Dust and dirt flew at the Emerald Ag-Grow arena from 22 to 23 June, as competitors of the Forshaw Performance Horses Stockman’s Workout Challenge battled down to the last point for the champion title.
Presented with four age groups of Juniors, Juveniles, Maidens and Opens, participants chose between three event categories consisting of a Second Hand Cutting exercise, a Dry Pattern course and a Time Trial.
Opens competitor Lindy Kehl on her horses Swindler and Destiny Chex, achieved first place in the Second-Hand Cutting, second place in the Dry Work Pattern, third place in the Time Trials and claimed first and third place in the overall highest points for the Opens section, scoring a total of 246 points.
Following Lindy was Jordyn Bentley on Cheydoc Dukes Perfection scoring a total of 244.5 points.
Jodie Morgan claimed first, second and third place of the overall top scorers in the Ringers Maiden section, scoring 334 points on her horses SP Just Cruzin, Ninety or Nuthin and Soul Sister.
The Juvenile section’s first and second places were knocked out by Abby Dingle on her horses Hollycatolena (232 points) and Tap Dancin at Midnight (223.5 points), followed by a member of Forshaw Performance Horses business (FPH), Katelyn Taylor and her horse Mascot (170.5 points).
The overall high-point achievers in the Junior section include Amelia Bogle on Golden Girl for first place (214.5 points), Hamish Morgan in second place on Ninety or Nuthin (206 points) and Clare Morgan in third place on SP Just Cruzin (192.5 points).
Cody-Jo and Carlyn from CJ Performance Horses and Mick and Lenore Cole judged the competition.
President of FPH Stockmans Workout Challenge and founder of FPH Belinda Forshaw, expressed her gratitude towards her team.
“The absolute dream team,” she said.
“A massive thank you to these amazing people for your help over the past 12 months.
“You have all been a part of this journey and made the weekend a huge success, we truly appreciate you so much.”
