SOQHA MADNESS Kicks Off Today With Huge Trail Classes! Watch Live Feed Now Online
Rest your head after a long day at the show on one of these Madness pillows. Image courtesy of Mark Harrell Horse Shows.
By: Brittany Bevis
The Southern Ohio Quarter Horse Association MADNESS Show kicks off today in Wilmington, Ohio, and iEquine.com will be streaming live coverage April 6-10 from Wilmington, Ohio! Today’s schedule begins with Trail and Western Riding classes in split arenas, and according to Mark Harrell Horse Shows, initial class sizes are very impressive.
- Novice Youth Trail- 20
- Novice Amateur Trail- 25
- L2 Youth Trail -26
- Junior Trail- 26
- Green Trail- 56
- Senior Trail- 70
There is so much in store this week for both competitors and spectators in the form of special events, incredible prizes, and amazing purses in futurity classes. Eight Harris work saddles will be awarded to All-Around winners in Small Fry, Novice Youth, 13 and Under, 14-18, Novice Amateur, Amateur, Select, and Open divisions. Also, special High Point awards will be presented in the L1 Youth and Amateur Walk-Trot divisions. Other great prizes include tablets, TV’s, jackets, sweatshirts, t-shirts, pillows, belt buckles, horse coolers, buckets, ice coolers with built in blenders, and so much more!
Here at The Equine Chronicle we’re most excited about The Equine Chronicle Novice Horse Three-Year-Old and Over Western Pleasure Slot class that will take place during the lunch break on Friday, April 8th. The winner will take home a check for $15,000! Also, competitors will have the opportunity to earn an additional $2,000 if they win while riding in a Harris saddle.
The same also applies for the winner of the inaugural Coughlin Automotive 3-Year-Old and Over Maiden Horse Western Pleasure on Saturday. The winner of this class will also receive a $15,000 winner’s check, and an additional $2,000 is up for grabs, if he or she wins while riding in a Harris saddle. In addition, the Limited Champion in both classes will receive his/her own Harris saddle! Other awards include $500 for the Reserve Limited rider in both classes, $1,500 for the Intermediate Champion in both classes, and $500 for the Reserve Intermediate rider in both classes.
A horse show ice cooler with a built in blender?! Image courtesy of Mark Harrell Horse Shows.
There is still time to enter at the show, however horses much be entered by noon the day before each class. In order to compete in the novice class, a horse may not have won more than $2,500 or earned more than 25 points. In order to compete in the maiden class, the horse may not have competed prior to the event.
Check out the projected payout for both classes! A lot of money is set to be given away over the next few days…
- 1st place- $15,000
- 2nd place- $7,500
- 3rd place- $5,000
- 4th place- $3,500
- 5th place- $3,000
- 6th place- $2,500
- 7th place- $2,000
- 8th place- $1,500
Bouncy horses for Leadline! Image courtesy of Mark Harrell Horse Shows.
Judges for the SOQHA Madness are Jonathan Meilleur, Jon Barry, Mike Hawkins, Karen Graham, Robin Frid, Scott Neuman, Dean Bogart, Dawn Clason, Bob Tweedlie, Paula Pray, and Scott Dehellian.
G-Man will be onsite soon, so stay tuned to EquineChronicle.com for his fun around the ring photo galleries and complete results coming soon from Mark Harrell Horse Shows.
