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President’s Letter,Dear AzQHA Members,

What an honor it is to be your AzQHA President. Thank you to our dedicated board ofdirectors for their confidence and welcome to our new board members. As I write, theWestern States EMO Championship is ready to kick off. The Youth Excellence Seminarstarts soon as well as the Youth World Show, and final plans are under way for The FallChampionship Show. Safe travels to everyone during this busy summer. Thoughts fromBrendan I was walking up the stairs out of the Arena with my fellow judges after placinga tough Senior Western pleasure class. A spectator looked at us and said “those horseslooked awful!” I glanced at him with dismay and kept walking. One of my fellow judgeshowever stopped dead in her tracks and said “Sir, I thought that was an excellent class.What those horses are doing is very difficult and takes a lot of training. You may notwant to do the class but you have to appreciate the effort and talent.” By the time shehad finished speaking with him he had received a crash course in western pleasureand was eagerly awaiting the next class. I realized at that point; the man was just re-peating what he had heard from someone else. I also realized that it was my duty as ahorseman to take the opportunity to educate, just as my friend had done. Each one ofus has the ability to create positive change. Most of the negativity in our industrycomes from lack of knowledge. I vowed that day that I would not miss another oppor-tunity to educate and be a proponent for our sport. All of it. Since then I have tried tonot let those comments go, whether they are directed at the politics of judging or thepresentation of the horses. I take it as opportunity to educate someone in a positivemanner. It is important that the public know there are many safeguards to a level play-ing field and the horses’ welfare is paramount. Now more than ever it is important for usto support each other. The success of the industry depends on the success of each partof it. All of us our bound first by our love of the horse. I hope each of us can be an am-bassador for our sport.

SincerelyBrendan BrownArizona Quarter Horse Association President

LETTER FROM THE EDITORDear AzQHA members and friends, What a year it has been so far! AzQHA continues tolead the industry in hosting the biggest shows in the na-tion. Just when we thought itcouldn’t get any better whenthe 2019 Sun Circuit broke itsown record, the EMO/Cele-brations show exploded overthe Fourth of July! Every horsepublication is talking about Al-locate Your Assets and his ex-ceptional record as a sire. Weare honored to have him onthe cover this issue.

Once again, the ArizonaYouth are set to make history

at the AQHYA World Show. The contestants at theWorld Show, the AzQHA Scholarship recipients and theAQHYA Board members continue to make everyoneproud. It is hard to believe that 46 years have passedsince that first historic year in Amarillo, TX. Horse kids al-ways have been and remain the very best! Good luckto everyone!

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TREASURER Dorn Parkinson 19,21 (Past President 2007)

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E-BOARD MEMBERDana Yingling 18,20

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PRESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAST PRESIDENTS

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Michele PearsonPresident 2016 & 2017 11549 E. Desert Willow Dr

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Curt FenderPresident 2014 & 2015

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Barbara Truex DVMPresident 2012 & 2013

Jim SearlesPresident 2008 6638 E. Jomax Rd

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Dorn Parkinson 2007

Carol Whittaker(President 2003 & 04)

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Meet the New BoardBRENDAN BROWNNEW AzQHA PRESIDENT

Brendan Brown grew up in south-western Colorado and began showinghorses at age 9. After graduating highschool, he began apprenticing underseveral trainers. One of those beingPete Kyle in Arizona. The passionturned into a career and now he trainshorses and coaches youth and ama-teurs in the all-around and ranchevents. Brendan is also an AQHA,APHA And NSBA approved judge.He went on the AzQHA board in2013 and has served as Vice Presi-dent.

MEET YOUR NEW AzQHABOARD MEMBERS

RUTH KAPLANRuth’spassion forhorses andshowingstartedwhen shewas 9years oldgrowingup inRochester,

Michigan. She attended the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-River and earnedan associate degree in their HorseScience program. When she returnedhome, she completed her bachelor’sdegree in Business from Michigan

State. Horses were put on hold whileshe pursued a career in computerswith Electronic Data Systems in Dal-las, Texas.

After Ruth married Leonard Ka-plan, they returned to Wooster, Ohioand had three daughters, who grew upshowing horse. They bred, raised andtrained their own horse while compet-ing in open, 4-H, Palomino andAQHA events.

After their children were grown,Ruth returned to showing in AQHAin 2015. She showed Wish Upon ALark, aka Jimmy, a son of RuggedLark that they had raised. Ruthtrained with Brent and MelissaMaxwell of West Mansfield, OH,where she and “Jimmy” earned nu-merous All-Around awards. In 2017at the Level 1 East Championships inRaleigh, NC they were named Cham-pions in Horsemanship, Equitation,Trail and Reserve Champions inShowmanship. With these wins theywon the All Around Select Amateur!Later that fall Ruth and Jimmy wonReserve Champion Select Hunt SeatEquitation at the Quarter Horse Con-gress.

After closing their mom/pop gro-cery store in Apple Creek, Ohio, Ruthand Leonard retired and moved toScottsdale with their two horses.Wish Upon A Lark in now 17 yearsold. They ride several times a week inthe Rio Verde foothills.

JOAN HOLSTENJoan Hol-sten hasbeen amember ofAQHAsince 2015and hasbeen

showing regularly since then. Bren-dan Brown is her trainer and sheloves being a passionate horse owner.

HOLLY SMALLHolly has owned horses for 53 years,breeding and showing along with herdaughter. She is Past President ofTROT (Therapeutic Riding of Tuc-son) where she organized fund raisersand fun events. She recently pur-chased a small ranch in Sonoita, Ari-zona for an equine retirement facilityalong with an Air B and B. Holly wasalso on the Board of the Tucson Sym-phony and the St Gregory CollegePreparatory School.

JAKE BERRYJake Berry has worked for Hall ofFamer trainer Smoky Pritchett andCorey Cushing. Jake has shown two

Reserve Futu-rity Champi-ons andnumerous fi-nalists. Henow special-izes in two-year-old

training, having started two FuturityChampions, a Stakes Champion,AQHA World Champion along withmany other champion finalists andmoney earners.

KIMMIE DILLONKimmie Dillonhas served asPresident of aScottsdaleCharter SchoolBoard, PTA,and coordi-nated several non-profit fundraisers.While at ASU she was active in theAeronautical Technology departmentand was Student Body President atCorona del Sol Hight School inTempe. She showed as an AzQHYAmember under the guidance of Peteand Tamra Kyle. She is currentlycompeting in the AzQHA and AzR-CHA while working at the familybusiness in Scottsdale.



The summer futurity season is off toanother great start for leading sire, Allo-cate Your Assets. “Al” was recentlynamed the highest money-producinghunter under saddle stallion for the 2019Premier Sires hunter under saddleclasses with his offspring winning$27,595. The program offers classes forall nominated foals at the Silver DollarCircuit, March to the Arch, and theCornhusker Classic. Not only was Allo-cate Your Assets the top hunter undersaddle sire, but his offspring’s earningsput him in the lead for top producingstallion overall, even surpassing allwestern pleasure sires.

“Al’s” top earner was Al Be Bleu, a3-year-old gelding owned by Tali Teril-izzi, shown by Shannon Gillespie andtrained by Farley McLendon. Al BeBleu won a total of $17,865 with wins inthe Premier Sires 3-Year-Old LimitedHorse Limited Rider Hunter Under Sad-dle Class and a Reserve Championshipin the 3-Year-Old Open Hunter UnderSaddle. The talented 3-year-old was alsorecently named the Tom Powers 3-Year-Old Open Champion, 3-Year-OldNovice Horse Champion, and 3-Year-Old Novice/Novice Hunter Under Sad-dle Champion as well. Other top earnersfrom the Premier Sires classes included

Al About My Assets, Best Jazz AlbumYet, Me and My Assets, and Al About it.

In addition to the Premier Sires pro-gram, “Al’s” foals have been excellingin the all-around arena as well. Lastyear, Allocate Your Assets sired theAQHA World Champions in both thejunior and the senior pleasure driving.The Senior Pleasure Driving Champion,Blameitonthe Alcohol, also won theSenior Hunter Hack World Champi-onship as well.

“Al’s” ability to consistently sirefoals with fantastic minds, as well as ex-emplary movers, has translated into win-ners in a variety of classes outside of the

Allocate Your AssetsCouture Blue Genes2018 NSBA Horse of the Year

2x Congress Champion2x Congress Res. Champion3x NSBA World Champion3x NSBA BCF Champion

2018 AQHA Res. World ChampionJunior Hunter Under Saddle

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hunter under saddle arena. Re-cently, another of “Al’s” foals,Taxable Assets, owned andshowed by Brianna Clark, wasa 4x Circuit Champion at theGateway Classic in AmateurPleasure Driving, Hunter Hack,Hunter Under Saddle, andOpen Pleasure Driving. Theyfinished as the Reserve All-Around Champions of theshow.

With so many excitingprospects showing at the mo-ment, this year will hopefullyprove to be another banner yearfor Allocate Your Assets. Lastyear’s fantastic show seasonwas topped off by “Al” siringthe NSBA Horse of the Year,Couture Blue Genes, owned byDebbie Hodde and shown byBeth Case. The champion geld-ing recently had his first showback at the Red Bud Spectacu-lar since the AQHA WorldShow where he won under allcards in his 2019 debut, earningthe circuit championship in jun-ior hunter under saddle.

In addition to the NSBAHorse of the Year, “Al” sired 3AQHA World Champions, 6Congress Champions, 1 Re-serve AQHA World Champion,6 NSBA World Champions, 4AQHA High Point Championsand 5 NSBA High Point Cham-pions last year alone.

Allocate Your Assets isowned by G.W. and KatherineK. Tobin. He stands at Circle SRanch in Scottsdale, Arizona,under the care of breeding man-ager, Jim Searles. For any ques-tions regarding breeding to“Al” in the future, please con-tact Jim at 602-549-7332 [email protected]. More information is also listedon “Al’s” website, www.allocateyourassets.com.

Al Wayz On Your Mind2018 AQHA World Champion Junior Pleasure Driving

Shown by Kevin DukesOwned by Gerri Leigh Pratt

Blameitonthe Alcohol2x 2018 AQHA World Champion - Senior Pleasure Driving and Senior Hunter Hack

Shown by Charlie Cole & Chuck Briggs (shown in photo)Owned by Melissa Hendrix


BRIDGET CALLAGHANHi, my name is Bridget Callaghan, I am 17years old and live in Tucson Arizona. Thisyear, I will be a senior at Canyon Rose Acad-emy and will be graduating in December.This will be my 8th year going to YouthWorld and I am so excited to be able to get tocompete again. This year, I will be runningthree horses in the speed events. PeptosRoyal Winner (Remi) and One SmartBoonatic (Honey) will be running in all 3events along with MP Express Dinero (Ex-presso), who will be competing in Barrels.This will be my first year not bringingDrifter, who got me to Oklahoma my veryfirst year I got to go to Youth World, and it isbittersweet to not bring him with us. I wouldlike to thank my parents Lynn and Peter forgiving me this amazing opportunity anddoing whatever the horses need to be in theirbest shape throughout the year. I would liketo thank Patsy Alexander for helping me bethe best rider possible. I would also like tothank Rene Noriega for keeping my horsesfeeling the best they can and coming out tomake sure they are in the best condition theycan be. Lastly, Ron Phelan for keeping Remiin shape when he couldn’t get ridden and forhelping me in Poles. I am so excited to repre-sent Arizona and can’t wait to see everyone.Good luck to everyone competing this year!

ADDISYN SCHMERSALI am Addi Schmersal. I am 13 years old andhave been riding horses as long as I can re-member. My dad (Craig) is a reining trainer.

He and my mom (Ginger) along with my 3brothers all enjoy riding horses. This will bemy first time to compete at the QuarterHorse World Show. I normally only show atthe NRHA events. I am excited to show myhorse CC Enterprise and my Mom’s horseShiney Work Boots. I enjoy hanging out with

friends and am excited to meet more peopleat the World show! I want to thank my par-ents for helping me achieve my goals to be-come the best rider I can be.

GARRETT HERSHBERGERHello, I am Garrett Hershberger, the 17-year-old son of Jason and Nikki Hershberger. Welive in Litchfield Park, AZ. I qualified and

showing in the roping events and the cuttingand the 2019 AQHYA Youth World Show. Ihave enjoyed a year on some great horses,some owned by my Grandpa and Grandma,Jon and Peggy Hershberger. I will be show-ing Moms Hail Cat, Expect A Big Boon, andZack Benny. Last year I was fortunateenough to win a World Championship and aReserve World Championship in Heeling.Besides showing, I participate in HighSchool Rodeo. I was fortunate to win the All-Around title for Arizona High School Rodeoand will be competing at Nationals in RockSprings, Wyoming. I look forward to thisyear at Youth World. Besides showing horses,I enjoy rodeos and jackpot team ropings,fishing, and hunting. I currently serve as theVice-President of the Arizona High SchoolRodeo Association. I appreciate the opportu-nities the AZ Quarter Horse Associationgives our youth and the leaders who workhard to make these opportunities possible.

BRYCE BARKEMEYERHi, I’m Bryce Barkemeyer and I’m 13 yearsold. This is my 1st year competing at theAQHYA World Show in the Working

Cowhorse Boxing. Showing horses is justone of my many passions along with roping,football, and learning about all things history.I will be competing on my trusty steed FSSmart Boomer Chic, aka Toby who I’ve onlyhad for a short time but we’ve been blessedwith much success together. I would like to

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thank my personal support team, the AzQHA,AzQHYA, Connie Hay, all the parents,grandparents, friends and family that make itpossible for us to compete. Good luck to allthe competitors and best of luck to team Ari-zona!!

RYLIN MEDCOFFHi, my name is Rylin Medcoff. I am a seniorthis year at Canyon Del Oro High School in

Tucson, Arizona. I am 18 years old, and theYouth Representative for 14-18 for the Ari-zona Quarter Horse Youth Association. Thiswill be my third year competing at the WorldShow. This year I will be competing on myhorse Victorys Gold (aka Ferrari) in Barrels,Pole Bending, and the Stake Race. In the pasttwo World Shows, I have been fortunateenough to finish 10th in Poles on my retiredhorse, The Deals Off, 15th in Poles and 18thin Barrel Racing on Victorys Gold. I’m soblessed to be able to ride my amazing horseand to have the support of my friends andfamily with all the competitions I go to. Iwant to thank my parents for helping me getto the World Show and for their continuoussupport. I would also like to thank AmandaSmith of TopFlex for all her help with train-ing and keeping my horse healthy. I’m so ex-cited for the 2019 show and can’t wait to seeeveryone again. Good luck to all the competi-tors this year!

BRIANNA HEATHMy name is Brianna Heath and I live in Tuc-son, AZ. I am 17 years old and I will be asenior at Tanque Verde High School graduat-

ing next May. This will be my first timegoing to the AQHYA World Show and I willbe competing in Barrels, Pole Bending andStakes with my horse Genes From Holly-wood (Lexi). I am very thankful to be repre-senting Arizona this year. I would not havebeen able to do this without my friends andfamily. They pushed me to do my best and al-ways encouraged me to keep doing what Ilove. I have been riding ever since I can re-member, but one of my greatest accomplish-ments is training Lexi. When I first got Lexishe was a trail horse, while I loved doinggymkhana events. I had to put in a lot of timeand effort into getting her trained the way sheis now. I compete in AQHA, 4H, and localshows and participated in the AQHYA RanchHeritage Program last year.

LANE KAIL

My name is Lane Kail, I'm 13 years and amgoing to be in the 8th grade. My parents areRyan and Andrea Kail, they operate KailQuarter Horses in Scottsdale, AZ. This willbe my first Youth World; I'm showing in theLevel 2 Western Pleasure and 13 & UnderPleasure. My horse is an 11-year-old marenamed A Good N Hot Machine, we call herGoody. She stays in Texas with my trainer,David Archer. I'm really excited to be a partof the Arizona Youth Team and can't wait toshow at my first Youth World!

CAROLINE BUCHANANHi, my name is Caroline Buchanan and I am

15 years old. This year will be my secondyear competing at Youth World. I will beshowing New Wimp In Town (Charlie) in theReining; Cats Roxstar (Milkshake) in the

Ranch Riding, and Clutch Montana(Amos) in the Ranch Riding. I havecompeted in AzQHA, AQHA, andNRHA shows this year to get ready andto qualify for the Youth World. I wouldlike to thank my horse trainers CraigSchmersal and Debbie Cooper for help-ing me prepare for this and my parents,Bryan and Anne Buchanan, for givingme the opportunity to have the horses Ihave. Thank you to AzQHA for makingthis opportunity happen. Good luck toteam Arizona!


SHEA GRAHAM

I’m so grateful to be headed back to Okla-homa City again this year! What a crazy yearit has been! I want to say a special thank youto my parents and stepparents for goingabove and believing in me. To our amazingyouth director, Miss Connie, and to everyoneelse that helps make youth world such ablast! The friends and family you gain aretruly what make this sport so special! To ouramazing athletes that give us 100% everytime, they are why we do this! I’m so ex-cited to be back here again! Good luck toeveryone showing! Don’t forget to enjoy theride!

GAVIN HERSHBERGERHello, I am Gavin Hershberger and I am 16years old and will be a Junior at GraceChristian Academy. This year at YouthWorld, I will be showing Jackies Buck Feverand Twice A Shiner in Heading, Heeling,and Breakaway Roping. I will also showSpooktazular Blonde in the Cow Horse androping events. I will also show in the Cut-ting on Expect A Big Boon. In 2015, I won3rd in the Breakaway at Youth World. Lastyear, I had top-ten placings and a 13 andunder Championship at the Youth World. I

participate in High School Rodeo and will becompeting at the Nationals. Besides roping Ienjoy fishing, hunting, and I am looking for-ward to showing my first steer at the Mari-copa County Fair in April. Thank you to AZQuarter Horse Association for helping us goto Youth World.

KAYLEE HAMMHello, my name is Kaylee Hamm and I willbe 19 years old in August. I live in CaveCreek, Arizona with my amazing parentsLisa and Doug Hamm, and my sister, Mon-ica. I’m sad to think this is my last AQHYAYouth World Show but I couldn’t be happier

in the fact I will be showing five of mygrandparents (Vern and Rita Habighorst),horses in halter this year. I will be showingCF Blindingly Cool (Rosie) in Aged Mares,Partee Down Kid (Dolly) in 3-Year-OldMares, Pretty Charming (Charm) in Two-Year-Old Mares, CF Sparkle N Suede(Sassy) in Yearling Mares, and Misster EMaximum (Max) in Two-Year-Old Geldings.I am truly blessed to show these amazinghorses to end my youth career. As I age outof Youth and head on the next journey in mycareer, I would like to thank a handful ofpeople who have truly impacted my life. Iwould like to thank my grandparents for al-lowing me to show horses since I was 10years old. Continuing to allow me to traveland show amazing horses over the years. Iwould not be the person I am today withoutthem and the opportunities I have beengiven. I would like to thank my parents andmy sister who put up with me no matterwhat, always believing in me in everything Ido. To my friends, that have supported me inthis journey as a youth I thank you for al-ways being there for me. To the ArizonaTeam, thank you for all the memories andfriendships I have gained. Good luck toeveryone on the 2019 Arizona Team!

JEN KASPERThis is my first year on the AZ team. I am 18years old and I moved to AZ from Illinoislast December. I have been able to ride rein-ing horses my whole life because my momtrains horses. In addition to reining, I have





shown in other events. But what I found outis that for me, nothing ever compares to thechallenge and the feel of a Reiner. Hugegratitude goes out to my mom and also Danand Wendy Huss without whom I would nothave come this far. This fall, I am lookingforward to attending Auburn University andbeing a part of their National ChampionEquestrian team.

LAUREN BLUMER

I’m Lauren Blumer, and I’m sixteen yearsold. I’ve been riding horses since I was four,but I didn’t get serious about riding andshowing until I was 12. I did the English AllAround events until last fall when we boughta new horse at the Quarter Horse Congressthat I could do the Western All Around with.This will be my first Youth World, and I amreally looking forward to gaining experienceand learning all I can while I’m there. I willbe showing in the Level 2 Western Pleasureand the Level 2 and 3 Western Riding withmy horse Lazy Lopin Ranger. I want to givea huge thanks to my parents and to my train-ers Ryan and Andrea Kail as well as my IEAcoach Ashley Wilson-Hammer for makingthe Youth World a possibility for me.

TRENT SEARLESI am seventeen years old as a senior at Cac-tus Shadows. I am very thrilled about show-ing my horse at the youth world, She’s ThatRadiant in the two-year-old mares. Last year

She’s That Radiant and I were World Cham-pions In yearling mares!! This will be mysecond time showing Kate at the youthworld show, and my fifth trip to the youthworld. I still have two more trips left in mebefore I’m out of youth. I feel so honored tobe able to show my horse at the 2019AQHYA Youth World. I wouldn’t be herewithout the support from my trainer JeffreyPait and Chris Thompson. Also, would liketo thank my parents Jim and Deanna Searlesand especially my big sister Taylor, she hasbeen my main inspiration to showand do my best in life. I wouldlike to say GOOD LUCK toeveryone, especially Team Az!

KATE BUCHANANMy name is Kate Buchanan, I am18 years old and I am representingArizona at the 2019 AQHA YouthWorld Show. This year I will beshowing Lucky Cee Blair (AKALucky) in the Reining, Ranch Rid-ing, Reining Cow Horse, Heading,and Heeling; Clutch Montana(AKA Amos) in the Heading andHeeling; and Cats Roxstar (AKA

Milkshake) in the Heading and Heeling.Last year at the Youth World Show I hadmade the finals in the Reining, Ranch Rid-ing, Heading, and Cow Horse and this willbe my first year in the Heeling. I have beenfortunate enough to compete at the AQHA,

NRCHA, ARHRA, and NRHA horseshows all year and have competedvery well thanks to my horse train-ers, Corey Cushing, Shawn Grant,Shad Chadwick, and Debbie Copper,and to my parents Bryan and AnneBuchanan. I would also like to thankthe AzQHA for allowing me to takeanother trip to the AQHA YouthWorld Show. Good luck to everyoneat the 2019 AQHA Youth World!!

Madison Buchanan

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Hello Everyone,

Our May 4th show at Westworld had a great turnout. Aseveryone knows we added AQHA Cutting, WorkingCowhorse, and Boxing to our No Bling show. We had 16Cutters and 24 Working Cowhorse entries. So we are off toa great start. The IEA kids came out in great numbers andif you check out AzQHA Face Book you will see quite afew of them participating in the Ranch Riding classes.

Ryan Kail and his barn made it a family affair and hada potluck lunch in front of his barn using shavings bags aschairs. They had a great time.

Our jumping classes have continued to grow and had22 entries. We are also starting to see some All-Breedjumpers coming to participate. Special thanks to Pam

Stubbs and Carey Runyon for supplying and helping set upall the jumps.

Our next No Bling show is December 14, 2019 atWestworld. We are still offering Show Dough to new ex-hibitors who would like to come learn, experience, or tryany of our classes at the No Bling Show. For more infor-mation check out AZQHA webpage.

I want to say a special thanks to all the staff, volun-teers, and youth volunteers for all your help. It is greatlyappreciated.

See you at the next show.Dana Yingling



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dMORGAN FARRELLAzQHYA PRESIDENTHello everyone! My name is Morgan Farrell. I'mfrom Cowsprings, Arizona. I am the current ArizonaQuarter Horse Youth Association President. I amvery excited to hold this role. I am very passionateabout the American Quarter Horse and this associa-tion. As being a member of the AzQHYA for almost18 years, I have seen the youth grow and accomplishso much. In my term as President, I want to not onlystrengthen our youth, but I want to encourage moreinvolvement in Arizona and nationally. I really wantto see our Youth Association grow even more, to giveopportunities to many. Another goal of mine is tohave a better relationship with the adult association. Iwant to keep the communication between the two as-sociation and get adults involved in the youth eventsand activities. I am very excited to being workingwith Connie Hay and the Youth Board of Directors toonly better our association. I also want to wish thebest of luck to the youth competing at the YouthWorld Championship in Oklahoma City!

QUINN EISENFELDQuinn Eisenfeld is a 14-year-old sopho-more at Cicero Prepatory Academy. Sheis on student council as well as being apeer tutor. Quinn is the daughter ofAmanda and Dr. Steve Eisenfeld. Sherecently founded a charity called Fostersfor Freedom that helps deployed soldierswith the cost and care of their belovedpets. She was recently elected treasurerof the Arizona Quarter Horse Youth As-sociation. Quinn has a six-year-oldmare, Xtra Chuka Chic, with Abby andMarc Cosenza. She enjoys riding withAbby and Mark and getting to know thekids new to showing in the QuarterHorse circle.

She is also on a Colorado IEAteam coached by Mark and Jan Guinn.Quinn is one of the AzQHA Scholarshiprecipients through the IEA program. Sherecently attended her first EMO WesternStates Championship show where shewon Reserve Circuit Champion in Level1 Youth Reining. Quinn hopes to ride incollege and pursue a career in law. Onething for sure, Quinn will always remainnear the Quarter Horse world.


JUNE 1-2, 2019The Grand Adventures Ranch in Sonoita hosted the AzQHA Trail Challenge on June 1 and 2. Jerri Harrington gave a clinic to start theweekend off in good form. We had the usual potluck on Saturday night with lots of good food and laughter, even with the wind. A BIG huge THANK YOU to our Trail Challenge Judges; who most of the time only get a thank you and little else. Penny Bryant,

Anjie Jernigan, Jerri Harrington and our new judge, Ruth Kollin Kaplan. Thank you for being so dedicated to AzQHA. Ruth Kollin Ka-plan is also a new member on the AzQHA Board of Directors. Winners are as follows:Saturday June 1, 2019

Quarter Horse Novice1. Billi-Jo Swanson, Lakeside, CA and Stormys Lil Fox

Quarter Horse Open1. Shawna Sawtelle, Hereford, AZ and Mr Tru Blue

All Breed Open1. Shawna Sawtelle, Hereford, AZ riding- Questa

Mule/Donkey1. Sandy Luedke, Phoenix, AZ riding Lulu (a mule)

Select1. Sandy Luedke, riding Lulu

High Score for Saturday -Lulu and Sandy Luedke with an 82

SONOITA TRAIL CHALLENGE

Billie Jo Swanson,winner QH Novice

New membersEd Avery


Sunday June 2, 2019Quarter Horse Novice1. Arjhana Morse, Elgin, AZ riding Sir Gallahad

Quarter Horse - Open1. Karen Martin, Apache Junction, AZ riding Dr Mojo Three Bars

All Breed Open1. Sandy Luedke, Phoenix, AZ riding Lulu

Mule/Donkey1. Sandy Luedke riding Lulu

Select1. Sandy Luedke riding Lulu

High Score Sunday - Lulu and Sandy Luedke with 75.5

Welcome new exhibitors Ed & Lori Avery and their QuarterHorses, Hickory Three Times & Clasical Image.The next AzQHA Trail Challenge will be held on September

28-29 at the Grand Adventures Ranch in Sonoita. The next onewill be at the beautiful American Ranch, October 12 & 13, 2019.Clinic 8 am Sat followed by Trail Challenge.

Arjhana Morsewinner QHNovice

Sandy Luedke and LuLu,the stars of the weekend!

Jerri Herrington giving her clinic

All Breed Open winner


THE CELEBRATION & WESTERN STATES CHAMPIONSHIP2019 was huge! With over 22,000 entries and 900 stalls it was an increase of 40% from 2018. The showwas rocking and rolling, as some felt the earthquake in the South Point Hotel and Casino. Her are a fewcandids from the show. Look for a full report in the next issue of The Arizona Quarter Horse.


During the SWQHA show in Las Cruces NM, JerriHerrington and her steady grey gelding DF ColonelSmokey took a bad fall in the AQHA Boxing class.Jerri and Smokey hit the ground in a huge pile ofdust. The wind was blowing so bad and the dust wasso thick those outside the arena never saw them hitthe ground. Several agile folks ran out into the arenato help. Literally before the dust cleared Jerri waswalking out of the arena with a little help from herfriends. Thankfully both horse and rider escaped se-rious injury. Jerri is tough, never missed a stride andcontinued showing throughout the weekend with alarge hematoma on her leg. And as if that was notenough, she drove home, repacked and headed toGuthrie, OK for the VRH World Show.

AzQHYA 2019-2020 Board of Directors. President: Morgan FarrellVice President: Alexis TretschokSecretary: Niko NemanicTreasurer: Quinn Eisenfeld14-18 Rep: Rylin Medcoff13 and Under Rep: Kaitlyn FisherReporter: Kaylee HammReporter: Alexandra Santos

THIS N THATJerri Herrington


AQHA ARIZONA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

The American Quarter Horse Foundation wouldlike to thank AzQHA for its continuing support of thescholarship program. The success of the programwould not be possible without the continued commit-ment to the education of the industry’s youth.

The AQHA Foundation received 258 applicantsfor consideration and $523,250 will be awarded to 56recipients. The Scholarship Selection Taskforce wasvery pleased with the quality of applicants who sub-mitted applications and is proud to announce their re-cipients beginning in fall of 2019.

Morgan Farrell of Mesa and Niko Nemanic ofChandler each received a $4000 Arizona QuarterHorse Youth scholarship, which is managed by theAQHA foundation. Congratulation Morgan and Niko. Morgan Farrell

Niko Nemanic

Stephenie BjorkmanBold, highly regarded, and always evolving.


Stephenie Bjorkman is likethe jewelry she sells distinct,bold, highly regarded, and al-ways evolving. Born andraised in Arizona, Stephenie isa second-generation jeweler.She has worked side by sidewith her mother Sami Jacksince 1997. In 2013, Samiretired and Stephenie be-came the CEO and presidentof Sami Fine Jewelry.Stephenie continues tobuild Sami Fine Jewelry’s reputa-tion for original jewelry, exciting events, crazy marketing, andsuperior customer service.Even though Stephenie was raised on the floor of jewelry

store, she never expected to sell jewelry, much less run a storeranked among the top 5 “cool jewelry stores” in the country.Since childhood, Stephenie has always beena western girl to the core. The crazy part isthat no one in her family is “horsey”!Stephenie just woke up one day and told hermom she loved horses, her mom got her rid-ing lessons, and that was that! Since then,Stephenie has lived and breathed horses. She started taking lessons when she was

about 8 years old. She got her first horsearound the age of 12. She loved to ride inlocal gymkhana’s, team rope, and she com-peted for just about every rodeo queen title inArizona. In fact, she was first runner up forMiss Rodeo Arizona, and runner up for MissCountry Thunder USA.As she grew older, her parents told her she

needed to start paying for her horse.To support her hobby and afford gasto the barn, she worked multiplejobs, but spent most of her time sell-ing cowboy boots at Saba’s WesternWear. This seemed like a natural fit,since she knew all the horse peopleand was a total cowgirl! In 1997 she had to quit her job andSaba’s to help her mom at the jewelrystore. Her parents were getting a di-vorce, and two weeks after they movedout her mother was diagnosed withbreast cancer. Her mom couldn’t do iton her own, and that is when Stephenie

officially started working in jewelry. At first Stepheniethought it was just going to be for a year or so, to help hermom… Who knew that 22 years later, she would follow in hermother’s footsteps and jewelry would become and be part of

her passion?Being Sami’s daughter, Stephenie was naturally born with

expensive taste. Unfortunately, the horses she wanted weremega expensive compared to her rope horses. In order im-prove her riding, she knew she had to step up her horsepower.All of the fancy trained horses she wanted cost a lot ofmoney! Stephenie set her mind to this goal, and purchased,trained and upgraded her horse until so she could eventuallyafford the type of horse of her dreams… a reining horse! Around 2008, Stephenie got her first reining horse! Since

then she has worked her way up in the reining world from agreen as grass rider to a non pro! Working full time and



showing is a difficult combination. Butsomehow Stephenie has figured out howto run a store with 13 employees, designjewelry, have a family, and show horses. In 2017 she added another discipline to

her riding. Coming from a team ropingbackground, she naturally was attracted tothe reined cow horse. In 2017 Stepheniedecided to try it. Her reining horse, Elec-tric Java aka “Maxwell” seemed like hemight look at a cow (Shinning Spark onhis papers), so she thought she would giveit a whirl. Cowhorse ended up being agreat fit for her! Her lifelong dreams be-came reality for her in 2017-2018. Be-tween her two horses, she won 2 worldtitles in the Reined Cowhorse, world titlein the Ranch Riding, and even won theReining Affiliate finals!!! Between thetrophies, saddles, buckles, and money, shecouldn’t believe that all the years ofblood, sweat, and tears had finally paidoff!! With that being said, Stephenie has

somehow figured out a way to incorporatehorse showing and the jewelry store!There is no doubt, if you show horses youwill run into her! She usually travels toall the major horse shows and finds her-self helping her horse friends with all oftheir jewelry needs. One of her special-ties includes making peoples’ brands intofine jewelry with diamonds and gold. Sheis also a major sponsor of many Reiningand Cowhorse events all over the country.For the past two years she has even made

the ring for NRCHA’s World’s GreatestHorseman Competition. This year shehas also designed jewelry for the upcom-ing Run for a Million NRHA and Yellow-stone premier reining event. Outside of the horse industry, her pro-

motions and in-store events have earnedher the title “Queen of Marketing” fromIndesign, a magazine covering high-endAmerican designer jewelry retailers. In-store, the industry’s leading trade publica-tion, named Sami Fine Jewelry one ofAmerica’s Coolest Stores in 2008. In2012, Stephenie was one of four nomi-nees for Fountain Hills Businessperson ofthe Year and in 2019 she was finallynamed Fountain Hills Businessperson ofthe year.Stephenie maintains the blue-rib-

bon standards that have distin-guished Sami Fine Jewelry foryears. (She still makes time forriding horses, too.) And she isalways looking for new waysto keep things unexpectedand exciting. Whetherpartying hard at an an-nual Ladies’ Night ortrying to break aGuinness WorldRecord, Stephe-nie’s thousandsof customerscan counton twothings:

They’re going to find beautiful designerjewelry in a range of looks and prices.And they’re going to have a great timedoing it.


SEPT 18-22 ARIZONA FALL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW & VRHSHOWLocation: Westworld, Scottsdale, AZ Con-tact: Doug Huls 480-390-6867 or www.az-fallchampionship.com

SEPT 28 & 29 AzQHA TRAIL CHALLENGE & CLINIC 2 sets of points (1 Event)Location: Grand Adventures Ranch,Sonoita Contact Carol Belmore- email [email protected]

OCT 10-12 SONOITA QUARTERHORSE SHOW Location: Santa Cruz County Fair Grounds,Sonoita, AZ Contact Karen Siefer, ShowManager 520-425-6393 download pre-mium at www.sonoitafairgrounds.com/qha/

OCT 12 AMERICAN RANCH TRAILCHALLENGE Location: American Ranch Prescott, AZContact: Carol Belmore – email: [email protected]

OCT 26-28 AzRCHA FALL SPECTACULARLocation: Horseshoe Park, Queen Creek,AZ contact: Pam Humphreys 405-509-0494

DEC 14 AzQHA NO BLING CIRCUIT & VRHSHOWLocation: Westworld, Scottsdale, AZ Con-tact: Dana Yingling 480-239-5381

DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE – Con-tact each show to confirm

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2018 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

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Documents

President’s Letter, · Corey Cushing. Jake has shown two Reserve Futu-rity Champi-ons and numerous fi-nalists. He now special-izes in two-year-old training, having started two Futurity