Updated NOVEMBER 13, 2011
Battling to the end
by Samantha Eckert, The American Quarter Horse Journal
Kathryn Olson of Bennett, Colorado, and Sarah Maggert of Paris, Illinois, battled to the end during the amateur trail finals November 9 at the 2011 AQHA World Championship Show. After a grueling ride-off, one point separated Kathryn and Sarah. Both women were Intermediate contenders, never placing in the top 10 at a world show before. Read more at AQHA.COM





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Now a CONGRESS CHAMPION sire, click to view his recent WINNERS

Ima Benchmark is an all around sire stamping his foals with great dispositions suitable for amateurs and youths and movement good enough to be competitive at any level. Sire of Reserve Congress Champion, Congress Top Tens and point earners in Western Pleasure, Showmanship, Trail and other events!








NOW NOMINATED TO THE APHA BREEDERS TRUST

In order to ensure the future safety of our client's breeding programs and our own, Ima Benchmark has been tested negative for exposure to, and vaccinated against, EVA. His isolation period now complete, he will be available for onsite and shipped semen beginning in February.

Thank you to all the wonderful mare owners for many successful breeding seasons.
I am proud to offer this exceptional stallion and appreciate your interest in making him a apart of your breeding program. An excellent example of the Radical Rodder/Zippo Pine Bar pleasure horse cross, "Ima Benchmark" truly is the benchmark for today's Quarter Horse pleasure stallion. His sire is the Multiple World Champion and World Champion Sire "Radical Rodder". His dam, "Zippy Lady Rose", is a proven producer by the legendary stallion "Zippo Pine Bar". "Ima Benchmark" possesses the extreme beauty, disposition, conformation and athleticism required to excel. He was a finalist in the two-year-old Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure Futurity at the All American Quarter Horse Congress--the only time shown. While his show career was tragically shortened, his potential as a sire is unlimited.

In choosing "Ima Benchmark" for your mare, you are adding proven genetics and performance to your breeding program at a fraction of the expense of comparable stallions. The combination is a rare opportunity that I am confident you will appreciate for years to come. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have regarding "Ima Benchmark's" stallion service contract or the ways in which he might compliment your mare. Shipped semen is available or your mare is always welcome at the farm, if you prefer. I look forward to hearing from you.

Ima Benchmark foals are eligible NSBA Breeder's, APHA Breeders Trust, Arabian Breeders Sweepstakes, RMQHA Golden Opportunity, and AQHA Incentive Fund.