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Congratulations to the High Point Winners of the 2013 GQHA Pro Am Circuit

Novice Amateur - Monica Parker / Radical Willy

Novice Youth - Cassidy Scott / The Classic Cowboy

Youth Halter - Erin Mask / GQ Image

Youth 13 and Under - Cassidy Scott / The Classic Cowboy

Youth 14-18 - Kara Kaufman / Ima Cruisen Nova

Amateur - Monica Parker / Radical Willy

Select Amateur - Janice Warford / Jet Set Invitation

Amateur Halter - Angie Watts Schmeck / GQ Image

Open Horse -  Shannon Thrower/  Invited to a Goodbar

 
Charles Robert Holbrook, 68, of Fort Payne, Alabama, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013, with his boots on doing what he loved best--riding one of his many horses.

"He stepped off his horse last night and had a heart attack, so he ultimately was doing what he loved," says close friend, Beth Johnson  Dunlap. "Charles was a good friend, a mentor, and always making me smile. I will miss him, and his jokes. I know he is going to be looking  down on all of us--ready to tell us another way to do what we are doing. I am gonna miss ya Red Rooster!"

Holbrook was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a member of the VFW. He was known for his love of horses, and was an AQHA Select Amateur Reserve World Champion in the working cow horse and a former AQHA Amateur High Point All-Around champion in the nation. His wife, Pam, shows in the halter and owns the 2012 AQHA High Point Aged Mare. Charles also loved to teach his talented granddaughter the reining.

Halter trainer Todd Grant remembers Holbrook as a character. "He was old school and very opinionated but he would do anything for anyone. He craved horse showing and he loved to tote his granddaughter around to the shows. He never met a stranger, and would also carry on like a banty rooster: strutting, causing havoc, and making everyone laugh."

Exhibitor and friend Deanna Freeland agrees, "A lot of us have so many great memories with Charles. He will be so missed. Prayers to Pam and the rest of the family."