The 13 and Under Champion was Claira Bingaman with Red Hot Options. Reserve was Victoria Coombs with Bobby Dimensions. The 14 – 18 Champion was Lily Richardson with A Natural Dancer. Reserve was Elizabeth Gerbrandt with A Sudden Extreme.

Quarter horse competitors took over the Hoosier Park racetrack for a fun evening to watch “celebrities,” Chris Jones, Judd Paul, and Garth Gooding, ride along in a harness race. In the end, Chris Jones was named the champion with Hollywood Dun It. The driver of this team was Joey Putnam, and the trainer was Krista Harmon. 

The Level 1 Amateur High Point Champion was Hunter Johnson with Zippos N My Dreams. The Amateur High Point Champion was Taylor Lewis with Shez Willy Cool. The Amateur Select Champion was Sandy Stevenson with He Is My Choice. The Level 1 Youth Champion was Emma Evitts with Don’t Buck The System. Emma also won the Youth High Point title. The Open High Point Horse was He Is My Choice for Lindsey Stevenson.

Congratulations to a few big winners at the show over the weekend! Jeff Mellott with Ima Lazy Cowboy in Senior L1 Trail; Ariana Ciminio with RL Best of Goodbar and Kacy Jo Philpot with Lil Boss Man in 14-18 Trail L3; Angela Wade with The Perfect Kryme in Amateur Trail; and Jamie DeVencenty with Chex Is The Choice and Bonnie Sheren with Heza Radical Zip in Select L3 Trail. 

The Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Spring Extravaganza saw a big increase this year from their 2018 event with a boost of 860 additional entries and a complete stall sell out in February, three months prior to the event.

APHA exhibitors came from all corners of the country, as well as Canada, for the event, which saw an increase of 200 more entries for the Sunday/Monday portion of the show.