Amateur Update
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Ohio Amateurs Make Bank at 2010 AQHA World Show
uring the Bank of America Amateur Week at the 2010 American Quarter Horse World Show, Ohio competitors showed the country, and the world, just what it means to be a world class athlete. Of the 1,360 entries at the show, 30 Ohioans were finalists in a variety of classes, including winning three World Championships and two Reserve World Championships. The show’s largest Amateur performance class was Ranch Sorting, with 112 entries, and Weanling Fillies, with 37 entries, was the largest Amateur Halter class. The show’s most prestigious award, the Farnam AllAround Amateur award, had 63 contenders this year, including Meghan O’Malley of Medina, Ohio, who was crowned the 2010 Reserve Farnam All-Around Amateur, with her buckskin mare, A ChanceOf BlueSkies. The pair won Hunter Hack for the second consecutive year, placed fourth in Equitation Over Fences and sixth in Working Hunter to earn the title. In 2009, O’Malley was third in the Farnam All-Around Amateur race. For her efforts this year, O’Malley received $5,000 and $500 in Farnam products. The following is a complete listing of all of Ohio’s finalists. Congratulations to all on a wonderful show! Amateur Yearling Stallions 12th - A Nu Image, owned and shown by Robert Eurez of Pataskala Amateur Three Year Old Stallions 3rd - RTH Mr Wilson, shown by Terri Heffelfinger of Jeromesville Amateur Performance Halter Stallions 6th - Mr Star Seeker, shown by Terry Smith of Waterford Amateur Weanling Mares 14th - Pretty Well Rocked, shown by Stephen Farley of Sunbury Amateur Aged Mares 8th – ICantStopLovingYou, shown by Jack Grove of 92 Ohio Quarter Horse News
Oxford 13th - CSR Final Conclusion, shown by Susan Grove of Oxford Amateur Performance Halter Mares 9th - Eyell Be Outrageous, shown by Chelsea Martz of Blacklick 10th - Fashionably Invited, shown by Maggie Kerola of Hubbard Amateur Three Year Old Geldings Reserve - Kid B Styling, shown by John Peck of Ashland Amateur Performance Halter Geldings 6th - A Classical Touch, shown by John Peck of Ashland Amateur Pole Bending Champion Redneck Daisy, shown by Daisy Trent Tobin of Fredericktown 3 - Redneck Mariah, shown by Trent Tobin of Fredericktown 8th - Redneck Revolution, shown by Stacey Henkle of Photo courtesy of AQHA. Rockford 15th - Haley Jos Redneck Daisy and Trent Tobin won Charm, shown by Amateur and Junior Pole Bending at the 2010 AQHA World Show. Brannon Riley of Creston Amateur Trail 11th - BigBeboppinBob, shown by Kathryn Gorusch of Lancaster