////////// Former World’s Greatest Horseman Champions 1999 World’s Greatest Horseman - Ted Robinson • 865 points • Riding Katie Starlight, owned by Paula Hunsicker
2005 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Russell Dilday • 580.5 points • Riding Miss Plain Plain, owned by Scott and Darnell Trueblood
1999 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Mike Miller • 860 points • Riding Cowboys Welcome Star, owned by Miller Land & Cattle and (tie) Jon Roeser • 860 points • Riding Chex Out This Remedy, owned by UCR Partners
2006 World’s Greatest Horseman - Andy Adams • 871.5 points • Riding Just Plain Cat, owned by Robert J. Smith III
2000 World’s Greatest Horseman - Bob Avila • 871 points •
2006 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Robbie Boyce • 864 points • Riding PG Dry Fire, owned by John Haynes
Riding Paid By Chic, owned by Jim Dunn & Jim Babcock
2000 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Ken Wold • 864 points • Riding Colonel Doc Bar Chex, owned by Atwood Quarter Horses Note: Change in point totals from 2001 - 2005 reflects change to three-judge system.
2001 World’s Greatest Horseman - Ted Robinson • 594.5 points • Riding Katie Starlight, owned by Paula Hunsicker
2001 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Anne Reynolds • 589 points • Riding Magical Lena, owned by Joyce Pearson
2003 World’s Greatest Horseman - Ron Ralls • 593 points •
2007 World’s Greatest Horseman - Bob Avila • 870.5 points • Riding Light N Fine, owned by Alan and Kay Needle 2007 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Shawn Hays • 870 points • Riding Shine Smartly, owned by Tammy Hays and Walter Greeman
2012 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Shawn Hays • 875.5 points • Riding Smart Chic Aloha, owned by Labourdette Ranch LLC
• Riding Topsails Rien Maker, owned by Kevin Cantrelle and Russell Dilday
2013 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Boyd Rice • 870.5 points • Riding Oh Cay N Short, owned by Boyd Rice
2008 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Robbie Schroeder
2014 World’s Greatest Horseman - Boyd Rice • 877.5 points • Riding Oh Cay N Short, owned by Boyd Rice
2003 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Todd Bergen • 589
2009 World’s Greatest Horseman - Russell Dilday • 884 points
points • Riding Nic It In The Bud, owned by Arcese Enterprises and Eric Storey
• Riding Topsails Rien Maker, owned by Kevin Cantrelle and Russell Dilday
2004 World’s Greatest Horseman - Ron Ralls • 582.5 points • Riding A Chic In Time, owned by Sharon Babcock’s Broken B Ranch
2009 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Bob Avila • 883.5 points • Riding Chics Magic Potion, owned by Kenneth Banks
2004 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Russell Dilday •
2010 World’s Greatest Horseman - Randy Paul • 875.5 points • Riding Smokeelan, owned by Jill Smiekel-George 2010 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Doug Williamson • 873.5 points • Riding Hes Wright On, owned by Gardiner Quarter Horses Stephanie Duquette
Stephanie Duquette
Jake Gorrell celebrates after making the high scoring fence work of last year’s prelims, a 228, to earn a place in the World’s Greatest Horseman finals on Smooth N Cash.
2012 World’s Greatest Horseman - Ron Emmons • 885.5 points • Riding Olena Oak, owned by Mel Smith and Nichole Scott
2013 World’s Greatest Horseman - Ron Emmons • 874 points • Riding Olena Oak, owned by Nichole Scott and LaDona Emmons
• 862.5 points • Riding Shine By The Bay, owned by Rhodes River Ranch
2005 World’s Greatest Horseman - Jon Roeser • 584 points • Riding Very Smart Remedy, owned by Anne Reynolds
2011 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Ron Emmons • 874 points • Riding Olena Oak, owned by Mel Smith and Nichole Scott
2008 World’s Greatest Horseman - Russell Dilday • 867 points
Riding Cowgirls Are Smart, owned by Jim Babcock & George Heckman
578 points • Riding Miss Plain Plain, owned by Scott & Darnell Trueblood
2011 World’s Greatest Horseman - Russell Dilday • 874.5 points • Riding Topsails Rien Maker, owned by Kevin Cantrelle and Russell Dilday
Jake Telford and Hes Shinettes CD won the 2016 World’s Greatest Horseman rein work prelims with a 224.
2014 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Bobby Lewis • 877 points • Riding Dual Spark, owned by Bobby Lewis 2015 World’s Greatest Horseman - Corey Cushing • 889 points • Riding PRF Spoonful Of Gold, owned by Cathy Corrigan Frank 2015 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman – Phillip Ralls • 886 points • Riding Dom Dualuise, owned by Christian Larson 2016 World’s Greatest Horseman - Clayton Edsall • 883 points • Riding Skeets Oak Peppy, owned by Clayton Edsall 2016 Reserve World’s Greatest Horseman - Phillip Ralls • 882 points • Riding Dom Dualuise, owned by Christian Larson
Each entry ponies up $2,500 to compete and must do so using the same NRCHA showlegal bridle through each of the four phases of competition. In the first three years of its inception, the World’s Greatest Horseman was held in Guthrie, Oklahoma, at the Lazy E Arena. The event, which was not offered in 2002, was revived in 2003 when it was held in Amarillo, Texas. From 2005 to 2013, the World’s Greatest took place in San Angelo, Texas, before moving with the Celebration of Champions to Fort Worth in 2014. Reined Cow Horse News | January/February 2017
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