East Coast Halter Futurity Concludes With 55% Growth Over Last Year
Randy Jacobs, Ted Turner, Kathy Smallwood, Marcy Walker, Tiffany Miller, Karie Blossom, Bree Tamulewicz, Glenn Geischen, and Karen Burk. Photo courtesy of Judy Robichaux.
By: Brittany Bevis
Halter horse enthusiasts from across the country gathered at the Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center in Williamston, North Carolina over the weekend for the 2015 East Coast Halter Futurity. In addition to a full lineup of Futurity classes, the event also provided two sets of points for AQHA, APHA, ApHC Halter classes.
The Futurity began on September 5th with Ted Turner Jr., Kathy Wentzell Smallwood, and Randy Jacobs officiating. Judging the regular Halter portion of the show on September 6th were Clint Fullerton and Randy Alderson.
In order to be eligible to compete in the Futurity classes, horses must have been sired by one of the East Coast Halter Futurity stallions such as A Classical Mocca, A Designated Player, A Legend At Last, A White Night, APirates Life For Me, Atmos Fear, Attencion, Backstreet, Chromed Up, Classically, El Ante, Fearles, Fellas Got Pizazz, Fortyfive Caliber, Gianni, Grandslam Touchdown, I Gotta Cool Secret, Im Kidding, Invested By Far, JCG Avenger, Kidslookintouchable, Livation, Lookinat The Sierras, Maxxam, Night Tripz, One Silent Clue, PF Premo, Phenomenal Play, Saint Telusive, Skips Bo Coolest, Rock N Good Secret, RS Refrection, RTH Mr Wilson, Rule Me Gold, Tattle On Touchdown, Telasecret, Telling, The Imaginery, The Greatest Secret, Twentyfourkarat Kool, Very Cool, Yella Rockafella, Western Gunslinger, and Supremely Cool.
Trophies!
Founder and Futurity Chairman Glenn Gieschen was thoroughly pleased with the turnout for the 2015 event, which showed 55% growth over 2014!
This Futurity didn’t just reward the big winners. One horse that didn’t receive one first place ribbon still won over $700 worth of prizes and $600 in cash!
“What a great futurity show!” Gieschen says. “I personally want to thank all the officers who gave 110% of their time, hard work, and dedication to the futurity like Tiffany Renee Miller, Marcy Walker, Katie Blossom, and Karen Sue Berk. I also would like to thank all the stallion owners for nominating their beautiful stallions and all the participants who came to show their support and show their beautiful babies to a great set of judges like Ted Turner, Kathy Smallwood, and Randy Jacobs. Also, thank you to all the spectators who came to observe and support the show.”
“I couldn’t be happier to see the futurity grow by 55% over last year. All the officers and board members plan on working very hard to make it 100% next year. On that note, we need every single one of you Halter enthusiasts to help and support us. This is for you. We will be reaching out to all stallion owners once again to nominate their great stallions. If you’re interested in supporting our Futurity in any way, either by donations or sponsorships, we need your help. Please reach out to one of the officers or board members. You can also visit our website www.eastcoasthalterfuturity.net.
The winner of a Harris Leather show halter, that was donated by Mike and Stephanie Jennings and Harris Leather, was Clint Cooper!
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