Big winners in the over fence classes included Mason Lyon with PJ Loud Opposition in Preliminary Working Hunter, Ellen Gibson with Gallant Invitation in Novice Amateur Working Hunter, Lisa Cherry With Tommys In Town in Amateur Working Hunter, and Karen Banister with Dashing In Blue in Junior Working Hunter.

In an interesting piece by The Columbus Dispatch, Executive Director of OQHA, Dr. Scott Myers, along with other local officials discussed the fact that the single largest breed horse show in the world, the All American Quarter Horse Congress, may have outgrown the Columbus fairgrounds.

“It was so exciting! I’ve had seven Reserve World Champions but never had one win,” Wagner says.”

“We lost all eight of my World Show horses and Summer’s two horses. All of the horses were going to the World Show next week. Another week and it all would’ve been different…”

Given the fact that four horses by the same stallion competed in such a high-stakes event like the Congress Masters, Searles is excited to see what the future holds for Allocate Your Assets.

Tonight, Starnes was in the saddle for Gavin and Rebecca Rawlings of Australia, who received a whopping $50,000 check for their horse’s big win.

“He got done showing in the Amateur Pleasure yesterday morning [with owner Kristen Galyean], and I don’t think he got up until this morning when he came to show. He’s very special.”