Jackson, MS – All the ribbons are packed up and the exhibitors and staff are back home. The Dixie National Quarter Horse Show is a wrap. The show started on February 7 & 8 with the Equestrian With Disabilities events. All of the participants had a great time, and a lot of new friends were made. We are grateful to our sponsors, volunteers and exhibitors who made this portion of our show a success.
The Dixie National AQHA event began on Tuesday February 14th with roping, Cow Horse and Boxing continuing with large numbers. $10,000 was on the line along with great prizes.
Our fifth CC Dubois Memorial Tie Down Roping was held, sponsored by Elite Custom Saddlery generously donated custom halters and portfolios to the winners of every roping class at the horse show. This is the fifth year in which Elite Custom Saddles has donated the Andrew McBeath Memorial High Point Cattle Horse saddle, which was awarded to Casey Hicks and CFR Decada 052 owned by Jared Crain.
Gary Wells Performance Horses along with Carl and Pam McBeath paid out to the fastest time in the youth and amateur tie-down roping. The reining and ranch riding numbers were large.
Tuesday night concluded with our speed events with had $3500 added money.
Our Equine Expo this year was held on the upper level of the Equine Center and outside in their trailers, with a variety of vendors and was well received.
Wednesday saw reining, ranch riding and ranch trail. This year we also offered Any Breed Classes and the new AQHA class Working Western Rail. All of these had high number of entries.
Thursday was a very full day of VRH classes. We offered all levels, including Rookie and all events to include cutting and cow horse. There were large classes here as well.
Friday was our day for showmanship and English classes.
This year, Saturday included our grandparents favorites- leadline and stick horse race were held. We had many new leadline exhibitors and stick horse exhibitors were very lively which made for a fun class.es. Our Stick Horse class sponsor, Tom McBeath Quarter Horses, donated the stick horses and every exhibitor got to take their horse home. We also had our halter and western pleasure classes on Saturday.
Saturday night we were fortunate to have Tim Kimura, M.O.T. with us and he conduced a “Ride the Pattern” clinic which received rave reviews. The clinic was followed by paid trail practice.
We concluded on Sunday with a day of trail. All trail courses were written, prepared and maintained by the M.O.T. Tim Kimura.
The High Point and All Around winners:
- Small Fry High Point Maycee Watt & Wrap Up the Money
- Small Fry Reserve High Point Emmaline Garrett & Lope into Your Heart
- Level 1 Youth Walk Trot High Point Maycee Watt & Wrap up the Money
- Level 1 Youth Walk Trot Reserve High Point Bailey Katherine Mize & Hez Struttin
- Level 1 Amateur Walk Trot High Point Louise Kesler Harrison & To You Lazy
- Level 1 Amateur Walk Trot Reserve High Point Debbie Purvis & Lookin the Best
- Level 1 Youth High Point Gia Wyrosdick & A Hot Vodka
- Level 1 Youth Reserve High Point Gayln Bellingrath Von Gal & Sunny Investment
- Level 1 Amateur High Point Jessica Barnett Von Gal & Slow Idle
- Level 1 Amateur Reserve High Point Allison Michele Johnston & Elizabeth Bennett
- Youth All-Around Grace Addison Spooner & DudeLooksLikeALady
- Youth Reserve All Around Giuliana R Wyrosdick & No Doubt of Grace
- Amateur All Around Rachel Trebesh & No Doubt I Shine
- Amateur Reserve All-Around Hanna Haynes & No Doubt Ima Cupcake
- Select Amateur All Around Rhonda Bell & Won Lazy Lopin RV
- Select Amateur Reserve All-Around Sally Almond & Just Found Chocolate
- Youth Cattle – Garrett Melloan & the Winning Dual
- Amateur Cattle – Paul Bogard & Shesa Royal Cat
- Open Cattle – Jare Crain & CFR Decada 052
Versatility Ranch Horse
- Rookie Youth VRH Champion Laura Leigh Eady & ImaFrostedPepto
- Rookie Amateur VRH Champion Meridith Adams Shinen Metallic Jack
- Rookie Amateur VRH Reserve Rhonda Brooks Griffin & Gold Zipped Jacket
- Limited Youth VRH Champion Taylor G. Breland & Lightin Up Like Whiz
- Limited Amateur VRH Champion Lori S. Tolar & Mr. Solano Cruze
- Limited Amateur VRH Reserve Christina Harris & Holly Wally Whiz
- Amateur VRH Champion Johnny Neergaard & GQH Elegant Lynx
- Amateur VRH Reserve Will Hancock & Sweet Baby Brother
- Open VRH Champion Quintana A. Garcia & SophisicatedDiamond
- Open VRH Reserve Mike Clark & Smart Itchi Chik
All arounds were honored with a trophy saddle provided by Elite Custom Saddlery High points were awarded trophy buckles.
VRH were awarded a custom halter provided by Elite Custom Saddlery and reserve received an
engraved tumbler from Mickey’s Trophy Shop.
10 western pleasure class winners received a certificate for a free ad in GoMag thanks to our friends at GoHorseShow.
All composite first place class winners received the coveted Dixie National Quarter Horse Show
jacket.
Many composite winners received their choice of product from our friends at 100X Equine.
Dixie National Committee wishes to thank our 2023 Major Sponsors: Mac Haik Dealerships, Puckett Rents, MS Ag & John Deere, Southern Provisions, Outback, Elite Custom Saddles, Farm Bureau & Jackson Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, our sponsor/contributors, class sponsors, the volunteers and all the exhibitors who made our show a success.
CLICK HERE to learn more about The Dixie National Quarter Horse Show.
CLICK HERE to view the Cheesing It Candids kindly taken by Sabrina Turner and Dixie National staff and sponsored by the great young stallion Cheesing It.
