I've never posted our All-Star results before, mostly because even though I was very proud of our horses and how we (especially our kids) did and how hard we worked, I've read way too many posts from people saying that All-Stars doesn't mean anything or they are just a "trailer race" or the people that care about the All-Star results are just "point chasers".
I decided to post them this year, though, because I wanted to give our horses the recognition they deserve --especially since some of them came in first in All-Stars and then went on to win a National or Reserve National title in the same event. I'm not going to list all of our placings from AMHR Nationals, but our "All-Star" horses went on to Nationals and competed in the same events and came home with three National championships, four Reserve National championships, 22 top fives and 45 top tens. In other words, they validated their All-Star rankings. I'm not going to list all the National placings with the All-Star rankings, just the top threes.
OUR 2006 ALL-STAR RESULTS
QUAIL CREEK'S RUMORHASIT (aka Rumor)
He also earned his Hall of Fame this year in both Hunter and Jumper
1st Amateur Hunter - Over
1st Open Hunter - Over...............2006 AMHR NATIONAL CHAMPION - OPEN HUNTER OVER
1st Youth Jumper - Over..............Third at Nationals
3rd Youth Hunter - Over..............2006 RESERVE CHAMPION - YOUTH HUNTER OVER (12 & under)
4th Adult Jumper - Over
6th Multi-Color Stallion & Gelding - Over
CLASSIQUE'S PHANTOM GOLD (aka Phantom)
He also earned his Hall of Fame in Roadster this year so is now HOF in Pleasure, Country Pleasure, Roadster, Hunter, Jumper, Halter, Liberty and is 11 points away from HOF in Park Harness.
1st Adult Jumper - Under.........................2006 AMHR NATIONAL CHAMPION OPEN JUMPER UNDER
1st Youth Pleasure Driving - Under ...... Third at Nationals in Youth 8-12
1st Amateur Pleasure Driving - Under
2nd Amateur Hunter - Under
3rd Amateur Roadster - Under
4th Pleasure Driving - Under
4th Liberty - Under
4th Open Roadster - Under
8th Youth Roadster - Under........2006 RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION YOUTH ROADSTER UNDER 12 & Under
WHISPERING HILL FARM MAGICIAN (aka Magic)
1st Adult Jumper - Over...........................2006 AMHR NATIONAL CHAMPION AMATEUR JUMPER OVER
2nd Amateur Hunter - Over
3rd Park Harness - Over
5th Amateur Jumper - Over
6th Open Hunter - Over
...............he was also 2006 RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION YOUTH PLEASURE DRIVING 7 & UNDER and thirds in YOUTH ROADSTER and YOUTH PLEASURE DRIVING, OVER, 8-12. (He was green and we didn't start driving him at shows until right before Nationals.)
LBF SUGAR AND SPICE (aka Sugar)
1st Youth Country Pleasure Driving - Over......2006 RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION 7 & UNDER
2nd Amateur Country Pleasure Driving - Over
5th Open Country Pleasure Driving - Over
Multi-Color Mare - Over
OLIVE BRANCHES BLACK TIE AFFAIR (aka Tie)
He also earned his Hall of Fame in Country Pleasure - and this was his first full season driving.
3rd Amateur Hunter - Under
3rd Youth Country Pleasure Driving - Under
3rd Liberty - Under
4th Amateur County Pleasure Driving - Under
5th Open Country Pleasure Driving - Under
7th Amateur Roadster - Under
8th Open Versatility - Under
9th Amateur Jumper - Under
9th Adult Jumper - Under
The next horse only showed for the beginning part of the show season and he still made the All-Star results
BERTRAND'S IRISH LAD
2nd Amateur Pleasure Driving
5th Liberty Over
5th Youth Pleasure Driving Over
6th Amateur Hunter Over
6th Youth Roadster Over
9th Amateur Roadster Over
9th Multi-Color
10th Open Pleasure Driving Over
JEM BOOT SCOOT N BOOGIE
9th Multi-Color Under
Our five year old son was 10th in 7 & Under showmanship and was the family member that usually showed in Multi-Color.
I'm with those that do feel anytime you have a horse that makes the All-Star list it is meaningful. If you look at the top ten All-Stars in any given event most of the horses names you see did well at Nationals too. If you can make the All-Stars but are unable to travel to Tulsa to compete at Nationals you still have a way of seeing how you compare to other horses and other handlers from around the country. Nationals is one chance to compete under just a couple of judges and get their opinion on that given day and All-Stars is a compilation of how you did over the entire show season under many different judges on many different days.
I decided to post them this year, though, because I wanted to give our horses the recognition they deserve --especially since some of them came in first in All-Stars and then went on to win a National or Reserve National title in the same event. I'm not going to list all of our placings from AMHR Nationals, but our "All-Star" horses went on to Nationals and competed in the same events and came home with three National championships, four Reserve National championships, 22 top fives and 45 top tens. In other words, they validated their All-Star rankings. I'm not going to list all the National placings with the All-Star rankings, just the top threes.
OUR 2006 ALL-STAR RESULTS
QUAIL CREEK'S RUMORHASIT (aka Rumor)
He also earned his Hall of Fame this year in both Hunter and Jumper
1st Amateur Hunter - Over
1st Open Hunter - Over...............2006 AMHR NATIONAL CHAMPION - OPEN HUNTER OVER
1st Youth Jumper - Over..............Third at Nationals
3rd Youth Hunter - Over..............2006 RESERVE CHAMPION - YOUTH HUNTER OVER (12 & under)
4th Adult Jumper - Over
6th Multi-Color Stallion & Gelding - Over
CLASSIQUE'S PHANTOM GOLD (aka Phantom)
He also earned his Hall of Fame in Roadster this year so is now HOF in Pleasure, Country Pleasure, Roadster, Hunter, Jumper, Halter, Liberty and is 11 points away from HOF in Park Harness.
1st Adult Jumper - Under.........................2006 AMHR NATIONAL CHAMPION OPEN JUMPER UNDER
1st Youth Pleasure Driving - Under ...... Third at Nationals in Youth 8-12
1st Amateur Pleasure Driving - Under
2nd Amateur Hunter - Under
3rd Amateur Roadster - Under
4th Pleasure Driving - Under
4th Liberty - Under
4th Open Roadster - Under
8th Youth Roadster - Under........2006 RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION YOUTH ROADSTER UNDER 12 & Under
WHISPERING HILL FARM MAGICIAN (aka Magic)
1st Adult Jumper - Over...........................2006 AMHR NATIONAL CHAMPION AMATEUR JUMPER OVER
2nd Amateur Hunter - Over
3rd Park Harness - Over
5th Amateur Jumper - Over
6th Open Hunter - Over
...............he was also 2006 RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION YOUTH PLEASURE DRIVING 7 & UNDER and thirds in YOUTH ROADSTER and YOUTH PLEASURE DRIVING, OVER, 8-12. (He was green and we didn't start driving him at shows until right before Nationals.)
LBF SUGAR AND SPICE (aka Sugar)
1st Youth Country Pleasure Driving - Over......2006 RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION 7 & UNDER
2nd Amateur Country Pleasure Driving - Over
5th Open Country Pleasure Driving - Over
Multi-Color Mare - Over
OLIVE BRANCHES BLACK TIE AFFAIR (aka Tie)
He also earned his Hall of Fame in Country Pleasure - and this was his first full season driving.
3rd Amateur Hunter - Under
3rd Youth Country Pleasure Driving - Under
3rd Liberty - Under
4th Amateur County Pleasure Driving - Under
5th Open Country Pleasure Driving - Under
7th Amateur Roadster - Under
8th Open Versatility - Under
9th Amateur Jumper - Under
9th Adult Jumper - Under
The next horse only showed for the beginning part of the show season and he still made the All-Star results
BERTRAND'S IRISH LAD
2nd Amateur Pleasure Driving
5th Liberty Over
5th Youth Pleasure Driving Over
6th Amateur Hunter Over
6th Youth Roadster Over
9th Amateur Roadster Over
9th Multi-Color
10th Open Pleasure Driving Over
JEM BOOT SCOOT N BOOGIE
9th Multi-Color Under
Our five year old son was 10th in 7 & Under showmanship and was the family member that usually showed in Multi-Color.
I'm with those that do feel anytime you have a horse that makes the All-Star list it is meaningful. If you look at the top ten All-Stars in any given event most of the horses names you see did well at Nationals too. If you can make the All-Stars but are unable to travel to Tulsa to compete at Nationals you still have a way of seeing how you compare to other horses and other handlers from around the country. Nationals is one chance to compete under just a couple of judges and get their opinion on that given day and All-Stars is a compilation of how you did over the entire show season under many different judges on many different days.
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