Local wins world championship title
Published 12:00 am Saturday, August 17, 2013
Shelby Reine of LaPlace captured the world championship title in ranch pleasure at the 2013 Built Ford Tough American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show in Oklahoma City.
Reine showed her American Quarter Horse Topsail Oak. The 2004 sorrel gelding, sired by Topsail Whiz and out of Chic Dot Com, was bred by Manntana LLC of Bigfork, Mont.
In the ranch pleasure, 90 entries competed for world champion honors. World champions received a prize package that included a custom-designed gold trophy, Montana Silversmiths buckle, specially designed logoed jacket, courtesy of Cripple Creek Outerwear, a WeatherBeeta embroidered blanket, world champion patch, neck wreath and gold medallion.
The Ford Youth World is the pinnacle event for American Quarter Horse
exhibitors ages 18 and under around the world, who must qualify for the event by earning a predetermined number of points to compete in each of the classes representing halter, English and western disciplines.
More than 2,300 entries from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela are competing for 35 world championships at this year’s event in Oklahoma City.