AQHA High-Point Rider Award Presented On Final Day Of IHSA National Championship Horse Show
Nigel Lancaster riding Penny (Middle Tennessee State University) in the IHSA/AQHA High-Point Rider Reining Phase to a score of 147. Penny was the High-Point Reining Horse. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography
Harrisburg, Pa. – May 8, 2022 – The Western teams shined on the final day of competition at the 2022 Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) National Championship Horse Show. The IHSA/American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) High-Point Rider Award and the NRHA/NSBA National Championship Team were announced to a cheering crowd.
FROM THE JUDGES' PERSPECTIVE
Gretchen Mathes & Allen Mitchels
Western judges Gretchen Mathes and Allen Mitchels with their scribes watching IHSA riders during the 2022 National Championship Horse Show. Photo by Maddy Falkowitz/EQ Media
“The show was amazing, and I think that the kids were amazing,” said Gretchen Mathes. “The horse providers were so appreciated, and I thought it was a fairly uniform group. I was really impressed with how everything came out.”
BLACK HAWK COLLEGE RIDES TO THE
IHSA/NSBA TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Black Hawk College Western team after winning the IHSA/NSBA Team National Championship.
Photo by EQ Media
The Black Hawk College Western team rode to their first national team championship and the first-ever title for a two-year school.