Farnam Select All-Around Crowned

During the past week, the Farnam Select All-Around Amateur contenders competed in a variety of events throughout the American Quarter Horse Association’s 2015 Adequan Select World Championship Show. This year, 50 contenders competed for the Farnam Select All-Around Amateur award.

The Farnam Select All-Around Amateur is Susan Johns of Paradise Valley, Arizona. Johns showed her American Quarter Horse Heza Radical Zip. The 2005 bay gelding, by Radical Rodder and out of Sonnys Last Zip by Zippo Jack Bar, was bred by Olivia Hoecker of Reddick, Florida. Johns and Heza Radical Zip earned 45 points in three classes, winning the world championship title in trail, reserve world championship title in western riding and placing fifth in horsemanship.

Johns and Heza Radical Zip received a prize package that included $10,000, plus $1,000 of Farnam product, an original Lisa Perry bronze, an embroidered WeatherBeeta horse blanket and a rose bouquet.

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