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Midshipman wore the roses as World Champion Gelding presented by Tim Roesink and Jim Taylor for Elizabeth Burick on the first day of the Grand National and World Championship Morgan Horse Show.


Jungle Love GCH was crowned World Champion Mare for proud owner Frances Pugh and trainer Ken Swanson on Saturday afternoon.


Merriehill After Hours capped the Saturday evening session being crowned World Champion Stallion presented by Whitney Bodnar for owners Cindy and Gaeton Lorino.


Connor Chaffin-Farley earned the first-ever Fitting & Showmanship World Championship with RBF Russian Roulette to the delight of proud mom Amy Farley.



Erin Richey congratulated Sophia Stillings on her second consecutive Walk-Jog Western Seat Equitation World Championship aboard Artful Image.


Kim Germ-Cramer and Miz Saturn Star made the victory pass as the Grand National Ladies Amateur English Pleasure Mare Champions.


Kristen Olson and Sherie Nelson congratulate Reedann’s Phind The Design after her Five-Gaited Junior/Novice class with Cory Eickholt at the Minnesota Octoberfest.?


?Four the fourth consecutive year Queen’s Starfire was the Grand National Champion Ladies Park Harness Mare, the second with Nancy Hendricks.



Glenn A. Werry Jr. enjoyed a victorious Morgan debut with unanimous Grand National Amateur Roadster To Bike Champion SLB Puccini directed by Robert Hughes.



Kelly Kraegel directed Grace Geary to the AMHA Western Seat Gold Medal Finals Championship on Tuesday of the Morgan Grand National.

 
Tim and Carol Selinsky celebrated dual Grand National victories on Tuesday with Whispering War Chant and Causing Chaos with trainers John and Belle Hufferd.


Kurt Hufferd and Shana Gish posed with Megan Buckley who drove Indian Creek Herald Square to the Reserve World Championship in the Futurity Classic Pleasure Driving Three-Year-Old competition on Wednesday night of the Morgan Grand National.


Crystal Farms’ Hannah McBain had a great ride on Wednesday night to win the AMHA Saddle Seat Gold Medal Finals.


Nikki Rae Woodworth congratulated Cheryl Ricci on her Amateur Masters Pleasure Driving World Championship victory with Fox Hollow Talk About Me.


Stonecroft Triumphant capped the Thursday evening session as Ladies Park Harness World Champion to the delight of Stephen Longo, Mike Carpenter, Shanna Gish and Heidi Kunkel.


Joined by Peeper Ranch trainers Phil Fountain and Kristen Tramposh, Dawn Fire rode Graycliff Tony to the World Champion English Pleasure title for the second consecutive year.


Owners Phil and Peggy Alderman celebrated Graycliff Tony Hawk’s Three-Year-Old Park Harness World Championship with Jenny and Jim Taylor. Jim (far right) was the winning trainer/driver for the Aldermans.


For the third year in a row Paul and Joy Scala joined Jenny and Jim Taylor for the victory picture from the Park Saddle World Championship. Jenny rode PLS High Pine Picasso GCH to the title to close out the 2014 Grand National & World Championship Horse Show.

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