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(IN) LIFE

AQHA and NSBA competitor Hillary Roberts, wed Eric Timchak on Sept. 2, at the Paddock at Championship Circle, in Fort Worth, Texas. Hillary, who studied Agricultural Business at Colorado State University, is the daughter of Susan and Blair Roberts. Together they own and operate Capital Quarter Horses, in Pilot Point, where Hillary manages the AQHA sire Hay Goodlookn. Eric owns and operates Eric T’s Mobile IVs.

AQHA and NSBA competitor Deanna Green married professional trainer Casey Willis, on Sept. 9, at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala Florida. Deanna, who attended Auburn University, is the daughter of Ocala, Florida professional trainer Rusty Green and AQHA judge Tanya Green, of Pilot Point, Texas. Casey is the son of AQHA judge Tracy Willis and Sharon Willis, of Rogersville, Missouri, and operates his own training business in Ocala, Florida.

(IN) CAREERS

AQHA and NSBA nonpro competitor Liz Long, of Siler City. North Carolina, has accepted a new position as Intelligence Sales Lead Equine & Companion at Merek Animal Health. Originally from Chesterfield, Missouri, Long earned her MBA from Maryville University. She is married to professional trainer Jeff Long.

MARCH TO THE ARCH

3-YEAR-OLD AND OVER SLOT CLASSES WILL HAVE $150,000 IN GUARANTEED MONEY AT 2023 EVENT

GENTLEMEN SEND ROSES

APHA WORLD AND RESERVE WORLD CHAMPION SIRE PASSES AT HIS HOME OF 23 YEARS IN INDIANA

Organizers of the March To The Arch, have announced that its 3-Year-Old & Over Slot classes will award $150,000 in guaranteed money in 2023. $100,000 will be presented in the 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure and $50,000 is being distributed in the 3-Year-Old & Over Hunter Under Saddle. To be eligible in either class horses must be 3 years old or over and not have won any World or Congress nor any national title. Western Pleasure earnings must be under $5,000 and Hunter Under Saddle entries must have earned under $3,500. The entry fee for the Western Pleasure Slot Class is $1,500 while the price to enter the Hunter Under Saddle Slot Class is $1,000. The deadline to enter is Jan. 15 and the 2023 event is slated for March 14-19. Doug Landon founded the March To The Arch in 2005 after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. The show debuted in St. Louis, Missouri and has since raised over $1 million for cancer research and $80,000 for Cook’s. In 2021 the event was moved to Fort Worth, Texas and the organization teamed with Cook Children’s Hospital. This past year the March To The Arch presented the hospital with a check for $40,000 and has also donated funds to the AQHA and the NSBA Crisis Fund. For more information visit www.MarchToTheArchHorseShow.com.

American Paint Horse Association (APHA) leading sire Gentlemen Send Roses (Gus), passed away last month at his home of 23 years in Indiana. Owned by Brent and Julie Harnish, of South Bend, the 1999 homozygous stallion was sired by Whata Investment (by The Big Investment) and was out of HF Runforthe Roses, a multiple World Champion mare by Skips Artist. Although unshown himself due to an injury suffered as a yearling, Gus is the sire of World and Reserve World Champions and for the last 10 years has been on the top five APHA Performance sire and Halter sire lists.