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Tampa, FL – The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) concluded its 2015 show calendar in sunny Tampa, Florida, following the completion of the ideal year-end highlight horse shows: the Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Circuit.

The four-day AQHA circuit, held Dec. 28-31 at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center located within the Florida State Fairgrounds, welcomed high entry numbers and beautiful temperatures. Managed by Mark Harrell Horse Shows, the Florida Gold Coast Quarter Horse Circuit offers competitors the opportunity to earn extensive year-end points and to ride away with some big prizes including saddles, bridles, tack trunks and more.

Winning the beautiful custom tack trunks as overall circuit champions and custom leather portfolios as overall circuit reserve champions were:
Youth
Ch. – They Call Me Jake & Kamiah McGrath
Res. – Bens Chocolate Chip & Chelsea Gorious

Novice Youth
Ch. – Too Flashy To Zip & ALaina Smith
Res. – Quita Machine & Tori Kendle

Select
Ch. – Pawn Star & Teresa Balkcum
Res. – Won Lopin RV Machine & Vickie Kent

Novice Amateur
Ch. – Fantastic Invitation & Ashley Reichert
Res. – Got To Be Blue & Katherine Lycke (Four way tie for reserve – tie broken by number of classes entered.)

Junior Horse
Ch. – Snap Krackle Pop – Twylla Brown owner
Res. – Secrete Dream – Beth McNichol owner

Green
Ch. – Onlyafraid Inthedark – Cathrin Gutmann owner
Res. – Natural Order – Scott Hauer owner

Amateur
Ch. – Fantastic Invitation & Ashley Reichert
Res. – Better Buy The Minit & Morgan Parisek

Senior
Ch. – Onlyafraid Inthedark – Cathrin Gutmann owner
Res. – Always The Best Man – Katie Grossnickle owner

For full results visit www.markharrellhorseshows.com.