Some very special auctions are being featured during the A Sudden Impulse AQHA Show and Futurity at the Word Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida on Friday, April 30.

In a live auction, to start immediately following the trailer giveaway and just prior to the finals of 3-Year-Old Maiden Limited Open Hunter Under Saddle class, in the Grand Arena, a Harris show saddle, custom-designed for the late Susan Scott, a leading American Quarter Horse Association and National Snaffle Bit Association competitor for many years, will be up for grabs. Proceeds from the sale of the saddle will be used to offset the establishment of the Susan Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund which seeks to provide educational opportunities to the next generation by rewarding community service, academics and achievement in NSBA Youth. The charitable trust, which will be administered through the NSBA Foundation, was formed with the help of Susan’s daughter, Nancy Wilkerson Ditty to preserve her mother’s legacy and inspire youth to live out the ideals that her mother held dear.

Next will be the auction of several items, the proceeds of which will benefit NSBA Quarter Million Dollar rider Trisha Yamber, wife of the late Carl Yamber, of Roberta, Georgia, who passed away in January. Carl and Trisha established CT Quarter Horses in Roberta, Georgia, a training facility that Trisha continues to operate today.

The first of these items to be auctioned is CJ, a standard male black tri Australian Shepherd, bred, raised and donated by Allison Clark McDonald, who trained with Trisha, and her husband, Kevan.

Next, a total of 23 training and show bits, many of which Carl used as he won multiple AQHA World and Congress Championships will be sold to the highest bidder.

“We wanted to offer others the opportunity to own and use some of the equipment Carl used in his training operation,” Trisha said.

Also up for grabs will be a full-page, full-color, premium position advertisement in both the print and digital editions of InStride Edition Magazine.

And finally, 2022 breedings to six AQHA Western Pleasure stallions will round out the live bidding. They include: 

• Machine Made, a million-dollar sire with get earnings of over $1,015,000 that Carl Yamber trained and showed, donated by owners Dr. Candice Hall and Dr. Cory Seebach.

• Extremely Hot Chips, a multiple NSBA World Champion whose foals have earned over 11,900 AQHA points and recorded over $614,000 in NSBA earnings, bred and raised by Carl and donated by owner Terry Bradshaw Quarter Horses.

• Gone Viral, multiple Congress Champion and AQHA Green Western Pleasure Champion, donated by owner Kari Craft.

• Surely Im Good, a 2003 bay AQHA Superior Western Pleasure stallion by Zippos Mr Good Bar out of Miss Surely Bars and a custom video, donated by Heather Pelon. 

• The Best Principles, a 2017 AQHA/APHA sorrel stallion, sired by RL Best Of Sudden out of AQHA and NSBA leading dam Graceful Principles, donated by owner Jane Backes.

• Required Invitation, AQHA/APHA stallion by Invitation Only and out of Sonny Hawkette, a multiple World and Congress Champion sire, donated by Jennifer Benfante.

In addition to the items being sold in the live auction, several hackamore and sets used by Carl in his training and show operation are being offered in a silent auction now in progress and continuing through the conclusion of the live auction. All items are now on display in the Grand Arena.

All bidding in the fundraiser, organized by Ohio trainers Brian and Dawn Baker, will be live at the show but anyone not in attendance who would like to bid is encouraged to contact someone present to place their bids. Cash and check payments are preferred and due by 7 p.m.. All proceeds from the sale go directly to Trisha Yamber.