Northfork Boss was named the Grand Champion Running Horse, Champion 2-Year-old, Alberta Bred 2-year-old Colt/Gelding and champion Alberta Bred during the AQHRA meeting last Saturday.

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RED DEER, AB–DECEMBER 1, 2022­The Alberta Quarter Horse Racing Association (AQHRA) held its annual meeting on Saturday at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel and Conference Center in Red Deer, Alberta.

The association also honored its 2022 AQRA Racing Champions at the meeting.

Northfork Boss was named the Grand Champion Running Horse, Champion 2-Year-old, Alberta Bred 2-year-old Colt/Gelding and champion Alberta Bred.

The ownership group of AQHRA's Horse of the Year Northfork Boss accept their awards at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel and Conference Center in Red Deer, Alberta.
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Owned by Del Gehring, Buckey Stockwell, Glenn Wills and trained by Stockwell, Northfork Boss won four of eight starts including the Alberta Bred Futurity(RG3), AQHRA Sales Stakes Futurity and was third in the Canada Cup Futurity(G2) and John Deere Evergreen Park Juvenile Challenge.

He is the leading Canadian first-crop sire JD Wagon Boss from the Spanish Boot mare Northfork Babe. K. Glenn Willis is the breeder.

2022 AQHRA Award Winners:

Champion Two Year Old                        
Northfork Boss                                        
Del Gehring, Buckey Stockwell, Glenn Wills

Reserve Two Year Old                           
Noble Rearing                                         
Jerry Stojan

Champion Three Year Old                     
Top Shelf 109                                         
Buckey & Beverly Stockwell

Reserve Three Year Old                        
Bearcat Bill                                              
Barry & Janice Sather

Champion Aged                                      
Flight Club                                                
Charles Stojan

Reserve Aged                                         
Timbers Express                                     
Shirley Laczo

Grand Champion Running Horse          
Northfork Boss                                        
Del Gehring, Buckey Stockwell, Glenn Wills

Champion Alberta Bred Two Year Old Colt/Gelding                                            
Northfork Boss                                        
Del Gehring, Buckey Stockwell, Glenn Wills

Champion Alberta Bred Two Year Old Filly                                                           
Tulsa Timber                                           
Tony & Carrie Laczo

Champion Alberta Bred Three Year Old Colt/Gelding                                         
Bearcat Bill                                              
Barry & Janice Sather

Champion Alberta Bred Three Year Old Filly                                                        
Obsessed Bug                                         
Travis Reay

Champion Alberta Bred Aged Stallion/Gelding                                                    
Timbers Express                                     
Shirley Laczo

Champion Alberta Bred Aged Mare    
Movin Timber                                          
Brant & Dakota Laczo

Champion Alberta Bred                         
Northfork Boss                                        
Del Gehring, Buckey Stockwell, Glenn Wills

Reserve Alberta Bred                            
Timbers Express                                     
Shirley Laczo

Champion Distance Horse                    
Getit Foose                                              
Charles Stojan

Champion Alberta Sire                          
First Timber                                             
Wesley Oulton

Champion Trainer                                                        
William Leech

Champion Percentage Trainer                                   
Buckey Stockwell

Champion Jockey                                                         
Ricardo Moreno

Champion Owner                                                          
Charles Stojan

Champion Breeder                                                       
Wesley Oulton