2025 AQHA West Level 1 Championships
Several Small-Fry classes were added to the 2025 AQHA Level 1 Championships, including ranch riding. Photo by Shane Rux Photography, courtesy of AQHA.
Congratulations to the all-around and high-point winners at the 2025 AQHA West Level 1 Championships!
From AQHA:
The 2025 AQHA West Level 1 Championships concluded May 24, with six days of competition at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, that saw 2,730 entries, 453 exhibitors, 469 horses and 163 first-time exhibitors. Below are the all-around and high-point awards given out at the end of the show. Congratulations to everyone who competed at this year’s show!
Small-Fry High-Point
Kennedy Grace Wright and KM Three Bars Down, 2015 chestnut gelding (RL Best Of Sudden-Winnie Three Bars by Zippos Mr Good Bar)
Rookie Youth High-Point
Maddie Dawson and All About That Lope, 2015 black gelding (Lazy Loper-Ialwaysgetluckywithu by Jacks Are Lucky Too)
Rookie Amateur High-Point
Ashley S. Mossman and Touch N Go Show, 2015 bay gelding (A Touch Of Sudden-Divalicous by Ziprageous)
Level 1 Youth Walk-Trot High-Point
Jayde McGill and Leave U With A Smyle, 2020 sorrel gelding (Extremely Hot Chips-One Tuff Touch by A Touch Of Sudden)
Level 1 Amateur Walk-Trot High-Point
Laura Forbes and He Hung The Moon, 2017 brown gelding (Only In The Moonlite-Can You C What I C by Don’t Skip Zip)
Level 1 13-&-Under All-Around
Abigail Lee and Its Southern Blues, 2017 blue roan gelding (It’s a Southern Thing-VS I Heart You by VS Code Red)
Level 1 14-18 All-Around
Emerson Knabenshue and Party Favours, 2014 black mare (Lazy Loper-The Party Starts Now by Invitation Only)
Level 1 Amateur All-Around
Sawyer Byers and Ill B At The Bar, 1999 palomino gelding (Ill Be Smart-Bar Bonnie Dee by Ben Bar Mitch)
Level 1 Select All-Around
Ashley S. Mossman and Touch N Go Show, 2015 bay gelding (A Touch Of Sudden-Divalicous by Ziprageous)
Youth Top AQHA Ranching Heritage-Bred Horse
Morgan Lara Weber and Pepsa Rooster
2004 buckskin gelding
Roosters Shorty-Pepsa Sue by Peppy Motorscooter
Owned by Cara Crowley Weber
Bred by Mary Bailey Davis, Maxwell, New Mexico
Amateur Top AQHA Ranching Heritage-Bred Horse
Virginia A. Barnes and Pursuing The Dream
2018 bay mare
Hes a Dream Weaver-Ziptentiously by Hot Pretense
Owned by Virginia Barnes, San Antonio, Texas
Bred by Kenneth or Laina Banks, Schulenburg, Texas
