AUSTRALIAN BARREL HORSE ASSOCIATION - CAPRICORN CIRCUIT
Location: Rockhampton Queensland (Central)
Classification: Horse Sport Clubs
PJ Symes & Diamond Montana Rocket. Winners of the CC Classic & ABHA Qld Saddle Series
PJ Symes being presented with trophies by event organiser Liz O'Halloran
Capricorn Coast Classic
The 4th inaugural Capricorn Coast Classic has been taken out by Diamond Montana Rocket and PJ Symes of Blackwater. PJ and the Rocket blitzed the field to take out all 3 rounds and the average, from closest rival Lethal Whiskas and junior competitor Sarah Morgan. 3rd place went to SNG Rocs Peter Pan and Amy Bean or Morinish, another of the Capricorn Circuit's junior members. 4th place went to Crack of Dawn Docs Hi and Rae-Etta Harrison of Cloncurry.
The ABHA Qld Saddle Series was a tussle right to the end with Tuthaside Golden Gun and Lesley Moore coming into the CC Classic with a strong lead after her win at the Cloncurry Classic. However, she could not hold her position with PJ and the Rocket claiming the total 400 points up for grabs at Rocky.
Download Full Results Below
June Newsletter
The June Newsletter is available to download, below.
Ridgelands Show
The annual Ridgelands Show Barrel Race attracted great entries with 37 horses in the Divisional Barrel Race, 10 Snr Yth, 14 Jnr Yth and 10 Pee Wee competitors. Scott Spreadborough and 'Montana' took out the first division, Emma Stanke and 'Bob' took out the 2nd division and Amy O'Neill and 'Let's Dance' took the honours in the 3rd Division. The Snr Youth went to Sarah Stanke and 'Spider Oak', the Jnr Youth was won by Emma Benjamin and 'Storm' and the huge field of Pee Wee's saw the eventual winner being Rudy Stanke and 'Jack'. Full results are available to download below.
Qld Saddle Series
The 2010 ABHA Qld Saddle Series has kicked off in fine form at Cloncurry with the staging of the first annual Cloncurry Classic on June 5th. 10 Entrants contested the Classic event with the winner being "Tuthaside Golden Gun" ridden by Lesley Moore. Lesley took out both rounds and the average to walk away with the title. 2nd went to Rae-etta Harrison and "Cool Cheap" who finished 4th in the first round and 2nd in the second round. 3rd place went to Fiona Whinsper and "Scarlett".
The Saddle Series now moves to Rockhampton on July 18th for the final and deciding round. With the change of ownership of the Gracemere Saleyards, this year the indoor arena will not be available. It was originally thought that the venue would still be available for the Classic however that is now not the case and negotiations are underway to find a suitable alternative. Details will be posted as soon as they become available.
Email Newsletters
If any one is not receiving their email newsletters, and they do wish to receive them, please let us know. We've had quite a few emails bounce back as "undeliverable", so if you've not been receiving any emails please contact Liz at oh.corral@skymesh.com.au
Qld Saddle Series Update
For anyone preparing horses for this year's Qld Saddle Series, please be advised that unfortunately the Townsville leg of the event is not running this year. At this stage the series will be held between Cloncurry and the Capricorn Coast Classic at Rockhampton.
ABHA Website
Don't forget to visit the ABHA website at www.abha.com.au for all the latest news and results from Australian Barrel Horse Association events across Australia.
Down Load Forms
For those competitors wishing to be organised prior to events, we have now included the Jackpot entry form as a downloadable document. These forms can be printed off and completed before you get to an event.The 2010 membership form is also available to download, Memberships can be paid by cheque. Please make cheques payable to ABHA. Memberships can be handed to the event secretary on the day.
See below, for all documents available to download.History
The Australian Barrel Horse Association (ABHA) was formed in Tamworth in 1996 by three dedicated horsewomen Janette Belscher, Shona Tribe & Susan Keenan, with the goal of expanding their sport from the Rodeo arena to stand-alone events.
The ABHA Capricorn Circuit was formed in 2003, by Judy Matotek, Liz O'Halloran & Margaret O'Brien, with the vision of growing Barrel Racing in Central Queensland in the same fashion as the head body had done in NSW. This has been very successfully achieved with the group heading into its 7th consecutive year in 2010.From the first event held at Quarter Park Pink Lily, with a small number of competitors, the ABHA Capricorn Circuit has seen an increase of 585% in its Open ranks and an increase of 666% in the Junior ranks.
The enthusiasm and commitment of our local horse people, and in particular the Juniors, is inspiring and the ABHA Capricorn Circuit is continuing to achieve its goal of providing events at which the local members of the ABHA can compete.