Photos and Results From 2013 AQHA Region 1 Championship Show
The AQHA Region 1 Championship Show took place August 14-18 and was hosted by the Washington State Quarter Horse Association at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA. Judges were Brad Gibby, Buddy Fisher and Mike Weaver.
This was the largest Region 1 Show yet, with over 1,000 AQHA entries. The largest classes were Novice Amateur Showmanship with 35 and Novice Amateur Western Pleasure with 30. The Novice Youth 14-18 splits were also good-sized with 20+ exhibitors.
Not only did exhibitors have the chance to win over $100,000 in prizes, show management also ran a concurrent triple-judged AQHA pointed show. We attribute the growth this year to offering the three-judge concurrent show and to people trying to qualify for the AQHA Novice Championship.
Overall, it was a great show with a full slate of classes including cattle events. We also had a Cowboy Mounted Shooting demonstration and an AQHA Trail Challenge event.
The all around winners are as followed:
Novice Youth Champion – Talk About Royal and Cassandra Chriest
Novice Youth Reserve – Looks Inviting and Ashley Laird
Youth Champion – Talk About Royal and Cassandra Chriest
Youth Reserve – Faithful Dimension and Jessica Grodzins
Novice Amateur Champion – Oughta Be Western and Tina Maynard
Novice Amateur Reserve – All Girl Charlie and Sharon Rich
Amateur Champion – Oughta Be Western and Tina Maynard
Amateur Reserve – Natural Dancer and Rebecca Moore
Select Champion – A Good Madam and Karen Ochsner
Select Reserve – Versionaire and Cindy Nakahara
Open Champion – Oughta Be Western and Tina Maynard
Open Reserve – Smooth Chickory and Jeanine Kern
Small Fry Champion – Chips Heart and Lily Richardson
All Breed 13 & Under Champion – MZ The Big Zipper and Tess Bauman
All Breed 13 & Under Reserve – Hesa Classic Presence and Anwyn Deeks
All Breed 14-18 Champion – Chocolatelys Girl and Rachel Williams
