Ty Woods/Luke Phil- lips (JR NFR-10/33.53), Steve Bomar/Sterlin English (#13-Slide/26.91), Omar Rui/Curtis Evans (#11/31.67), Garrett Dickey/Kayden Lit- tle (JR-NFR-Qualifier/28.58), Sterling Eng-


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