Ann Fonck and Rising Star Gunners Specialolena Win the AMERICANA €40.000-added NRHA Open Bronze Trophy

Photo courtesy of IHP Media Partner Dead or Alive Photo / AMERICANA 2019 Press Office
Photo courtesy of IHP Media Partner Dead or Alive Photo / AMERICANA 2019 Press Office

It took a qualifier and a final to bring home top honors in the NRHA Open with the highest added offered in Europe: the 2019 AMERICANA €40.000-added Open Bronze Trophy. NRHA Million Dollar Rider Ann Fonck went ahead and won with Diego and Laura Dalla Gassa’s Gunners Specialolena, a 5-year-old double registered AQHA/APHA mare by NRHA’s Three Million Dollar Sire Gunners Special Nite out of Dolly Jac Olena.

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Ann Fonck Tops the Euro40.000-added AMERICANA 2019 Open Bronze Trophy Qualifier

Photo by IHP Media Partners Dead or Alive Photo - Courtesy AMERICANA 2019 Press Office
Photo by IHP Media Partners Dead or Alive Photo - Courtesy AMERICANA 2019 Press Office

In a field of 20 entries, NRHA Million Dollar Rider Ann Fonck rode to a 221 top score riding Golden Paint Ranch's 8-year-old mare Spook N Perla (NRHA Five Million Dollar Sire Smart Spook x Shine On Ruff) and also qualified her two other horses: Gunners Specialolena (NRHA Three Million Dollar Sire Gunners Special Nite x Dolly Jac Olena) owned by Diego Dalla Gassa — after posting a 220.5 — as well as Made in Walla (NRHA Two Million Dollar Sire Walla Walla Whiz x Hollywood Made) for owners Sabine Lisec and Chuck Klipfel with a 218.

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Czechowicz and CSG Magnifique Gun clinch the first IRHA Open Derby Championship for Poland!

Photos by Bonaga Communication
Photos by Bonaga Communication

The 67.000-added euro IRHA/NRHA Open Derby finals wrapped up the 2019 edition the show open 4-, 5-, 6-, and 7-year old horses. Once the last horse-rider combination left the show arena, three of the four Open Championships were conquered by two European professionals in their early 20s: Lucasz Czechowicz of Poland and Nico Sicuro of Italy.

Read MoreCzechowicz and CSG Magnifique Gun clinch the first IRHA Open Derby Championship for Poland!

Czechowicz and CSG Magnifique Gun clinch the first IRHA Open Derby Championship for Poland!

Photos by Bonaga Communication
Photos by Bonaga Communication

The 67.000-added euro IRHA/NRHA Open Derby finals wrapped up the 2019 edition the show open 4-, 5-, 6-, and 7-year old horses. Once the last horse-rider combination left the show arena, three of the four Open Championships were conquered by two European professionals in their early 20s: Lucasz Czechowicz of Poland and Nico Sicuro of Italy.

Read MoreCzechowicz and CSG Magnifique Gun clinch the first IRHA Open Derby Championship for Poland!

Saving the best for last, Carlo Ambrosini and Gunnalittlestep conquer the 38,000-added IRHA Non Pro Derby

Photos by Bonaga Communication
Photos by Bonaga Communication

Gunnalittlestep (NRHA Two Million Dollar Sire Gunnatrashya x Gay Jays Llittle Step), owned by Ambrosini Quarter Horses ASD,  made the Level (L)4 and L3 Non Pro European Futurity finals with Paolo Ambrosini in the saddle.  A few days before the IRHA Derby, Paolo decided to let his son, Carlo, show him. With the 4-year-old gelding between the reins, the 19-year-old Italian rider posted the highest score in the L4 Non Pro qualifier with a 217.5.

Read MoreSaving the best for last, Carlo Ambrosini and Gunnalittlestep conquer the 38,000-added IRHA Non Pro Derby

Saving the best for last, Carlo Ambrosini and Gunnalittlestep conquer the 38,000-added IRHA Non Pro Derby

Photos by Bonaga Communication
Photos by Bonaga Communication

Gunnalittlestep (NRHA Two Million Dollar Sire Gunnatrashya x Gay Jays Llittle Step), owned by Ambrosini Quarter Horses ASD,  made the Level (L)4 and L3 Non Pro European Futurity finals with Paolo Ambrosini in the saddle.  A few days before the IRHA Derby, Paolo decided to let his son, Carlo, show him. With the 4-year-old gelding between the reins, the 19-year-old Italian rider posted the highest score in the L4 Non Pro qualifier with a 217.5.

Read MoreSaving the best for last, Carlo Ambrosini and Gunnalittlestep conquer the 38,000-added IRHA Non Pro Derby

$ 80.000-added AustrianRHA Futurity & NRHA Show 2019 :
First Deadline is close – Online entries now possible August 21 until 24, 2019 in Wiener Neustadt / Austria

The deadline for the $80,000-added AustrianRHA Futurity & NRHA Show 2019 is appoaching: July 1.  Austria’s premier reining show is scheduled for August 21 until 24 at the favility of WTC H&D Schulz QH in Wiener Neustadt. The event offers a guaranteed money of $10,000 each for the Level 4 Open Futurity Champion of the 3-year-old horses and the 4-year-old horses. Horses can be entered now online at  HYPERLINK "http://www.showmanager.info" www.showmanager.info.

Read More$ 80.000-added AustrianRHA Futurity & NRHA Show 2019 :
First Deadline is close – Online entries now possible August 21 until 24, 2019 in Wiener Neustadt / Austria

$ 80.000-added AustrianRHA Futurity & NRHA Show 2019 :
First Deadline is close – Online entries now possible August 21 until 24, 2019 in Wiener Neustadt / Austria

The deadline for the $80,000-added AustrianRHA Futurity & NRHA Show 2019 is appoaching: July 1.  Austria’s premier reining show is scheduled for August 21 until 24 at the favility of WTC H&D Schulz QH in Wiener Neustadt. The event offers a guaranteed money of $10,000 each for the Level 4 Open Futurity Champion of the 3-year-old horses and the 4-year-old horses. Horses can be entered now online at  HYPERLINK "http://www.showmanager.info" www.showmanager.info.

Read More$ 80.000-added AustrianRHA Futurity & NRHA Show 2019 :
First Deadline is close – Online entries now possible August 21 until 24, 2019 in Wiener Neustadt / Austria