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elcome to the December Issue of SouthWest Horse Trader. As the days near Christmas, the final shows of the year are counting down. In the Rodeo world, we are days away from the start of NFR while Futurity entries are whittling down to Finals night in the Reining and Cutting. And then home for the holidays!

What celebrations does your town celebrate this holiday season? In Lubbock, there is Candlelight at the Ranch. Candlelight at the Ranch has always been about celebrating a frontier Christmas, but four generations of volunteers in 43 years have made this event a Lubbock tradition as visitors gather for a pioneer Christmas from 6:30 to 9 p.m. December 10 and 11 at the National Ranching Heritage Center.

“We depend on about 200 community volunteers—many of them dressed in period clothing—to help create what Christmas might have been like on ranches dating from 1780 to 1950,” explained Helen DeVitt Jones Endowed Director of Education Julie Hodges.

“The holiday scenes in our historic structures will be lit as much as possible with only lanterns, fireplaces and campfires,” Hodges said, “but some of our structures were built when ranchers could access electricity. We will decorate and provide the lighting most appropriate for that structure in its time. We’ll also provide more than 5,000 luminaries to cover 1.5 miles of pathway in the historic park.”

To avoid long lines, Candlelight uses an “open range” concept that allows visitors to choose in what order they view the historic structures and what path they take through the 19-acre historic park. Pathways are wheelchair and stroller accessible.

Visitors who come on Friday night will have the added advantage of walking to the nearby Texas Tech International Cultural Center from 5:30 to 7:30 to

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The 1908 Barton House has become one of the most popular attractions for Candlelight at the Ranch visitors during four decades of celebrating a pioneer Christmas. The National Ranching Heritage Center will host the annual family-friendly event from 6:30 to 9 p.m. December 10 and 11.

participate in Weihnachtsfest, a Celebration of German Holiday Traditions. Both events are family-friendly, free and open to the public. The ICC is located at 601 Indiana Ave. within walking distance of the NRHC. Many community and campus organizations as well as musical groups will welcome guests to Candlelight at the Ranch. Visitors can purchase refreshments in the decorated 1908 Four Sixes Barn while they listen to Brazos West play Christmas music with a Texas swing. Kettle Korn will be available on the patio, and Santa Claus will be receiving visitors in the Pitchfork Pavilion. He will, however, leave promptly at 9:30 p.m.

The Rhinestone Quartet and the Lubbock High School Madrigal Choir will serenade visitors at different locations throughout the park, and Ranch Host volunteer Ken Baake will play his banjo inside the 1888 Matador Half Dugout. A Tap Snap Photo booth will be located in the main gallery of the indoor museum to provide free visitor photos.

The NRHC is located adjacent to the Texas Tech University campus at 3121 Fourth St. Candlelight at the Ranch is free to the public with a minimum suggested $5 donation per family. For more information, call (806) 742-0498 or view ranchingheritage.org. w

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The $5000 Texas Performance Stake saw Julie Benton take the blue with Nanette Flaten's Gifted during the Harvest Hunter/Jumper Show.

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Trevor Carter & MC Cowhammer took the win in the Open Derby at the Stock Horse World Show.

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NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity

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Justin Wright & Zak 34

have done twice as much work as I have to get here.”

The Other Champions Dustin Mills made the Open Finals on two of his hopefuls this year, an incredible feat for a young trainer. Aboard Jule Smart Rey (Dual Smart Rey x Soula Jule Forever x Soula Jule Star), Mills piloted to a 666.5 (H:222/R:219/C:225.5), a score that held the high composite until Justin Wright and Zak 34. When the final cow exited, Mills still stood atop the Intermediate Open and was the Reserve Open Champion.

“People told me there is nothing like being in the Open Finals and they were right. It’s pretty cool. It’s overwhelming,” said Mills.

“To have two back here in my first Open Finals, it’s pretty special.”

Owner Shawna Miller earned $100,000 for the Open Reserve and another $40,000 for the Intermediate Open win.

In reserve for the Intermediate Open was Russell Probert aboard Dan and Suzy Probert’s Getting Arround (Metallic Rebel x Dressin Up x Peptoboonsmal), bred by Beechfork Ranch. Probert rode to a 656.5 (H:217.5/R:219.5/C:219.5) to earn $20,000.

Cara Hencratt had a team of talented horses that she was excited to show at her first NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity®. She hadn’t dared to hope she would go home with as many wins as she did. In the end, she won the Level 1 Limited Open Futurity title aboard Shiney Little Rock then followed that win with a Finals night worthy of a second title, Limited Open Champion.

Bred and owned by Paula Bremel, Shiney Little Rock (That CD Rocks x Uno Smart Starlight x Smart Little Pepinic) scored a 652 (H:217/R:219/C:216) to earn $17,500 for the Limited Open win.

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The 2021 National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity® Finals on Saturday, October 23, at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, might go down as the loudest and the most intense in many years. A clear front runner didn’t emerge until the last set of cow work. When Darren Moore called out an incredible judge’s score of 226 for Zak 34 and NRCHA Million Dollar Rider Justin Wright’s fence run, it was clear who was adding Open Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion to his résumé.

“I’ve had dreams of this for as long as I can remember. It’s consumed my life to win the Snaffle Bit Futurity,” said Wright of Santa Maria, CA. “It’s emotional, but it’s just it’s everything I’ve ever dreamed of.”

Wright has been close before, taking the Open Reserve in 2018 aboard Scooter Kat. This year he had three Finalists in the field of 30 horses. The cream of that crop was “Zak”.

At the 2020 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales®, Wright saw a 2-year-old named, at that time R Tuff Diggin Louie (Woody Be Tuff x Cats Dig Lucinda x High Brow Cat), bred by Center Ranch, go through the sale pen and something had him go speak to the buyer, Melissa Fischer of Wagner, SD. “I didn’t recognize her, and I asked if she had a trainer. One thing leads to another, and he came home with us,” Wright said. “The reason that she was [at the sale] is her son had just passed away and it was kind of a reason for her to get down here and just, you know, try to get through those hard times. He raced race cars and his number was 34, and his nickname was Zak. So, when she got home, she changed his name to Zak 34.”

From that moment, Wright says that the journey to bring Zak to the Futurity had a different feeling than his past attempts.

“It was a perfect storm,” Wright said as he reflected on the Finals. He and Zak rode to a 670 (H:221/R:223/C:226) on their way to the title and $125,000.

With Melissa’s son Seth’s memory tied to the horse, the emotion of accomplishing his lifelong goal, and the exhaustion of completing the marathon that is the Futurity, Wright was overwhelmed after the win. However, he was quick to share the credit.

“We have a great team, and I couldn’t do without them. My crew and my family

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Harvest Hunter/Jumper Jef Lauwers & Hallpass

Mindy Coretz & El Copone

The Harvest Hunter/Jumper Wrap-Up A big crowd came to the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas to enjoy the Harvest horse show. The hunter rings where very busy all week. On Wednesday, the Super Series Group held their stakes. Taking the top spot in the $5000 3’/3’3” Texas Green Stake was Argento owned by Kathy Chiaf and ridden

by Jennifer Alfano. Second went to Bill McMorris ridding Cassio for Nourah Caskey and third was Ritz owned by Katie McDonnell and ridden by Matt Cyphert.

The $5000 Texas Performance Stake saw Julie Benton take the blue with Nanette Flaten’s Gifted. Second went to Jordan Gilchrist ridding her Cariage and third was Like Always ridden by Jef Lauwers for Jana Rodes.

Thursday was USHJA Regional Green Championship Day and the $20,000 3’/3’3” Championship saw Bill McMorris ride Nourah Caskey’s Cassio to the Championship with Hands Up and Jef Lauwers riding for Jana Rodes taking the reserve.

In the $7500 USHJA 3’6”/3’9” Green Regional Championship Nada Wise rode Stevie Ray for Samantha Brown to the tri color ribbon while reserve honors went home with CR Cresus Es ridden by Julie Cleveland Beam and Jamie Crandell & Mozart's Symphony

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Friday was Derby Day in the big Mega ring and Kenny Krome designed a nice Hunt and Go Format course. The $10,000 USHJA International Derby saw Jef Lauwers lead the victory gallop on Sue Copeland’s Hallpass.

Second went to Carige and Jordan Gilchrist and third was Long Game and Ilana Halpern riding for Peggy Towers.

In the $2500 USHJA National Derby, Jennifer Alfano galloped away on top with Enzo W for Vandervail, Ltd. Second was Sambha owned and ridden by Arrell Young and third was Camiros owned by Britt McCormick and ridden by Edie Murawski.

The Saturday feature event was the South Haven Farm Non Pro Haunted Derby with great costumes from the exhibitors. Lionheart and Aimee Schwaller stole the show and took first place. Second was D4 Wolfeheart owned

by Music was the Madness and ridden by Taylor Rubel. Third was Brazos owned by Victoria Johnson and ridden by Liston Johnson.

The Jumper edition from the Harvest Horse Show, where the competition was fierce.

The main Jumper ring enjoyed great courses designed all week by Peter Grant from Canada.

The first feature event for the Jumpers at the Harvest show was the $10,000 Oakwell & DS Holdings LLC Costume Welcome Class sponsored by the Oakwell Farm and DS Holdings LLC, “the best class of the year” was held on Thursday in the main indoor. Lots of great costumes were on display and Mindy Coretz on Eighteen Acres Farm’s El Copone rode to the top spot and the highest placing costume. Colleen Acosta took the red ribbon on Lancome owned by Caacosta LLC. Colleen also claimed the best costume. Alex Ansteth claimed third on Augusta Pines’s Madras Van De Pannehoey.

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Jennifer Alfano & Argento

Friday the $5000 1.25M Meter Jumper Classic saw Martien Van Der Hoeven take the blue on Chrissikos owned by Sarah Meyer. Second went home with Mackenzie Hudson riding her Ekyra Fortuna, and third was Quilona V Z ridden by Daniel Bedoya for Carolyn Elsey.

On Saturday, the $30,000 Nutrena Grand Prix took center stage. Five horse/rider combinations made it back to the second round jump off. After the dust had settled, Matt Cyphert galloped away with Infinity Trophy and the top spot with his longtime partner Lochnivar. Second went to Lacome and Colleen Acosta, and third went to Untouchable 32 and Joshua Tabor for Aquilo Investments LLC. Sunday the costumes were back out again for the Child/Adult Jumper Classics. First up was the $1500 Low Child/Adult costume Classic and Mozart’s Symphony with owner/rider Jamie Crandell took home the top placing. Second went to Hasta owned by Margaret Martin and ridden by Grace Loughlin. Third place was captured by Eranta and owner/rider Mary-Martha Dugan.

The $2500 High Child Adult Jumper Classic saw Amanda Prescott take the win on her Hollywood. Second went to Laughton 3 with owner/rider Maia Russell, and third went to Daphne Blake and owner/rider Julie Roher. w Harvest Perpetual Trophies • The Union Avenue Trophy: Checkpoint Charlie, Rory Caskey • The Biko Trophy: MTM Checco, Avery Ericson • The Blue Rodeo Trophy: Deveena, Anna Corley, Corion LLC • The Top of the Line Trophy: Deveena, Anna Corley, Corion LLC • The Summer Breeze Trophy: Cognac, Xia Tabanou • The 1954 Dallas Charity Trophy: Mozart's Symphony, Jamie Crandell

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12 World Champions Crowned at Stock Horse World Show

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in the Open Derby, taking home $3,800 for the win. Mike Major & Pool Stik When Mike Major loaded his trailer after the Western Horseman MC Cowhammer is owned Stock Horse World Show, he had not just one, but two World Champion by the Bogle Brothers, LLC horses in tow. Riding in two different divisions, Major proved consis- of Dexter, NM. The Derby tency was key over four days of competition with Stock Horse of Texas. reserve championship went Major and Pool Stik dominated the Junior division. The pair won to Pow Pow Pepto, piloted both go-rounds of competition, and went home with a World Champion by Ben Baldus and owned buckle, a Go-Round Buckle, an STS Ranch Wear Vest, neck wreath and by Jonathan and Laura Yarprizes from Classic Equine, as well as a $200 Gift Certificate courtesy of brough. The gelding earned Sara and Danny Crowl. Pool Stick was also the winner of the Texas Tri- $3,175 in the Derby, includple Threat, an incentive program rewarding Texas owned, Texas shown ing topping the 4-year-old and Texas bred horses. Owner Ronnie Shelby of Perrin, Texas, received incentive.

The Limited Non Pro $2,500 as the owner of the top Texas Triple Threat horse.

Derby went to Youth Rider Treylyn Hancock of Wharton, TX, and her Major’s second world title was in the Open division. Raised On gelding Slyd My Way, earning $3,419. The reserve title went to Teghan It won the first go-round of competition and was reserve in the second Brooks of Lubbock, TX, and Vons Judgement, earning $2,547 plus the go to rein in the world champion title. Added money of $3,000 in the Zinn Lindsey college scholarship. open division earned the gelding a payday Other World Champions “The versatility of our horses and people of $1,474. They also toted home a bag full • Level 1 Open: TAMU Jazzy Lilclancy, Becky Horlen continue to raise the bar in the western horse of prizes to add to their winnings. Raised • Non Pro: Precious Metalz, Stefani Wagley industry.

Well over 3,000 judged runs, multiple On It is owned by Willow Oak Plantatio of • Limited Non Pro: Boots Be Tuff, Larry Walker showcase events, almost 700 head of cattle, cash • Intermediate Non Pro: Cromeplated Sidekick, Oteka Gibson Thomasville, GA. • Novice: Shiners Smoking Whiz, Emma Thrasher and prizes stacked deep and all on schedule!”

A highlight of the five day show was • Youth: Spookin Jay, Will Lewis commented SHTX President William Lewis. “We the Ordner Insurance / American Reli• Novice Youth: Dan San Sonita, Katherine Wickersham saw a lot of new faces, too.

It was a great culmiable Insurance Stock Horse Derby. With • Collegiate Non Pro: Sioux Per Boom, Addison Coutts nation to 2021, and we look forward to 2022.” $10,000 added courtesy of the title spon- • Collegiate Limited: Moonshine N My Blood, Kirsten Wood In total, more than $92,000 in cash and prizsor, entries grew by 100% this year, with • Collegiate Novice: Sporty Gonehollywood, Grace Blackwell • Collegiate Division 1 Team: Texas Tech University es were awarded.

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Cross Timbers Paint Horse Club’s October 16 event, held at El Lobo Ranch, Gainesville, involved CTPHC, APHA, and all-breed horses.

HPs were Rick Brown (Big As Chex/Open-APHA-RanchHorse), Lori Haney (Dun It Like A Song/Am-All-BreedRanch-Horse), Amy Ritoch (All-Breed-Ranch-Horse/Earth Shaking Pepto), Greg Robinson (SBP-APHA Ranch-Horse/ Muzzle Flash), Michelle Rohan (Nov-AmAPHA-Ranch-Horse/Haidas Freebird), and Nonie Casselman (Am APHA-Ranch-Horse/ NCR Navajo Jo).

South Louisiana Team Sorting Association’s October 16 event in Port Allen resulted in event winners being #6-Ranch (Clifton Lindsey/Jacob Williams), Youth (Riley Williams/Caitlynn Boudreaux), #10-Ranch (Donna Terrase/Bill Mayfield), #15-3-Man-2-Gate (Charlie Richardson/Tammie Robillard), and #14-Team-Penning (Chelsea Mitchell/Chris Mitchell/Charlie Richardson). Caitlynn Boudreaux won the costume contest.

The Holiday of Fun Winter Show Series, offered October 17 and November 21 shows at Forever West Performance Horses, in Santa Fe, NM. Plan to attend the December 12 show. Divisions include youth-WT, adult-WT, youth, adult, and gaited. There are show HPs and series HPs. fmi, liajessen19@gmail.com.

The Spooktacular Barrel Race, held October 22 and 23 in Marshall, paid out $16,267.

Open champs were Courtney Boyd (Friday/ Wildfire Fuel/14.969) and Kanely Cooper (Saturday/Mae/15.056).

New Mexico’s Fall Color Roundup was held October 23-24, at Wright’s Rockin’ Horse Arena, Stanley, NM, and was hosted by New Mexico Paint, Palomino and Pinto Horse affiliates. Paint HPs were Cash Is Good (Am/Marilyn Novat) and Hot Lil Appointment (WT-Am/ Angela Tamburello), while Pinto HPs included Cash Is Good (Am/Marilyn Novat), Array 12

turity/Cheyenne Fab/15.481), Bugg Beeler (High-Stakes/This Fling is Famous/15.619), and Kelly Bruner (Senior/Shadrack/16.007).

3Dots Sorting Series hosted its 2021 finals October 30-31 in Amite, LA. At the Kick-Off Party Greg Robinson & Muzzle the night before, there were games, Flash won the HP solidbred APHA Ranch Horse dancing, a Halloween costume contitle at Cross Timbers test, good-eats, and awards. Mr. Van Paint HC's show.

Clayton was inducted into the 3Dots Hall of Fame, and Jayden Keen was given the Claudia Crain scholarship.

Other award recipients were Jeffrey Moore (Rookie of the Year), Lavonne Stringer (Overall-HP), and HPs Kelli Clayton (Trad-Stockman), E.B. Thompson (3-Man-2-Gate), Brock Adams (Ranch-Sorting), Todd Sibley Of Neon (WT-Am/Connie Hatley), and Rose (Masters), and Rylee Reynolds (Youth). At Rage (Nov-Y/Ellie Woodward). Palomino HPs the finals show, winners included Trad-Sorting were Surenuffskippin (14-18 and Nov-Y/Jen(Bill Mayfield/Lavonne Stringer), Youth-1D na Mendez), Golds Classic Las (13&U/Denny (Jayden Keene/Hallie Hornsby), Masters (LaTurner), and Shesa Gold N Steady (WT-11-18/ vonne Stringer/Aubrey Cooper), 3-Man-2-Gate John Turner). All-breed HPs included Snap (Charlie Richardson/Chris Sullivan, and Jadine E Commander (Open/Lia Jessen), Dynamite Kirk), Ranch Sorting (Steven Anderson/Jeffrey Nightlight (Am/Katie Reagan), SurenuffskipBarnes), and Traditional-Stockman (Bill Maypin (Youth/Jenna Mendez), Cherry Bomb field/Lavonne Stringer). fmi, www.dots.us.

(WT-Open/Becca Cochran), Ima GQ SensaChristopher Performance Horses, El tion (WT-Am/Rachel Hicks), and Chase Me Paso, recently announced the end of its almost Baby (WT-Y/Audri Wood). Other Champions 50 years in the horse business, due to serious were Speechless (Color-Halter/Jean Simmons), health issues facing owners Eber and Maurene Hell Or High Water (halter-stallions/Jean SimChristopher.

They plan to disperse 11 head of mons), Zips Classy Kid (halter-geldings/Minhorses, a truck, a 6 horse trailer, several saddles, dy Paulek), Secure Devotions (halter-mares/ and many bridles and bits. fmi, dblegened@aol.

Lauren Hoelscher/Suzy Moody), Hot Lil Apcom or 563.320.0965. pointment (showmanship/Angela Tamburello), West Texas Barrel Racing Assoc hostQwizenart (ranch-riding/Patty Wilber), Surenuffskippin (trail/Jenna Mendez), Cherry Bomb ed the Meagan Metts and Sally Piper Me(WT-horsemanship/Becca Cochran), and Hot N morial Barrel Race in Sweetwater October 30-31. Saturday’s winners included Cindy Here (WT-HUS/Safford Harvey).

Breakin Hearts Ranch, Gainesville, Shepard (Sr/Especially Mine/15.248), Harhosted a ranch horse show October 24. HPs ley Beal (Youth/Miri/15.198), Karley O’Kelreceived trophy buckles and were Gwyn Sites ly (8&U/17.039), and Sydney Graham (Op/ (WT), Courtney Hinrich (Youth), Jessyca Myer Rebel Hauler/15.009). Sunday’s winners were (Green-Horse), Vicki Lindl (Novice), and Emi- Jackie Ganter (Op/14.758), Riata Cannerday (8&U/16.943), Hailey Beal (Youth/14.796), ly Whitehead (Amat & Open). and Angela Ganter (Sr/14.822).

The Parker County 5D Barrel Race, Western OK Ranch Horse Assoc hosted held in Weatherford October 24, paid out its Western Traditions show November 6-7 in $15,920. Winners included Lila Jardine Chickasha OK. HPs were Sherry Jackson (All(Youth/Francy Streak/16.083), Keyla CosAge & Am/Starlights and Whimpy), Leslie ta (Adult/Zumanity Cristal CMV/15.731), Johnson (Nov-Am/CDS Playin Around), DebJolene Montgomery (Derby/MCM Drop Your bie Dunsworth (Nov-Horse/Sweet Joe HanSocks/15.978), Rylee Shields (Open & Fucock), Kim Owen (Super Select/Hot Wheels

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Cowgirl Corner

Courtney Sanders & Kinley Ann Urbanovsky

All-Girl Team Roping

The Charlie One Horse AllGirl Team Roping paid out $66,500 in less than 8 hours of competition. Open Champions, Bailey Gubert and Lorraine Moreno split $10,400 with a time of 29.45 on 4 head. The 9.5 Champions, Courtney Sanders and Kinley Ann Urbanovsky, took home $15,000 with a time of 24.75.

Breakaway Roping

More than 110 breakaway ropers showed up at the Cowtown Coliseum to take a run at $21,500 in added money. The Cowgirl Magazine Breakaway Roping had a total payout of $62,570. The Open Champion Martha Angelone left the arena with $11,729 after winning first and second in the first round, first in the second round, fourth in the short round, and first in the average. Alee Andrews took home $6,120 as the Challenger Champion, placing in all three rounds and winning the average.

Shae Franklin Barrel Racing Courtesy Paint Horse Journal, byShoop Shots

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Martha Angelone

Known to be the biggest oneday barrel race in Texas and speculated as the same in the United States, the Platinum Performance Barrel Race saw 922 entries resulting in a payout of over $121,000.

Taking home a check of $5,924, a custom buckle, a classic equine saddle pad, and a pair of Durango boots was the champion of the 1D, Shae Franklin of Orange, TX. 2D Champion – Rylee Grace Abel - $4,936 3D Champion – Brooke Jordan - $3,949 4D Champion – Karen Coskrey - $2,962 5D Champion – Kristi Fleshman - $1,975 The Cowgirl Gathering exceeded expectations for its second year running. Be sure to keep up with the 2022 event plans by following along on social media at @thecowgirlgathering.w

Courtesy Paint Horse Journal

Breakaway ropers, team ropers, and barrel racers all collided on the bricks of the Fort Worth Stockyards November 12 -14 for payouts exceeding a quarter of a million dollars!

With over $65,000 in added money, The Cowgirl Gathering exceeded the 2020 payouts to cowgirls in three different disciplines.

WPRA Roping Director, Jolee Lautaret-Jordan and Jimmie Munroe, WPRA President present JJ Hampton with the Breakaway Average Championship. JJs son, Kason also pictured

Tiffany Schleck, first timer at the WPRA Finals this year poses with 40-time WPRA Finalist, Sherri Mell

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Quarter million paid out at The Cowgirl Gathering in the Fort Worth Stockyards

Cowgirl Corner

You’ve Come a Long Way Baby!

By Sherri Mell, 2X Hall of Fame Cowgirl

In 1977, my mom, Suzanne Koch and I decided we would like to be a part of the oldest women’s sports organization in the country so we applied for our Girls Rodeo Association Cards. (Back then, the WPRA was the GRA and it had been formed in 1948 by 38 women who had met in a hotel in San Angelo, TX). While in College at Fresno State, I went to my first All Girl Rodeo held in Red Bluff, CA in 1977 and competed in and placed in the Goat Tying and Calf Roping. Growney Brothers (now PRCA Stock Contractors) were just getting started back then. They had contracted several of our College Rodeos and they were the Stock Contractors for the Red Bluff All Girl Rodeo. I got to see my first Women’ s Rough Stock Events, watching Jan Edmondson Youren, her daughters, and friends compete in the Bronc and Bull Riding events.

Previously, in the early years of the GRA, the events were Bareback Riding, Bull Riding, Calf Roping, Saddle Bronc Riding, Team Tying/Cow Milking, Cutting Horse, and Flag Race/Barrel Race. There was no Breakaway Roping on the slate of events back then. During the first year, the GRA had 74 members and 64 events were sanctioned paying out $29,000.

In 1959, the first NFR was held in Dallas with Bareback Riding, Bull Riding, Calf Roping and Steer Wrestling but the Barrel Racing championship was held in Clayton, NM along with the Steer Roping and Team Roping. In 1960 and 1961, the barrel racing and team roping championships were held apart from the NFR. In 1962-67, the GRA held their own National Finals in Ft Worth, TX. By then, the NFR was happening in Oklahoma City, OK. The GRA met with the RCA (now PRCA) asking them to add Barrel Racing to the NFR list of events. The girls were going for $1,000 prize money the first time the barrel racing was added to the NFR. Oklahoma City housed the NFR for several more years and made the barrel race a regular event each year. This left the GRA Ropers and Roughies to have their own All Girl Rodeo Finals.

In 1980, I went to my first GRA Finals held in Long Beach, CA. I was attending my last semester at Cal State University-Fresno and was in my last semester of College Rodeo as the Women’s Team Captain. The past few GRA Finals had been held in Texas, so I had not attended due to my school schedule with academics and rodeo. During the All Girl Rodeo Finals in 1980, I won Reserve National Finals Champion in the Goat Tying at Long Beach. College Rodeo was over for me, having used up my 4 years of eligibility and I still felt the need to Rodeo and I thought I found my niche right there! In California, at some of the RCA Rodeos, the Calf Continued on page 14 December 2021 SouthWest Horse Trader 13

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Rule and High Valor Turn In Fastest Time at WPRA World Finals

Cowgirl Corner

Contributed Courtesy WPRA, Photography James Phifer, Rodeobum.com

If Sunday morning at the 2021 WPRA World Finals presented by Nutrena in Waco, Texas, was any indication of how ready Dona Kay Rule and High Valor are for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo next month, they passed the test with flying colors.

During the final round of the WPRA Card Holder Race, Valor laid down the fastest time of the entire weekend stopping the clock in 15.457 seconds to capture the round and average title. Rule added another $1,770 for the round win and $3,584 for the average to her 2022 WPRA ProRodeo World Standings.

Valor raced against many of the same horses that will be running down the alleyway at the Thomas and Mack in just a few short weeks including Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi and Ima Famous Babe, who finished second in the final round in a time of 15.626; Emma Charleston and Makana, a horse Stevi Hillman plans to have in her arsenal in Las Vegas, were sixth in a time of 15.873 and Jordon Briggs and Famous Lil Jet, finished eighth in the round at 15.901.

Rule of Minco, OK, entered the final round third in the average behind Jimmie Smith and Jordon Briggs but after saving their best run for the final day, Rule and High Valor took home the average title with a total time of 47.043 on three runs.

Kylee Scribner & Firewater Round 1 Cartel Barrel racing action took center stage on Friday morning, Nov. 12, and a familiar name topped the leaderboard after the first round of the WPRA Card Holder Race.

Kylee Scribner and Firewater Cartel seem to have found a profitable home at the EXTRACO Event Center. During the 2020 WPRA World Finals, Scribner kicked off her rookie season in the WPRA by turning in the fastest time of the weekend winning the second round after stopping the clock in 15.345. She and BB returned in 2021 to kick off her second year in the WPRA with the Rookie of the Year title in tow and they laid down the fastest time of the first round with a 15.640. They set the bar high and early as she was the seventh runner in the opening round.

Jodee Miller and Mr Repete Pete would come the closest to Scribner at run No. 31 with a 15.744 followed by former NFR qualifier and 2015 WPRA Rookie of the Year Jackie Ganter aboard Smokn Lane with a 15.799 at run No. 41.

Scribner added a cool $2,390 to her 2022 WPRA World Standings.

Round 2 The cream rose to the top during the second round of the WPRA Card Holder Race. Jordon Briggs of Tolar, TX, and her 2021 WPRA Horse of the Year Famous Lil Jet made quick work of the cloverleaf Continued on page 16 14

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Dona Kay Rule & High Valor

Roping had to be run in the slack only due to the animal rights activists, something that was not happening in Texas. I competed in a couple of All Girl Rodeos each year during the years of 1977-1982 making the GRA Finals each year. My Mom and Lari Dee Guy and JJ Hampton I drove out to Ft Worth in 1981 and 1982 watch their final runs. JJ won the to rope in the Team Roping together at the 2021 WPRA Breakaway Title.

GRA All Girl Rodeo Finals at the Cowtown Coliseum. We fell in love with Texas, especially Ft Worth and the All Girl Rodeo Contestants. I entered the Goat Tying, Steer Undecorating, Calf Roping and Team Roping. I was a contender for the All Around several years competing in multiple events successfully. There were rough stock riding events at each All Girl Rodeo and the Finals. Both the Bareback Bronc Riding and the Bull Riding were standard events.

In 1982, the GRA changed to the WPRA, Women’s Professional Rodeo Association.

In 1983, I made the move to Texas, winning a WPRA World Championship alongside Betty Gayle Cooper! The first time the Breakaway Roping Goat Tying and Steer Undecorating were Optional Events. The first World Champion for the Breakaway in the WPRA Rodeos was in 1982 with Pam Minic being crowned World Champion. In 1983 and 1984, the Breakaway was still an Optional event and in 1984, the Breakaway disappeared from the list of World Championships as the Steer Undecorating was the chosen Standard Event instead. Steer Undecorating had been around the WPRA with World Champions being named since 1970. In 1989, the Steer Undecorating was taken out of the Standard List of Events at All Girl Rodeos and was replaced with the Breakaway Roping with Betty Gayle Cooper winning the World Championship. Breakaway has been a Standard event now since 1989.

The WPRA All Girl Finals evolved into the Women’s National Finals Rodeo (WNFR) and in 1985-1995, the WPRA NFR was held in Guthrie, Oklahoma in the largest indoor Rodeo Arena in the World, the Lazy E. I was blessed to win the Tie Down Calf Roping Average Champion at the 1991 Coors Women’s National Finals Rodeo during those years and made the top 15 in all of the timed events, including the Barrel Racing Divisional tour. I was also Reserve World Champion in the Steer Undecorating event for 2 years.

In 1996, the WPRA moved back to Ft. Worth Stock Yards to have the WNFR. I worked all of the timed events and was top 5 in the Divisional Tour Finals for the Barrel Racing, I was in the top 15 each year in the Nation for the Tie Down Calf Roping, top 5 for the Texas Circuit in the Calf Roping and ended up 2X Reserve World Champion Tie Down Calf Roper and 2X Reserve Champion Tie Down at the Women’s National Finals Rodeo riding my HK Ranch Bred Appaloosa Gelding, Dubs Charge. I rode “Charger” at 22 Women’s National Finals Rodeos.

He was 29 at his last WPRA Finals and I was Reserve Champion in the Tie Down on him in Alvarado, Texas.

I traveled to most of the All Girl Rodeos by myself but for 4 years (1997-2000), I traveled with my friend, JJ Hampton. While traveling together, JJ won the All Around World Championship 4 times. She won her first World Title in 1995, earning 17 World Titles by 2000. PreviousContinued on page 16

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pattern finishing in a time of 15.605 seconds. She set the bar early on as the 11th runner out on the day and it would take until run No. 116 to have a close threat in Jimmie Smith aboard A Valliant Nicky. Smith clocked 15.707 seconds to finish second. Emma Charleston aboard Makana, a horse that Stevi Hillman plans to have in her arsenal at the Wrangler NFR, was third in a time of 15.725 seconds.

Laura Mote Permit Only Race & Reb Hot Redbull While Scribner was making headlines in the card holder race, Mindy Holloway was making her own noise in the Permit Only race. Holloway and Heavens Got Credit turned in the fast time in the first round stopping the clock in 15.998 seconds. They knocked Suade Furr and Stackin Bills out of the top spot. Furr was contestant No. 80 and stopped the clock in 16.103 and Holloway was No. 86 so it was short lived for Furr. However, both made a huge step in filling their permit collecting $981 and $841, respectively. Rounding out the top 3 was Kaycee Killingsworth and Firewarter Ta Party with a 16.199. Killingsworth was No. 58 and held the lead until Furr ran at No. 80.

Laura Mote, daughter of four-time PRCA World Champion Bareback Rider Bobby Mote, blasted through the cloverleaf pattern aboard Reb Hot Redbull stopping the clock in 15.811 seconds to easily take the second round win and move to the top of the average leaderboard with 32.042 seconds. Suade Furr and Stackin Bills finished second for the second straight day in a time of 16.004. The duo are second going into the final round in a time of 32.107.

Laura Mote turned 18 in July and bought her WPRA permit the end of August. She returned for the final round also turning in the top time with a 15.913. She easily won the average with a three-run total of 47.955 seconds. Mote will now turn her attention to her next goal of winning the 2022 WPRA Rookie of the Year title.

Futurity & Derby Winners

Heidi Gunderson won the 1D Futurity World Championship aboard Nacho Money Honey and finished reserve world champion on Coming In Haute. The Murdock, MN, futurity trainer finished with 430 and 350 points, respectively. The 2020 1D futurity world champion, Teasin Dat Guy “Chewy” will race down the alley at the Wrangler NFR next month with jockey Molly Otto. Maybe we will see Nacho Money Honey there in 2022.

Amanda Olson of New London, WI, won the Futurity 2D World Title aboard Red Smashed Cash with 90 points ahead of Wendy Platts and Beter Watchthis Guyz with 70 points.

Karen Gleason took home the Derby World title aboard Mobetta Fame with 235 points. In 2019, Gleason and Mobetta Fame shared the 1D Futurity World title with Colleen Vondra’s SCF Lakewood Fame in 2019 and narrowly missed out on the derby world title in 2020. Fortunately, in 2021 Mobetta Fame etched its name in the record books and became only the second horse to win both futurity and derby world titles in the WPRA joining Hilary Van Gerpen’s PC Judge Cash N Lace in 2018 (futurity) and 2019 (derby). w 16

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ly, she was 4X Tie Down World Champion, 3X Breakaway World Champion and 4X Team Roping Header World Champion and 6X All Around Champion.

During the WPRA’s 50th anniversary year of 1998, equal money was offered in the Barrel Racing Event for the Sherri Mell steps off in the Tie Down Calf Roping at her 40th first time at the NFR. WPRA Women's Rodeo Finals In 2005, I was presented with the WPRA Pioneer Woman of the Year Award during the WPRA National Finals Rodeo in Ft. Worth, TX. This award was a beautiful bronze of Betty Gayle Cooper roping a Calf on Soapy, her beautiful Palomino Calf and Head Horse. I was the 9th recipient of the WPRA Pioneer Woman of the Year Award. There were 10 given.

In 2006-07, the WPRA Finals were held in Alvarado, TX. I roped on Dubs Charge for his 22nd WPRA Finals and we won Reserve Champion Calf Roping in the Finals Average. In 2008-09 the WPRA Finals were held in Tulsa, OK. Until 2009, the Bareback Riding and Bull Riding had been Standard events in the GRA/WPRA from 1948 until 2008. It was a very heart-breaking time for our Roughies when the decision to take out the Rough Stock Events was made. Since that decision in 2009, these events have never been re-instated into the Standard list of events. From 2009 until present, there has been no Bareback Riding or Bull Riding held during the WPRA Sanctioned Rodeos, therefor, no WPRA World Champion Rough Stock has been named.

In 2010-12, the WPRA moved the World Finals Rodeo to Lincoln, Nebraska with Kathi Myers, WPRA President presiding over the event held at the premier Lancaster Event Center in Lincoln, NE. In 2013, the WPRA moved its World Finals to Waco, TX. In 2020, the WPRA World Finals was held in Waco, and JJ Hampton once again made her way to the podium, winning her 20th World Championship! It had been 20 years since she won her last WPRA World Championship!

In 2020, the Breakaway Roping Event was held in the same arena that the NFR was being held in Arlington, TX, a big step for the Cowgirls of the WPRA! It will return for the 2021 NFR which has moved back to Las Vegas. The Breakaway Roping will be held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas December 6-7, with the top 15 competing for $200,000 with 10 rounds.

In 2021, the Women’s World Finals was held in Waco, Texas and I am blessed to be able to say that I have roped in the Tie Down Calf Roping at my 40th WPRA Women’s Rodeo Finals. I do not stand alone in the arena of 40 WPRA Finals. Patti McCutchen, Team Roper from Alma, AR has been to 42. There were 3 of us competing at this year’s Finals that hold the Prestigious WPRA Pioneer Woman of the Year Award. Patti McCutchen, Sherri Mell, and Dona Kay Rule. Lifelong friendships have developed with many of the competitors, and I have my share! It is always fun to pal up with the Rookies too!

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National Ranching Heritage Center

Building a Cattle Empire

This two-story Whiteface Camp began in 1901 as a dugout line camp for pastures belonging to C.C. “Lum” Slaughter, a cattleman once considered the Cattle King of Texas.

As timber became available on the plains, the second story was added in 1905. Today the structure is located at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock to help tell the ranching story to new generations.

Contributed by Sue Hancock Jones

C.C. Slaughter was the largest individual taxpayer in Texas at the turn of the 20th century. He also was one of the country’s largest individual owners of cattle and land, a considerable accomplishment for someone who started the cattle business riding and working cattle bareback because he couldn’t afford a saddle.

Born during the infant years of the Texas Republic, Slaughter participated in developing the Southwestern cattle industry from its pioneer stages to the modern era. “Slaughter country” stretched from a few miles north of Big Spring nearly 200 miles northwest to the New Mexico border.

The Slaughter family, including his father, brothers and sons, rode the crest of popularity C.C. established, and the Slaughter name virtually became a household word in the Southwest.

In 1873, almost 10 years before the highly profitable “beef bonanza” on the open range made rich men of many Texas cattlemen, C.C. Slaughter was heralded as “Cattle King of Texas.” By 1906 he owned more than a million acres and 40,000 cattle. His Long S Ranch became the second largest in West Texas with his acreage exceeded only by the three-millionacre XIT Ranch.

As a boy, Slaughter worked cattle with his father, George Webb Slaughter. In his teenage years, C.C. developed an expertise in herding cattle across the often swollen Trinity River in Freestone County. Partnering with his father in 1860, the two men provided beef from their ranch near Palo Pinto to two nearby Indian reservations and Fort Belknap.

After the Civil War, Slaughter continued to partner with his father to make regular cattle drives to Kansas City, where they sold herds for as much as $42 a head. C.C. began to take on more responsibility for the cattle as his father devoted more time to his ministry as a Baptist preacher.

According to historian J. Marvin Hunter, George W. Slaughter “baptized over 3,000 persons and ordained more preachers and organized more churches than any other person in the state of Texas.”

C.C. continued to expand his ranching interests and by 1876 moved cattle as far west as Mitchell County near present-day Colorado City. Broad expanses of West Texas soon became known as Slaughter country. About 1877 he established the Long S Ranch on the headwaters of the Colorado River. In 1898 he purchased an additional 250,000 acres in Cochran and Hockley Counties to found the Lazy S Ranch.

Slaughter shocked the livestock world in 1897 when he paid $50,000 for Charles Goodnight’s famous Cross J herd of purebred cows and calves. Two years later he paid an unprecedented $5,000 for Sir Bredwell, champion Hereford bull of the Omaha Livestock Exposition.

For his prized Herefords, Slaughter fenced and improved the Lazy S Ranch, dividing the land into six pastures. On each division he established a line camp that generally consisted of a small dugout, corral, barn and windmills.

One of these camps—the Whiteface Camp— was located about four miles north of the present community of Whiteface, a name that resulted from the

pasture that became the first home of Slaughter’s prized white-faced Herefords.

The remote Whiteface line camp began as a dugout in 1901. C.C. Slaughter’s son, George Morgan Slaughter, shoveled a hole out of the level plains and covered it with brush.

The box-and-strip upper story was added in 1905 as living quarters for the section manager and his family. On the plains, ranchers used precious lumber for windmills, not housing.

In the 1870s when the Indian Wars were still part of frontier life, Slaughter moved his family to Dallas and never lived on any of the ranches that made him the Cattle King of Texas, but he did tour them several times a year in a mule-drawn coach equipped with beds and a kitchen.

The Whiteface line camp was donated to the National Ranching Heritage Center in 1971

by Slaughter’s granddaughter, Nelle De Loache Davidson. The structure was the predecessor of frame homes built entirely above ground when trains brought cheap lumber to the plains. More importantly, the line camp is associated with one of the most well-known and highly successful ranchers in Texas history. w

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Madi Major, right, presented Clay Hindt Jessyca Myer earned the HP Becca Cochran & Cherry Bomb Jean Simmons and Speechwith the Most Improved Youth buckle green-horse buckle at the with NMPHA's Margie Billeu won less with Ron Morris won the at the 2021 ACHA awards banquet. Breakin Hearts Ranch event. the W/T horsemanship class.

NMPHA's color halter class.

Bits & Spurs - Cont from page 12 Merada), and Emily Shoumaker (Youth/Bamacat ARC). The group’s awards banquet is January 8 in Yukon.

Wrangler donated $20,000 to the American QH Foundation at the recent World Show, for the Guy Stoops Professional Horseman Family Scholarship Fund. It will help provide scholarships for children of AQHA Professional Horsemen.

American Cutting Horse Assoc hosted its 2021 championship show November 1113 in Belton, with the awards banquet held Saturday night. Year-end champions included Backwoodz Bad Girl (Op/Gena & Bucky Bonner/Trent Bell), Janie Crumpler ($50KNP & $20K-NP), Bunnys Passion ($15K Nov-Horse/Circle C Livestock/Trent Bell), Hot Sheila ($15K-NH-NP/Laney Bell), CR Mr Peppys Mambo ($3K-NH/Craig Robinson/Michael Crumpler Jr.), Ryan McGilvray ($2,500-Nov-Rider & $1K-Nov-Rider), Martha Wilson (Sr-NP), Toby Combs (Jr-Youth), Dually Husband (Sr-Y), Reys China Cat (Op Derby/Mark Johnson/Ben Johnson), Reyvin (Op-Classic/Mark Johnson/Ben Johnson, and Shacknasty Jim (NP-Classic/Curtis Lockey).

In the annual McDonalds Shootout, sponsored

by ACHA lifetime member Sam Munroe, Morgan Thornton was Jr champion and Dually Husband Sr champion. The Saturday evening awards banquet was full of thrills. Clay Hindt received a buckle as Most Improved Youth, presented by Madi Major. Trent Bell, Michael Blewitt, Cletus Hulling, and Butch Lott were recognized as Top Hands for all the work they 20

do for the association. The Ben Todd Award, recognizing support, goodwill, and encouragement, went to Catherine and Terry Jones. Martha Wilson was awarded the NP Hall of Fame Silver Plaque, and Ryan McGilvray was Rookie of the Year. Trent Bell was HP Open Rider, Martha Wilson HP NP Rider. Gena and Bucky Bell’s Backwoodz Bad Girl was HP Horse, ridden by Gena Bonner and Trent Bell. The new show year kicks off January 15-16 with the ACHA Winter Circuit. fmi, achacutting.org.

NavaRio Ranch Horse Productions November 13 show at Miracle Farm in Brenham crowned the following HPs: Katherine Allen (WT-Y-L1/Sweet Pistol Packer), Ty Jones (WT-Y-L2/Roper), Leila Anderson (WTL-Y/ Magnum Cool Way), Jeremy Dull (Gr-Horse/ Cee My Nu Gun), Hanna Albritton (WT-Adult/ Reds Lucky Twin), Susan Morris (WT-Op/ Hesa Smart Hoot & Op/Rusty Dun It Smart), Karen Barksdale (Rookie/Gunners Scotch On Ice), Christy Agan (Nov/Cinco Day Bar Fly), and Allison King (Am/Custom Color).

Northern NM Horsemen’s Assoc hosted a half-day Confidence Through Horsemanship Clinic with Loal Tucker in Lamy on November 14. Riders and spectators were treated to a great clinic and hopefully a repeat session with Tucker can be arranged next season.

Baylor University’s equestrian head coach Casie Maxwell announced the signing of eight student athletes on November 15, all to start the fall of 2022 and with 2 to ride Western and 6 to join the Jumping Seat team.

Western riders are Mallory Fricke (MN) and Kalena Reynolds (TX), while Jumping Seat riders include Lily Anthes (MI), Emma Co-

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varrubias (NJ), Maddie Jordan (FL), Lauren Jorgensen (NM), Catherine Kramer (IN), and Lauren Reid (PA).

The AQHA Ranching Heritage Young Horse Development Program celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022, having had its first class of participants in 2012. It was created to give AQHYA members an opportunity to get hands-on horse experience. For the coming year, 36 AQHYA members were selected, and among them, with their donors, are Southwest residents Amber Wortham (TX/Waters Ranch), Brodie Childs (TX/Nixon Ranch-NM), ChArylet Lee (TX/LC Ranch), Colton Boatman (OK/Harlan House), Cooper Campbell (TX/ St. Clair Farms), David Kendrik (TX/Harlan House), Faith Gilbreath (TX/The Daube Company), Guadalupe Carrasco (NM/KT Cattle Inc.), Kasen Wink (TX/Bagley Performance Horses), Kynley McCullough (NM/Durrett Cattle Co.-TX), and Madison Meyer (TX/Bogle Brothers LLC-NM) fmi, visit www.aqha. com/young-horse-development.

Lost Horizon Ranch, Bryan, begins its 2022 Saddle Series on January 15 and offering playday events only. fmi, www.losthorizonranch.org.

Braggin' Rights!

Melinda Horsey, Blanchard, OK, took top money in the $2K Rider class at Central Texas CHA’s October 15 show in Waurika, OK, with a 70 on Gin Is So Smooth.

Cheyenne Wimberly, Stephenville, won the Open with a 17.204 on A Streak Ta The Moon at the Black Gold Arena Race For The Cause October 16 in West, TX. Continued on page 28

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Fort Worth Dressage Club The Fort Worth Dressage Club (FWDC) is a club devoted to dressage and dressage activities for its members. We work throughout the year to provide educational opportunities and fun activities for FWDC-Bit fitting clinic our members. at Walking Tall FWDC usually holds monthly meetings at Szechuan Chinese Restaurant off Bryant Irving the 4th Monday of every month at 6:30 PM. Right now we are doing Zoom meetings.

Our website is www.fortworthdressageclub.com. Please check out our website, we have pictures of members and activities.

FWDC would like to congratulate all our members who competed in Region 9 Championships!

FWDC hosted a bit fitting clinic October 26 and 27. After our Zoom presentation many members expressed interest in FWDC hosting Kim Gentry, who is an expert on finding the correct and best fitting bit for your horse. The clinic took place at Walking Tall Ranch in Pilot Point. Many members took advantage of Kim’s expertise and changes in bits were amazing in our horses’ comfort and way of going. Bridle fitting was also done. Kim’s knowledge of horse anatomy and what would work best depending on the anatomy of each individual horse’s facial structure was a great learning experience for all who attended and audited.

A big thank you to the beautiful facility of Walking Tall for hosting us.

FWDC will host its annual year-end holiday get together at Painting with a Twist in Fort Worth. We have a “horsey” picture to paint, and will be having a pot luck meal.

FWDC is hoping to go back to our regular schedule of activities as soon as it is safe, these include a schooling show, low cost clinic, pool party, video night and other dressage related events.

FWDC sends out group e-mails to members to keep them informed of club activities and other dressage events in the community.

Let me know if you Practically twins Liane would like a dressage and OSA Sporting their event you would like to Halloween Costumes. get the word out to other dressage enthusiast.

Please stay safe and well!

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Competitive Trail News In The SouthWest JINGLE BELL AND RIVER RUN KICK OFF 2022 The North American Trail Ride Conference (NATRC) kicks off its 2022 ride season with the Jingle Bell Jaunt Competitive Trail Ride at Parrie Haynes Equestrian Center in Killeen, Texas on December 4-5, 2021. There are four division and multiple classes within divisions for competitors of all levels and experience.

“This holiday event is always well-attended,” said Cara Liebman, ride manager. “It’s a terrific way to start the new ride year.” The next CTR on the NATRC schedule is March 5-6, 2022, at 7IL Trails in Cat Spring, Texas where the 2021 Awards Banquet will be on Saturday evening.

The American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) also starts its 2022 season the same weekend at Los Caminos Naturales in San Antonio, Texas. There will be 50-, 25- and Intro-mile competitions at this event.

AERC then offers the High Roller Endurance Ride also at 7IL Trails in Cat Spring on January 1, 2022.

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DISTANCE RIDING COMPETITION VENUES SCARCE

Texas is a popular destination for work and for fun, which results in robust land development not just around the major metropolitan areas of Dallas, Houston, and Austin, but in rural areas as well. More so in rural areas within a 60-mile radius of those cities.

The impact of this development is the loss of private land to host distance riding events, and the loss of public land due to increased usage by hikers and mountain bikers where safety becomes a factor in hosting distance horse competitions.

Approximately 1000-1200 acres is required to successfully map 25-miles of trail without the “spaghetti effect” of crisscrossing trails or repeating loops. 30005000 acres is ideal for 50 miles of marked trail which is the primary distance for AERC endurance rides and the NATRC Open division.

While there are many private ranches that meet this criteria, especially in far west or far east Texas and Oklahoma, hunting businesses preclude hosting equestrian events many months of the year. Water sources and parking can also prohibit competitions.

NATRC and AERC events are fully insured and competitors are extremely considerate and grateful for the opportunity to access private and public locations.

Ride management oversees all the details of producing the event.

While it is not terribly lucrative to host a distance-riding competition, it does provide an alternative revenue source with little to no effort on the part of the landowner.

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San Angelo Studies LGD Bonding & Early Training Procedures Bill Costanzo – LGD Research Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

This month we will discuss the bonding process of livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) and what producers should look for in an LGD puppy.

A calm temperament is important in your LGD puppy. Look for a pup that is interested in you but not overly aggressive, fearful, shy, or clingy. The pup that runs up to you first or insists on being “in your face” is not the best choice for a livestock guardian dog. Full time LGDs used on large ranch operations should be more independent-minded problem solvers that are not dependent on human companionship. Pups that walk off by themselves after meeting you are often good choices. Look for pups that are calm and thoughtful yet show vigilance toward new things or loud noises. Pups should be alert and exhibit guardian behaviors such as barking at unfamiliar objects, noises, and scents. Avoid pups that chase balls, growl, bite, or struggle when you handle them. Correct human socialization before 14 weeks of age will help pups form a positive relationship with humans.

During the bonding process, it’s important to regularly supervise your new puppy from a distance. Watch for evidence of prey drive and submissive behavior to livestock. Displays of these behaviors should be recorded and monitored during the bonding period. While some misbehaviors, like chasing stock, can be corrected if dealt with sternly and immediately, other traits, like dominant behavior toward livestock, are difficult to change in a puppy. If you often observe dominant or aggressive behaviors in your pup, you may need to choose a new puppy.

Puppies tend to be easily excited when humans are with them, but when observed from a distance, your new pup should slowly approach livestock and remain calm unless they are alerted to a predator or unknown animal at their location.

Your puppy should not exhibit evidence of prey drive. Prey drive is the instinctive inclination of a carnivore to find, pursue and capture prey. This instinctive drive has been bred against for 1000’s of years in Europe. LGDs have been bred to guard and protect livestock from predators like wolves, bears, and coyotes. An LGD pup that stalks, chases, or bites livestock should be corrected immediately; however, these traits may or may not be exhibited in younger pups. Yearling pups and adult dogs should not display these behaviors. If they do, you may need to find a replacement LGD for your program.

Submissive behavior toward your livestock is an important trait in an LGD puppy. Quietly watch your pup interact with livestock. The puppy may be curious but should be somewhat cautious the first few Continued on page 26

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Abbie Phillips & TRR Dual Smart Olena

Reserve Champion Abigayle Mixon and Reyzin A Princess (Reyzin The Cash x Pink Catty x Catty Hawk), bred by Cowan Ranch, rode to a 647 (H:212/R:216/C:219) to take the Limited Open second spot. Owner Andrea Luce earned $14,000.

Abbie Phillips took command of the Non Pro Futurity title after putting in three solid performances in the Finals with TRR Dual Smart Olena. The Weatherford resident and her 2018 sorrel stallion (Dual Smart Rey x TRR Ms Pepcid Olena x Pepcid) were rewarded handsomely for their efforts, taking home $25,000 of the $130,046.97 total purse in the event.

Abbie has been with “Chief,” who was bred by Tongue River Ranch since the beginning of his 2-year-old year. He’s a full brother to Duals Lucky Charm, the horse her husband, Kelby Phillips, won on at the 2016 Snaffle Bit Futurity and the World’s Greatest Horseman. The Phillips’ carefully brought along the stallion prior to the Futurity, and Abbie says the strategy walking into the competition was aiming for consistency. The pair’s 213.5 in the herd work, 218 in the rein work, and a 216 in the fence work placed them high enough to be crowned champions with their 647.5 composite score.

“This was a goal that I’ve had for a long time, and it’s really special to do it on that horse,” Abbie said.

Parke Greeson and Sarco Creek Ranch’s Boon Boon Ur Dead finished as Reserve. With a composite score of 644.5. (H: 213/R: 215.5/C: 216), Greeson, of Goliad, TX, and the 2018 chestnut gelding bred by Thad and Theresa Cox, sired by Once In A Blue Boon, out of Boons Coffee, by Boon Too Suen, pocketed $20,000.

Trail Townsend capitu- Trail Townsend & Lil Purple lated on his Amateur Futurity Rein win earlier this week with Lil Purple Rein with an excellent finals performance. The Earth, TX, resident and his 2018 red roan gelding (Once In A Blu Boon x Lil Red Firecat x High Brow Cat) captured not only the Intermediate Non Pro, but also the Novice Non Pro. With a herd work score of 215, a rein work score of 217 and a 212 in the cow work, Townsend and “LP” were given a composite score of 644. They received $15,463.08—pushing their prize money to over $22,425.

“I’m really happy with how tonight worked out,” Townsend said.

“There’s a few things I would have wished that could have gone just a little bit better, but I’m happy with it. I couldn’t ask for anything else.”

Reserve Intermediate Non Pro and Novice Non Pro ended in a tie– Stefani Wagley of Abilene, and Boon Doxx (Sannman x Docs Stylish Liz x Docs Stylish Oak), bred by Jeff Schieber, and Pam Myers and her Rok N Roll (Sannman x Peek Of Faith x Peeka Pep), bred by Dee Gragg, tied the composite 642.4 (H:215 /R:216.5 /C:211). They both earned $6,354.57 for the Intermediate and $2,745.72 for the Novice. w

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RODEAR Champions Crowned It was a near flawless run for Kevin Lippe, his 7-yearold mare, and his 6 year-old Australian Kelpie Chock who earned a score of 177 in 9 minutes in the Rodear America Cowdog Association MARS EQUESTRIAN™ National Final Rodear Open Finals.

The team earned a

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Rudder FFA & Runtin’ and Gruntin’ 4-H

FUN WITH GOATS Thinking about adding goats to your farm? Before you do, make sure your farm is suitable for these comical animals. Here are a couple factors to think about: Goats are bred for three main purposes - milk, meat, and backyard pets. Common dairy goats are Oberhasli and Nubians. Some meat goat breeds are Boer and also Nubians. Backyard goats are mainly pygmy goats. Knowing what you want to use these goats for will help you pick what breed is best for you.

Adding these animals to your farm does require some maintenance. Feeding a good quality grass hay will keep their digestive systems healthy. Keep in mind that wethers can’t have alfalfa because it can cause urinary calculi which is a life threatening emergency. Trimming hooves is important because it prevents them from going lame and keeps them active. Goats can be very simple to maintain if you keep them healthy and regularly deworm and vaccinate.

Goats are meant to be kept in a herd. This means they don’t like to be alone. It is best to keep multiple goats together. If that is not possible, most goats get along with sheep, horses, and donkeys.

Pygmy goats along with many other breeds are very social. This makes them a great family pet, especially to families with young children. Have fun adding a new herd to your farm!. w

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check for $12,500.

It was Lippe’s second time to compete in the event, which is held during the National Reined Cow Horse Association 2021 Snaffle Bit Futurity®, presented by Metallic Cat, and Chock’s first time after qualifying in just two trials. Lippe, who is from Blue Eye, Missouri, runs cattle and sheep, as well as trains dogs.

Jason Runfola and his dog, Timber, of Gainesville, New York, earned a perfect score of 180 in only 7:57 minutes, in the Non-Pro division, earning a check for $8,750. Because the team earned the highest score of the night, they were awarded a trophy saddle from Oswood Saddlery.

Winning the green dog division was Maycon Moura and his dog, Favela, of Weatherford, Texas, marking a 160 in 9 minutes, for a payout of $5,000. For more information on the event, visit rodearamerica.com. w

LGD Bonding & Early Training days. Avoiding eye contact with livestock is an excellent indicator of submissive behavior. Some LGDs possess this instinct naturally, while others need to be trained by livestock and/or owners. Livestock guardian dogs need to tolerate pokes and prods by livestock. If your puppy barks at, jumps on, or bites stock, even if stepped on accidentally, it should be corrected. Pups with this behavior can inadvertently injure livestock or cause them to fear guardian dogs.

Older pups should be submissive and calm around stock. You should see behaviors such as walking up to stock, dropping to the ground, or rolling over, lowering the head and tail as they approach stock, licking at the mouths of stock, and choosing to sleep with livestock. These actions reveal that your puppy is bonding well and demonstrating submissive behavior to its charges.

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search with the ranching community over the next several years as the bonding project continues. Progress of the project can be viewed on our Facebook and Instagram accounts @TAMUlivestockguarddog. Don’t forget to sign up for our blog The Guardian Way sanangelo.tamu.edu/research/lgd/ and check out our YouTube channel also.

For questions regarding LGDs you can email me at bill.costanzo@ag.tamu.edu or call 325-657-7311. Check out the next installment of this multi-part article in next month’s edition of the Southwest Horse Trader magazine. w

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A.J. and David Kendrick, brothers from Shallowater, were among five youth who attended the AQHYA Youth Racing Experience October 21-23 at The Downs in Albuquerque, NM. Ultimately, three scholarships were awarded to the highest scoring youth, based on the cumulative score on the application, a skillathon contest, on-site participation, and an interview. David Kendrick received the $3K top scholarship, and A.J. Kendrick the $2K second one. fmi, www.aqha.com/youth.

Barbara Hanaghan, Gladewater, won the inaugural Tim Lynch Memorial Rookie award October 24 at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity in Ardmore, OK. The award went to the high-scoring Rookie across both slates of Rookie classes, and Hanaghan and Revolvingwithmagnum’s 72.5, won the second slate of Rookie Levels 1 and 2.

Natalie Baca, Santa Fe, NM, and her Magnum Great Pine W5 won the Green Horse class at his very first reining event, the Western Slope Reining Horse Association’s Harvest Buckle Bonanza event in Montrose, CO, October 29, making the horse an NRHA money earner!

Mandi Williams, La Porte, and her new horse, One Time In June, won the $25K-Novice-Horse-NP class with a 71 October 30 at the Lone Star Cutters October 30 show in Buffalo. Also, Trent Bell won the $25K Novice Horse with a 75 on the mare.

Jon Burgess, Weatherford, recently became NCHA’s newest Million Dollar Rider and Open Rider Hall of Fame inductee!

Bet On A Banner, owned by Jamie Lynn McCullin Futch, Dubach, LA, and ridden by Mason Griffin, marked 73 to win Day 1 of the 5K Novice Horse on November 5 at the Cotton Circuit Finals at Ike Hamilton Expo Center, West Monroe, LA. Chloe Costello, Kaufman, received her white coat November 5 from the Texas A&M College of Dentistry in Dallas. Now she should be a practicing dentist in two years!

Tibba Smith, Hobbs, NM, competed

Clifton Lindsey & Jacob Williams won the #6 Ranch class at SLTSA's October 16 show in Port Allen. at the Turquoise Circuit Finals in Camp Verde, AZ, November 5-6. She won the 2021 WPRA Turquoise Circuit Breakaway Roping title, having won the first round, split the second, and won the average!

She also won the year-end. Her traveling partner, TiAda Gray, won the breakaway reserve year-end title.

Kincade Henry, Mt. Pleasant, won Ultimate Calf Roping’s Open jackpot November 7 in Tyler with 27.49 on 3 head.

Alexis Templin, San Angelo, was recently elected to serve as the 2021-2022 FFA President at Central High School.

Braylee Newcomb, Malvern, AR, won the PeeWee 10&U with 15.653 on Butterscotch November 12 at Arkansas Barrel Racing Assoc’s event in Benton.

Anna Harris, Sheridan, AR, has been riding reiners most of her life and recently signed to ride Texas A&M University’s equestrian team next year!

Losses Don Parker, 76, Georgetown, died October 19. He loved and trained Quarter horses his whole life. In 1981, he showed Stylish Lynx to win the inaugural NCHA Super Stakes Open Championship.

Doug Householder, 76, Weatherford, died October 23 due to complications from Covid. He was born in Ohio where he earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University, but then he came to Texas and received his masters and PhD degrees in animal science from Texas A&M University. After graduation, he remained in that department where he served as an extension professor and horse specialist for 30 years. He held judges’ cards for five major breed associations and judged both nationally and internationally. w

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