2018 March/April RCHN

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March/April 2018 Volume 23, NO. 2

Greatness Rewarded Kelby Phillips & Hickory Holly Time Win 2018 DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman

COWTOWN WORLD NATIONAL COVERAGE ////// CHAMPIONS ////// CHAMPIONS

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Contents////// MARCH/APRIL 2018

Volume 23, Number 2 KC Montgomery

Features 36 Celebrating Champions

The NRCHA crowned 15 World Champions at the Celebration of Champions.

62 NRCHA National Champions

The 2017 NRCHA National Championships were awarded at the Celebration of Champions.

108 The Polished Professional Then and now: the exceptional show career of Bald N Shiney.

Circle Up 12 Quotable 14 APHA World Show News 18 NRCHyA News 22 Affiliate News

In Every Issue

36 Terra Micek rode Nic N Chics to the NRCHA Non Pro Bridle World and National Championships.

EVENT COVERAGE 26 Family Fortune

Kelby Phillips and Hickory Holly Time celebrate their first NRCHA DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman title.

84 Charmed Victory

Kelby Phillips and Duals Lucky Charm cruise to the NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Derby Championship.

100 College Prep

NRCHA Intercollegiate Challenge showcases tough young competitors.

104 Wittwer Takes the Challenge

Tyra Wittwer rides Jammin In Hollywood to the High School Rodeo Cow Horse Challenge Championship.

4 From the NRCHA Executive Director

8 NRCHA President’s Letter 116 Dennis Moreland’s Tack Tips 117 NRCHA Approved Events 120 From the Judge’s Chair 121 NRCHA Judges Directory 125 Subscribed Stallion Program 129 NRCHA Membership Information 131 Top Rider List 133 NRCHA Committee Directory 134 Affiliate List 135 Suspended List

On the cover: The 2018 NRCHA DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman Kelby Phillips riding Hickory Holly Time owned by DT Horses LLC.

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Real Boots.

THE OFFICIAL BOOT OF THE NRCHA

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Improvements Underway

It is often said that success is accompanied not only by new challenges, but also a greater ability to resolve them. At the recent National Reined Cow Horse Association Celebration of Champions in Fort Worth, Texas, the NRCHA experienced success along with a new challenge. And as the saying predicts, our team is equipped with a strategy for resolution.

The challenge manifested itself on Final’s night for the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman—a show for which tickets have sold out for the fourth consecutive year now. How often do horse shows sell out and leave management pondering whether to release standingroom-only tickets? For the NRCHA, it’s become a regular thing, and herein lies our challenge.

In an effort to accommodate the crowd, we held the Finals herd work in the Will Rogers Coliseum, then moved to the John Justin Arena for the remaining three events: rein work, steer stopping and fence work. The mass migration of several thousand people created a traffic jam, as well as some hiccups with ticketing and seating.

Producing a major reined cow horse event can be compared to showing in the fence work. As much as you prepare, an unexpected situation may present itself, and the wise horseman (or event manager) learns from it and makes improvements for next time.

For anyone who was caught up in the excitement—or possibly frustrated by crowds and seating issues—at the 2018 World’s Greatest Horseman, make plans right now to come back next year and experience the beneficial adjustments we already have in the works.

Arrangements are being made for the NRCHA to work with a new ticketing provider to make reserved seating available. We will release details the minute they are available so fans of this great event don’t miss out on a second of the action.

If our biggest challenge is a direct result of our event being too popular, then it is an issue we are proud and motivated to resolve.

All the best, Jay Winborn

Volume 23, Number 2

Official Publication of the National Reined Cow Horse Association Published by Quarter Horse News

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An Unforgettable Voice From NRCHA President Todd Crawford

This page in the magazine is typically where the NRCHA President discusses some aspect of the association’s growth and success, or encourages people to become more involved in the fun and exciting world of reined cow horses. While those are valid topics, I am choosing to focus on the spirit of our association, through the example of an unforgettable person named Shawn Renshaw. Shawn passed away in February. He will be very sadly missed.

Shawn embodied the spirit that is so unique to our sport, particularly through his unconditional and enthusiastic support for his fellow competitors. I want to share that about Shawn, because I think our newer NRCHA members may have missed out on the unique and rewarding experience of knowing him.

My path first crossed Shawn Renshaw’s in Ventura, California, in the late 1980s or very early ‘90s. It was the first reined cow horse show I ever went to. Something I noticed right away was this guy, yelling and screaming for every rider who went in the pen. It didn’t matter if he knew you or not, or whether you were good or not.

I’m sure I was terrible at that show, but it didn’t matter. Shawn yelled for me anyway. From then on, for as long as I knew Shawn, he yelled and cheered for everybody, and some of his encouraging word choices could be quite comi-

cal. Shawn had a big presence and big personality. You always knew he was in the building, because he had an unmistakable voice and it boomed throughout the arena. Once he got in the groove of cheering, it lasted all day long. I can’t believe his voice held up.

Shawn was a very competitive showman, and had his horses well trained.

He was a Non Pro who was capable of making the Open finals, and did so on many occasions. But what really stands out about Shawn is the cheering. Shawn was an equal-opportunity cheerer. It wasn’t unusual that, if he was showing and had a great big fence turn, he would yell for himself, too.

Those loud yells of support came naturally to Shawn, as they do for so many reined cow horse people. The tendency to sit and cheer for everybody is not something you see in every horse activity, or every sport in general. If you knew Shawn, I hope you’re smiling as you read this and think about him. If you didn’t know him, I hope this gives you the feeling that you did, in some small way.

Shawn cheered me on from the very beginning of my cow horse career. I will always remember his voice, and how much fun it was to have him at the shows. Shawn will forever represent the spirit and support that defines our cow horse community.

— Todd Crawford NRCHA President

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Quotable I think that this [World’s Greatest Horseman] event is going to take things to a new level for bridle horses. It showcases everything we are supposed to be doing; it showcases the cow horse training’s longevity. These horses aren’t burned up; they aren’t even getting good until they are an older bridle horse. I just like that, I like that it takes that kind of a seasoned horse to be competitive in this event. Those war horses, everybody loves those horses and likes to see them be great year-in and year-out.”

— NRCHA Professional Russell Dilday, who rode Smooth N Cash in the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman Finals for an injured Jake Gorrell.

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NRCHyA News National Reined Cow Horse Youth Association activities abound during the Celebration of Champions.

By Lannie-Jo Lisac

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he NRCHyA had another great year. Our youth officers are proud of the growth that our industry has seen, and we can’t wait to help think of new ideas to bring more people into our sport.

The NRCHyA had a very busy year.

Our main fundraiser this year was the One Fine Vintage raffle, which was for a breeding donated by Robertson Ranches. We also sold popcorn at one of the Down the Fence showings and we put on a dummy roping at the Celebration of Champions. Our community service project this year was for freerice.com, which is a website to help feed the hungry.

At the Celebration of Champions, the NRCHyA officers had a youth lounge where all the kids could go talk and meet new people. There were snacks and drinks for all the kids. The lounge

seemed to be a big hit! The kids also made motivational posters to hang on the walls throughout the facilities. They hosted a game night in the lounge for everyone to attend. The activities put on by the NRCHyA officers were a great success.

A major highlight for youth members at the Celebration of Champions was when the NRCHyA hosted two guest speakers. The first speaker was Dr. Billy Zanolini. The kids enjoyed his message and learned a lot. The second speaker was legendary horseman and NRCHA million-dollar rider Mr. Doug Williamson. The youth enjoyed listening and learned so much from him. The knowledge of our sport that Mr. Williamson passes on to all of us is so inspiring! Thank you to Dr. Billy Zanolini and Mr. Doug Williamson for taking the time out of your busy

schedules to meet and talk with our youth.

In addition to activities at certain NRCHA Premier Events, NRCHyA Student Officers and Representatives also participate in monthly conference calls where we discuss ideas for future fundraisers, clinics, how to continue to grow our membership, and we watch and discuss motivational videos together. The NRCHyA officers worked hard to make 2017 a year to remember.

Being a NRCHyA Student Officer or Representative is a big commitment that each one of us take very seriously.

I would like to thank all of the Youth Advisors, Officers and Representatives for a great year.

The NRCHyA would like to thank everyone for their support in 2017 and we look forward to an even better 2018.

///////// 2018 YOUTH OFFICERS & REPRESENTATIVES The last scheduled event at the Celebration of Champions was our annual national youth meeting. At the meeting, election of new Officers for 2018 took place. Welcome aboard to the 2018 NRCHyA Officers, Representatives, Junior Officers and Youth Advisors.

2018 NRCHyA Advisors Sarah Clymer, Village Mills, Texas Todd Crawford, Blanchard, Oklahoma Allison Walker, Whitesboro, Texas

2018 NRCHyA Student Officers

President – Ben Self, Pilot Point, Texas Vice President – Elizabeth Clymer, Village Mills, Texas Secretary – Tucker Gillespie, McCook, Nebraska Treasurer – John Cunningham, Stonewall, Louisiana Reporter – Lannie-Jo Lisac, Pueblo, Colorado

2018 NRCHyA Regional Representatives

High School Rodeo – Josh Briggs, Pilot Point, Texas Northeast – Megan Wildermuth, Queensburg, New York Southeast – Hunter Huddleston, Franklin, Tennessee North Central – Breanne Faris, Pueblo, Colorado South Central – LaRae Luis, Wynnewood, Oklahoma Northwest – Macyn McCullough, Caldwell, Idaho Southwest – Hannah Hieber, Catheys Valley, California Canadian – Ryley-Ray Wilson, Abbotsford, British Columbia

2018 NRCHyA Junior Officers

Junior President – Maisen Avent, Larkspur, Colorado Junior Vice President – Landri Lisac, Pueblo, Colorado Junior Secretary – Tatum Olson, Bloomfield, Nebraska Junior Reporter – Carolina Sanchez, Sarasota, Florida

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NRCHyA News Youth members behind the scenes during the 2018 NRCHA Celebration of Champions.

Youth members Natalie Harrison and Hunter Huddleston.

Photographs by Bridget Kirkwood

NRCHyA Vice President Elizabeth Clymer and NRCHyA President Ben Self.

Youth members were treated to an inspiring talk courtesy of NRCHA million-dollar rider Doug Williamson.

Colorado State University ranch horse team members Justin Riley, Sierra Southerland and Caroline Conver.

The Youth Bridle Reserve World Champion was Addison Coutts and Peppys Please.

The Youth Bridle World Champion was Cutter McLaughlin and CD Dee Vee Dee.

NRCHyA members and parents listened to motivational guest speakers during the Celebration of Champions.

Youth Limited World Champion Adrianna Adams and her winning mount Wanna Winna Prize.

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responsibility of executive director of CRCA in 2015 and continued his focus on the growth and health of the organization. One of his proudest moments was having the CRCA recognized as NRCHA Affiliate of the Year in 2016 for its innovations, level of competition and robust growth.

Not only has Jerry’s work helped mold the CRCA into the outstanding affiliate that it is today, but he was also elected to serve on the NRCHA Board from 2012 to 2015 and again in 2018. In that time, Jerry served as the NRCHA treasurer for two years. He also served on the NRCHA Affiliates Committee, Rules Committee and Executive Committee.

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Jerry Peters and Hailn Magic Diamonds.

Peters Inducted into CRCA Hall of Fame The Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association recently inducted Jerry Peters and Hailn Magic Diamonds into its Hall of Fame.

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erry Peters has had an enduring impact on the success of the Colorado Reined Cow Horse Association (CRCA) and his knowledge and diligence have brought a higher level of structure to the organization.

Jerry came on the scene a few years after CRCA was established after getting his feet wet with cow horses in the late 1990’s as an owner with his horses being trained and shown by the late

Cathy Coleman. CRCA was in its infancy at that time, and Jerry wanted to offer the group support from his years of professional experience as an actuary and in customer service management.

Along with his financial expertise, Jerry developed an efficient entry system and same day payouts for the horse shows—systems that made attending a CRCA show a pleasant experience for contestants. Jerry undertook the

In 2004, Magic Dog Ranch, owned

by Jerry Peters, welcomed a tiny sorrel mare he bred that would later be known as “Hailee”, or Hailn Magic Diamonds,

by Shine Like Hail and out of Thiefs Of Diamonds. Hailee was trained and shown by CRCA Hall of Fame trainer Tim Unzicker, and accrued lifetime earnings of over $72,000 ($68,000 NRCHA) before she was retired to broodmare status in 2011. She was Reserve Champion in the Intermediate Open division at the 2009 NRCHA Stallion Stakes.

Hailee received her NRCHA Certificate of Ability and Superior Cow Horse award in 2007, and was awarded her Supreme Reined Cow Horse designation in 2010. She has been successful as a broodmare as well, with every performance aged foal performing and winning money in NRCHA events, including the 2011 gelding Cold Day In Hail shown by non-professional competitor Megan Ciana with earnings of over $17,000.

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By Kate Bradley Byars Photos by Primo Morales

Fortune

Kelby Phillips and Hickory Holly Time grew-up together in the cow horse industry, marking firsts for the young trainer.

Now, they celebrate their first World’s Greatest Horseman title.

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he audience sat glued to their seats awaiting the announcement of the 2018 DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman champion at the NRCHA Celebration of Champions in Fort Worth, Texas. Upon hearing the announcement that Kelby Phillips of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Hickory Holly Time were the champions with a composite score of 890.5, the crowd in John Justin Arena erupted.

The win was another in a long string of firsts for the roan stallion and the young trainer.

It was Phillips’ second time to show Hickory Holly Time, known as “Oliver,” in the event. A 2011 stallion by One Time Pepto and out of Hickory Holly Cee,

owned by DT Horses LLC, the flashy roan capitalized on a good cow to take a late lead in what was a tight race between Phillips and Phillip Ralls riding Call Me Mitch (Metallic Cat x Miss Hickory Hill x Docs Hickory).

In the end, the always exciting fence work decided the champion.

“That is what reined cow horse is, coming down to the fence to name a champion,” said Dean Tuftin, owner of

Riding the 2011 stallion Hickory Holly Time (One Time Pepto x Hickory Holly Cee x Docs Hickory) for DT Horses, Kelby Phillips earned his first World’s Greatest Horseman title.

DT Horses located in Scottsdale. “This horse has been so solid in the rein work, and consistent in all the events. It came to drawing the right cattle to show well.

When that happened, Kelby was able to show him properly.”

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Tuftin purchased Hickory Holly Time in 2016 from Garth and Amanda Gardiner of Ashland, Kansas. Previously, the stallion topped multiple NRCHA Premier Events, including winning the 2013 Snaffle Bit Futurity Intermediate Open, 2014 Open Derby and 2015 Open Stakes Reserve Champion. All the titles were under the guidance of Phillips.

“He was my first 3-year-old to train and my first bridle horse to train,” Phillips said. “He’s actually the first horse I’ve come through all the way with. I look back now and, of course I’ve been in it a little bit now, and I had no idea he could be as good as he was.”

From throwing a leg over him from day one in training to saddling up for the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman finals, Kelby, his wife Abbie and Oliver have been together every step of the way.

In 2018, Phillips’ only goal was to show the stallion to the best of his ability.

“I just wanted to stay consistent and get him shown. Whenever me and my wife saw how many horses were entered, we couldn’t believe it,” he said. “Any of those horses could have made the finals.”

The preliminary rounds tested even seasoned pairs like Phillips and Oliver.

Tuftin watched from Scottsdale as the duo battled through tough herd work cattle.

“I could see he struggled,” said Tuftin.

“He had a decent rein work and steer stopping. Down the fence, he had a brutal cow that even stopped on him.

He wound up over-running it. Kelby did everything he could, but that was a tough cow. He was due for some good cattle.”

Top: Phillips and “Oliver” set a hot pace in the first leg of the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman finals, scoring a 220 in the herd work.

Above: Scores of 220 in the herd work, 222.5 in the reined work, 224.5 in steer stopping and 223.5 in the fence work combined for a total of 890.5 for Hickory Holly Time and Phillips, who earned the title by a 2.5-point margin over Phillip Ralls and Call Me Mitch.

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///////// DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman The pair finished with a 210 in the herd, 220 in the rein work, 212 in the cow, and a 221.5 in the steer stopping for a composite of 863.5, earning the eighth spot back to the 10-head final.

Both he and Phillips agree the preliminaries weren’t the best showing for the horse. But the Saturday finals provided a second chance to top the field.

The first event, herd work, handily separated the top horses. Phillips and Oliver marked a 220, only a half-point lower than Ralls and Call Me Mitch; in the rein, Phillips scored one point higher than Ralls.

“They separated themselves right off the bat,” Tuftin said. “By the reining, they were really separated from the rest.

I didn’t expect that to happen so fast. I knew it wasn’t over until the last possible

second because anything could happen.

Both are great horses.”

As the duo came into the steer stopping, Tuftin’s confidence grew. Since moving to Scottsdale, Phillips has worked hard on roping, even going to jackpot ropings.

Tuftin said it paid off.

The judges scored Phillips’ steer stopping the highest at 224.5. With a 667 composite after three, he was in the lead.

“The steer stopping is the one event [cow horse trainers] don’t get enough experience in because there are no other [cow horse] events with it. Kelby worked hard,” Tuftin said. A professional roper, Tuftin’s personal interest in the marriage of roping and cow horses pushed him to sponsor the event.

“This time, we had a great steer. The timing of the horn catch is something we

work on so much. Kelby put work into it and improved a lot.”

The riders and the crowd knew the composite scores headed into the fence work, but the judges’ scores after each rider were held until the end.

Phillips rode back in for the results knowing that he had put a good run together and shown Oliver to the best of his ability.

“I knew Phillip [Ralls] had a great run, too. Whether we won it or not, I was going to be happy because we gave it our all,” Phillips said.

The score of 223.5 was lower than Ralls’ 225, but the composite score of 890 topped the field.

“I really couldn’t believe we won it,” Phillips said. “This event, the World’s Greatest, is the first cow horse event I

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cooler. More than prizes, though, Ralls and Roitblat took home a renewed sense of confidence in Mitch.

In spite of leading a deep pack of talented horses and talented riders going into the finals, Ralls didn’t feel pressure.

“There were 10 talented horses in that group and you know it is going to be a dog fight,” Ralls said. “I had a lot of confidence in the repeatability of what Mitch can do. Even going through the prelims, other than my cow work, I didn’t have to use him hard. I felt like he was better in the finals than he was in the prelims, and he didn’t make any mistakes in the prelims. I knew I was going to run harder, keep things snappier and let it roll. He definitely stepped up and handled business.”

With the $25,000 earned from the event, Call Me Mitch’s lifetime earnings exceed $150,000. On his way to the reserve title, the stallion drew the crowd’s enthusiasm, much as he drew Ralls’ attention when the horse first joined his barn. Having a horse that catches people’s eye is important in the show pen, Ralls said.

“He has a tendency to attract a following.

Mitch brings a lot of charisma and swagger to his game when he shows,” he said.

It won’t be the last time a crowd is drawn in by the roan’s flashy way of cutting a cow or deep stop. Ralls will pilot him in a few events this summer. Who knows, the duo may be back next year to compete for the World’s Greatest Horseman title. The coveted champion title has eluded Ralls

before, in 2016 and in 2015, when he rode Dom Dualuise.

“I’ve gone through the ups and downs; I’ve made it back in the last hole and in the top rung [to the finals],” Ralls said. “I plan to come back. The bridle horse pool is deep but Mitch has what it takes to be the type of horse that can be around a long time.

I’m looking forward to making another run on him.”

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s the competitors filed back into the John Justin Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, to hear the champion’s name called, it appeared a roan would be atop the list of the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman. Which roan horse’s name called was what kept the audience stuck to their seats. When the scores were called, Call Me Mitch (Metallic Cat x Miss Hickory Hill x Docs Hickory) and Phillip Ralls held the reserve title. A massive 225 score down the fence wasn’t quite enough to push “Mitch” and Ralls past Kelby Phillips and Hickory Holly Time.

In the end, judges scored the 2011 roan stallion a 220.5 to mark the high score in the herd, a 221.5 in the rein work, a 221 in steer stopping and the highest mark in the fence work, totaling 888. It was 2.5 points below Phillips’ cumulative 890.5 score with Hickory Holly Time.

Owner Estelle Roitblat took home $25,000, a Gist custom buckle, a Sami Fine Jewelry finalist pendant, a pair of Rios of Mercedes Nile crocodile boots, five pounds of UltraCruz Advanced Gastric Support and a Classic Equine monogrammed fleece

Phillip Ralls and Call Me Mitch owned by Estelle Roitblat.

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ever watched. It was in Stephenville and Bob Avila won that year. I thought if I could ever do an event like that it’d be amazing. Then to go and win it, I can’t describe it.”

It was yet another first to rack up for a team that has a track record of making history. Now, Oliver is headed to the breeding shed to continue his legacy.

Tuftin is considering whether to bring the horse back to the show arena.

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ripple of surprised murmurs rolled through the crowd when it was announced Russell Dilday would pilot Smooth N Cash (Smooth As A Cat x Dox Gavacash x Miss N Cash) in the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman finals for owners Don and Bonnie Roloff of Roloff Ranch.

The 2005 gelding has made seven straight appearances under the expert guidance of California trainer Jake Gorrell.

“It was a freak deal. Win the fence work [preliminaries] and cripple yourself,” said Jake Gorrell.

Throughout the preliminaries, Smooth N Cash felt the best Gorrell could rememROSS HECOX

Smooth N Cash was ridden

by Russell Dilday when his trainer Jake Gorrell was injured during the preliminaries.

ber, and his hopes were high for the event. However, when Gorrell slipped a stirrup on his last fence turn, then had to regain it to circle, his tailbone connected with the saddle cantle. Having previously broken his tailbone, Gorrell felt that something was off. He finished the run with a big score, a 225.5, which won the fence work.

The duo scored a 217.5 in the herd, a 216.5 in the reined work and a 221 in the steer stopping. Adding the big fence score handily pushed them into the top 10 finals. Though after the show a doctor confirmed it was only bruised, at the time

of the finals, Gorrell wanted to give the gelding he calls “Gadget” the best chance at winning. He made the call to ask his friend, Russell Dilday, to ride.

“It broke my heart, but Russell is my best friend,” he said. “Russell showed the wheels off Gadget when the horse was 5 years old. He’s a good hand and a good showman. If he’d had another day to ride him, it would have been a different story.

He got on the horse cold turkey.”

Little practice or not, Dilday was going for the win. In the herd work, the judges scored Dilday a 216, and then in the reining a 209. The steer stopping was a heartcrushing moment for Gorrell and Dilday when Dilday’s loop took a hitch around one horn, forcing him to snub up the steer and take the loop off.

“I was crushed. That is the most crushing loop I’ve ever missed in my life,” Dilday said. “I missed on my own horse in the prelims and it wasn’t as bad as missing that loop on Jake’s horse. He was great though and said, ‘Hey man, it happens.’”

With two seconds left on the clock, Dilday roped and stopped the steer to mark a 196.

The pair were now last to go in to the fence run. In spite of the steer stopping flub, Gorrell knew it wasn’t over until the fence run was complete.

“[The horse’s] best event is the fence work; you never know where you’ll end up until then,” Gorrell explained. “I’ve had people tell me they never relax until Gadget goes. It is almost hard for me to talk about how good he is in the fence. He is good and consistent all the time.”

Dilday loped in to the arena for the fence, ready to go. He said Gadget took hold of the cow and took charge. While the crowd roared approval of the run, the judges marked the pair a 218.5, enough to finish seventh overall with a cumulative score of 839.5.

While he had hoped to do better for Don and Bonnie and Jake, Dilday said he had a good time on the horse. For Gorrell, the solid, 13-year-old gelding showed his true colors and typical consistency that has rewarded the Roloff’s with more than $258,000 in earnings.

“A lot of us are blessed with really good horses, and sometimes we still don’t get them trained. It is a good feeling to say I made one to be great,” Gorrell said.

He also said the pair will be at the 2019 event, barring any injuries. “It ain’t for me, now! That horse deserves it more than me. He needs to win that event. I’ve had people asking me to ride their horse, but he’s it for me until he wins it.”

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T One unique element of World’s Greatest Horseman competition is that the horse must be shown in the same NRCHA show-legal bit in each of the four events.

Show official Morgan Tweedy checks Hickory Holly Time’s bit following the herd work.

An enthusiastic sell-out crowd was on hand to witness the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman finals held in John Justin Arena at the Will Rogers Equestrian Complex.

No matter what the future holds, Tuftin said he’s keeping the duo together.

“Kelby is the reason this horse is where he is,” he said.

“They go together like salt and pepper.”

The entirety of the 2018 DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman event was unique, like its winning pair. There were 50 entries, the largest field ever to compete for the title. Among the group were five women, the most to enter, including 2001 Reserve Champion World’s Greatest Horseman Annie Reynolds.

In addition to big numbers, there were big names in contention, and many were related.

Phillips’ wife, Abbie, competed on Bed Head Cat (Wild Haired Cat x Isabellena x Quejanaisalena), a horse the duo trained early in their career. Brothers Clint and John Swales competed against each other, and Ralls rode against his father, Ron. Though it was Cutter McLaughlin’s second year to show at the event, he remained the youngest competitor at 14.

Cutter’s father, Jay McLaughlin, piloted Blind Sided (Peptoboonsmal x Lil Miss Shiney Chex x Shining Spark) to a composite score of 864 and fourth place in the event. In 1999, McLaughlin was the youngest competitor at the inaugural World’s Greatest Horseman event.

Family members rooted for one another, each bringing their A-game to

he reined cow horse industry regularly celebrates non-pro and open female riders that take home wins in a variety of classes, but the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman is one event that hasn’t boasted a female winner. NRCHA Hall of Fame rider Annie Reynolds has come close as the 2001 Reserve Champion and returned this year to compete along with four other fierce female riders.

None made the finals, though Gusti Buerger scored highest placing 26th in the field of 50. In a recordsetting year of 50 entries for the added-money event, a strong contingent of female riders shows the growing interest in competing.

“The event just keeps getting tougher and tougher,” said Jake Gorrell, return competitor and former NRCHA board member. “For the last three years, the whole environment of the World’s Greatest has just exploded. To feel the energy and feel the crowd go crazy, it’s fun. It is awesome to see the entries grow and see the enthusiasm for the sport.”

Here is a look at the five female competitors in the 2018 DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman.

• Naomi Bancroft piloted Meradas Golden Rey (Rockin Lockin Rey x Meradas Trouble x Master Merada) for Setting Sun Ranch LLC to a preliminary score of 822.5 (H: 209/R: 209.5/C: 215/S: 189).

• Gusti Berger piloted her own Rica Olena (CD Olena x Cute N Cashy x Dox Bueno Dinero) to a preliminary score of 837.5 (H: 211/R: 214 /C: 208.5/S: 204).

• Alexis Blakely piloted her own horse, Hail Of A Shine (Shine Like Hail x A Starlet Lady x Grays Starlight), to a preliminary score of 830 (H: 210/R: 195 /C: 217 /S: 208).

• Abbie Phillips piloted Bed Head Cat (Wild Haired Cat x Isabellena x Quejanaisalena) for owner David Burtenshaw to a preliminary score of 407 (H: 195/R: 212 /S: SCR/C: SCR).

• Annie Reynolds piloted Magicality (Very Smart Remedy x Magical Lena x Little Lenas Legend) for owner Joyce W. Pearson to a preliminary score of 431.5 (H: 215/R: 216.5 /C: 0/S: 0).

the competition, as riders of all ages took their shot for the title. Ten riders returned to the finals, and the race for $40,000. Phillips and Tuftin take home the earnings and a custom saddle from Martin Saddlery, a custom ring and pendant from Sami Fine Jewelry, a Catena watch, Gist Custom buckle, C.R. Morrison commemorative trophy, Nile crocodile

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In the end, the real win is owning this horse, said Tuftin.

“As time goes by, we are realizing how truly special Oliver really is,” Tuftin said. “Every year I go to the Snaffle Bit Futurity and those main events and see horses win, and I look back at how Oliver is working. Those are great horses, but they are not Oliver. That horse has his own swag. He is a champion. We are really, really lucky to be involved in Kelby, Abbie and Oliver’s lives.”

Top: A dazzling 226.5 steer stopping run in the prelims gave Cushing and One Fine Vintage the win, worth $1,500.

Above left: During the World’s Greatest Horseman preliminaries Call Me Mitch and Ralls earned a 223 in the herd work to win the go round and $1,500. The team led the field of 10 qualifiers into the finals with an 887.5 composite (223 herd/ 221 rein/ 219 cow/ 224.5 steer).

Above: Corey Cushing rode Robertson Ranches’ One Fine Vintage (One Time Pepto x Shiners Siena x Shining Spark) to a 222.5 for first place in the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman rein work preliminaries and $1,500.

Left: Smooth N Cash (Smooth As A Cat x Dox Gavacash x Miss N Cash) put forth a stellar 225.5 effort in the fence work portion of the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman preliminaries for the go round win and $1,500.

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The NRCHA crowned 15 World Champions at the Celebration of Champions held February 9-17, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Open Bridle World Champion Earthly Riches/Daniel Sanchez The 2017 NRCHA show season was a dream year for Daniel Sanchez that was capped off at the Celebration of Champions when he and Earthly Riches, owned by Donna Russo, became the Open Bridle World Champions.

“I’m really excited that he’s a world champion,” Sanchez said. “This means a lot to me, I never thought I’d be able to go to Fort Worth and compete with all those Open guys. I’ve always enjoyed riding older horses, especially bridle horses.”

This was Sanchez’s second trip to the NRCHA Celebration of Champions, where he showed Earthly Riches (Tulare x Cmon Tell Us x King Fritz Two) in both the Limited Open and Open Bridle classes. After finishing third in the Limited Open, his goal was to make the Open finals, which he did by qualifying in ninth. While preparing for the Open

Daniel Sanchez and Open Bridle World Champion Earthly Riches.

finals, Sanchez listened to the advice of Todd Bergen, as well as that of his boss, Justin Wright.

“They both said, ‘don’t be afraid to run him, don’t hold back.’ So that’s what I did,” said Sanchez, who won $9,842 and a Don Rich Custom Saddle after marking a 216 in the rein work and a 224.5 on the cow—his highest cow work score to date.

“The Open finals was the fourth time he’d been shown and he never got strong,

he stayed with me the whole time,” Sanchez said. “Our cow was a little slow when it came out. He felt good and where he needed to be. He had three huge turns and he always circles great—you kick him to his spot and then turn him loose and he’ll circle.”

While the run was fast, Sanchez wasn’t sure if it was as good as it felt.

“Everyone was cheering and I knew I didn’t have that many friends out there in the grandstand so I thought it must

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Limited Open Bridle World Champion Boonsmal Bling/Caleb Jantz Caleb Jantz was first out in the Limited Open Bridle finals and while he knew he’d had a good run on Boonsmal Bling, he didn’t know if it would hold up for the win. After watching the other nine contestants take their turn in the John Justin Arena, and after hearing each of their names get called before his during the awards presentation, Jantz realized he’d won his first NRCHA World Championship.

“It’s a big deal. A couple of months ago I started telling myself—I wrote it down—that this year I’d win my first of 50-plus world championships and it came to reality,” said Jantz, who was showing in Fort Worth for the first time.

Boonsmal Bling (Peptoboonsmal x Stylin Little Lena x Smart Little Lena), a 2008 mare, is owned by Jennifer Downing.

“She’s well bred and has a lot of ability and talent,” Jantz said. “She’s strong and can run like crazy—you’re not going to get outrun on her that’s for sure.”

Jantz has worked for Jake Telford in Caldwell, Idaho, for the last three years.

He began riding Boonsmal Bling in July. Wanting to get money won on the mare, it was decided that he should start showing her in the Limited Open Bridle.

“The plan was to get her qualified to the Celebration of Champions and then once we did that, to get her in the finals,” Jantz said. “I’m thankful that I got to show her this year.”

At the Celebration of Champions, where he earned $3,940 and a Tad Sanders Custom Saddle for the win, Jantz was

Caleb Jantz and Limited Open Bridle World Champion Boonsmal Bling.

a little disappointed with his rein work where he marked a 213, but was happy with his cow work score of 216.5.

“That was probably the best fence run I’ve had on her. She listened to me, but still read the cow and was accurate,” Jantz said. “The cow was pretty soft right at the start so I thought that I’d better go.

When he took off he was a good cow. My second turn was an open field turn and I was happy with that.”

From the first time Jantz, 25, saw a reined cow horse show, he knew that was what he wanted to do for a career. His wife Mady was in Fort Worth to cheer him on.

Non Pro Bridle World Champion Terra Micek/Nic N Chics Terra Micek says she’s had trouble getting shown at the Celebration of Champions in the past, so when she marked a 432 to earn the Non Pro Bridle World Championship, the taste of success was sweet.

“I’m very excited that I finally put

a run together,” said Micek, who took home $4,912 and a DC Cow Horse Gear Custom Saddle for the win. “It was great to win in Fort Worth in February because it hasn’t been the best show for me.”

Micek marked a 211.5 in the rein work and felt that Nic N Chics (Nic It In The Bud x Desire A Chic x Smart Chic Olena) stopped and spun well. It was in the cow work, however, where she marked a 220.5 that he excelled.

“My cow was a little soft on the end in the boxing and my trainer Brad Lund told me to send it, so I sent it. I almost fell off on my first turn, but I didn’t,” Micek said. “My second turn was good, we had two really big fence turns. We still had a lot of cow, but we had to circle at that point, so I put my hand down and let my horse circle.”

Micek appreciates how smart Nic N Chics is when working cattle.

“He always takes care of me on the cow and I’m grateful for that.”

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Non Pro Bridle World Champion Terra Micek and Nic N Chics.

step-mom Jodi Micek, made the trip from Utica, Nebraska, to see her win the NRCHA World Championship.

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle World Champion Gregg Lafitte/Shes Playin Rey Shes Playin Rey carried her owner, Gregg Lafitte, to the top spot of the Intermediate Non Pro Bridle to deliver his first world championship. Lafitte took home $3,536 and a Don Rich Custom Saddle.

“They held the scores until the presentation, which made it more exciting so when they got to the top three, I was just thankful I was still in there,” Lafitte said. “Winning the world is emotional for me because I’ve put 15 years into this with the goal of making these finals and hopefully becoming a world champion.

To have it finally happen at 62 years old is very satisfying.”

Lafitte marked a pair of 216’s in the rein and fence work to achieve a composite score of 432.

“I felt good in the reining, I was trying

to press it just a little bit, but it doesn’t take much on her—if you ask for a little bit, you’ll get it. She was honest, easy and a dream ride,” Lafitte said. “On my cow I got behind a little bit on my first

turn down the fence, but everything else was alright. It was a good clean run and I knew I had a chance. I guess it was just my day, it was a fun deal.”

Lafitte’s wife Jahn was in the stands cheering him on.

“She’s a very strong supporter and when I did my victory lap I heard her screaming in the stands and everybody was laughing at her,” Lafitte said.

Lafitte was the 2015 NRCHA Reserve World Champion on Shes Playin Rey (TR Dual Rey x Playin Acre x Playin Stylish), but back surgery in mid-2016 forced him out of the saddle for a year.

“I was trying to come back, but hurt it again so I was beginning to question whether I could get back to the level it takes to win,” Lafitte said. “After the AQHA Select World last August we started hitting it pretty hard. I was training with C.J. Shopbell at least once a week so I was grateful that it all came together in Fort Worth.”

Shes Playin Rey and trainer C.J. Shopbell won the 2017 Snaffle Bit Futurity Horse

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle World Champion Gregg Lafitte riding Shes Playin Rey.

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In 2015, Lafitte rode Shes Playin Rey to the NRCHA Derby Amateur win and the Amateur Hackamore title at the NRCHA Hackamore Classic.

“One thing that amazes me about her is that she can compete at the level C.J. needs her to in the Open and then come back down and pack me around. I don’t think there are too many horses that can do that at the same show,” Lafitte said. “I feel blessed to own her.”

Novice Non Pro Bridle World Champion Katherine DeHaan/Mizzen Starbuck All Katherine DeHaan wanted to do in Fort Worth was to show Mizzen Starbuck twice and to win a jacket for making the finals of the Novice Non Pro Bridle class.

The pair did much more than that when they marked a 220 in the rein work and a 217.5 down the fence to win their first world championship.

“This is the biggest win that we’ve had by far,” said DeHaan, who won a Bob’s Custom Saddle and $3,306. “I’ve shown since I was quite young. I went to the AQHA Youth World a few times, but this is the first time I’ve been to the NRCHA World and it was a huge success. That mare is very special to me.”

Prior to the finals, trainer Jason Gay had DeHaan practice running into the arena.

“I had never done a run-in pattern on her so we loped through the entry way a couple of times after the prelims. A couple of runs before my turn I sat at the end of the alleyway and visualized it.

As soon as I ran in, I knew it was going to be good—she was focused and I was focused and we felt in sync. The last stop and turn I was over-the-moon excited because she was so good but still so calm,” DeHaan said.

DeHaan was nervous when her cow

Novice Non Pro Bridle World Champion Katherine DeHaan and Mizzen Starbuck.

came through the gate, but settled in when it honored Mizzen Starbucks, aka “Lilly.”

“There was an instant when we went to go down the fence and the cow balked and turned back. Lilly went to the head and pushed him around the corner. It was more than I could ever have asked her to do—she was amazing the whole time.”

Mizzen Starbuck was purchased by DeHaan at the Legacy Reining Sales as a yearling. DeHaan put the first rides on her and continued her training as a 2-year-old. When she entered vet school, DeHaan sent Mizzen Starbuck to NRCHA Professional Darren Miller until after the Snaffle Bit Futurity.

“She’s been with me pretty much ever since. She spent maybe half a year with Becky Hurst as a 6-year-old and Becky showed her in the two rein. When I got invited to the Celebration of Champions, one of my friends, Kailey Gay, who is married to trainer Jason Gay, pretty much talked me in to going. On a whim I decided to enter and I’ve been riding

with Jason since late December to get ready for it.”

In the days leading up to the Celebration of Champions, DeHaan was encouraged by the Gays’ belief that she and Mizzen Starbuck had a good chance of making the finals.

“I thought they were completely insane,” DeHaan said. “Winning was a huge goal of mine and doing it on that mare was very special.”

DeHann, Nampa, Idaho, is an equine veterinarian and counts Dr. Joe Carter of Oklahoma as her mentor. She has her father, Harry DeHaan, an attorney, to thank for getting her involved in cow horses.

“He’s always been there for me and we commiserate on these cow horses together. He was at the end of the alley when I came out after my run, and when I saw him, I knew it was good.”

DeHaan said. “I’d like to thank my mom Susan DeHaan who flew out and stayed with me and helped me. Also my sister Jennifer Cummins who stayed in Idaho and watched my dogs.”

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Open Hackamore World Champion Gunna Be A Smartie/Shane Steffen Shane Steffen says that Gunna Be A Smartie is a horse that tries harder than most. The 2012 mare put that try on display in the Open Hackamore Finals at the Celebration of Champions when she marked a 440.5 (222 rein/ 218.5 cow) to claim the world championship.

“It’s a big win. I’ve been blessed to make the Open finals multiple times on different horses and on her, but I’ve always been short,” said Steffen, who took home a Don Rich Custom Saddle for the win. “It’s a blessing to have such a good horse. To be able to win an open hackamore class of this caliber is cool because it’s not an easy feat. Anybody in this class could come out on top on any given day.”

Steffen says Gunna Be A Smartie (Very Smart Remedy x Gunna Be Mine x Gunna Smoke), aka “Val,” is easy to show because she is good minded and talented.

“The mare was really good and true in the rein work. She’s always honest and is fun to show,” said Steffen. “On the cow she always wants to be really good.

When the cow comes off of the fence and you’re trying to make those open field turns, it’s all on the horse. She handled it well for what the cow threw at her and I was real happy with that.”

In addition to being a fine athlete, Gunna Be A Smartie is sweet-natured.

“She’s a kind horse and it doesn’t matter if she’s been on stall rest or had time off, you can saddle her up and she’s all business,” Steffen said. “This mare has more try than a lot of horses. She wants to please. She gives it her all and you can’t ask for more than that.”

Gunna Be A Smartie is owned by McSpyder Ranch.

“Linda McMahon (owner of McSpyder Ranch) loves her horses and she loves this event,” said Steffen. “She’s willing

Open Hackamore World Champion Gunna Be A Smartie ridden by Shane Steffen.

to go through the ups and downs of showing—the success and the heartaches that go with it—she’s a true person of the sport.”

Steffen, Powell Butte, Oregon, enjoys the challenge of working in the hackamore.

“I think it makes you a better horseman to learn how to ride and show in one,” Steffen said.

Limited Open Hackamore World Champion SJR Cash Advance/Caleb Jantz SJR Cash Advance has provided Caleb Jantz with many career firsts, and at the Celebration of Champions she gave him another one when she claimed the top spot in the Limited Open Hackamore.

“She’s a great horse so I was very lucky to get to show here,” Jantz said. “She’s got everything that you want one to have—she’s cowy, has a big stop and is built correct. She’s really laid back and is kind of a pet.”

SJR Cash Advance marked a 435 (215.5 rein/ 219.5 cow) to win the world title, $3,112 and a Don Rich Custom Saddle.

“I knew she was going to be pretty good because she had felt solid all week.

She stopped big and circled good. I knew we’d gotten through it pretty clean,” Jantz said. “The cow boxed good and she read it well in the turns. She circled up fast and in control.”

SJR Cash Advance is owned by Del and Susan Bell.

“They’ve been super-great to me,” Jantz said. “I have to thank them for letting me show her. It’s been a great couple of years getting to show her. I also want to thank Jake Telford and my wife, Mady, who was here to support me during the show.”

Jantz, 25, enjoys the challenge of reined cow horse. He has worked for Telford for three years.

“I grew up riding and I’ve always been fascinated by horses and what makes them tick.

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Limited Open Hackamore World Champion SJR Cash Advance ridden by Caleb Jantz.

Non Pro Hackamore World Champion Myles Brown/Ima Wynna RAB Ima Wynna RAB started life destined to be a ranch horse, but at the Celebration of Champions, where he marked a 432.5 to become the Non Pro Hackamore World Champion under the guidance of Myles Brown, the gelding proved his place in the show pen.

“These horses you have a relationship with them, you want to win for them because they’ve worked harder than you have to get to where they are,” said Brown, who earned $3,768 for the win.

“You don’t win first on him every time, but he lets you win a check every time— mostly because he’s a big stopper and he’s so consistent down the fence.”

After starting deep in the alley to get a good run in for his first stop, Brown and Ima Wynna RAB, owned by his parents Rob A. and Talley Brown, marked a 432.5 (214.5 rein/ 218 cow).

“He was pretty pure down the fence.

Non Pro Hackamore World Champion Myles Brown and Ima Wynna RAB.

He open-fielded that cow for our second turn and circled real good,” said Brown.

Known as “Bubba” on the ranch for his awkward looks as a youngster, Ima Wynna RAB, 5, has blossomed into a champion. “He’s a real physical horse and will give you everything he’s got every time,” said Brown.

The Stinnett, Texas, horseman prefers riding in the hackamore.

“It fits me better and a lot of these ranch horses have better noses than they do mouths,” said Brown, who uses Ima Wynna RAB (PG Shogun x Right On Eddie RAB x Right On Tivio) on the ranch.

Brown was awarded a Bob’s Custom Saddle for what marks his first NRCHA World Championship.

Open Two Rein World Champion SLR Won Smart Wolf/John Swales SLR Won Smart Wolf and John Swales won the Open Two Rein World Championship to bank $5,872 and a DC

Cow Horse Gear Custom Saddle. To ensure that SLR Won Smart Wolf was ready for the show, Swales, of Millarville, Alberta, and his team stayed at the Hardy Murphy Coliseum complex in Ardmore, Oklahoma, for the week preceding the show.

“He hauls good, but that gave him time to acclimate,” Swales said. “It’s been pretty cold here so it didn’t really bother him.”

In the finals of the Open Two Rein, Swales and SLR Won Smart Wolf, 7, got their run off to a good start by posting a 220 in the rein work.

“He’s a really good stopper, and he did that all three stops, and he turned around really good,” Swales said. “I think I ran him harder than I usually do so he stopped a lot harder. He felt really good in there and was with me everywhere.”

Swales was pleased when the judges whistled him off his first cow, but initially unsure how the second cow would respond to his horse.

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Open Two Rein World Champion SLR Won Smart Wolf ridden by John Swales.

“I just tried to show him as hard as I could and not box my cow too long so it would run,” Swales said. “It didn’t run but he felt great—he stopped big, turned good and I was very pleased with him.

As I was going down the fence I was wishing for it to run harder, but then it ran good in the circles. He had to stand up when we were circling because we were running pretty hard.”

SLR Won Smart Wolf (Paddys Irish Whiskey x Smart Miss Wolf x Smart Trip Olena) will go to his owner Keri HudsonReykdal, who rode him to sixth place in the Non Pro Two Rein at the Celebration of Champions. Hudson-Reykdal bought SLR Won Smart Wolf, who was already in training with Swales, in January of his 4-year-old year.

“Keri’s a great owner. She’s left him in training ever since she bought him.

She does a really good job showing him and rides great,” Swales said. “I think he’s going to be a very nice bridle horse. He tries his best every time you ride him—he never throws anything funny at you, he just goes and does

Non Pro Two Rein World Champion Jeremy Guglemeyer and OTP Rio.

his job. He’s very strong and can really run.”

Non Pro Two Rein World Champion Jeremy Guglemeyer/OTP Rio Jeremy Guglemeyer marked a 434.5 in the finals of the Non Pro Two Rein on OTP Rio to win a Jeff Smith Custom Saddle and $3,675.

“I can’t believe it,” Guglemeyer said of winning his first NRCHA World Championship. “My horse has a lot of try and is extremely athletic. He really wants to please and is the best one that I’ve ridden.”

Trained primarily by Guglemeyer and his wife Sara, the 2011 gelding was solid in the rein work marking a 214.5.

“He ran big to his stops and turned around good. On my second stop, his rundown was really good and he stopped straight and good,” said Guglemeyer, who marked 220 in the cow work. “I was a little bit worried about the cow and thought he was going to run over us, but we got him lined out. He ran big for our first turn. The horse and cow were locked

up there together and made a real big turn. It felt real good after that.”

Throughout 2017, Guglemeyer had two goals—he wanted to qualify for the Celebration of Champions and he wanted OTP Rio (One Time Pepto x ickorys Tornado Rio x Docs Hickory) to get solid in the two rein.

“I worked all year to come here,” Guglemeyer said. “Jay Henson helped Sara get him going in the bridle. Jeremy Knoles helped me a lot in the fence work and circling, and here recently, Don Murphy has been helping me get him tuned up too.”

The Guglemeyers ranch in Dalhart, Texas, where they use the 2011 gelding that they purchased as a yearling, for general cattle work. During the fall and winter months, they offer guided deer and big game hunts through their business, Sagebrush Hunts.

“We use him a lot for moving cattle and branding calves, he gets used,” said Guglemeyer, who plans on keeping OTP Rio for his two children, Calvin and Maggie, to ride in the future.

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///////// NRCHA World Champions Guglemeyer began competing in cow horse in 2010. This is his first NRCHA World Championship. “Cow horse is the most challenging thing I’ve done and it makes an extremely good horse,” he said.

Non Pro Limited World Champion Julie Bowden/Elans A Chic When Julie Bowden’s friend Cindy Dockter asked her to go ride one afternoon at trainer Christian Lybbert’s place, she didn’t know that the invitation would produce a NRCHA Non Pro Limited World Championship. Yet, that’s what happened when the cow horse enthusiast of just two-and-a-half years marked a 432.5 on Elans A Chic at the Celebration of Champions.

“It’s been a dream come true, it’s everything that you work for,” Bowden said.

“I’m elated. After 20 years of not competing it sure makes you feel good to get on a nice horse.”

Bowden, a sand and gravel saleswoman in Amarillo, Texas, showed AQHA all-around horses as a youth until work forced horses to the wayside.

“I’d ridden for fun on my time off but always on friends’ horses. When I rode ‘Elans,’ the Lybberts said that they’d been looking for someone to try him. Last year, Bowden made the commitment to buy Elans A Chic, which allowed her to enter the Non Pro Limited.

“He can be a little strong and I had to hold him back through his whole pattern,” said Bowden who marked a 216 in the reining. “I had to ride him to his stops, ride smart and try not to make any crazy mistakes.”

Bowden drew a strong cow, but knew that Elans A Chic (Elans Playboy x Starring A Chic x Smart Chic Olena) was more than capable of handling it.

“If I stay out of his face and let him do his work then he is usually fine,” said Bowden, who went on to mark a 216.5 on the cow. “I was trying to make my stops, make my turns and not get too far up on that cow because it seemed a little aggressive.”

Bowden won a Bob’s Custom Saddle and $3,730 for her win.

Non Pro Limited World Champion Julie Bowden and Elans A Chic.

$5,000 Non Pro Limited World Champion Stephenie Bjorkman/Teninolena Chex For Stephenie Bjorkman, winning the $5,000 Non Pro Limited World Championship and being the reserve champion in the $1,000 Non Pro Limited on Teninolena Chex was a sweet ending to a rough year. Yet it was only at the prompting of her family and friends that Bjorkman made the trip to Fort Worth.

“I was really nervous and I wasn’t sure if I was going to handle the pressure, but all my friends at the barn pushed me to go. It took me out of my comfort zone and now I’ve won the World—it’s crazy. I was just happy to make the finals, I never believed that I would win,” Bjorkman said.

Bjorkman is in her first year of reined cow horse competition and rides Teninolena Chex (Nu Chex To Cash x Rondas Tio x Teninolena Badger), aka “Dennis,” owned by her friend Deah Hessian-Ruple. Her love of cow work led her to reined cow horse competition.

“I always loved the real horsemen and I grew up around real cowboys. It seemed

$5,000 Non Pro Limited World Champion Stephenie Bjorkman and Teninolena Chex.

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Winning the NRCHA World Championship is Bjorkman’s biggest win any sport.

“I have always been the bridesmaid so today to be the bride, I can’t believe it.”

Bjorkman and Teninolena Chex marked a 216 and a 218.5 to win the title, $3,350 and a Bob’s Custom Saddle.

“When I ran in, stopped and backed up, I could tell he knew it was the finals because usually I’m urging him to go faster in my circles but he knew on his own today,” said Bjorkman, who owns Sami Fine Jewelry in Fountain Hills, Arizona, sponsor of the championship ring for DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman.

“When I got my cow, I put my hand down and didn’t tell Dennis what to do—sometimes I like to think I know more than he does and that is not true— so I let him work his cow and let him make a lot of the choices and that was very important.”

At 16, Teninolena Chex was the second-oldest horse in his class. “He’s an old man but he’s still doing it. He knows his

job and he’s been an amazing teacher and patient with me,” Bjorkman said.

Bjorkman’s struggles throughout 2017 included the passing of her father, grandfather and best friend. Her mother also had six hip surgeries.

“My mom has the best, most positive attitude. She’s always happy and I think that helps me keep a positive attitude.,” Bjorkman said. “Jason is a positive coach, too, and I like that, I think that’s why his barn works so well [for me].”

$1,000 Non Pro Limited World Champion Tiffany Buschhueter/Dressed Wright Tiffany Buschhueter used to get chills watching videos of reined cow horse competition, but at the Celebration of Champions she got to feel the thrill of competing herself and winning. Riding Dressed Wright, Buschhueter marked a 433 (215.5 rein/ 217.5 cow) to earn the $1,000 Non Pro Limited World Championship.

“This has been my first solid year of showing in the NRCHA,” said

Buschhueter “My expectations have been exceeded. I just wanted to make the finals—that was my goal—so this is a total a surprise.”

Buschhueter purchased Dressed Wright (Lenas Wright On x Shiney And Dressy x Shining Spark) three years ago, but has only been showing for the past 18 months.

“I liked it when I was a little kid but I didn’t have a horse,” Buschhueter said. “I was always enamored with it. I said that one day when I grew up, that I wanted to try it. I’m in love with it.”

Buschhueter, who won $1,770 and a Bob’s Custom Saddle donated by Performance Horse Digest, credits her 8-year-old gelding for teaching her the ropes.

“He’s a little quirky but he’s a really good horse. I’ve shown him all year and haven’t taken him to schooling shows.

He’s taught me so, so much and he’s helped me become a better rider,” she said.

Buschhueter is a deputy sheriff in Alameda County, California. Her hours make it hard to practice more than a few times a month, but Dressed Wright stays in training at Les Oswald’s barn.

“This is my stress relief. If I didn’t have the horses I don’t know what I’d do,” said Buschhueter. “Les has done amazing with him. He’s made him the best he can be and I can’t thank him enough for that.”

Buschhueter is also thankful for her fiancé Shaun Corey.

“He pushes me when I get discouraged, he’s my backbone,” Buschhueter said. “I want to thank my friends and family back home and my friend I have here today, Michelle Buckhout.”

Youth Bridle World Champion $1,000 Non Pro Limited World Champion Tiffany Buschhueter and Dressed Wright.

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Youth Bridle World Champion Cutter McLaughlin and CD Dee Vee Dee.

Youth Bridle World Championship at the Celebration of Champions.

“It means a lot because this is a tough class,” said McLaughlin, who took home a check for $595 and a DC Cow Horse Gear Custom Saddle for the win.

Prior to the Youth Bridle finals, CD Dee Vee Dee (CD Lights x Shiners Missy Jay x Shining Spark), a 2005 gelding, competed in the preliminaries of the DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman with McLaughlin.

“He was very tired from the week because he showed so many times,” McLaughlin said. “But he still tried hard.”

Knowing that he had tough competition in the Youth Bridle finals, McLaughlin had to battle nerves before going into the arena.

“I just had to go try my best. If I relax, then he relaxes,” said McLaughlin, who marked a 213 in the rein work and 214 on the cow. “He was really good all the way through. He tried really hard. He circled up really good.”

Youth Limited World Champion Adrianna Adams and Wanna Winna Prize.

Youth Limited World Champion Adrianna Adams/Wanna Winna Prize Adrianna Adams earned $710 and won a DC Cow Horse Gear Custom Saddle when she rode her mother’s horse Wanna Winna Prize to scores of 213.5 in the rein work and 217 on the cow for composite of 430.5. The win marked her third Youth Limited World Championship.

“This is my favorite show,” Adams said. “This is so special because this is my mom’s horse. I asked if I could show him because he’s such an amazing horse— he’s the coolest horse I’ve ever ridden.

He’s so fun. He’s an awesome horse.”

While Adams was nervous, she was pleased with how Wanna Winna Prize, aka “Junior,” executed his reining maneuvers.

“He was really honest. He stopped good and turned around fast—I couldn’t have asked him to be better,” Adams said.

Adams expected her cow to be tricky in the boxing; however, Junior handled it like a pro.

“I feel like we ended up making it work,” Adams said. “It was a timid cow so we had to put a lot of pressure on it without it getting away. I heard my trainer, Les Oswald, yelling out, ‘Be aggressive,’ so I was like, ‘Okay.’”

Adams, 18, has been riding Wanna Winna Prize (Smokums Prize x Ill Be A Winning Gal x Ill Be Smart) for two years but it wasn’t until the AQHA World Championships, where she finished third, that she qualified for NRCHA Celebration of Champions. Adams, of Oakdale, California, is currently attaining a degree in strategic communication at Texas Christian University—a college she chose so she could be on the equestrian team.

Adams thanks her parents, Andrea and Wade Adams, for supporting her love of reined cow horses. “I appreciate all they do for me and my little brother Austin.”

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By Bridget Kirkwood

The 2017 NRCHA National Champions were determined at the Celebration of Champions in Fort Worth, Texas.

Open Bridle National Champion Very Smart Luck/Roy Rich Roy Rich and Very Smart Luck encountered good luck at the start of the 2017 season, which propelled them to the top of the NRCHA Open Bridle National Standings. Rich employed a strategy as the year progressed that resulted in the 2011 gelding earning 177 points and the national championship.

“It’s awesome to win the title but it was a little bittersweet because I didn’t get to show him at the World,” Rich said. “He coliced and had surgery the week before we left. The weekend before that happened I took him to Arizona and he was a 76 down the fence on a cow and I won the circuit in the Senior Cow Horse. It was the best I’d had him prepared. Now he’s got three months off but he’s getting better, which is the main thing.”

The highlight of the season for Very Smart Luck was being the reserve cham-

Open Bridle National Champion Very Smart Luck and Roy Rich.

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pion in the Open Bridle at the Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association Futurity Horse Show where they marked a 297.

“That clinched the deal for him being the national champion,” Rich said.

“That’s a prestigious event so we enjoyed that.”

Rich doesn’t just enjoy showing Very Smart Luck, he likes getting him out of the barn every day.

“The thing that makes him special is that he’s fun to ride. He’s a very smooth horse and he has unlimited power. You can work cows at any speed and know that he’s going to stop and go the other way,” Rich said. “When one’s like that, it’s fun riding them.”

Very Smart Luck (Very Smart Remedy x Gunna Be Lucky x Gunna Smoke), aka “Diesel,” came out of Annie Reynolds’ breeding program. He joined Rich’s barn

when he was a yearling and is owned by Rockin J Ranch.

“He was a renegade as young horse,” Rich said. “He was tough but he always had a lot of cow and it’s all come together for him as a bridle horse.”

Rich, Temecula, California, hopes that Very Smart Luck will become a successful three- and four-event horse.

Rich went out on his own to train horses in 2010. This is his second national championship. The first was in 2011 in the Limited Open Bridle on another Rockin J Ranch-owned horse, Half Time Report (A Chic In Time x Hustlin Tips x Eatin Out).

Limited Open Bridle National Champion Earthly Riches/Daniel Sanchez Earthly Riches (Tulare x Cmon Tell Us x King Fritz Two) a 2009 gelding

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owned by Donna Russo and shown by Daniel Sanchez, Hanford, California, earned 148 points to be the Limited Open Bridle National Champion. The team also earned the Open Bridle World title while in Fort Worth.

Donna Russo sent Earthly Riches to Sanchez at the start of his 6-year-old year.

Russo showed Earthly Riches in the two rein as a 7-year-old in Reno, Nevada, where she finished fourth in the Non Pro. Throughout 2017, Sanchez’s goal was to get Earthly Riches more solid in the bridle.

“He was extremely easy to put in the bridle, he took it really, really well. He’s the sweetest, most honest horse,” said Sanchez. “This horse has been so good to me—everywhere he’s been shown he’s won a check. We showed in the Limited because I was eligible for it, but I never kept track of the points. But when we got to Fort Worth I knew we were in the lead,” said Sanchez.

Sanchez, 23, first got to know the Russos when they gave him a place to live and work out of when he was just 17.

“They have helped me my whole career so for them to now own a world champion means the world to me,” Sanchez said. “It’s the same thing with the national championship, I’m excited for my horse, it’s pretty special for him and for me.”

Sanchez previously worked for Jake Gorrell and is grateful for the solid foundation in fence work he learned at Gorrell’s.

He also thanked his employer Justin Wright and Todd Bergen for their help at the show, as well as his parents, Jose and Azucena Sanchez for their continued support of his horse training career.

Limited Open Bridle National Champion Earthly Riches and Daniel Sanchez.

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Non Pro Bridle National Champion Terra Micek/Nic N Chics The 2003 gelding Nic N Chics (Nic It In The Bud x Desire A Chic x Smart Chic Olena) earned 207 points under the guidance of his owner and rider Terra Micek, Weatherford, Texas, to become the Non Pro Bridle National Champion.

Micek, a vet tech at Reata Equine in Weatherford, Texas, grew up competing in the all-around at Quarter Horse shows.

In college she ran barrels and competed in breakaway roping. She bought Nic N Chics four years ago. During their four years together, the pair has formed a special bond.

“He trusts me now. The first year I showed him we didn’t struggle in the reining, but he was a lot to handle—he had to realize that I wasn’t going to ask for his life every time we entered the show arena,” Micek said. “Now I can go in and cruise him through the reining and then ask him in the fence work. He’s a very sweet fence horse—his turns are wicked and everyone loves watching him circle up.”

Micek says her best show of 2017, other than the Celebration of Champions, was the Snaffle Bit Futurity Horse Show where she rode Nic N Chics to the Intermediate Non Pro Bridle title and reserve in the Non Pro Bridle.

“With the national championship, a couple of years ago I’d made it my goal to be in the top three and it didn’t happen,” said Micek. “This year it wasn’t a goal, I hadn’t checked the points or done any of that, so it was a real surprise to win it. I didn’t go to any big shows other than shows in Fort Worth and a couple of little shows around here. Even though I hadn’t planned it, it still feels like an achievement and it’s a goal of mine for next year.”

Micek used the smaller shows that she attended as preparation for the bigger events.

Non Pro Bridle National Champion Terra Micek and Nic N Chics.

“He’s so solid and cool that he doesn’t need much [preparation], so usually the plan is to school him a little bit and not push him hard at the little shows so that we can put our game face on for the bigger ones,” Micek said.

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle National Champion Judy Fortenberry/Cold Hard Smart Cash Since the day that Cold Hard Smart Cash was born at Judy Fortenberry’s home on Mother’s Day in 2009, the gelding was going to be her show horse. A solid team in 2017, the duo earned 201 points to become the Intermediate Non Pro Bridle National Champions.

“It’s an honor. I’m thrilled that I was able to go and show and win the championship. I have to thank my husband, Philip for letting me go show all year.

Also, Don Murphy and Desiree Holt for their help.”

Fortenberry set winning the national title as a goal for 2017.

“The previous year I was fourth but hadn’t kept up with any of it so this year, I wanted to win that title,” Fortenberry said. “I went to the Southwest Reined Cow Horse Association shows. A couple of new cow horse associations that are within three hours of me started up this year, so I went to their shows too just to try to help their organization get started.

I showed at the Snaffle Bit Futurity Horse Show also.”

Cold Hard Smart Cash (Big Chex To Cash x Smartin Up x Smart Little Lena) was sent to Shawn Hays as a 2-yearold before Fortenberry showed him at the Snaffle Bit Futurity the following year. Since then she has progressed him through his training herself.

“Shawn has helped me whenever he could and I go to Don Murphy,” Fortenberry said. “I was able to work with Don a little bit more this year and it seemed like we got a little bit better at each show.”

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Intermediate Non Pro Bridle Reserve World Champion on Cold Hard Smart Cash.

“He has a calm, laid back demeanor.

He’s a pleasure to ride and everyone is always telling me that he’s a real pretty mover. He is very cowy and he’s a nice fence horse,” Fortenberry said. “I haven’t had very many that stop like him. If I can get him running the way he needs to be, he will really stop for me.”

Fortenberry, Bulverde, Texas, got involved in reined cow horse in 2005.

“I’d grown up on a ranch and been around cattle a lot,” said Fortenberry, who as a youth preferred speed events like barrels and poles, “but it wasn’t until I got older that I tried cow horse.”

Fortenberry, a registered vet tech, rides every day at the Tejas Rodeo Arena.

“I’d like to thank Yancey James and Tejas Rodeo for being kind enough to let me ride there whenever I want. They let me track roping steers and do other stuff there so I’m very blessed that I have that arena to ride in.”

Novice Non Pro Bridle National Champion Kristina Wall/Pure Stylish Kristina Wall never planned on being the Novice Non Pro Bridle National Champion but when her husband, Mike Wall, was scheduled for back surgery he suggested that she show his horse, Pure Stylish, while he was recuperating.

“We just clicked,” she recalls of showing Pure Stylish throughout the season.

“We went to all of our Northwest shows in Montana and Idaho.”

Wall’s favorite show for the year was the Montana Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity in September where she was second the first day and first the second.

“We started clicking toward the end of the year, probably at that show, plus it’s just a fun show to go to.”

Novice Non Pro Bridle National Champion Kristina Wall and Pure Stylish.

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It wasn’t until October that Wall discovered she was in contention for the national title. At the prompting of Mike, Kristina went to the Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association Futurity Horse Show, where she finished second.

“Mike’s the one who kept pushing me, I’m super-lucky that he’s so supportive. I wasn’t planning on going to Fort Worth, but we’d had so much fun that we had to keep on showing,” said Wall, who finished ninth at the Celebration of Champions.

“Winning the national title wasn’t something I set out to achieve so it was icing on the cake of a good year. It’s a proud moment. We were in Texas for the awards banquet, so it was fun to be able to get our big bronze.”

The Walls, of Buckley, Washington, have owned Pure Stylish (Playin Stylish x Tari Rey Gay x Doc Tari), a 2003 gelding, for four years.

“He’s a cool horse and he’s fun to show.

It’s nice to have a horse that you can push in the reining. There’s no resistance to him, he’s super-willing and he tries,” Wall said. “On the cow, he knows his job and if I put him out of position then he’ll correct it for me. I love going down the fence, there’s nothing like it when you have a good fence run.”

Wall began showing cow horses in 2014. As a child she showed in AQHA Western pleasure, trail and horsemanship. Later on she did team penning with her dad, Dave Roe. “He’s really the reason that I do this.

He passed in 2015, which makes it hard because he’s always the first person I want to call after I’ve been to a show.

He’s the one who gave me the love for horses and riding. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be enjoying this lifestyle today.”

Wall thanked her trainer, Mike Helsen, for his help throughout the year.

Open Hackamore National Champion Shiney Outlaw and Sarah Dawson.

Open Hackamore National Champion Shiney Outlaw/Sarah Dawson When Sarah Dawson went to Fort Worth for the NRCHA World Finals, she knew that Shiney Outlaw was in contention for the Open Hackamore National Championship. While she needed to earn points to maintain the lead, her focus there was simple—she wanted to do her best.

“It never crossed my mind to do good enough to win the National title, we were just trying to win the class,” said Dawson who ended up riding Shiney Outlaw to the reserve world championship. “Winning the national title is a cool deal because it speaks for how consistent

the horse has been throughout the year.”

Dawson, Perrin, Texas, feels that Shiney Outlaw, who earned 192 points in 2017, has gotten better in the hackamore with every run he’s made.

“Down the fence he’s gotten smarter and more seasoned and better and better as the year went on,” Dawson said. “He’s an eye-catching horse. He has that little extra something that the great horses have. He’s very gritty, he tries hard and that also sets him apart.”

Owned by Michelle Cannon, Shiney Outlaw (Shiners Nickle x Mereyda x Dual Rey) is a 2012 stallion that Dawson rates as being simple and easy.

“There’s not a lot to riding him,”

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Dawson’s favorite memory from the 2017 season with Shiney Outlaw was winning the Open Hackamore at the Snaffle Bit Futurity Horse Show.

“It was a tough class, he had a tough cow and he handled it all. That horse show is what really put him in contention for the national championship,” Dawson said. “We took him to all the SRCHA shows throughout the year and used them as schooling shows to help him decompress. Saying that, he’s not a horse that needs a lot of that, he’s pretty chill.”

Limited Open Hackamore National Champion SJR Cash Advance/Caleb Jantz SJR Cash Advance (Dual Rey x Shesa Lota Cash x Nu Cash) is a 2012 mare owned by Del and Susan Bell. In 2017 under the guidance of Caleb Jantz, she earned 98 points to win the Limited Open Hackamore National Championship.

Jantz began showing SJR Cash Advance, now 6, as a 4-year-old. She is the first horse he has put in the hackamore and the first horse he has shown in the hackamore.

“She took to it naturally. She almost felt better in the hackamore than she did in the snaffle bit. I think I just got lucky with her,” Jantz said. “I don’t think I ever got

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beat on her in the hackamore—we won every time we entered.”

Jantz didn’t start the season aiming for the NRCHA National title. In fact, he didn’t even know he was going to show SJR Cash Advance in the hackamore.

“My goal was to take her to the major events, and placed at all of them,” Jantz said. “Mid-year, at Powell Butte, Oregon, we decided to try her in the hackamore.”

From that point on, Jantz showed SJR Cash Advance in both the derby and hackamore classes at every show they went to.

“She did double-duty at most of the shows,” said Jantz. “The first time I showed her in the hackamore I was really excited about how good she felt. The last time I showed her before the World Show, at the Idaho Futurity, I won the Limited Open and just had a really good run.”

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Limited Open Hackamore National Champion SJR Cash Advance and Caleb Jantz.

Cynthia Bias/ Truckin On Ice The race for the Non Pro Hackamore National Championship came down to the wire at the Celebration of Champions.

For Cynthia Bias to win it, she and Truckin On Ice had to make the finals. They did and the $251 they won for placing eighth, was enough to deliver Bias her first national championship.

“We went to the banquet not knowing, but hoping,” said Bias, who earned $4,317 and 122 points for the title over A Stylish Spark (Stylish Rey Gay x Just A Sparknshine x Shining Spark) and Jesse Spence, Yamhill, Oregon, who earned 122 points and $4,232. “We were really surprised and happy when they announced it. It’s something that I didn’t think I’d ever be able to achieve. I had a dream year on her.”

While Bias has been showing cow horses since 2006, she still battles nerves.

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Non Pro Hackamore National Champion Cynthia Bias and Truckin On Ice. BRIDGET KIRKWOOD

exactly the same horse as she is when I ride her at home. I love that about her,” Bias said. “Going down the fence on this horse is the most fun I’ve ever had on any horse doing anything. She’s safe, she gives me exactly what I ask for and she does it so easy.”

Truckin On Ice (NMSU Truckin Chex x Legendaryiceprincess x Little Lenas Legend) has been in training with Cynthia’s husband and trainer, Roger Bias, Edison, California, her entire career.

“She was talented but she wasn’t far enough along for the [Snaffle Bit] futurity so she skipped it. Roger showed her as a 4-year-old and won a check almost every time he showed her,” Bias said. “We were able to purchase her at the end of her 4-year-old year and I’ve been showing her since she was 5.”

Showing a hackamore horse has been a treat for Bias.

“I’ve never had a horse to show all year so this was my chance to qualify,” Bias said. “She had been shown for two solid years in the hackamore and that’s a lot for a horse, but she’s been so easy.”

Bias thanks her husband Roger for his support, tolerance and help. She is also thankful for the help of Ted Robinson, as well as her parents, David and Shirley Daniel, and the support of her children, Atalie and Garet.

Open Two Rein National Champion

Open Two Rein National Champion SLR Won Smart Wolf and John Swales.

SLR Won Smart Wolf/John Swales SLR Won Smart Wolf and John Swales took two titles back to Canada from Fort Worth—the Open Two Rein World Championship and the Open Two Rein National Championship.

“I darn sure wanted to try to win it [the NRCHA World Championship],” said Swales of the championship that bolstered SLR Won Smart Wolf’s NRCHA National standings point tally to 148 and the national title. “He didn’t go far from home this year, but we did go to Paso and Reined Cow Horse News | March/April 2018 71

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he was very good there, he was third in the Two Rein Spectacular and third in the Open Two Rein.”

SLR Won Smart Wolf (Paddys Irish Whiskey x Smart Miss Wolf x Smart Trip Olena) is a 2011 stallion owned by Keri Hudson-Reykdal. Swales also trained the dam of SLR Won Smart Wolf.

“He’s really laid back and sweet, whereas she was really hot,” Swales said.

“He was hot as a 2-year-old and part of his 3-year-old year, then all of a sudden he chilled out and has been laidback ever since.”

SLR Won Smart Wolf earned his NRCHA Supreme Reined Cow Horse honor in 2017. Swales, who won the coveted 2016 NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman title, earned the NRCHA Open Bridle World Championship in 2015.

Non Pro Limited & $5,000 Non Pro Limited World Champion

Non Pro Two Rein National Champion Sonya DiStefano/Reys Stylish Bell All Sonya DiStefano wanted for 2017 was to show her horse Reys Stylish Bell to the best of her ability. She achieved that and more when she accumulated 113 points to become the 2017 Non Pro Two Rein National Champion.

“It means the world to me to win this.

I couldn’t ask for a better horse, better coach or better support from my family and friends to help me get here,” said DiStefano, Calgary, Alberta. “I didn’t really know where I was in the standings until toward the end of the season.

I showed at nearly all of my local shows at home and I started showing him in the Two Rein in Vegas and then came to Texas for the NRCHA World Championships.”

Reys Stylish Bell (Dual Rey x Blues Stylish Bell x Docs Stylish Oak) is a 2011 gelding. He and DiStefano have been a team for two years.

“He is a great horse. He’s probably the best horse that I’ve ridden, let alone owned. He’s easy to show and he loves to

want to thank his wife Sarrah,” DiStefano said. “Also my parents Rhonda and Tony DiStefano and my best friend Katie Kruddel, who has gone to some of the shows with me.”

Non Pro Two Rein National Champion Sonya DiStefano.

show. When he gets in the show pen he’s all business. He’s so solid and talented that he’s a really great horse,” DiStefano said.

Reys Stylish Bell gives DiStefano confidence in both the rein work and the fence work.

“He knows his job so well that it’s nice to go in the show pen on him. He’s awesome in all aspects of it,” she said.

DiStefano, 18, has been showing cow horses for five years. “I love how intricate it is and all the things you learn from doing the reined work, the cow work and the fence work.”

DiStefano thanks her coach Cody McArthur for helping her become a national champion.

“I’ve learned more from him in the time that I’ve ridden with him than I’ve ever learned from anybody else. I also

Monica Duflock/Oh Cay Meriah For Monica Dufloc and Oh Cay Meriah, 2017 culminated with the team earning two NRCHA National Championships.

In the Non Pro Limited, Duflock earned 180 points to claim the national championship. In the $5,000 Non Pro Limited, she earned 322 points to win the national championship.

“It’s huge. The first time I saw that I was leading was in May so I thought I’d try to see if I could show consistently and try to stay up there. Doing this has been a wonderful experience. I recognize that I may never get this opportunity again.

I feel grateful that I had the time to give to it, that I had a great mare to do it with and that I had the guidance of Todd Crawford,” said Duflock.

Duflock has enjoyed acquiring the skill set required to do well when showing on cattle.

“I had to learn about the horse’s position in relation to the cow. At every show I feel like I’m understanding better where I am supposed to be,” Duflock said. “This year I’m going to continue to show in the Non Pro Limited and I’ll give some thought to going down the fence too.”

Duflock grew up showing on the Quarter Horse circuit but when her sons were born, she gave up horses. Three years ago she felt that something was missing. When she went to watch her friend show at a NRCHA event in Santa Barbara, California, she knew that it was horses.

“I missed horse shows and I missed competing. When I realized I missed it, I knew I didn’t want to do the all around

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Non Pro Limited and $5,000 Non Pro Limited National Champion Monica Duflock and Oh Cay Meriah.

again so it was a happy coincidence that I saw cow horse,” Duflock said. “I just fell into it.”

Duflock, Ross, California, purchased Oh Cay Meriah through her trainer Todd Crawford.

“She is such a great horse. She is so solid and consistent. She never looks for a fight or to do the wrong thing—that’s what I love about her is every day when you pull her out of the stall, she’s the same horse,” Duflock said.

Setting the goal to be the Non Pro Limited and $5,000 Non Pro Limited National Champion has been a way for Duflock to set an example for her children Carter, 13, Colby 11, and Conrad, 9.

“One thing that I always say to my

boys about their sports is that I think it’s very important to put a goal out in front of you and to work toward it,” said Duflock, who flies from California to Oklahoma to either practice or compete a few times each month.

$1,000 Non Pro Limited National Champion Wendy Kuhn/ Missy Lights Wendy Kuhn can thank the Internet for helping her find her dreams. First, it found her the sport of reined cow horse and then it found her, her horse, Missy Lights, on whom she became the $1,000 Non Pro Limited National Champion after accumulating 272 points.

“I realized I had a good horse, I love

the sport and I didn’t know if I’d be able to do it, but I decided to shoot for it and see what happened,” Kuhn said.

“It was a lot of work, blood, sweat and tears. It wasn’t easy and I had some great competition. It’s a privilege, and maybe a once-in-a-lifetime thing, to win it.”

Kuhn is from Palmyra, in upstate New York. Three years ago her husband took her sorting—that was the first time she’d worked a cow on a horse. He then took her for a reining lesson.

“I didn’t know there was such a thing as reined cow horse. I loved working cows and I loved reining, so I got on the Internet trying to find something that would let me do both and reined cow horse came up,” Kuhn recalled. “I saw

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that there was a local association in New York state, so I went to their annual membership meeting and the rest is history.”

Kuhn searched the Internet for 10 months to find Missy Lights (CD Lights x Shiners Missy Jay x Shining Spark), her 2012 mare.

“I think she’d been for sale for about 17 minutes when I called and within 72 hours she was on her way here from Durango, Colorado,” said Kuhn, who was initially attracted to the mare because of her beauty. “She also had amazing breeding—she’s a full sister to CD Dee Vee Dee, which I liked because I knew that down the road I’d want to breed her.”

Missy Lights is good in the rein work, but her specialty is working cattle.

“We really enjoyed the boxing and became consistent at it, usually [marking] a 72 or 73,” Kuhn said.

In addition to going to local shows in 2017, Kuhn went to the Stallion Stakes in Las Vegas, the East Coast Classic in Tennessee and the Snaffle Futurity Bit Horse Show in Fort Worth before venturing to the Celebration of Champions where she finished 10th.

“I need to thank my husband, John Kuhn, because he has been a huge supporter of me. He lets me go when I need to go, it’s a big thing to have that type of support at home.”

Kuhn trains with Mark Sigler and credits him with helping her achieve her goal, and Dom Conicelli for the use of his ranch and his support of the NRCHA.

Youth Bridle National Champion Cutter McLaughlin/CD Dee Vee Dee The 2005 gelding CD Dee Vee Dee (CD Lights x Shiners Missy Jay x Shining Spark) owned by Jay and Wendy McLaughlin and shown by their son Cutter McLaughlin, Commerce, Texas, earned 175 points in 2017 to earn their

Youth Bridle National Champion Cutter McLaughlin and CD Dee Vee Dee.

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third consecutive Youth Bridle National Championship.

When working CD Dee Vee Dee at home, Cutter says his main focus is on keeping the NRCHA Supreme Reined Cow Horse in shape.

“We don’t work a cow every day or stop him every day. Sometimes we just trot him or lope him,” said McLaughlin, 14, who began riding CD Dee Vee Dee five years ago. “It was awesome, he rode really great from the first day I ever rode him. We’ve done so much stuff together. He’s a character—he likes playing with you. I ride him every day.”

McLaughlin thanks his parents Jay and Wendy McLaughlin for their support.

Youth Limited National Champion Jasper Patrick/Doctor J Stik Thirteen-year-old Jasper Patrick’s goal at the start of the 2017 season was to win the Youth Limited National championship with his horse Doctor J Stik. After earning 171 points, Patrick achieved his goal.

“It’s pretty exciting. I’m happy. I’m not sure why I wanted to win it, it was just my goal,” Patrick said. “I’m pretty proud of it.”

When Patrick’s parents, Jason and Brandy discussed winning the national title with Jasper halfway though the year after he’d already enjoyed some success, they also talked about what was best for Doctor J Stik (Love A Little Devil x Doctor J Ellen x Docs J Jay), a 2011 gelding.

“We didn’t let him show a few times late in the season, which was counterproductive to winning it,” Jason said.

“We told him that his horse is fairly young and that he needed to cruise him.

He did some schooling runs and gave the horse some runs off toward the end. I like the approach that he took with doing that because he did it the right way for his horse.”

Youth Limited National Champion Jasper Patrick and Doctor J Stik.

In the rein work, Jasper likes Doctor J Stik’s circles and stops.

“He hasn’t been hot in the reining since he was 3. Sometimes he’ll get a little show mart but that’s about it, he’s still pretty easy to show,” Patrick said. “He’s really good in his transitions. When he stops, he slides a long way and he stays pretty correct.”

It is in the cow work that Jasper feels his horse excels.

“His best thing in on the cow. All year he was pretty easy to show and took care of me,” said the youth whose favorite shows from 2017 were the ones closest to home. “They’re not that stressful, you just show. I have a lot of friends at them.”

Jasper began showing four years ago.

“I pretty much just show that horse.

We call him ‘Bullwinkle’ because when he was little, he was built like a moose.

We ranch on him in the summer but in the winter, we pretty much just ride him in the arena.”

Jason Patrick, who trains out of his facility in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, enjoys the fact that Jasper and his twin brother Jayden go to the barn every day at noon after they’ve finished homeschooling.

“He works really hard at it. I think it’s been a good lesson for him that hard work leads to success. We’re real proud of him for how hard he works,” Jason said.

Jasper likes being able to do that too.

“I like homeschooling because you get to ride every day and don’t miss school when you’re at shows,” he said.

Jasper thanks his parents and his brother for their support throughout the year.

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Memorable moments from the 2018 NRCHA Celebration of Champions.

Julie Bowden rode Elans A Chic to the world championship in the Non Pro Limited Bridle.

Photographs by Bridget Kirkwood

Non Pro Bridle World and National Champion Terra Micek with her horse Nic N Chics.

Boonsmal Bling gave Caleb Jantz, pictured with his wife Mady Jantz, his first World Championship in the Limited Open Bridle.

Newly-elected NRCHA President Todd Crawford stayed busy coaching and showing.

Teninolena Chex checks out the trophy he and Stephenie Bjorkman won in the $5,000 Non Pro Limited.

Myles Brown being interviewed after winning the Non Pro Hackamore World Championship on Ima Wynna RAB. $1,000 Non Pro Limited World Champion Tiffany Buschhueter.

Gunna Be A Smartie and Shane Steffen after winning the Open Hackamore World Championship.

Non Pro Two Rein World Champion Jeremy Gugelmeyer and his wife Sara with their children, Calvin and Maggie, and OTP Rio.

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Special Award Winners Several members received unique honors at the NRCHA Year-End Awards Banquet in recognition of their outstanding achievements.

American Quarter Horse Association Ranching Heritage Breeder Award Rhoda Rein was awarded the American Quarter HorseAssociation Ranching Heritage Award on behalf of her 2007 chestnut mare Dig My Peppy Steps. Together Rein and Dig My Peppy Steps, sired by Rein and Darren Miller’s late stallion Diggers Rest and out of the Hickory Chic Olena mare Pep In My Step, finished third in the Non Pro Bridle World Championship class.

Photos by Primo Morales

The AQHA Leading Sire and Dam Awards The AQHA Leading Sire award went to Wagonhound Land & Livestock on behalf of the 1999 stallion WR This Cats Smart (High Brow Cat x The Smart Look x Smart Little Lena). WR This Cats Smart has sired NRCHA earners of over $1,969,110.

Diane Schaffer accepted the AQHA Leading Dam award on behalf of Kevin Cantrelle, who owns the mare Miss Plain Plain. The 1992 mare sired by Just Plain Colonel and out of Miss Master Blaster by Master Remedy has offspring with earnings in excess of $176,433. Miss Plain Plain is the dam of 2017 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Diane Schaffer, left, accepts the AQHA Leading Dam Award from AQHA Director of Ranching Kim Lindsey.

Futurity Open Champion Plain Catty.

The Jane Tatum Sportsmanship Award

The AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder Award was presented to Rhoda Rein, left, by AQHA Director of Ranching Kim Lindsey, center. Also pictured is Diane Schaffer, right, who accepted the AQHA Leading Dam award on behalf of Kevin Cantrelle.

Susan Stowell, left, pictured with NRCHA Executive Director Jay Winborn, center, and Nelle Murphy, right, who helped present the award on behalf of the NRCHA Non Pro Committee.

Susan Stowell was presented with the prestigious Jane Tatum Sportsmanship Award. Stowell scratched her entry from the $5,000 Non Pro Limited class last fall in Nampa, Idaho, realizing that if she did so that the late Jodie Averett would be named Northwest Region $5,000 Non Pro Limited year-end champion.

Stowell deliberately stepped aside in tribute to Averett, who passed unexpectedly as the result of a ranching accident in September of 2017.

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NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Open Derby Champion Duals Lucky Charm, owned by Mike and Robyne Stewart, and ridden by Kelby Phillips.

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ome of the industry’s most talented reined cow horses and their riders converged on Cowtown February 9-17, for the 2018 NRCHA Celebration of Champions held at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. First on the event schedule was the NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Derby, which commenced on February 9 with herd work. With one go-round each

of herd work and rein work, the derby culminated with cow work where titles were determined based upon the highest composite scores.

It was all or nothing for limited age event riders as 10 NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Derby Championships were awarded in various Open, Non Professional and Non Pro Limited divisions.

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Derby Open Duals Lucky Charm lived up to his name on Monday, February 12, when his trainer Kelby Phillips expertly rode the 2016 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion to the top of a tough field of 102 Open Derby entries. The 2013 sorrel gelding was integral to what would unfold as an unforgettable week for Phillips, who also left Fort Worth as the 2018 World’s Greatest Horseman riding Hickory Holly Time for DT Horses LLC. Phillips and Duals Lucky Charm secured their derby title with a solid 147 in the herd work, a 149.5 in the rein work, and finished with an outstanding 148 in the fence work for a composite score of 444.5 worth $22,639.

It was a tight race for Phillips who was sitting second heading into the third and final leg of competition, the all-important fence work. With some brisk cattle that were challenging many of his fellow competitors, Phillips visualized a game plan to pull out the best score possible, and then executed.

“I wanted to make three or four turns on the fence so I could just get control of my cow because the cattle had been running so hard,” Phillips said. “A lot of people were having a hard time getting circled. I wanted to keep control of the cow until I felt like he’d let up enough that I could get him circled.”

Phillips’s strategy worked, bumping him into the lead. While he was satisfied with the last phase that ultimately earned the coveted title, Phillips said he was highly impressed with the horse’s performance in the reining.

“That was probably the purest I’ve ever felt on him in the reining,” he explained of the run that placed them at the top of the Derby Open rein work preliminaries.

“He turned super good. He was as good as he’s ever been there.”

Duals Lucky Charm (Dual Smart Rey x TRR Miss Pepcid Olena x Pepcid) and Phillips have maintained solid momentum in the show pen, winning sixth in the 2017 NRCHA Derby and making the finals of last year’s NRCHA Stallion Stakes. Prior to the 2018 Celebration of Champions, Duals Lucky Charm already had a hefty $133,016 earnings record.

Duals Lucky Charm, owned by Mike and Robyne Stewart, is characterized by Phillips as “a show horse” that’s all business when he enters the arena.

“When you’re schooling him he’s always dinking around,” Phillips said with a grin. “He wants to make you mad.

I used to school him a little harder. Now I just ride him and make sure he’s running good. He’s just a show horse and he likes the attention. That horse makes everything look so good all the time. I really don’t think the horse has a weak event. He’s been really strong every time I’ve shown him.”

Obviously, the pretty sorrel isn’t the only one who knows how to grab the judges’ attention. The DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman is among most sought-after titles in the business.

Phillips has surpassed the $520,000 mark in earnings after his Fort Worth sweep.

Originally from west Texas, Phillips says he’s always had a passion for “cowboying.” It was his combined love of good horses and the Western lifestyle that attracted Phillips to the reined cow horse arena.

“It’s pretty incredible that these horses can do all three events so well,” Phillips said of why he enjoys the sport. “I like the challenge of trying to figure out the different ways you can get better.”

Phillips previously worked under the guidance of seasoned professionals Ken NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Open Derby Reserve Champion Shiners Diamond Cat ridden by Justin Wright for owners Mike and James Draper.

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Today, he operates out of Dean and Leslie Tuftin’s DT Quarter Horses LLC, which he said has been beneficial for numerous reasons.

“They’ve given me great opportunities,” said Phillips. “And Corey Cushing works out of the same place, which has been a huge blessing for me, not just from a training aspect, but mentally, too.”

Because they often work side-by-side Phillips says Cushing has helped him carry confidence in his training in to the show pen.

“He’s taught me to just trust in your training,” said Phillips. “We work so hard at it. He’s helped me to bring that same confidence to the show pen.”

Phillips credits a long list of people for helping him achieve his recent accomplishments, including his wife Abbie.

He also thanked Spencer Rutherford for his help preparing horses throughout the week, as well as turn back helpers Ty Brown, Zane Davis, Corey Cushing and Phillip Ralls. Phillips thanked his sponsors JW Brooks, Classic Equine, Dennis Moreland Custom Tack, Ultra Cruz and Hansbo Sport. Last, but certainly not least, Phillips thanked Dean and Leslie Tuftin for graciously offering him the opportunity to train out of their facilities.

Only a 1.5-point margin separated holes one and two in the 2018 NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Open Derby. Justin Wright and Shiners Diamond Cat (WR This Cats Smart x Shiners Diamond Lady x Shining Spark) claimed reserve with a 443 composite that included the leading herd work score of 150. A 144.5-point run in the rein work cost the pair their lead, but they made up for it in the fence work where they finished with an impressive 148.5. Shiners Diamond Cat, owned by Mike and James Draper, caught the spotlight early in her career at the 2017 Snaffle Bit Futurity where she and Wright accu-

mulated a record-high 669.5 composite in the preliminaries.

Intermediate Open Thanks to a special mare named Sparking Train, Clayton Edsall hit the “money train” in Fort Worth. The Oakdale, California, cowboy finished as the Intermediate Open Champion riding Bet He Sparks sired by Bet Hesa Cat, and claimed the Intermediate Open Reserve Championship aboard Metallic Train sired by Metallic Cat. Both horses are out of the mare Sparking Train.

A 442.5 composite put Bet He Sparks, aka “Sparky,” at the top of the scoreboard.

The pair shared first in the rein work when they matched Peptosboonshakalaca and Cayley Wilson’s 149-point run. In the herd work, a 146.5 put them in a tie with Mark Sigler and Its Time To Smokum for the second highest score behind Wilson, who finished first with a 148. A 148.5 in the fence work sealed the deal for Edsall and Bet He Sparks.

Bet He Sparks has been like a gift that just keeps on giving for Edsall, who purchased the roan as a yearling with plans to sell him as a 2-year-old. He did

just that and, in doing so, his customer, Katherine Phillips, made the purchase and put Bet He Sparks back in training with Edsall.

“He has that wow factor,” Edsall said.

“I was excited to sell him, then I was doubly excited to get him back.”

While reined cow horse fans now know the horse and his impressive lineage, Edsall says one of Sparky’s lesser known traits involve his teeth.

“He’s got buck teeth, and I swear, he’ll show you his teeth,” Edsall said with a laugh. “He’s pretty laid back, but he’s a goofball. He’s just awesome.”

Edsall had shown Sparky to more than $37,000 prior to the Celebration of Champions, which included the Reserve Intermediate Open Championship at the 2017 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity and the Intermediate Open win at the National Stock Horse Association Futurity.

Edsall’s Reserve Champion mount, Metallic Train, owned by Beverly Vaughn,

Owned by K&L Phillips, LLC, Bet He Sparks was ridden by Clayton Edsall to the NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Intermediate Open Derby Championship, as well as third in the Open Derby.

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put herself on the 2018 Celebration of Champions map when she turned in a scorching run that judges awarded with 150 points in the fence work, which was more than enough for the go-round win.

A 148 in the reining and a 143.5 in the herd work was enough to fill the No. 2 spot by 2.5 points over Opus Cat Olena (WR This Cats Smart x Opus Chic x Smart Chic Olena) ridden by Clay Volmer for Box O Quarter Horses.

Edsall didn’t stop with just two Cow Horse Classic Derby wins. He added a reserve title in the Open Novice Horse on Shining CD Light (CD Lights x Jennys Spark x Shining Spark) when judges marked his runs a composite of 438.

Owned by Russell and Tiann Keegan, Shining CD Light brought consistency to the table when he posted a 146 in all three events.

As a trainer with a name for starting young horses, Edsall says he is focused on building a consistent show program as well. His recent success in Fort Worth brought that to light.

“I feel like I had a good 2-year-old program. I’ve been trying to get out there

and get them shown like they ride at home, that has been the biggest thing.

I’m just trying to do my thing this year,” he said.

Edsall expressed heartfelt appreciation for the owners who trust him with their horses, as well as to the team of people who helped him prepare the five head he had in the Derby. He also thanked herd helpers Justin Wright, Shad Parkinson, Phillip Ralls and Kelby Phillips.

Novice Horse Defending 2017 Peptoboonsmal Derby Open Champion Sarah Dawson returned to claim the Open Novice Championship.

She gladly catch-rode MetallicaLena for Erin Taormino, who was expecting a baby during the show, Dawson and the horse topped the herd work of the Novice Horse with a 147.5, which was also enough for third in the Open Derby herd prelims.

“He’s always been good in the herd,” said Dawson. “Erin has him really good there. He’s just so strong and physical so he looks cool doing it.”

The pair returned to post a 144 in the

rein work, which Dawson described as “decent” and enough to keep them in the hunt.

As with many of the riders in the cow work, Dawson had to utilize her polished showmanship skills to maximize potential points on the cow she drew.

“It was an interesting set of cows,” she said of the final phase of Derby competition. “I had to loop around on that second turn to the right. I pretty much had to loop all of them on that first turn.”

Dawson’s strategy was rewarded when judges scored the run a 146.5, which helped the pair claim the Open Novice Horse title.

MetallicaLena, by Metallic Cat and out of Isabellena, is owned by Fults Ranch Ltd. Dawson has been riding the horse since the first of the year for Taormino.

Taormino showed MetallicaLena at the Snaffle Bit Futurity and won the Southwest Reined Cow Horse Association Fall Futurity on him shortly after. She and her husband got the horse as a yearling and have done all of the training on him.

MetallicaLena’s dam, Isabellena, by Quejanaisalena, has produced offspring with earnings of more than $215,000, the majority of which have been with Taormino in the saddle. Plain Wright, by Hes Wright On, was the 2015 Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Reserve Champion with Taormino. His full brother, Cuttin Wright Up, has earned more than $64,000. The gelding was shown by Taormino through his 4-year-old year and made the Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Finals. Also on the list of futurity finalists out of Isabellena is Bed Head Cat, by Wild Haired Cat, that was shown by both Kelby and Abbie

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by Fults Ranch Ltd., to the top of the NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Open Novice Horse Derby.

Below: Winning the NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Limited Open Derby was the team of Dave Dillman and his mare Playing With Rey.

Phillips. To date, he has racked up more than $60,000. MetallicaLena is the mare’s fourth money-earner.

According to Dawson, MetallicaLena is easy to show, and she was happy with him in Fort Worth.

“He’s the kind that’s fun. Some of them aren’t so fun to catch ride, but he’s fun,” she said. “Erin’s easy to follow behind, so it’s been good.”

Their 438-point composite placed them in the top 10 of the Open Derby as well.

Taormino knew she was placing the horse in good hands when she sent him to Dawson, who has earned more than $360,000 in the NRCHA. An open competitor since age 18, Dawson needs little introduction in the reined cow horse world. She and her husband, Chris, operate their training facility out of Perrin, Texas.

Worth. The team posted a solid 141 in the herd work where Dillman explained that the mare was good, but a sticky second cut cost them some working time. Their 142.5 led the rein work and a 141 in the

cow work gave them a half-point lead over Chance Harman and Sheza Crackin Me Up. Dillman bought Playing With Rey as a 2-year-old from a reiner in Colorado.

By Play Dual Rey, a sire Dillman says he didn’t know much about at the time, it was Playing With Rey’s bottom side of her pedigree that caught Dillman’s eye.

The mare is out of ARC Holly Cee Lena, who is out of Hickorys Holly Cee, the dam of 2018 DT Horses’ World’s Greatest Horseman winning mount, Hickory Holly Time. Because Playing With Rey was behind at the time with only about 15 rides on her in August of her 2-yearold year, Dillman didn’t have high hopes for her.

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///////// NRCHA Celebration of Champions “I thought I would just ride her around and sell her,” he explained. “She’s a cute mare.”

Playing With Rey seemed to have other plans as she advanced quickly enough in her training to be entered in the 2016 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity. She has since earned more than $15,315, not counting the Limited Open win in Fort Worth.

“She has a great work ethic,” he said.

“She tries hard every day.”

Level 1 Limited Open Sheza Crackin Me Up and Chance Harman’s 424 composite score won the Level 1 Limited Open Championship as well as second in the Limited Open. The pair put together scores of 140 in the herd work, a 142 in the rein work and a 142 in the fence work.

“The cows were a little soft for her in the herd work,” said Chance. “But she was really good.”

Harman felt they started strong in the rein work with a huge stop coming in, and finished the same. A 142 in the cow work pushed him back to the top.

“She was spot on, I felt. She listened really well,” Harman said of the mare.

Sheza Crackin Me Up is owned by Holy Cow Performance Horses. She was trained by Jake Telford and shown by his assistant trainer, Caleb Jantz, at the Snaffle Bit Futurity where she tied for third in the Level 1 Limited Open and finished fifth in the Limited Open.

Sheza Crackin Me Up later moved to Dawson Performance Horses where Harman is the assistant trainer. He’s been riding the mare for about two months, he said.

“I really appreciate them believing in me and standing behind me,” Harman said of the opportunities the Dawsons have given him. “This win meant a lot.

They gave me a ton of support and it just made it easier. It helped my confidence going in there. There was never a doubt

in my mind because they were behind me 100-percent.”

Harman, 31, is originally from Kansas and was training in Canada prior to making the move to Texas. Harman says he gave Chris Dawson a call one day to see if he could come down for a few months to work horses at the Dawson’s facility.

That was two years ago.

“Their program is just easy. The horses really like their jobs and they want to go work for us,” Harman said, adding that the most valuable lesson he’s learned from Chris and Sarah during his time in the Lonestar State has been patience.

“One of the biggest troubles I’ve had coming from Canada is everything happens so fast there because the pens are so much smaller up there,” he said. “I got in a habit of holding my breath just because things happen so much quicker. It’s just a matter of taking a breath and relaxing and going on. That’s kind of a joke. Chris can see it and he’ll say, ‘Take a breath and relax.’”

Chance Harman and Sheza Crackin Me Up earned the NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Level 1 Limited Open Derby Championship for owner Holy Cow Performance Horses.

Harman says another perk of being in Texas is that the weather is more suitable for training horses.

“I had to work in the indoor seven months out of the year up there,” he said.

“I don’t have plans to go back. I want to stay down here in Texas.”

Dell Hendricks matched Harman’s composite score aboard Bodees Star.

After marking a 139 in the herd work, it was little surprise that the NRHA Million Dollar Rider came back to win the rein work with a 144. Although, he said he was pleasantly surprised since that’s not the mare’s strongest event. A 141 in the fence work sent them home as reserve champions.

“The reining really has not been her strong suit, but she showed really well there. We kind of just survived every-

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“Me being a little new to the cow horse, that’s my goal right now, to survive and learn a little along the way. I really enjoy it.”

The 4-year-old mare is by Dual Rey and out of MH Bodees Starlena by Bodee Boonsmal. She is owned by Michelle Hanson. Michelle’s husband, Wayne, sent the horse to Hendricks late in her 2-year-old to help improve her reining skills for the cow horse, and later asked Hendricks if he’d show her at the Snaffle Bit Futurity. Hendricks jumped at the chance.

The team fared well at their first event until they fell during the circling portion of their cow work. The Cow Horse Classic Derby was their first show back since.

“She’s been a fun little horse to have around. She’s been fun to train. She absorbs everything. I’m just lucky that Wayne lets me ride her once in a while.”

Trying his hand at cow horse has been a fun, albeit challenging endeavor for Hendricks.

“The herd work is pretty challenging because even in the reining, I tend to like to go fast. I can’t figure out how to slow down and hurry up at the same time,” he said with a laugh.

Non Pro & Intermediate Non Pro Bart Holowath made the haul from Cayley, Alberta, Canada, to Fort Worth, Texas, count when he rode Smart Lookin Nurse to Non Pro and Intermediate Non Pro Derby victories. The pair kicked off with a strong 148 in the herd work, which was followed up with a 146-point rein work to take the lead over the 22-horse field prior to the cow work. A stellar 148 in the cow work secured the Non Pro Championship with six points to spare.

Holowath gave all credit for the victory to his horse.

“He’s way better than I am. I just try to

keep up,” he said with a laugh. “All the credit goes to him.”

With Smart Lookin Nurse’s strong presence on a cow, Holowath says that as long as he does his job of getting his cows cut, he doesn’t have to worry about the rest. He did just that in Fort Worth with the help of his trainer John Swales and Brad Pederson.

“He’s fun to show. You can just kind of let him do his thing. He’s got such a neat move on a cow. He just had a lot of eye appeal,” Holowath added.

It was that exact look on a cow that convinced Holowath to purchase Smart Lookin Nurse. He was looking at two horses that Todd Crawford had at the time, one of which was Smart Lookin Nurse, and was having a hard time picking one.

Holowath joked that the gelding may not be the most attractive to look at in the stall, but he makes up for it in the show pen.

Bart Holowath rode Smart Lookin Nurse, owned by he and his wife Terri, to the NRCHA Cow Horse Classic Non Pro and Intermediate Non Pro Derby Championships.

“He’s not the prettiest horse,” he said with a laugh. “But he’s cool on a cow.”

The gelding proved that pretty is as pretty does when he topped the Derby Non Pro rein work in Fort Worth, too.

“He runs pretty nice circles,” Holowath said. “He’s an easy lead changer. He travels with his head down, and he’s soft.”

Holowath purchased the now 5-yearold Smart Lookin Nurse (WR This Cats Smart x Nurseware x Dual Rey) as a 3-year-old from Wagonhound Land and Livestock. Smart Lookin Nurse was a Snaffle Bit Futurity Open finalist under the guidance of Matt Koch prior to the transaction. Holowath says he has earned more than $22,000 with the gelding, including the 2017 Alberta RCHA Fall Derby Non Pro Championship.

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Holowath keeps Smart Lookin Nurse with John Swales, who he said has done an excellent job of keeping him and his horse both tuned up. When asked if he plans on making more long hauls from Canada to hit the cow horse shows, Holowath didn’t hesitate.

“When you have a good horse you hit as many as you can because it might be the last one, or it might be a while ‘til the next one,” he said.

Holowath thanked his wife, Terri, for her support, and also credits her parents for helping the couple attend horse shows by taking care of their place when they’re out of town.

“In all, we were gone for about three weeks,” he said. “There’s no way we’d be able to do that if it weren’t for them.”

He also credited the NRCHA for hosting a great event and his friends back home for their support.

“Thanks to all of the sponsors and the people that put on the show and the ones behind the scenes that don’t really get recognized. And all of my friends from home, who were very supportive, that was pretty cool,” he said.

Holowath first got involved in showing reined cow horses when he met his wife.

“When I met my wife, she was doing it and I sat in the stands. I thought, ‘Well I’m not going to sit here. I’ve got to get a horse.’ So I started,” said Holowath, who picked up his first NRCHA win check in 2005 and has since earned more than $120,000.

Taking reserve honors in the Non Pro Derby was Myles Brown and Miss Scarlets Cat with a 436 composite (146 herd/ 141.5 rein/ 148.5 cow) that sent them home $3,526 richer. Miss Scarlets Cat, by Metallic Cat, is out of Bee Miss Scarlet by Lenas Busy Bee. Miss Scarlets Cat and Brown made headlines last year when they competed in the Open Finals of the Snaffle Bit Futurity, winning the Limited Open and Level 1 Limited Open.

Novice Non Pro When it came to wins in Fort Worth, Abbie Phillips made sure to add her own victory to the Phillips’ family list of accomplishments. Abbie rode her horse Special High Brow to the Novice Non Pro Derby title thanks to a composite score of 435.5 (144 herd/ 145 rein/ 146.5 cow).

Last year’s NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Amateur Champions are building momentum as they continue to add to their win record.

“She’s just gotten a lot stronger and more consistent in each event,” said Phillips of the mare she said ranks in the top bracket of her all-time favorite horses. “She’s good minded and always willing.”

The success that Kelby and Abbie Phillips both reaped during the Celebration of Champions was immense.

Anyone who stopped by their stalls dur-

Earning the Cow Horse Classic Novice Non Pro Derby title was the team of Abbie Phillips and Special High Brow.

ing the show could attest, it takes a village—one for which Kelby and Abbie are extremely grateful.

“It was crazy. It was a fantastic show. It couldn’t have gone any better than it did.

It was awesome for everybody – owners and us, too. It was great,” said Abbie. She added a heartfelt thank you to her herd help during the show – her husband, Corey Cushing, Brad Lund and Boyd Rice.

Sonya DiStefano, of Calgary, Alberta, rode High Brow Kitty Cat (Palo Duro Cat x Hickorys Jac O Lena x Jac Pic A Nic) to a 430 composite (141 herd/ 140.5 rein/ 148.5 cow). The pair tied for second in the Novice Non Pro composite with Amateur Champion Ashley O’Donnell.

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Amateur Lucky Remedy lived up to his name at the Cow Horse Classic Derby when he carried Ashley O’Donnell to the 2018 Amateur Championship. The 28-year-old has only owned Lucky Remedy since November and the major event in Fort Worth was her first time to show him.

With the help of her trainer, Brad Lund, O’Donnell was able to make it one for the books.

The pair kicked things off in the herd with a 140, which pleased O’Donnell.

“It’s my weakest link,” she said with a laugh. “I’m not very good at the herd work. Brad just talked me through it.”

A 143.5 in the rein work ranked O’Donnell second heading into the fence work.

“It was the first time I’d ever shown him, so I was a little timid and a little hesitant to really ask him for a lot,” O’Donnell recalled of her run. “I should’ve relaxed a little more. But he was really good for me and showed great.”

When it came down to phase three,

O’Donnell and “Lucky” stepped up to succeed in what she said is the best event for both of them.

“He is strongest down the fence. He’s really talented and he’s a powerhouse, so he’s going to get you there. I’m pretty gritty and I have a lot of want-to-go down the fence,” she said. “I knew I wouldn’t have any trouble going down the fence. It just all fit in.”

O’Donnell won the fence work with a score of 146.5 for a 430-point composite to win the Amateur and more than $1,800 between the go-rounds and the composite.

An avid team roper, O’Donnell spends most of her time horseback throwing loops. She’s roped all of her life and started showing in the NRCHA about 10 years ago. She won the NRCHA Amateur Stallion Stakes last year.

One reason O’Donnell purchased Lucky Remedy was she feels his size and structure suit him well for a second career as a rope horse.

“I team rope a lot so I wanted to find

something big enough in size that I could eventually go on to rope on. He fit all of those qualities,” she said.

O’Donnell first saw Lucky at the Snaffle Bit Futurity with trainer Shawn Hayes, where she arranged to try him.

Another plus was O’Donnell’s familiarity with Lucky’s sire Very Smart Remedy.

“My last derby horse was a Very Smart Remedy,” she said.

“And I got along great with my old one.”

Lucky Remedy is out of Gunna Be Lucky, by Gunna Smoke, making him a full brother to Smart Luck, who has earned more than $250,000.

Wyoming cowgirl Kristen York finished as the Amateur Reserve Champion aboard her mare ShezaCrackinNSparkin (Nabisco Roan x Sheza Shinette x Shining Spark). The two scored a 138 in the herd work and came back strong in the rein work with a 144.5. A 145.5-point run in the fence work brought their total to 428 points and a $1,425 payoff.

Non Pro Limited Brent Steward and ARC RubysInThaBag had the Non Pro Limited win in the bag when they earned a 427-point composite. They started by tying for the lead in the herd work with a 143. A 141 in the rein work kept them in contention, while a 143 in the cow work cinched the win over a 23-horse field.

ARC RubysInThaBag, more affectionately known as “Ruby,” is by One Time Pepto and out of Arcese Quarter Horses’ great mare, Ruby Bagonia. Ruby Bagonia

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Julie Gibbons and Unos Blue Lightening wrapped up three events with a 425.5 composite (140 herd/ 142.5 rein/ 143 cow) to claim the Non Pro Limited Reserve Championship and $1,990. Unos Blue Lightening (Uno What Time It Is x Miss Vibrant Chex x Nu Chex To Cash) earned the reserve championship in the Intermediate Open at the Snaffle Bit Futurity last year with Dustin Mills.

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North Central Texas College takes the NRCHA’s 2018 Intercollegiate Challenge Team Championship.

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he Intercollegiate Challenge, hosted by the National Reined Cow Horse Association at its 2018 Celebration of Champions on February 17, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas, drew riders representing nine different colleges and universities.

Vying for Non Pro, Limited, Novice and Team titles demanded the best from the collegiate riders.

Stock Horse Association of Texas rules are incorporated. The parameters of the Non Pro division cow work required boxing and fence work with the option of roping or circling the cow. Much like the NRCHA’s provisional step up boxing, Limited division riders boxed their cow, then drove it down the fence where they boxed the cow on the other end of the arena, then drove it back up the fence.

Novice rules required contestants to box

Non Pro Champion Zane Davis and Mr Hangten Jac.

their cow as they would in NRCHA’s non pro limited classes. The competition features three riders on each team.

Individual champions and reserve champions were awarded Gist trophy

buckles sponsored by SDP Buffalo Ranch.

Each member of the three-member champion and reserve champion teams received Classic Legacy Splint Boots also sponsored by SDP Buffalo Ranch.

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Non Pro Reserve Champion Jayton Baca and Smart Lil Redman.

Team Champions This year North Texas Central College, coached by Cathy Woosky-Liese, won the Team championship with 41 points.

Members of the winning NTCC team are Hannah Penney riding in the Non Pro, Rieta Dufurrena in the Limited and Victoria Goodson in the Novice.

Second place was Clarendon College, coached by Gatlin Duncan, with 40 points.

Novice Champion Eli Mangels and Flash.

Novice Champion Lanham Brown and This Shiney Miss.

Team members are Zane Davis, Gracie Paul and Tanner Schatz. The Texas Tech University horse show team, coached by Chance O’Neil, was third with 38 points.

Team members are Jayton Baca, Lanham Brown and Tyler Ledford.

Teams from Colorado State University, New Mexico State University, Northeastern Junior College, Texas A&M University, University of Arkansas and

West Texas A&M University all competed.

Non Pro Division NRCHA Collegiate Challenge Non Pro Champion Zane Davis rode Mr Hangten Jac (Hollywood White x Hanging United) to 143.5 in the rein work and 135 on the cow for the winning composite score of 278.5. Davis competes for Clarendon

Novice Reserve Champion Rieta Dufurrena and Pistols Little Pepto.

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Collegiate Challenge Non Pro Reserve Champion Jayton Baca, representing Texas Tech, rode his 2009 sorrel gelding Smart Lil Redman (Smart Chic Olena x Reds Christmas Angel) to 138 in the rein work and 142.5 on the cow for a total of 280.5.

Limited Division Lanham Brown rode the 2014 palomino mare This Shiney Miss (WR This Cats Smart x Shiney Miss Hickory), owned

by RA Brown Ranch, to the Collegiate Challenge Limited Championship.

Brown, who competes for Texas Tech, scored a 139 in the rein work and a 148 on the cow for the winning total of 287.

Riding Pistols Little Pepto (Peptoboonsmal x Dazzling Pistol) Rieta Dufurrena was a 133.5 in the rein work and a big 149 on the cow to earn reserve in the Novice division. Dufurrena and the 2008 red roan stallion earned 14 points to help North Central Texas College win the Team title. Her fellow team members Hannah Penney and Victoria Goodson contributed 15 points and 12 points, respectively, toward the Team Championship.

Top: Novice Reserve Champion Kailey Collins and Miss Chicadual.

Above: Contributing to the Team Championship for North Central Texas College was Hannah Penney riding her 2007 gelding BFR Hickory Starlite (Missies Little Star x Sangria For Two) in the Novice Division.

Left: North Central Texas College team member Victoria Goodson earned 12 of the 40 points accrued by the Team Champions when she competed in the Novice division riding the 2012 chestnut mare RB Sweet Cat (One Smartcat x Snappy Little Pistol).

Novice Division Eli Mangels rode Flash to a 137.5 in the rein work and a 137 on the cow for the high composite score of the Novice division, of 274.5. Mangels rides for West Texas A&M University.

Kailey Collins and the 2012 sorrel mare Miss Chicadual (Mister Nicadual x Chics Marcie) marked a 133 in the rein work and a 139.5 on the cow for reserve in the Novice division with 272.5. Collins was riding for the University of Arkansas.

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Tyra Wittwer rides Jammin In Hollywood to the High School Rodeo Cow Horse Challenge Championship.

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hen Tyra Wittwer, of St. George, Utah, placed 11th in Reined Cow Horse at the 2017 National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) held last July in Gillette, Wyoming, she knew she’d punched her ticket to the NRCHA’s High School Rodeo Challenge. What she didn’t know is exactly what to expect at the Celebration of Champions once she got to Fort Worth, or that she’d be riding a horse other than the one that qualified her to make the trip. While Wittwer qualified riding the 2002 stallion Smart Smokum Chic (“Smokum”), it was her dad Jerad’s 2011 bay gelding, Jammin In Hollywood (Hollywood Vintage x Pecos Ms Jameen 202 x Hickory Street Pecos), that carried Wittwer to a 285.5 and the national title. Held on Saturday, February 17, 2018, in John Justin Arena, the NHSRA Reined Cow Horse Challenge featured nine contes-

High School Rodeo Challenge Champion Tyra Wittwer rode Jammin In Hollywood, owned by Jerad Wittwer.

tants, all of whom had earned a chance to compete thanks to qualifying for the finals in Reined Cow Horse at the NHSFR in the summer of 2017.

While Fort Worth marked Wittwer’s first-ever NRCHA Premier Event, the seasoned rodeo athlete, who regularly competes in barrel racing and pole bending, adjusted to the pressure thanks to solid advice and faith in her new mount.

“I knew he [Jammin In Hollywood] could do it, I just had to do my best and see how it played out,” said Wittwer. “We got down there the Wednesday before I showed and I got to see all the real pros and how they handled the situation—it really opened my eyes to the level of horses and riders.”

Wittwer’s lack of horse show experience didn’t deter her a bit, rather, she capitalized on the chance to watch the best in

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the business and used the experience to help fine-tune her own show strategy.

Wittwer says that help and advice from Morgan Lybbert and Brady Weaver also played no small part in her success and has helped her gain an affinity for showing cow horses.

“I’d never really heard of cow horse until our high school rodeos started offering it,” Wittwer explained of how she initially became involved. “A guy from Delta, Utah, brought Smokum over for me to try and just to use; he helped me out with him and then Morgan Lybbert showed me some more tips.”

Wittwer and Smokum competed steadily at the high school rodeo level, but not in NRCHA approved shows until recently. When it became clear that Smokum might need some backup, the Wittwer family was able to locate Jammin In Hollywood through trainer Ben Baldus, who had ridden the gelding to earn-

ings in both American Quarter Horse Association Ranch Horse Versatility and the NRCHA. “He was supposed to be my dad’s,” said Wittwer, “but when Smokum needed a break, I started riding him. We haven’t even had him a whole year.”

The 18-year-old senior at Desert Hills High School says that she thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to show in Fort Worth, despite the fact that a number of her fellow competitors had much more show experience at NRCHA Premier Events.

“I had talked to Addison Coutts a little bit and I knew she had already shown in the Youth Bridle and done really well,” said Wittwer. “It was a little intimidating, but I went in knowing the pattern because we do this pattern a lot in Utah, so that helped. I saw how good the ground was and that was really exciting, that was a big thing for me because we

don’t always get that. On the cow, I knew the points I needed to work on and just went and did my best.”

Wittwer thanked her parents, Jerad and Heather, her older sister and three younger siblings back home for their support, as well as BioMane Supplements. While Wittwer says she is unsure of exactly where her career path will lead following graduation, she may postpone her goal of running barrels professionally for a bit in order to attend more NRCHA Premier Events in the near future.

Working closely with the NRCHA, the National High School Rodeo Association added reined cow horse to its event lineup in 2014 as an optional event and has experienced steady growth in entry numbers with each passing rodeo season. For more information on the high school rodeo program, rules, clinics and more, visit nrcha.com/nhsra-reined-cowhorse/.

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Breeder Directory Call Me Mitch (Metallic Cat x Miss Hickory Hill x Doc’s Hickory), is a 2011 bay roan stallion with performance earnings of $112,000+. He has earned multiple reined cow horse and cutting championships and finals placings in the NRCHA, NCHA, and AQHA. He stands at Santa Lucia Farms, Santa Ynez, California, in 2017. Call Me Mitch is owned by Estelle Roitblat and shown by NRCHA Professional Phillip Ralls and NCHA Professional Russ Westfall.

Rogers Heaven Sent Ranch of Tucson, Arizona, was founded by the Rogers family in 2005, starting out with just two personal horses. Since then, Rogers Heaven Sent Ranch has grown into a full service facility, breeding and showing some of the best Quarter Horses the industry has to offer.

Rogers Heaven Sent Ranch also maintains an Organic Alfalfa operation and they raise Certified Organic Black Angus Beef. Learn more about them on the web at www.RogersHSR.com.

Legendary Quarter Horses and superior Black Angus cattle are hallmarks of the “Four Sixes,” an historic Texas ranch that is part of Burnett Ranches, LLC. The ranch stands some of the most well-respected Quarter Horse stallions in the industry, with elite broodmares that produce superior individuals for work and racing.

Dual R Smokin (Dual Rey x Smokin Pepto x Peptoboonsmal), a 2005 Quarter Horse stallion, is owned by J Five Horse Ranch in Weatherford, Texas.

He has earned more than $220,000 in the National Cutting Horse Association, and his many titles include the 2011 NCHA Super Stakes Classic Non Pro Championship.

Dual R Smokin is a National Reined Cow Horse Association Subscribed Stallion. He is also nominated to the NCHA Super Stakes, Breeders Invitational, PCCHA Cutting/Gelding Stakes, Bonanza Cutting & Canadian Supreme. He stands at Oswood Stallion Station in Weatherford, Texas. More information is available at www.JFiveRanch.com.

Metallic Cat (High Brow Cat x Chers Shadow x Peptoboonsmal), owned by Rocking P Ranch, is an $11 Million Sire and the 2016 National Cutting Horse Association Sire of the Year. He is the second highest money-earning stallion in the history of the National Cutting Horse Association. Visit him on the web at www.MetallicCat.com.

Holy Cow Performance Horses LLC, with locations in Santa Ynez, California, and Weatherford, Texas, has become a leading breeder and owner of reined cow horses, reining horses, and cutting horses.

Breeding, raising and showing quality performance Quarter Horses is a passion at Holy Cow - dedicated to raising quality performers that are world class in their respective fields. Holy Cow is home to some of the finest broodmares in the industry, including top reined cow horse producer SHEZA SHINETTE. The stallion roster includes Shady Lil Starlight, Nabisco Roan, Once A Von A Time and Heza Shiney Kodo. Their sponsorship and support of the NRCHA includes the $25,000 added to the Open Bridle Spectacular at the NRCHA Stallion Stakes, $25,000 added to the CD Survivor Memorial Open Bridle Spectacular at the NRCHA Derby and $25,000 added to the Open Bridle class at the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity.

Learn more about Holy Cow Performance Horses at www.HolyCowPerformanceHorses.com.

Hickory Holly Time is a 2010 red roan stallion sired by One Time Pepto and out of Hickorys Holly Cee owned by DT Horses with LTE well over $200,000. His achievements span all the NRCHA disciplines: Snaffle Bit - 2013 NRCHA Intermediate Open Futurity Champion, 2014 NRCHA Open Derby Champion, Hackamore – 2015 NRCHA Open Hackamore Champion and now Bridle, 2018 World’s Greatest Horseman Champion. He is tested as 5 Panel N/N and is currently standing at Oswood Stallion Station. Visit him on the web at http:// oswoodstallionstation.com/hickoryhollytime, or on Facebook HickoryHollyTime or at www.dthorses.com/stallions.

The skill and experience of Jeremy Barwick, Dr. Charlie Buchanan and staff make Brazos Valley Stallion Station in Stephenville, Texas, unique among breeding and performance horse establishments, and a vital center for horse owners, competitors and breeders.

Find them on the web at http://www.brazosvalleystallionstation.com

Western Bloodstock is the trusted name in performance horse sales, and is proud to produce and manage this year’s National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales! Visit them on the web at www.WesternBloodstock.com.

Matthews Cutting Horses, owned and operated by Jeffrey and Sheri Matthews, is the home of NRCHA Million Dollar Sire ONE TIME PEPTO (Peptoboonsmal x One Time Soon x Smart Little Lena).

Matthews Cutting Horses is well known for superior performance horse bloodlines. The Matthews breeding program is built on extraordinary pedigrees and exceptional performance.

His first foals came of show age in 2010, and in 2014, One Time Pepto was the #1 NRCHA Sire. In 2015, he was the leading sire of NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sale horses.

One Time Pepto’s performing foals have earned more than $10 million in all disciplines.

Learn more about One Time Pepto at www.OneTimePepto.com.

SDP Buffalo Ranch Where the Elite Are Found… For nearly 50 years, SDP Buffalo Ranch has paved a path of success in the horse industry. We know what it takes to be successful in breeding and performance at the highest levels. SDP Buffalo Ranch is All About The People. They are really in the people business, horses are just the product. SDP Buffalo Ranch are committed to excellence in stallion service, horsemanship and customer relations. Your success is their success! We offer full service Equine Reproductive services. See their stallion line up at http://www.SDPBuffaloRanch.com Time For The Diamond (One Time Pepto x Diamonds With Style x Playin Stylish), owned

by Triple D Ranches, is the 2013 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion. Trained and shown

by NRCHA Professional Nick Dowers, Time For The Diamond has career earnings of nearly $150,000. His first foal crop will be 2-year-olds in 2018. Time For The Diamond stands at Oswood Stallion Station in Weatherford, Texas. For more information, visit www.NickDowers.com.

Wagonhound Land and Livestock, headquartered just south of Douglas, Wyoming, is a working ranch with some of the top American Quarter Horses and Red Angus cattle in the country. Its operations span more than 150,000 acres.

Wagonhound Land and Cattle features one of the top horse breeding and training operations in the state. An outstanding broodmare band is housed there, and the ranch makes use of its own stallions – NRCHA Million Dollar Sire WR This Cats Smart and AQHA World Champion and NRCHA Open Two-Rein World Champion Genuine Masterpiece – as well as some of the other top cutting and cow horse stallions in the industry. The ranch’s operations include 2,500 of the finest Red Angus cattle in the market. They are selected and managed to produce high quality replacement heifers and the highest grade of beef.

Visit www.Wagonhound.com for more information.

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Then and now: The exceptional show career of Bald N Shiney.

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n the reined cow horse industry, there are horses whose sheer athleticism and heart earns them a loyal and passionate fan base. Call it intelligence, or even wisdom, but there are also horses beloved for their ability to teach riders the horse show ropes. Bald N Shiney has been all of these things and more to his riders, his fans and his families—the Murphys—Don, Nelle and C.J.—and most recently, the Shopbell’s, C.J., Michelle, Brent, 8, Bree, 2, and 11-year-old Baily, who is his current partner. To tell Bald N Shiney’s story from the beginning, to list every win, takes a lot of ink, but it’s easy to describe the 1994 sorrel gelding affectionately known as “Hank” in just two words: life changing.

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A Brilliant Record “He’s been my once-in-a-lifetime horse, for sure,” said his owner Nelle Murphy.

“He’s been a show horse all along, he might be lazy or grumpy warming up, but he goes in the gate knowing his job.

He’s always loved his job—he still does.

I think that says a lot for the way my dad trained him. He goes in there and his ears come up and he’s ready to horse show.”

And horse show he has. From his Snaffle Bit Futurity debut as a 3-yearold in 1997 with Nelle riding, the son of Shining Spark out of Leos Raffle Lady

by Hank Leo scored big, placing first in the Amateur. Later that same year, Nelle rode Hank to a sixth-place finish at the National Reining Horse Association Futurity in the Non Pro. Bred by Leslie Ellsworth of Judson, Texas, Nelle acquired Hank from Carol

Rose who had taken him in on trade for a halter horse mare. Rose needed to give him a name, and with not much more to go on than his bald face and Shining Spark lineage, Bald N Shiney stuck. Nelle credits Jeff Petska with giving Hank a solid start, and her NRCHA Hall of Fame trainer dad, Don Murphy, for molding him into the rock solid show horse he is today, over two decades later, at age 24.

“From the start, he had a lot of run, he had a big stop,” said Nelle. “That’s kind of a Shining Spark trait, they tend to be strong and big stoppers. As a younger horse, even, he was big-boned and strong, that served him well over the years.”

Both Don and Nelle showed Hank as a 4-year-old, where he continued to earn NRCHA, NRHA and American Quarter Horse Association money. In 1998, Hank took the titles of reserve world champion

in AQHA Junior Working Cow Horse with Don and AQHA Amateur Working Cow Horse World Champion with Nelle.

Additionally, C.J. Murphy and Todd Hampton showed the versatile equine that same year in both AQHA Open and Amateur heading and heeling.

Opposite page: NRCHA Hall of Fame trainer Don Murphy showed Bald N Shiney in NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman competition over a decade ago, winning the cow work preliminaries with a 231.5.

Bald N Shiney was the AQHA Junior Working Cow Horse Reserve World Champion in 1998 with Don, earning the AQHA Amateur Working Cow Horse World Championship with Nelle that same year at the World Show.

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By the time he progressed to NRCHA Open and Non Pro level bridle competition, it was clear that Hank was a force with which to be reckoned. In 2002, Nelle rode him to a second-place finish in the Non Pro Bridle at the famed California Rodeo in Salinas, California. In 2005, Hank and Nelle left the NRCHA World Championship Finals as Non Pro Bridle World Champions—a particularly hardfought win as scores were carried from the prelims to the finals, demanding perfect consistency on the part of both horse and rider.

It’s hard for Nelle to list her favorite show pen memories with Hank because, as she says, “there were so many,” but one instance in which Nelle felt her horse come through for her in spades was in 2004 at the AQHA World Show.

Nelle had qualified another horse in the AQHA Amateur Working Cow Horse, but scratched because the day of the show was the same day she lost their mother Melene.

“The year my mom passed, it was just a few days after she passed away, and we came back up to the show, we decided I’d show Hank in the Senior. I won third in the Senior Working Cow Horse at the AQHA World Show [in 2004]. To do that in the Senior—and I wasn’t going to show at all because of circumstances—it was very memorable.”

Not only did Hank come through when the going got tough on many levels, he also set the precedent for many unique firsts for his owner, and for his bloodline.

“He was my first snaffle bitter; that was special,” said Nelle. “He was the first world champion sired by Shining Spark, which is definitely special.”

Later, Hank was shown to more wins

by C.J. Murphy and others including ropers J.D. Yates and Hampton. Hank also rose to the highest bridle horse echelons as a NRCHA World’s Greatest

Horseman finalist with both Yates and Don Murphy, as well as multiple AQHA World Championships and contender for the title of AQHA Super Horse. In 2010, he carried Yates to the World’s Greatest Shootout win at the AQHA’s Battle In The Saddle.

Part of Hank’s longevity can also be attributed to his versatility, as time in the roping arena helped give him a different job, which kept his mind fresh for the show pen. In fact, Hank’s show record is littered with AQHA World Finals qualifications in heading, heeling and tie down roping from as far back as 1998.

He earned the AQHA Amateur World Championship in Heeling (2002) and Heading (2000), and the AQHA Open World Championship in Senior Heeling (2000).

“C.J. also won the AQHA All Around Amateur on him in 2005, I believe,” said Nelle, adding that Gary Wells helped C.J. in the calf roping that year. “They are still the only amateur competitor from

Nelle Murphy describes Bald N Shiney as her “once-in-a-lifetime” horse.

a cattle working event to win it. He did it to honor my mom because she always wanted him to do it...that may have been the most memorable moment...the most emotional for sure. He kept a picture of her and him in his hat all week [at the World Show].”

Hank’s impressive speed, rate and stop served him well when he finished eighth in the NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman in 2007 with Don, winning the cow work preliminaries in the process with a 231.5. In 2011, Yates got the ride at the World’s Greatest, winning the prelims of both the cow work and the steer stopping to finish seventh overall.

A poster-horse for career longevity, Bald N Shiney has stayed remarkably sound all along.

“As a younger horse he was a little tender-footed, so we kept pads on him at times,” said Nelle. “He was always big boned and strong, an easy keeper. We

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maintained him, we injected him if he needed it, but we didn’t overdo anything like that. From the start he was easier to show than he was to school so knowing that about him, we didn’t overdo things on him. He was always a show horse.”

The Murphys, long known for raising, training and marketing finished bridle COURTESY NELLE MURPHY

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Top left: Bald N Shiney has carried numerous riders to wins at elite levels of reined cow horse competition, including C.J. Murphy, who also rode the 1994 gelding to numerous AQHA calf roping and team roping wins.

Above: Proving his versatility again and again, Bald N Shiney qualified numerous times for the AQHA World Show in both heading and heeling.

Todd Hampton turns a steer on him for J.D. Yates—both ropers rode Bald N Shiney to many wins.

Left: Over 20 years after notching his first NRCHA earnings at the Snaffle Bit Futurity with owner Nelle Murphy, Bald N Shiney has another special girl to horse show with in 11-year-old Baily Shopbell.

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horses, had planned to train and campaign Hank then offer him for sale as a 4- or 5-year-old, but the stalwart gelding with lifetime earnings estimated at $100,000 proved to be a keeper.

“My dad said, ‘That horse owes us nothing.’ We kept riding him all along, he’d be turned out at times, but we never

resurgence of her horse’s career with his youth partner. “People know that horse, people always ask me, ‘Is that Bald N Shiney?’ when they see him with Baily.”

Baily and Hank qualified for the finals in Youth Working Cow Horse Boxing at the 2017 AQHA World Show and are regulars in the winner’s circle at NRCHA

really let his condition go or just kicked him completely out,” Nelle said, adding with a laugh, “One time dad decided we were going to turn him out so we took him out of the show barn for one night and he started shivering, so that didn’t last but for one day!”

sanctioned events. Together they won the NRCHA Southwest Region Youth Limited championship in 2017. Hank remains the consummate pro with Baily, despite a few of the quirks that have characterized him throughout his long life.

“He’s still quirky; he was cinchy from the very start,” said Nelle. “You always had to lead him up, tighten him a little, lead him up…He snorts when you get the clippers out, he won’t cross water.

But, he doesn’t do all that with Baily.

He’ll do it to her dad, C.J., he does it to us, but he doesn’t do it to her.”

C.J. Shopbell agrees that Hank is not

Shine On The newest page in Hank’s thick log of horse show achievements belongs to one lucky little lady—11-year-old Baily Shopbell, of Sadler, Texas. Together Baily and Hank have made a big splash since partnering up in 2016.

Nelle says it’s been fun to watch the

without his idiosyncrasies, but seems to make exceptions when it comes to Baily.

“He’ll wander off to the back of his stall and act stand-offish if he sees me coming, but if it’s Baily he walks right up to her.

She keeps cookies in her pockets—I think he’s onto it,” Shopbell laughed. “But they do have this kind of weird bond together.

I can’t ride him through a mud puddle, but the two of them just get along.”

Hank’s toughness and Baily’s determination have combined to create a youth dream team.

“She’s got to ride him, he’s not what people think of as a standard, normal kid horse in that sense. She has to ride him all the way or they’ll miss a marker,” said Shopbell, who adds that the fifth-grader is out at the barn daily after school to work, ride and probably feed Hank a few cookies too. “They went through a little deal where he went to backing up on her after the stops because her little legs were too short for him to really know they were there. Now, her legs are longer and she can cue him better not to run back like that.”

While Baily will continue to show Hank in the Youth Limited this year, she has taken a few daring tours down the fence at home.

“He’s such a great fence horse, he can teach her here at home for a year or so,” said Shopbell, adding that the immediate goal remains for Baily to qualify for both the Celebration of Champions and AQHA Youth World Show in boxing.

“He might be pin-eared or act like he doesn’t want to lope around, then at the horse show you get him in the gate and his ears are forward, he perks right up—he loves it,” said Shopbell.

Consistently a little grumpy? Maybe so, but Bald N Shiney continues to win, beating Father Time and proving that the expertly trained and thoughtfully stewarded bridle horse can shine on and on.

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Corporate Partners As the official equine insurance company for the NRCHA, Markel has provided uninterrupted coverage for horses and horse-related risks for over four decades.

Sharing your passion for horses and committed to the horse industry, Markel is an experienced company whose associates are horse people first and insurance people second. Their insurance products focus on protecting your horses, home, barn, tack and equipment.

Whether you have one horse or an entire stable, board or train horses, Markel can fully protect you. Visit www. horseinsurance.com for more information on Markel’s products.

Platinum Performance is the Official Nutritional Supplementof the NRCHA! Platinum Performance, Inc. is the manufacturer of Platinum Performance Equine Wellness and Performance Formula, a comprehensive supplement rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, bioavailable trace minerals, amino acids and joint protective anti-inflammatory nutrients. This formula is designed to support the immune system, joints, bones, muscles, and provide sustained energy and enhanced performance. It is excellent for performance horses of all ages, broodmares, stallions and foals. Platinum Performance nutritional supplements were originally developed to decrease rehabilitation time after orthopedic surgeries, to speed bone growth and tissue healing, and reduce swelling complications. For more information, visit Platinum Performance at our website at www.PlatinumPerformance. com.

Dennis Moreland of Dennis Moreland Tack started his hand made tack business when he was a young cowboy. He realized there was a need for safe, well made, functional horse tack to be readily available to horsemen & horsewomen. This is Dennis’s 41st anniversary in the handmade tack business! He works closely with professional trainers and horsemen to design and test his equipment for functionality, fit and durability. From bridles to cinches, horse bits to spurs, I work hard to make this the best tack you’ve ever ridden. You can find everything you need for your horse at www.DMTack.com.

Scottsdale Western World offers the finest in Western saddles and tack, from reined cow horse, cutting, and reining to ranch riding, Western pleasure and trail.

We feature the complete line of Silver Spurs Saddles by AM, a collaboration between Silver Spurs Equine and world renowned saddle designer Andy Maschke. We also offer preowned saddles—plus bits, bridles, pads, horse accessories, apparel and much more. Find us on the web at www.ScottsdaleWesternWorld.com.

PEDIGREE® Food for Dogs.

Everything we do is for the love of dogs. As the world’s largest dog food brand, our passion is to make the world a better place for dogs.

We champion causes to help dogs find loving homes, and we are dedicated to understanding dogs’ needs to make sure every dog is fed well, because every dog deserves great nutrition. PEDIGREE® products include a wide variety of treats including DENTASTIX®, MARROBONE®, and JUMBONE®. PEDIGREE® brand is proud to be a corporate partner and the Official Pet Food of the National Reined Cow Horse Association. To find out more about PEDIGREE® brand visit www.pedigree.com.

A J.W. Brooks Custom Hat is not just another cowboy hat. It is a hand-crafted work of art, inspired by the Western lifestyle and expressing the individual flair of each unique cowboy and cowgirl who wears it. A hat should make a statement, and the J.W. Brooks team knows how to do it, with 30x and 100x hats made with a focus on fit, style and detail. Visit J.W. Brooks Custom Hats and discover the difference! They are proud to be on site at the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity and other Premier Events, or connect with them on the web at www.JWBrooksCustomHats.com.

We at Martin Saddlery are dedicated to giving you the most Fit, Function, and Value in a saddle.

Martin saddles are built by professionals, for professionals.

Our saddles are designed to provide a better fit for your horse and specialized by discipline with the rider’s needs in mind. Each Martin saddle is hand-crafted and individually assembled by the finest of craftsmen. Often imitated, never matched. www.MartinSaddlery.com

San Juan Ranch, a Division of Santa Cruz Animal Health, is rapidly becoming an industry leader in the distribution and development of Veterinary and Animal Health Care Products. As the official animal health and breeding supplier of the NRCHA, the company offers a wide range of products for the optimal care of performance horses, livestock and companion animals. The Animal Health product line includes a comprehensive, high-quality, affordable line of UltraCruz™Animal Health Supplements for horses, dogs and cats.

Nutrena® provides one of the world’s most comprehensive lines of equine nutritional products, including SafeChoice®, Vitality®, Life Design®, Empower® and XTN®. As part of the world’s largest equine nutrition company, Nutrena® offers advanced nutrition research, technology, unmatched resources and decades of experience to its customers.

Since 1921, Nutrena® has been providing premier products and services to consumers throughout North America and is proud to be the Official Equine Feed of AQHA, an AAEP Educational Partner as well as the Official Feed of the NRCHA.

Team up with Classic Equine and PLAY TO WIN! Classic Equine is the official horse boot and saddle pad brand of the NRCHA, and there is a reason we are the standard equipment of performance champions. Just ask the professionals. Serious competitors care about their horse’s health and soundness. Classic Equine offers a variety of innovative and protective products including saddle pads, cinches, support boots and bell boots. All products are manufactured to the highest standards for quality and value.

After all, the creation of a product line that satisfies the serious competitor’s high expectations of performance is what Classic Equine is all about. With input from many of today’s leading riders, each product is designed and tested for function, fit, durability and value. That is why when it comes to the horse’s protection and comfort for training and competition, champions prefer Classic Equine. For more information visit our website at www.classicequine.com or call 1-800-654-7864.

Don Rich Custom Saddles are specifically designed for use in the Western performance horse industry with an emphasis on reined cow horse, cutting, ranch horse, and reining events. Choose from our beautiful selection of saddles in stock, or place a custom order.

Welcome to DC Cow Horse Gear, located in Alpine, Tennessee. We pride ourselves in offering the highest quality handmade tack, braided rawhide, bits, and saddle pads for use in the western performance horse industry with an emphasis on reined cow horse, cutting, ranch horse, and reining events. Our business is mainly web and trade-show based, but feel free to contact us to make an appointment to stop in and check out our selection of great products.

Check out our great products at www.dccowhorsegear.com!

DT Horses, “The Elite Brand,” owned and operated by Dean and Leslie Tuftin, is located in beautiful Bend, Oregon. They are proud to be the presenting sponsor of the NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman.

Already an established breeding and training program for world champion rope horses, DT Horses has strengthened its reined cow horse industry presence with the addition of NRCHA Champion Hickory Holly Time to its stallion roster in 2016. Under the guidance of DT Horses’ resident trainer, leading NRCHA Professional Kelby Phillips, the DT Horses’ program seeks out the best genetics in the performance horse industry, to create versatile champions for every arena.

Find them on the web at www.DTHorses.com.

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The Nutro Company is a leading manufacturer of natural pet food products sold exclusively at pet specialty stores, and the Official Pet Food food of the National Reined Cow Horse Association.

The company has been making premium pet food for more than 80 years and is dedicated to quality, excellence and innovation in dog and cat nutrition offering healthful formulas for every pet’s life stage, activity level and size. The Nutro Company’s family of brands includes MAX® dog and cat food, NATURAL CHOICE® dog and cat food, and ULTRA™ food for dogs in addition to the GREENIES® brands, which include the #1 veterinary recommended pet specialty dental chews, and PILL POCKETS® and JOINT CARE® treats.

For more information, please visit www.thenutrocompany. com and www.greenies.com.

Wear Cinch to Win! It’s the Official Clothing of the NRCHA! Lead...don’t follow and wear the choice of champions - Cinch jeans and shirts. When performance counts, the members of the NRCHA turn to Cinch jeans. Cinch is the brand of choice for some of the world’s best horse trainers like Bob Avila, Teddy Robinson and Todd Bergen. Why? Because Cinch jeans offer the kind of fit and comfort that allow riders to focus on the work at hand. Plus Cinch jeans and shirts always look good.

You’ll find Cinch jeans and shirts at your favorite Western store or via catalog. Or, visit www.cinchjeans.com to find the retailer nearest you. “Cinch up” with Cinch jeans and shirts.

Wear the choice of champions.

Established in 1883, Texas-bred Lucchese uses timehonored craftsmanship techniques to build handmade boots of unrivaled quality, fit, comfort and style. In virtually every step of our bootmaking process, we rely on human hands to complete centuries-old tasks to perfection. Visit our web site at www.lucchese.com

American Paint Horse Association - Marked For Greatness! We inspire, nurture, promote and provide meaningful experiences to generations interested in preserving the versatile Paint Horse. The APHA is proud to be an alliance partner of the National Reined Cow Horse Association.

Learn more about the breed and the benefits of membership at www.APHA.com.

The National Reined Cow Horse Association welcomes Shorty’s Hattery as a Corporate Partner in 2017.

Shorty’s takes pride in creating custom hats, hand-made with dedication to the true tradition of the Western cowboy. The entire Shorty’s team stands by the value and tradition that defines the spirit of cowboys and cowgirls everywhere. They make cowboy hats the right way: from top-quality materials and loving care in every hat. Find them on the web at shortyshattery.com.

Vetoquinol, a global company, has been dedicated to Animal Health since 1933, and is a family-owned company devoted exclusively to animal health. In 2014, our portfolio of products expanded its product offering in the United States to include products for horses. Three of the premier products offered are Equistro® Flexadin UC•II®, Equistro® MyoPower and Zylkene® Equine.

Equistro Flexadin UC•II: New and innovative oral joint health supplement developed by Vetoquinol. It contains UC•II, a unique patented 1 natural type II collagen ingredient, methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), and a readily assimilated chelated manganese trace element for easier absorption, Equistro® MyoPower: is a supplement for horses designed to help support a healthy muscular state. It contains readily assimilated natural proteins originating from milk and pea protein in addition to the essential amino acid, L-Leucine.

It is recommended for young and athletic horses where a healthy muscular state is important and for all horses to aid in the maintenance of muscle mass. Zylkene Equine: Helps horses cope naturally with stressful situations. Zylkene’s unique, milk-derived, ingredient helps horses cope the same way nature calms the nursing foal. To find out more, go to www.barnchats.com.

Complete oral care is important for your dog’s total body health and can add years to their lifespan.

GREENIES™ Canine Dental Chews are proven to clean dogs’ teeth by fighting both plaque and tartar buildup, freshening breath, and maintaining healthier teeth and gums. Designed for daily treating, our dental chews are low in fat and nutritionally complete for adult dogs.

The American Quarter Horse Association, located in Amarillo, Texas, is the world’s largest equine breed registry and membership organization.

AQHA members share a passion for the American Quarter Horse and the vast lifestyle created by the world’s most popular horse. The AQHA is an alliance partner of the National Reined Cow Horse Association. Explore the AQHA’s many resources on the web at www.AQHA.com.

Gist Silversmiths: Crafting a Legend Piece by Piece - Gist Silversmiths is proud of its partnership with the NRCHA as its “Official Silversmith”. For 40 years, Gist has been considered the industry leader in customized trophy and award buckles for champions of all disciplines.

Gist Silversmiths believes there is no substitute for the finest in quality, superior craftsmanship and reliable service. Attention to detail is evident in each of their finely sculpted motifs and logos; quality enhanced by unique buckle designs. An award buckle is presented to commemorate a significant achievement and each recipient should be honored with a buckle reflecting the pride of a champion. For more information, visit the Gist Silversmiths website at www.gistsilversmiths.com.

Discount Tire/America’s Tire, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the world’s largest tire and wheel retailer, doing business as Discount Tire in most of the U.S. and America’s Tire in Oregon, and parts of Washington and California. The company currently operates more than 875 stores across the country. In 2010, Discount Tire/America’s Tire marked its 50th year in business. Serving more than 40 million customers, the company has built its success on the motto: “Be fair, be truthful, work hard, be there on time and help people.” For more information about Discount Tire/America’s Tire, visit discounttire.com or americastire.com.

Bloomer is the “Official Horse Trailer” of the NRCHA. Bloomer Trailers has raised the bar in the horse trailer industry. “If you can dream it, we can build it,” is the company slogan. Bloomer offers the highest quality standards of any trailer manufacturer and backs it up with a 10 year structural warranty. For information, see your local Bloomer Trailer dealer or visit www.bloomertrailers.com.

Rios of Mercedes, the Official Boot of the National Reined Cow Horse Association, is one of the last truly handmade all leather boots produced in the United States.

There is no secret to making top quality boots. All you need is the finest leather and true bootmakers with years of experience and the desire to be the best at their craft. Rios has remained true to its roots by making boots for folks who are involved in performance and working horses, raise livestock and in general make their living outdoors. Rios has never cheapened their product by taking shortcuts, lowering standards or chasing fashion trends. We make boots for people who know what a pair of boots is intended for: all day comfort whether horseback or afoot. Visit www.riosofmercedes.com to see some of the styles we offer through our retailers.

Quarter Horse News is one of the most visible information vehicles in the horse world. Quarter Horse News – the News Magazine of the Performance Horse industry - is the only twice-monthly news magazine dedicated to the Western horse industry. For information visit the website at www.quarterhorsenews.com.

Bob’s Custom Saddles are ridden and endorsed by the best of the best in competitive Western riding sports today.

Our superior craftsmanship and attention to detail have made our reining, barrel racing, cutting, roping, ranch, trail and show saddles the preferred choice of professional riders from around the world. Saddle up with us on the web at www.BobsCustomSaddles.com.

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Don’t Be Even a Hole Off!

By Dennis Moreland A properly adjusted curb strap helps your bit work safely and effectively in the horse’s mouth.

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ave you ever had a problem with a horse resisting the bit, turning better one direction than the other or having other troubles accepting rein cues? COURTESY DENNIS MORELAND TACK Improper curb adjustment isn’t often the cause of these issues, but it When your chin strap is adjusted corcertainly can be the problem. Checking rectly this chain of events occurs when to make sure our curbs are adjusted the reins are pulled or tightened: correctly when we’re trying to find a 1. Simultaneous pressure from the solution to these undesired responses mouthpiece is applied on the tongue, is important. bars, lips (and possibly roof of mouth if Curb, also called chin strap, adjust- using a bit with a jointed mouthpiece or ment is correct when the horse gets a port) and to the chin from the curb. signal from the bit as the reins are pulled 2. Forward rotation of the bit’s cheek (feels the bit begin to move) before the piece ring causes pressure from the curb contacts the chin. Since the curb headstall’s crown piece on the poll. strap is part of the braking system on The pressure on the poll along with the your horse you want to be sure the pressure of the bit and curb causes a curb makes contact with the chin fulcrum type action to occur. when you pull the reins. This contact The pressure points are released generally occurs within approximately when the horse slows or stops and/or 3 inches of pull on the reins or an if the rider releases the pull, or, as the approximate 25 to 30 degree change horse’s head becomes perpendicular in angle of the shanks after pulling the to the ground and the horse “carries” reins. A good rule of thumb: you should the bit. be able to slip a finger or two between On curb (also called shanked or leverthe curb and chin if adjusted correctly. age) bits correct curb adjustment is If you’ve made an adjustment in your critical for stopping your horse and is curb always check before getting on also important for proper function of by pulling the reins back to see that not only the bit and curb, but the entire the curb makes contact with the chin bridle. A curb has to be attached to the within 25 to 30 degrees of shank move- cheek piece rings or curb rings of the ment. bit. A curb should never be attached

to the snaffle rein rings on a bit with shanks because the curb can’t rotate and come in contact with the chin from that position. The curb strap needs to be adjusted so it’s not too loose or too tight. In addition to safety, proper curb adjustment will allow your horse to respond to your rein cues correctly.

When your reins are loose (i.e., not being pulled) the curb must lie loose. It should not make contact with the chin unless your reins are being tightened. A curb that is adjusted too tight is uncomfortable and may cause your horse to throw his head or to set his head below the vertical in an attempt to escape the constant tightness. In either situation you lose the effectiveness of your curb.

Riding with your curb properly adjusted will help to make your rides safer and to keep your horse happy, relaxed and ready to give you his best.

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RCHA member Dennis Moreland, owner of Dennis Moreland Tack, has been making quality working and show tack since 1976. Visit www.dmtack.com or call 817-312-5305 to see how Dennis can help you with your tack needs.

We’re a full line manufacturer of quality handmade tack and we’re here to help you!

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Show Schedule as of February 27, 2018

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April 5 - 8 April Show April 13 - 15 Midwest Cowhorse Classic April 14 - 15 Spring Fling April 14 CCHA Show #3 April 14 Columbus Cow Horse Classic April 21 - 22 Spring Fling April 21 - 22 ARCHA @ Diamond 7 April April 21 - 22 Dust Off the Saddle Event April 25 - 29 Sagebrush April 28 - 29 Spring Fling April 27 - 29 Sheri Gilkerson Memorial Spectacular April 28 Santa Ynez Vly. Cow Horse Show #3 May 4 - 6 Sinsheim Open 2018 May 16 - 20 Wild Rag Cattle Classic May 18 - 20 Jimmy Flores Sr. Spectacular May 19 - 20 Windy City Warm-Up May 19 - 20 ARCHA @ Diamond 7 May May 18 - 20 Spring Spectacular May 19 - 20 May Warmup May 25 - 28 Drought Buster May 26 - 27 Memorial Day Circuit May 26 - 27 May Show May 26 - 28 Silver Spur Classic June 2 - 3 Heritage Days Classic June 10 - 17 NRCHA Derby June 15 - 17 Mountain High June 23 - 24 ARCHA @Diamond 7 June June 30 CCHA Show #6 June 28 - July 1 Summer Spectacular June 30 - July 1 NCRCHA Event June 31 - July 1 Cowboy Classic July 7 - 8 Firecracker Fest July 7 - 8 July Fever July 14 - 15 Big Horse July Jubilee July 13 - 15 Red Dirt Rendezvous July 19 - 22 Summer Cow Horse Roundup July 28 CCHA Show #7 July 28 - 29 ARCHA @ Diamond 7 July July 28 - 30 Cow Up on the Coast Aug 5 PHRCHA & Friends Show Aug 4 - 5 Cowgirl Classic Aug 11 - 12 Country Boil Aug 14 - 19 Pre-Futurity & Horse Show Aug 15 - 19 Mid America Aug 17 Cowhorse Bonanza Aug 18 - 19 Summer Spectacular Aug 18 - 19 ARCHA @ Diamond 7 Aug Aug 21 - 27 National Stock Horse Pre-Futurity Sept 1 - 2 Labor of Love Sept 19 - 23 AzQHA Fall Championship Sept 22 - 23 September Classic Sept 22 - 23 ARCHA @ Diamond 7 Sept Sept 29 - 30 September Show Oct 7 - 20 NRCHA Hackamore Classic Oct 7 - 20 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Nov 2 - 4 ARCHA @ Diamond 7 Nov Nov 10 - 11 2018 Wrap Up

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Ardmore, Ok Southwest RCHA Pam Humphreys (405)-509-0494 entry@SRCHA.org Lincoln, NE Midwest RCHA Connie Henrichs (402) 741-1660 whitehorsemgt@cccusa.net Memphis, TN Leslie Fluhr (502) 551-7955 lesfluhr@gmail.com Porterville, CA California CHA Saddle Up Enterprises (559) 689-3101 kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com Columbus, MT Central Montana RCHA Jill Roberts (406) 538-7564 vjroberts@hughes.net Brenham, TX Bluebonnet Country RCHA Nelle Murphy (580) 276-0761 whoanelle75@gmail.com Dillsburg, PA Atlantic RCHA Lashon Bussell (215) 285-3932 lashon.b@hotmail.com Cannon Falls, MN North Central RCHA Jennifer Fjelstad (641) 590-1014 jenfjelstad@gmail.com Loveland, CO Colorado RCA Kelley Hartranft (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com Lubbock, TX Panhandle RCHA Kelsey Watring (806) 356-1461 panhandlecowhorse@gmail.com Queen Creek, AZ Arizona RCHA Allison Walker (937) 725-1423 awalker1423@yahoo.com Santa Ynez, CA Carol Sutton (805) 260-4535 syvcowhorse@verizon.net Sinsheim Germany Sylvia Bate 01149-160-8444813 sylvia.bate@web.de Fort Worth, TX Southwest RCHA Pam Humphreys (405)-509-0494 entry@SRCHA.org Temecula, CA Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com Amarillo, TX Panhandle RCHA Kelsey Watring (806) 356-1461 panhandlecowhorse@gmail.com Dillsburg, PA Atlantic RCHA Lashon Bussell (215) 285-3932 lashon.b@hotmail.com Cannon Falls, MN North Central RCHA Jennifer Fjelstad (641) 590-1014 jenfjelstad@gmail.com Waterford, ON Northeastern RCA Cindy Pfeifer (585) 749-1764 ppfeifer@rochester.rr.com McCook, NE Colorado RCA Allison Walker (937) 725-1423 awalker1423@yahoo.com Brenham, TX Blueboonet Country RCHA Nelle Murphy (580) 276-0761 whoanelle75@gmail.com Sarasota, FL Gulf Coast CHA Claudia Nichols (772) 321-9637 claudieone@yahoo.com Cazenovia, NY New York RCHA Cindy Pfeifer (585) 749-1764 ppfeifer@rochester.rr.com Bryan, TX South Texas RCHA Tina McCleary (979) 218-0633 SouthTexasRCHA@gmail.com Paso Robles, CA Kelley Hartranft (940) 488-1500 KelleyH@NRCHA.com Estes Park, CO Colorado RCA Reanna Dillman (303) 895-5256 reannadawn@gmail.com Dillsburg, PA Atlantic RCHA Lashon Bussell (215) 285-3932 lashon.b@hotmail.com Porterville, CA California CHA Saddle Up Enterprises (559) 689-3101 kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com (405)-509-0494 entry@SRCHA.org Amarillo, TX Southwest RCHA Pam Humphreys Cannon Falls, MN North Central RCHA Jennifer Fjelstad (641) 590-1014 jenfjelstad@gmail.com Cazenovia, NY New York RCHA Cindy Pfeifer (585) 749-1764 ppfeifer@rochester.rr.com Bryan, TX South Texas RCHA Tina McCleary (979) 218-0633 SouthTexasRCHA@gmail.com Waterford, ON Northeastern RCA Cindy Pfeifer (585) 749-1764 ppfeifer@rochester.rr.com Temecula, CA Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com Amarillo, TX Panhandle RCHA Kelsey Watring (806) 356-1461 panhandlecowhorse@gmail.com Cannon Falls, MN North Central RCHA Jennifer Fjelstad (641) 590-1014 jenfjelstad@gmail.com Tulare, CA California CHA Saddle Up Enterprises (559) 689-3101 kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com Dillsburg, PA Atlantic RCHA Lashon Bussell (215) 285-3932 lashon.b@hotmail.com Chilliwack, BC Canadian Coast RCHA Kathryn Dolphin (604) 309-8751 kdolphin@telus.net Sweetwater, TX Panhandle RCHA Kelsey Watring (806) 356-1461 panhandlecowhorse@gmail.com Cazenovia, NY New York RCHA Cindy Pfeifer (585) 749-1764 ppfeifer@rochester.rr.com Temecula, CA Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com Fort Worth, TX Southwest RCHA Pam Humphreys (405)-509-0494 entry@SRCHA.org Loveland, CO Colorado RCA Reanna Dillman (303) 895-5256 reannadawn@gmail.com Ilderton, ON Northeastern RCA Mary Baks (519) 881-8684 wev@xplornet.com Cannon Falls, MN North Central RCHA Jennifer Fjelstad (641) 590-1014 jenfjelstad@gmail.com Dillsburg, PA Atlantic RCHA Lashon Bussell (215) 285-3932 lashon.b@hotmail.com Las Vegas, NV Shawn Martin (623) 217-3879 shawnee17@msn.com Bryan, TX South Texas RCHA Tina McCleary (979) 218-0633 SouthTexasRCHA@gmail.com Scottsdale, AZ Arizona RCHA Shawn Martin (405) 509-0494 emailmyentries@gmail.com Temecula, CA Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com Dillsburg, PA Atlantic RCHA Lashon Bussell (215) 285-3932 lashon.b@hotmail.com Sarasota, FL Gulf Coast CHA Claudia Nichols (772) 321-9637 claudieone@yahoo.com Fort Worth, TX Kelley Hartranft (940) 488-1500 KelleyH@NRCHA.com Fort Worth, TX Kelley Hartranft (940) 488-1500 KelleyH@NRCHA.com Dillsburg, PA Atlantic RCHA Lashon Bussell (215) 285-3932 lashon.b@hotmail.com Bryan, TX South Texas RCHA Tina McCleary (979) 218-0633 SouthTexasRCHA@gmail.com Reined Cow Horse News | March/April 2018 117

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///////// From the Judge’s Chair

The Open Field 2B and Reverse 1C Penalties Explained

By Bill Enk

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ontrolling the cow is one of the most important challenges for cow horse exhibitors. Staying penaltyfree during a work not only shows control, but is almost a must for a top end, credit earning run. A one-point penalty isn’t necessarily devastating to a run, but a two-point penalty is usually hard to overcome.

The most common two-point penalty is the around the corner 2A penalty.

This penalty occurs when the horse and

rider are attempting to work the cow on the fence and the animal beats them around the corner of the arena, past the two-point penalty marker, before they are able to make a turn and go back in the opposite direction. Usually the lack of position and control, or lack of rate, are the cause for this penalty to occur.

The other two-point penalty is the Open Field 2B. This penalty happens when the animal being worked gets out into the open field area—at least

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Open field turns need to be completed more than 3’ from the end of the arena.

20’ from the fences—of the arena when going from one end of the arena to the other end of the arena. If the animal gets within 3’ of the end of the arena, between the two-point penalty markers before it’s stopped or turned, a 2B penalty has taken place.

The one-point Reverse 1C Penalty usually happens when the animal is in the open field going from one end of the arena to the other end and is turned before it gets within 3’ of the end of the arena between the two-point penalty markers. Before the turn is complete the animal gets within 3’ of the end fence between the two-point penalty marker and the one-point penalty marker when returning to the side fence. This is considered a Reverse 1C Penalty.

These two penalties only happen when you are going from one end of the arena to the other end. These two penalties are not to be confused with a fence turn and a loop where the animal loops and comes within 3’ of the end fence before it is run in the opposite direction up the fence. When an animal is looped, it is not going the length of the arena, it is working on one end, consequently the end marker penalties are not enforced.

Until next time, Bill Enk NRCHA Director of Judges

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Judges List as of February 27, 2018

Name Susan S. Abel Andy B. Adams Randall D. Alderson Blue R. Allen Jeff Allen Lyn Anderson Mark A. Anderson Ron K. Anderson Karen R. Arlin Billy Arthur Lavert Avent David K. Avery B. J. Avila Bob C. Avila Jane A. Bagley Lance A. Baker Ben Baldus Margo Lea Ball Brad W. Barkemeyer Paul E. Barnes Francesca Baron Maik Bartmann Gary A. Baumer Jaime C. Beamer Michael W. Bednarek Chris C. Benedict Jerry M. Beukelman Darren N. Bilyea Adam L.R. Blackmon Mario Boisjoli Robin M. Bond Jan Boogaerts Ricky Bordignon John W. Boudreaux Roger A. Braa Sarah A. Bradley Donnie Bricker Aaron C. Brookshire Brenda H. Brown Cyndi L. Brown Monty L. Bruce Tom B. Buckingham Rod L. Burr Brandon C. Buttars Kathy Callahan-Smith Bill B. Campbell Antonino Cancellieri Christie L. Capik Marvin “Butch” Carse Joe A. Carter Allison Chapman (Blevins) Dolly R. Chayer Rick Chayer Justin K. Cherry Ian A. Chisholm Berry Clanton Bonnie Jo Clay Dale E. Clearwater Billy Cochrane Sandra M. Collier Jill L. Cook Dawn Coons Cal Cooper Debbie P. Cooper Abby Cosenza Marc A. Cosenza

City State Country Phone Email Lamoille NV 775-753-3120 ssabel@citlink.net Gerber CA 530-200-2229 eightycutter@yahoo.com Sharpsville IN 765-432-9586 randallald@aol.com Alamosa CO 719-221-6098 blueallen@gojade.org Scott City KS 402-657-6585 jeffallenquarterhorses@yahoo.com Madera CA 559-304-0930 lynanderson130@gmail.com Granbury TX 254-396-5104 markbernie5@yahoo.com Calgary AB CANADA 403-249-8215 ron.anderson@hotmail.ca Escalon CA 209-602-4987 karlin.ka49@gmail.com Okeechobee FL 910-290-3426 billyarthur57@icloud.com Elbert CO 505-429-7180 laperformancehorses@yahoo.com Amarillo TX 806-679-0722 dkavery13@gmail.com Whitesboro CA 580-224-1242 bob@bobavila.net Temecula CA 503-784-2513 bobavila@bobavila.net Dimmitt TX 806-647-8303 bagleyperformancehorses@gmail.com Amarillo TX 806-683-4145 labaker3@suddenlink.net Bowie TX bencameronbaldus@hotmail.com Fort Collins CO 970-227-8233 margolball@aol.com Scottsdale AZ 480-620-4759 bbarkemeyer@hotmail.com Minden NV 775-267-5852 barnescutting@aol.com Lemoore CA 559-817-2002 francescabaron@aol.it D-67574 Osthofen GERMANY (49) 172 624 8016 info@VineyardRanch.com Chowchilla CA 530-276-7345 gbcowhorses@gmail.com Lipan TX 940-902-5755 jaimebeamer@yahoo.com Jamesville NY 315-243-4387 sbednarek@windstream.net Weatherford TX 682-333-4999 chrisb6080@gmail.com Nampa ID 208-863-5769 jbeuk1233@aol.com Staffa ON CANADA 780-273-0339 dbilyea@hotmail.ca Abbotsford BC CANADA 250-378-7677 abperformancehorses@hotmail.com Gig Harbor WA 805-217-4506 marioboisjoli@gmail.com San Marcos CA 858-445-8857 robinbondequine@gmail.com 2260 Westerlo BELGIUM (32) 497589940 boogaerts.jan@pandora.be Motta Motta di Costabissara VI ITALY (39) 848 380 6646 ricky.bordignon@gmail.com Abbeville LA 337-356-6206 agnesplantation@bellsouth.net Ellensburg WA 206-793-2681 rogerswings@elltel.net Richmond IN 765-969-9901 sarahsambradley@aol.com Temecula CA 951-760-6992 brickerponies@aol.com Winchester CA 805-975-7190 abrookshirecowhorses@gmail.com Temecula CA 951-491-4402 don@hvacaircommand.com Purcell OK 940-727-9757 cyndibrown75@gmail.com Northwood IA 507-456-0299 mbtc02@msn.com Bruneau ID 208-599-3611 tcbsbucks@msn.com Turlock CA 209-648-2596 rodburrperformancehorses@gmail.com Snowville UT 435-279-0772 27cowhorse@gmail.com Temecula CA 909-229-5459 kcsequestrian@aol.com Dutton MT 406-868-1413 campbelltraining@yahoo.com San Nattaro Sesia ITALY (39)33987206 cowboy04@libero.it Orland CA 530-517-1000 capiklady@gmail.com Davenport FL 863-207-1240 bcarse818@verizon.net Saint George ON CANADA 519-732-0219 j.carter@execulink.com Templeton CA 805-286-1102 allisoncblevins@yahoo.com Sperry OK 918-625-8337 dollychayer@sbcglobal.net Sperry OK 918-706-1043 dollychayer@sbcglobal.net New Plymouth ID 208-602-1936 cherryperformancehorses@gmail.com Weatherford TX 817-304-0289 ianchisholm@sbcglobal.net Tehachapi CA 760-937-2734 escueladelosviejos@gmail.com Tioga TX 940-367-3245 clayquarterhorses@yahoo.com Hanley SK CANADA 306-544-7660 justaboutaranch@gmail.com Sanger CA 559-286-5600 wocochrane@yahoo.com Santa Maria CA 805-350-1869 sandy@sandycollier.com Erie CO 303-709-0276 cookcowhorse@gmail.com Cat Spring TX 979-942-0131 dcoons2004@aol.com Phoenix AZ 602-625-1643 calcooper14@gmail.com Cave Creek AZ 480-363-3047 coop2479@aol.com Scottsdale AZ 602-524-8571 cabbysilver@aol.com Scottsdale AZ 602-524-8571 cabbysilver@aol.com

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David B. Costello Santa Ynez CA 559-333-1470 outbackpaso1@gmail.com Camille H. Courtney Franktown CO 720-390-8434 ccourtney@ranchocortinaproperties.com Jeremy Cox Pleasant Plains AR 870-307-7810 coxjammie@yahoo.com Dee Craig Star ID 208-989-1299 deecraig2@aol.com Frank E. Craighead Weatherford TX 817-565-5375 frankcraighead@yahoo.com Todd Crawford Blanchard OK 405-229-6053 ride@crawfordperformancehorses.com Tom E. Crowley Kellogg MN 651-380-9194 tom.crowley@ministryhealth.org Michael C. Damianos Oak View CA 805-701-0338 MichaelDamianos@roadrunner.com Matthew M. Davison Hillsboro WI 608-343-3534 Chris C. Dawson Perrin TX 940-902-4242 Lee C. Deacon Marietta OK 940-284-5495 leedeacon89@gmail.com Augusto DeFazio Rivarolo Canaves 10086 ITALY ottodefazio@yahoo.it Laurel Walker Denton Skull Valley AZ 928-379-1150 barubarranch@gmail.com Russell A. Dilday Wynnewood OK 559-359-2637 russell@dildayranch.com David J. Dillman Calhan CO 505-660-7054 ddillman68@hotmail.com Delena Doyle Azle TX 817-614-6413 doyleranchtex@yahoo.com Frederick M. Drayer Le Grand CA 209-761-1134 frederickdrayer@wildblue.net Janette M. Dublin San Angelo TX 817-776-7129 jmsteffl63@gmail.com Jim Dudley Columbia MO jimdudleyqh@hotmail.com Al Dunning Scottsdale AZ 602-361-8803 al@aldunning.com 2mmeqh@gmail.com Michael S. Edwards Monroe WA 360-805-6616 Ron E. Emmons Ione CA 209-418-8080 ladonadare@me.com Bill Enk Paso Robles CA 805-610-2462 enk.bill@gmail.com Terry L. Erickson Rigby ID 208-569-7798 teperformancehorses@gmail.com Kathie Ferrante Somis CA 805-276-4892 ferranteranch@aol.com Buddy B. Fisher Abilene TX 325-669-0055 fisherbb@prodigy.net Tony M. Fisher Murphy ID 208-550-1733 tstsfisher@gmail.com Juli Fitch Arbon ID 208-251-6737 tfranch@hotmail.com Todd D. Fitch Arbon ID 208-251-2171 tfranch@hotmail.com Jimmy A. Flores Perris CA 951-218-8306 jfloresph@aol.com Jack E. Forsberg Tremonton UT 435-230-3560 m_forsberg@comcast.net Leo W. Fourre Scottsdale AZ 612-501-3456 sharon4a2@aol.com Ryan P. Gallentine Belle Plaine MN 952-769-7061 rgallentine32@aol.com Jason Gay Parma ID 801-791-6485 jgtwirlin@hotmail.com Enrico Giaretta Lendinara RO ITALY 34 98661691 enrico.giaretta@k-adriatica.it Taylor C. Gillespie Canon City CO 719-439-3505 taylorcgillespie@gmail.com David W. Glaser Parma ID 208-989-5404 dhranch3@gmail.com Mona Goransson Kristinehamn SE SWEDEN 4655019984 quarter.hill@telia.com Jake D. Gorrell Hanford CA 559-679-5014 jake@jakegorrell.com Jerry D. Gorrell Glenns Ferry ID 208-599-7373 jerry@snakeriverprop.com CA 559-760-2017 GouldTraining@sti.net Carl Gould Raymond Kirk L. Hall Edgemont SD 605-431-3607 14cowhorse@gmail.com Derek Hanscome New Glasgow NS CANADA 902-759-4533 dphans@hotmail.com Bobby G. Harrison Vancleave MS 903-814-1248 harrisonranch@aol.com Tracey A. Hatakeyama Atascadero CA 805-801-9100 traceyhatakeyama@yahoo.com Philipp M. Haug 08626 Gettengruen DE GERMANY (49) 171 793 1441 info@pm-haug.de Susanne Haug Trochtelfingen DE GERMANY (49) 171 719 5692 susanne_haug@t-online.de Jonathan D. Hawthorne Slaughter LA 830-317-6104 jdhleather@gmail.com Terrill Heaton Las Vegas NV 702-281-2868 terrillheaton@gmail.com Robin L. Henrichs McCook NE 402-649-2342 henrichsrl@gmail.com Jay G. Henson Hugoton KS 620-544-6919 wbarhtrainingstables@yahoo.com Jason R. Hershberger Litchfield Park AZ 602-284-0836 jnhershberger@msn.com James F. Hitt Elizabeth CO 303-917-4119 jimhittreg8@msn.com Linda K. Hitt Elizabeth CO 303-917-4121 jimlinhitt@msn.com Geoff M. Hoar Red Deer County AB CANADA 403-588-4630 ghoar@airenet.com Shawn Holden Pollok TX 409-781-5295 armadillo25@live.com Wayne Holt Argyle TX 940-391-7330 holtranch1@gmail.com Jan Hoskin Hay Pinnacle NC 940-391-6327 aussiedog3@msn.com Doug Huls Phoenix AZ 480-390-6867 doughulsscc@gmail.com Bobby Hunt Comfort TX 281-433-5310 huntb281@aol.com Bobby C. Ingersoll Reno NV 775-225-9719 bobby@bobbyingersoll.com Doug R. Ingersoll Lincoln CA 916-812-7056 ingersollranch@hotmail.com Mary K. Ingwerson Weeping Water NE 402-616-1118 maryingwers@aol.com Lyle A. Jackson Cochrane AB CANADA 403-542-6913 lylejackson55@gmail.com Caleb J. Jantz Nyssa OR 208-590-0855 jantzcaleb@gmail.com Chris D. Jeter Weatherford TX 817-247-7013 cdjeter@msn.com Sandy L. Campbell Jirkovsky Whitesboro TX 308-440-9627 jbarstraining@charter.net Lance B. Johnston Lindsay CA 805-550-8387 tammyj04@msn.com Ann Judge Bennett CO 303-907-4782 annjudgewegener@netecin.net Robbin Jung Farmington UT 801-231-6343 junghorses@hotmail.com W Michael Jung Farmington UT 801-647-1059 junghorses@hotmail.com Bob J. Kail Scottsdale AZ 209-327-3251 bobkail@hotmail.com Emil Karlsson Tidaholm SE SWEDEN (46) 722 437518 monqh@hotmail.com Larry H. Kasten River Falls WI 715-441-9549 lhdgkasten@gmail.com Bruce F. Keller Worland WY 307-388-4177 brucekeller1252@gmail.com Brad W. Kelsall Ocala FL 352-598-1509 bradkelsall@yahoo.com Sarah Lyn Kennedy Grass Valley CA 530-906-4447 skhorsetraining@gmail.com

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Tony S. Kennedy Jeremy S. Knoles Ramona J. Koch Brigitte Kuenzel Cindy Lapp Eugenio Latorre Teresa J. Lauth Fredy Laval Mark A. Lecy Patrice A. Lee Rick LeMay Bobby E. Lewis Mike W. Lund Morgan R. Lybbert Lisa D. Macauley Tye MacDonald Manuela Maiocchi Gary J. Martinez Amy B. Marx George Maschalani Filippo Masi Mark P. Matson Rick D. Maxson Dan E. Mayer Robert Cody McArthur Tom McBeath Shaun T. McBride Jim McCarty Tami L. McClure Sunni Ann McCormick Carl McCuistion Karen McCuistion Gretchen L. McDaniel Chele A. McGauly Jay McLaughlin Kathleen L. McPhaul Jeremy Meador Alessandro Meconi Jack M. Mervin Rich Mervin Kevin R. Meyer Bonnie Miller Darren L. Miller Mike E. Miller Allen R. Mitchels Ken J. Mock Jacky Molliex-Donjon Alessandro Monaldi James L. Montgomery Peter A. Morgan Tom E. Neel Ricky Nicolazzi Connie C. O’Brien Jamie L. Olson Gay Lynn Owens Bradley A. Pagh John S. Palleria John R. Pascoe Jason M. Patrick Bret J. Paulick Will E. Pennebaker Mike J. Perkins Styrbjorn Persson Jamie L. Peters Marilyn G. Peters Laurie S. Petkus Joakim Pettersson Jill Pierre John L. Pipkin Kenda G. Pipkin Samuele Poli Barberis Kim J. Pope Brown Billy Prather Smoky Pritchett Kenny E. Pugh, Sr. Gary W. Putman John J. Quinlan

Tuppers Plains OH 740-516-1985 lonesomeoakranch@windstream.net North Platte NE 806-330-1701 jsknoles@yahoo.com Paicines CA 831-801-7212 ramona.koch@live.com Hosenruck SWITZERLAND (41) 719 471760 brigitte.kuenzel@horsehillcenter.ch Yucca Valley CA 406-755-1505 callenlapp@aol.com Caatellbell i El vilar SPAIN (34) 629 023 988 eugenioreiners@gmail.com Eyota MN 507-269-7454 barlstable@aol.com Pollionnay FR FRANCE (33) 671 943 497 fredylaval@orange.fr Rushford MN 507-459-0402 summitranch@acegroup.com Frederick CO 303-801-7287 pattilee782@gmail.com Torre-Pachezo Murcia SPAIN (46) 708 371 378 lemayqh@hotmail.com Overbrook OK 940-727-2995 Atascadero CA 805-801-7166 lunds5@hotmail.com Valley View TX 940-727-4089 mrlybbert@gmail.com Oakdale CA 209-765-1676 lmacauleyhorses@gmail.com Belgrade MT 406-581-8695 info@macdonaldperformancetraining.com Pavia IT ITALY manumaio28@libero.it Longmont CO 303-881-2815 svtcgary@yahoo.com Sullivan WI 608-797-2973 marxperformancehorses@yahoo.com Erbach-Rossbach DE GERMANY george@freestyleranch.de Monteroni D’Arbia SI ITALY (39) 335 654 9873 Filippomasi67@gmail.com Temecula CA 951-852-5250 matsonperformance@hotmail.com Monkey Island OK 918-688-8483 rickmaxson@hotmail.com Ephraim UT 435-979-3059 betty.mayer@live.com Strathmore AB CANADA 403-771-4112 mcarthur76@gmail.com Union MS 601-624-3050 mcbeathsales@aol.com Cape Coral AR 614-519-5969 smcbride1313@gmail.com Murrieta CA 909-225-9730 jim@mccartyranch.com Caldwell ID 208-870-7121 mcluretrainingstables@live.com Temecula CA 951-453-7386 sundogger@ymail.com Wilson OK 580-220-1181 mccqh@brightok.net Wilson OK 580-220-7755 mccqh@brightok.net Durham CA 530-370-4705 mtctraining@aol.com Elm Grove LA 318-347-3317 threeriversqh@aol.com Commerce TX 417-861-6963 jmjaym874@aol.com Golden CO 970-371-7199 mcphaulkathleen@gmail.com Star ID 208-850-3456 jeremymeador@gmail.com Castel Gandolfo Rome IT ITALY (39) 328 482 4626 info@alexmeconi.com Blanchard ID 208-437-2701 jm1strateranch@gmail.com ID 208-660-4497 studentofthehorse@yahoo.com Rathdrum Douglas WY 307-331-8953 Kmeyer@mantzcreekhorses.com Lady Lake FL 315-573-4030 bjmhorses@aol.com Watkins CO 303-601-5483 dmillerstables@aol.com Collinston UT 435-770-6668 mikemillerhorsemanship@gmail.com Michigan City IN 219-898-5010 allenmitchels@yahoo.com Weatherford TX 940-682-6460 kmcuttinghorses@gmail.com Villette d’Anthon FR FRANCE (33) 617 452636 jmolliex@gmail.com Corciano IT ITALY (39) 349 315 1527 alemona78@gmail.com Veyo UT 801-721-0001 jtmontgomery@live.com Reddick FL 352-302-1618 mbscr@hotmail.com Millsap TX 940-859-6585 neelranch@gmail.com Scottsdale AZ 530-615-7755 anna.nicolazzi@gmail.com Winnemucca NV 775-761-7876 obrien@winnemucca.net Bloomfield NE 402-640-2824 micaolson@yahoo.com Creston IA 641-202-5004 owensqh@msn.com Ocala FL 352-361-4723 slideforever@aol.com Eagle ID 208-573-0193 jpalleria@yahoo.com Irvine CA 714-745-9725 john@pascoecpa.com Steamboat Springs CO 970-846-5455 horses@whisperingwillowsranch.com Erda UT 435-496-0641 bapaulick@msn.com Wilton CA 805-801-0769 will@californiacowhorses.com Bentonville AR 479-619-9700 perkinsmb@centurytel.net 681 91 Kristinehamn SWEDEN quarter.hill@telia.com Edmond OK 405-833-8853 jpcowgirl1@hotmail.com Edmond OK 405-620-7039 mare8000@msn.com Carmel Valley CA 831-224-3604 lpetkus@outlook.com Falkoping 521 96 SE SWEDEN Joeboy@telia.com Red Bluff CA 530-200-0312 jilliesu@gmail.com Amarillo TX 806-433-3729 jpipkin@wwdb.org Amarillo TX 806-570-1534 jpipkin@wwdb.org Sarzana La Spezia ITALY (39) 328 969 1198 samisaranch@alice.it St. Joseph LA 225-436-3199 popekim36@gmail.com Camden SC 803-669-1325 bpquarterhorses@bellsouth.net Red Bluff CA 530-200-0560 pritchettl@att.net Akron OH 713-503-9676 kpugh1938@gmail.com Gainesville TX 940-465-7844 teresa.putman@sbcglobal.net Holyoke MA 413-530-0371 jqranchhorse@gmail.com

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NRCHA STALLION SUBSCRIPTION RULES 1.

By nomination of a foal crop, offspring of a subscribed stallion from the nominated foal crop are eligible to show in the NRCHA Stakes both as 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds. Offspring from a nominated foal crop of a subscribed stallion are also eligible for consideration for the NRCHA Select Yearling and Select 2-Year-Old Sales. Broodmares in foal to stallions subscribed for the current breeding year (next year’s foal crop) are eligible for consideration for the NRCHA Select Broodmare Sale.Any stallion of any breed may be subscribed to the NRCHA Stakes program, subject to provisions as set forth in these rules and stipulated on the entry form.

2. Any stallion of any breed may be subscribed to the NRCHA Stakes program, subject to provisions as set forth in these rules and stipulated on the entry form.

3. Nominations must be postmarked and paid by February 1 of the following year for each calendar year to avoid paying the higher fee of the following year. However, to make yearlings, 2-year-olds, and/or bred mares eligible for consideration for the NRCHA Select Sales, those stallions must be subscribed by June 1 of that particular sale year.

4. Nomination fees will be as follows: a. Paid during the breeding year (the next year’s foal crop) - $750 (or $2,500 for current breeding year and next four consecutive breeding years)

b. Weanling year - $1,000

c. Yearling year - $1,250

d. 2-year-old year - $1,500

e. 3-year-old year - $1,750 5. 4-year-old year: Nominations received between February 1 of the 4-year-old year and the final entry deadline for that NRCHA Stakes event will be accepted at the rate of $2,500. 5-year-old foal crops that have not been previously subscribed may also be paid in for $2,500.

6. All nominators of stallions must be members in good standing of the NRCHA. 7. In the event the stallion owner or syndicate manager chooses not to enroll the stallion, nominators may be persons other than the owner or syndicate manager of the stallion. In the event that the nominator is someone other than the owner or syndicate manager of the stallion, the nominator represents that they are authorized to nominate the stallion.

8. All subscription fees will be made payable to the NRCHA in US funds or its equivalent.

9. The added purse for the NRCHA Stakes will consist of not less than the total stallion nomination fees received less 20% for NRCHA administration. The remaining 80% will be divided between the Open and Non Pro divisions in accordance with NRCHA Board policy. The NRCHA shall have the right to supplement the added-money purse for the event, but shall be under no obligation to do so. A minimum of 5% of the total purse will be used for the Stallion Nominator Award as described below.

10. There shall be no refunds of the nomination fee paid for any reason, and the fee (less 20% for NRCHA administration as set forth above) will become part of the purse for the NRCHA Stakes.

11. In the event a subscribed stallion changes ownership, any previously paid foal crops will remain eligible under the new owner. Nominator Awards will be paid to the original nominator unless otherwise specified in writing to the NRCHA and signed by both the original nominator and the new owner.

12. Stallion Nominator Award: The nominator of the stallion siring the winners of the NRCHA Stakes will receive a monetary award as set by the NRCHA Board of Directors.

13. A list of subscribed stallions nominated to this program and their eligible foal crops will be posted on the NRCHA website, and will be available upon request from the NRCHA. 14. These rules are subject to change at any time by the NRCHA Board of Directors.

NOMINATION FEES Nominated before Feb 1, 2019 Foal Crop..................................................Fee 2013.....................................................$2,500 2014.....................................................$2,500 2015.....................................................$1,750 2016.....................................................$1,500 2017.....................................................$1,250 2018.....................................................$1,000 2019........................................................$750 (or $2,500 for 2019-2023)

Nominated after Feb 1, 2019 Foal Crop..................................................Fee 2014.....................................................$2,500 2015.....................................................$2,500 2016.....................................................$1,750 2017.....................................................$1,500 2018.....................................................$1,250 2019....................................................$1,000 2020........................................................$750 (or $2,500 for 2020-2024) Reined Cow Horse News | March/April 2018 125

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NRCHA STALLION SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACT (Must be postmarked by February 1 – annually) SECTION 1 – HORSE INFORMATION Horse Name: Breed:

Registration #: Year Foaled:

Year of First Foal Crop: Website:

SECTION 2 – OWNER INFORMATION Owner Name: Address: City / State / Zip: Phone Number / Best Contact: Email Address: o Display the above as contact information on the NRCHA website (only one is listed)

SECTION 3 – BREEDING INFORMATION / STANDING LOCATION Standing At: Address: City / State / Zip: Phone Number / Best Contact: Website: o Display the above as contact information on the NRCHA website (only one is listed)

SECTION 4 – NOMINATION INFORMATION / PAYMENT Name of Nominator (Will Receive Win Checks): Check 1 o Other Person / Company: o Same as Owner Address: City / State / Zip: Phone Number / Best Contact: Foal Crop Year(s):

$ Amount: o Enclosed Check/Money Order o Credit Card* Credit Card Number: Exp. Date: CVC:

Billing Zip Code: Payment is made to NRCHA in full on receipt of same by the nominator no later than February 1. Acceptance of payment by NRCHA is not to be considered approval of nomination until contract is complete and all rules are complied with. Traditional payment methods accepted are cash and check. *For your convenience, Visa and MasterCard are also accepted with a 3.5% convenience fee.

I accept this offer to make the above-named stallion eligible to participate in the NRCHA Subscribed Stallion Program and agree to be bound by the conditions of the program.

Nominator Signature: Printed Name:

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NON PRO APPLICATION - Non Pro riders must sign this section and also complete a Non Pro Declaration every year o Non Pro Renewal o New Non Pro I, the undersigned, have read and understand the National Reined Cow Horse Association Non Pro definitions and rules and will abide by them. I also understand that if there is a change in my status or eligibility that I must inform the National Reined Cow Horse Association within 30 days of that change. I understand that my Non Pro application will be reviewed by the Non Pro Committee and may be reviewed by the NRCHA Board of Directors and their decision shall be final.

Signature: ____________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Return to: NRCHA • 1017 N Hwy 377 • Pilot Point, TX 76258 | Fax 940-488-1499 | Phone 940-488-1500 | Email: membership@nrcha.com Reined Cow Horse News | March/April 2018 129

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NON PRO DECLARATION Applicant Name (please print): _______________________________________________ Occupation: _____________________________ This form must be completed prior to entering applicant’s first NRCHA Non Pro class. In the case of a youth, the legal custodian must complete the declaration. Before submitting your application, please carefully read and answer the following statements, as well as read and sign the Non Pro Code of Conduct and Ethics.

NOTE: If the following statements are not answered or it is not signed, your declaration will not be accepted and will be returned to you for completion. Non Pro status is extended on a temporary basis and is subject to revocation pending approval by the Non Pro Committee.

Non Pro status will be null and void if it is determined that you do not qualify under NRCHA Non Pro conditions, as defined in the NRCHA Rulebook. A Non Pro Card will not be issued until all requirements are satisfied.

1) Have you earned more than $750 in earnings down the fence? (for eligibility)

m Yes

m No

2) Within the past 5 years, have you given lessons for remuneration?

m Yes

m No

3) Within the past 5 years, have you shown, trained, or assisted in the training of a horse not owned by you or an immediate family member for remuneration?

m Yes

m No

4) Within the past 5 years, have you accepted payment of entry fees and/or expenses for horse(s) that you have ridden that was not owned by you or an immediate family member?

m Yes

m No

m Yes

m No

5) D o you reside on, work for, are publicly identified with or derive monetary remuneration, directly or indirectly, from a horse training facility or equine science program?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above, please explain below with specific dates as to when you started and/or stopped any of the above. Please use a separate sheet of paper if necessary.

A. Relationship to operation of a horse training facility: B. Explanation of any statements answered “yes” above:

NON PRO CODE OF CONDUCT & ETHICS I, the undersigned, agree to act with the utmost of integrity while participating in the sport of Cow Horse and NRCHA events.

I understand that an NRCHA Non Pro Card is a privilege and not a right, and that I may be required to submit my card for review of applicability at any time. Furthermore, I understand that so long as I hold a Non Pro card, it is my responsibility to be aware of and abide by the most current Non Pro Conditions set forth in the NRCHA Rulebook. By signing this agreement, I specifically agree to: • Understand and be bound by all rules of the NRCHA as set forth in the annual NRCHA Rulebook.

• Abide by the show conditions set forth at all NRCHA approved shows.

• Act with honesty and transparency when purchasing horses as well as competing at NRCHA events.

• Ensure the welfare of the horses I show and treat those horses humanely, and with dignity and compassion.

• Refrain from violating the Non Pro Conditions as set forth in the annual NRCHA Rulebook.

• Represent the NRCHA by refraining from any action that discredits the sport, or the association.

• Accept the decisions set forth by the NRCHA Board of Directors.

By signing below, I ACCEPT the rules and regulations relating to Non Pro membership in the NRCHA, and affirm the truth of all statements above. I also affirm that I have read and agree to abide by the Non Pro Code of Conduct and Ethics.

Signature:

Date:

Return to: NRCHA | 1017 N Hwy 377 | Pilot Point, TX 76258 | Fax 940-488-1499 | Phone 940-488-1500 | membership@nrcha.com

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Top Riders for Open Eligibility in 2018 Riders listed in the Top 20 (above the line) are NOT eligible for Intermediate Open LAE or Intermediate Open HS in 2018.

3 Year Total is based on Lifetime Open Earnings.

Rank

Rider Name

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

Corey D. Cushing Zane P.Davis Phillip J. Ralls Chris C. Dawson Justin T. Wright Todd A. Bergen John C. Swales Jay McLaughlin Sarah L. Dawson Jake A. Telford Jake D. Gorrell Luke J. Jones Kelby L. Phillips Matt J. Koch Tucker J. Robinson Randy J. Paul Shawn D. Hays Nicholas S. Dowers Erin L. Taormino Brad L. Lund Cayley R. Wilson Clayton M. Edsall Ken L. Wold Brady E. Weaver Nicolas Barthelemy Justin E. Lawrence Doug Williamson Todd Crawford Clay Volmer Monica J. Caetano Brandon C. Buttars Robert Chown Boyd J. Rice Lyn Anderson Trent S. Pedersen Mark A. Sigler Russell A. Probert Anne M. Reynolds Lance B. Johnston Robert Cody McArthur EJ Laubscher Ron E. Emmons Kyle Trahern Darrel J. Norcutt Roy A. Rich Shane L. Steffen Dale E. Clearwater Jeremy S. Knoles Jeremy Meador Jim W. Spence

2015 $124,741.59 $136,452.42 $150,077.77 $129,493.57 $45,706.05 $79,164.77 $101,128.69 $137,964.20 $76,314.24 $202,433.94 $18,335.12 $59,114.35 $63,469.68 $85,336.47 $27,791.91 $59,775.98 $33,993.08 $25,582.88 $114,836.95 $18,325.26 $37,073.73 $22,022.53 $25,382.79 $16,429.11 $106,590.38 $24,728.66 $33,480.25 $58,629.35 $5,061.74 $33,112.38 $18,864.55 $52,766.04 $60,897.77 $21,424.78 $39,769.46 $35,253.30 $25,574.17 $32,560.30 $9,099.93 $61,633.93 $22,523.44 $48,154.32 $23,711.37 $29,131.48 $23,819.66 $12,510.00 $1,731.48 $27,377.26 $28,642.97 $6,934.00

2016 $198,574.61 $31,114.66 $89,999.18 $106,059.91 $87,543.70 $109,450.19 $95,422.26 $100,579.16 $124,912.53 $45,284.11 $40,199.50 $74,672.04 $127,253.05 $90,548.12 $94,360.89 $44,051.62 $72,020.92 $133,421.24 $25,986.17 $23,922.36 $33,257.76 $62,261.99 $50,643.03 $24,149.79 $20,089.32 $79,052.47 $50,876.84 $36,500.32 $23,991.85 $36,617.10 $48,412.15 $22,798.67 $5,170.50 $46,396.18 $22,177.98 $16,955.12 $30,886.19 $27,607.28 $15,774.91 $13,605.43 $27,198.47 $10,840.73 $17,954.54 $2,917.61 $15,100.79 $25,354.63 $32,682.53 $15,344.82 $21,661.88 $13,562.28

2017

Sum of Earnings

$133,515.82 $195,030.95 $119,961.18 $116,677.76 $217,957.47 $122,400.30 $114,146.93 $55,171.32 $91,571.98 $31,799.46 $187,100.57 $101,318.03 $34,461.82 $28,546.67 $73,387.18 $90,261.86 $86,389.73 $22,998.20 $34,580.06 $114,551.04 $83,517.57 $61,798.65 $68,283.64 $91,908.69 $4,438.59 $22,182.22 $36,244.62 $20,784.09 $81,880.68 $33,820.00 $34,721.19 $26,125.56 $33,939.40 $23,168.64 $28,596.75 $37,174.94 $30,954.43 $26,028.20 $61,028.63 $2,227.53 $26,607.63 $15,112.60 $26,454.98 $32,824.22 $24,653.91 $25,351.08 $27,560.80 $18,208.42 $7,872.93 $36,455.76

$456,832.02 $362,598.03 $360,038.13 $352,231.24 $351,207.22 $311,015.26 $310,697.88 $293,714.68 $292,798.75 $279,517.51 $245,635.19 $235,104.42 $225,184.55 $204,431.26 $195,539.98 $194,089.46 $192,403.73 $182,002.32 $175,403.18 $156,798.66 $153,849.06 $146,083.17 $144,309.46 $132,487.59 $131,118.29 $125,963.35 $120,601.71 $115,913.76 $110,934.27 $103,549.48 $101,997.89 $101,690.27 $100,007.67 $90,989.60 $90,544.19 $89,383.36 $87,414.79 $86,195.78 $85,903.47 $77,466.89 $76,329.54 $74,107.65 $68,120.89 $64,873.31 $63,574.36 $63,215.71 $61,974.81 $60,930.50 $58,177.78 $56,952.04

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Top Riders for Non Pro Eligibility in 2018 Riders listed in the Top 12 (above the line) are NOT eligible for the Intermediate Non Pro LAE in 2018.

3 Year Total is based on Open and Non Pro Limited Age Event Earnings (excluding Non Pro Limited).

Rank

Rider Name

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

Tammy Jo Hays Hope A. Miller Myles Brown Laurie Richards Jayson J. Fisher Lanham W. Brown Eric M. Freitas Kathy L. Ferguson Kenneth J. Schueller Keri L. Hudson-Reykdal Lyle G. Proctor Dave A. Ferguson Carmen Buckingham Elizabeth G. Kania Bart F. Holowath Jennifer M. Newman Terry S. Forst Sonya N. DiStefano Shannon M. McCarty Kathy L. Wilson Abbie Phillips Clark W. Weaver Toni M. Hagen Heath Bret J. Paulick Mark W. Parsons Brent W. Ratliff Jesse J. Spence Amanda E. Gardiner Ramona L. Wold Jennifer A. Neel Clayton Hines Pete R. Rogan Jerry M. Beukelman Cynthia L. Bias Stephen A. Silva Megan Ciana Cori Shields Tyler G. Burkey Farrah Roberts Diane L. Lorenzen Paul E. Bailey Debbie R. Crafton Bill Tointon Paul G. Wilinski Dylan Sponseller Robert M. Miller Bubba M. Petty Jorge L. Cid Sophia T. Buttars Debby M. Sanguinetti

2015 $17,352.25 $0.00 $0.00 $24,913.15 $10,311.26 $0.00 $7,923.83 $0.00 $9,549.58 $22,055.58 $16,847.44 $22,206.27 $11,519.32 $33,870.58 $1,137.28 $400.00 $24,719.80 $0.00 $3,790.06 $6,274.43 $3,105.00 $254.15 $9,605.92 $176.00 $1,871.03 $12,469.78 $0.00 $20,071.52 $10,460.89 $4,575.32 $2,025.40 $0.00 $1,989.00 $4,122.20 $16,129.29 $2,749.20 $0.00 $14,769.06 $4,310.50 $0.00 $0.00 $2,324.35 $9,579.55 $9,833.80 $0.00 $171.81 $11,123.37 $0.00 $0.00 $7,823.25

2016 $11,291.65 $10,587.84 $7,990.49 $8,377.76 $10,735.86 $22,710.85 $29,381.33 $30,039.25 $17,491.16 $14,797.28 $7,277.24 $11,553.17 $10,876.01 $0.00 $8,376.76 $29,928.08 $5,544.28 $27,982.12 $19,749.93 $16,392.20 $0.00 $6,749.64 $3,055.28 $1,738.04 $13,367.21 $6,564.93 $5,536.00 $0.00 $0.00 $13,708.02 $8,400.03 $0.00 $8,662.85 $3,281.20 $0.00 $9,137.34 $0.00 $0.00 $4,462.83 $13,641.78 $1,866.65 $4,433.97 $2,738.59 $1,068.75 $3,983.79 $12,465.22 $1,166.67 $0.00 $3,834.01 $3,916.70

2017

Sum of Earnings

$37,674.37 $50,818.34 $50,350.20 $21,087.55 $29,056.72 $26,267.65 $10,222.34 $8,975.19 $11,243.30 $882.00 $12,710.12 $2,215.92 $11,681.33 $0.00 $21,507.09 $491.65 $265.65 $1,594.60 $3,654.25 $3,240.14 $22,312.38 $18,203.13 $11,088.69 $21,745.88 $6,553.50 $1,487.88 $14,578.05 $0.00 $8,879.46 $0.00 $7,123.41 $17,418.90 $6,042.00 $8,884.65 $0.00 $3,745.42 $15,510.00 $0.00 $5,029.51 $158.50 $11,928.25 $6,719.10 $1,102.00 $2,102.50 $8,768.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12,272.88 $8,136.27 $81.00

$66,318.27 $61,406.18 $58,340.69 $54,378.46 $50,103.84 $48,978.50 $47,527.50 $39,014.44 $38,284.04 $37,734.86 $36,834.80 $35,975.36 $34,076.66 $33,870.58 $31,021.13 $30,819.73 $30,529.73 $29,576.72 $27,194.24 $25,906.77 $25,417.38 $25,206.92 $23,749.89 $23,659.92 $21,791.74 $20,522.59 $20,114.05 $20,071.52 $19,340.35 $18,283.34 $17,548.84 $17,418.90 $16,693.85 $16,288.05 $16,129.29 $15,631.96 $15,510.00 $14,769.06 $13,802.84 $13,800.28 $13,794.90 $13,477.42 $13,420.14 $13,005.05 $12,751.79 $12,637.03 $12,290.04 $12,272.88 $11,970.28 $11,820.95

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Committee DirectorY Affiliates

JUDGES

Owners

Chairperson: Frank Prisco Frankanddawnprisco@gmail.com

Chairperson: Jimmy Stickler stichorses@gmail.com • 805-431-4083

Chairperson: Dr. Joe Carter jcarterdvm@aol.com • 405-288-6460

631-478-7022 Jimmy Flores • jfloresph@aol.com

Director of Judges: Bill Enk enk.bill@gmail.com

Professionals

Edie Petaccio • teampnr29@aol.com

Sandy Collier • sandy@sandycollier.com

Justin Stanton • justinstanton1992@gmail.com

Sam Rose • sroseqh@aol.com

Tim Unzicker • timunzicker@gmail.com

Wade Reaney • wadeJreaney@gmail.com

Welfare

Dan Roeser • roeserstables@gmail.com

Chairperson: Dr. Joe Carter, DVM jcarterdvm@aol.com • 405-288-6460

Jim Spence • wowcowhorse@aol.com

Ethics Chairperson: Bill Tointon billtointon@msn.com • 303-530-2443

Executive committee Chairperson: Paul Bailey paulb@cb-trucking.com • 931-260-3909 Todd Crawford • toddcrawford333@gmail.com

Darren Miller • dmillerstables@aol.com

NRCH Foundation Chairperson: Ted Robinson 805-649-9028 805-794-2266

Nominating Chairperson: Jon Roeser jonroeser@sti.net • 559-816-5452

Sandy Collier • sandy@sandycollier.com

Non Pro

Trey Neal • trey@treyneal.com Brad Barkemeyer • bbarkemeyer@hotmail.com

Chairperson: Diane Edwards Diane2bph@outlook.com • 206-390-0715

Jake Telford • j.jtelford1@gmail.com

Stephanie Duquette • stephanie@nrcha.com

Hall of Fame

Kelli Caves • Kelli.Caves@FLHOSP.ORG

Chairperson: Smoky Pritchett smoky@smokypritchett.com 530-200-0560

Meg Rosell-Pursel • meg@roselltrailers.com

Jon Roeser • jonroeser@sti.net Ted Robinson • ted@tedrobinsoncowhorses.com Bobby Ingersoll • bobby@bobbyingersoll.com

Horse Sales

Garth Gardiner • gardinergarth@gmail.com Rory Livingston • roryliving@aol.com Rhonda Holmes • rhondajjj@msn.com Nelle Murphy • baldnshiney@hotmail.com Bart Holowath • bart.holowath@gmail.com Paul Bailey • paulb@cb-trucking.com Debbie Sanguinetti • outwest1@verizon.net

Chairperson: Brad Barkemeyer bbarkemeyer@hotmail.com 480-620-4759

Rules Chairperson: Dan Roeser roeserstables@gmail.com • 208-841-2052 Lyn Anderson • lsanderson@wildblue.net Sandy Collier • sandy@sandycollier.com Darren Miller • dmillerstables@aol.com Jake Telford • j.jtelford1@gmail.com

Shows Chairperson: Jake Telford j.jtelford1@gmail.com • 208-890-1205

Sponsorship Chairperson: Jay Winborn jay@nrcha.com • 214-797-0030

Stallion Service Auction Chairperson: Garth Gardiner gardinergarth@gmail.com • 620-635-5632

Strategic Planning Chairperson: Jay Winborn jay@nrcha.com • 940.488.1500 Trey Neal • trey@treyneal.com Dr. Joe Carter • jcarterdvm@aol.com Todd Crawford • toddcrawford333@gmail.com Brad Barkemeyer • bbarkemeyer@hotmail.com

Chairperson: Todd Crawford toddcrawford333@gmail.com

Loretta Showalter • lorettaelsie@gmail.com Dan Weiss • dn_weiss@yahoo.com

Youth

Sandy Collier • sandy@sandycollier.com

Robin Flournoy • cowchic53@icloud.com

Jeff Oswood • oswoodstallionstation@gmail.com

Jim Vangelos • javangelos@aol.com

Chairperson: Sarah Clymer shubrick3@gmail.com • 719-330-1932

Larry Rice • larry@flagranchllc.com

Ramona Wold • ramonawold@me.com

Allison Walker • allison@nrcha.com

Rick Ford • rick@cinderlakesranch.com

Kris Troxel • ktroxel@sitestar.net

Todd Crawford • toddcrawford333@gmail.com

Tim Swain • Coloradolandandranch@gmail.com

Jimmy Stickler • stichorses@gmail.com

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Affiliate Listing as of March 6, 2018

Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association

Shawna Husted Box 51 Acme, AB T0M 0A0 CANADA Phone: 403-875-1369 Email: info@cowhorse.ca Website: www.albertareinedcowhorse.ca

Arizona Reined Cow Horse Association

Bronwyn McCormick 28150 N Alma School Pkwy Ste 103-520 Scottsdale, AZ 85262 480.510.0974 info@azrcha.com Website: www.azrcha.com

Atlantic Reined Cow Horse Association Frank Prisco Phone: 631-478-7022 Email: archapresident@gmail.com Website: www.atlanticRCHA.com

Bluebonnet Country Reined Cow Horse Association Mark Mills 8870 Adams Flat Rd Brookshire, TX 77423 Phone: 281-684-4493 Email: mmcuttinghorses@live.com

California Cow Horse Association

Murray Thompson 15169 Road 223 Porterville, CA 93257 209-201-8975 brokenarrowrancha@gmail.com Website: www.californiacowhorse.com

Canadian Coast Reined Cow Horse Association Katie Wilson 1280 Powerhouse Rd. Abbotsford, BC V3G 1T7 CANADA Phone: 604-300-3545 Email: cowponykate@gmail.com Website: www.ccrcha.com

Central Montana Reined Cow Horse Association Jill Roberts 1521 Parr Creek Ln Lewistown, MT 59457 Phone: 406-538-7564 Email: vjroberts@hughes.net Website: www.cmrcha.com

Colorado Reined Cow Horse Association Charlie Gordon 1026 Eagle Ridge Blvd Pueblo, CO 81008 Phone: 719-429-0097 Email: coloradocowhorse@gmail.com Website: coloradoreinedcowhorse.com

European Reined Cow Horse Association Augusto De Fazio via Natalia Ginzburg 1 - 11015 Ivrea (TO) ITALY +(39) 338 8860657 ercha@hotmail.it Website: www.ercha.org

Gulf Coast Cow Horse Association Andres Sanchez 10227 Pittman Rd Sarasota, FL 34240 Phone: 561-248-1437 Email: andresGCCHA@gmail.com Website: gulfcoastcowhorse.com

Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association

Jerry & Shirley Beukelman 3398 Can Ada Rd Nampa, ID 83687 Phone: 208-250-5200 Email: sursur@aol.com Website: www.idahoreinedcowhorse.com

Magic Valley Reined Cow Horse Association Louise Miller PO Box 5956 Twin Falls, ID 83303 Phone: 208-420-0548 Email: la_lomiller@yahoo.com Website: Facebook Page

Midwest Reined Cow Horse Association Susan Tullock 5000 W 175th St Stilwell KS 66085 Phone: 913-515-4683 Email: midwestcowhorse@gmail.com

Montana Reined Cow Horse Futurity, Inc

Margaret Ore PO Box 1604 East Helena, MT 59635 Phone: 406-227-7019 Email: more@mt.net Website: www.montanareinedcowhorse.com

Nevada Reined Cow Horse Association Tina Frisch 2036 Surrey Ln Las Vegas, NV 89119 Phone: 702-204-9277 Email: nevadaRCHA@gmail.com Website: www.nrcha.org

New York Reined Cow Horse Association Lisa Sykes 300 Hopkins Road Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-315-7809 lisasykes@yahoo.com Website: www.newyorkrcha.com

North Central Reined Cow Horse Association Deb Matko 14221 Furman St. NE Forest Lake, MN 55025 Phone: 612-860-6371 Email: chuckles@visi.com Website: www.ncrcha.com

Northeastern Reined Cowhorse Alliance

Mary Baks 13 Maple Hill Rd RR #2 Walkerton, ON N0G 2V0 CANADA Phone: 519-881-8684 Email: nerchaon@gmail.com Website: www.northeasternreinedcowhorsealliance.com

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Affiliate Listing Northern California Reined Cow Horse Association

South Texas Reined Cow Horse Association

Swedish Reined Cow Horse Association

Northwest Reined Cow Horse Association

Southern California Reined Cow Horse Association

The Carolinas Reined Cow Horse Association

Tara Folsom 21935 Reading Dr Anderson, CA 96007 Phone: 530-518-3753 Email: tarafolsom@yahoo.com Website: www.ncrcha.info

Diane Edwards 15409 203rd Ave SE Renton, WA 98059 Phone: 425-226-6376 Email: diane2bph@outlook.com Website: www.nwrcha.com

Panhandle Reined Cow Horse Association Justin Stanton PO Box 1053 Canyon, TX 79015 Phone: 806-281-4770 Email: panhandlecowhorse@gmail.com Website: www.panhandlecowhorse.com

South Dakota Reined Cow Horse Association

Tina McCleary 7676 CR 247 Caldwell, TX 7786 Phone: 979-218-0633 Email: stillcreektina@gmail.com Website: www.strcha.org

Contact Name: Joakim Pettersson Astorp Gunnarsgarden 6 SE – 521 96 Falkoping Sweden Phone: +46 70 676 7642 Website: www.srcha.eu Email: jipquarters@jipquarters.com

Shelley Schaffer PO Box 313 Winchester, CA 92596 Phone: 858-722-5995 Email: Shelley.schaffer@ashford.edu Website: www.scrcha.com

Crystal Ward-Taylor 130 Haigler Rd Lenoir, NC 28645 Phone: 828-312-2705 Email: cward@carolinafarmcredit.com

Southwest Reined Cow Horse Association

Sarah Lawrence PO Box 186 Nancy, KY 42544 Phone: 606-425-1198 Email: arhacontact@aol.com Website: tristateranchandreinedcowhorse.my-free.website

Gay Lenz 11587 Hunt Lane Guthrie, OK 73044 Phone: 405-818-7556 Email: glenz@glenzenterprises.com Website: www.srcha.org

Tri State Ranch and Reined Cow Horse Association

Deb Brown PO Box 655 Buffalo, SD 57720 Phone: 605-797-4514 Email: nphorses@sdplains.com Website: www.sdrcha.com

NRCHA Suspended List NRCHA membership privileges will be suspended for the second offense of bad checks, per rule 1.1.6.2 and for non payment of debt to NRCHA Show Management or NRCHA Approved Show Management. Additionally, all amounts for advertising in the NRCHA publication, Reined Cow Horse News, are due and payable within 30 days of receipt.

A finance charge of 1.5% per month (18% APR) will be added to all past due amounts. Membership privileges shall be suspended on accounts greater than 90 days past due and this information will be published in Reined Cow Horse News. There will be a membership reinstatement fee of $75.

Current as of March 16, 2018

Agricultural Foundation, Fresno, CA Desert Spring Ranch, Queen Creek, AZ Keetch Ranch, Waddell, AZ Del Rey Paint & Qtr Horses/Aneka Schelbeck, Cotton Wood, CA Dave Belson, Cave Creek, AZ Bynum Farms/Blair Bynum, Palm City, FL Donnie Boyd, Sarasota, FL

Pat Faitz, Lakeland, FL Robert Frobose, Modesto, CA Miguel Gonzalez, Miami, FL Roy Hockensmith, Frankfort, KY Brian&CynthiaHolthouse,SanJuanBautista,CA Babcock Ranch/Jim Babcock, Sanger, TX Brandon Johnson, Nebraska City, NE Bridgette Lanham, Eastover, SC

Robyn Bush, Visalia, CA Marcy Campbell, Creston, CA Pompeo Capezzone, Castrocielo 03030, ITALY Riccardo Capezzone, Castrocielo 03030, ITALY Cody Christensen, Heber City, UT Tom Daughetee, Kemmerer, WY Shad DeGiorgis, El Dorado Hills, CA Laura Delfino, Martinez, CA

Thera Myers, Oxnard, CA Steed Training/Rick Steed, Okeechobee, FL Jill Serena, Castaic, CA Vernon Smith, Santa Maria, CA Dream Cross/Susan Ray, TX Lazy T Shamrock Ranch/Terry Malarkey,Star,ID Elizabeth Winkle, Sarasota, FL

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Advertisers Index 6666 Ranch................................................................................................................ 69 Alvin Fults.................................................................................................................. 19 American Paint Horse Assn....................................................................................... 103

This index is provided as a service. The publisher does not assume any liability for errors or omissions.

NCHA.......................................................................................................................... 83 Northwest Reined Cowhorse Assn.............................................................................. 14 Nutrena Feed Division................................................................................................. 81

Back On Track............................................................................................................ 51 Bloomer Trailers......................................................................................................... 37

Nutro Company, The................................................................................................... 75

Bob’s Custom Saddles................................................................................................ 97

Platinum Performance, Inc......................................................................................... 55

Brazos Valley Stallion Station..................................................................................... 45

Quarter Horse News................................................................................................... 99

Cable Creek Ranches..................................................................................................BC

Rios Of Mercedes.........................................................................................................3

Center Ranch.............................................................................................................. 91 Cinch............................................................................................................................5

Robertson Ranches..................................................................................................... 13

Classic Equine............................................................................................................ 33

Rocking P Ranch.......................................................................................................IFC

Cowtrac Systems...................................................................................................... 111

Rogers Heaven Sent Ranch......................................................................................... 93

Dave Grashuis............................................................................................................. 98 DC Cow Horse Gear..................................................................................................... 43 Dechra Veterinary Products........................................................................................ 87 Dennis Moreland Tack................................................................................................. 31

Roitblat, Estelle......................................................................................................... 6,7 San Juan Ranch.......................................................................................................... 73 Shorty’s Caboy Hattery............................................................................................... 79

Don Rich Saddles....................................................................................................... 47

Silver Spurs Equine..................................................................................................... 77

DT Horses, LLC.......................................................................................................16,17

Southwest Reined Cowhorse Assn.............................................................................. 23

Farrnam...................................................................................................................... 49

Spear D Ranch..............................................................................................................9

Gist Silversmiths Inc.....................................................................................................1 Holy Cow Performance Horses.................................................................................... 41

Spurs Equine Marketing.............................................................................................. 25

J Five Horse Ranch..................................................................................................... 53

Standlee Hay.............................................................................................................. 12

JW Brooks Custom Hat Co.......................................................................................... 89

Tara Stark Real Estate Group...................................................................................... 98

Linda Katz................................................................................................................... 21

Tom Balding Bits And Spurs........................................................................................ 24

Markel Insurance....................................................................................................... 39 Martin Saddlery.......................................................................................................... 35

Triple D Ranches......................................................................................................... 61

Matthews Cutting Horses, LLC................................................................................10,11

Vetoquinol Usa, Inc..................................................................................................... 15

McKay, Robbie............................................................................................................ 29

Wagonhound Land And Livestock............................................................................... 65

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