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The Gordon Crone Special Achievement Award
ROSS BRIGDEN
Gordon Crone Special Achievement winner Ross Brigden is a long-time supporter of racing. An AQHA director-at-large and a member of the AQHA Racing Council, he has twice been the Alberta Quarter Horse Racing Association’s president. During his
career as a trainer, Brigden saddled graded stakes winners Katies Sign and A Special Martini and trained the earners of nearly $1 million. He has bred the earners of nearly $500,000, including stakes winners Snoboat and Princess Of Zoom.
John Andreini Special Recognition Award
BUTCH WISE
Courtesy AQHA
Courtesy AQHA
PREVIOUS GORDON CRONE
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS
2020 - Matt Vance
2019 –Dr. Leonard Blach
2018–C. Dwayne “Sleepy” Gilbreath 2017–Scott Wells & Paul Blanchard 2016–Dr. Steve Burns
2015–Johnny Trotter
2014–Will Fisch
2013–Matt Witman
2012–Tom Lepic
2011–Leverne Perry
2010–Dr. Steve Fisch
2009–Paul C. Jones
2008–John Andreini
2007–Dee Raper
2006–Russell Harris
2005–Jerry Windham
2004–Duayne Didericksen
2003–R.D. Hubbard
2002–Edward Allred, Jim Helzer & Ben Hudson 2001–Joe B. Turner, Jr.
2000–Frank “Scoop” Vessels III 1999–John Bassett
1998–Jack Brooks
1997–Blane Schvaneveldt 1996–Edward C. Allred 1995–Joe Kirk Fulton 1994–Spencer Childers
PREVIOUS AQHA RACING COUNCIL SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD WINNERS:
2020 - Dr. Charles Graham
2019 –Ed Burgart
2018 –Mauro Eli Zaborowsky 2017–Laura Joiner & Mindy McArthur 2016–Denny Ekins & Russell Harris 2015–Heritage Place
2014–Keith Babb
2013–Joann Adams
2012–Ben Hudson
2011–Dr. Glenn Blodgett 2010–Spencer Childers 2009–Oklahoma QHRA 2008–Jerry Windham 2007–Butch Wise
2006–Dutch Masters III 2005–Frank “Scoop” Vessels III
2004–John T.L. Jones
2003–Robert Gentry
2002–Jay Pumphrey
2001–Mrs. Anne B. Windfohr Marion 2000–Walter Merrick
1999–Henry E. Brown 1998–Blane Schvaneveldt 1997–James Barton 1996–Taylor Powell
1995–James E. Helzer 1994–Lloyd Shelhamer 1993–Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. 1992–Vessels Stallion Farm LLC 1991–Edward C. Allred 1990–Ralph W. Shebester 1989–R.D. Hubbard
The respected horseman Butch Wise
is honored with the John Andreini Special Recognition Award, which is given to an individual who profoundly benefits the Quarter Horse racing industry. Wise served
as the 2020-2021 AQHA president to cap off five years on the AQHA Executive Committee. He was a longtime AQHA director and has served on a number of committees. Wise is also a past president of the Oklahoma Quarter
Horse Association and has been inducted into the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and the Remington Park Hall of Fame. He is currently the manager of the Lazy E Ranch LLC in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
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