Lauren Eichstadt of Greenville, Pennsylvania, is named one of Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd in the January 23, 2012, issue. Faces in the Crowd, Sports Illustrated’s weekly feature, has been highlighting standout amateur athletes since 1956.
Eichstadt was nominated by the American Quarter Horse Association because of her accomplishments throughout the year.
Eichstadt was named the 2011 Farnam All-Around Amateur at the 2011 AQHA Bank of America Amateur World Championship Show on November 11. Eichstadt showed the American Quarter Horse, Its My Lucky Detail. The 2001 bay gelding, sired by Last Detail and out of Run To Seattle by Seattle Song, was bred by Larry and Linda Whitaker of Rogers, Arkansas. The gelding is owned by Madison Eichstadt of Greenville, Pennsylvania, and trained by Julie O’Brien of Southington, Ohio.
This year, 64 contenders competed for the Farnam All-Around Award. Eichstadt and Its My Lucky Detail earned 39 points competing in three classes. They placed third in amateur working hunter and amateur hunter hack. The pair also won the reserve world championship in amateur equitation over fences.
“The Farnam All-Around Amateur Award is the most prestigious title an amateur exhibitor can win at the AQHA World Championship Show and one of the most significant honors awarded by the American Quarter Horse Association,” said AQHA Executive Vice President Don Treadway Jr.
Eichstadt and Its My Lucky Detail received a prize package of $15,000 plus $1,000 in Farnam products; an embroidered fusion contour western blanket, courtesy of WeatherBeeta; a rose bouquet; and a bronze by Lisa Perry.
The January 23rd issue arrives in subscribers’ mailboxes and hits newsstands today, January 18.
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For more information on the 2011 Farnam All-Around Amateur, visit www.aqha.com/showing.
