AQHA Magazine May / June 2018 AQHA_May_June_2018_WEBSITE | Page 30

Congratulations to all Champions and place getters in all six divisions of the ARBC Derby , we thank you all for making the trek to the ARBC and we look forward to welcoming you all back again next year .

Thank you to everyone that travelled from as far as Victoria to compete at our show , Mick Taylor , Cameron Halliwell and Keiran Moses . Special congratulations to Cameron Halliwell and Keiran Moses for once again travelling up from Tatura in Victoria and taking home a whopping prize money stash of over $ 13,500 in cash , not to mention the buckles and prizes you both won as well .

The introduction of our Friday Evening Feature Event the ARBC OPEN Working Cowhorse drew a total of 14 competitors to the Dalby Arena . We had Mr Ian Francis as our judge for this event and the atmosphere was electric as each competitor took to the pen to do their dry work , followed by each one working a cow in the main arena . There were some spectacular displays of horsemanship shown in this event and we thank everyone for attending to cheer them on . We had a few hundred vocal spectators in the stand to enjoy this feature event . This event proved to be so popular we are expanding on this event in 2019 , to include a Reiners and Challenge Team Calcutta . More info on this event will be published in early 2019 .

This was a hard fought with Leah Read once again showing high scores in both the dry work and cattle work . With the girls taking out the first two positions in this feature event , with Dave Manchon rounding up top three , congratulations to all competitors this was one exciting event .

LEAH READ riding Peptocat ( Q-74941 ) to win the ARBC Dalby General Steel OPEN CHALLENGE judged by Ian Francis

Another crowd favourite Leah Read stepping up and taking out first and third positions in the OPEN Challenge . Cody Stevens also taking out third place in the Classic Challenge and second place in the OPEN Challenge Event .

As we have first go round dry work payouts , congratulations goes to Dave Manchon for taking out first in the Open and first in the Classic Dry Work on Crystal Park Peptos Time taking home $ 1000 for each of these wins . In the Classic Challenge cattle work we had a tie for first between Nathan Wilson on Lethal N Smart and Jon Templeton on Nonda Wallflower both picking up $ 750 each for these go round wins .

The Open Challenge cow work had a tie for first between Jon Templeton on Nonda Wallflower and Kel Lawrence on Ranch Governess picking up $ 750 each for these wins .

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Nathan Wilson rode Lethal N Smart to win the ARBC Simplicity Coatings CLASSIC CHALLENGE