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J J J J The AMERICAN ≤UARTER HORSE J OURNAL APRIL 2013 • $4.25 WWW.AQHAJOURNAL.COM U ≤≤U R R N N A A ON A HIGH THE JOURNAL’S 2012 HIGH-POINT STORIES BEGIN ON PAGE 72 GRASP THE TWO-REIN WITH L L JIMMY STICKLER SILKY SOCKS WAS AN UNPREDICTABLE CHAMPION CONTENTS FEATURES FEATURES 18 Structure in Detail 58 Hard To Get Playboy By Christine Hamilton By Jennifer K. Hancock The hind limb – looking at the stifle This Bank of America high-point senior horse has an all-around great personality 24 Borrow a Trainer By AQHA Professional Horseman 62 A≤HA’s 2012 Michael Colvin with Christine Hamilton High-Point Winners Lengthening stride at any gait 64 Making Runners 28 Barn Babies By Richard Chamberlain Breeders share their 2013 arrivals. Follow along with 2-year-olds on the track. Part of a continuing series 32 Grasping the Two-Rein By Annie Lambert 68 Ricky Ramirez Symbiosis of the mecate and bridle reins has By Honi Roberts enhanced training since the vaqueros developed This young jockey is going places – fast. it into an art form. 38 The Unpredictable 78 Foundation Donors Champion By Larri Jo Starkey April 2013 Silky Socks spooked on a dime, but he The official publication had a world championship ride in him. of the American Quarter 44 60 Years Ago These two are Horse Association. AQHA’s first high-point award winners all-around About the Cover 46 characters. 2012 AQHA All-Around 46 Kaleena Weakly and Senior Horse Hard To Get Playboy Hours Yours And Mine By Jennifer K. Hancock Photograph by K.C. Montgomery Here’s an interview with both of the 2012 Bank of America all-around amateurs. Silky socks was brilliant 50 Erika Rodenski 38 — sometimes. By Jennifer K. Hancock Erika and her best friend, “Winslow,” had smooth sailing to the 2012 Markel youth high-point title. 54 Darling Catichi COURTESY COURTESY OF COLLEEN MILLER By Jennifer K. Hancock Phenomenal is the word that best describes the 2012 Bank of America high-point junior horse. 2 APRIL 2013 THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL ANNIE LAMBERT Find out how a two-rein can COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS 32 help you train. COLUMNS REFERENCE SECTION 90 Show and Contest Update 4 Your First Look at the Journal 103 Trading Post 123 2013 Adequan Select World Championship Show Qualifying Points 6 The Art in Our House 123 2013 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show Qualifying Points Inside Look By Larri Jo Starkey 123 2013 AQHA World Championship Show Qualifying Points 8 Trailer Health Horse Health By Dr. Thomas R. Lenz ANNUAL REVIEW STATISTICS 84 2012 All-Around Leaders 10 Chicks Beduino 84 2012 Justin Rookie Leaders Quarter Paths By Richard Chamberlain 85 2012 Justin State and Provincial Winners 85 2012 International Rookie Winners 12 Best of the Ranch On The Edge of Common Sense By Baxter Black BREEDERS 94 Leading Breeders of 2012 Halter and Performance Horses 14 Hemorrhagic Follicle 98 All-Time Breeders of Halter and Performance ROM Horses Breeding Shed By Dr. Patrick M. McCue SIRES 72 Fast Look 86 2012 Leading Sires of Halter and Performance Halter Horses 88 2012 Leading Sires of Performance Horses 124 Your Last Look at the Journal 99 Leading Sires of 2012 Halter and Performance ROM Qualifiers 100 All-Time Leading Sires of Halter and Performance ROM Qualifiers THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL APRIL 2013 3 Your FIRST LOOK at the Regional Championship Dates JEFF KIRKBRIDE • Region One • Region Seven August 14-18 September 5-8 Monroe, Washington Westworld Scottsdale, Arizona “He’s just like a dog. Whenever I am not paying attention to him, • Region Two he tries to lick me to get my attention – whether it’s on my arm or my face, he doesn’t seem to mind.” September 19-22 • Region Eight 2012 AQHA-Markel Youth High-Point Erika Rodenski Central States Fairgrounds June 20-23 Features on the 2012 AQHA high-point winners begin on Page 50. Rapid City, South Dakota Kansas Pavilions Wichita, Kansas • Region Three July 17-21 • Region Ten Minnesota State Fairgrounds May 16-19 Novice Rules St. Paul, Minnesota Jacksonville To compete in a Novice class, the exhibitor must Equestrian Center hold a Novice amateur or Novice youth member- • Region Six Jacksonville, Florida ship card. Rule SHW245 in the AQHA Official July 18-21 Handbook of Rules and Regulations states the Eastern States Exposition guidelines of Novice eligibility. Springfield, Massachusetts For three years immediately previous to applica- All dates and locations are tentative. Regions Five and Eleven had not tion for Novice eligibility in a particular class, an set dates as of press time. Region Four has cancelled its Regional individual may not have: Championship for 2013. Stay tuned to www.aqha.com/showing for more details on these shows. • Earned a Superior award for that particular class in any equine organization or association with a membership of more than 7,500 members Grasping the Two-Rein • Won a world, reserve world, national or AQHA Professional Horseman Jimmy Stickler reserve national championship title for that has used the two-rein as a training tool for some particular class in any equine organization or time and finds the traditional rig helps finish association with a membership of more than better bridle horses and ultimately produces 7,500 members horses that anyone, including amateurs, can • Won an international or international reserve show successfully. Turn to Page 32 to get more title for that particular class in the European details on his training routine with the two-rein. Championships or German Championships, regardless of whether the international class in question was an AQHA-approved class • Won a championship title in that particular 2013 Novice Championships class at an AQHA Novice championship show October 2-6 • Won a total of $5,000 in cash and prizes with Tennessee Miller Coliseum any equine organization or association Murfreesboro, Tennessee • Been an accredited horse show judge Battle in the Saddle will not take place in South Point Hotel and Casino The number of points earned by an exhibitor in 2013. Stay tuned for Las Vegas the past three years is the other factor in Novice- exciting news on other Go to www.aqha.com/novicechampionships level eligibility. The Novice eligibility point caps AQHA events. for details. can be found at www.aqha.com/leveling. 4 APRIL 2013 THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL JANUARY SALE TOPPERS $37,500 $33,000 DESIRE REY – WENDELS EDITION NRCHA earner of $60,000 2011 Gray Stallion by HIGH BROW CD 2006 Sorrel Stallion by DUAL REY Consignor: Sunrise Ranch, Fayetteville, AR Consignor: Kevin & Sydney Knight, Weatherford, TX Buyer: Jerry Henry, Karnes City, TX Buyer: Margaret Kelley, Lubbock, TX $30,000 $27,500 MOONSTRUCK PEPTO – SMART N SHINE – NRCHA earner of $83,500 NRHA earner of $15,711 2008 Sorrel Stallion by ONE TIME PEPTO 2000 Palomino Stallion by Shining Spark Consignor: Cowan Select Horses, LLC, Havre, MT Consignor: Marty Powers, Wynnewood, OK Buyer: Mark Hodson, Pratt, KS Buyer: Lazy U Quarter Horses, Shawnee Oklahoma Andy & Kirk Olsen, Hershey, NE Heart of Oklahoma $21,000 $20,000 Expo Center 9:00 AM Both Days Consign Now! No Pass Out Fees • Cutting & Roping Cattle Available Videos Welcome & Will Be Shown As Horse Sells SPOONFULLOPEP – THISCHICSALILWIMPY NCHA $22,403 2009 Sorrel Mare by WIMPYS LITTLE STEP 2003 Red Roan Mare by HES A PEPTOSPOONFUL Consignor: Mike & Joanne Garnett, Consignor: Darla Haynes, Mustang, OK Lincoln, NE – Todd Arvidson, Agt Buyer: Darren & Donna Bednar, El Paso, AR Buyer: Mike Ingram, Phoenix, AZ Cindy Bowling TRIANGLE SALES would like to thank the many buyers and sellers attending the January 43207 Benson Park Rd, Shawnee, Oklahoma 74801 Winter Classic. 532 Horses passed through the sale ring with 88% completed sales. The overall (405) 275-2196 or (405) 273-2818 average was right at . The Saturday session averaged just over . $4,200 $5,600 Fax (405) 273-8959 THE AVERAGES WERE AS FOLLOWS: TOP 200 averaged ........ $7,660 Top 150 averaged .... $8,740 Top 100 averaged . $10,560 Top 50 averaged ... $13,470 WWW.TRIHORSE.COM Top 25 averaged ......... $17,745 Overall ............ $4,200 LICENSED AND BONDED FOR YOUR PROTECTION See us for your next Production or Reduction sale needs THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL APRIL 2013 5 INSIDE LOOK J≤URVOL.N 65 NO.7 •A APRIL 2013L ≤ Executive Director of Association Communications Kim McKinney The Art in Our House Editor-In-Chief Becky Newell ONE OF THE PERKS OF WORKING FOR AQHA IS BEING SURROUNDED BY SOME GREAT western art. Editorial JOURNAL EDITOR Christine Hamilton Every day, I pass a bronze of Wimpy, donated by the King Ranch, on my way to JOURNAL EDITOR Larri Jo Starkey the front door of the office. JOURNAL EDITOR Andrea Caudill SENIOR WRITER Richard Chamberlain Through the years, AQHA has been loaned and given some fabulous art. Our INTERNET EDITOR Tara Christiansen walls are festooned, and it has been remarkably easy to become accustomed to EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Dana Turk MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARIES standing in front of world-class pieces as I wait for the elevator. Alice Wilborn, Lee Stribling, Priscilla Ramirez Naturally, I’ve developed a favorite, and every time I see the Orren Mixer painting of Kid Advertising DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Doug Hayes Meyers, I smile, like I’m seeing an old friend. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Jim Persinger Kid Meyers was a 1963 stallion by Three Bars ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Kelly Hess ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Kristen Jacobson (TB) and out of Miss Meyers by Leo. All three of INDEPENDENT ADVERTISING those ancestors have been inducted into the REPRESENTATIVE Cherylee Sargent SECRETARY TO THE DIRECTOR OF American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, and Kid BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Geneva Madrid Hoyne Meyers was worthy to follow in their footsteps, Art/Production becoming the first AQHA open Supreme DIRECTOR OF ART, PRODUCTION AND DESIGN Tim Archer Champion, an accomplishment that takes years SENIOR MANAGER OF PRODUCTION Eula Utsey SENIOR MANAGER OF CREATIVE AND DESIGN Justin Foster and is still so difficult to achieve that AQHA MANAGER OF CREATIVE AND DESIGN Diana McClung has awarded only 48 Supreme Champion titles.