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Kent’s Meryl Reber captured the world championship title in amateur working cow horse at the American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show on Friday in Oklahoma City.
Reber showed her American Quarter Horse, Ima Chic Please. The 2003 buckskin gelding, sired by Chic Please and out of Smokums Chex Mint, was bred by Michael and Debra Brautovich of Watsonville, Calif.
In the amateur working cow horse class, 52 entries competed for world champion honors and a purse of $14,553.24. World champions received a prize package that included a custom-designed gold trophy; Montana Silversmiths buckle; specially designed logoed jacket and world champion patch, courtesy of Cripple Creek Outerwear; a WeatherBeeta embroidered blanket; neck wreath; a medallion and 100 pounds of Nutrena feed.
The AQHA World Show is the pinnacle event for American Quarter Horse owners and exhibitors around the world, who must qualify for the event by earning a predetermined number of points to compete in each of the classes representing halter, English and western disciplines.
More than 3,600 entries from the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Mexico and Switzerland are competing for 100 world championships at this year’s event, Nov. 7-22 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City.
For more details, visit www.aqha.com/worldshow.
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