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RANCHING HERITAGE -BRED WINNER
Powdie Bars to a reserve world championship finish in tie-down roping at the Adequan® Select AQHA World Championship Show in August, and earned a special award as the top Ranching Heritage-bred horse at the event. The award is given to the top-plac-
Sid Miller rode his homebred mare Big NUTRENA SENIOR ATHLETES Butch Morgan of Sarasota, FL, and SF
ing Ranching Heritage-bred horse, with the tie-breaker going to the horse that defeats the most horses. Ranching Heritage-bred horses are hors- es bred by AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeders. Anyone can show these horses, which are eligi- ble for special events such as AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenges. The AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder program spotlights the quality horses produced by AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeders. The program is designed to showcase the qualities of a working ranch horse by recognizing the top Ranching Heritage-bred horses competing at major events. Sid, who is based in Stephenville, Tex-
Check Me Out were named the 2019 Nutrena Senior Athletes of the Show at AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Ade- quan®. AQHA presented the award to Morgan on August 29 at the Will Rogers Memorial Cen- ter in Fort Worth, Texas.
and horse with the highest combined age com- peting at the Adequan® Select World. Morgan and SF Check Me Out won with a combined age of 99. The Nutrena Senior Athletes of the Show award recognizes not only the exhibitors, but their equine partners. AQHA has proudly teamed with AQHA Corporate Partner Nutrena on this award since 2012.
SF Check Me Out is a 1999 bay gelding by Look Whos Larkin and out of Katie Chex by Docs Fritzl Chex. SF Check Me Out was bred by Steve Fleming of Comanche, Texas. The pair showed in heeling. Morgan and “Larkin” received a prize
as, is an eighth-generation Texas farmer and rancher, and is a Ranching Heritage Breeder. He also serves as the commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture. He bred and raised Big Powdie Bars, who was foaled in 2010. The linebred mare is by Big Classic Wonder and out of the Big As I Am mare Good As I Am. The pair have multiple top-10 finishes in Select World roping classes. The pair earned a special trophy to recog-
nize the achievement, and Sid also received a total of $500 for being both the exhibitor and the breeder of the horse. w
package that included 500 pounds of Nutre- na feed and a plaque specially designed by AQHA’s trophy company, Awards Recognition Concepts.
The award is presented to the exhibitor
The Adequan® Select World is the world’s largest, single-breed world champion- ship horse show open exclusively to amateur exhibitors age 50 and over. This is the pinnacle event for Select amateur competitors around the world who must qualify for the event by earning a predetermined number of points to secure a spot in each of the classes, represent- ing English, western and halter disciplines. w
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