a warm welcome to our judges joe carter, usa aqha / ncha / nrcha / nrha / nsba professional horseman, trainer, farrier, judge and clinician, joe carter, has been in the horse business for over 45 years and has been judging for more than 35 years, with hopes of having an impact on the horse industry. joe‘s judging and clinician credits include numerous breed shows, world shows and futurities in the united states and 20+ other countries around the world. he holds judging credentials with ahcc, apha, aphc, aqha, fei, ncha, nrcha, nrha, nsba, phba, and ptha. as an exhibitor, carter campaigned 16 aqha champions, including two aqha supreme champions. he is currently an aqha director, is past chairman of the aqha judge‘s committee and was honored as aqha‘s professional horseman of the year in 2008. joe and his wife, pat, own and operate carter‘s training centre in st.george, ontario, canada. gayle lampinen, usa aqha / apha / nsba my name is gayle lampinen. i live on a 40 acre farm with my husband paul, two australian shepherds, 2 barn cats, and of course not without american quarter horses in chassell, michigan. i have been showing and training quarter horses for the all around events since the 1980‘s. i obtained my aqha judges card in 2004 along with my category 1 nsba judges card in 2005 followed by my apha judges card. i‘ve had the privilege to judge not only in the united states but canada, australia and sweden. it is a privilege and honor to be given the opportunity to judge the european championship. ricky bordignon, italy aqha / ncha / nrha / nsba / nrcha ricky bordignon has been showing quarter horses vor many years and has succeeded in a great variety of events such as european champion in western pleasure, working cowhorse, cutting and reining. during the festival of champions gladstone usa he obtained the bronze medal as part of the team italy. he also was two times futurity ltd. open champion. in 2017 he was euro futurity finalist levels 2 and 3. he is an aqha professional horseman and aqha director. 8