At the Adequan Select World Championship Show August 29 - September 4 in Amarillo, 51 exhibitors competed for the coveted Farnam Select All-Around Amateur title. This the most prestigious award in the Adequan Select World Show competition.

AQHA congratulates 2010 Farnam Select All-Around Amateur Susan Wilson of Ramona, California, showing her American Quarter Horse Knowtorious. The pair earned 73 points, competing in six classes. Of the six classes, Wilson won a world championship in horsemanship and hunt seat equitation, was reserve champion in showmanship and western riding, placed eighth in trail and was a finalist in performance halter geldings.

Wilson’s prize package included $10,000, a bronze by Lisa Perry, $1,000 in Farnam product, a WeatherBeeta embroidered horse blanket and a rose bouquet.

This year’s reserve Farnam All-Around Amateur is Dr. Scott Myers of Sharon Center, Ohio, with his American Quarter Horse Stroke For Stroke. They earned 40 points in seven classes. For this award, Dr. Myers was presented with $2,500, a silver bowl and $500 in Farnam product.

This year’s third-place winner is Lori Bucholz of Waterloo, Nebraska, riding her American Quarter Horse Larks Happy Days. She accumulated 39 points in seven classes.

Shelley Shepherd of Riverside, California, with her American Quarter Horse Dees Old Gold, placed fourth, with 39 points from four classes.

Finishing fifth in the Farnam All-Around Amateur competition is Christine Hocutt-Senteney of Burbank, California, and her American Quarter Horse Bellieve Hes Blazing. They showed in four classes and earned 27 points.

The Farnam All-Around Amateur winners are determined by a point-scoring process based on placings for each class. Two sets of points are awarded to contenders who place in the top 10 in each class.

Horses placing in the top 10 receive one point for each horse placing below them plus one point, not to exceed 10 points, for first place. The second set of points is awarded based on the number of entries in the class according to the point distribution system used to calculate AQHA points.

Select exhibitors are eligible for this award if they show one horse in a minimum of three classes in two categories.

The Farnam Select All Around Amateur awards are made possible by the generosity of AQHA Corporate Partner Farnam.