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JUSTINLAWRENCEWINSOPENALL-AROUNDATNRSHACHAMPIONSHIP
NationalRanchandStockHorseAlliance,Guthrie,Oklahoma–JustinLawrenceofAlzada,Montana,capturedtheAll-AroundOpenNationalChampionshipattheinauguralNationalRanchandStockHorseAlliance(NRSHA)NationalChampionshipShowheldinconjunctionwiththeZoetisAQHAVersatilityRanchHorseWorldChampionshipShowonJune16attheLazyEinGuthrie,Oklahoma.
LawrenceshowedMiaLilPink,a2011bayAmericanQuarterHorsemarebyShiningLilNicandoutofLeanWithMia.JaniejillTointonofLongmont,Coloradobredthemare.Theduoalsowaschampioninopencuttingandreservechampioninranchriding.InadditiontoNRSHAhonors,LawrenceandMiaLilPinkalsofinishedthirdintheVRHopenall-aroundcompetition.Nearly725entriescompetedinranchtrail,ranchreining,ranchriding,ranchcutting,
ranchboxingandranchcowwork.Intotal,morethan$62,000incashandprizeswasawardedattheevent.TheAll-AroundOpenchampionreceivedaprizepackagethatincludedasterling-silverbucklebyAwardsRecognitionConceptsandspeciallydesignedlogoedjacketsponsoredbyPlan4ProgressbyCarterRanchHorses.ThenewlyformedNationalRanchandStockHorseAllianceiscomprisedofsixranch/stockhorseassociations–EastCoastStockHorseAssociation,NationalVersatilityRanchHorseAssociation,OklahomaStockHorseAssociation,StockHorseofTexas,WesternStatesVersatilityRanchHorseAssociationandtheAmericanQuarterHorseAssociation.
NRSHAclasseswereheldconcurrentlywiththeZoetisAQHAVersatilityRanchHorseWorldChampionshipShowclasses.MoreinformationaboutNRSHAcanbefoundatwww.ranchhorse.net.Fullresultscanbefoundatwww.aqha.com/versatility.
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