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It is not uncommon for top horses to sell at the Congress after having a very successful horse show. One big sale so far this year involves the 2013 NSBA Horse of the Year, Huntin My Zipper. Following an outstanding Congress, Rebekah Kazakevicius sold the four year-old gelding to amateur Larisa Affeldt. Huntin My Zipper had just won one Congress Championship and two Reserve Congress Championships.

Congress Champion sire, Machine Made has had four very successful breeding seasons, thanks to Milt Alderman, Kim Dean and Rick McDonald. His first foal crop are two year-olds and the up-and-coming sire has celebrated many futurity winners as well as a 2014 Congress Champion. At this year's Congress, Justa Machine, by Machine Made, won the Two Year Old Western Pleasure Stakes Limited division with Wade Black for owner Cheryl Mullikin.

Fall is here and it is time to begin thinking of that new suitor for your favorite mare this spring! DeGraff Stables, offering the best in pleasure and performance bloodlines, are pleased to present their exceptional lineup for 2015. New to our farm for the coming season is Fiesta Fudge by Zips Chocolate Chip, owned and promoted by Myers Horse Farms Inc. We are delighted to add this genetic diversity to our World Class Stallion offering.

"This has been a Congress of a lifetime," says Dewey Smith, Prince Farm, LLC resident trainer. "PF Premo was Grand Champion Open and Amateur Stallion and unanimous winners under all eight different judges. I've never heard of that happening before, but PF Premo is a once-in-a-lifetime horse that has a great disposition with an impressive combination of muscle and structural correctness."

Five-time Congress Champion, VS Code Red received red carpet VIP treatment during his meet and greet with fans Sunday at Congress. The event took place in front of the Voinovich building from 1 to 3pm and Mallory Beinborn of Impulse Photography was there to photograph the gorgeous red roan stallion. The seven year-old stood quietly with his ears up and posed for pictures for over two hours while receiving kisses and pets from his many admirers.

Don't miss an exclusive chance to meet the one and only VS Code Red. Waylon is holding a meet and greet for his fans on Sunday, October 19th at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. It will be held in front of the Voinovich building from 1 to 3pm. You will be able to get up close and personal with this one of a kind stallion and even get your picture taken with him. Waylon looks forward to seeing everyone there!

Since 1996, American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame stallion Zippo Pine Bar held the No. 1 spot as the all-time leading sire by points earned. But in October 14, 2014, that all changed when Invitation Only’s get amassed 77,064 points, edging out Zippo Pine Bar with 77,061.5 points earned by his offspring. Invitation Only gained the No. 2 spot in the all-time leading sire standings in 2011.