TQHyA Texas Quarter Horse Youth Association

2014 Ford Youth World Scrapbook

Our Members Do It All!

Leadership Training Showing Horse Judging Ranch Work

2013/2014

TQHyA

Officers Avery Ellis, President

Bailey Anderson, Vice President

Daniel Dalager, Secretary

Ali Fratessa, Treasurer

Alexis Shanes, Reporter

Board Members:

Caroline Bean Tori Summers Ashley Sioco Rhegan Bryant

Team Texas Superheroes!

2013 Ford Youth World

Our “newbies” received special ribbons to hang on their stalls.

All the Team Texas youth stayed cool with the help of our slushee machine!

Avery Ellis and Bailey Anderson hung up our new stall drapes.

By the Numbers

187 horses 103 youth 267+ entries

5 World Champions 7 Reserve World Champions

74 Top-Tens/Finalists

9% of total youth world entries

13% of total youth

world exhibitors

Parade of Teams

Daniel Dalager carved up

watermelons for all members of

Team Texas before the Parade of

States.

Alexis Shanes made a sign supporting Texas superheroes, first responders.

Youth World Winners

Emily Winegar, 4th Place in Reining

Deanna Green, Reserve World Champion in Western Riding

Trevor Hale, 13 & Under World Champion in Breakaway Roping

Ali Fratessa and Team Texas’ award for Reserve Champion in Team Spirit

Jailed at the Youth World?

Team Texas interpreted the 2013 Youth World theme of “Be Somebody’s Superhero” as “Thank You First Responders” and decorated accordingly,

earning a 4th Place finish in the stall decorating contest. Our decorations were wonderful, but one

stood out and became extremely popular…

2014 Aggie Super Circuit

The “Cahill Gang”

TQHyA Officers Ashley Sioco, Avery Ellis and Bailey Anderson

The “Dessert Divas” (Nancy Cahill and John McDaniel) got all decked out in costume to support TQHyA.

Nancy Cahill and Terry Cross

TQHyA held a benefit bake sale at the show and raised $1,671.

Horse Judging Teams

2014 Fort Worth Stock Show Highpoint and Reserve

Highpoint Teams Brazos and Archer Counties

2014 Texas State 4-H Roundup

Highpoint Team Archer County

2014 AjPHA World Show Highpoint Team

Williamson County 2013 Congress Denton County

Achieving Our Goals

Lacey Jo Edge

Bryce Briggs

Sidney Dunkel

Ashley Sioco, 2013 TQHA Youth Year-End Highpoint

Blake Dunkel (L)

Ali Fratessa Jordan Davis

Claire Cherrington

Stock Show Success

Madison Outhier at the Fort Worth Stock Show

Ashton Dunkel at the Rodeo Austin Show

Connor McInerney at the

San Antonio Stock Show

Lights, Camera, Action!

Riley Chown

Alexis Shanes

Molly Jacobs

Gracie Jacobs

Lydia Shivers

Ashton Dunkel

Striving for Excellence

In the Show Pen

Work Hard…

Riding at 2:00 a.m.

Walking the trail course Desensitizing

Longing

Fixing the trailer

Bathing

Practicing

…Play Hard!

Swimming with horses

Playing cards at the Youth World

Lydia Shivers and Molly and Gracie Jacobs have no problem with long drives!

Ice cream break!

Blake Dunkel knows how to entertain himself while waiting for classes!

Fun at the stalls

Just Me and My Horse

Madeleine Crawford

Rebecca McCrea

Robin Hawkins

Holly Strevey

Claire Cherrington

Bailey Burkholder

“The real secret of success

is enthusiasm.”

-Walter Chrysler

Out and About

Cameron Doud (R)

Bailey and Tina Anderson

Ali Fratessa and Avery Ellis

Ali and Rhegan Bryant 2014 TQHA Convention

Cody Cannon

Kinsey Jones and Emily Woodard

Jordan Davis, Natasha Blanchard

and Madison Musser

Claire Cherrington, Amille Bottom and Cameron Crenwelge

Texas Youth

Across the State

(L-R)Gracie Jacobs, Kinsey Jones, Emily Woodard, Lauren Bergman, Cody Cannon

Ashley Sioco (R)

TQHyA Officers

Cody Cannon and Blake Dunkel

We Our Horses! Natasha Blanchard

Cameron Doud

Kelsie Holman

Annabelle Burgher

Madison Outhier Robin

Hawkins

Georgia – Texas youth at the Big A Circuit

Texas Youth Across

the Nation

Ohio - Jordan Davis and Madison

Musser at the 2013 Congress

Oklahoma - Claire Cherrington and Amille Bottom

Ohio - Sarah Orsak at

the Little Buckeye

TQHyA Race Experience

The TQHyA Race Experience was held on July 25 and 26 in San

Antonio. TQHyA members Shiloh Morales, Claire Hohertz and Ali Fratessa assisted with the TQHA Yearling Sale during the day and attended races in Retama Park in the evenings.

Texas-Style Leadership

The Region 8 Leadership Conference

Giving youth their first rides on the backs of American Quarter Horses

Members also assisted at the Best of the Remuda Sale at the Forth Worth Stock Show.

TQHyA members helped run a Stock Horse of Texas Association show.

Y.E.S. 2014

Ali Fratessa was elected to a Region 8 Director position.

Checking in

Lauren Bergman and Emily Woodard represented the Stock Horse of Texas Association as well as TQHyA.

2014 AQHA Youth World Cup

The 2014 Youth World Cup was held in College Station, Texas. Team Texas was represented by Ali Fratessa and Chloe Bening. Other members of Team USA included Jack Meadows, Carli Pitts, Graysen Stroud, Colby Ringer, Bailey Cook, Mary Claire Cornett, Lindsey Brush and Kalee McCann.

2014 AQHA Youth World Cup

Jack Meadows, Past TQHyA President Logan Pluhar and Ali Fratessa

Ali, Nancy Cahill and Michelle Tildwell (USA Trainers)

Texas was represented with top-3 finishes in

Horsemanship and Equitation, as well as multiple top-10 and finalist finishes in

other events.

The Faces of TQHyA

“Success is to be measured not so

much by the position that one has

reached in life as by the obstacles

which he has overcome.”

-Booker T. Washington

Thank you, Team Texas, for another wonderful year!