Ohio NYATT Team Finished 2nd in the Division 1 Competition Youth from state and regional Quarter Horse associations across the U.S. and Canada gathered for the largest National Youth Team Tournament in the world at the All American Quarter Horse Congress Sunday, October 17th. This year’s National Youth Activity Team Tournament (NYATT) hosted 41 teams and offers two divisions of competition. Division I teams are entered in eight to fourteen NYATT classes while Division II teams are entered in one to seven NYATT classes. This split is only for the awards ceremony so that each division competes for separate top ten division awards. Each team may consist of 1-14 riders, with no more than two members competing in each of the seven NYATT classes: Barrel Racing, Horsemanship, Hunt Seat Equitation, Hunter Under Saddle, Reining, Showmanship and Western Pleasure. To determine overall team standings, points are awarded for each individual’s efforts in every class, with first place receiving 10 points, second place nine points, and so on. In the Division I, the Ohio Quarter Horse Association NYATT team claimed the second spot with 70 points behind Indiana QH Youth Association, who earned 76 total points. Southern Ohio QHA took 6th place with 51 total points and Northern Ohio QHA placed 10th with 27 points. In the third year of Division II, the Rocky Mountain QHA team earned first place honors with 32 points, while Texas QHA took second with 29 points and Southern Carolina QHA took third with 28 points. Eastern Ohio QHA finished in fourth place with 20 total points.
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