Reining Australia Gold Buckle Futurity and National Championships

Brewen A Little Stormy & Ben Ryan enjoyed a great show with wins in Novice Horse Open Levels 1 & 2, Limited Open, Rookie Professional & Intermediate Open.

Lethal Katie & Grace Christoffel were the national champions of the Youth Reinng 13 Years & Under.

Ruf Major* & Shaun Saunders placed third in the Open.

Dougals Last Lena & Annie Woodhouse were competitors in the Prime Time Non-Pro.

Avenlee Frosty Whiz & Heather Lee placed fifth in both the Limited & Intermediate divisions of the Non-Pro Futurity.

Sheron Sheza Little Fancy & Errol Thomas placed ninth in the Open division of the Non-Pro Futurity.

Revolution Reddy* & Rob Lawson were the national champions of the Open Classic & Open Maturity.

Eskdale West Judgement Day & Lee Thompson were competitors in the Rookie Level 2 event.

Big River Urban Legend & Guy Laurie were the national champions of all divisions of the Non-Pro Futurity.

Greg Peters & Chics Navajo were the national champions of the Prime Time Non-Pro.

Warren Backhouse rode Erin & Dennis Neylon's Lil Nu It All (Shiney And Nu* x Lilmissnoitall) to take out the championship in the Open Futurity with a score of 220.

Kate Elliott rode Peggy Salmon's Dunrufnit (Ruf Major* x OP Dun It Up A Notch) to the championships in both the Intermediate Open Futurity & Limited Open Futurity & was third in the Open Futurity.

Heavens Eleven & Katherine Kellderman were competitors in the Intermediate Open.

Shiney And Nu* & Warren Backhouse were the national champions of the Open with a score of 215.5.

Intermediate Open competitors, Glenburn Behind Bars & Greg Cross.

The national champions of the Rookie Level 2 were Hustlers First Flame & Katrina Beale.

Equal reserve national champions of Rookie Level 1 were A Custom Phoenix & Tony Bryers.

Fifth placegetters in the Intermediate Open were Predator & Tim Hoffmann.

Determinated & Melanie Lindsay were the reserve national champions of the Reining Australia Non-Pro Classic.

Susan Donald's Condor Smart Play (Playboy Roy* x A Little Smarty) was taken to the reserve championship in the Open Futurity by Shaun Saunders.

Real eye-catchers in the Freestyle Reining were Cassidy Anderson & Onya Amberlin whose costuming & routine earned them third placing from nine entrants.

The national champions of the Michelle Halliwell Memorial Non-Pro were Tell Me A Story & Shelley Peters.

Whizzle With Me & Mel Sporry placed third in the Rookie Level 2 & fourth in the Michelle Halliwell Memorial Non-Pro.

Thea Griffin rode RKN Whiz Bang to the national championship in the Reining Australia Non-Pro Classic.

The national champion of the Limited Non-Pro, Intermediate Non-Pro & the Youth 14 - 18 Years was Bayley Lowe riding Micro Chip.

Novice Horse Non-Pro Level 1 national champions were Dirt Cheap Wimpy & Mick Taylor.

Reserve national champions of both the Open Classic & Open Maturity were Einstein Flashy Jac & Noel Watson.

Non-Pro Classic competitors, Miss Little Step & Donna Saddler.

The national champion of the Green Rider Level 1 was Jason Russell aboard Flirt N Hug.

Another colourful pair to compete in the Freestyle Reining were Korinya Whiz Kid & Georgia Mundie.