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TWO CANADIAN BREEDERS TOP CONSIGNORS AT 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SALE The prestigious 2008 World Championship Sale was managed by Professional Auction Service, Inc., and held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from November 15-16, 2008. The Canadian Quarter Horse Association (CQHA) is proud to recognize and heartily congratulates the following Canadian breeders who consigned the overall high selling horse; and the overall second high selling horse. The auction service’s official results report the 2008 total sale prices at $1,331,300, averaging $4,755. on 280 lots sold. (All prices are quoted in US currency). Topping the entire sale at $42,500.00 was high selling horse, TheWayTheWestWasOne, sired by One Hot Krymsun, and out of Rolls Radicalle, by Radical Rodder. The 2007 brown stallion was bred by J. Jane Cryderman-Ely, WayWest Performance Horses of Goderich, ON. The proud new owner is Dana Wilson of Ball Ground, GA. TheWayTheWestWasOne, AQHA #4954008 (Photos courtesy of Jane Cryderman Ely – photographer: Rae Wilkins, St. Thomas, ON) To view a video of this horse visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZMqXa9zumY Randy and Pam Wilson of Ball Ground, GA were determined to buy TheWayTheWestWasOne, after seeing his You-Tube video, and secured the successful bid over the telephone on sale day. The Wilson family purchased the stallion based on his pedigree, conformation and quality of movement, for their daughter Dana, who is a 2007 AQHYA World Champion exhibitor in yearling halter geldings. Dana is graduating from youth competition to the Amateur division in 2009. The Wilson family members are internationally well-respected professional horsemen, own and operate Randy Wilson Quarter Horses, and Randy is an accredited AQHA & National Snaffle Bit Association judge. TheWayTheWestWasOne has already started proving the price tag was justified. He loped into the record books at his very first horse show, with dual Reserve Championships in both the Non-Pro and Open Longe Line classes at the Just For Pleasure Futurity held in Perry, GA in December, 2008. WayWest Performance Horses, owned and operated by Jane Cryderman-Ely and Harry Ely, are no strangers to success at the prestigious World Championship Show Sales. At the 2004 sale, their yearling, blue roan mare, GoodGirlzGoEveryWere, sired by Zippos Mr Goodbar, and out of Sheza Zebra by Highline Pepper, was the high selling yearling, bringing $29,000. And at the 2003 sale, their bay yearling mare, Rolls Her Assets, sired by Protect Your Assets, out of Rolls Radicalle (the dam of TheWayTheWestWasOne), was the high selling yearling, which sold for $29,000. This is a remarkable achievement when you consider that these breeders only raise two or three foals per year on a forty acre farm. They work with a herd of approximately eight animals – a very small sample relative to the level of consistent quality. Jane has been a successful horsewoman for thirty-five years, beginning in Alberta, later moving to Ontario. Her stock has won at major shows and futurities for decades and has been exported to Europe and Australia as breeding animals. Jane and Harry’s focus is on premium broodmares, all of which are four to five generations of WayWest careful selection. Jane and Harry can be reached at 519-524-4076 or waywest@sympatico.ca The second high selling horses (all ages) at the 2008 World Championship sale, brought $25,500 (tie).  The Canadian-bred second high seller, Always Aboutthemoney, is sired by Frosty The Goodbar, out of Invest In Pretense, by Hot Pretense. The 2007 red roan mare was bred by Bob & Faith Olyarnyk, Band F Quarter Horses of Brandon, MB. The proud new owners are Chris and Christy Lenhart, Chris Lenhart Show Horses of Armada, MI. Always Aboutthemoney, AQHA #5034984 (Photographer: Brent Walters, Thamesford, ON) To view a video of this horse visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYOkI9grkjQ Chris Lenhart has been a professional horse trainer for over 20 years, with approximately 15 All American Quarter Horse Congress Champions, and two or three Paint World Champions. Lenhart said, “We bought Always Aboutthemoney after seeing her You-Tube video. We asked a friend to bid on her for us at the sale because she was the best mover that we had seen all year. When we got her home from the sale, we were just ecstatic because she’s everything we hoped she’d be, pretty, talented, and a really nice filly to have around. I was able to ride her the first time I saddled her because she’s so quiet. She’s a project horse, for my wife and I to show. We plan to get her ready for the 2009 Congress in two-year-old western pleasure.” Band F Quarter Horses, owned and operated by Bob and Faith Olyarnyk have been breeding and showing Quarter Horses for about 20 years. As well as competing themselves, Bob coach amateurs and youth at shows throughout western Canada. He said, “We only raise about three or four foals a year, but we always breed to the best we can afford. Although we’ve attended the AQHA World Show sales for six or seven years as spectators, this was the first year (2008) that we thought we had one good enough to consign. We believed she was pretty and talented enough to offer her at this level and we were gratified by all the attention she got from prospective buyers from around the world. We are very pleased that Always Aboutthemoney was purchased by a professional horseman, who will be able to show this filly to her full potential.”  The Olyarnyk’s can be reached at 204-725-4770 or via their website: www.goodgoodmister.com The mandate of the CQHA, a national affiliate of the AQHA, is to address issues of concern to Canadian owners of American Quarter Horses; to be a communications vehicle for and with Canadian owners of American Quarter Horses; and to promote and market, both globally and within Canada, Canadian-bred and/or Canadian-owned American Quarter Horses. For more information, please visit the CQHA website at: www.cqha.ca