Rockin Horse Ranch QLD

22/06/2026

Another great show in the books at the Queensland State Quarter Horse Championships!

We were lucky enough to enjoy perfect t-shirt weather all weekend 😎 and the horses certainly made the most of it.

Some highlights from the team:

🏆 Put A Ring On It – Beard Family
🥇 Open Western Pleasure Feature Champion
🥇 3YO Western Pleasure Champion

🏆 Im Sumpth N Southern – Samantha Daley
🥇 Novice Horse Western Pleasure Champion

🏆 How About A Dance – Tirra Ewers
🥇 Youth Gelding Halter Champion
🥇 Youth 15-18 Trail Champion
🥇 Youth 15-18 Western Pleasure Champion
🥇 Youth 15-18 Horsemanship Champion
🥈 Non Pro Western Pleasure Feature Reserve Champion
🥈 Junior Western Pleasure Reserve Champion

🏆 Hard To Forget – Simone Inns
🥇 Select Amateur Western Pleasure Champion
🥈 Senior Horse Western Pleasure Reserve Champion
🥉 Non Pro Western Pleasure Feature
🥉 Select Amateur Western Horsemanship

🏆 Bayyonce – Beard Family
🥇 Non Pro Western Pleasure Feature Champion
🥇 Amateur Western Pleasure Champion
🥇 Senior Horse Western Pleasure Champion

🏆 Pawsitively A Red Code – Beard Family
🥇 Senior Horse Hunter Under Saddle Champion
🥇 Amateur Hunter Under Saddle Champion
🥈 Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle Feature Reserve Champion

A huge thank you to the Sunshine Coast Quarter Horse Association, the volunteers, officials and sponsors who put on the event. These shows simply wouldn’t happen without the people willing to put their hand up and do the work behind the scenes

Most importantly, thank you to our amazing clients for trusting us with your horses. We never take that responsibility for granted and we’re incredibly proud to be part of your success

It’s hard to believe we’re now on the home stretch of the 2026 show season. One last stop to go

🌴 Tropicana Classic, here we come! 🌴

📷 Kayleen Sheppard Photography

09/06/2026

Congratulations Kerry on your recent purchase of Gary! ‘CVS HOOS Priceless’ has been with us for a few years now with much success! We wish you all the best and will be your biggest fans!

23/05/2026

💯% Yes

The wins are great, but they aren’t everything.

It’s about the improvement, the education, and the process at these shows that help shape someone into becoming their best.

Every person on the team plays a role, even the ones behind the scenes. The people at the back gate, the ones at home keeping business moving, and the trainer jumping off a horse in another arena just to make it to the corner and watch you show.

Sometimes the biggest accomplishments don’t end in a win picture. Sometimes it’s your trainer being proud of something you’ve been working hard to improve. Those moments are the stepping stones to success.

The stories aren’t always told in the photo at the end. They’re told in the journey it took to get there.

Thank you to our customers, sponsors, and everyone who continues to support our team along the way.

20/05/2026

What a huge couple of weeks in Sydney at the NPHA and NSW QH STATE Championships!

Almost 2 weeks away from home showing horses, long days, late nights, early mornings and plenty of memories made. We could not be prouder of our team, horses and clients

Results below for an incredible show run 👇

✨ PUT A RING ON IT (Beard Family)
NSW STATE
🏆 CHAMPION 3YO WP

NPHA
🏆 CHAMPION $10,000 3YO WP FUTURITY
🏆 🥈CHAMPION 3YO WP

✨ ONLY EYES FOR YOU (HK & Brooke Newton)
NSW STATE
🏆 CHAMPION 3YO HUS

NPHA
🏆 CHAMPION JR HUS DERBY
🏆 CHAMPION AMATEUR HUS STAKES
🥇🥇 Amateur Jr HUS

✨ CVS HOO MADE HOO (Anthea Arnol)
NPHA
🏆 CHAMPION MAIDEN HUS DERBY
🏆 CHAMPION 3YO HUS
🏆 CHAMPION 3YO HUS FUTURITY

✨ IM SUMPTH N SOUTHERN (Samantha Daley)
NPHA
4️⃣ Maiden WP Feature
🥈🥉 Novice Horse WP

✨ CVS SHINE ON HARVEY MOON (Leigh Barden)
NPHA
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION MAIDEN WP FEATURE
🥉 Green WP
🥉 Novice Horse WP

✨ HOW ABOUT A DANCE (Tirra Ewers)
NSW STATE
🏆 CHAMPION SR YOUTH HMS
🏆 CHAMPION SR YOUTH WP

NPHA
🥇🥇 Sr Youth WP
🥇🥈 Sr Youth HMS
🏆 CHAMPION JR HORSE VERSATILITY
🏆 CHAMPION YOUTH WP STAKES

✨ HOLEY COW BATT MAN (Donna Grech)
NSW STATE
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION AMQHA ALL AGE WP
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION AMATEUR JR WP

NPHA
🥈🥇 Jr WP
🏆 CHAMPION JR WP DERBY
🥉 Amateur WP Stakes
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION LTD AMATEUR STAKES

✨ LAST OF THE CLASSICS (Donna Grech)
NSW STATE
🏆 CHAMPION AMQHA ALL AGE WP
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION JR WP
🏆 CHAMPION SELECT AMATEUR WP

NPHA
🥇🥈 Jr WP
🥉 Select Amateur Stakes
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION JR WP DERBY
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION LTD WP STAKES

✨ VS PAWSITIVELY A RED CODE (Beard Family)
NSW STATE
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION SR HORSE HUS
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION SR HORSE HUS STAKES
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION AMATEUR HMS
🥈🥉 Amateur HUS Stakes

✨ CODE ONE (Rebecca Fatchen)
NSW STATE
4️⃣ Novice Horse WP
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION NOVICE HORSE TRAIL

NPHA
🥈 Jr HIH
🥇🥇 Amateur Jr WP
🥈 🥉 Novice Horse HUS

✨ BAYYONCE (Beard Family)
NSW STATE
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION AMATEUR SR WP

NPHA
🥇🥉 Sr Horse WP

✨ CVS HOOS PRICELESS (Brooke Newton)
NSW STATE
🏆 CHAMPION AMQHA ALL AGE HUS
🏆 CHAMPION SR HORSE HUS
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION AMQHA AMATEUR HUS

NPHA
🥇 4️⃣ Amateur HMS

✨ SOUTHERN WHISPERS (Dani Eisle)
NSW STATE
🥇🥇 Amateur Sr WP

NPHA
🥈 Sr Horse WP
🥇🥇 Amateur Sr WP
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION AMATEUR WP STAKES
🏆 CHAMPION LTD AMATEUR WP STAKES

✨ GOTTA LOVE THAT (Brooke Casswell)
NSW STATE
6️⃣ Select Amateur HMS
5️⃣ AmQHA Select HMS
🥉 AmQHA All Age Trail
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION AMQHA SELECT AMATEUR TRAIL
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION AMQHA AMATEUR TRAIL

✨ SHEZ MADE TO CODE (Julie Coen)
NSW STATE
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION SR HORSE WP
🥈 RESERVE CHAMPION SELECT AMATEUR WP

NPHA
🥈 Sr WP
🥇🥇 Select Amateur WP
🏆 CHAMPION SELECT AMATEUR WP STAKES
🏆 CHAMPION SR HORSE WP STAKES

✨ DONT DOUBT EDDIE (Keryle Devlin)
NSW STATE
4️⃣ Select Amateur SMS

NPHA
🥈 Walk Trot HUS
🥇 Select Amateur HUS

A massive thank you to the committee, show staff, judges and volunteers who put in countless hours to make both shows happen 👏

Thank you to our vets and farriers who keep these horses feeling their best and able to perform at this level 🔧🐴

To our fellow competitors — thank you for the sportsmanship, encouragement and competition. This industry is built on passionate people and good horses.

Huge compliments to our “chefs” in the barn 🍳 — Julian, Jason, Michelle, Donna, Sharna, Davey, Leroy & Keryle! Safe to say no one went hungry over the last two weeks!

Thank you to our amazing customers and clients for trusting us with your horses and goals. We never take that support for granted 🙏

None of this would be possible without our girl Tirra! Even when we tell her to have a sleep in, we will arrive at the barn at 4am and there will be 4 horses saddled and lunged ready to ride, she really is something else!

So grateful also to Adam Stasch taking care of everything we have to leave home while we’re on the road.

And finally to the horses themselves… they owe us absolutely nothing. They gave us everything for almost 2 weeks straight and we are incredibly proud of every single one of them.

24/04/2026

Today we pause to honour the courage, sacrifice and mateship of the men and women who have served our country.

On Anzac Day we remember those who landed on distant shores, those who never came home, and all who carried the weight of service long after the battles ended.

Their bravery built the freedoms we often take for granted, and their spirit lives on in every generation of Australians who value loyalty, resilience and looking after one another.

Lest we forget

16/04/2026

10 National Champions 2026!

It’s so important that the horses we breed get into the best hands to bring out their full potential!

So proud of them all

ONLY EYES FOR YOU (Smoochin x Only Blue Couture)

WANNA MAKE OUT (Smoochin x Only Blue Couture) Tiffany Walter

YOURE GOOD IM BETTER (Good Better Best x Only Blue Couture) Hayley Cove Taj Carson

VS HEARTBEAT (VS Code Red x Shall We Dance) Caitlyn Lacey

EYES OPEN IM LOPIN (Smoochin x Shez Hot Stuff) Blayze Williams

09/04/2026

✨🏆 Q26 AQHA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW WRAP UP 🏆✨

What a show. Great atmosphere, perfect weather, great people and even better horses. This one will stick with us for a long time.

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🌟🐴 PUT A RING ON IT
Owned by The Beard Family
🥇 National Champion 3YO Western Pleasure

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🌟🐴 ONLY EYES FOR YOU
Owned by Kane & Holly
🥇 National Champion 3YO Hunter Under Saddle

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🌟🐴 SOMETHIN WORTH WAITEN FOR
Owned by Lynette Fry
🥇 National Champion Performance Halter Mare
🥇 National Champion AmQHA Performance Halter Mare
🥈 Res. National Champion Amateur Jr Horse Trail
🏅 5th AmQHA Amateur Trail
🏅 4th Amateur Jr Horse Western Pleasure

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🌟🐴 HOW ABOUT A DANCE
Owned by Tirra Ewers
🥇 National Champion Youth 15–18 Western Pleasure
🥇 National Champion Youth 15–18 Horsemanship
🥉 3rd Youth 15–18 Trail
🥈 Res. National Champion Youth Performance Halter Gelding

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🌟🐴 CODE ONE
Owned by Rebecca Fatchen
🥈 Res. National Champion Junior Horse Hunter Under Saddle
🏅 5th Amateur Junior Horse Trail

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🌟🐴 VS DRESS CODE
Owned by Troy & Julie Cook
🥈 Res. National Champion Novice Horse Trail
🏅 5th Novice Horse Western Pleasure

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🌟🐴 LAST OF THE CLASSICS
Owned by Donna Grech
🥇 National Champion Select Amateur Western Pleasure
🥇 National Champion AmQHA Select Western Pleasure
🥈 Res. National Champion AmQHA All Age Western Pleasure

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🌟🐴 HOLEY COW BATTMAN
Owned by Donna Grech
🥇 National Champion AmQHA All Age Western Pleasure
🥈 Res. National Champion Amateur Junior Horse Western Pleasure

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🌟🐴 HARD TO FORGET
Owned by Simone Inns
🥇 National Champion Novice Youth Horsemanship – Addison Neal
🥇 National Champion Novice Youth Western Pleasure – Addison Neal
🥈 Res. National Champion Novice Youth Hunter Under Saddle – Addison Neal
🥈 Res. National Champion Novice Youth Huntseat Equitation – Addison Neal

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🌟🐴 DOUBTFUL DAX
Owned by Cassandra Huyshe
🥉 3rd Novice Horse Hunter Under Saddle

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🌟🐴 VS PAWSITIVELY A RED CODE
Owned by The Beard Family
🥇 National Champion Senior Horse Hunter Under Saddle
🥉 3rd Amateur Senior Horse Hunter Under Saddle
🏅 5th Amateur Western Horsemanship

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🌟🐴 CVS HOOS PRICELESS
Owned by Brooke Newton
🥈 Res. National Champion AmQHA Amateur Hunter Under Saddle
🥉 3rd AmQHA All Age Hunter Under Saddle

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🌟🐴 SMOOTH TALKIN
Owned by Barb Philpot
🥈 Res. National Champion Novice Horse Western Pleasure

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🌟🐴 SHEZ MADE TO CODE
Owned by Julie Coen
🥈 Res. National Champion Select Amateur Western Pleasure
🥉 3rd Senior Horse Western Pleasure

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🌟🐴 DONT DOUBT EDDIE
Owned by Keryle Devlin
🥈 Res. National Champion Select Amateur Hunter Under Saddle
🏅 5th Senior Horse Trail

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🌟🐴 HOW ABOUT ME
Owned by Chloe Rivett
🥈 Res. National Champion Amateur Horsemanship
🏅 6th Amateur Senior Horse Western Pleasure

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🌟🐴 GOTTA LOVE THAT
Owned by Brooke Casswell
🏅 5th AmQHA Select Amateur Trail
🏅 5th AmQHA Select Amateur Horsemanship

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🌟🐴 BAYYONCE
Owned by The Beard Family
🥇 National Champion Senior Horse Western Pleasure
🥈 Res. National Champion Amateur Senior Horse Western Pleasure

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🌟🐴 GJC HUNTIN FOR DREAMS
Owned by Stacey Thomas
🥈 Res. National Champion Amateur Western Dressage
🥉 3rd Hack 14hh–15hh
🥈 Res. National Champion Amateur Hack

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🌟🐴 SOUTHERN WHISPERS
Owned by Dani Eisle
🥇 National Champion Amateur Senior Horse Western Pleasure
🥇 National Champion AmQHA Amateur Western Pleasure

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🙏 THANK YOU

Huge thank you to AQHA, all sponsors, judges, show staff and our incredible customers for trusting us with your horses.

Most importantly — the horses. Their effort, consistency and heart is what makes all of this possible.

🍽️ Massive appreciation to Garret, Sharna, Davey Leroy, Jason, Michelle & Julian for keeping the team fed with restaurant quality meals all week and Keryle for her delicious baking! It does not go unnoticed.

🩺 To our vets and farriers — thank you for keeping our horses happy, healthy and feeling their best.

💪 A very special thank you to Tirra Ewers — early mornings, late nights, and everything in between. We appreciate it more than words can say.

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🙌 Great horses. Great people. Great show.
Already looking forward to the next one.

Taking this number of horses down the road is no walk in the park, it is a huge effort and is only possible with the help of so many people. Juleigh Rea and Greg Courtney a godsend taking care of everything that we have to leave behind!

Australian Quarter Horse Association
WestVETS Equine Hospital
McGarry Equine Veterinary Services Pty Ltd [0437 411 928]
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01/04/2026

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27/03/2026

~ Soon to be making her debut ~

👀‘Only Eyes For You’ 👀

To be presented in the 3yo Hunter Under Saddle with Holly.

‘Vannah’ is the last foal we had born out of World and Congress Champion mare ‘Only Blue Couture’ before returning to the USA!

📷 Tania Hobbs
Holly Skopp
Kane Skopp
Carolyn Johnson
Tirra Ewers
Chloe Rivett
Smoochin
WestVETS Equine Hospital
Australian Quarter Horse Association