Farnam AQHA World and Adequan® Select World Championship Shows Wrap-Up
AQHA World Shows Snap It Send It & Blake Weis
Free Ride the Pattern Clinics AQHA Professional Horsemen volunteered their time to give 14 free Ride the Pattern clinics, presented by Nutrena. Thanks in part to Nutrena’s generosity to match the amount donated at the Ride the Pattern clinics, the Professional Horsemen’s Endowment Fund raised a record breaking $18,375. The AQHA Professional Horsemen also hosted an online auction, which raised more than $80,000 for the Professional Horsemen Endowment Fund. Farnam AQHA Superhorse The 2021 Farnam AQHA Superhorse, presented by Sundowner Trailers, is Snap It Send It owned by Kent Ray Taylor of Mesa, AZ. The 2016 gray mare, by VS Code Red and out of Snap Krackle Pop, was bred by Twylla Lynn Brown from Perry, MO. Snap It Send It earned 29 points and was shown by Blake Weis of Pilot Point, TX.
by Kramer/Davis of Reddick, FL. The duo earned 57 points in the all-around amateur competition. Ratkowski received $10,000 and an original Lisa Perry bronze. AQHA Select All-Around Amateur The 2021 Select All-Around Amateur is Kimberly Stewart Burritt of Murfreesboro, TN. Burritt showed her Do You Have A Winner. The 2011 gray gelding by Good Terms and out of Do You Have A Dream, was bred by Heather Himelick of Connersville, IN. The team earned 35 points receiving a prize package that included an original Lisa Perry Bronze and $10,000. Oklahoma City Leading Owner The Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau Leading Owner is awarded to the owner who has the highest number of points accumulated for their horses entered in both Level 3 and Level 2 classes across the amateur and open divisions. This year’s Oklahoma City Leading Owner is Dan Fox of Chino, CA. Fox earned 149 points with 15 Horses during the show. The Reserve Leading Owner is Josh Weakly of Shelbyville, IL, who earned 122 points with nine horses shown. Jerry Mohme Photography
That’s a wrap on a historic AQHA World Championship Show! The 2021 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show; AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan); Adequan® Level 2 Championships; and Nutrena Level 1 Championships, saw more than 8,500 entries, 1,800 exhibitors and 2,500 horses. Exhibitors competed for 290 championship titles, 104 Farnam AQHA World championships; 44 Adequan® Select World championships; 85 Adequan® Level 2 championships; and 40 Nutrena Level 1 championships, plus, more than $2 million in purse, prizes and the coveted gold globes at this year’s event, October 28 - November 20 at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.
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Contributed Courtesy AQHA, Photography by Shane Rux
Morgan Ratkowski & Better Buy The Minit
Morgan Ratkowski of Pleasant View, TN, earned the title of 2021 Farnam All-Around Amateur. Ratkowski showed tBetter Buy The Minit. The 2005 bay gelding by Do You Have A Minute and out of Tickle My Asset, was bred
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Farnam All-Around Amateur
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