As part of the 2019 APHA Youth World Championship Show in Fort Worth, Texas, APHA will host a Jr American Super Qualifier July 6-7. Events will include team roping, calf roping, barrel racing, breakaway roping and steer wrestling.

Equine Affaire also hosted its annual Versatility Horse & Rider Competition on Friday, April 12, judged by Jason Irwin and announced by Steve Lantvit. During the competition, twenty-three horse-and-rider pairs competed for more than $5,500 in prize money. Competitors raced the clock while tackling such challenging activities as batting a large ball out of a child’s pool with a broom, retrieving a flag, crossing a narrow wooden bridge, and leading their blindfolded horses through a short course. Seasoned VHRC competitor Brenda Hanson clinched the championship with her 7-year-old Quarter Horse gelding, PVF Frosted Ace.

The American Quarter Horse Association is offering a third way for amateur, select, and open exhibitors to qualify their halter horses for AQHA world championship shows*.