[Plumcreek]

The Huntfield AQHA Derby Finals were held at the 2012 AQHA World Show. Congratulations to Lainie Deboer and David Warner for pulling off a fabulous first year for this series, and organizing volunteers, supporters and $40K in prizes including 3 Butet Saddles, two to the winners of the Open and Non-Pro divisions, and one as a random draw from all entries in the 2012 events.

Photos from the Huntfield Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Huntfi...type=1&theater

Photos from my limited camera phone abilities: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...5721553&type=3

I believe AQHA was a little suprised at how cool this all was.

[Happyhooves]

The decorations on the FB page made it all look like such fun. Loved how AQHA was spelled out in green and red apples!!

[kmwines01]

The prizes looked amazing! What a great job they did getting so much corporate sponsorship.

[KBEquine]

Thanks for sharing!

[Denzel]

Wow, they did an amazing job with sponsorships and building a fantastic course!

[Plumcreek]

A lot of hard work went into this. Judges were Dawn Casey from Oklahoma and Steve Wall from Wisconsin/California - both USEF R carded judges with AQHA Specialty O/F Cards.

If you have a registered QH 3' - 3'3" hunter, it is well worth it to watch for a Huntfield Derby at an AQHA show near you next year.

[fordtraktor]

That looks like great fun, thanks for sharing. I have my eye on these for my now-2 year old Appendix -- please keep doing them!

Did they jump the apple cart? It looks bigger than the other fences but it would be a cool jump...unless someone hit it and all the apples came off, like in the Oceanspray commercial.

[NMB]

The Huntfield AQHA Derby Finals were held at the 2012 AQHA World Show. Congratulations to Lainie Deboer and David Warner for pulling off a fabulous first year for this series, and organizing volunteers, supporters and $40K in prizes including 3 Butet Saddles, two to the winners of the Open and Non-Pro divisions, and one as a random draw from all entries in the 2012 events.

Photos from the Huntfield Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Huntfi...type=1&theater

Photos from my limited camera phone abilities: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...5721553&type=3

I believe AQHA was a little suprised at how cool this all was.

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I got to show in the Derby and thought it was amazing! Lainie and David did a super job and should be proud!

[Plumcreek]

More photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2842932...7631977214707/

Next year: The Huntfield Derby schedule will be out very soon. The first one will be in Florida at Fox Lea Farm for the January show 7-13th. Please check out their website for more information on the show http://www.foxleafarm.com/.. There will also be a derby in Scottsdale, Arizona in February and the date will be on their website as well.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Hun...56212047770097

[Dewey]

Wow, the pictures are terrific. I would love to see one of these in person. What a dream to get to ride in one!

[Plumcreek]

Hilary Crrrel posted her video of the Classic and Handy Rounds. She was the first to make the big handy move!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRuza...&feature=share

[MyGiantPony]

Is that arena as huge as it looks? Nice, big forward courses. I really enjoyed watching that.