The Australian Halter Showcase was held at Werribee Park Equestrian Centre from March 9^th – 12^th 2006 .

The show was extremely well supported again this year where 284 horses from all states of Australia gathered to compete for 36 trophy buckles, $30,000.00 in prize money plus many other prizes.

Day 1: Thursday arrived, The American Judge Holly Hover, was welcomed to the pen and the show was underway. Ahead of the competitors were 92 highly contested events which would take 4 days and 3 nights to complete.

The first day saw four Showcase events awarded:

• Monbulk Rural 4 & 5 yo Western Pleasure Showcase won by Kristy Rose on RQH Wanted

• Lil Remuda QH Youth Western Pleasure Showcase won by Jessica Oldham on RQH Insatiable

• Hy Gain All Age Trail won by Monica Watts on Pablo Command

• Rutlands QH All Age Hunter Under Saddle won by Carolyn Johnson on Winderadeen Dash To The Bar

Day 2 and fantastic weather greeted us again. Today would see the battle for the Saddle Up Super Horse and 3 more Showcase events unfold. The Super Horse competition requires the

Horses to compete in 5 different disciplines – Halter, Hunter Under Saddle, Trail, Western Pleasure and Reining. This truly brings to the fore the versatility of the western horses involved.

Results for the Showcase events are:

• Winderadeen Amateur Western Pleasure won by Leslie Stewart on Cee A Little Twist

• Futera QH & Classy Priority 2yo Debutante Western Pleasure won by Kristy Rose on LW Pawsitively Rock N

• Croppys Ps & Qs 2 & over Halter Maturity won by Michelle O’Connell with Intensity

• Saddle Up Super Horse won by David Norbury on Annlee Hes Jim Dandy

Day 3 Saturday, the program is dominated by the Halter and Reining events. On this day we saw 6 Showcase events decided and the quality of the Halter and Performance of the Reining horses made for exciting viewing.

Showcase winners were:

•  KER & Home Hotel Weanling Halter won by Andrew Soper with Sheza Shameless Bandit

• AC/DC Yearling On The Lunge won by Gene Redwood with Hez Da One

• Blue Dandenong Bulb Farm Yearling Halter won by Bev Chapman with GSQ How D Miss Mytee

• AC/DC 2yo Western Pleasure won by Holly Johnson on Dee Bar Beyond Me Blue

• International Horse Breeders Non Pro Reining won by Leonie Huber on Breakin Hearts

• VRHA, G & L Baker & Ruf Major Open Reining won by Shane Watts on Genuine Jesse

Day 4 Sunday, the last day had arrived and even though it was an extremely hot day the classes were still large and the standard of performance very high. The final 3 Showcase events were decided along with the High Point awards.

The Showcase winners were:

• Stony Creek Stud & Classy Priority 3yo Hunter Under Saddle won by Carolyn Johnson on Winderadeen Dash To The Bar

• Grand Southern QH & Signature Equestrian Senior Horse Western Pleasure won by Stephanie McDonald on Pawsitively Blazing

• 3yo Western Pleasure won by Kristy Rose on RQH Isle Be Stylish

High Point Winners:

• Triandibo QH Junior Youth -  Brianna Simmons

• Triandibo QH Senior Youth  - Danielle Philpotts Green

• Titchmarsh QH Amateur Junior Performance Horse - Annie Boyd

• Macro Trailers Amateur Senior Performance Horse - Rebecca Creighton

• Jayes Park Junior Performance Horse - Hez Radical Two

• McDonald Family Senior Performance Horse - Tickawarra Off Ya Rock

• Crown Park Training Centre 2yo Performance Horse - Spins Judgement