The Nutrena AQHA East Level 1 Championship in Lexington, Virginia, is slated for September 30 – October 4. Last year, The American Quarter Horse Association named the Virginia Horse Center as the new location of the 2015 Nutrena AQHA East Level 1 Championships. AQHA and the Virginia Horse Center have agreed to a one-year contract with a two-year option to return.
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Exhibitors at the 2015 Nutrena East AQHA Level 1 Championships shined their boots and dusted off their hats for the first day of competition in Lexington, Virginia. The show kicked off with an exhibitor meeting at 7 a.m. in the Work Horse Cafe, and classes began at 8 a.m. in the Anderson Coliseum, with Level 1 youth reining.
A welcome reception sponsored by Hylton Quarter Horses is scheduled at 7 p.m. for all of the exhibitors to mingle and relax after a busy first day. The Nutrena East offers a variety of events and activities for competitors, friends, family and spectators to take part in throughout the show, including free Ride the Pattern clinics taught by AQHA Professional Horsemen. This year’s championships will also feature added Rookie classes, sponsored by B&W Trailer Hitches, and more age divisions for Level 1 competitors. Be sure to check the full tentative schedule at www.aqha.com/level1championships.
The Nutrena East and SmartPak West AQHA Level 1 Championships are the pinnacle events for Level 1 competitors around the world who must qualify for the events either nationally or through their state or provincial AQHA affiliate to compete in English, western and halter events.
Due to the increase of Level 1 exhibitors, more divisions will be offered at the 2015 Level 1 Championships. The following divisions will be offered in 2015:
• Amateur
• Select
• 14-18
• 13-&-under
• Rookie youth
• Rookie amateur
Jackpots will again be offered this year at the Level 1 Championships. “We are excited to offer our Level 1 exhibitors a chance to win cash again this year,” said Pete Kyle, AQHA executive director of show and judges. “We hope that the low cost to enter the jackpot and the number of payout placings will encourage exhibitors to participate in this great opportunity for prize money.”
