Cecilia Hylton

When the judges’ selections are tallied the winner will walk away with a check for $30,200. The highest placing Intermediate Rider will take home a bonus of $6,000 and the highest placing Limited Rider will pocket an additional $4,000.

The Hyton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure event, now in its sixth year, is made possible by the generous financial support of Cecilia Hylton, of Hylton Quarter Horses in Gainesville, Virginia.

“We at Hylton Quarter Horses are pleased to continue to be one of the highest paying futurity events in the country,” says Lucas Cash, head trainer at Hylton Quarter Horses. “Cecilia keeps the Hylton Maiden going to give 3-year-old and over maiden horses a premier class to show in for a lot of money, at a premier event like the Virginia Classic. It was the highest paying futurity class in 2015 and should be in 2016.”

Taft Dickerson won last year’s class aboard Made By J (Machine Made x Dark Jasmine) and he returns this year to compete, this year on a 2013 bay mare by Extremely Hot Chips out of Good Southern Belle, owned by Stephanie Redus.

Steve Heckaman traveled from Texas to compete aboard Money Making Machine, a 2010 bay stallion by A Good Machine out of Potential Elegance. He last competed in the Hylton Maiden in 2011.

“It’s the largest added money event in our industry with a payout that is one of the best, if not the best of all year,” he said. “It offers real incentive to hold a nice horse back, train him properly at his own rate then come and compete against other nice horses that have followed the same timeline.”

The class is scheduled to get under way at 6 p.m. and InStride Edition will bring you results live from the arena.

Entries include;

Its Certain Im Good (It’s a Zippo Good Bar x A Certain Invitation), 2012 sorrel gelding owned by Russ Trembelay, shown by Will Burris.

Opportunity Nocks (A Hot Time In Town x A Good Opportunity), 2014 sorrel stallion, owned by Mary Iris Webre, shown by E.H. Pait Jr.

Nites In White (Nite Moves x Dark Jasmine), 2013 sorrel gelding, owned by Susan Ostrander, shown by Steven Reams.

Hes Lazy No Doubt (No Doubt Im Lazy x Petite Seductress), 2013 bay gelding, owned by Tanna Petersak.

Heartbroken (VS Code Red x Always At The Bar), 2013 bay gelding, owned by Codi Tanner, shown by Tate Oakley.

Lois Figered It Out (Charlie Hilfiger x Zips Smooth Sally), 2012 sorrel mare, owned by Len Robare, shown by Katy Jo Zuidema.

Money Making Machine (A Good Machine x Potential Elegance), 2010 bay stallion, owned and shown by Steve Heckaman.

The Born Legacy (Good I Will Be x Pretty Hot And Sonny) 2013 bay stallion, owned by Chavez Enterprises LLC, shown by Maggie Grandquist.

Is It My Turn Yet One Hot Krymsun x Hot Lopin Louise), 2013 bay mare, owned by Cathy Starnes, shown by Kristy Starnes.

Icandie (RL Best Of Sudden x Miss Vested Country), 2013 brown mare, owned by Peter J. Cofrancesco, shown by Jim Chaffin.

Extremely Hot Diva (Extremely Hot Chips x Good Southern Belle), 2013 bay mare, owned by Stephanie Redus, shown by Taft Dickerson.

Hot Blazin Rodder (Radical Rodder x Hot Blazin Angel), 2013 bay gelding, owned by Johnny Tart, shown by Joy Wheeler.

Lazy For Sure (Lazy Loper x Hot Blazin Angel), 2013 bay stallion, owned by Johnny Tart, shown by Justin Wheeler.

Vital Signs R Stable (Good I Will Be x Vital Signs Are Good), 2012 sorrel mare, owned by Cathy Corrigan Frank, shown by Shane Pope.

Hot N Awsum (Hotroddin Zippo x Just As Awesome), 2013 bay mare, owned by Jerry Robertson, shown by Josh Robertson.

My Chips Are Hot (Extremely Hot Chips x Ima Godiva Chex), 2013 bay stallion, owned by Richard and Debra Donnelly, shown by Erin Lieurance.

Estimated payouts are:

1^st – $30,200

2^nd – $10,556

3^rd – $7,714

4^th – $5,278

5^th – $4,060

6^th – 3,654

7^th – $3,248

8^th – $2,436

9^th – $2,030

10^th – $1,624