Page 20 - AABT Results Magazine 2020

IPHS Report

From the IPHS President;

The Independent Pinto Horse Society Inc undertook the major task of providing the Australian
All Breeds Tour and Na�onal Show (AABT) to the Australian equestrian community for 2020.

We were most fortunate that the AABT 2020 Judge, the esteemed interna�onal FN breed judge,
Mr Frank Weißkirchen was s�ll prepared to proceed despite the early beginnings of Corona
Virus situa�on which at the �me had not impacted Australia.

The 2020 Australian All Breeds Tour and Na�onal Show offered par�cipants the opportunity to
have their horses and ponies scored to an interna�onal standard by a classifier who has judged
some of the very best horses in Europe. By having the same Judge view and score each entry in

every state across the country ensures transparency and most importantly, consistency
na�onally.

The Tour commenced in late February and con�nued through most of March. Frank and our
extremely experienced Tour organizer Tanya Hosford traveled through Western Australia, South
Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales where they were well received at all venues and by
all par�cipants. Unfortunately the Corona Virus pandemic was escala�ng daily and by the �me
they arrived in Victoria we had no op�on but to cut the tour short and get Frank onto a flight

back home while we s�ll could. It was with great disappointment that we were unable to a�end
the Victorian venues and meet the par�cipants.

Any breed group or registry as well as any individual who wanted to have their horse or pony
scored by an Interna�onal Judge within Australia and to par�cipate in a Na�onal Show was
welcome to enter the Tour. The AABT received a wide variety of entries with breeds including
Warmblood, Trakehner, Paint, Drum Horse, Quarter Pony, Miniature and Australian Sports Pony
as well as registered Pintos, Pintaloosas and Founda�on Pintos.

The 2020 AABT event saw some excep�onal scores being received by the outstanding number of
quality entries, with Frank awarding the AABT ‘Elite’ sash for a score over 80% to a large number
of recipients. AABT also issued par�cipants with ‘Premium’ or ‘Silver’ sashes according to the
scores they received.

The scores assessment comments each entry received from Mr. Weißkirchen provides owners
and breeders with valuable feedback from a very experienced assessor which can be used for

quality control in breeding programs and to help achieve your breeding goals as well as
providing an indica�on of the suitability of the horse for performance and future breeding
purposes.