2010 Inaugeral Prairie Classic Shows Exceed Expectations
The 2010 Prairie Classic AQHA shows held February 17 - 21 at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City attracted over 5000 entries for the 4 shows and 1 special event. The classes were good sized and the competition was strong with exhibitors coming from Florida, California, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Indiana. The youth classes were particularly strong with over 35 entries in the showmanship and the horsemanship and there were 4 point amateur working hunter classes in the over fences pen! Halter was like a who's who with nationally known exhibitors Ted Turner, Denny Hassett, Tim Finkenbinder, Wayne Halvorsen, Jason Smith, Luke Castle, Aaron Hall leading entries into the arena. The pleasure pen was also deep with lots of nice horses from the barns of Shane Dowdy, Rusty Green, Troy Compton, Cleve Wells, David Dellin and Cliff Hartman to name a few. The roping classes were large in both the open and amatuer with support from JD Yates, Ellsworth Harrison, Rick Chayer, Brad Lund, Bobby Lewis and CR Bradley to name a few.
Judges for the event were Gary Wells (roping), Lindsey Martin (roping), Jess Elrod (roping), Sarah Good (hunters), Dawn (hunters), Cindy Hale, Jeff Allen, Gretchen Mathes, Gary Roberts and Jim Searles. The show managers were Don and Carol Moore. Invaluable assistance was provided by coordinator Jackie Krshka who navigated us through the process.
The show was supported by many vendors with lots of neat equipment and clothing including Logan Western Supply, Connies Customs, Showtime Show Clothing, Showgirlz Show Clothing, Cowgirl Diva, Bits and Blankets and National Western Supply.
KQHA would like to thank all of the exhibitors who attended our first annual show in OKC. We are thankful to the many volunteers from Kansas and Oklahoma who assisted us in putting on the show. Running 3 arenas on the weekend was a huge challenge for us thanks to all of these people we pulled it off and were able to complete our shows each day by 9pm. A special thanks to the Kansas members who came down and worked the show even though they were not exhibiting. Diana Friend, daughter Savanna, Leslie Woolley, John Rose and the McColm family were invaluable as they performed multiple duties throughout the entire show.
Finally, the following sponsors deserve lots of thanks and recognition. Without these wonderful people we would not have been able to put on this show.
Arena Sponsors
Sea Ridge Farms & Patty Vatterott
Kansas Amateur Quarter Horse Association
The Alfred Janssen Family in memory of Scott Janssen
Gold Sponsors
Bits & Spurs By Bull - Bull & Sandy Parker
Tim & Janet Meyer home of Mr Elusive & Cool Eternity Stallion Group
Phil Tearney
Eric Dunn
CJ Quarter Horses & Friends
Robin Frid Quarter Horses
Four Star Properties - Saddleback Inn
Silver Sponsors
Capital City QH Shows - Topeka, KS
Kansas Quarter Horse Youth Association
Murfin Ranch
Bronze Sponsors
Jackie Krshka
Evan Knapp Performance Horse
Denny Hassett
John & Barbara Hoffer
Mark Gratny Quarter Horses
Ellis Saddle Club
Circuit award winners for the event were:
Take The Cash Bug - Jr Barrel Racing
Smooth N Chocolaty - Youth Western Riding
PS Signature On Ice & Marcia Meloy - Novice Amateur Hunt Seat Equitation
Good Investing & Lauren Halvorsen- Youth Showmanship, Youth Hunt Seat Equitation
Pretty Woman & Stephanie Willsey- Amateur Hunter Under Saddle, Green Hunter Under Saddle
RSVP Please & Jennifer Blackledge - Amateur Huntr Seat Equitation
Chip N Pie & Nancy Moxley - Amateur Trail
Chip N Pie & Mariah Moxley - Youth Trail
Zippos Good N Fancy & Nancy Cooper - Green Trail
What A Sheik Lady & Heidi Rasor - Junior Trail
Chip N Pie & Jeff Mellott - Senior Western Riding
Certain To Cruise - Green Western Riding
On My Good Honor & Gretchen Swope - Junior Western Riding
Sleepin In The Rain & Sharnai Thompson - Amateur Western Riding
Good Trace & Wendie Brandenburg - Amateur Select Trail
ZZ Hot & Cassie Collins - Novice Amateur Trail
Lope Dont Chute - Novice Amateur Horsemanship
Spanish Rose Array & Elliott Moss - Novice Youth Trail
Sonnys Hot Fantasy & Jerry Erickson - Progressive Working Hunter
Go Big Or Stay Home - Junior Working Hunter
They Call Me Picasso - Green Working Hunter
Bugsy McGown & Pasley Puthoff - Amateur Working Hunter
Hot New Career & Max Glassen - Novice Youth Western Horsemanship
Dont Skip Trouble & Dana Wiebe - Amateur Select Horsemanship
Steel Skies & Kim Cunningham - Amateur Select Hunter Hack
Mosly Lopin Slow & Lindsey Wilt - Amateur Equitation Over Fences
Go Big Sky & Rodger Call - Amateur Select Equitation Over Fences, Senior Hunter Hack
Will She Or Wont She & Chuck Briggs - Junior Hunter Hack
Smokin Vapor & Jan Kimball - Amateur Hunter Hack
Sleepin In The Rain & Sharnai Thompson - Amateur Horsemanship
Sneakin Past The Mark & Kailyn Ogle - Youth Hunter Hack, Youth Working Hunter
Smokin Vapor & Jil Kate Kimball - Youth Equitation Over Fences
Amblin So Good & Lindsey Pearce - Amateur Western Pleasure
Amblin So Good & Andy Cochran - Jr Western Pleasure
Amble With Ease & Andy Cochran - Green Western Pleasure
Amble With Ease & Linda Ball Sargent - Amateur Select Western Pleasure
At Long Last A Clue & Mike McMillian - 3 Year Old Mares
RR Career Change & Karry Williams - Amateur Performance Halter Geldings
LWR Play To Win & Aaron Hall - 2 Year Old Mares
De Vinci - 3 Yr Old Geldings
True Rumors & Lexi Beeler - Novice Youth Western Pleasure
Mister Awesome - Amateur Stallions 2 & Under, Yearling Stallions
Kid Cluition & Wayne Bell- Yearling Geldings
Sleek N Unique & Brenda Berndt - Amateur Select Equitation Over Fences, Amateur Select Working Hunter
Cool Elusive Lady & Joy Stehney - Amateur Mares 2 & Under
Saint Elusive & Jason Smith - 2 Year Old Geldings
RF Consortium & Jason Smith - 3 Year Old Stallions
Influential & Ted Turner - 2 Year Old Stallions
Existing & Monica Hamm - Youth Mares 3 & Over
Existing & Vernon Habighorst - Amateur Mares 3 & Over
Existing & Ted Turner - Aged Mares
RPL Cheerful & Kalee Hamm - Youth Geldings 3 & Over
A Kid By Design & Monica Hamm - Youth Geldings 3 & Over
A Kid By Design & Vernon Habighorst - Amateur Geldings 3 & Over
A Kid By Design & Ted Turner - Aged Geldings
On The Hunt - Senior Working Hunter
A Moment Of Truth & Doug Coleman - 3 Year Old Mares
Kids Classic Magic - Amateur Stallions 3 & Over, Aged Stallions
Yellow Kids Rules & Denny Hassett - Yearling Mares
Hesa Lil Bit Country & Phil Barner - Youth Performance Halter Geldings
Chips Lil Knockout & Pamela Wilson - Amateur Performance Mares
The Heat Seeker & Angela Fox - Amateur Showmanship
Ima Special Notion & Laura Honeycutt - Novice Amateur Showmanship
Mystical Machine & Cheryl Dunkley - Amateur Select Showmanship
Miss Harbor Chexs & Rebecca Gilles - Youth Performance Halter Mares
Big Stormy Night & James Barton - Junior Tie Down Roping
Fly Swatter & James Barton - Senior Tie Down Roping
No Wright On Red & Dan Schwabe - Youth Reining
Mombo Number Shine - Reining All Ages
Playboys Pine - Amateur Select Reining
Hollywood Roll Call - Amateur Calf Roping
Probalena & Chad Cherry - Amateur Heading
RSR Valentine & Willie Barron - Amateur Heeling
Replay Blue Boon & Clay Logan - Senior Heeling
Ali Oops & JD Yates - Senior Heading
Four Bonnie Bay & Luke Jones - Junior Heeling, Junior Heading
KSU Cherokee Colonel & Jack Jones - Youth Barrel Racing
His Own Man - Senior Barrel Racing, Amateur Barrel Racing