“I won the Select World, Morgan won the Amateur World, and Ross won the Open today,” Brehm says. “We had a little clean sweep!”

“When I saw her, I couldn’t find a fault on her at all,” Ryan says.

Kathy Smallwood was all smiles this morning at the 2013 AQHA World Show when she led Fearles Defiance to a win in the Open Weanling Geldings for owner John Tan. The gelding they call “Little Fearles” is a product of three generations of breeding by this halter horse enthusiast from Sherman, Texas.

“Right now, our industry and our horses are better than they’ve ever been,” Green says.

“She’s a fabulous mover, so I think that adds a lot of eye appeal as far as her lope-overs. Pinwheels suit her style, and we had a pinwheel in both directions.”