Katy Griffith

Layton, Utah

2006

Youth World Grand Champion Versatility

The 2006 winner of the Youth World Grand Champion Versatility Award is Katy Griffith, from Layton, UT. In September, Katy and her 12-year old gelding, Fox’s Power Play (“Major”), competed at the Missouri Foxtrotting Horse Breed Association’s week-long Show and Celebration in Ava, Missouri.  They won first place in Youth Western Pleasure, Youth English Pleasure, and Youth Western Horsemanship; 2^nd place in Youth reining and Youth Trail; 3^rd place in Amateur Hunter Hack (highest placing youth); 4^th place in Youth Showmanship; 5^th place in Youth Barrel Race; 6^th place in Youth Pole Bending; 7^th place in Youth Stake Race and 8^th place in Hunter Over Fences.  They were honored along with the Amateur and Open Versatility World Grand Champions at a ceremony at center ring on championship night, where they received their championship trophy and garland.

Katy and Major also won the 2006 Intermountain Versatility Circuit Youth Champion award, given to the youth horse and rider team who accumulated the most points at the intermountain circuit shows and the Ava celebration.