24-year-old stallion Snippers Heirogance (by Snippers Heir out of Lorraine Reed and bred in the USA) and owned and shown by David Deptford has joined the handful of horses in the UK to win the prestigious AQHA Champion Award.
The AQHA Champion Award is in recognition of American Quarter Horses that show true versatility. In brief, they have to earn a ROM (Register of Merit) in halter (10 points) plus another 5 points in halter totalling 15 points. They also have to earn two grand championships and a performance ROM, plus another 5 points in performance classes (15 points in total), and those points have to be in three different categories!
Snipper stands at Sovereign Quarter Horses in Cambridgeshire www.sovereignquarterhorses.com