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veterans of the NRCHA, with all the ingredients: talent, training and years of experience. The CD Survivor Memorial Bridle Spectacular, named in honor of the late stallion owned by NRCHA sponsor Holy Cow Performance Horses, is a $50,000-added contest that never fails to thrill spectators, year after year. The 2017 edition of the CD Survivor Memorial Bridle Spectacular, held in conjunction with the NRCHA Derby in Paso Robles, California, drew 16 elite equines. With just a single go-round of herd work, 42 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2017 | REINED COW HORSE NEWS
rein work and fence work determining the champion, every score counted. As it often does in reined cow horse competition, the outcome all came down to the final event, the fence work, where a phenomenal 227 score elevated Brother Jackson (Peptoboonsmal x Shes Icing Onthe Cat x High Brow Cat), shown by NRCHA Hall of Fame horseman Ken Wold, of Wilton, California, to the win. Brother Jackson scored a total 661.5 (220 herd/214.5 rein/227 cow), earning $23,400.
Brother Jackson slides to a stop as part of his winning performance in Paso Robles.
The veteran horseman, who joined the NRCHA Hall of Fame in 2008, said the 227 fence score represented one of the biggest highlights of his long career. “I’ve been doing the fence work ever since I was 20 years old, and I’m 70 now, and always dreamed of having that run—and I had it. That’s all I can say. It was really special,” Wold said. “I didn’t