Q11 - World Show Downunder - Kicks Off Tomorrow

The event that Quarter Horse fans across the country have been waiting for, Q11 - The World Show Downunder - kicks of tomorrow, 12 April with the Super Cow Horse Challenge. In 2010 this event brought in 122 entries and entries are expected to increase this year.

The challenge is made up of three phases being cutting, draft and cow work. Only 10 horse and rider combinations will contest the final on Friday evening 15 April along with the Koolparoo Classic Invitational Cutting where 10 of the top cutting riders from around Australia have been invited to ride.

The winner will take home a Matt Gaines Signature Cutting Saddle from Martins Saddlery USA.

Also on the Friday evening program is the QH v ASH Indoor Draft Challenge. Will the Stock Horses reign supreme, as they did in 2010, or will the 10 members of the Quarter Horse Team rise to the occasion when they take on the Australian Stock Horse Team in this Indoor Draft Challenge? 

Entry for the night will be a gold coin donation to the Westpac Helicopter Service. Campdraft and Cutting events will be held from Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 April.

These cattle events gave no end of enjoyment to those spectators who came to see the Quarter Horse at it's best in 2010.

Extreme Rodeo action on Saturday 16 March commencing at 7pm with the only professional rodeo to be seen in Tamworth in 2011.

From the 17 - 23 April a full Quarter Horse program is on offer in the indoor arena. Reining, Halter, Dressage and Western Performance events. There are trophy buckles up for grabs on all events and the prize money purse has increased since last year, which means there should be plenty of top quality showing on offer. 

Horsezone are proud sponsors of the AmQHA Youth Trail class that is being held on Friday 22 April.

The programme offers $100 for each Open AQHA Halter class winner, and the Champion of each sex and $50 for Reserve Champion. The Select Amateurs can look forward to $500 in prize money for most of their performance classes, while the Amateurs will be riding for either $500 or $1,000 in the majority of their performance events.

The Open AQHA Performance classes boast prize money of $1,500 on the Pleasures, Hunter Under Saddle and Trail classes. With the entry fees kept to a minimum, these classes are sure to be hotly contested for the National Champion title in each event, and the purse.

The traditional classes of Dressage and Hacking also have prize money of $500 in each division.

Reining Australia will be running a full Reining programme on Sunday 17 and Monday 18 April, and included in this will be the AQHA reining classes.

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Photo: Glen Mandl