Horse of the North Challenge, Charters Towers

Local girl, Jess Hoffmann and her, 'Blink 182' scored an impressive 88 in the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Cattle section.

Wayne Bean from Katherine in the NT made the top score of 91 riding, Tristram and Rainee Holcombe's, 'Moore Hard Acres' in the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Cattle section.They went on to score 75.75 to win the Classic with a total of 334.5.

Local rider, Brett Candy earned a good 82 riding his, 'Candy's RPM' in the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Cattle section.

Nathan Wilson from Biggenden is pictured riding Gennie Woodall's, 'Royalle Cignificant' during the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Cattle section.

Local rider, Harvey Wakeford was having a good day and rode Peter and Alana Verhoeven's, 'Midnight Justice' to score 85 in the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Cattle section.

Des Burnes from Mareeba rode Craig and Rosanne Cowley's. 'Homecreek Mister Freckle' to score an impressive 87 in the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Cattle section.They went on to claim overall third place with a total of 323.25.

Harvey Wakefors was in great form again in the Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work. He is pictured aboard, the Massab Metals' nomination, 'Sheridan' by A Genuine Roy to top score with 93.

Leah Read from Mundubbera and her, 'Captain's Tiger Lilly' are pictured putting in a massive effort during the Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work. They earned a good 85 for their efforts. With a great 88.5 for Dry Work they took overall second place with 351.5.

Theresa Lawrence from Willows Gemfeilds was another in form rider over the three days of the Curley Cattle Transport 2018 Horse of the North Challenge. She is pictured riding her 'Peppy Soul Shaker' that earned a very good 88 in the Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work.

Sally Stevenson is pictured aboard the Benalla Stud's ASCA 2016 Runner Up Horse of the Year, 'One Moore Mistalena' during the Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work.

Local rider, Doug O'Neill is pictured aboard his 2013 Julia Creek Open Challenge winner, 'Blazing Destiny' during the Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work.

Scott Schoo rode Tim McLachlan's, 'Montego Bay' to score 88 in the Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work.

Joshua Smith produced a good run abard his own, 'Reys Dual Oak' for a score of 85 in the Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work.

You bet, Theresa Lawrence and, 'Enigma' mean business. The determination paid off with a score of 90 in the Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work.They scored a good 84.5 for Dry Work to take overall third place with 346.

Scott Schoo produced another good run with Andrew and Carolyn Burnes' 2017 Toowoomba Classic Challenge Champion, 'Hells Angel'. They earned a score of 88 for their Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work.

Joshua Smith from Gracemere is pictured riding Kim Huxley's, 'Cruise N Tassa'. They scored 79 in the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Cattle section and 74 in the Dry Work Fina for an overall score of 309.75l.

Cody Stevens from Biloela is pictured aboard Richard Lyne's, 'El Pascol Czar' during the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Dry Work Section Final.

With a great Landmark Open Challenge Final Cattle work score of 91, Morgan Webb from Tumut in NSW led the field with a total of 269.5 going in to the Dry Work Final riding his own, 'Dolgwili Norman'. With a super 83.25 for Dry Work they could not be beaten and won with a total of 352.75.

Nathan Wilson had the crowd cheering for this sliding stop riding his own six year old stallion,' Beniak'. They scored a good 86.25 for their Dry Work to take fifth place in the Landmark Open Challenge with a total of 344.5.

Wayne Bean and , 'Max' look to have the job well in hand during the Landmark Open Challenge Final Dry work final.

Young rider, Jontti Arnold carried the flag for the parade of Finalists to open the afternoon's activities.

The Horse of the North Finalists line up alongside a Curley Cattle Transport Semi for the National Anthem before the action got under way on the last day of great compettiion.

Rebekah Tasker from Katherine in the NT is pictured aboard her, 'Chisum's Real Deal' during the Cattle final of the E & R Bassingthwaighte Under 25 Years Challenge.

The Tasker sisters from Katherine dominated the E & R Bassingthwaighte Under 25 Years Challenge Cattle Final with Monica Tasker top scoring with 82 riding, 'Jam Dynamor'. Monica had three rides in this Challenge and won after asn impressive Dry Work display riding, Toomba Jasper. She also took third place with Kidman's Legacy.

Local rider, Riley Candy rode his, 'Toomba Keegan' to score a good 82 in the Cattle final of the E & R Bassingthwaighte Under 25 Years Challenge. All the finalist do a Cattle run and a Dry workout with the points accumulating from the preliminary rounds to determine the winner and placegetters. Riley went on to take second place overall after some good Dry Work with a total score of 278.25

Scott Schoo from Capella is pictured aboard his, 'Destiny Chex' during the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Cattle section. They have a score of 224.75 going in to the Dry workout.

Andrew Stallmann from Fernvale rode the beard Syndicate's, 'Beljay Fortyniner Acres' to score a good 80 in the MAGS Droughtmasters Horse of the North Classic Challenge Final Cattle section. The Classic is for horses under five years. They went on to score 78.75 for the Dry Work to take overall second place with 330.

The Horse of the North dinners have become famous for their themed entertainment, the brainchild of mistress of ceremonies, Sally Kirkwood. The theme this year was "The Voice' and Sally is pictured interviewing judge, Kelly Rowland (aka) Ron Wall.

It is hard to know if Boy George looks like, "It Could be A Boy George", Ken May or whether Ken looks like George. Whatever, Ken really got in to the spirit of the fun night and is pictured being interviewed by MC, Sally.

Sally is pictured with judge, "Smelta Goodrun" (aka Emma O'Shea). All the judges and contestants were good sports and a good time was had by all.