ARBC
2018
Photos Tania Hobbs
OPEN Derby Champion was Warren Backhouse riding Smart Little Roy Q-80962 owned by Henry and Julie Maxwell
The Australian Reining Breeders Classic saw the introduction of five disciplines competing for coveted titles at the recent ARBC held in Dalby Queensland over the week leading up to Easter . The wide ranges of disciplines saw many cross enter into each of the different events and talk of more attending next year ’ s event to compete .
The preparation of the Dalby Arena was managed by Errol Thomas from Thomas Arena Products , Errol resurfaced the indoor arena to the delight of all competitors and it had the best surface many have ridden on to show their highly trained horses .
There were over 210 horse and rider combinations competing across the field of Western Dressage , Reining , Stockman ’ s Challenge , Working Cowhorse and Campdraft events over the week long competitions at the ARBC Show . The ARBC clocked up a total of 554 runs between all five disciplines events which kept our judges and competitors alike busy for the entire week of showing . The comradery shone through where each discipline competitors encouraged each other and showed their support by watching each other compete . This is a unique point of the great sportsmanship at the ARBC , the show where we all come together to celebrate and support great horsemanship and talented horse and rider combinations .
This year ARBC Event Organisers were proud to announce 2018 payouts to all competitors saw a total of $ 83,145.50 in cash prizes presented across all disciplines plus prizes valued at over $ 20,000 including a handcrafted Dan Kingsley Trophy Saddle and two silver handcrafted Rick Meredith bridles , not to mention Ariat bags , Garlands , timber trophy prizes and much more given out over the week long show . This is one of the biggest payouts with over $ 100,000 in cash and prizes the ARBC has seen since its inception in 2015 .
The ARBC Reining Events saw cash payouts totalling $ 41,295.50 and the ARBC Stockman ’ s Challenge / Campdraft / Working Cowhorse events payouts totalled $ 41,860 . This is the biggest prize pool to date for the 4th annual ARBC Show .
Our focus at the ARBC is to ensure we promote and thank all our wonderful sponsors for their continued support and involvement in the ARBC , without you all the ARBC would not be a must do on our competitors calendar and we thank you all .
To name a few of our major sponsors ; Dan Kingsley for his handcrafted reining saddle for the ARBC OPEN Derby Champion , Thomas Arena Products , Dalby General Steel , Simplicity Coatings , Rural Weekly , Marrison Hydraulics , Backhouse Training Stables , Xtreme Genes , Mark Jackson Electrical , Chesterfield , Simplicity , Total Steel , Rural Weekly , Ariat , Mr Ian Francis , Bec Laurie for the stunning garlands , timber trophy ’ s handcrafted by Mr Ron Fisher and Mr Rick Meredith for the beautifully crafted Silver Show Bridles . The competitors make the trek as much for the beautiful prizes on offer at the ARBC as the prizemoney put forward , which is growing as the ARBC moves forward , so thankyou to everyone that made this possible . We love that we also have sponsorship come forward from trainers and competitors alike and would like to also thank everyone that contributed to the overall success of ARBC2018 . You can see a full list of our sponsors on our ARBC official website ARBC . NET . AU
It takes the work of many behind the scenes helpers and the support from these people needs to be mentioned . Our loyal and diligent office team Linda Gray and Kathleen Murphy , Glenn Muir keeping our competitors and audience entertained as our announcer , our hardworking and professional gate marshal John Whylie and our judges Leanne Bartlett , Pam Spokes , Ian Francis , Errol Thomas , Bomber Lancaster and Steve Thake . All would not be possible without the help of our scribe team Jolene King , Ben & Jaime-Lee Ditzel and Chris Gould . Our judges were once again spoilt with choice and offering from Lorraine Whylie and our arena was kept to the highest standard with the help of Alan Cooper and Errol Thomas . We thank everyone involved with assisting with the ARBC in a small or more involved way , we love the can do attitude from everyone involved with keeping this great show running . The ARBC was livestreamed around the world once again via our facebook live option and whiles it was our
Page 28 • The Australian Quarter Horse Magazine • May • June • 2018