LEADING RIDERS and HANDLERS from 2016 U.S., Canadian, and Sport Horse Nationals Computer research by Douglas Tatelman
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ach year we identify the Totally Tops professional trainers and amateurs who have risen to the top
of their disciplines at the 2016 U.S., Canadian, and Sport Horse National shows. The tallies are based on the number of wins each trainer or amateur has accumulated as specified
those who have made the list — numbers don’t lie, you really are Totally Tops in the Arabian breed. Congratulations from all of us at Arabian Horse World. We would like to applaud those who’ve made Tops in previous years. Join us as we salute our Totally Tops 2016 winners. We thank them for their fine examples of horsemanship, and for taking the Arabian to even higher levels of performance.
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on the following pages. Congratulations to
Champion Halter Andy Sellman with *Vangelis MI (DA Valentino x Always An Angel).
HALTER PLACE NAME Champion Andrew Sellman Reserve Michael Byatt Top Ten Jeff Schall Joe Alberti II Rodolfo Guzzo Ted Carson Alcides Rodrigues Claudinei Machado Austin Boggs Sandro Pinha
POINTS 176 86 70 69 53 51 50 48 44 38
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Champion Sport Horse In-hand and Champion MultiDiscipline Pro Shea Johnson with Rain Chance (Ptron x Bara Regina).
SPORT HORSE IN-HAND POINTS 61 56 56 43 37 30 24 22 19 18 16 16 16 16
ENGLISH PLACE Champion Reserve Top Ten
NAME Jason Krohn Jim Lowe Joel Kiesner Joel Gangi Dalton Budd James Stachowski Kevin Price Matthew Siemon Jonathan Ramsay Gabe DeSoto
TRAIL POINTS 54 54 44 43 32 31 23 22 21 20 11
Champion Trail (tie) Michael Damianos with TR Despret For Achic (Desperado V x Oakachic).
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PLACE NAME Champion (tie) Michael Damianos Jessica Bein Reserve Lou Roper Top Eight Jill Mitchell Sterling Bradley Scott Scheyli Jeffrey Wilms Jim Hitt Kathy Bast Kit Hall LaRae Fletcher Powell
POINTS 83 79 69 66 58 55 50 48 42 37
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PLACE NAME Champion Shea Johnson Reserve (tie) Bob Bennett Jr. Dannelle Haugen Top Ten Wendye Gardiner Martha Rattner Kelly Alcorn Jackie Alkin April Dinan-Scollard Cathryn R. Bauer Roberta Eisenberg Brenda Driediger Dee Dee Kramer John Pringle Kristen Prutch
Champion English Jason Krohn with Oh Dancing On Heir (Afires Heir x DD My Dance).
Champion Trail (tie) Jessica Bein with Saul (Musseaus x Teen Witch).
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LEADING RIDERS AND HANDLERS
Champion Western Pleasure Joe Reser with PA Tantara Always (Always A Jullyen V x PA Taylor Made).
WESTERN PLEASURE PLACE NAME Champion Reserve Top Eight
POINTS
Joe Reser 52 Brett A. Becker 44 Josh Quintus 31 LaRae Fletcher Powell 30 J. T. Keller 26 Jody J. Strand 26 Rick Gault 22 Stanley G. White III 22 Gordon Potts 16 Liz E. Bentley 15 Tommy R. Garland 15 Abram Cotton 14 Sarah Paripovich 12 Randy Sullivan 12
Champion Working Western Crystal McNutt with Im The Real Deal (MHR Muscateal x Kheyarraberribey).
WORKING WESTERN PLACE NAME Champion Crystal McNutt Reserve Eddie Ralston Top Ten John L. Dublin Lance Scheffel LaRae Fletcher Powell Elise Etzebeth Nathan Kent Wesley Larkin Tyson Randle Shellee Kotera Kathy Braden Derek Glover
POINTS 128 93 58 35 33 31 29 28 28 26 25 25
NATIVE COSTUME PLACE NAME
POINTS
Champion Reserve Top Three
17 14 10 10 7
Joe Canda Caralyn Schroter Sharon E. Blendinger Kathleen Stevens Todd Hickerson
Champion Native Costume Joey Canda with Trial Bi Fire (The Firelord x VP Kharmel Candy).
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Champion Working Hunter Noelle Roberts with Remington W (Winchester V x Kouvazzmatazz IMW).
Champion Show Hack and Reserve Champion English Jim Lowe with Affliction (Mamage x PSI Love U).
WORKING HUNTER PLACE NAME
POINTS
Champion Reserve Top Ten
35 31 28 19 19 19 17 17 10
Noelle Roberts Amanda Gelderman Kelly Alcorn Denise Krause Nicki McGinnis Mimi Stanley Elani Rager Camille Reed Roberta Eisenberg
SHOW HACK PLACE NAME Champion Jim Lowe Reserve Amy Miller Top Five Todd Ehret Larry Hoffman Brenda Driediger Christy Higman Clements Shea Johnson Chad Judy
POINTS 28 20 14 14 11 11 11 10
PLACE NAME
POINTS
Champion Reserve Top Ten
35 26 24 22 21 20 19 18 18 17 14 14
Wendy Potts Justin Cowden Tom Theisen Andrea Pringle Caralyn Schroter Sally Randle Jennifer Schmitt Cheryl Fletcher Jada Reed Brenda Driediger Marjie Becker Scott Scheyli
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HUNTER PLEASURE
Champion Hunter Pleasure Wendy Potts with Vivienne LR (Knight Invader x KJ Deja Vu) and TS Hermoso Girl (CA Hermoso x BJ Outrageous Girl).
HOW WE TALLIED THE TOPS Things you should know about how we compiled the rankings: • All divisions include purebred and Half-Arabian wins • Points are awarded as follows: 10 points for champion; 7 points for reserve champion; and 4 points for a top ten. • A trainer must have at least two top ten wins or one reserve championship to be listed. • Totally Tops charts count only the horses actually shown by these individuals. • Amateurs are designated by a rider or handler who shows in at least one amateur class. • Amateur classes are tallied separately from all other disciplines.
• Classes not included: Sidesaddle, equitation, or exhibition classes; Carriage Pleasure Driving classes; Supreme classes; JTR and JOTR classes; U.S. National AEPA Futurity and Maturity classes. Halter and Sport Horse In-hand - These are two separate halter divisions. English - Park, English pleasure, country English pleasure, driving, informal combination Hunter Pleasure - Hunter pleasure, sport horse under saddle
Working Hunter - Hunter hack, hunter/jumper, jumper Show Hack - All show hack classes Trail - Trail, Trail Junior Horse, Trail Futurity, English Trail Western Pleasure - All western pleasure classes Working Western - Reining, cutting, working cow, reined cow Native Costume - All native costume classes Dressage - All dressage classes Amateur Overall - ATH, AATH, AAOTH, ATR, AATR, AAOTR, AOTH, AOTR, AOTD, or AAOTD classes Multi-discipline Pros - All trainers who appear on two or more Totally Tops lists
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LEADING RIDERS AND HANDLERS
Champion Amateur Rebecca Fielding with Midnight Echo GWA (Night Runner GWA x Deserts Echo).
AMATEURS OVERALL PLACE NAME Champion Rebecca Fielding Reserve (tie) Kristen MacGarva Lorraine Prowse Top Ten Alexis Starer Doughty Ashley Shan Fyfe-Brown Katie Harvey Mary E. Fischer Lorne R. Robertson Maya Isabela Chavez Julisa Gomez Peggy R. Weems
POINTS 132 86 86 85 81 68 67 61 58 57 54
Champion Dressage Trisha Kerwin with Casini (Titan x Aishas Jewel).
DRESSAGE PLACE NAME Champion Trisha Kerwin Reserve Mimi Stanley Top Ten Nicki McGinnis Dannelle Haugen Ryan Yap Shea Johnson Tracy Pierce Jennifer Tobie Amy Miller Patience Prine-Carr Camille Reed
POINTS 70 61 46 40 31 30 25 23 20 19 19
MULTI-DISCIPLINE PROS PLACE NAME Champion Shea Johnson Reserve Mimi Stanley Top Ten Jim Lowe LaRae Fletcher Powell Trisha Kerwin Nicki McGinnis Martha Rattner Kelly Alcorn Jessica Bein Bob Bennett Jr. Wendye Gardiner Gordon Potts Kevin Price
POINTS 110 88 79 78 77 69 68 62 62 60 58 58 58