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PG.17
MEET THE
POTTERS!
ARTICLE BY: LYN HOFFMANN © 2019 - PHOTOS BY: STEPHEN MOWBRAY PHOTOGRAPHY
Greg and Jodie Potter & their three children, Sage 16, Cora 14 and Nate 12,
live on a cattle property outside of Comet, in Central Queensland. However,
that doesn’t stop them from travelling to the AQHA Nationals each year!
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childhood.
hen Jodie was a kid, her mum was an
avid Quarter Horse enthusiast and bred
a few of them, so Jodie was lucky enough
to be around the show scene early in her
‘I’ve been showing for as long as I can remember and have
always loved the whole show scene. I got to show ponies at
the Agricultural shows, and our Quarter Horses at Halter
and Performance Shows. I started competing as a Youth
at the AQHA Nationals in a range of events, showing right
through to Amateur classes.’
(L-R): Sage & Max, Nate & Indoxicated Q-70579, Cora & Stoney at the Q19
Jodie met Greg in 1994 and they initially travelled to
the USA in 1997. They came home at Christmas to
be married in February, 1998. Making the move back
to the States, Greg very successfully rode bulls in the
PRCA and PBR, while Jodie worked for John Mitchell
and Greg Coalson, before having their three children.
‘We lived in the States for a total of 14 years while Greg
was bullriding, and all the kids were born there. We’ve been
living at Comet since 2010 after returning home. When we
did come home to Australia, we also imported a really nice
cutting bred Quarter Horse stallion named Indoxicated
Q-70579, along with a pleasure bred mare and foal. Sean
Flynn started Indoxicated Q-70579 in Cutting for us and
he became a very handy horse.’
Sage, Cora & Nate, first trip in new gooesneck 2015
Once back home, it wasn’t long before the showing
bug bit Jodie again, and she was back in the arena. The
Potters were also now breeding some Quarter Horses
and had purchased ‘Huggin Jo Q-45725’ for the kids, so
that they could start showing, too. Huggin Jo Q-45725
became Sage’s first show horse, and with so much going
on with the kid’s showing, Jodie ended up taking a back
seat to enable them to show more seriously. She took
the girls to their first Nationals in 2014.
‘At just 7 years of age, Nate showed at his first Nationals,
in 2015. It was a great trip, and exciting too, because
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