Around the Rings: 2026 Iowa QHA Mayflower State Show
All photos by bar H Photography.
HIGH POINT OPEN
VS Final Addiction – Sandy Paris
RESERVE HIGH POINT OPEN
All Batt And More – Ellie Schommer
HIGH POINT AMATEUR
All Batt And More – Ellie Schommer
RESERVE HIGH POINT AMATEUR
SH Gettingtoknowyou – Kendra Jo Schultz
HIGH POINT AMATEUR SELECT
Talkinbou Tonite – Tracey Bennett
RESERVE HIGH POINT AMATEUR SELECT
Always A Classy Ride – Jill Ellsworth
HIGH POINT YOUTH 14-18
Heza Slow Burn – Adelyn Winterfeld
RESERVE HIGH POINT YOUTH 14-18
Whisky Dun It – Brooke Myers
HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 AMATEUR
Money Gate – Abigail Merschman
RESERVE HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 AMATEUR
VS Final Addiction – Tori Paris
HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 AMATEUR WALK/TROT
Tuckers Payday – McKenna von Rentzell
RESERVE HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 AMATEUR WALK/TROT
Iresistable Spell – Shannon Amsden
HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 YOUTH
Red Hot George – Marlie Frederick
RESERVE HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 YOUTH
Shez One Of A Kind – Hadley Marsh
HIGH POINT YOUTH 9 & UNDER
Macs Ebony Special – Dorothy Meylor
HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 YOUTH WALK/TROT
Socially Invested – Grace Myers
RESERVE HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 YOUTH WALK/TROT
Stylish Good Looks – Lucy Meylor
HIGH POINT OPEN RANCH HORSE
Bruce Allmighty – Cindy Hamilton
RESERVE HIGH POINT RANCH HORSE
Ooh Brother – Cindy Hamilton
HIGH POINT AMATEUR RANCH HORSE
Bruce Allmighty – Cindy Hamilton
RESERVE HIGH POINT AMATEUR RANCH HORSE
Chex Cashn Diamonds – Amy Henderson
HIGH POINT AMATEUR SELECT RANCH HORSE
Ooh Brother – Cindy Hamilton
HIGH POINT YOUTH RANCH HORSE
Tell Em You Know Me – CJ Kirkland
RESERVE HIGH POINT YOUTH RANCH HORSE
Whisky Dun It – Brooke Myers
From Jennifer Horton, Mayflower Volunteer Show Chair:
“The Iowa Quarter Horse Association is celebrating our 75th anniversary this year. So I challenged Tim Kimura to include a “75” in the trail course design for us. He understood the assignment 🙂
The Mayflower brought some fresh ideas again this year with our Mayflower Money, putting $2,000 added money into 12 classes awarded based on the circuit award placings for the top 3 to earn cash.
Also new this year was my Trainer Barn Challenge, where trainers could sign themselves up with all the horses that showed under their barn. We added the points earned and divided their totals by the number of horses for the average. Hannah Lind with Show Horses by Shannon & Hannah won the Turtlebox Ranger Speaker and Lucky Chuck Socks sponsored by bar H Photography. Since Hannah was an IQHA member, she also earns a $75 cash bonus from IQHA.
Spencer Groth – Chicslikemychocolate – ranch riding.
Robert Schmitz – Whattaretheodds – western riding.
Duane Van Horn celebrated his 95th birthday, which is coming up on May 25, with another circuit championship on his mare I Wanta Rock in the amateur walk/trot western pleasure. Duane is everyone’s favorite cheerleader!”
Duane says, “Since I started showing again after losing my dear wife Beverly, five years ago I’ve had 85 wins 18 circuit championships and 7 IQHA championships at almost 95 years old .I can’t believe it myself.”
Duane Van Horn turns 95 on May 25th.
