AMERICANA 2025 Press Release 06.09.2025

September 06, 2025

NRHA Bronze Trophy Non Pro Go round:
Georgia Wilk and Julia Gaupmann-Lechner leading

Twenty-two horse-rider combinations competed against each other in the NRHA Bronze Trophy Non Pro go-round. The top 10 advanced to the final. Georgia Wilk with her 8-year-old Pretty Whiz Chic (Winnie the Boo x Rey Nic Chic) and Julia Gaupmann-Lechner (AUT) with Tinseltownsmokingun (Colonels Smoking Gun x Miss Tinseltown) took the lead, both scoring 216.5. Third place went to Adrienne Speidel (SUI) on Wimpysshortstride BB with a score of 215.5.

Georgia Wilk and her mare, which she got as a three-year-old, came third in the NRHA Breeders Derby 2025 in the Non Pro L4, among other achievements. Julia Gaupmann-Lechner and her 15-year-old stallion have been a successful team for years, winning the NRHA Intermediate Open at AMERICANA 2019 and the Austrian Maturity Non Pro L3 and L4.

 

NRHA Intermediate Non Pro Champion:

Julia Gaupmann-Lechner  & Tinseltownsmokingun

Julia Gaupmann-Lechner (AUT) won the NRHA Intermediate Non Pro with a score of 216.5 riding Tinseltownsmokingun (Colonels Smoking Gun x Miss Tinseltown). The 15-year-old stallion performed incredibly well at this AMERICANA and completed his NRHA LTE 100,000. Ridden by Klaus Lechner, he won the NRHA Open Bronze Trophy after leading the go-round and is also at the top of the Non Pro go-round.

Madlene Bodmer and Coe Cashmachine were reserve champions in the Intermediate Non Pro with a score of 214.5, followed by Maria-Theresa Ottilinger and Gunnermakemyday (213).


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