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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL REINED COW HORSE ASSOCIATION

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 VOLUME 24, NO. 1

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Volume 24, Number 1 Primo Morales

Features 94 Two Million Dollar Man: Corey Cushing

When Arizonan Corey Cushing captured the 2018 Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship, the big payout pushed him over the $2 million earnings mark, making him the third cow horse rider to join the elite $2 Million Dollar Club.

104 Buyer Beware

Before you purchase your next reined cow horse, educate yourself on potential lameness issues and how they can affect a horse’s future.

114 Telfords Take Vegas

It was two-for-two when Jake and Jessie Telford competed in Las Vegas.

In Every Issue 4 From the NRCHA Executive Director

80 Sonya DiStefano and her gelding, Reys Stylish Bell, earned the 2017 Non Pro Two Rein National Champion title during the 2018 Celebration of Champions.

EVENT COVERAGE 28 2018 Regional Champions

Riders in eight geographic regions worked all 2018 show season to take the year-end title.

64 Earning Merit

The NRCHA Merit Award Program recognizes outstanding equine performers.

72 Ranch Road Trip

While in Fort Worth for the Celebration of Champions, swing by these ranches for true Texas hospitality.

82 Becoming Great

Two trainers, one owner and a judge take a look back the 2018 World’s Greatest Horseman and look forward to future events.

On the cover: The 2018 World’s Greatest Horseman, Kelby Phillips riding Hickory Holly Time (page 82).

8 NRCHA President’s Letter 126 Dennis Moreland’s Tack Tips 128 From the Judge’s Chair 129 NRCHA Judges Directory 133 Subscribed Stallion Program 137 NRCHA Membership Information 139 Top Rider List 141 Affiliate List 142 Suspended List 143 NRCHA Committee Directory 144 NRCHA Approved Events

Circle Up 10 Quotable 12 Meet Taylor Gillespie 16 Notable Non Pro 20 On The Big Stage 26 NRCHyA News

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A Dedicated Group

As we enter into a new show season, I can’t help but pause to reflect on the changes and progress I’ve witnessed within the National Reined Cow Horse Association over the past six years.

It takes several elements to make an organization successful, and I believe we have the best group of members, equine athletes and sponsors who all play a key-role in our success.

NRCHA Hall of Fame member Don Murphy once said, “We were the bestkept secret for years because we never taught people what we’re about.” Well, I am honored and driven to find innovative ways to share the exciting sport of reined cow horse and the Vaquero tradition with people all over the world.

Not only do we have numerous affiliates across the United States, but we now have several affiliates in Canada, Europe and even Australia. We have a record-breaking number of NRCHAsanctioned events available to our members throughout the show year, from a close-to-home weekend show to a premier event.

The attendance and participation at the NRCHA premier events have

grown exponentially. With this growth comes larger payouts and new classes.

The NRCHA Board of Directors feels strongly about paying it forward, and they continually put added money back into the purses and create new classes for all levels of horses and riders.

The reined cow horse is demanding sport, not only on riders, but also on our beloved equine partners. To be competitive in the ultimate triathlon, it takes a truly special horse that harbors athleticism, heart and grit. It is with many thanks to the breeders, who put in so much effort and research, that we have these special animals.

Under the guidance of and through the solid-training programs of our many talented horsemen-and-women, these well-bred prospects develop into great reined cow horses. Training a horse through the stages—snaffle bit, hackamore, two-rein and bridle—is a true sense of accomplishment that should be treasured.

I could not be prouder of our members, owners, sponsors, cheerleaders, equine athletes and volunteers, all who contribute to the success of the NRCHA. Walt Disney said, “Whatever we accomplish belongs to our entire group, a tribute to our combined effort.” I invite all of you to join me in celebrating the true group effort everyone puts forth to make this special organization grow.

I wish you all a healthy and prosperous New Year, and look forward to seeing you and the NRCHA continue to excel in 2019!

All the best, Jay Winborn

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BRIGHT FUTURE From NRCHA President Todd Crawford For many of us, the New Year is often accompanied with new goals, new mindsets and possibly even a new horse. For the National Reined Cow Horse Association’s Board of Directors, the New Year is an opportunity to grow the sport we all love with novel programs and events for our membership.

In the reined cow horse industry, this time of year is closely connected to the NRCHA Celebration of Champions. Just when you think our World Show can’t be anymore exciting, the NRCHA has added an inaugural World’s Greatest Youth Horseman to the event line-up!

For years, we’ve witnessed young horse enthusiasts watch and learn from the best horsemen- and-women in the industry. Our youth now have the opportunity to showcase their talents on the big stage. The partnership between horse and rider is a special bond. Adding in the element of competing with family takes this bond to a whole new level. It will be thrilling

to watch so many young, passionate horsemen compete in such a challenging event; especially with many of the youths’ parents also competing in the World’s Greatest Horseman.

It never ceases to amaze me how many of our members, from all across the country, attend the Celebration of Champions with the hopes of sealing the deal on the championship title they have been chasing all year. It’s an honor to watch so many people demonstrate perseverance in chasing their dreams and dedication to their equine partners.

Of course, without the support of our wonderful sponsors, we would not have events to come together and celebrate as a family. Please join me in thanking DT Horses for their continued sponsorship of the highly-esteemed World’s Greatest Horseman; a place where the best bridle horses and horsemen in the country can compete for a robust purse.

The derby held during the Celebration

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of Champions has grown to be one of the industry’s largest limited aged events, and we are excited to welcome new title sponsor Tres Osos Ranch.

No matter what role you play during the Celebration of Champions, or any event throughout the New Year, we wish you the best of luck on your endeavors and welcome you to the most charismatic organization in the Western performance horse industry!

— Todd Crawford NRCHA President

2018 Snaffle Bit Futurity Owners Fund Donors Aaron Ranch Kathy and Larry Barker Beechfork Ranch/Kelly Krum Larry and Ellen Bell Bet Hesa Cat Syndicate Brazos Valley Stallion Station Michelle Cannon Carroll’s Cutting CD Lights

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Roxanne Koepsell Performance Horses Jeffrey and Sheri Matthews Alvin and Becky Fults Kit and Charlie Moncrief/ Moncrief Ranches Russ Mothershead Oswood Stallion Station Rockin W Carol Rose

Russell Ranches/ James, Ellen and Erin Russell San Juan Ranch/ Santa Cruz Animal Health Smooth Talking Style/Holmes & Hill Stuart Ranch Wharton Family Quarter Horses Wrigley Ranches LLC WR This Cats Smart

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QUOTABLE The bridle classes are the end product of years of training. A horse that can withstand the bridle and respond to your cues in the way you want them to, you have a fully trained horse. It is a magnificent process. I started sponsoring the [Derby] Open Bridle Spectacular, which is now named after a horse, CD Survivor, who was really my very first trained bridle horse. He was such an outstanding horse that met a tragic end, which broke my heart and broke my trainer’s heart as well. That is why I started supporting and asked to name the Bridle Spectacular the CD Survivor Memorial Bridle Spectacular. Once you have that finished bridle horse, you have a treasure.”

— Nancy Crawford-Hall, owner of Holy Cow Performance Horses and an NRCHA owner for more than 25 years. Pictured is Chris Dawson aboard CSR Lay Down Sally, owned by Meredith Graber. Dawson and “Sally” won the 2018 CD Survivor Memorial Open Bridle Spectacular at the NRCHA Derby.

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MEET TAYLOR GILLESPIE Allison Walker

Faith, family and commitment are the three key components to the success of Gillespie Performance Horses.

By Allison Walker

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ike many trainers, Taylor Gillespie’s love for horses started young. Even though Gillespie did not grow up on a ranch, that did not stop a love of horses from running deep through his veins. Today, Gillespie makes his living as a cow horse trainer in Rosston, Texas.

Yet, it wasn’t a straight shot from the cradle to cow horse.

“My folks, before I was around, had a big ranch in Colorado. Due to the beef market, they had to sell it. But we always had horses and a little bit of land trying to keep ahold of the ag roots in our family,” Gillespie recalled.

Gillespie’s show career began in 4-H, a staple for many youth in the livestock and agricultural industry. There, he competed in a wide variety of horseback events ranging from English to Western to gymkhana. Like many kids today, Gillespie was highly involved in multiple activities. When he was told to narrow down his extracurricular activities, the choice was easy—of course he chose horses.

“When I said this is what I want to do, [my parents] set me up with Maggie Wolf. She taught me how to brush horses, saddle horses, made me ride in English saddles while no reins and no stirrups. Those types of drills and exercises that just really helped kind of give me a foundation,” Gillespie said.

After a short stint of showing horses in 4-H, Gillespie transitioned to reining and American Quarter Horse Association shows. While attending an AQHA show at the age of 14, he was introduced to the exciting sport of reined cow horse and immediately become hooked. It was “Goodbye reining” and “Hello cow horse!”

At the time, the Gillespie family lived near National Reined Cow Horse Association Professional Tim Unzicker in Colorado.

Gillespie’s reining mare, Docs Sleepy Lady (Docs Irish Lad x Sleepy Down x Mr Roper Joker), quickly landed a spot in Unzicker’s barn where they began their reined cow horse adventure together, earning their first NRCHA paycheck in 2000.

“I spent the next four years with him.

Learning more about the cow horse and learning how to start colts,” Gillespie said. He credits Unzicker with being one of his most influential mentors throughout his cow horse career.

When the chance to attend a clinic given by NRCHA Hall of Fame train-

Taylor and Jennifer Gillespie have two children, Kaden (pictured) and newborn Ryder.

er Dan Roeser in Colorado, Gillespie jumped at the opportunity. Little did he know, that clinic would directly impact his future as a horseman. Recognizing a talent in Gillespie, his parent’s and Unzicker contacted Roeser after the clinic and arranged for Gillespie to

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the U.S. Army with the rank of Captain.

Finally, Gillespie went back to what he had always loved best, horses.

Returning to the horse industry after an eight-year hiatus was is no easy feat, but it was a challenge that Gillespie was ready to not only take on but conquer. Upon returning home from his deployment, he met his future wife, Jen Komorowski, through mutual friends. Soon the couple moved to central Montana where he returned to Unzicker’s program for the next 18 months. But this time, instead of being a client, he had a different role: assistant trainer.

Gillespie’s desire to succeed inside the reined cow horse discipline grew stronger the more time he spent horseback. He decided he was ready to pursue his dream but he needed to be in a highly populated cow horse area. With that in mind, the couple traveled to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he went to

work for top NRCHA professional Brad Barkemeyer.

For the next three years, Gillespie learned from Barkemeyer, a horseman Gillespie also credits as a great mentor.

Working in the heart of the Arizona cow industry also gave Gillespie the opportunity to watch and learn from NRCHA Two Million Dollar Rider Corey Cushing, who shared a training facility with Barkemeyer.

Gillespie and Jennifer married in April of 2014. The newlyweds ventured out on their own to launch Gillespie Performance Horses in their home state. Getting their feet planted, they leased stalls from NRCHA professional Darren Miller in Watkins, Colorado.

Gillespie quickly became a regular fixture at NRCHA shows, particularly at the Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association, where he would eventually go on to serve on the Board of Directors.

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spend the summer between his Junior and Senior year of high school working for the famed trainer. What was supposed to be a summer internship evolved into a life plan for Gillespie.

His parents allowed him to move to the Roeser Ranch, in Marsing, Idaho, to work for Roeser and NRCHA professional Wade Reaney while Gillespie finished his high school career.

It seemed the cards had aligned.

However, during Gillespie’s Senior year in high school, he began to wonder if becoming a horse trainer was really how he wanted to spend the rest of his life. The teenager decided it might be best to keep his options open. Instead of jumping right into horse training, he decided to attend college.

Gillespie attended the University of Saint Mary, in Leavenworth, Kansas, on a scholarship and completed the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. But even during those college years, horses were never far from his mind.

“I would come back during summer and Christmas breaks and ride a little bit with Tim [Unzicker] while he was still in Colorado,” said Gillespie.

Part of the conditions of the ROTC program is that after college graduation, you are required to fulfill a military obligation. Gillespie did just that. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and rapidly deployed to Afghanistan.

His one-year tour in an infantry platoon gave him time to reflect on his life and he realized “You had better do what you love.” He was honorably discharged after serving four years in

Aboard Iconic Cat, Gillespie competed in the 2018 Hackamore Classic.

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///////// Circle Up In order to grow their business and be viewed as a serious contender and professional, the couple agreed to allocate their funds to purchase quality horses and compete at NRCHA premier events. No vacations or extra amenities were in the picture for them then, or any time soon, and though not easy, their commitment paid off.

“Family first” was always Gillespie’s motto. And, as Gillespie Performance Horses grew, so did their family. Their first son, Kaden, arrived in December 2015.

Gillespie’s focus on family extended to his customers. His long-time relationship with Ty and Lesley Marshall quickly expanded into a great friendship and even further to a business adventure.

“I had been riding some young horses for Ty and Lesley. They have a big ranch in New Mexico,” he said. “They came to the Snaffle Bit [in 2017] just to watch and it was an eye-opening experience for them. They said ‘you need better horses and we need better horses.’”

Quickly catching the cow horse bug, the Marshalls purchased two yearlings from the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales that year. By February of 2018, they owned their first derby horse and sent Gillespie to the Peptoboonsmal Cow Horse Classic Derby in Fort Worth, Texas.

What started out as Gillespie riding young horses for their ranch blossomed into a full-fledged program: Clear Creek Cow Horses based in Rosston. Gillespie Performance Horses is now based out of the ranch, and Gillespie works hard to help the Marshall’s reach their goal. Similar to many other owners, the Marshalls want a well-round collection of cow horses and rope horses; open-caliber horses in different all four phases of training

– snaffle bit, hackamore, two rein and bridle.

Becoming a residential trainer is definitely a career milestone, but it does not come without its trials and tribulations. And, it certainly doesn’t mean the learning process is over. A key to learning is watching, especially at NRCHA premier events.

“Every time I go to a major event, I feel like I got six months’ worth of education,” Gillespie stated. He added that being nervous at a premier event isn’t limited to non pros; professionals get them, too.

Once a new face arrives at an NRCHA premier event, Gillespie says that riders quickly learn the most commonly-loved aspect of the cow horse world—the people.

“You just have to go. Pull the trigger and come to a major event. The people are the best part of this industry,” he said. “Trainers helping other trainers.

Every knows that you can be at the very top of the world one year and not even make it back to the finals the next year.

It’s such a humbling sport.”

Many times, up-and-coming trainers don’t receive the highest quality horses. Some of the horses Gillespie rode in the past had areas of deficiency, and he would have to compensate for these deficiencies in the show pen, all the while still learning the ropes himself. For some people, this could be a recipe for discouragement. But for Gillespie, this was motivation to grow and improve.

During the 2018 show season, Gillespie credits Iconic Cat (High Brow Cat x Wood I Never x Zack T Wood) with helping him become a better showman.

“I can trust him and I’m learning to trust him,” Gillespie said. “You only get to cut when you do a three-event deal

or show a limited aged horse. That’s been something that I’ve made a priority to get better at, the herd work.”

To improve his herd work skills, Gillespie sought help from a professional cutting horse trainer Ed Dufurrena.

Gillespie said his advice was simple: “This is your job. Be a professional and control your emotions for two-and-ahalf minutes.”

Though logical, putting that advice to the test at the NRCHA Snaffle Bit and Hackamore Classic was another story.

Gillespie arrived at the event without Jennifer, who stayed home because she was expecting their second child at any moment. Luckily for Gillespie, their second son, Ryder, arrived healthy and happy on Monday, October 8, 2018, the day before the herd work of the Hackamore Classic.

Putting his emotions aside for those two and a half minutes, Gillespie finished third in the Hackamore Classic Limited Open and Reserve Champion in the Level One Limited Open aboard Lesley Marshall’s Iconic Cat. Just as his NRCHA earnings grew to $11,911, his family grew to four.

The Gillespies faced challenges on their path to Texas, as well as the upsand-downs of the equine industry, but they remain true to their faithful roots and “family first” rule.

“I’m blessed to have a wife that is extremely understanding and supportive. Jen and I’s faith is paramount in our business and in our interactions,” Gillespie said.

The future is bright for Taylor Gillespie. In 2019, Gillespie is committed to attaining Clear Creek Cow Horses’ goals as well as growing Gillespie Performance Horses. The path to success has only strengthened his family bond, which is, of course, all wound together by a love of horses.

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NOTABLE NON PRO Alison Brantley didn’t get her first horse until she was 40.

Since then, she’s been enjoying the ride and making up for lost time.

By Katie Navarra

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ost of us use the New Year as a time to make resolutions and set goals. Alison Brantley is no different. When deciding upon her 2018 goal, at the start of the show season, she jumped in and set a good one.

She decided that 2018 was the year she would compete in all four of the National Reined Cow Horse premier events.

LEARNING CURVE

As a child growing up in Iowa, Brantley “begged, borrowed and stole horses” so that she could ride. She never had a saddle and rode bareback, sometimes making bridles out of jump ropes.

“There was a neighbor who would bring in his horses and let me ride them like they were mine,” she said. “I’ve always admired people who have had horses of their own and dreamed of being like them.”

It wasn’t until her five children—four girls and one boy—were nearly grown that she finally was able to return to riding. A teacher and an elementary school principal in town rode endurance horses and regularly talked with her about the discipline. They persuaded Brantley to give it a try. She averaged 50-mile rides, a few longer ones, but no farther than 100 miles. And her second-youngest daughter, Taylor, got involved, too.

Taylor went on to barrel racing from endurance riding and Brantley’s youngest daughter, Madison, focused on hunter-jumpers. Brantley joined Madison in the English world. In 2000, Brantley bought her first horse, Ima June Bugg, to endurance race but she switched over to jumping because the mare had a “forward” attitude.

Brantley also bought a second horse, Sierra Nic (Reminic x Sierra Tiempo x Doc’s Oak), that she used for jumping.

A 2008 versatility clinic with Devin Warren led Brantley to her favorite discipline, reined cow horse. When she first attended the clinic, Brantley thought about specializing in reining, yet when Warren saw her competitive drive, he knew she needed more of a challenge.

Warren referred Brantley to Montana cow horse trainer Tim Unzicker. She began taking lessons with Unzicker and continued riding hunt seat with her daughters. When Madison graduated high school in 2012, Brantley officially traded in her breeches for chaps to concentrate on her passion for cow horses.

“Hunter-jumpers are precise, but in the reined cow horse the horses have to be willingly guided and you have to be precise, and look pretty doing it all,” Brantley said. “Reined cow horse is the hardest of all the disciplines.”

She became a regular spectator at

When she started riding, Allison Brantley leaned in an English saddle and rode with her daughter. Soon, though, she found her passion riding cow horses.

the NRCHA Celebration of Champions when it was held in San Angelo.

Brantley sat in the stands for three years before deciding that she might be good enough to go to compete at that event.

“I watched everybody else compete, especially the open riders, and watched their positions on the cows,” she said.

Determined to give it a try, she found her once-in-a-lifetime horse, Fletch Me If You Can (Royal Fletch x Sug Sug Could x Docs Sug), and took the leap.

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Brantley then started riding with Jim Cook, owner of J&J Performance Horses, in Erie, Colorado and began working cows in earnest. At first, Cook had Brantley dismount and work the cows on foot.

“It’s not easy to do on foot! You get winded going through that dirt, but it was a good way to learn how to get in position on a cow,” Brantley said. “I watched the championship runs over

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and over again online, looking for even the smallest details that create a winning run.”

Although she’d had success in reined cow horse with other mounts, “Fletch” took Brantley to the next level. He gave her the confidence to show at events outside her local Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association statewide events.

Together, the pair were crowned the NRCHA year-end Non Pro Limited and $5,000 Non Pro Limited champions in 2014. She added to the gelding’s previous earnings, bringing his lifetime career earnings to $35,000.

At the same time, Brantley also was riding Wild Haired Trooper (Wild Haired Cat x Summer Mate x Smart Mate), called “Wiley.” In 2017 she won the Non Pro Limited Peptoboonsmal Cow Horse Classic Derby during the World Show in Fort Worth and the Northern Plains Circuit with CRCA that included a trophy saddle, as well, aboard her second horse. To date, Wiley’s earnings exceed $13,000.

Brantley retired her first true showhorse gelding, Fletch, in October 2017, and had to make the heartbreaking decision to euthanize him in May 2018 because the arthritis in his knees had become “too painful.” She knew that finding a replacement for Fletch was going to be difficult. His easy-going, willing-to-please attitude made riding fun. When she rode Metallic Dual (Metallic Cat x Dualin Darlene x Dual Pep), aka “Mac,” at Idaho horseman Jake Telford’s barn in January 2018, she found the 4-year-old gelding, even at his young age, had several of the same mannerisms as Fletch.

“I hope Mac and I can grow together and establish the same relationship,” Brantley said.

By teaming up with another horse that makes riding fun, Brantley was

looking toward the future with excitement. So it was only fitting that the Franktown, Colorado, rider’s 2018 goal to attend all of the association’s premier shows included doing so on her new horse.

She successfully navigated the 2018 Celebration of Champions and the Stallion Stakes. She was on track to attend the NRCHA Derby (held in June in Paso Robles, California). But just a few days before she was planning to leave for the California, Brantley learned that sometimes the universe has other plans. She made the decision to ride a young horse, bareback. The horse bucked and when Brantley fell off, the right side of her body slammed into a gate. It was the first time she’d come off a horse and it was incredibly painful. She was determined to shake it off, since she’d already paid the entries fees for Paso Robles. She figured the drive to California would give her time to recover.

“I was going to ‘buck it up’ and ride as planned,” she said.

She managed in the cutting, but had trouble riding the stops in reining. Her husband, Tim, insisted she go to the

When she purchased him, Brantley found her once-in-a-lifetime horse in Fletch Me If You Can (Royal Fletch x Sug Sug Could x Docs Sug).

emergency room. Occasionally, husbands do know best, because at the ER, she was told she had three cracked ribs and a large hematoma in her sacroiliac joint. Undeterred, Brantley decided to ride the last phase of the Derby figuring that it couldn’t get any worse.

“The last class was the boxing. I taped myself and failed miserably in the class,” she said. “It was a long ride home!”

As the year went on, it became apparent that her horse, Metallic Dual, wasn’t quite ready to show at a premier event in the hackamore. So, she made the decision to skip the 2018 Hackamore Classic. Although 2018 wasn’t the year she’d thought it would be, Brantley did achieve a secondary goal—qualifying for the American Quarter Horse Association’s Versatility Ranch Horse World Championship Show in ranch riding and boxing. As Reined Cow Horse News went to press, she was a half-point away from qualifying in the reining and fence work.

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Despite her injury and missing the 2018 Hackamore Classic, Brantley is eagerly looking forward to 2019. Her horse, Mac, has another year of Derby eligibility, which means Brantley can set both similar and different goals.

She might stay in the boxing while she learns the positions needed for fence work, but regardless, Brantley plans to show at all the premier events.

“What I like about Mac is his easygoing personality,” Brantley said. “He has a large stride and is a pretty mover.

He makes a presence in the arena.”

Although ready to work with Mac, Brantley also has purchased a young horse, Wired On Pepto (Little Dulces Rey x Peppys Powder x Peptoboonsmal) from Brent Lester. The horse was sent to Brad Lund for training.

“It will be a fun year getting to know him, as well,” she said. “[Wired On Pepto] is a just a 3-year-old that is a little bit more sensitive in his mannerisms. I have been working on the fence work with Jim [Cook] and the horse is pretty quick. Jim had a good chuckle when I about came off doing a fence turn. With this horse I’m going to have to learn to sit in that saddle real quick.”

It might have taken Brantley longer to become involved with horses than others, but she has more than made good on her dream of becoming a horse owner. Best of all, she’s found a discipline she truly loves.

“The challenges change at every turn.

You think you have the rundowns, then your turnarounds are sloppy,” Brantley said. “You think you have the circles and you perform a lead change, and

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as a child, brantley did everything possible to find time with horses of all sizes.

your horse’s shoulders dive into the middle of the circle. You’re very fortunate if you get that one perfect run. It’s always a work in progress.”

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On the Big Stage California cow horse owner Sheri Jamieson explains how cow horses are like theater.

By Katie Navarra

Derby Intermediate Open Champion and Reserve in the Open at the NRCHA Celebration of Champions. Jamieson’s special talent for finding horses with just the right combination of genetics, build and mind is key to her success in the NRCHA. That’s just a short list of her horses’ accomplishments. They have won a combined $301,896 in NRCHA lifetime earnings.

However, Jamieson doesn’t keep the best for only herself. Others in the cow horse industry reap the benefits of her dedication to the sport. She also owned the 2018 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Amateur Boxing World Champion Metallic Heritage (Metallic Cat x Dual Heritage x Dual Pep) before selling him to California Non Pro competitor Katie Fox. “I love that horse and felt he was special from the first moment I saw him as a yearling. I eventually sold him and am so grateful he found a home with Katie,” said Jamieson. “I’ve watched her show him and I think it’s a match made in heaven. When I do sell a horse, I always hope he ends up where he’s happy and well looked after.”

But how does Jamieson pick her prospects? The knack comes from years of

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alifornia cow horse owner Sheri Jamieson has a knack for finding horses that excel in the arena.

Like any savvy owner, she looks at the bloodlines carefully, but said that a horse’s breeding doesn’t always tell the whole story. For Jamieson, the horse’s mind is every bit as important as breeding and conformation. A horse that has mental stamina and the ability to perform under pressure in the show pen is one that can come out on top in National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) competitions, where Jamieson focuses much of her attention.

“Some of [the athleticism] is almost impossible to predict in a young horse and that’s why the discipline is so challenging and yet so rewarding when it all does come together,” Jamieson said.

Cow horse owners and competitors can go years, even decades, without capturing a coveted premier event win, yet Jamieson has multiple. In 2014, Very Red Remedy (Very Smart Remedy x Flo N Blu Boon x Pretty Boy Boon) won the NRCHA Stakes Open Novice Horse. In 2015, Mr Shiney Lights (CD Lights x Lil Miss Shiney Chex x Shining Spark) won the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Intermediate Open Championship, and All That Boon (Peptoboonsmal x All That N Cat x High Brow Cat) was crowned

At home on her ranch, Sheri Jamieson’s devoted nine years to raising and starting top cow horse prospects

experience and evolved from Jamieson’s experiences with her first trail horses to the competitive athletes she now owns.

PICKING PROSPECTS

Jamieson credits much of her success in the horse business to mentor Yvon Mathieu, a California reining trainer.

Jamieson met Mathieu after purchasing a 560-acre ranch in San Diego, California, in 2002. She purchased a few horses for trail riding and quickly discovered some were poorly behaved.

Her veterinarian referred her to Mathieu and that began what Jamieson calls a nine-year immersion in the Quarter Horse world.

“Yvon was a great trainer and a true horseman,” Jamieson said. “Together we started a breeding program and eventually found ourselves on a journey into the reined cow horse world.”

Both Jamieson and Mathieu were drawn to the discipline because they appreciated the complexity of the event and the talent the horses needed

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to compete. The pair closely studied bloodlines, training techniques, and the coveted “magic crosses” of the performance horse world.

Through her work with Mathieu, Jamieson learned to study the history of crosses carefully. She said she has an innate sense of the strengths in her mares’ bloodlines and what they are themselves throwing in offspring.

“I pay close attention to the bottom side of a pedigree. For reined cow horse, I love the Shining Spark bloodlines [because] they are strong and versatile,” Jamieson said. “I am fortunate to have an own daughter of Shining Spark and she is throwing some beautiful babies for me. Her two oldest offspring are 3-year-olds and both already money earners. So I think she has great potential as a producer.

“He had an amazing eye and an uncanny sense of judgment about young horses,” Jamieson continued.

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“Yvon was, above all, a teacher and the finest, most ethical person I’ve ever known in or out of the horse world. I attribute any success I’ve had to him and I hope that the continuation of the program honors who he was and the love he had for the horses and the industry.”

Mathieu’s ethical and informative outlook on breeding molded Jamieson’s own style for making those special pairs. When Mathieu died in 2011 at the age of 65 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known commonly as ALS, it was a heartbreaking loss for Jamieson and Mathieu’s friends and family. Mathieu wanted Jamieson to continue the work they had started and she has done so by choosing some of the most talented cow horse prospects. One of those prospects is Sonita Lena Rey (Dual Rey x Sonita Lena Chick x Smart Chic Olena) She originally purchased the now 7-year-old Sonita Lena Rey as a long yearling from the Cottonwood Springs Ranch dispersal sale.

“I thought he was the most beautiful colt I’d ever seen. There was just something about the way he carried himself, he just had it all,” Jamieson said.

He had some early success as a Primo Morales

4-year-old winning the NRCHA Derby Intermediate Open in 2015 with Nicolas Barthelemy. But, in 2017, she moved Sonita Lena Rey to Scottsdale, Arizona and put him in training with NRCHA Two Million Dollar Rider, Corey Cushing.

Cushing’s traditional training approach and his talent for quickly calculating a horse’s natural abilities and mindset also impresses Jamieson. He teaches horses how to use themselves efficiently and that it takes a team effort to get the job done.

“Corey was impressed enough to want to work with [Sonita Lena Rey],” Jamieson said.

Instead of going straight to the show pen, the two “kept the horse on ice” for all of 2017; opting to review fundamentals and give the pair a chance to gain each other’s trust. That decision paid off.

In the beginning of 2018, Sonita Lena Rey came back strong. He was the high-point AQHA Senior Cow Horse at the Arizona Sun Circuit. He was champion at the NRCHA Stakes in the Open Bridle, reserve champion in the CD Survivor Memorial Open Bridle Spectacular and the Snaffle Bit Futurity® Open Bridle Champion.

“I don’t think there is a more exciting horse to watch,” Jamieson said. “He has a big engine, a great mind and a courageous heart. He is what everyone dreams of in a cow horse but very rarely finds.”

EYE ON THE FUTURE Top: At the 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, Corey Cushing rode Sheri Jamieson’s Metallic River to a finalist placing.

Right: Shown by Corey Cushing, Sonita Lena Rey holds a special place in owner Sheri Jamieson’s heart.

There’s a lot Jamieson enjoys about reined cow horse competition, but her favorite pastime is to watch a 2-yearold get started then follow that horse’s progress through to seeing it reach its best potential. That’s the journey she is currently on with Metallic River

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(Metallic Cat x Tootsie Rey x Dual Rey), a horse she purchased as a 2-yearold. The 2015 gelding won High Point Gelding at the 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity and finished 17th overall.

“I believe that putting a great foundation on a young horse gives him confidence to essentially become the triathlete he needs to be,” she said.

That’s why she has been working with Cushing and Chris and Sarah Dawson of Perrin, Texas, in recent years. She appreciates that the Dawsons use young horses on their ranch and put them in different situations to teach them how to think.

“Not every horse is cut out to be an open show horse and that’s okay,” Jamieson said. “I think getting one started in the right way and figuring out one correctly gives each horse a chance to meet his potential, no matter what level that might be.”

And for Jamieson, it is all about the reward of watching a talented horse excel in the sport for which it was bred to compete.

GIVING BACK

While Jamieson’s horses have show records that many horsemen and women work a lifetime to achieve, she is most proud of two achievements outside the pen. The first of those is leading

said. “I have been very blessed to have had the opportunity to make a difference where I think I can.”

She also serves on the board of the La Jolla Playhouse, which has generated productions such as Tommy, Jersey Working with Children’s Variety Lifeline, Jamieson Boys, and Come From led the design and construction of a children’s carAway, among others. diac intensive-care unit in Chile.

The organization takes the basics of a new writthe design and construction of a cardiac intensive-care unit for a public hospital er’s work and creates a platform for it in Chile. Surgery waiting lists exceeded to evolve and grow to whatever poten100 people before the facility was built. tial it has.

“Much like that new foal on the As a friend of Salah Hassanein, the former chairman of Warner Brothers ground that I eventually see winning Studios, Jamieson became aware of the awards in the show pen, it is all about Children’s Variety Lifeline, an organi- the raw material and all the people zation with a mission to provide access involved along the way that play a for children in remote areas of the world part in making something a huge sucto receive complex heart surgery. She is cess, and so is theater,” Jamieson said. not involved in the medical field, but “Because things don’t always work was impressed with the organization’s as planned in the horse world or the theater world, you have to love and work and moved to get involved.

“These children were very sick and appreciate the process to be okay with were arriving in buses from many the outcomes.”

It’s been nearly 15 years since parts of South America for complex heart surgery. The heart surgeons can Jamieson embarked on her journey into work year-round now due to the ICU the horse world. It’s one that has been availability and there is very little wait rewarding and exciting. And, it is far time,” Jamieson said. “It was a privilege from finished.

“There is an expectation that these to participate at such a meaningful level horses rise to the occasion no matter and be able to make a difference.”

The second achievement close to what is presented to them,” Jamieson her heart is tied to the horse industry. said. “What separates the great horses Jamieson took part in the design and from all the others is that the great ones development of a 560-acre ranch that not only need to be smart enough to has since been transformed into a retreat read the cows, but also need to have the stamina and the courage to do what for Navy Seals and their families.

“It is gratifying to see that a place you the riders is ask of them. It takes conspent 14 years of your life creating with fidence, willingness and steely resolve ingenuity and imagination will be used often times. But that is when you see to make such a big difference for these the reined cow horse at his best and amazing people and their families,” she most exciting.”

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nRCHyA news

By Lannie-Jo Lisac

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he National Reined Cow Horse Youth Association officers would like to thank the family of Dominic Conicelli for the generous honor of accepting donations, in lieu of flowers, to our program as a way to honor Mr. Conicelli. Mr. Conicelli passed away on October 20, 2018. He was inducted to the National Reined Cow Horse Hall of Merit on October 17, 2018, just days before his passing. Mr. Conielli was a president of the Atlantic Reined Cow Horse Association and helped build the association into what it is today.

The NRCHyA Scholarship Fund is honored and grateful for the donations as a wonderful gift in honor of Mr. Conicelli. As of Dec 17, 2018, over $11,600 of donations have been made in his name. Again, a very special thank you to the Conicelli Family from the youth of the NRCHA. Without such support, we could not offer the kind of programs, clinics and activities needed to help promote the reined cow horse to youth riders.

The NRCHA and the NRCHyA are dedicated to teaching and growing our youth program. To do so, they rely on mentors, like Mr. Conicelli, and also ways to attract new members while giving our existing members a way to showcase their talents. This last year at the NRCHA Stakes and Derby the association introduced Youth Spectaculars.

Now, the NRCHA is offering another youth-only event at the Celebration of Champions in February 2019—the

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first ever World’s Greatest Youth Horseman!

The Youth World’s Greatest Horseman offers the same four events as the adult riders: herd work, rein work, cow work and steer stopping. The Youth WGH will compete in steer stopping only once, to count as a final score, on Thursday, February 21. The rein and cow work will run concurrent with the Youth Bridle class on Friday the 22nd, and the herd work will be on Feb 23rd. The World’s Greatest Horseman finals, on Saturday, Feb 23rd, will also be the finals for the youth. So mark your calendars and come support the NRCHyA in 2019, and be sure to watch our youth riders compete for their own World’s Greatest Horseman title!

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Top teams

Meet the horse and rider teams claiming 2018 Regional Champion titles.

To be crowned a National Reined Cow Horse Association Regional Champion, riders spend an entire show season competing at sanctioned events, in eight regions, and premier events earning points and money toward the year-end title. There are 15 horse show classes where riders vie for the win. After hours of practice, miles of hauling and unwavering dedication, here are the 2018 NRCHA Regional Champions.

CANADA Open Bridle/Open Two Rein

2010 stallion Einsteins Cashnchex (Einsteins Revolution x Nu Chexinic x Nu Chex To Cash) earned the Limited Open Bridle regional award. The horse is owned by Friederike Schippers of Smithers, British Columbia.

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COASTING THE STARS / Robert Cody Mcarthur

Owned by Farrah Roberts of Strathmore, Alberta, 2012 gelding Coasting The Stars (Shady Lil Starlight x She Is Inwhizable x West Coast Whiz) earned the 2018 Regional Award for the Open Bridle and Open Two Rein with rider, and husband, Robert Cody McArthur aboard.

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EINSTEINS CASHNCHEX / Whitney a watsonwilson

Ridden by Whitney A. Watson-Wilson,

TERRI HOLOWATH / SDP BLU REY

SDP Blu Rey (TR Dual Rey x Sues Lil Dusty x Meradas Blue Sue) is no stranger to the cow horse show pen. As a futurity and derby horse, Bart Holowath showed “Budlight,” and now in the bridle, Terri pilots the couple’s horse. At the NRCHA

Derby in Paso Robles, California, Terri and Budlight had a spectacular herd work that left her wanting to cut fulltime, but then came her 149-scored fence run, and Terri decided that cow horse still has her heart. The first time the stallion showed in the bridle was at the Calgary Stampede in 2018, with Terri in the saddle, where she says he handled it like an old, seasoned bridle horse.

That attitude helped the duo pick up the regional award.

“What makes Budlight special is that he is gritty and a fun character, as well as being quick-footed and strong,” said Terri, a managing partner at Catalyst Advisors and Taxation in Cayley, Alberta.

“Showing a stallion can be challenging, but [trainer] John Swales helped me gain my confidence and make sure I schooled him properly. I want to thank all the people who make the shows possible and put up with us crazy horse people!

The sponsors, volunteers and staff are amazing, and without you, there are no NRCHA titles to win.”

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Open Hackamore

PEPPERS PEPTO LENA / GEOFF M. HOAR STEPHEN CLINE / NIC IT CHIC

When owners Stephen and Jessica Cline purchased 2007 mare Nic It Chic (Nic It In The Bud x Montanas Smart Chic x Smart Chic Olena) at the 2008 National Reining Horse Association Futurity Sale, it was a bucket list buy. Stephen put the mare’s first rides on her, and Jessica shows her in limited reining events. But in cow horse, Stephen pilots her, and in 2018, tried his first bridle spectacular event. He credits the success in spectaculars to his herd help—Dale Clearwater, Cayley Wilson, Cody McArthur and Vance Kaglea. The 37-year-old from Tabor, Alberta, calls the mare his best friend.

“We maintain her at home, and I feel we built a bond. Clint Swales started her on cows, and she was terrified at first but he helped her develop confidence,” Stephen said. “Being a business owner gobbles up large amounts of time, and we live a long distance from shows or practice cattle. She is a great horse that knows her job and is very honest, so I don’t need a lot of schooling between shows. She has literally been mowing the backyard grass, jumped into the trailer, driven to the show and won her class.

That is pretty special.”

For two and a half years, Geoff Hoar has piloted 2014 mare Peppers Pepto Lena (One Time Pepto x Pretty Smart Pepper x Smart Little Lena), owned by Shawna Husted, and the team continue to notch victories, like winning the Junior Reining at the Canadian National Show.

Hoar credits Don Murphy with helping him over the years. Husted says her mare, “Cricket,” is a big stopper.

“Cricket is a good mover and Geoff says she is really easy to train and show,” says Husted, of Red Deer County, Alberta.

“Cricket’s run at the Calgary Stampede was fantastic; her first fence turn was amazing!”

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x Chic Dry x Smart Chic Olena), and the pair have been a team since day one. The horse’s ability to stop big has carried them into some great wins. In 2018, they won the Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association’s Cowtown Derby Level One Limited Open Derby, which was Watson-Wilson’s best memory of the year. In her words, this year was “one for the books” and she hopes more like it are to come.

“I’d like to thank my biggest supporter, and my number one fan, my mom Trish Watson. And a huge thank you to all the owners who stood behind me and gave me great opportunities to learn and show their horses,” said the Salmon, British Columbia trainer. “Biggest challenge I faced this year was the level of competition I was against. Everybody wanted ‘it’ just as bad as I did, which kept me constantly striving to hit goals every time I stepped into the arena.”

Non Pro Hackamore

CLAYTON HINES / NORTHERN GUNS

Rocky Rapids, Alberta, Non Pro Clayton Hines and 2014 gelding Northern Guns (Maximum Echo x Rose Holly x Mr Play Holly) took the top spot in the region for the Non Pro Hackamore.

Non Pro Two Rein

PHOEBE BUSHNELL / LOW RIDIN CAT DR

Aboard her 2012 gelding Low Ridin Cat Dr (High Flyin Cat x Smart Mahogany Dr x Blue Spark Olena), Phoebe Bushnell, of Black Diamond, Alberta, won the 2018 Regional Championship for the Non Pro Two Rein.

Youth Bridle

Ryan GREY / YOR DRY NOON SMART BLU STARLITE / WHITNEY WATSON-WILSON

Reined cow horse trainer Whitney Watson-Wilson started her 2014 gelding, Smart Blu Starlite (Meradas Blu Starlite

Aaron Grey, of Edmonton, Alberta, rode 2008 gelding YOR Dry Noon (YOR High Noon x YOR High N Dry x YOR High Noon), owned by his father Aaron Grey, to the Youth Bridle title.

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COREY LEE DAVIS / LENAS SMOKIN JAC

Corey and Mike Davis raised their 2009 stallion Lenas Smokin Jac (Jacs Electric Spark x Smokin Up Lena x Smokin 45) and credit the horse’s kind attitude with much of his success. In 2018, Corey piloted “Hank” to the regional award, but says that horse showing is a family and friends affair. Coaches Shayne and Tressie Smith make working on cow horse fun, and Corey says her “cowhorse girl group” is a great support.

“By having these horses, we can all lift each other through the tough and not so tough times. I feel pretty lucky to ride, show, and win on one of my own,” said 45-year-old Corey, of Lethbridge, Alberta.

“I really get anxious when I’m in a clutch situation with a cow and things get going too fast. He’s a really big mover and likes to be physical on a cow. I work to trust my horses and just show them.”

up when the mare, called “Mojito,” was born on couples farm.

“Mojito and I started competing together in 2014, when she was three,” says 40-year-old Holt. “She is always willing and incredibly consistent to show. From the day she was born, this mare has been very special to me and has helped me to make so many dreams come true. I thank Ian and my family for their support, and trainer Brad Pedersen, whose guided us throughout our career.”

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DOUGLAS McDANIEL / CR TUFFS MAGIC TONIC

5k Non Pro Limited

ROBYN MORRISON / WHIZ N BOOGIE

SHELLY M. HOLT / WAY TOO HIGH

Finding balance between work and riding is a challenge for Shelly Holt, who is the office manager of Holt Agricarriers Group Inc, in Irma, Alberta. Yet, she and 2011 Appaloosa mare Way Too High (High Sign Nugget x Im Jessalena x Ima Northern Lena) , who is owned by her husband Ian C. Hryirchuk, managed to capture the 2018 5k Non Pro Limited Regional Championship. The pair teamed

In 2018, Robyn Morrison won her first buckle in cow horse, and she did it on 2005 gelding Whiz N Boogie (BL Whiz Kid x Boogies Flashy Lady x Wanabee Flashy) with a score of 146.5 at the Cowtown Derby. It was a memorable moment for the High River, Alberta, horsewoman, who lives on a family ranch and feedlot with her husband, Jonathan, and 2-year-old daughter.

“My horse is cowy with a ton of try and heart,” she said. “My trainer, Vance Kaglea, is the reason I have had any success this year. I would also like to thank Clint Swales for his help at some shows, and of course, a huge thank you to my husband for being there every step of the way.”

For 17-year-old Douglas A. McDaniel, Jr., 2018 was a great year. He and 2011 mare, CR Tuffs Magic Tonic (Woody Be Tuff x Miss Oak Tonic x Little Peppy Oak), took the 2017 Youth Limited Reserve World Champion title home to Portland, Indiana, from their first world show.

For the last two years, the high school student has worked to overcome getting his lead changes and succeed in bettering his riding.

“She is a massive stopper and she can slide in almost any dirt,” he said of his mare. “I want to thank Cayley Wilson and family, Katie, Ryley and Gracie, and also my friends Sheila and Rick Landes and Dave and Brenda McCartney. My thanks to my crew, Kendal Page, Anna Gimblett and Julie Wilson. Finally, thank you to my parents, Lee Ann and Douglas McDaniel.”

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INTERNATIONAL Open Bridle

PEPTOS LIL BINGO / markus schopfer

Markus Schopfer, of Ivrea, Italy, piloted his 2002 stallion Peptos Lil Bingo (Peptoboonsmal x Conchita Gay Bingo x Bingo Hickory) to the Open Bridle International Regional Champion title.

Limited Open Bridle

JACS ROYAL BOONSMAL / richard foster

Richard Forster, of Obertaufkirchen, Germany, rode his 2006 stallion Jacs Royal Boonsmal (Royal Boonsmal x Zans Glenda Jac x Mr Smoken Eighty Six) to the International Limited Open Bridle award.

Non Pro Bridle

Allen. I also want to thank NRCHA and their affiliated ERCHA for the great effort put in to organize and build a European reined cow horse scene.”

MASTER N SMOKE / markus schopfer

Owned by Florian Morawitz, Jr and shown by Markus Schopfer, 2014 stallion Master N Smoke (Master Kaweah x Rum N Smoke x Rum Squall) earned the International Open Hackamore Regional Champion title.

Markus Schopfer and Jason Patrick for her success with the mare.

“The biggest challenge was having a green horse and I have not had many chances to acquire a lot of show experience down the fence,” Walliser said. “I remember my first time when I turned the cow on the fence just hoping that everything would go well! After that, I got addicted and our confidence grew and we got better each show. She has exceeded my expectations and always gives her best.”

Open Two Rein

Youth Bridle

Owned by Ingo Linke and ridden by Tomas Barta of Vienna, Austria, 2012 gelding Smartest Aristocrat (Smartest Magician x Especial Aristocrat x Smart Aristocrat) earned the International Open Two Rein title.

Riding her 2008 gelding Dr Starfish (Lenas Starfish x Fancy Lil What x Doctor What), Gina Mel Optiz of Isselberg, Germany, earned the International Youth Bridle title.

Open Hackamore

SMARTEST ARTISTOCRAT / tomas barta

Non Pro Two Rein

GINA MEL OPTIZ / DR STARFISH

Youth Limited

PETER TRIXNER / CHICS FLUFFED

A rancher in St. Veit Kaernten, Austria, Peter Trixner found a love of reined cow horse through friend Blue Allen.

Today, that love found Trixner at the top of the regional awards for the Non Pro Bridle with his 2009 gelding, Chics Fluffed (Smart Chic Olena x Fluff Your Feathers x Gallo Del Cielo). The duo won the autumn NRCHA European Reined Cow Horse Association show on their way to the title.

“This is our first year together [as horse and rider], and we are on the way to becoming a great team,” Trixner said. “Besides my lil son, Thomas, whose pride was my main motivator, I dedicate this success to my friend and trainer Blue

ELINA DENISE LINDSTAD / PEARLS PEPPY LADY VERA WALLISER / SMOOTH PLAYIN WOODY

Swiss rider Vera Walliser and her 2009 mare, Smooth Playin Woody (Nitas Wood x Play Short Stop x Freckles Playboy), teamed up in 2011. The cowy mare is always willing to do her best, Walliser says. The 2018 show year saw the pair make a “perfect” fence turn in the two rein at the European Reined Cow Horse Association Futurity on their way to earning the regional award. Walliser credits

Elina Denise Lindstad, 18, and 2001 mare Pearls Peppy Lady (Peppy Zan Lena x Leo Ladys Pearl x Benitos Pearl) worked hard in 2018 to defend their reined cow horse titles against the new, competitive youth riders coming up in the European Reined Cow Horse Association.

The Gothenburg, Sweden, high school student paired with the mare seven years ago, and the duo have worked to “fearlessly take on every challenge” they face,

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“First of all I would like to thank my horse, of course. But I also want to thank my dad/mentor and my family for their support during the season,” she said.

“We got just as much support as the amateur and open riders, which makes me very happy. Thanks for these shows

and show seasons. I’m looking forward to show with NRCHA as an amateur rider!”

Non Pro Limited

TANJA THIESS / GATLINGS HOT COOKIE

Riding her 2008 mare Gatlings Hot Cookie (Gatling Gun x Chris Peppy Lena x Taco Lena), Non Pro Tanja Thiess, Wehrheim, Germany, earned the International Non Pro Limited title.

5k Non Pro Limited

SOPHIE KRUSPE / MR CHESMU PEPPY BOON

Sophie Kruspe, of Salzhemmendorf, Germany, rode 2010 gelding Mr Chesmu Peppy Boon (Jacs Royal Boonsmal x LS Deltas Bright Star x LS Delta Flyers Peppy), owned by Martin Schemuth, to the International 5K Non Pro Limited award.

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Beckett, who didn’t start riding until he was 60, just seven years ago. “I have owned some great horses in my short time of riding, but Junior is my favorite.

I’m honored to have him!”

Limited Open Bridle

TOP GUN WHISKEY / MATTHEW M. SCHLEGEL

CUTTIN WRIGHT UP / TRAVIS YOUNG

For owner David Beckett, 2011 gelding Cuttin Wright Up (Hes Wright On x Isabellena x Quejanaisalena) is the best horse he’s ever owned. The gelding carried trainer Travis Young to numerous Open Bridle wins in 2018, and culminated the year with the Open regional title. In addition, the Open-caliber horse took owner Beckett to a number of wins.

When Beckett showed “Junior” at the Colorado Drought Buster show, he’d only had the horse three weeks, but the gelding and Beckett won the Non Pro Limited Spectacular and Young won the Open Bridle.

“Junior is such a great horse! He is not only an Open horse but is capable of putting up with a rider like me,” said

Matthew M. Schlegel piloted Top Gun Whiskey (Paddys Irish Whiskey x Cowgun x Playgun), a 2012 stallion owned by Jodie and Warren Woroniecki of Hebron, North Dakota, to the Limited Open Bridle title.

Non Pro Bridle

bridle class, went down the fence for the first time and also competed at the Snaffle Bit Futurity for the first time. She did it all aboard 2006 gelding Hollywood Shines (Doing It Shiney x Brennas Kitten x Brennas Kid), who her parents, Desiree and Jeff Westfall, purchased in February 2018. The horse challenged Nicole to learn how to go down the fence, especially on on “a big, physical horse.” She credits her success to trainers Dave and Reanna Dillman.

“Starting this year, Reanna will no longer be training, and it’s really hard to know that I won’t have her by my side as my coach and trainer. I’m really thankful for the friendship we’ve created and I know I’ll still have her support and encouragement. I’m thankful to have Dave to help me every step of the way and continue to better my riding and my showmanship skills,” Nicole said. “I’m really thankful my parents let me show such a wonderful horse. If it weren’t for my family’s support and help I wouldn’t be able to juggle school and showing at the same time.”

NICOLE M. WESTFALL / HOLLYWOOD SHINES

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MEG RALSTON / NIC STOLE MY HEART

Colorado Non Pro Meg Ralston rode her 2011 gelding Nic Stole My Heart (Shining Lil Nic x Paddys Stolen Heart x Paddys Irish Whiskey) to the Intermediate Non Pro Bridle Championship for the North Central Region.

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also carried Wheatley’s son, Regan, to many wins in the Youth. The horse is part of the family.

“Balancing work, kids, sports and horses is always a challenge. I don’t have time to go for lessons as much as I’d like to, but luckily I have a horse that packs me. He’s taught me so much about what it takes to do this event,” Wheatley said.

She credits her dad, judge and trainer Jack McComber, with encouraging her to go down the fence. “Also, I’m thankful that my husband, Scot, puts up with my cow horse obsession and I’m really grateful that my kids get to show and we can share the horses. My farrier, Jim Quick, is responsible for Tippy being able to go at all. We would not have the nice horses we have without the help and guidance of Blue Allen. I feel like I’ll leave someone out, but Jeb Stoltzfus, Matt Koch, Darren Miller—those are people who have very selflessly helped Regan and I over the years.”

Open Hackamore

IM COUNTIN PENNIES / LAVERT AVENT

Aboard Im Countin Pennies (Im Countin Chex x Chic This x Chic Please), a 2013 mare owned by Douglas Grendell, of Kiowa, Colorado, Lavert Avent rode to the North Central Open Hackamore title.

BONNIE WHEATLEY / LM TYPICAL SHADOW

Calhan, Colorado, competitor Bonnie Wheatley finally got her own name listed in the results of the Reined Cow Horse News with the Novice Non Pro Bridle win.

The magazine’s former editor, Wheatley said winning the title on 2003 gelding LM Typical Shadow (Typical Hickory x Peps Pumpkin x Peppys Shadow) was a surprise. Her goal for 2018 was to show enough to qualify for the Celebration of Champions, an event that this horse previously helped Wheatley qualify for her first time. An “old war horse,” “Tippy”

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SMART TANGO SPARKLE / MATT MATUSIO

Colorado cow horse trainer Matt

Matusio and 2014 mare Smart Tango Sparkle (Smart Lena Boon x Lil Quixote Spark Dr x Blue Spark Olena) have paired up the last two years to bring home checks for owner Paula Gore.

“She is a very cowy horse but getting her lead changes was a struggle,” said Matusio. “I’d like to thank Tom and Paula Gore for having me ride her, and thank my wife, Katie, for everything she does.”

Non Pro Hackamore

JENNIFER J. OSTENSON / SEVEN S HESA CAT

Showing through her nerves was a challenge for Longmont, Colorado, banker Jennifer Ostenson, but she learned to trust 2013 gelding Seven S Hesa Cat (Bet Hesa Cat x Seven S Shady Cat x Cj Sugar Lena) when making big fence runs. To further help her, she relied on Dr. Steve Walker, a mental performance coach.

Her work started to pay off at the 2017 NRCHA World Show, held in February 2018, when it all came together in her Derby fence run.

“I had only been riding him for a couple of months. I remember going down the fence and starting to chicken out, then just trusting him. We had a great run; it was super fun,” she said.

“First and foremost I’d like to thank Jim and Jill Cook for training this horse and coaching me. They were super supportive throughout the year and did a great job. And lastly, Erin Taormino for selling me this great horse that I just love.”

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Travelin Lynx (Sophisticated Catt x Travelin With Sass x Travalena), a 2012 mare owned by Big Sky Performance Horses, carried trainer Travis J. Young to the Open Two Rein title.

Tylor R. Todd of Rexford, Kansas, rode her 2006 gelding Smart Rem N Be (Very Smart Remedy x Be Bob To Reno x Bob Acre Doc) to the Youth Bridle Championship for the North Central Region.

Non Pro Limited rider Katie Matusio, of Calhan, Colorado, feels blessed to be doing what she loves with horses and with the people she loves. That passion for reined cow horse helped Matusio and 2004 gelding SM Just In Time (A Chic In Time x Doc N Coco x Dox Coco Lena) make memories during the 2018 show season. She recalls scoring her personal best reining run and holding an exceptionally hard cow during on late-night Non Pro Limited class. Gate person Tawney Fye has said to give them something to look at, and Matusio did just that.

“My horse gave me his entire heart to hold that cow, earning us a boxing score of 150, and that is what we work toward!

He is so incredibly cowy,” Matusio said.

“My husband, Matt, has been a huge help in teaching me to work a cow. He pushes me to be better. We have a great group in the Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association, including many other trainers who are always willing to give help and advice.”

TRAVELIN LYNX / TRAVIS YOUNG

Non Pro Two Rein

BETTY LOU VALDEZ / A SHOOTING SPARK

A retired special education teacher from La Junta, Colorado, Betty Lou Valdez had taken a sabbatical from reined cow horse to haul her daughter to rodeos. But, she still had the cow horse bug and entered a young horse in the 2018 Snaffle Bit Futurity. To prepare, she and 2010 gelding A Shooting Spark (Cinnabars Lil Lena x Gees A Shining Star x Shining Spark) got back into the show ring. It didn’t take long for Valdez to knock the rust off her riding and start winning.

“I’ve owned this horse since he was a yearling. As long as I do my part to help him, he’s a really nice fence horse,” she said. “He’s always been a horse that wants to stop, as well. My biggest challenge [this year] was getting back in that mindset and the groove of showing. I owe lots of thanks to my husband, Robert. Everything I get to do with horses is because of him. It’s been lots of fun getting back to the reined cow horse shows.”

TYLOR R. TODD / SMART REM N BE

Youth Limited

BREANNE N. FARIS / WRANGLERS LAST ATTAK

For 15-year-old Breanne Faris, getting Wranglers Last Attak (Starlights Wrangler x Smart Attack x Smart Little Lena) to ride was a dream come true.

The 2008 gelding is owned by Breanne’s mother Jody Faris, and Breanne says he is one-of-a-kind. The pair faced challenges in 2018 getting together on their lead changes and cow work, but did have a 74 score in the boxing this year, which was a highlight fro Breanne. In addition to boxing, she shows “Joe” in reining and ranch riding, all under the guidance of trainer Darren Miller.

“I owe most of my success to him. He’s a very special horse and I am so glad to call him mine! I can’t wait to see what the future holds for us,” said Breanne.

“I want to thank my mom and dad for always supporting me and for all the sacrifices they have made to help make my dreams come true. My trainer, Darren Miller, for helping me achieve my goals, pushing me to be better and for always having faith and confidence in me, especially when I didn’t have it in myself.”

KATIE MATUSIO / SM JUST IN TIME

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MICHAEL C. TRACY / ONE SMOKIN TAZ

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///////// NRCHA Regional Champions Cook of J&J Cook Performance Horses, the pair got into a groove by the Drought Buster show in McCook, Nebraska. Now, the 65-year-old wireless network administrator from Fort Lupton, Colorado, and “Ringo” can count a regional year-end award among their firsts.

“I was 55 when I entered my first equestrian event, and 60 when I first entered reined cow horse,” Tracy said.

“The progress has been pretty overwhelming. Right after purchasing Ringo we had some struggles and without great coaching from Jim Cook, we never would have made it to this level.”

1k Non Pro Limited

Open Hackamore

Limited Open Hackamore

JENNIFER WOODMANSEE / CHICODY LEO

Non Pro Jennifer Woodmansee of Greeley, Colorado, rode her 2005 gelding, Chicody Leo (Smart Chic Olena x Miss Topsail Okie x Topsail Cody), to the 1K Non Pro Limited North Central Region title.

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STRAIGHT TO WIN / darren bilyea

Darren Bilyea piloted 2008 mare Straight To Win (Strait To Texas x Sliding To Win x Timmie Chex) to the Open Bridle and Limited Open Bridle Northeastern Region titles for owner Barb McCaughey of Staffa, Ontario.

SHADY LIL DIAMONDS / Darren Bilyea

Owner Barbara J. McCaughey, of Staffa, Ontario, and trainer Darren N. Bilyea both rode 2013 mare Shady Lil Diamonds (Shady Lil Starlight x Start With Diamonds x Gun Start) to earn the Limited Open Hackamore Northeastern Region title.

Non Pro Bridle / Intermediate Non Pro Bridle / Novice Non Pro Bridle

Non Pro Hackamore

METALLIC BOON / DOMINIC CONICELLI ESTATE

JAMES ROTH / KICK UP THE LIGHTS

James Roth of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, rode his 2010 gelding Kick Up The Lights (CD Lights x Kickback Nic x Nic It In The Bud) to the Non Pro, Intermediate Non Pro and Novice Non Pro Bridle titles.

Trainer and rider Mark Sigler piloted 2014 mare Metallic Boon (Metallic Cat x Flo N Blu Boon x Pretty Boy Boon) to the Open Hackamore Regional Champion title all while working to instill show pen confidence in the mare during the 2018 show season. The 36-year-old trainer says it took a lot of schooling runs, but the work paid off when the pair had a great hackamore run in October at the 2018 Snaffle Bit Futurity. Owned by the late Dominic L. Conicelli Estate, Sigler appreciates the opportunity to ride the mare.

“She has a big heart and is always trying to please,” he said. “Dom Conicelli and family have allowed me to ride great horses and given me the greatest of opportunities to do what I love. Dom is missed every day.”

LIA SAVAS / METALLIC NICKEL

For Lia Savas, of Huntington, New York, the biggest challenge to her show year is to find cattle to practice with in the winter months. Yet, that didn’t stop this 45-year-old farm owner from competing on her 2014 gelding, Metallic Nickel (Metallic Cat x Nickel N Dime Smart x Smart Little Lena), and earning the regional championship.

“I bought this horse as a 2-year-old out of a cutting program and sent him to Mark Sigler,” Savas said. “He didn’t have

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///////// NRCHA Regional Champions any reining maneuvers when Mark got him, but he caught up quick. The horse is all business and will give you all he’s got if you ask for it. The faster the cow, the better he turns for me! He’s a special horse.”

Open Two Rein

C R MR BEANS / GREG J. CRISPIN

Though a pair for the last four years, its only recently that Greg Crispin began to show owner Mary Jo MacDonnellBoisevert’s 2011 gelding C R Mr Beans (Spooks Gotta Gun x Excessive Lena x Smart Chic Olena) in NRCHA events.

Before, the gelding earned money in National Reining Horse Association and American Quarter Horse Association reining and ranching riding classes, and this year earned his first NRCHA regional title.

“C R Mr Beans’ most special talent is the way he moves. He is smooth and riding him feels like what I think riding a cloud would be like,” said owner Boisevert. “I would like to thank Greg Crispin for his hard work both at home and in the show pen. Thanks to Greg, C R Mr Beans has become a successful all-around horse, and for that I am grateful.”

Non Pro Two Rein

RICHARD A. ROSELL / UNO CAN DEW IT

When Richard Rosell stays “out of his way,” 2012 gelding Uno Can Dew It (Uno What Time It Is x Dew It Flo x

Mr Peponita Flo) is the best fence horse he’s ever ridden. The gelding, called “Waylon,” carried rider and owner Rosell to the Non Pro Two Rein Northeastern Regional Championship with his characteristic fence turns that Rosell describes as “sitting in your easy chair.” Rosell credits trainer Mark Sigler and his wife of 58 years, Sue, and two daughters, Meg and Jill, with his success.

“Waylon will be a great bridle horse and I hope to start his career after we try to win the two rein championship this year,” said 81-year-old Rosell, of Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania. “I also want to thank Robert Smith for always reminding me to ‘pull your head out of your butt’ when I go into the pen! Robert has a way with words.”

Youth Limited

ALEX ROSE / PEPPYS HICKORY JANE

Youth Alex Rose, of Gallipolis, Ohio, rode 2003 mare Peppys Hickory Jane (Peppys Lil Wil x Hickorys Jane x Doc’s Hickory), a horse owned by his mother Kim Jividen-Rose, to the Northeastern Region Youth Limited award.

Non Pro Limited

EDITH PETACCIO / WHITE KNIGHT TIME

The first year Edith Petaccio paired up with 2011 gelding White Knight Time (One Time Pepto x Little Lady Stylish x Smart Little Uno) resulted in two yearend Non Pro Limited titles, one for the Region and another for the Atlantic Reined Cow Horse Association. The Skippack, Pennsylvania, office manager purchased the gelding based on photos, videos and the word of Canadian trainer Cayley Wilson. Now, the team works with trainer Mark Sigler.

“Our biggest challenge this year was to get on the same page. Things finally came together for our run at the Snaffle Bit Futurity in Fort Worth, a year after I purchased him,” Petaccio said. “Mark

Sigler has a great non pro program and is there to pick up the pieces whenever I fall apart. I’ve made some wonderful friends through this horse and this is just the beginning!”

5k Non Pro Limited

MEGAN WILDERMUTH / HICKORYS HAPPY JACK

Non Pro Megan Wildermuth of Queensbury, New York, roder her 2004 gelding Hickorys Happy Jack (Leanin Hickory x Jae Bar Aileen x Docs Jack Sprat) to the 5K Non Pro Limited award.

1k Non Pro Limited

TAMMY GETTYS / LENAS PLAYCHIC

It is a family affair for the Gettys and 2005 gelding Lenas Playchic (Lenas Sugarman x Play For Chic x Smart Chic Olena). Not only does Tammy, a 44-year-old massage therapist, show “Tucker” in reined cow horse, her husband, Jeffrey, also shows him in ranch versatility and son Trevor ropes on the horse. A member of the Atlantic Reined Cow Horse Association, Tammy recalls her most memorable show being their Fall Spectacular, when her entire family watched her achieve the affiliate’s yearend high point.

“I want to thank my family, especially my husband for all his positive encouragement, and TJ Horsemanship,” said Tammy, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. “My biggest challenge is getting past my stop markers whether it’s my nerves in the show pen or my horse anticipating we continually work on it. I love that I can ride Tucker in the 1k Non Pro Limited and then my 8-year-old son, Trevor, can show him in the Youth class.”

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NORTHWEST Open Bridle

TEN LUCE / Michael d. helsen

Mike Helsen of Mercer Island, Washington, piloted Susan and Mike Stowell’s 2010 gelding Ten Luce (Tenlight x Im On The Luc x Doctors Kit) to the 2018 Open Bridle Northwest Region title.

Limited Open Bridle

the next day while I was showing him, he shattered his right front leg and had to cross the rainbow bridge. Making a fence run was the most special thing to do on this horse. I want to thank Mysti, Caleb Jantz and Carol Schryver for their help.”

Non Pro Bridle / Intermediate Non Pro Bridle / Novice Non Pro Bridle

nobody creates bridle horses for the long run like Dan. I am so appreciative of their amazing staff: Gerardo Arias, Cody Hanson and Thomas Clover. I am fortunate to live in an area with many talented and generous NRCHA professionals and have particularly benefited from the advice of Christina Allen, Jeremy Meador and Jake Telford.”

Open Hackamore

PLAYIN SHADY / jim spence

Jim Spence rode Pamela Resetar Davini’s 2013 stallion Playin Shady (Shady Lil Starlight x Lipschic x Smart Chic Olena) to the Open Hackamore title.

Limited Open Hackamore

LUCKY LIL LENA DR / LISA D. WHINFREY TOO LONG TIL AUTUMN / MYSTI E. McMASTER

For Lisa Krogh, earning the 2018 Regional Champion title with 2009 gelding Too Long Til Autumn (Autumn Acre x Lil Lena Long Legs x Smart Little Lena) is bittersweet. Following a fabulous 2018 show year, the gelding was put down when he shattered his front leg at the Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association Futurity. Trainer Mysti McMaster piloted the gelding to the Magic Valley Reined Cow Horse Association Limited Open win in Filer, Idaho, and also won the Limited Open for the Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association. Krogh says watching “Shorty” and McMaster win four classes for the 5K wins at the Montana Reined Cow Horse Futurity will remain her best memory.

“It was so bittersweet. It was such an amazing year with us doing so well and me becoming one with my horse. Shorty was my best buddy,” Krogh said. “At Idaho, Mysti kicked [butt] with my horse to win the Limited Open Bridle. Then,

ALLISON PARKER / LENAS IT MAN

Allison Parker, of Eagle, Idaho, purchased 2010 gelding Lenas It Man (Play It Out x Lenas Remmi x Reminic) on trainer Dan Roeser’s suggestion that the horse would take her to the next level, and Roeser was right. The horse has carried the 34-year-old to three regional awards this year, and also to her highest fence score, a 74 score given by Parker’s personal cow horse hero Sandy Collier.

“I grew up riding hunter jumpers and was introduced to cow horses through Dan Roeser in 2013. Apple is fast, physical, and cowy. His consistency down the fence has given me the confidence to build my skills on challenging cattle,” said Parker. “I am lucky that Roeser Ranch makes showing seamless and am thankful for my husband, Jeff Roelke, and my mom, Cindy Parker, who have dedicated significant amounts of their time to my horse pursuits. Also, many thanks to Dan Roeser and Corina Curtis. They have an incredible program-

Lisa Whinfrey piloted 2013 mare Lucky Lil Lena Dr (Autumnator x Smokey Lucky Lena Dr x Mr Smokey Lena) to the Limited Open Hackamore title for owner Lisa Diane Kittel, of Marsing, Idaho.

Non Pro Hackamore

RANDY GAMBLE / VERY SHINEY REMEDY

Long-time team Randy Gamble and 2014 gelding Very Shiney Remedy (Very Smart Remedy x Shirley Shine x Shining Spark) rode to a 148 score in the hackamore at the Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association Derby, the highlight of Gamble’s year. Gamble lives in Prineville, Oregon, and co-owns the horse with his wife, Celia. He thanks trainer Shane Steffen for his help during the 2018 show year.

Open Two Rein

PLAYINLIGHTSOUT / chad blaisdell

Chad T. Blaisdell and his 2012 stallion, Playinlightsout (Royal Fletch x Lil Sally Cat x High Brow Cat), earned the Open Two Rein Northwest Regional Championship.

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CAITLIN WIRTH / PEPTOLENA BABE

Peptolena Babe (Jasons Peptolena x Bob Acre Babe x Bob Acre Doc), a 2012 mare, carried Caitlin Wirth to the Non Pro Two Rein title. The mare is owned

by Steve, Shelley and Caitlin Wirth of Roseburg, Oregon.

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Youth Bridle

JESSE SPENCE / NIC THE WRANGLER

Yamhill, Oregon, Youth Jesse Spence rode 2007 stallion Nic The Wrangler (Starlights Wrangler x Nic N Chic x Reminic), owned by Jim Spence, to the Youth Bridle title.

Youth Limited

MAYCN McCULLOUGH / HAIDAWHIZ

Maycn McCullough, of Caldwell, Idaho, rode her 2009 stallion, Haidawhiz (Topsail Whiz x Shes My Darling x Haidas Little Pep), to the Youth Limited Northwest Regional Award.

MAUREEN McCANN MELBY / CHROME PLATED CAT

For Maureen Melby, the 2018 show year didn’t go as planned. She and 2012 gelding Chrome Plated Cat (Metallic Cat x Tootsie Rey x Dual Rey) teamed up in April when Melby’s father, Jerry, purchased the horse. Melby, a 51-year-old account administrator from Enumclaw, Washington, was back to riding after taking a hiatus to support her daughter’s horse show goals. The team won the Northwest Reined Cow Horse

Association’s Cow Horse Challenge Non Pro Limited Spectacular and Melby set her sights on a great year.

“I was having a fantastic show year.

This horse is meticulous with his footwork on a cow. We went to The Reno Snaffle Bit Show and I didn’t get to show due to a colic surgery. Sitting out for the rest of the show season was not what I had in mind,” Melby said. “I’d like to thank my parents, Jerry and Shirley McCann, for allowing me to ride such a great horse and always being so supportive of me. Thank you to brother and trainer, Dean McCann, for always having my horse ready to go show, and my husband Chris for all of his love and support.”

1k Non Pro Limited

EMILY KENNEDY / JUST AN AWESOME MATE

Bend, Oregon, Non Pro Emily Kennedy rode her 2003 mare, Just An Awesome Mate (Smart Little Mate x De Ra Al x Half Chick Echo), to the 1K Non Pro Limited title.

SOUTH CENTRAL Open Bridle

Limited Open Bridle

REYS A SHINE / CLAY VOLMER

CHICKERY LENA / TAYLOR GILLESPIE

The 2011 stallion by Dual Rey out of Lil Miss Shiney Chex by Shining Spark is owned by Kirk Johnston of Anderson, Texas, and shown by Clay Volmer, of Weatherford, Texas, to the Open Bridle Regional Champion title.

Chickery Lena (Smart Chic Olena x Corchas Girl x Doc’s Hickory), a 2009 mare, earned the Limited Open Bridle award with Taylor Gillespie. Lesley Marshall of Tucumcari, New Mexico, owns the mare.

Non Pro Bridle

MATTIE E. ALEXANDER / GENUINE MASTERPIECE

For the last two years, Mattie Alexander and 2005 stallion Genuine Masterpiece (Shining Spark x Kings Masterpiece x Peppy San Badger) have paired up to capture several NRCHA wins, including the

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///////// NRCHA Regional Champions 2017 National Champion in Intermediate Non Pro Bridle and the 2018 AQHA Reserve World Champion Amateur Working Cow Horse. The 28-year-old speech pathologist from Weatherford, Texas, faces the challenge of juggling working full time with being a mom and showing her horse.

“I don’t get to practice very often, if at all, so I had to count on my trainer to have G-Man ready and trust that he’d do what he knows how to do in the pen,” said Alexander. “My trainer, Jay McLaughlin, is the reason I have been as successful as I have been this year, and every year since I started showing horses. He puts 1,000-percent into me and my horse, and always makes sure we are ready to go. I also have to especially thank my parents, husband and son, Logan, for being so supportive. There’s no way I could do this if it weren’t for them. I have the most incredible support system and ‘team’ that I could ever imagine and I’m so fortunate to have them all!”

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle

JUDY FORTENBERRY / COLD HARD SMART CASH

Regularly attending local shows and riding in Stock Horse of Texas versatility shows kept Bulverde, Texas, rider Judy Fortenberry and her 2009 gelding, Cold Hard Smart Cash (Big Chex To Cash x Smartin Up x Smart Little Lena), primed for NRCHA shows. The horse, co-owned with husband Philip, took Judy the NRCHA Reserve Champion title at the 2017 Celebration of Champions show in February, and performed consistently throughout the year to earn the regional award. Fortenberry credits Don Murphy with mentoring her this year.

Novice Non Pro Bridle

Open Hackamore

ALLYSN LIGHT / THE FRESNO FOX

SMART LOOKIN NURSE / JOHN SWALES

When working a cow on 2006 gelding The Fresno Fox (Heart Of A Fox x Oaks Jewel Doll x Doc Jewel Bars), Allysn Light doesn’t worry about getting outrun, rather, she holds on tight. For the last five years, the Oxford, North Carolina, ranch manager has shown her gelding in the boxing under the guidance of Oklahoma horseman Todd Crawford. In addition to NRCHA events, she shows in AQHA reining and the AQHA Ranch Horse Versatility. With half a country between her and her horse, it can be a challenge to practice, but Light credits Crawford with helping her make it work.

“Todd is tireless when it comes to helping his non pros achieve their goals and improve,” Light said. “My husband, Robert, stays home a lot to take care of our business and place so I can show. We make it work.”

Bart and Terri Holowath’s 2013 gelding, Smart Lookin Nurse (WR This Cats Smart x NurseWare x Dual Rey), earned the Open Hackamore award with John Swales in the saddle.

Limited Open Hackamore

PEPTOS ALL ABOUT ME / LIAM MACNEILL

The first championship title for Liam Macneill tops off years of hard work with Peptos All About Me (Peptos Boon Shadow x Docs Red Lass x Freckles Commando), a 2014 gelding he purchased as a 2-year-old and trained himself. The highlight of their show year was the Level One Limited Open win in the 2018 Hackamore Classic.

“Learning to use the hackamore was a challenge this year,” said Macneill.

“Anyone who has listened, given advice and helped me get this far in my reined cow horse career – thank you! It is much

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NEE ON LIGHTS / SHAWN HAYS

TAMMY HAYS / METALLIC SPARKS

Nocona, Texas, Non Pro Tammy Hays and 2014 stallion Metallic Sparks (Metallic Cat x Shine Smartly x Shining Spark) have had a stellar show career together. The 2018 Non Pro Stallion Stakes Champion and 2018 Hackamore Classic Reserve Champion was started as a 2-year-old by Hays’ husband, NRCHA professional Shawn Hays. The quick stallion is co-owned by Hays and her father, Walter Greeman.

“Our Stakes finals fence work this year was a memorable run for me. He tried so hard,” said Tammy, 43. “I want to thank God, my husband, my mom and dad, and Don Murphy for all their help this year.”

Yellow Creek Ranch’s 2012 stallion Nee On Lights (CD Lights x Shine Smartly x Shining Spark) adds another title to his impressive record with the 2018 Regional Championship. Trainer and rider Shawn Hays piloted the stallion to the 2017 Hackamore Open Reserve World Champion title. Hays, who started the horse that remains in his barn in Nocona, Texas, credits Nee On Light’s big stop with his winning runs.

In addition to showing reined cow horse, Nee On Lights competes in AQHA Ranch Riding. Hays thanks Don Murphy for his support and mentorship throughout the years.

Be Tuff x Electras Boots x Doc O Boots) marked her highest-ever herd score of 74 at a Southwest Reined Cow Horse Association show, then at an East Coast Reined Cow Horse Classic, she scored her personal best composite on reining and fence under two judges, a 296.50. It set her up for the rest of the show year, and the 2018 Snaffle Bit Futurity Non Pro Two Rein Champion title. Co-owned with her husband, Paul, Amy says that she’s never had a horse she loves as much as “Woodrow.”

“Woodrow is so smooth to ride and waits on me as I get older, and that means a lot. The biggest challenge was for me to get him to steer off of the rein and soften my hand since he was shown in the hackamore up to the NRCHA Celebration of Champions in February 2018. In four months this horse went from showing in the hackamore to the bridle,” Amy said.

“I really appreciate my husband, Paul, and his support. Thank you to Robert Chown for always getting me prepared and having my horse ready to show.”

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LANNIE-JO LISAC / SOULANOVA

AMY BAILEY / ELECTRA TUFF

It was a memorable year for Amy Bailey of Sparta, Tennessee. In June, she and 2012 gelding Electra Tuff (Woody

Pueblo County High School Freshman Lannie-Jo Lisac and 2006 gelding Soulanova (Soula Jule Star x Round Oak Annie x Smokum Oak) had an incredible show year in 2018. In addition to the regional award, the duo captured the Non Pro Bridle, Intermediate Non Pro

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“I think the biggest challenge this year was my reining. Bucket and I struggled this summer, but we kept working,” said Lannie-Jo. “I would also like to thank my parents, my grandparents, my sister and brother, because without them I wouldn’t be able to travel and ride so much. And last but not least all my horse show family and friends. We all have so much fun together.”

Gainesville, Texas. “I want to thank my trainer and husband, Robert, for training ‘Pebbles’ and for all his knowledge, patience, tough love and endless hours in the practice pen. But most of all, thank you for allowing me to show this great mare and be a part of our family legacy with her.”

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JULIE BOWDEN / ELANS A CHIC

CHERYL CHOWN / SHORT AND ROYAL

For the Chown family, 2002 mare Short And Royal (Short Oak x Haidas Royal Bay x Haidas Little Pep) has been a blessing. Cheryl’s husband, trainer Robert Chown, and daughter, Riley, have also ridden the mare to wins. In 2018, the 16-year-old mare’s heart and try helped Cheryl capture the 2018 Non Pro Limited Regional Championship, which is one more addition to already long resumes for both the horse and rider.

“I can’t thank this mare enough for the confidence she has given me and the opportunity to feel what a great one is like. You are only as good as the horse you are riding and she is truly my once-in-a-lifetime horse,” said Cheryl, of

Non Pro Julie Bowden of Amarillo, Texas, lives five hours from her horse, and finding time to practice is a challenge. In 2018, she and 2007 gelding Elans A Chic (Elans Playboy x Starring A Chic x Smart Chic Olena) started the year by winning the Non Pro Limited World Championship at the Celebration of Champions and then went on to compete enough to pocket the 5K Non Pro Limited Regional Award. Bowden, 48, says she couldn’t have done it without the support of her trainers, Christian and Danielle Lybbert, or her family and friends.

“I had taken 20 years off from showing and was completely clueless about reined cow horse competitions,” said Bowden.

“I dreamed of competing at this level three years ago, but I didn’t know how it was going to happen. What I’ve learned is the people of NRCHA are helpful, encouraging and bring you in like family. I would tell any beginner to come on! Don’t be intimidated. This group of people have your back!”

1k Non Pro Limited

STEPHANIE KUHN / CD SMOOTH KITTY

The 2018 show season was quite a year for Stephanie Kuhn, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, and her homebred and raised 2012 mare, CD Smooth Kitty (Smooth As A Cat x Starlet CD x Royale CD). The pair teamed up six years ago, but this year, nabbed 1K and 5K Snaffle Bit Futurity championships, and the 1K Southwest Reined Cow Horse Association Pre Futurity Circuit Champion title on the way to win the 1K Non Pro Limited regional title.

“My biggest challenge of the 2018 show season would have to be getting Kitty in front of cattle. We don’t have cattle at home therefore my pre-works at the shows were often humorous as I tried to get the cow-fresh off her the night before our class,” said Kuhn, who has shown in NRCHA two years. “She was started and trained by myself, so when I show her, it’s like laying my heart and soul out there for everyone to see. I need to thank my parents and my sister, Susanne, for their help and support and I need to thank Wade Meador for helping me with my confidence, stepping up some of my maneuvers, and with my cow work.”

Youth Limited

WALT AARON / SHINERS PLAY WRIGHT

Walt Aaron of Commerce, Texas, rode Shiners Play Wright (Shining Spark x Play A Masterpiece x Freckles Playboy), a 2007 gelding owned by Aaron Ranch, to the Youth Limited South Central Region award.

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QUIXOTES SMARTREMEDY / BRANDY JOHNSON & JOE HARPER

DOCS PEPPY SMOKE / GUILLERMO RECIO

Coming off an injury that sidelined Quixotes Smartremedy (Very Smart Remedy x Precious Quixote x Doc Quixote) for much of 2017, the 2011 gelding bounced back to have a stellar 2018 show season. Owner Jane D. Moulton started the gelding, called “Rem,” under saddle seven years ago. In addition to being a competitive Open horse, Rem is good-minded for her to show in the Non Pro. At the Misty Meadows Fall Spectacular show in Ontario, Moulton recalls Rem and trainer Joe Harper winning the Open Bridle Spectacular and Open Bridle, then she piloted the gelding to win the 1K Non Pro Limited.

“I fractured my arm in a non-horse accident in May and was unable to ride for three months, which was most of my show season. I was still in a brace a week before the Ilderton, Ontario, show, so I didn’t have much riding time before the show. Rem settles back down to a non pro level so that I can show and be successful with him,” Moulton said. “I can not thank enough my trainers Joe Harper and Brandy Johnson from Harper Training Stables. Joe has helped me so much and has given me the confidence to show in the NRCHA. I am looking forward to showing Rem myself in 2019.”

After an 8 year break from the show pen, 2004 Paint mare Docs Peppy Smoke (Mister Dual Pep x Smart Smoke x Freckle Face Smoke), called “Bunny,” came back with a vengeance. Owner and rider Guillermo Recio hadn’t shown NRCHA in 11 years, but with Bunny, regained his love of riding cow horse when he moved from California to Florida in early 2017.

The mare, which Recio purchased in 2005 as a yearling, qualified her rider for his first NRCHA Celebration of Champions with limited showing in 2017.

“It was a challenge this year to show.

The amount of rainfall we got in 2018 and not having a covered arena severely curtailed my riding time,” said Recio, of Pierson, Florida. “I want to thank Hall of Famers Stan Fonsen, who got me started in cow horse, and Les Vogt, who kept me going. Last, but not least, Tom Neel for your help and guidance.”

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SAREECE B. BROWN / VERY SMART PLAYMATE

For years, Very Smart Playmate (Very Smart Remedy x Gunna Be Mine x Gunna Smoke) lived at the trainer’s barn, but in 2018, Sareece Brown brought the mare home to Yellow Creek Ranch in Franklin, Tennessee. In 2018, Brown went to more local shows and fewer premier events, giving herself and her horse a break from the stress of hauling, and it made a difference.

“I took her to some smaller shows and did different classes on her, and got back to why I love riding so much,” said Brown. “I am so blessed by [this horse], and she is my forever horse.”

Brown thanks trainer Shawn Hays and his assistant Robert Smith for all the assistance, even though she lives 12 hours from their facility.

At the end of the show season, the NRCHA sends an email notification to all regional champions requesting information from the winners for announcement. Be on the lookout for this announcement next year so we can showcase your hard work!

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SHADY LIL DIAMONDS / DARREN BILYEA

Open Two Rein

Open rider Darren Bilyea piloted Shady Lil Diamonds (Shady Lil Starlight x Start With Diamonds x Gun Start), a 2013 mare owned by Barb McCaughey, of Staffa, Ontario, to the Limited Open Hackamore title.

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DIANA M. ALBERT-MILLER / THECROWDLOVESADUAL JENNIFER RICHARDS / LEAN IT BIG

Aboard 2010 gelding Lean It Big (Dun It Big x Me Tari x Lean With Me), Jennifer Richards, 45, overcame her fear of going down during a run and not letting that accident take her love of cow work. The duo paired up to show for the last three years, and that is how Richards has found her love of the versatility and cow horse events. With her trusty horse, “Pal,” as her partner and coaching from Brandy Johnson and Joe Harper, Richards says she’s gotten over her fear of going fast.

“Brandy finished Pal’s cow horse training and keeps him show ready for me.

Joe has taught me a lot on the cow work and a lot about how to read cows. At shows it’s awesome to have one at each end to ‘keep me out of trouble,’” she said.

“Earlier this year I had a couple of “a-ha moments” when I was able to relax and actually think about the task at hand while showing down the fence – prior to that I was just hanging on and hoping for the best. Those moments were huge wins for me.”

Open Hackamore

CATT McCANDLES / Joe harper

Joe Harper rode 2013 stallion Catt McCandles (Sophisticated Catt x Myo Starlight x Paddys Irish Whiskey) to the Open Hackamore award for owners Rick and Madelon Ramsey of Rush, Kentucky.

Since the day Diana Albert-Miller saw 2014 gelding Thecrowdlovesadual (Thecrowdlovesme x Peptos Lil Dually x Sweet Lil Pepto) born, she’s known he was an incredible horse. This year, Albert-Miller, who co-owns “Gus” with her husband, Justin, got back into the arena to show after a five-year hiatus. She credits the gelding’s honesty with giving her confidence. Keeping the young horse going from their home in Okeechobee, Florida, has challenged Albert-Miller, but the added time with her horse is rewarding.

“For such a young horse his ability to handle a lot of rider errors is incredible! Every moment in the cow horse pen in 2018 has been memorable,” said AlbertMiller. “’I’m so thankful that the Lord has blessed me with such an incredible little horse. We are so grateful to Robert Smith and all the hard work he put into this horse. I am so thankful for Jay Holmes and all the guidance he has given me at home to keep us on the right track. My amazing husband, Justin Miller, not only supports and always cheers me on, but is also the incredible farrier that works hard to make sure Gus’s feet are in top shape.”

DUALS BIG CATT / JOE HARPER

When trainer and rider Joe Harper captured the 2018 Open Two Rein Championship at the East Coast Reined Cow Horse Classic, the 2012 gelding’s owner, Penny Cash, was over the moon.

Duals Big Catt (Sophisticated Catt x Duallin Docs Girl x Dual Pep) competes with Harper and Cash in cow horse, as well as showing in reining and versatility ranch reining. For Cash, the quickness Duals Big Catt displays is his most special talent.

“Joe Harper and Brandy Johnson from Harper Training Stables have worked so hard to train ‘Catman’ and to train me,” said Cash, of Kelso, Tennessee. “They are great trainers and coaches.”

Non Pro Two Rein

PAUL BAILEY / FRANKENTIME

Sparta, Tennessee, Non Pro Paul Bailey piloted Frankentime (A Chic N Time x Sable Gal x Peppys Boy 895), a 2012 gelding co-owned with his wife Amy, to the Non Pro Two Rein Southeastern Region title.

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Sanchez showed the mare at the Snaffle Bit Futurity, which made for his most memorable moment of the show year.

In addition to reined cow horse, the pair show in AQHA Boxing, Ranch Riding and at versatility events.

“This mare has unbelievable cow work,” Sanchez said. “I want to thank Jay and Rhonda Holmes for all their help.”

Youth Limited

DAKOTA COX / SWEET SOX NIC

Keeping his mind on-task despite tough competition kept 14-year-old Dakota Cox and 2011 stallion Sweet Sox Nic (Sweet Lil Pepto x Lady Sox Nic x Reminic) focused in 2018. The pair, from Pleasant Plains, Arkansas, took the 2018 Youth Bridle Southeastern Regional Championship while also finishing reserve in the 13 & Under Youth Bridle at the Snaffle Bit Futurity, and placing well at derby events and the East Coast Classic during the show year. In addition to showing the stallion in reined cow horse classes, Dakota ropes off Sweet Sox Nic. “I want to thank the Lord for letting me do what I love,” said Dakota, who helps on his family’s ranch, the Circle C, while attending school. “My family for all of their support, thank you. Luke Jones and Dell Hendricks, thank you for the knowledge, advice and willingness to help, and your friendship.”

DIANNE R. GREEN / A OH CAY ON TOP

Dianne Green, 54, of Taylorsville, North Carolina, earned the Non Pro Limited Regional Championship, aboard 2010 stallion A Oh Cay On Top (Oh Cay Quixote x Bit Of Shorty x Shorty Lena).

The horse, owned by RDJ Quarter Horses LLC, and Green have paired up to show for the last four-and-a-half years, with guidance from NRCHA professional Todd Crawford. For Green, working a cow on “Topper” is special because of his athletic ability.

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CAROLINA SANCHEZ / VON REMINICS CHARM

Repeat regional champion Carolina Sanchez and 2009 mare Von Reminics Charm (Victor Von Reminic x Ima Quixotes Charm x Sr Lawman) worked hard in 2018 to master lead changes and nerves on their way to the title. Carolina, an 11-year-old from Sarasota, Florida, says that she loves her mare’s sliding stops and willing heart the most.

“I would like to thank Jay and Rhonda Holmes for the support and guidance,” said Carolina. “Also, thank you to Morgan Holmes for being my inspiration.”

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ERIN BLEDSOE / FEATHER OAK ANDRES SANCHEZ / TRY N BEAT ME

Florida rancher Andres Sanchez purchased 2009 mare Try N Beat Me (Bet On Me 498 x Gunsmokes Mist x Poco San Lena) one year ago, and the duo clicked enough to capture the 2018 Southeastern Regional Champion title for the 5k Non Pro Limited. On their way to the title,

Erin Bledsoe of Lynnville, Tennessee, rode her 2013 mare Feather Oak (Thirsty Oak x Shesa Smart Brat x Smart Chic Olena) to the 1K Non Pro Limited Southeastern Region award.

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SHORT N CATT / phillip ralls

Short N Catt (Sophisticated Catt x Shortys Sugar Sue x Shorty Lena), a 2011 stallion owned by Sarah Davis, earned the Open Bridle Southwest Region award with Phillip Ralls in the saddle.

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle / Novice Non Pro Bridle

Limited Open Bridle

Non Pro Bridle

MURRAY THOMPSON / CALL ME WR

Call Me WR (WR This Cats Smart x Call Me Christysue x Doc Olena) is one of owner and rider Murray Thompson’s all-time favorite horses and it shows in their success. The Atwater, California, retired aerospace engineer appreciates the horse’s athletic, quick footed action and pretty stop. Thompson credits trainer Lyn Anderson with a successful show season.

“I bought him at the end of his 5-yearold year, in December 2014. He is intelligent, trainable and has personality,” Thompson said. “Finishing reserve champion at the California Rodeo at Salinas [in the bridle] was the highlight of our year.”

CD SPARKIN / ted robinson

NRCHA Hall of Fame rider Ted Robinson piloted CD Sparkin (CD Lights x Gypsy Starshine x Shining Spark), a 2013 gelding owned by John and Nikki Jump of Ventura, California, to the Open Hackamore Southwestern Region award.

Limited Open Hackamore

LITTLE OOP / ANDREW T. STEIGER

Little Oop (Mister Smart Remedy x Addy Oop x Smart Peppy Doc), a 2008 mare owned by TLC Quarter Horses and piloted by Andrew Streiger, earned the Limited Open Bridle Southwest Region award.

Open Hackamore

ANDREA OTLEY / TI SMOKUM PLAIN CHIC

At the end of Andrea Otley’s first full NRCHA show season, she and 2008 gelding TI Smokum Plain Chic (Smart Smokum Chic x Just Plain Bop x Just Plain Colonel) earned two year-end championships. The 41-year-old rancher and online weight loss coach for horsewomen from Adel, Oregon, bought the gelding as a 3-year-old with her father, Tom Lane.

With help along the way, she trained and seasoned TI Smokum Plain Chic herself.

Otley says he hates to be “in trouble,” and is strongest in the reining.

“I’m just a small town girl from Oregon who decided to go for it. I trained my own horse because I didn’t have the money to go buy a finished bridle horse. It’s been quite the journey and I’ve learned so much,” she said. “This year has been so amazing, there are no words to describe it. I’m beyond grateful and feel so much appreciation for the ones who’ve inspired me, helped me, cried with me, cheered for me and believed in me. This horse is one of a kind. Thank you to my husband and kids for being there for me and going to the shows with me. Thanks to Dad and Mom for your support and advice.

Thanks to Brandon and Kris Staebler for helping me learn to show, giving us the inside scoop, and for always generously sharing your knowledge.”

SJR SMART DANCER / REBECCA STERNADEL

California horsewoman Rebecca Sternadel purchased 2013 gelding SJR Smart Dancer (WR This Cats Smart x Like A Sundancer x Like A Diamond) as a long yearling in 2014. Affectionately called, “Butter,” the horse is fun for Sternadel to show, and she is excited to get him into the bridle next year. She says that showing her horse is a work in progress, but she’s up to the task.

“Butter is an athletic horse who always stops. Finishing up at the Hackamore Classic, I realized what a fun horse he has become for me. The biggest challenge I face was not with him but with getting my mind set to not play it safe in the show arena,” said the 34-year-old horse trainer. “Don Murphy and Desi helped me immensely throughout Butter’s career. Jake Gorrell also has been a huge help from the time I worked for him to today. Without knowing Roger and Cynthia Bias I would of never known or had the opportunity to get into this amazing sport.”

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ERIN MENDES / RECKLESSLY ABANDONED

Erin Mendes of Kingsburg, California, rode her 2012 gelding Recklessly Abandoned (Smart Little Pepinic x Wright Now Ima Star x Lenas Wright On) to the Non Pro Two Rein Southwestern Region title.

ing horse to learn on and show at levels I could only ever dream of has all been thanks to them.”

1k Non Pro Limited

Youth Bridle

HANNA M. SELF / BLOOCHIP BOON RACHEL REEDY / UNO WHATS WRIGHT

Veterinarian Rachel Reedy, of Morongo Valley, California, and 2013 gelding Uno Whats Wright (Hes Wright On x Uno What Weeno x Smart Little Uno) ended a successful 2018 show year with the Regional Champion title for Non Pro Hackamore. Only riding the gelding for the past year, Reedy has accomplished winning the 2018 NRCHA Derby Non Pro Hackamore.

“He always gives 110-percent when he shows,” Reedy said. “I owe the biggest thanks to my husband, Keith Reedy, and to trainer Sunni McCormick.”

Youth rider Hanna Self of Visalia, California, piloted her 2010 gelding Bloochip Boon (Yellow Roan Of Texas x Amanda T Tucker x Mr T Tucker) to the Youth Bridle Southwestern Region award.

Non Pro Limited

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CORRIE D. BROCK / SHINED WRIGHT

SMOOTH BELLINGRATH / nick dowers

Nick Dowers, of Dyer, Nevada, piloted Smooth Bellingrath (Smooth As A Cat x Very Special Peppy x Peppy San Badger), a 2011 stallion owned by Dowers’ Triple D Ranches LLC, to the Open Two Rein title.

For the last two years, 40-year-old Corrie Brock has partnered with 2011 gelding Shined Wright (Lenas Wright On x Shiney And Dressy x Shining Spark) to take reserve in the Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association Non Pro Limited Derby and reserve at the NRCHA Non Pro Limited Derby in Paso Robles. A 20-year, active duty veteran with the California Army National Guard, Brock’s biggest challenge is finding the time to ride during the year.

“Ron and LaDona Emmons were there to mentor and motivate me this year, and steer me in the right direction,” Brock said. “My dreams of having this amaz-

ALEXANDRA VEEN / A BOY NAMED SU

Admittedly, Alexandra Veen is not a confident rider. However, she and 2010 gelding A Boy Named Su (Soula Jule Star x Jaci Bee Great x Jac Daniels Neat) make for a competitive pair. At the 2018 NRCHA Derby, Veen scored her highest in the boxing, a pair of 74s, to earn the reserve title in the 1k Non Pro Limited.

She credits A Boy Named Su’s great stops and smooth lead changes, and his sweet attitude, for much of their success in the show pen.

“A well-trained, good-minded horse is priceless, especially for a rookie-level non pro rider. I’ve worked hard over the last three years with ‘Buddy’ to get stronger and more confident,” said Veen. “It ‘takes a village’ to compete. I couldn’t do this without the support and confidence of my husband, Don. I’m grateful for the support my barn-mates, and even my coexhibitors. It’s exceptional how everyone pulls together to get through the highstress levels at shows, even though most of us are competing against each other. I always feel very supported by the other non pros. We show together and stick together, through the good, the bad and the ugly. My successful year is primarily due to my trainer, Glen Aspinall. Not

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only did he spend a year helping me find Buddy, he has also been very patient in my slow-paced journey in the show pen.”

Youth Limited

KyLIe HaSKInS / PePe Le WrIGHT

At the NRCHA Stallion Stakes, 14-yearold Kylie Haskins and 2012 gelding Pepe Le Wright (Hes Wright On x Soula Jule Forever x Soula Jule Star) first stepped into the show pen, where they took reserve in the Youth Limited Spectacular. While they had challenges this year, such as nailing their lead changes, Kylie continued to show and improve. The Clements, California, student credits help from Jake Gorrell, Don Murphy and Tina Robinson with her successful show year.

“I’m so grateful to be able to own such a talented horse,” she said. “Thanks to Jim and Linda Schrack for selling ‘Pepe’ to me, and to Phillip Ralls for training such an awesome horse. Pepe’s special talent is definitely stopping hard!”

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nanCy nyJOrDeT / CHICKarOOS CHanCe

Poway, California, Non Pro Nancy Nyjordet piloted her 2009 gelding Chickaroos Chance (Hick Chicaroo x Foxy Marcie x As Smart As A Fox) to the 5K Non Pro Limited award.

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ARNING MERIT

The NRCHA Merit Award Program recognizes outstanding equine performers.

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y definition, merit is “the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.” The National Reined Cow Horse Merit Award Program recognizes those equines that have performed at a consistent level of excellence in the reined cow horse discipline. Using their show record, which encompasses an entire career rather than single major event titles, as criteria enables the horse to earn distinction by winning smaller checks at regional and national competition across the country. The NRCHA Merit Award Program is a testament to the longevity of those stalwart athletes whose owners and/or trainers can depend on them to bring home a win.

PRIMO MORALES

Zane Davis piloted Supreme Reined Cow Horse Rubys Radar through the stallion’s 2018 show season to earn the distinction.

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Certificate of Ability

The Certificate of Ability is the first award for which a money-earning reined cow horse can qualify. A horse will be certified after winning a total of $500 in any NRCHA class or combination of classes. It is the intention of the NRCHA that the Certificate of Ability be available to a large number of horses that demonstrate proficiency in cow horse competition. Earnings from Category 2 Special Events are not counted toward this award.

Certificate of Ability 2018 Belle Dunn It Monte/ owned by Lindsey Cleghorn Boolights Sun Dancer/ owned by Flying Hawk Ranch

PRIMO MORALES

C R Mr Beans/ owned by Mary Jo MacDonnell-Boisvert Call Me WR/ owned by Murray G. Thompson Cash Has The Blues/ owned by Chance Leatherman Circles Cry Baby/ owned by Shelly Mitchell CR Wood She Bea Star / owned by Cayley Wilson Performance Horses Cuttin Wright Up/ owned by David I. Beckett Doc O Nitro/ owned by Laurel Scharien Docs Peppy Smoke / owned by Guillermo Recio Dual Chexx/ owned by James D. & Gay D. Ver Steeg Dunnit In The Nite/ owned by Elise Ulmer-Etzebeth Fletch Me If You Can/ owned by Alison A. Brantley Gunna Be A Smartie/ owned by McSpyder Ranch Heza Whiz Kid/ owned by Ellie Willoughby High To You/ owned by Katie H. Wilson Honey Bees/ owned by Honeybee Partners LLC Im Countin Pennies/ owned by Douglas Grendell Instant Prayer/ owned by Glenn & Sandy Kaplan Jills Last Bet/ owned by Chown Quarter Horses Metallic Cat Rose/ owned by Jerry & Nicole Myer Mr Metallic Freckles/ owned by Gary Stark Nic It Chic/ owned by Jessica & Stephen Cline No Wright To Smoke/ owned by Glenn & Sandy Kaplan Nu Cash Cutter/ owned by Jayson & Teresa Fisher Nu Peppy Rey Jay/ owned by James T. Gray Pepto Pepermint/ owned by Eugene & Maria Murphy Peptos Lil Bingo/ owned by Markus Schopfer Peptosboonshakalaca/ owned by Jenta I. Madsen Prickly Playdox/ owned by Ryley-Ray Wilson Reyzinette/ owned by Holy Cow Performance Horses Texas Rubys Radar/ owned by C Ranches, Inc. Sheza Crackin Me Up/ owned by Jennifer J. Jarosz Short And Royal / owned by Chown Quarter Horses Sioux Me Mama/ owned by Judge Livestock Smart Lean N Chexy / owned by Patrick Smith Soula Jule Girl/ owned by Rory & Heather Livingston Tillys Cat/ owned by Jenna Mackintosh Travelin Miss Jonez/ owned by Stephen L. Roseberry Wild Haired Trooper / owned by Alison A. Brantley WR Hotshot/ owned by Anne M. Albert

Shane Steffen and Gunna Be A Smartie won the Open Two Rein Spectacular at the 2018 NRCHA Stakes and Derby on the way to earning a 2018 Supreme Reined Cow Horse distinction.

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Markus Schöpfer rode his 2002 stallion Peptos Lil Bingo to earn a Supreme Reined Cow Horse merit award.

SUPERIOR COW HORSE

A horse that has earned $5,000 in any NRCHA class or combination of classes or events may receive the Superior Cow Horse award. All earnings from reined cow horse snaffle bit events can be added to the hackamore and bridle winnings to total $5,000 in order to receive this award.

The NRCHA believes that any horse that wins $5,000 in a single class or combination of classes and events is certainly considered a Superior Cow Horse and should be recognized. Earnings from Non Pro Limited, $5,000 Non Pro Limited, $1,000 Non Pro Limited, Youth Limited and Category 2 Special Events are not counted toward this award.

SUPERIOR REINED COW HORSES OF 2018 Belle Dunn It Monte/ owned by Lindsey Cleghorn

Metallic Cat Rose/ owned by Jerry & Nicole Myer

Boolights Sun Dancer/ owned by Flying Hawk Ranch

Nic It Chic/ owned by Jessica & Stephen Cline

Call Me WR/ owned by Murray G. Thompson

No Wright To Smoke/ owned by Glenn & Sandy Kaplan

Cash Has The Blues/ owned by Chance Leatherman

Nu Cash Cutter/ owned by Jayson & Teresa Fisher

CR Wood She Bea Star/ owned by Cayley Wilson Performance Horses

Pepto Pepermint/ owned by Eugene & Maria Murphy

Cuttin Wright Up/ owned by David I. Beckett

Peptosboonshakalaca/ owned by Jenta I. Madsen

Doc O Nitro/ owned by Laurel Scharien

Reyzinette/ owned by Holy Cow Performance Horses Texas

Dual Chexx/ owned by James D. & Gay D. Ver Steeg

Rubys Radar/ owned by C Ranches, Inc.

Fletch Me If You Can/ owned by Alison A. Brantley

Sheza Crackin Me Up/ owned by Jennifer J. Jarosz

Gunna Be A Smartie/ owned by McSpyder Ranch

Short And Royal / owned by Chown Quarter Horses

Heza Whiz Kid/ owned by Ellie Willoughby

Sioux Me Mama/ owned by Judge Livestock

High To You/ owned by Katie H. Wilson

Soula Jule Girl/ owned by Rory & Heather Livingston

Honey Bees/ owned by Honeybee Partners LLC

Travelin Miss Jonez/ owned by Stephen L. Roseberry

Im Countin Pennies/ owned by Douglas Grendell

Wild Haired Trooper / owned by Alison A. Brantley

Instant Prayer/ owned by Glenn & Sandy Kaplan

WR Hotshot/ owned by Anne M. Albert

Peptos Lil Bingo/ owned by Markus Schopfer

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Supreme Reined Cow Horse

The Supreme Reined Cow Horse Award is reserved for the unique individual that has shown and won money in all divisions and garnered a total of $25,000 in earnings. A horse must meet the following criteria: a. The horse must have been shown in approved Limited Age Events (LAE) and earned at least $1,000 in these events. The horse must have been shown in the hackamore and have earned at least $1,000 in this event. Money earned at the NRCHA Hackamore Classic limited age event may count toward either LAE money or hackamore money, so long as it is counted only once. Up to $20,000 of any monies won at these two types of events can be applied to the total earnings required. b. The horse must win a total of $25,000.

After considering the totals earned from Limited Age Events and the hackamore, with the limitations previously stated, the remaining balance must be won in the bridle division. c. Money earned in the Non Pro Limited, $5,000 Non Pro Limited, $1,000 Non Pro Limited and Youth Limited classes does not count toward the Supreme Reined Cow Horse Award. d. To fulfill the hackamore requirement, earnings must come from NRCHA Horse Show Hackamore classes or Hackamore Classic LAE money can count toward either LAE money or hackamore money, so long as it is counted only once. e. Money earned in the two-rein class will count as bridle earnings for the merit award program. f. Foals of 2000 and prior will be grandfathered into this program and are not required to have won the $1,000 in Limited Age Events and hackamore, but still must win a total of $25,000.

As of January 1, 2002, earnings which count toward the Merit Awards are all NRCHA Approved horse shows, LAE and Category 1 Special Events.

Merit Award applications are available on the NRCHA web site: nrcha.com/ nrcha-merit-awards-program/.

The Supreme Reined Cow Horses of 2018

Nineteen equine performers will receive the elite Supreme Reined Cow Horse designation for their accomplishments through the 2018 show season.

These four-legged athletes and the people behind their careers will be recognized at the NRCHA Celebration of Champions Awards Banquet in Fort Worth, Texas:

9. Coloradoboonsmal/2010 Gelding

(Peptoboonsmal X Miss Playboys Josie X Freckles Playboy) Lifetime Earnings: $44,247.22 Owner(s): Conrad T. Swanson Rider(s): Keith Vogel, Kyle Trahern, Cheryl Swanson

10. Peptos Lil Bingo/2002 Stallion

(Peptoboonsmal X Conchita Gay Bingo X Bingo Hickory) Lifetime Earnings: $38,726.07 Owner(s): Markus Schopfer Rider(s): Markus Schopfer

11. Dual Chexx/2010 Gelding

(Dual Rey X Starlight Chexx X Grays Starlight) Lifetime Earnings: $36,901.07 Owner(s): James D. & Gay D. Ver Steeg Rider(s): Monica Caetano, Zane Davis, Jake Gorrel, Gay VerSteeg

12. Metallic Cat Rose/2011 Mare

1. Rubys Radar/2010 Stallion

(Metallic Cat X Teletrona X Little Trona) Lifetime Earnings: $34,646.69 Owner(s): Jerry & Nicole Myer Rider(s): Chance Harman, John Swales, Nicole Myer, Jerry Myer

2. Short And Royal/2002 Mare

(WR This Cats Smart X She Smokes Smart X Senors Lil Brudder) Lifetime Earnings: $34,606.76 Owner(s): Susan Schwabacher Modic Rider(s): Lyn Anderson, Susan S. Modic

(One Time Pepto X Ruby Bagonia X Peppy San Badger) Lifetime Earnings: $141,296.98 Owner(s): C Ranches, Inc. Rider(s): Zane Davis

(Short Oak X Haidas Royal Bay X Haidas Little Pep) Lifetime Earnings: $ 128,088.93 Owner(s): Chown Quarter Horses Rider(s): Robert Chown, Riley Chown

3. Cuttin Wright Up/2011 Stallion

(Hes Wright On X Isabellena X Quejanaisalena) Lifetime Earnings: $70,005.69 Owner(s): David I. Beckett Rider(s): Erin Taormino, Diane Lorenzen, Travis Young

4. Gunna Be A Smartie/2012 Mare

(Very Smart Remedy X Gunna Be Mine X Gunna Smoke) Lifetime Earnings: $66,548.59 Owner(s): McSpyder Ranch Rider(s): Shane Steffen

5. Sparktilion/2010 Mare

(Shining Spark X Cattilion X High Brow Cat) Lifetime Earnings: $66,113.02 Owner(s): Michelle Cannon Rider(s): Zane Davis, Clayton Edsall

13. Shesa Smokin Cat/2012 Mare

14. Over A Barrell/2011 Gelding

(Nic It In The Bud X Katie Gun X John Gun) Lifetime Earnings: $33,896.42 Owner(s): Darrel Norcutt Rider(s): Darrel Norcutt, Ali Norcutt, Nick Dowers

15. Call Me WR/2009 Gelding

(WR This Cats Smart X Call Me Christysue X Doc Olena) Lifetime Earnings: $32,942.54 Owner(s): Murray G. Thompson Rider(s): Debby Sanguinetti, Lyn Anderson, Murray Thompson

16. Electra Tuff/2012 Stallion

(Woody Be Tuff X Electras Boots X Doc O Boots) Lifetime Earnings: $31,196.92 Owner(s): Paul & Amy Bailey Rider(s): Ben Baldus, Robert Chown, Amy Bailey

17. Pepto Pepermint/2008 Stallion

6. Coasting The Stars/2012 Gelding

(Surely A Pepto X Haidas Pepermint X Haidas Little Pep) Lifetime Earnings: $29,007.57 Owner(s): Eugene and Maria Murphy Rider(s): John Murphy

7. Honey Bees/2009 Mare

(Playin Stylish X Tari Rey Gay X Doc Tari) Lifetime Earnings: $27,847.21 Owner(s): Mike J. Wall Rider(s): Dean McCann, Rochelle McCann, Mike Wall, Kristina Wall

(Shady Lil Starlight X She Is Inwhizable X West Coast Whiz) Lifetime Earnings: 65,967.84 Owner(s): Farrah Roberts Rider(s): Cody McArthur, Farrah Roberts

(Peptoboonsmal X Savannah Hickory X Docs Hickory) Lifetime Earnings: $56,250.22 Owner(s): Honeybee Partners LLC Rider(s): Brad Lund

8. SJR All Time Cash/2012 Mare

(One Time Pepto X Shesa Lota Cash X Nu Cash) Lifetime Earnings: $55,671.08 Owner(s): Lyle Proctor Rider(s): Jim Spence, Lyle Proctor

18. Pure Stylish/2003 Gelding

19. Soula Jule Girl/2006 Mare

(Soula Jule Star X Okies Hickory Girl X Okies Hickory Girl) Lifetime Earnings: $25,218.07 Owner(s): Rory & Heather Livingston Rider(s): Phillip Ralls, Heather Livingston

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Ranch Ro a Local ranches welcome NRCHA members to view their facilities and horses.

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The NRCHA Celebration of Champions is a tribute to cow horses and the people who ride them.

To help you further enjoy your time in Texas, ranches, within an hour of Will Rogers, are opening their doors to visitors.

Whiskey Ranch

Firestone & Robertson Distilling Co. is a premier artisanal whiskey distillery located in Fort Worth, Texas. F&R released its first whiskey brand, TX Blended Whiskey in June 2012, which was awarded both “Double Gold” and “Best American Craft Whiskey” honors at the 2013 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The firstever North Texas bourbon, TX Straight Bourbon, was released December 2016.

Firestone & Robertson’s Whiskey Ranch opened in early 2018 following an increase in demand for F&R products. The 112 acre distillery serves as the largest distillery west of the Mississippi River and sits on the historic grounds of the former Glen Garden Country club whose 18-hole golf course, still intact, served as a starting place for golf-icons such as Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson.

Tours begin at the visitor center, or

Guests are treated to a ranch-like feel at the upscale TX Whiskey Ranch.

Ranch House, where guests are greeted at the dedicated check-in area before arriving at the Ranch Store, a 2,000-squarefoot retail area showcasing F&R products along with local goods from Texas arti-

sans. A cap-making station is also on display for visitors to design their own signature bottle topper. The tour continues with a detailed explanation of the F&R brand and its acclaimed spirits.

Whiskey Ranch features a 45-foot copper column still in full view, the world’s first ‘doubler’ designed with site windows and staircases on each side of the still providing visitors with a bird’s eye view of the production process.

The tour ends with tastings of Firestone & Robertson’s renowned TX Whiskey and TX Straight Bourbon. Guests are invited to stay and enjoy the property by perusing through the expansive retail space or sipping a cocktail on the wrap around porch from Whiskey Ranch’s onsite mixologist.

Tours are available twice daily at either 12:30 p.m. or 2 p.m., Thursday – Saturday.

Each tour lasts approximately one hour.

Tickets are available for $15 per person and can be purchased at www.frdistilling.com.

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San Juan Ranch

San Juan Ranch, a showpiece performance horse breeding and raising facility, is located 15 minutes from Weatherford, Texas. San Juan welcomes visitors, by appointment, to view their purpose built, state of the art facilities and outstanding horses throughout the duration of the NRCHA Celebration of Champions.

San Juan Ranch is committed to breeding elite working cow horses, reining horses and cutting horses and in 2018 was ranked the number 4 breeder of cow horse in Equi-Stat records.

San Juan is home to four NRCHA

Snaffle Bit Futurity® champions. Three of them are onsite and available for viewing: CD Diamond (2012), Stylish Little Oak (2010) and She’s A Lot Of Cash, owned at the time of the win by D & J Farms, (1996). 2018’s champion, SJR Diamond Mist (by CD Diamond) is still in training and will be competing at the Celebration of Champions.

Visitors to the ranch will also enjoy viewing the matriarch of San Juan Ranch, Shiners Diamond Girl (Shining Spark x Zans Diamond Jackie x Zans Diamond Sun). She is the dam of CD Diamond (by CD Olena) and his half-siblings, SJR Oswood

Left: NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion CD Diamond and sire of the 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion SJR Diamond Mist, stands at San Juan Ranch.

Below: San Juan Ranch’s recognizable gate welcomes guests to the facility.

Diamond Rey (by Dual Rey) who was the 2016 NRCHA Stakes Open Champion and SJR Smooth Rio (by Smooth As A Cat) who was the 2017 NSHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion.

In a bid to give back to the industry, San Juan’s owners, John and Brenda Stephenson, implemented the CD Diamond Incentive that runs through to the 2023 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity.

The Incentive will award the top placing horse in the Open finals by CD Diamond a $25,000 bonus check while the top horse in the Non Pro finals will receive $10,000.

Foals, weanlings and yearlings by CD Diamond are available for purchase and inspection at the ranch.

San Juan Ranch is a sister company to Santa Cruz Animal Health whose product line includes a comprehensive, highquality, affordable line of UltraCruz® Animal Health Supplements, Grooming and Critical Care products. A retail shop is available onsite.

To schedule a visit to San Juan Ranch call: (940) 682-2205 612 FM 1885 West, Weatherford, TX 76088 www.sanjuanranch.com Sylvester

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J5 Ranch

When people leave the J5 Ranch, they’re never sure what they loved more—the horses or the art. With both being equally impressive, J5 Ranch is a must see when in town for the Celebration of Champions.

The J5’s cornerstone is their resident stallion, Dual R Smokin (Dual Rey x Smokin Pepto x Peptoboonsmal), an earner of $219,434 in the cutting pen, and an NRCHA Stakes subscribed stallion.

Their mare power is just as strong and features 2016 NCHA Open Horse of the Year Ichis My Choice (Cat Ichi x My Little Abra x Abrakadabracre) and the twotime NCHA Open World Champion cutting horse One Time Choice (One Time Pepto x Hickory Choice x SR Instant Choice) along with her dam, Hickory Choice. The program’s goal is to breed and show the best cow horses and cutting horses in both industries. Depending on the day of your tour, visitors may be

able to watch NCHA Hall of Fame trainer Grant Setnicka, who heads the program in Weatherford, work horses; however, the cow horses are offsite with trainers Erin Taormino, Todd Crawford and Corey Cushing.

The J5 Ranch showcases top horse bloodlines and the Western lifestyle.

Established in 2011, J5 Ranch is owned by equine fine art photographer and 2014 NCHA World Champion Non Pro cutter, Constance Jaeggi. While the facilities, which include an air-conditioned and heated indoor arena, the Silver Spur

Saloon and four luxuriously appointed apartments that pay tribute to American history are entirely modern, the J5 has the look of an old West frontier town. Murals by famed Western artist Roger Langford are just as prominent around the ranch as are state of the art amenities for the horses.

Tucked in a serene pocket outside of Weatherford, the 160 acre J5 Ranch is the perfect spot for select corporate and private functions and horse events.

To arrange a tour of J5 Ranch hosted by three-time NCHA World Champion cutter and authority on bloodlines, Chubby Turner, call: (817) 599-0641 4872 Old Garner Road, Weatherford, Texas, 76088 www.jfiveranch.com

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Turner West Performance Horses

Two-year-old horse starting specialist Turner West has been taking yearlings and 2-year-olds to the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Sale since before it moved to Texas. Each year, Turner puts the first 12 months of training on multiple performance horses that are destined to be cow horses and cutters.

Horses from his 2-year-old program include 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity® finalist One Shiney Metallic ridden by Corey Cushing, 2018 SRCHA Pre Futurity Champion Tornado Watch ridden by Chris Dawson, 2018 NCHA Futurity Champion Crey Zee ridden by Tatum Rice, and NCHA Futurity finalist, Driven Miss Sallie ridden by Phil Rapp.

Turner was introduced to horses as a child on his father, Art West’s, family ranch in western Arizona. As a youngster he roped, cowboyed and had dreams of learning the ways of the vaqueros. At the age of nine, Turner met his stepfather, Earl Bimson, who trained AQHA Super Horses and introduced him to competitive horse sports. His mentors include David Costello, Little John Hoyt, Joe Suitor, Phil Rapp and John Mitchell.

At this time of year, Turner’s focus is on teaching the 2-year-olds to drive their hind end up underneath themselves.

Most of this work is done in the pasture as the horses are not yet working cows.

Turner invites visitors of the Celebration of Champions to watch him work 2-year-

olds as he teaches them to do this at his Weatherford, Texas, ranch.

Visits are by appointment only. To arrange a date and time to watch Turner work 2-year-olds, text or call: (817) 7579230

Bridget Kirkwood Bridget Kirkwood

Top: Turner West specializes in helping 2-year-old horses become successful athletes.

Left: A young 2-year-old overcomes his apprehension of a log.

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For art lovers, the state of the art facilities and grounds of SDP Buffalo Ranch are lavishly decorated with sculptures and statues, as well as works by muralist Stowl Reed, that depict iconic Texas and Western scenes.

SDP Buffalo Ranch: 1790 FM 2871, Fort Worth, TX 76126 Visitors are welcome to drop by the ranch during office hours. Visits can also be scheduled a visit call: (817) 560-0038 www.sdpbuffaloranch.com

Courtesy SDP Buffalo Ranch

Left: At Shane Plummer’s Buffalo Ranch, the namesake it easy to spot.

Below: The unmistakable ranch office welcomes visitors to SDP Buffalo Ranch.

Right: Horses are front and center when visiting ranches near Fort Worth.

SDP Buffalo Ranch

In 2005, 25-year breeding veteran Shane Plummer founded SDP Buffalo Ranch in Fort Worth, Texas. Located just 11 minutes from the Will Rogers Coliseum, SDP Buffalo Ranch is a 60-acre equine oasis that lies between I-20 and I-30. Standing 17 stallions, the full service stallion station and breeding facility ships semen all over the world.

Depending on the day, visitors will have the opportunity to observe various aspects of a breeding operation, including semen collection, artificial insemination and embryo transfer. Visitors can also view the resident stallions as well as broodmares, weanlings and yearlings.

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Beechfork Ranch

Owned by the Crum family, Beechfork Ranch prides itself on supplying the best-bred horses for the cow horse and cutting pens. The ranch has homebred and home-raised young prospects available for inspection as well as 2-year-old, 3-year-old and trained horses for sale by

Open Champion Royal Red Pepto (Peptoboonsmal x Playgiarism x Freckles Playboy). A yearling colt out of Royal Red Pepto by Smooth As A Cat sold at the 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sale for $60,000.

The Beechfork training facility was built in 2014 and comprises of 510 acres. It is

Bridget Kirkwood Courtesy SDP Buffalo Ranch

Beechfork Ranch aims to sell the best-bred performance horses possible. Owner, Kelly Crum inspects Royal Red Pepto and Justasassycat.

Courtesy SDP Buffalo Ranch

industry-leading stallions such as as High Brow Cat, Metallic Cat and Smooth As A Cat as well as their own up and coming stallion, Purdy Boy Flash (Pretty Boy Cat x Purdy Aristocrat x Smart Aristocrat), whose small foal crops have already earned close to $500,000.

Beechfork Ranch boasts strong maternal lines with mares like Cromed Out Cat (High Brow Cat x Peptos Fancy Jewel x Peptoboonsmal), a multiple NCHA aged event finalist and champion, and 2008 NCHA Classic Challenge

located just 15 minutes from Weatherford.

NCHA Hall of Fame trainer Geoffrey “Spud” Sheehan heads-up the training program. Cow horses are sent out to Chris and Sarah Dawson, Matt Koch and Kelby Phillips. The ranch has enjoyed success with cow horses like BFR Igniting Sparks, who was the 2016 AQHA High-Point All-Around Senior Performance Horse and the Open Hackamore Champion at the 2014 NRCHA Stallion Stakes with Boyd Rice.

To tour the facility or view sale horses call: (901) 826-7297 Beechfork Ranch, 2501 Adell Circle, Weatherford, Texas 76088 www.beechforkranch.com

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Will Rogers Memorial Center

3401 W. Lancaster Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76107 Schedule as of December 26, 2018 Subject to change.

February 14–23, 2019 THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 14 8 AM Coliseum

WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 20 LAE Herd Work: All Open Divisions (Day 1)

FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 15 8 AM

Coliseum LAE Herd Work: All Open Divisions (Day 2)

LAE Herd Work: Non Pro / Amt Divisions LAE Herd Work: Non Pro Limited

SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 16 8 AM

John Justin Arena LAE Rein Work: All Open Divisions LAE Rein Work: Non Pro Limited ***

***WGH Steer Stopping Practice in the Justin 30 minutes after show end

SUNDAY- FEBRUARY 17 8 AM

John Justin Arena LAE Cow Work: Non Pro Limited LAE Rein Work: Non Pro / Amt Divisions Preliminaries: Non Pro Two Rein LAE Cow Work: All Open Divisions (Day 1)

Justin Sale Arena During Lunch Break/Cowboy Church 7:30 PM Round Up Inn Dt Horses – World’s Greatest Horseman Reception

MONDAY - FEBRUARY 18 8 AM

John Justin Arena LAE Cow Work: All Open Divisions (Day 2) LAE Cow Work: Non Pro / Amt Divisions Preliminaries: Herd Work Preliminaries: Limited Open Hackamore Finals: Non Pro Two Rein 4 PM approx Coliseum DT Horses – World’s Greatest Horseman Preliminaries: Herd Work

TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 19 8 AM John Justin Arena Preliminaries: Open Hackamore

Prelims: Intermediate Non Pro Bridle **

Preliminaries: Non Pro Hackamore Finals: Limited Open Hackamore Dt Horses – World’s Greatest Horseman Preliminaries: Rein Work 8:30 AM Coliseum Preliminaries: Open Bridle Preliminaries: Non Pro Limited **

8 AM John Justin Arena Prelims: Novice Non Pro Bridle ** Finals: Non Pro Hackamore Finals: Limited Open Bridle Finals: Open Hackamore Finals: Open Two Rein Finals: Intermediate Non Pro Bridle Finals: Non Pro Limited 8:30 AM Coliseum Preliminaries: Open Bridle Preliminaries: $5,000 Non Pro Limited **

THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 21 8 AM

John Justin Arena Preliminaries: Non Pro Bridle** Preliminaries: Youth Bridle / YB 13 / WGYH Finals: Novice Non Pro Bridle Finals: $5,000 Non Pro Limited World’s Greatest Youth Horseman Steer Stopping Dt Horses – World’s Greatest Horseman Preliminaries: Steer Stopping Preliminaries: Cow Work 8:30 AM Coliseum Preliminaries: $1,000 Non Pro Limited **

Preliminaries: Youth Limited / YL 13

FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 22 8 AM

1 PM 3 PM 7:30 PM

John Justin Arena Finals: $1,000 Non Pro Limited Finals: Youth Limited Finals: Youth Bridle Finals: Non Pro Bridle Finals: Open Bridle Justin Sale Arena General Membership Meeting Justin Sale Arena Youth Meeting Round Up Inn Year End Awards Banquet

SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 23 8 AM

John Justin Arena Special: NHSRA Reined Cow Horse Challenge Special: Intercollegiate Challenge 11 AM Watt Arena Winter Premier Sale Reception

Winter Premier Sale 2 PM Coliseum World’s Greatest Youth Horseman Herd Work Dt Horses – World’s Greatest Horseman Finals: Herd Work 5 PM John Justin Arena Dt Horses – World’s Greatest Horseman Finals: Rein Work / Steer Stopping / Cow Work

** Select classes are offered and run concurrent with only one corresponding preliminary based on exhibitor choice.

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Two trainers, one owner and a judge take a look back the 2018 World’s Greatest Horseman and look forward to future events.

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he majority of cow horse enthusiasts only know what it is like to view one of the industry’s most exciting events, the World’s Greatest Horseman, from the stands. The view is much different when you own the horse, train and ride a horse competing, or judge the abundantly talented field of competitors.

Last year’s champion, Hickory Holly Time (One Time Pepto x Hickorys Holly Cee x Doc’s Hickory) ridden by Kelby Phillips and owned by DT Horses, made it look easy to conquer four events.

However, it took months of preparation to earn the coveted title. Close behind in reserve was Phillip Ralls aboard Estelle Roitblat’s Call Me Mitch (Metallic Cat x Miss Hickory Hill x Doc’s Hickory).

What was it like to await the results?

These top riders, owner Dean Tuftin of DT Horses, and judge Ron Emmons lay it out for you.

The Owner

Dean Tuftin isn’t a typical Open cow horse owner. Having qualified for the 2007 National Finals Rodeo in the heeling, he knows that goals are what get you to where you want to go. When Tuftin’s DT Horses bought Hickory Holly Time during the 2010 stallion’s 5-year-old year, his directive to trainer Kelby Phillips was to go and win the World’s Greatest.

“He was like, ‘Gosh, I don’t think he’s ready for that!’ and I said, ‘It doesn’t matter, go enter him anyway,’” Tuftin recalled.

Tuftin recommends that owners who’d like to have an entry in the World’s Greatest Horseman go into it knowing that it’s a long-term commitment.

“You want to start with a horse that’s pretty confident in three of the four events.

Kelby Phillips (pictured left) rode Dean Tuftin’s Most likely you’ll Hickory Holly Time get a good cow to the 2018 World’s horse that hasn’t Greatest Horseman roped much,” championship.

Tuftin said. “We bought Hickory Holly Time well before he was ready for the World’s Greatest but he was the type that we knew would mature into a horse that would be perfect for that event. We saw a lot of him before we bought him because he was at our ranch his whole five-year-old year, and then literally, right after we bought him, Kelby won the 2015 NRCHA Open Hackamore World title on him.”

For Tuftin, helping Phillips get Hickory Holly Time, aka Oliver, ready to compete in the steer stopping was a fun experience.

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“We roped on him quite early. He was probably four when we roped on him at the house in Oregon but Kelby does such a good job, and he was so broke, that he took to it,” Tuftin said. “It was a lot of fun watching him progress in that. Then, for him to have a record-breaking run is a feather in Kelby’s cap; he did a great job of it.”

Previously, Corey Cushing and Cathy Corrigan Frank’s PRF Spoonful Of Gold (Hes A Peptospoonful x Sons Miss Sprat x Sons Rushette) held the record high score with a 889. Oliver and Phillips scored an 890.5.

Following Tuftin’s directive, Hickory Holly Time, the 2014 NRCHA Derby Open champion and 2015 NRCHA Stakes Open reserve champion, did enter the 2017 World’s Greatest Horseman but that run was only intended to be practice.

“He was still a little green but I think that first year of experience showed him what he needed to go home and work on for the following year, which was last year, so it all worked out pretty good,” Tuftin said. “It feels great to have a horse that you know is amongst the other greats.”

For Tuftin, the thing that sets the World’s Greatest apart from all other shows is that there are a number of different events.

“If you have bad rein work then you’ll drop three, four, five points but as soon as you bring in the cows—whether it’s cutting or the steer stopping and especially the fence work—it becomes very unpredictable and could put you out of it,” he said. “That’s what makes it such an exciting event is that there are three separate cow events.”

World’s Greatest Horseman on Hickory Holly Time, rather than reflect on what he’d done, he started thinking about the next one.

“It was great to win it but you still have to wake up and go to work,” said Phillips, who wears his champion buckle both at shows and dressy events. “It didn’t change anything for me personally but it did highlight how good of a horse [Hickory Holly Time] is.”

Phillips went into the 2018 show feeling confident because it was the second time that Hickory Holly Time was entered in the World’s Greatest.

“I felt like he was prepared and that I was prepared for the event, and if I did my job good, I knew it could go good for him. I knew the horse could dang sure win it as long as I stayed out of his way,” said Phillips, who was competing in the event for the third time. His other mount was shown in 2015—Rica Olena (CD Olena x Cute N Cashy x Dox Bueno Dinero). “I wasn’t surprised that he won it but I was happy about it.”

With Hickory Holly Time now in the breeding barn, Phillips has transferred his focus to 2016 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity® Open Champion, Duals Lucky

Charm (Dual Smart Rey x TRR Ms Pepcid Olena x Pepcid), who is owned by Mike and Robyne Stewart. The stallion will be just six-years-old when he makes his World’s Greatest Horseman debut in 2019.

“He’s young but the last few months I’ve worked on getting him in the bridle and started the roping process on him,” Phillips said in December. “Here in the next couple of months I’ll rope on him quite a lot to get him as solid as I can.”

The World’s Greatest will be the first big show that Duals Lucky Charm will wear the bridle. To prepare, Phillips will compete in schooling shows.

“It’s one of those deals where I don’t know how well he’ll do but I think he’ll do good in the bridle,” Phillips said.

As far as Phillips is concerned, the roping is the loophole that can undo a horse.

“It’s an event that we don’t usually get to do so it’s harder to get them solid in it.

I’d always roped growing up but never team Kelby Phillps and Hickory Holly Time roped or done clinched the four-event anything like championship with their that but Dean’s cow run.

The Champion

Primo Morales

When it comes to training horses, there’s a lot of sitting in the saddle but there isn’t a whole lot of sitting around. In the days after Kelby Phillips won the 2018

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Over the past year, Phillips has also been working on his herd work. He catch rode two horses at the 2018 NCHA Futurity—his first time ever to show a cutter—for two Hall of Fame trainers who just the month before had shown at their first NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity: Geoffrey Spud Sheehan, who Phillips has been giving cow horse lessons to and, Clint Allen, who has been riding with 2015 World’s Greatest Horseman Champion and NRCHA Two Million Dollar Rider Corey Cushing.

Phillips spent the two weeks leading up to the NCHA Futurity at pre-works.

“I probably learned more about that part of the cow horse discipline in that two week period from being around Spud, Clint and John Mitchell, than I ever have,” Phillips said. “I learned how they settle cattle and getting cut clean.

The way they train their horses isn’t totally different to how I train mine but everything is so precise that there’ll be a lot of little things that I’ll change up in my program, especially the showing part of it. When you get put in the situation of having to put your hand down and going one-handed and not being able to help your horse, you have to use your feet more. Doing that was a really good deal for me.”

While he learned a lot about herd work from the cutters, the biggest lesson Phillips learned from winning the World’s Greatest Horseman is to trust his training.

“In the past, I’d gone in there and changed things up but when I won it, I showed my horse for what he is and that’s what I’m going to do in the future.”

In three of the past four years, the name Phillip Ralls has been the second to last one called during the presentation of the

and making sure that they’re happy and sound, is just as interesting as the training.

While Call Me Mitch has minimal issues, Ralls and his team are diligent about his health. At the show, Call Me Mitch will have his legs checked to make sure his tendons are tight. Back On Track Boots and the cold water spa will be used to give him every advantage, but Ralls believes that soundness at the show stems from the work you do in the months prior to the event.

“It’s easy to let a broke horse get soft because they don’t have to train as hard,” Ralls said. “So he spends time at the aqua-tred and trotting through the river in the sand [below our house]. We feed him hard and try to get him as fit as we can.

“Those horses get in a pattern at home so when we’re in Fort Worth we try to keep everything as close to their normal schedule as possible, especially their Brendon Clark talks with Kelby Phillips feed,” Ralls conwithin moments after tinued. “We try Phillips learned he was to get out there a the World’s Greatest few days beforeHorseman.

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The Reserve Champion

World’s Greatest Horseman. In 2015 and 2016, he was reserve champion on Dom Dualuise (Dual Rey x Smart Little XX x Smart Little Lena), owned by Christian Larson. In 2018, he was reserve on Estelle Roitblat’s Call Me Mitch, the stallion Ralls plans on showing for the second time, in 2019.

As a three-time reserve champion, Ralls knows better than most just how hard it is to win the World’s Greatest title.

“It’s such a hands-on deal that I do the majority of the prepping and riding myself,” Ralls said. “Everybody’s riding style is just a little bit different so when you’re in a situation where you are trying to perform at such a high level, any little tiny bobble, mistake, or miscommunication between you and your horse could be the make or break moment between whether you do or don’t make the finals and whether you win or don’t. It comes down to pivotal moments but that’s cow horse in general—it’s being able to do all the events with you and your horse being on the same page.”

Ralls likes to know everything that goes on with his horses—both in and out of the saddle. For Ralls, of Paso Robles, California, the maintenance of the horse

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hand so they can acclimatize and get on a consistent pattern out there. You want them to be comfortable and not running on empty by the end of the week.”

The Judge

Top: Reserve World’s As an indusGreatest Horseman Phillips try, Emmons Ralls intends to vie for the thinks that the 2019 title aboard Call Me Mitch. reining has imRight: Ron Emmons knows proved across how hard each competitor the board and works to get their horse as young trainready for the World’s Greatest Horseman, and as ers seek help a judge, he was able to help from cutting crown the 2018 champion. horse trainers, he’s noticed the herd work changing at the upper levels of competition.

“Those young guys have got their horses looking like cutters, a lot of them are actually even softer than a lot of cutters are,” he said.

For Emmons, a World’s Greatest-level horse, is a super-solid bridle horse.

“You have to be focused on longevity and getting them solid in all the events,” Emmons said of how he selects prospective horses. “To win it, you need to cruise through the prelims and then ask them for their life in the finals. You have to have a horse that’s of the mindset that you can cruise and be 18’s and 19’s through all the events but when you ask him for his life, he doesn’t try to mess

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When Ron Emmons didn’t have a horse to show at the 2018 NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman, he swapped his saddle for a seat in the judge’s chair. Doing so gave Emmons his first opportunity to watch every run in the prestigious event.

“I was absolutely delighted to do it,” Emmons said. “It was a different perspective. I finally got to see all the horses because when you’re showing you’re out there on your horse trying to get him prepared the best can so you don’t get to actually watch the show. Both riding in the World’s Greatest Horseman and judging in it, are highlights of my life. It is the pinnacle of what we all want of a bridle horse.”

The toughest part of judging an event where every horse and rider combination are good is staying focused.

“Things happen so fast that you have to pay attention,” Emmons said. “Your mind is so busy keeping track of what’s going on that you don’t have time to think about anything else.”

In 2011, Emmons was reserve champion on Olena Oak (Smart Chic Olena x Fritzs Oak E Doakie x Docs Oak), owned by Mel Smith and Nichole Scott.

The following year, they captured the championship. Then in 2013, also aboard Olena Oak but this time for new owners, his wife LaDona and Nichole Scott, he won it again. As both an exhibitor and judge, Emmons has seen the sport more competitive.

“The breeding programs [are] advancing their athletic ability but it’s the young trainers that are coming on that are making it evolve too,” he said. “They’re putting their heart and soul into it trying to figure things out differently.”

with you, he just steps up and marks 20’s across the board. To have a horse you can do that on, and then still have a good horse when you come out of it, takes a special horse.”

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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 2018. Call Me Mitch is owned

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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.

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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 a $22 Million Dollar Sire, National Cutting Horse Association Open Horse of the Year and the 2016 / 2017 NCHA Sire of the Year. He is the second highest money-earning stallion in the history of the NCHA. His latest milestone is becoming an NRCHA Million Dollar Sire, with more than $1.6 million in cow horse offspring earnings. For more information on Metallic Cat, visit 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.

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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.

Brother Jackson (Peptoboonsmal x Shes Icing Onthe Cat x High Brow Cat) is a 2009 AQHA Sorrel Stallion with multiple titles to his credit including 2017 CD Memorial Bridle Spectacular Champion. Dan Perez owns the stallion that has earnings of more than $129,000, he also has more than 100 AQHA points. He is trained and shown by Ken Wold and stands at Wolds’ Training Stables & Stallion Services in Wilton, California.

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

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.

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When Arizonan Corey Cushing captured the 2018 Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship, the big payout pushed him over the $2 million earnings mark, making him the third cow horse rider to join the elite $2 Million Dollar Club.

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At the 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity®, Corey Cushing rode to his third Open title and joined the elite ranks as an NRCHA $2 Million Dollar Rider.

For years, two “Todds” held the coveted title of $2 Million Dollar Rider, but now, Corey Cushing rounds out the top three money-earning National Reined Cow Horse Association Open riders. During the 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity®, Cushing’s placings aboard four finalists, and his Open championship win with SJR Diamond Mist (CD Diamond x Cat Mist x High Brow Cat), put him over the prestigious earnings mark. At only 38, Cushing has several premier event titles on his résumé, as well as the 2015 World’s Greatest Horseman title, and three Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion wins. At age 32, he became the youngest Million Dollar Rider to join the club.

Since 1991, Cushing’s rides have earned money in the NRCHA, National Reining Horse Association, the American Quarter Horse Association and the American Paint Horse Association. He’s piloted multiple AQHA world champions, including the 2018 Senior Working Cow Horse Champion, Thecrowdlovesme (Smart Chic Olena x Shine Smartly x Shining Spark).

It seems excellence is in Cushing’s blood, and has been since he threw a leg over his mother’s Appaloosa horse while growing up in Utah. His professional career truly began when he was a youngster, riding donkeys and selling them. Utah horseman Noel Skinner helped hone Cushing’s horsemanship skills. However, he learned the in’s and out’s of horse training under Oregon professional horseman Todd Bergen before moving to California to work for Ted Robinson.

Today, Cushing’s own Scottsdale, Arizona, training facility is a hot bed of talented horses and young assistant trainers. At horse shows, Cushing’s wife, Kristen, and three children—Caleb, Lincoln and Capri—are there cheering for their home team.

Cushing strives to bring out the best in each of the horses he rides; therefore, doing his best for each of his owners. Here, he talks to the Reined Cow Horse News about his career, the mentors and horses that helped him along the way, and what it is like being a $2 Million Dollar Rider.

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What horses helped launch your career, and what did those horses teach you as a reined cow horse trainer?

The very first horse I think of is CC Spin Cycle (Ray Gay Quixote x Lenas Peppy Cutter x Smart Peppy Lena). Cathy Corrigan Frank owned him at the time and he was my first big exciting win, up at the [2006] Derby in Nampa, Idaho. He was sure something to be proud of.

There were other horses along the way that made me a believer that this was what I wanted to do. The very first horse I made the [2001 Snaffle Bit Futurity] Primo Morales

Corey, you’ve been a staple in the cow horse standings for nearly two decades.

Tell our readers, what drew you to train and show reined cow horses?

To start off with, I’ve been a huge horse fan since I was a little kid. I started in 4-H and the true passion came in my teenage years, when I was growing up in the reining. I’ve been influenced by numerous people, and in the cow horse, it was when I was working for John Slack and Todd Bergen in 1998, when they first started into it. They were fully involved when I went up there after I finished high school. I stuck with reining for awhile, and when I went out on my own, I worked for Ted Robinson.

While working for Ted, the biggest thing I found was the enjoyment of working on three events, sometimes four with roping. The outlook of knowing I can pick and choose what [event] I am working on every day is what I enjoyed. There is so much detail in each event.

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A young trainer is often lucky to learn from mentors. Who helped you come up in the industry?

I definitely have to say Ted Robinson.

John and Todd taught me a lot in the beginning, but when I moved to California and worked for Ted, that was Top: Cushing credits CC Spin Cycle with helping to kick-start his successful career in cow horse.

Primo Morales

Left: In 2001, Cushing took Reinin Cash to the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, which was his first appearance at the event that he has now won three times.

Limited Finals on, when I worked for Teddy, was a big Paint named Rainin Cash (Nu Cash x Rain Chex x Sugar Rain). When I went there [to work for Ted], he said that he wasn’t a bad horse but someone needed to spend time with him to train him up, and if I could do that I could show him. You say that to a guy with ambition, he will bust his butt to make sure he gets it done, and I did. I had some success with that horse.

Rainin Cash and CC Spin Cycle, they gave me courage and strength to go down the fence. You’re always learning and times change, but those horses right

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///////// MILLION DOLLAR CLUB there taught me what a great fence horse should feel like. CC Spin Cycle was a fantastic fence horse and Rainin Cash dang sure was too, and as we all know, when it is time to go down the fence it is you and that cow. Not only do you have to do things really, really well, but that horse has to have the stamina and strength to stay with them. Those horses taught me what I wanted to feel and what I still look for in horses, be it a prospect or a customer looking to send a horse. They need the build and the strength behind them.

The everyday challenge of me going out there to be one with the horse keeps me wanting to bring out their best.

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Many of the horses you rode as futurity or derby horses went on to win bridle events. What traits are common in cow horses that can go through the four steps of training—snaffle, hackamore, two rein and bridle—and continue with a long-term show career?

Foundation for sure. A guy taking his time, doing it right from the beginning, that is what you can fall back to if things

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Does having a range of cow horse events with added money, from the Snaffle Bit Futurity all the way to the World’s Greatest Horseman, present trainers with a challenge to train a horse to last in this industry?

Yes, especially right now. There is life after the Futurity. Not all these horses have their highlights as young horses.

PRF Spoonful Of Gold (Hes A Peptospoonful x Sons Miss Sprat x Sons Rushette) was shown at the [Snaffle Bit] Futurity, and I got him for his derby years. He picked up [success] in his derby years and then his 7-year-old year, I was fortunate enough to win the [2015] World’s Greatest Horseman on him. How that relates to today is that there are bridle horses few and far between when it comes to ones you want to back up and feel good about them getting into a good horse.

Top: Aboard PRF Spoonful Of Gold, Cushing notched his first World’s Greatest Horseman win.

Right: The 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity was another one for Cushing’s memory book. He not only won the Open Futurity for the third time, but his earnings pushed him across the $2 Million Dollar Rider mark.

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You hit the Million Dollar Rider mark in 2012, a feat that coincided with you winning the 2012 Snaffle Bit Futurity aboard CD Diamond. What inspires you to keep training young horses for their futurity and derby show years?

Every day is exciting and I am blessed to ride great horses. I do my best to bring out their best. Going and competing at shows is great for showing off what you can bring out in these horses, but it gives me great joy and ambition to come out every day and know I can bring out or create these horses. There is a good horse inside all of them, though some will be better athletes than others.

start unraveling. We all get excited about upcoming shows or futurities—every horse here has a goal—we aim them toward, but you have to go through the steps. You have to know how the horse reacts and how we can bring out the best in them for the long term.

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///// RÉSUMÉ RUNDOWN 1999 –NRHA Futurity Intermediate Open Champion on Twice As Shiney (Shining Spark x Shine A Mite x Doc O Dynamite)

2007 – NRCHA Stallion Stakes Open Champion on CC Spin Cycle

2009 – NRCHA Derby Open Champion on Smart Boons

2011 – AQHA Senior Working Cow Horse World Champion on Rising Starlight (Little Bay Starlight x Peppys Hot Star x Lucky W Peppy Lena)

2012 – NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion on CD Diamond NRCHA Million Dollar Rider status AQHA Senior Working Cow Horse World Champion on Rising Starlight

2014 – NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion on Good Time (One Time Pepto x Dual Nurse x Dual Pep) COURTESY OF KRISTEN CUSHING

At home in Scottsdale, Arizona, Corey and his wife, Kristen, focus on their three children, Caleb, Lincoln and Capri.

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What horse has been most influential to your program and your success?

Why? The first one that comes to mind is Smart Boons (Peptoboonsmal x Smart Little Easter x Smart Little Lena). I got him at the beginning of his 4-year-old

Spoonful of Gold

2016 –AQHA Junior Working Cow Horse World Champion on Sippin Boons Farm AQHA Senior Working Cow Horse World Champion on One Fine Vintage (One Time Pepto x Shiners Siena x Shining Spark)

2018 –NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion on SJR Diamond Mist NRCHA Two Million Dollar Rider status AQHA Senior Working Cow Horse World Champion on Thecrowdlovesme PRIMO MORALES

I’m not going to say everyone only thinks about the futurities and derbies, but you don’t see a lot of bridle horses out there today. That is something that takes time to create and do it right and help the horse last. It takes putting a foundation on them and keeping their minds right.

year and let’s say it was a little rough in that he and I didn’t come together right off the bat. As we went through the year and into his 5-year-old year, it only built.

He was a freak in that you could enter him in any event because he gave me the confidence and strength to do really well on him, even though I was still learning a lot. My background is reining, so I’m comfortable in it, but all three events are so important these days. That horse stands out because he gave me confidence in all events. I never felt I was at a loss at any event.

I hate to pick just one horse. PRF Spoonful Of Gold was another one because of what he did for me, as a professional. Who wouldn’t want to have the World’s Greatest Horseman buckle to wear? He was super, super pretty to look at, great to be around and a joy in all four events. I’m sure I’m forgetting a couple

2015 – World’s Greatest Horseman on PRF

CC Spin Cycle was one of the first horses Corey Cushing showed in reined cow horse.

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///////// MILLIOn DOLLar CLub that hold a place in my heart, but those two, they are definitely ones that did a lot for me.

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The 2018 Snaffle Bit Futurity was another memorable one for you, with your third championship and crossing the $2 Million Dollar Rider mark. What was your favorite moment of the show?

When they blew the horn to give me a new cow doing the fence on SJR Diamond Mist. I respect their opinion to give me a better shot; however, I was already committed. Knowing that horse and seeing what the day was doing to horses that got a new cow but didn’t have enough [energy] to finish, I was comfortable with where I was at.

In the Finals there, if you can get it put together, it can play out. It is not like there are only a couple guys in there that didn’t have a shot. Every person in the Finals

had a shot at beating us all. I didn’t want to risk not having enough horse to finish what I had going on. I was in control and comfortable, and the way it finished up was the highlight of it all.

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Corey, you’ve shown in the National Reining Horse Association and done well with the American Quarter Horse Association. What makes the National Reined Cow Horse Association special?

This is where it all began. The AQHA cow horse has been around for a long time, but the finesse and degree of difficulty in all three events that is needed for the NRCHA leads to seeing the greatest horses out there. Whether a horse show or a big event, riders are doing their best. There is a lot of respect for the rider that makes the win happen in any class in NRCHA, horse show or bridle spectacular.

For me, I’m always trying to better myself and going at every day hard. It has been very good to me and I bless it every day, but I know I have to go out and create these good horses every day.

Those other guys are dang sure doing their best. I don’t have any quit in me quite yet and NRCHA keeps me pushing for more.

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With so many milestones hit, what’s the next goal for you to hit?

Not to let any one customer down is my biggest goal. We all have up’s and down’s but I fear training a horse and not giving my best. We all have a goal, going to a show or the World’s Greatest, and I never want to let anyone down.

From buying a horse for a customer to showing, I can promise I’ll put in my best effort to follow through.

nrCHa & event SpOnSOrS

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Buyer Beware

By Abigail Boatwright

Before you purchase your next reined cow horse, educate yourself on potential lameness issues and how they can affect a horse’s future.

hen shopping for a reined cow horse, you consider several factors, weighing the pros and cons until ultimately deciding if the horse is the right one for you. One of the most important considerations to this decision is the horse’s soundness—and future soundness. Indeed, without a healthy horse, you’d have a hard time achieving any of your equine goals. But not all lameness issues are dealbreakers. Evaluating a horse’s soundness potential is a multilayered decision—one that Joe Carter, DVM, founder of Oklahoma Equine Hospital and official veterinarian of the National Reined Cow Horse Association, said deserves careful consideration.

Defining Expectations

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Before deciding on a horse, Carter says you need to define your expectations about your horse’s performance. How far do you want to go with him? At what level do you want to compete?

You also need to decide your exit strategy—even though that might not be currently on your radar.

“Do you intend to keep the horse for the rest of its life, or do you want to resell this horse?” Carter said. “Some people are trying to buy a horse that’s going to appreciate in value—a prospect, and in that case, you’ll need to have an exit strategy that allows a sale to occur with the least possible obstacles.”

Another owner might eventually need to move on from the horse as the person grows into the need to compete at a higher level. Still others might be purchasing horses with no intention of reselling.

“Performance and resale are two totally different questions,” said Carter. “And the answer for both hinges on radiographs of the horse for sale.”

If you’re buying a prospect with an idea of reselling it at a later date, Carter says the horse needs to have results on the radiographs that will be tolerable for the opinions from a variety of veterinarians

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Consider the performance level of the horse you’re buying. As it ages, its scoring ability will naturally decline, due to injury, lameness or the normal aging process.

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///////// VETERINARY INSIGHT from around the country, when it comes down to the next pre-purchase exam.

“Veterinarians all have different ideas of what is a significant or insignificant radiographic change,” Carter said.

“There’s rarely a horse that doesn’t have something on the x-ray. So it becomes an interpretation of what you consider significant, based on what the horse is intended to do.”

EVALUATING PROSPECTS

ABIGAIL BOATWRIGHT

As yearlings and two-year-olds, most prospects haven’t been ridden much and, therefore, a buyer may have only radiographs to rely on when evaluating the horse for potential lameness.

“You don’t necessarily need to do an extensive examination of a young horse,” Carter said. “But I do think it’s important for owners to look at the horse’s conformation.”

Carter says a veterinary textbook’s definition of perfect conformation might not be the same as what a reining or cowhorse trainer sees as ideal.

“I know some trainers look for horses that toe in, because they think the horse turns better,” Carter said. “Toeing-in is a conformational flaw to a veterinarian, because it predisposes the horse to certain injuries. But it’s debatable—the role of conformation in performance and the role of conformation in lameness. They’re two different things.”

Other examples of differing preferences include low hocks, which can be thought

ABIGAIL BOATWRIGHT

Swelling and heat are key indicators of problems. Catch them by feeling your horse’s legs before they become bigger issues. Palpate your horse’s legs daily so you’ll be familiar with what is normal, what is a minor issue, and what could be an actual problem.

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///////// Veterinary Insight to correlate to a better stop. Some trainers prefer a horse with a longer back, which goes against the traditionally desired short back.

“The textbooks tell us to look for a long underline and a short back,” Carter said. “But I can tell you that some of the biggest million dollar riders all look for long-backed horses, because the riders feel the horses can get more ground underneath them and shape up better.”

Evaluating Mature Horses

Radiograph Ready

Regular lameness exams can pinpoint slight unsoundness to be addressed before it affects performance.

All pre-purchase exams should include a flexion test, where the horse’s joints are flexed and then the horse is trotted off to evaluate for lameness.

be considered normal for the horse’s joints and bones.

“For prospects, most people are not going to tolerate changes to the navicular bone or changes to the stifle—those horses are going to be deeply discounted,” Carter said. “I call those ‘wholesale x-rays’ and others ‘retail x-rays.’ Because if a horse has changes on their stifle as a yearling, that horse is going to be very difficult to get a retail price for. He’s always going to be discounted—even if he goes out and wins a futurity.”

But just because a young horse might have changes visible on a radiograph, that doesn’t mean

Abigail Boatwright

The key piece of information for a prospective buyer to have before a purchase is an up-to-date radiograph. Carter said the radiograph, commonly called an x-ray, shows changes from what would

Abigail Boatwright

A key factor to consider for purchasing a mature horse is its performance level.

As a horse ages, scoring ability naturally declines. A horse’s score, not placing is best used for evaluation. A horse that consistently has marked 72s and starts marking 70s, without obvious issues, may have an underlying issue that is affecting performance.

For an older horse, Carter says a history with some injuries is incredibly common—but knowing those injuries is important.

“If the horse is out there doing the job at any level of ability, he’s had an injury,” Carter said. “But you need to find out what it was, if it’s been totally resolved, if it’s going to be a problem, or if it something that is maintainable.”

You also need to be honest with yourself about your budget to adequately maintain a horse that might need additional care, such as supplements, supportive care or joint therapies, due to past or current injuries. Your veterinarian can provide you with more information about what the required care to keep your horse sound will cost.

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ABIGAIL BOATWRIGHT ABIGAIL BOATWRIGHT

Radiographs are the most important part of a pre-purchase exam. Your veterinarian can help you evaluate what changes from normal have occurred in your potential purchase, and what that means for the horse’s career.

Ultrasound is a helpful step in a prepurchase exam or lameness exam, to gather information about the horse’s soft tissues.

the end of its career before it’s even begun.

“There are some really good studies that show a lot of these horses with [radiographic issues] as yearlings go out and do very, very well,” Carter said.

“And there are those that don’t. But it’s not a death sentence.”

Changes can be attributed to developmental conditions, such as stifle osteo-

chrondrosis disease [OCD], for example.

Stifle OCD is a condition in which the cartilage and underlying bone don’t develop properly. But again, that doesn’t mean the door is closed for a young horse.

“I know of all kinds of stifle-OCD cases where the horse has gone on to win hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Carter said. “But there are also horses [with that condition] that never make it. A lot of it depends on the horse’s heart, the precise location of the OCD, and if the horse can, perform under various circumstances of duress. But the horse tends to be highly discounted on value because of the radiographs.”

In an older horse, signs of arthritis are particularly concerning.

“If your horse is in the early stages of arthritis in the coffin joint, the stifle, the knee or the hocks, you’re at the beginning of something that’s likely going to end the horse’s career,” Carter said.

In these cases, the horse might have been competing in the Open with a low grade of arthritis, but now might be marking 220s instead of 224s. Carter said that horse might still be a good horse for a non-pro. But if the horse is no longer marking 220s, more like 216s because the arthritis is affecting his stopping ability, and that might affect your buying decision.

“There’s nothing you can do to change that kind of arthritis,” Carter said. “You need to be aware of that, and know a horse like that might be able to stay at this level of competition and has a good enough prognosis to do that. But if the horse is marking lower than what you need due to those changes, if might not be good enough [performance-wise] for you to purchase.”

BE HANDS ON

Beyond the radiograph, Carter said there are a couple of things to watch out for in the vital pre-purchase physical

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There are four reasons you buy a horse, and the first is good conformation and pedigree.

Second is the horse’s ability—is it going to do what you want it do to? The third is soundness, lameness and long-term prognosis. And the fourth is price.”—Dr. Joe Carter

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r. Joe Carter is a believer in regular lameness-wellness exams. This starts as soon as you purchase the horse—or if you’re raising one, around March of its 2-year-old year.

“Start with a thorough set of radiographs, just to identify the congenital and heritable problems that a horse can have,” Carter said. “Even in a 2-year-old, you should have survey radiographs to see if there are any problems that need to be corrected. A bone chip in a fetlock joint is really common, for example.”

After capturing a set of radiographs, your veterinarian will know the baseline for your horse.

If you’ve got a 2-year-old in training, start scheduling regular lameness exams that fall.

“A lameness exam includes the veterinarian trotting the horse, watching it travel, flexing the horse’s legs and figuring out what is normal for the horse,” Carter said.

In the spring of the horse’s 3-year-old futurity year, Carter recommends wellness exams every 60 days. After the futurity and derby years, he recommends wellness exams prior to major competitions.

“You don’t want to get to a major event and have the horse quit stopping due to something you could have prevented if you had checked it out before you went to the show,” Carter said.

Ultimately, you want your veterinarian to check the horse when he seems perfectly fine, to get a baseline of what’s normal.

“You would be shocked at how many horses will flex [test] ‘off’ when they seem to be training perfectly fine,” Carter said. “But if they flex off before showing signs of a training problem, you can get ahead of issues like synovitis before it turns into arthritis, for example. These will be happier horses that enjoy doing their job, and you’ll avoid some potential training problems.”

Other things to look for during a young horse’s training include joint swelling and heat. For you to catch these things, your horse needs to be used to regular leg palpations.

“Your horse needs to be comfortable with you running your hands down his legs without freaking out,” Carter said. “Don’t just throw a saddle on him. Run your hands down legs and look for heat and swelling.”

Horses can and do bump their legs. They’re going to get minor scratches. If you’re familiar with what “normal” feels like on your horse’s legs, you’ll notice any changes.

“Daily palpation means you’ll pick up on these things, and you’ll be ahead of problems,” Carter said. “You’ll be able to differentiate from minor problems and something that’s an actual issue like joints swelling, or swelling of a tendon or ligament. It’s really important that you and your horse are comfortable with [you] feeling its legs.”

In addition to your trainer and veterinarian, Carter says a good horseshoer is an important part of the team dedicated to your horse’s soundness.

“Find a horseshoer that’s thinking ahead about what your horses are doing—one that has some experience with corrective shoeing, so you can adjust the shoes on some of these horses with tendon, ligament and foot problems,” Carter said. “The horseshoer should be part of the soundness program. I can’t emphasize that enough.”

exam, which includes flexing the legs and feeling them for irregularities.

“We’re feeling for chronic, range-ofmotion, soft tissue things you can’t see on a radiograph,” Carter said. “Ultrasound and, in some cases, MRIs are helpful in those situations.”

Red flags to look out for besides arthritis also include chronic tendon or ligament injuries.

“These are definitely typical injuries that can start to end a horse’s career over a timeline,” Carter said. “If we can identify arthritis, tendonitis and desmitis—ligament inflammation, suspensory ligament inflammation, we can then assess at what stage it is. And then we can help people with a timeline of health for the horse.”

Making sense of the info

Once armed with the exam data, you need to decide if the horse is right for you.

Talk to the veterinarian, ask questions and weigh the options to fully understand any potential areas of concern.

“There are four reasons you buy a horse, and the first is good conformation and pedigree,” Carter said. “Second is the horse’s ability—is it going to do what you want it do to? The third is soundness, lameness and long-term prognosis.

And the fourth is price.”

These four elements fit together to determine the horse’s worth. Your veterinarian is your best resource to help you decode the horse’s medical attributes or drawbacks.

“People will buy a horse that only has a certain level of ability at a certain price,” Carter said. “A person will buy a horse with a certain conformational issue or pedigree that lacks something, at a certain price. And people will buy horses with medical issues at a certain price.

Our role as veterinarians is to help you assess and establish the medical status of the horse that could affect the desired purpose of the horse.”

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Telfords Take V It was two-for-two when Jake and Jessie Telford competed in Las Vegas.

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By Kate Bradley Byars

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December in Las Vegas finds rodeo competitors gambling on big wins, but they aren’t rolling the dice or playing slots. Riders are betting their horses carry them to the pay window. This past December, Jessie Telford, 38, qualified for her first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in barrel racing. She headed to Las Vegas, Nevada, to compete, and with her came her husband, NRCHA Million Dollar Rider Jake Telford, who qualified for the World Series of Team Roping.

When the couple left behind the bright lights of Vegas for their home outside of Caldwell, Idaho, they hauled with them a big payday and a trailer load of memories. Packed in with the five horses, big checks and Jessie’s NFR go-round win buckle were their two daughters, Sierra and Shawny, who watched their mom’s dream come true on rodeo’s biggest stage.

“I love the fact that our kids can see both of us do great,” Jessie said. “It doesn’t have to be one successful person in the relationship. I hope my girls realize that even if their [husband] is successful, they can go on and do whatever they would like to do.”

Success and the Telford name go hand-in-hand when it comes to equine events. The Telford family’s success in 2018 is the culmination of hard work and determination. And, a little help from their cow horse family along the rodeo road.

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BACK IN ACTION

Jessie Clark Telford grew up in rodeo.

It wasn’t a conscious decision for her Oregon-based family, but one that seemed rooted in their blood. Like most young girls, Jessie naturally gravitated to barrel racing. Throughout her youth, high school, college and circuit rodeos, Jessie competed on horses she trained herself.

When she married Jake, Jessie was training and selling barrel horses professionally. As the two focused on Jake’s cow horse business and started a family,

Jessie put her passion on hold.

“I had my [Women’s Professional Rodeo Association] card when I was 15 years old, but I didn’t pro rodeo at all for 10 years while I was raising kids and going to horse shows,” she said. “There was a part of me, when my kids were 7 and 8 years old, that [I] felt like I could go back to running barrels. They were in school the majority of the weekdays and I knew I could go back to something I was competitive at and enjoyed. I was ready to have a little of my own identity

and passion back, besides helping my husband’s training business.”

In 2016 and 2017, Telford found herself running barrel horses at a few futurity events and professional rodeos. But in 2018, her casual reentry into the sport kicked up a notch. In January 2018, she sold Fame N Red Hot (Dash Ta Fame x Had A Kanita x Docs Rocky Top), a full sister to the gelding she ran at rodeos, Famous Cool Whip. Originally, her focus was on the two futurity barrel horses Jessie planned to run in the spring. The extra padding in her bank account from selling the mare significantly influenced her decision to compete in more WPRA rodeos later in the year.

“It wasn’t planned for me to try and qualify. My plan was to go to bigger rodeos I could get into, like San Antonio, and go to barrel futurities this spring. San Antonio went really well and left me in the top five of the [WPRA] world going into the spring,” she recalled. “As the year went on and I stayed in the top 15, my plans changed.”

Through May, Jessie ran at only 15 rodeos but maintained a spot in the top 15 rankings. Telford’s tall, lanky gelding handled the different sized rodeo arenas like a champion—in spite of his near 17-hand size. By Dash Ta Fame and out

Top: Jake Telford prepares to heel at the World Series of Team Roping.

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Left: Heading for friend Ryan Powell, Jake Telford turns the steer to win fifth place and $32,500 in one round of the World Series of Team Roping.

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///////// NRCHA Spotlight of Had A Kanita, a mare that Jessie ran in college rodeo at Boise State University, “Cool Whip” became a near household name for young barrel enthusiasts throughout the summer rodeo run.

With summer coming and an abundance of rodeos to hit, things fell into place for Jessie to make a run at qualifying for her first NFR. She received a call from her friend, Connie McCormick, who offered Jessie a sorrel mare that Jessie knew could blaze through the barrels: Shu Fire (Dash Of Royal Gold x Fire Water Flyer x Fire Water Flit).

“A good friend of mine in Canada, Katie Garthwaite, had trained Shu Fire [The mare] is one year older than Cool Whip, and I remember Shu Fire from running at barrel derbies when I ran Cool Whip,” Jessie said. “Shu Fire had been laid off about six or seven months before I got her. With [the mare], it allowed me to have more opportunity to rodeo this summer.”

From Texas to Montana and California to New Mexico, Jessie crisscrossed the Western states to make rodeos that

would pay enough for her to earn one of the coveted 15 spots and qualify for the golden ring of rodeo, the NFR. Along the way, she got a helping hand from her cow horse family.

“I had double the help most cowboys had when it came to places to stay, like in Ellensberg [ Washington] we stayed with our cow horse clients or staying with Bobby Ingersoll when I am in Reno or with Jake Gorrell in California,” said Jessie. “Wherever I went, our cow horse family friends were there throughout the year. I knew my horses had big, safe pens, even if I pulled in late at night. Our friends are awesome!”

And it wasn’t the first time that the cow horse world influenced Jessie. All the shows she attended with Jake, and all the

hours spent riding at home, helped her hone and tune her own horsemanship skills. It had a direct correlation on training barrel horses like Cool Whip.

“Everything I have learned to advance my horsemanship was from my husband and from going to the cow horse shows and watching other trainers,” she said.

“You can apply it to the barrel horse world and to my horses. That has been a huge benefit and help to me.”

By the conclusion of the NFR qualifying period, in October, Jessie’s $88,341.95 in winnings earned her the 15th place hole as an NFR qualifier. The next stop would be Las Vegas and the NFR, held December 6 through 15 at the Thomas and Mack Center.

“It was a huge moment of relief. For

Right: Jessie aboard Famous Cool Whip, who lived up to his name in 2018.

Below: Riding Shu Fire in the first two rounds at the NFR, Jessie Telford started a solid Finals that would eventually earn her more than $113,000.

Photo credit

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///////// NRCHA Spotlight for fifth place in the roping’s #14 Finale. Ropers are categorized by ability into numbered divisions. At the event, Jake also heeled in the #12.

His round win happened to fall on the same day as Jessie winning the third go-round in barrel racing.

For Jessie, that was the highlight of her Finals.

“Her go-round win at the Finals is a way bigger deal [than my placing] and will be recognized forever and ever. She has a title and an accomplishment that doesn’t come around every day,” he said. “We try as much as possible, Jessie and I, to do as much as a family as we can.”

one thing, the year was over. It was a lot of travel and stress, especially the last three weeks. To know it was over and I achieved the goal of making it was huge. It felt amazing.

I called my husband and cried, and I am not a crier!”

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Most NRCHA members recognize Jake Telford from one of his exhilarating cow horse runs made during a premier event like the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity or as a World’s Greatest Horseman finalist.

But home in Idaho, he also turns steers to make quick heading or heeling runs. While Jake says he’s not a good enough roper to make a living at it, he did qualify for the World Series of Team Roping held at the South Point Equestrian Center in Las Vegas. It just so happens the event coincides with the NFR. Early in December, Jake loaded up head horse “Stanley” and heel horse “Danny” alongside Jessie’s Cool Whip and Shu Fire for the drive from Idaho to Nevada.

“It is a great roping and it fits the time of year when I can go and rope. I had qualified early in the year and had plans to go anyway,” Jake said. “Coming from a little bit of a rodeo background, it is everyone’s dream to compete at the NFR. Living it a little bit through her was great.”

When a professional trainer takes time off riding horses for his own equine hobby, he doesn’t want to train, or at least Jake doesn’t. Instead, he has seasoned rope horses he can call on, like Stanley.

The gray horse also carries his daughter, Shawny, at youth rodeos, and Jake uses him for heading. Danny, a sorrel horse with some roaning that came from Nancy Crawford-Hall, works for Telford on the heel side.

The tight-knit Telford Family, Jessie and Jake, and daughters Sierra, left, and Shawny.

“At this stage in the game, the roping is more of a hobby to me. It is more fun to get on a solid [rope horse] and go have fun than get on a green one or one you need to train on. It is better for me to get on my old horses and do it,” said Jake.

In fact, roping led Jake to cow horse.

“I have always roped and got into cow horse as a way to make my rope horses better. I made the switch because it was a better way to make a living. Roping I enjoy and love, but I don’t do it good enough to make a living at it. I’ve always loved to rope,” he explained. “In the beginning, both roping and cow horse started out with how to handle a cow.

They go hand-in-hand. You try to handle a cow with your horse first, and if you can’t, you get the rope down. It is all cowboy stuff.”

For the fifth year, Jake made an appearance at the World Series of Team Roping.

Paired with friend Ryan Powell, he turned a steer to earn the duo $32,500

FAMILY FORTUNE

Watching the NFR on television, viewers saw Jake walking Jessie down the alley that led to the Thomas and Mack Arena—rodeo’s biggest stage. Through the years, Jake and Jessie have been there for each other both in and out of the arena. It is a lesson they hope isn’t lost on their girls.

“It means a lot to me to have her there in the stands whether it is showing or roping and supporting me,” said Jake.

“Every opportunity I get, I try to do the same for her. It feels good to be together as a family and do the things we love to do.”

Both rodeo and horse showing can take riders away from family. It was important to Jessie to be there for her daughters as much as possible while she was hauling for the NFR qualification.

“I was very fortunate to be able to rodeo about 90-percent of the time from home. I was home every three or four days, and that is the luck of living in Caldwell,” she said. “I could always come home and never had that stress of being away from home for weeks on end, which is a big part of rodeo. Jake and the girls came

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Be it taking their daughters to a weekend youth rodeo or hauling together to a cow horse show, the accolades aren’t near as important as the time spent together.

However, Jake hopes the girls understand how much effort went into their mom qualifying for the NFR. “I think they are at the age where they don’t truly understand the magnitude of their mother’s accomplishments. Having rodeoed myself and known people that do it, to try [to qualify] is one thing but to succeed, there are few people that do that. I don’t think they realize, yet, how big it is,” said Jake. “It is all fun and games watching her run and compete.

They’ve been around competitive events so much in their lives it is a just another

thing to them. I’m sure there is a point in their lives they will understand the magnitude.”

She not only gambled on her ability to pilot her horses to a win, Jessie continued her family’s legacy in the NFR arena.

“My grandpa Gene is in the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. He fought bulls at the first NFR 60 years ago, and the entire time I ran barrels, I wore his buckle down there.

It is pretty amazing to think he was there at the first [NFR],” she said. “It was a pretty surreal moment when I, on foot, walked down to check out the Thomas and Mack. You think about it as a kid, running there, but as you get older, you stop thinking about it when you have so many adult responsibilities. It was a ‘I can’t believe I’m here’ moment.”

Jessie certainly did her grandpa proud.

She finished third in the NFR aggregate, earning $113,230.77 during the 10 nights

of rodeo. Those winnings also moved her up to finish fifth in the WPRA year-end standings with an impressive $201,572.72 in winnings.

While both Telfords have big titles on their resumes, both continue looking forward and are already looking forward to 2019. Jake is working young horses aimed at the next Snaffle Bit Futurity.

For Jessie, that means running at the bigger rodeos in 2019, like RodeoHouston and Calgary. Wherever they go, the Telford family knows their horse family is there to back them up while they support each other.

“It is amazing the number of people that have called, texted and offered help through the year to make this all possible,” said Jake. “It is really heartwarming to know there is that horse community out there that has your back when you need them.”

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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.

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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Measure Your Horse for a Hackamore For proper function, hackamores need to be properly fit.

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the horse moving his head into a more lateral position or the rider releasing the pressure (or a combination of both), the heel knot falls. As the heel knot falls, the pressure is released on the nose. The pressure and release can only work if your hackamore fits correctly.

Follow along in the photos to learn a simple way to measure your horse for a hackamore. You’ll need a lead rope that’s approximately ½-inch in diameter, a marker and a measuring tape. Twine and string don’t work well for measuring because they get too Courtesy Dennis Moreland Tack

ackamores have become an iconic piece of training and riding equipment since being introduced to western North America in the 18th century. A signal device, proper hackamore fit is important for correct function. Yet, it is challenging to get the necessary information to learn how a hackamore should fit. For this article, we’ll focus on measuring for a Texas style hackamore with a hackamore rein, but this technique will work for almost any hackamore with a noseband and heel knot.

A hackamore needs to fit well on your horse’s head in order to function correctly. There needs to be enough space between the noseband and the nose so the horse can breathe comfortably.

When the hackamore rein is pulled, the heel knot moves up as pressure from the noseband is applied to the nose.

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tight on the nose while you’re trying to measure.

Place the lead rope around the nose where you want the hackamore noseband (as seen in photo A). Although this is personal preference, an appropriate choice is halfway between the point of the eye and the bottom of the nostril. Place a couple of fingers in the space below the chin to make sure it won’t be too tight for the rein to be tied on in front of the heel knot (B). Mark a line on the lead rope where the two lengths meet under the chin (C). This is where the heel knot begins. After your lead rope is marked you can measure between the marks to determine the size hackamore you need (D).

Hackamores are the first tool of communication used on young horses in many training programs. Texas style hackamores have a noseband, a headstall with fiador, and a hackamore rein.

A fiador is a safety device, or keeper, that is similar to a throatlatch on a bridle, but it is used in conjunction with a hackamore to make certain the hackamore stays securely on the horse’s head. The nosebands are made of rope in various degrees of stiffness. This variety makes it easy to find a hackamore that will work well on almost any horse. Some hackamores also have rawhide braid covering the rope noseband to increase the strength of the signal.

Hackamore reins are also made of rope and come in a variety of textures and degrees of stiffness.

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rCHa member Dennis Moreland, owner of Dennis Moreland tack, has been making quality working and show tack since 1976 and offers a full line of show-quality tack. Visit www. dmtack.com or call 817-312-5305 to see how Dennis can help you with your tack needs.

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///////// From the Judge’s Chair

Circling Turn vs. Open Field Turn Primo Morales

Defining penalties on circling can be tricky.

By Bill Enk

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y definition, a circling turn is a cow work turn where the majority of the turn is performed in the open part of the arena, or “open field.”

The open field is defined as at least 20 feet from the sidewalls or end fences, to be clear on how judge’s view the turn.

To qualify as a turn, the horse and rider have to achieve a position on the cow being worked to be the cause of the animal changing or reversing direction.

If this position is achieved, the turn is legal, but it is usually without the form and quality of a credit earning turn. A circling turn only happens on a TWOturn cow work.

Sometimes, due to the speed and degree of difficulty of the animal drawn, it is very difficult to stay out of the open field when attempting to turn and control this type of animal. It is the exhibitor’s option to accept the circling turn as their left/right turn on a twoturn run or try to work the animal back to the fence to complete their work. If your second turn on a two-turn run is what we consider a circling turn, you MUST switch sides before the first circle in order to avoid a penalty.

Switching sides not only lets the judge/judges know where the turn was complete, but also accepts the responsibility for the form and quality of the turn.

A circling turn is not to be confused with a creditearning, open field turn that has the form and quality of a fence turn, but without the fence.

This type of turn displays more control, athleticism, and degree of difficulty. In the case of a credit-earning, open field, two turn run, the exhibitor is not required to switch sides before they circle the animal unless switching sides would enhance their position to be in the open part of the arena to complete their circles cleanly.

If the exhibitor is not in the open field—they are within 20 feet of the fence—when attempting his/her fence turns, it is acceptable to circle either way first even if the turns don’t have much form or quality. There is more potential for credit by starting your first circle towards the open part of the arena. This is achieved by switching sides even when it is not required. Switching sides on the cow before starting the circles to get to a preferred part of the arena can show several positive qualities of the horse. Achieving position and control by showing their willingness to guide are credit earning and usually have some eye appeal.

Solid circles helped Sarah Dawson and Shine Smarter (WR This Cats Smart x Shiney Tari x Shining Spark) scored a 224.5 in the cow work at the NRCHA Derby Open Two Rein Spectacular, earning the reserve champion title.

It is important to recognize a few facts that are connected with true circling turns. First, circling turns are usually a form of survival when a tough cow is drawn. If you show separation between the turn and the circle by switching sides, the only negative could be the poor form and quality of the one turn.

Credit can be gained elsewhere and the end result could be positive. Second, when in doubt about if the turn had enough form and quality to it that you could circle either way first, riders shouldn’t take the chance on a penalty, and switch sides if possible.

Until next time, Bill Enk NRCHA Director of Judges

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Judges List as of October 24, 2018

Name Susan S. Abel Andy B. Adams Randall D. Alderson Blue R. Allen Jeff Allen Lyn 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 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 Stephen F. 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 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 David B. Costello Camille H. Courtney Jeremy Cox

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Phone Email 775-753-3120 ssabel@citlink.net 530-200-2229 eightycutter@yahoo.com 765-432-9586 randallald@aol.com 719-221-6098 blueallen@gojade.org 402-657-6585 jeffallenquarterhorses@yahoo.com 559-304-0930 lynanderson130@gmail.com 403-249-8215 ron.anderson@hotmail.ca 209-602-4987 karlin.ka49@gmail.com 910-290-3426 billyarthur57@icloud.com 505-429-7180 laperformancehorses@yahoo.com 806-679-0722 dkavery13@gmail.com 580-224-1242 norestforthewicked@aol.comt 503-784-2513 bob@bobavila.net 806-647-8303 bagleyperformancehorses@gmail.com 806-683-4145 labaker3@suddenlink.net 940-923-7255 bencameronbaldus@hotmail.com 970-227-8233 margolball@aol.com 480-620-4759 bbarkemeyer@hotmail.com 775-267-5852 barnescutting@aol.com 559-817-2002 francescabaron@aol.it (49) 172 624 8016 info@VineyardRanch.com 940-902-5755 Beamerhorses@live.com 315-243-4387 sbednarek@windstream.net 682-333-4999 chrisb6080@gmail.com 208-863-5769 jbeuk1233@aol.com 780-273-0339 dbilyea@hotmail.ca 250-378-7677 abperformancehorses@hotmail.com 805-217-4506 marioboisjoli@gmail.com 858-445-8857 robinbondequine@gmail.com (32) 497589940 boogaerts.jan@pandora.be (39) 848 380 6646 ricky.bordignon@gmail.com 337-356-6206 agnesplantation@bellsouth.net 206-793-2681 rogerswings@elltel.net 765-969-9901 sarahsambradley@aol.com 951-760-6992 brickerponies@aol.com 805-975-7190 abrookshirecowhorses@gmail.com 951-491-4402 don@hvacaircommand.com 940-727-9757 cyndibrown75@gmail.com 419-429-9359 4branchtexas@gmail.com 507-456-0299 mbtc02@msn.com 208-599-3611 tcbsbucks@msn.com 209-648-2596 rodburrperformancehorses@gmail.com 435-279-0772 27cowhorse@gmail.com 909-229-5459 kcsequestrian@aol.com 406-868-1413 campbelltraining@yahoo.com (39)33987206 cowboy04@libero.it 530-517-1000 capiklady@gmail.com 863-207-1240 bcarse818@verizon.net 519-732-0219 j.carter@execulink.com 805-286-1102 allisoncblevins@yahoo.com 918-625-8337 dollychayer@sbcglobal.net 918-706-1043 dollychayer@sbcglobal.net 208-602-1936 cherryperformancehorses@gmail.com 760-937-2734 escueladelosviejos@gmail.com 940-367-3245 clayquarterhorses@yahoo.com 306-544-7660 justaboutaranch@gmail.com 559-286-5600 wocochrane@yahoo.com 805-350-1869 sandy@sandycollier.com 303-709-0276 cookcowhorse@gmail.com 979-732-4297 dcoons2004@aol.com 602-625-1643 calcooper14@gmail.com 480-363-3047 coop2479@aol.com 602-524-8571 cabbysilver@aol.com 602-524-8571 cabbysilver@aol.com 559-333-1470 outbackpaso1@gmail.com 720-390-8434 ccourtney@ranchocortinaproperties.com 870-307-7810 coxjammie@yahoo.com

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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 Michael S. Edwards Monroe WA 360-805-6616 2mmeqh@gmail.com 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 Snowville UT 435-279-7220 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 Rovigo RO ITALY 34 98661691 enrico.giaretta@k-adriatica.it Taylor C. Gillespie Rosston TX 719-439-3505 taylorcgillespie@gmail.com David W. Glaser Parma ID 208-989-5404 dhranch3@gmail.com Mona Goransson Kristinehamn SE SWEDEN (46) 550 19984 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 Carl Gould Raymond CA 559-760-2017 GouldTraining@sti.net Mark E. Guynn Berthoud CO 303-907-1007 guynntraining@gmail.com Kirk L. Hall Edgemont SD 605-431-3607 14cowhorse@gmail.com Derek Hanscome New Glasgow NS CANADA 902-759-4533 dphans@hotmail.com Stacy K. Hanson Simi Valley CA 307-690-5642 stacy_hanson@rocketmail.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 Terrill Heaton Las Vegas NV 702-281-2868 terrillheaton@gmail.com Guy Heintz High River AB CANADA 403-601-3691 rafterhranche@yahoo.ca 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 Kevin Hood Penrose CO 719-250-6465 khood.office@gmail.com Jan Hoskin Hay Pinnacle NC 940-391-6327 aussiedog3@msn.com Doug Huls Phoenix AZ 480-390-6867 doughulsscc@gmail.com TX 281-433-5310 Bobby Hunt Comfort 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 Drake J. Johnson Wray CO 970-597-0117 drakejjohnson@gmail.com 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 Tony S. Kennedy Tuppers Plains OH 740-516-1985 lonesomeoakranch@windstream.net

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Jeremy S. Knoles Ramona J. Koch Cindy Lapp Eugenio Latorre Teresa J. Lauth Fredy Laval Mark A. Lecy Patrice A. Lee Rick LeMay Bobby E. Lewis Tack Louthan Mike W. Lund Morgan R. Lybbert 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 McCuiston Karen McCuiston Gretchen L. McDaniel Chele A. McGauly Jay McLaughlin Kathleen L. McPhaul Jeremy Meador Alessandro Meconi Jack M. Mervin Rich Mervin Bonnie Miller Darren L. Miller Mike E. Miller Allen R. Mitchels Jacky Molliex-Donjon Alessandro Monaldi James L. Montgomery Peter A. Morgan John P. Murphy 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 Poil Barberis Kim J. Pope Brown Billy Prather Smoky Pritchett Kenny E. Pugh, Sr. Gary W. Putman John J. Quinlan Shannon Quinlan Vicki K. Radtke Christian Rammerstorfer Marilyn K. Randall Wade J. Reaney

North Platte NE 806-330-1701 jsknoles@yahoo.com Paicines CA 831-801-7212 ramona.koch@live.com 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 Elbert CO 970-846-9848 louthancowhorses@gmail.com Atascadero CA 805-801-7166 lunds5@hotmail.com Valley View TX 940-727-4089 mrlybbert@gmail.com Belgrade MT 406-581-8695 info@macdonaldperformancetraining.com Pavia IT ITALY (39) 335 5311527 manumaio28@libero.it Longmont CO 303-881-2815 svtcgary@yahoo.com Sullivan WI 608-797-2973 marxperformancehorses@yahoo.com Erbach-Rossbach DE GERMANY (49) 606 263131 george@freestyleranch.de Monteroni D’Arbia SI ITALY (39) 335 654 9873 Filippomasi67@gmail.com CA Temecula 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 karen.mccuiston@gmail.com 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 mcphaullathleen@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 Rathdrum ID 208-660-4497 studentofthehorse@yahoo.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 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 Wetaskiwin AB CANADA 780-216-2000 john_p_murphy@ymail.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 (46) 550 19984 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 Sarana La Spezia Italy 393-289-69-1198 elisaf8059@gmail.com 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 Sharpsville PA 413-374-7520 shannonislide@gmail.com Syracuse NE 402-616-0908 vradtke@hotmail.com Oroville CA 303-243-0516 rammerstorfertraining@hotmail.com Bridger MT 406-425-1547 marilyn.randall88@gmail.com Rupert ID 208-431-4703 wadejreaney@gmail.com

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Guillermo Recio Travis Rempel Trigg C. Rentfro Rhonda J. Replogle Anne M. Reynolds Gary Reynolds Roy A. Rich Enrico Righetti Dan Roeser Fielding (Bozo) H. Rogers Pam R. Rose Sam M. Rose Rusty R. Ruby Cynthia R. Rucker Mark R. Russell Bill J. Sanguinetti Debby M. Sanguinetti Patrick H. Sattler Lance R. Scheffel Markus Schopfer Zeph P. Schulz Pamela Scott Cori Shields Lance Shields Dennis H. Sigler Mark A. Sigler Andrea J. Simons Karl D. Smith John S. Snyder Jim W. Spence Brandon T. Staebler Julie Stanley Gary S. Stark Shane L. Steffen Harvey D. Stevens Timothy W. Stewart Jimmy R. Stickler Peter Swales Mauro Taccia Anthony S. Taormino Carol L. Telford Jake A. Telford Becky A. Terrell Rod W. Thiessen Ryan M. Thomas Terry R. Thompson Les M. Timmons Tim Unzicker Jeffry J. Veitch Carlo Volpi Jonathan Vrabec Allen R. Walton Lori L. Walton Trevor P. Walton Brady E. Weaver Bill R. Weaver II Gary W. Webb Terry Wegener Larry E. Westmoreland Wayne W. Whitehead Daniel A Wildin Doug Williamson Todd D. Williamson Maryann Willoughby Betty O. Wilson Cayley R. Wilson Katie H. Wilson Richard W. Winters Deb S. Witty Ken L. Wold Debra J. Wright Nancie K. Wright Liz Younger Badasci

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grecio@earthlink.net rempel.travis@gmail.com trentfro@live.com rr@rrshowhorses.com yworryranch@msn.com enjoytr@aol.com roy_rich6@yahoo.com righetti.e@tiscali.it roeserstables@gmail.com bozorogers4@gmail.com pam@roseig.com sroseqh@yahoo.com rmlruby@msn.com cindy@ruckerpet.com markrussell705@hotmail.com billsanguinetti@aol.com outwest1@verizon.net mail@patricksattler.de lancescheffel1576@hotmail.com info@markusreining.com zephandliz@gmail.com pscott75@aol.com halter_ego@hotmail.com slanceshields@gmail.com dsigler.4m@gmail.com mas01b@acu.edu andrea@simonsshowhorses.com kds.cowhorses@yahoo.com snyderperformancehorse@gmail.com wowcowhorse@aol.com sphtraining@gmail.com 7704performance@gmail.com gstarktraining@hotmail.com sbsteffen@peoplepc.com reinersrus1@yahoo.com timwstewart@gmail.com stichorses@gmail.com swalessilver@gmail.com maurotaccia@libero.it astaormino3@yahoo.com telfordcarol@gmail.com j.jtelford1@gmail.com baterrell@copper.net rft@sasktel.net rtcutter@gmail.com terrythompsoninc@yahoo.com leslietimmons@msn.com timunzicker@gmail.com jjveitch@gmail.com carlo_volpi@hotmail.com jonrv12@gmail.com awalton677@gmail.com lori@waltonranch.com trvrwalton@gmail.com megbweaver@hotmail.com bill.weaver@ok.gov garywebb@missouristate.edu 55terryw@gmail.com larry.westwindtc@gmail.com grulla1@netscape.net danielwildin@yahoo.com doug.williamson@sbcglobal.net tw60to80@yahoo.com willmaw@pld.com bwilson@centramedia.net cayleyrwilson@gmail.com cowponykate@gmail.com richard@wintersranch.com highcountrytraining@msn.com cowboykw1@aol.com nbphorses@gmail.com office@nanciewright.com liz@youngeragency.com

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Foal Crop: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

A Shiner Named Sioux (972) 977-6581 X X X X X ARC Moonstruckrey (405) 659-7394 X ARC Sparkin Chics (661) 303-6015 X Auspicious Cat (940) 231-5601 X X X X Automatic Cat (940) 733-8581 Backdoor Cat (805) 756-5469 X X X Bamacat (806) 596-4424 X X Bet Hesa Cat (806) 596-4424 X X X X X BFR Igniting Sparks (901) 826-7297 Big Bucks To Cash (817) 596-9009 X X X X X Blind Sided (903) 886-8836 X X Blue One Time (817) 279-8275 X X X X Blue Savanah Holli (505) 425-1500 X X X X X Boon A Little (940) 284-7788 X X X Boon San (254) 485-8280 X X X X Boon Too Suen (254) 592-5979 Boonlight Dancer (580) 276-4830 X X Briscoe Cat (806) 206-2336 X Brother Jackson (916) 802-6668 X X X Call Me Mitch (805) 688-3673 X Cat From Ipanema (951) 529-6258 Cat Ichi (972) 342-6841 X X X X X Cat Man Do (940) 495-3773 X X Cat T Masterson (406) 599-6414 X Catatomic (480) 563-1966 X X Cats Full Moon X Cats Greystone (254) 485-2542 X Cats Merada (940) 464-0783 X X X X X Cats Moonshine (940) 641-1261 X X X Cats Quixote Jack (817) 594-9232 X X Cats Starbright (580) 276-1600 X Catty Hawk (580) 220-1281 X X X X X CD Diamond (817) 599-4560 X X X X CD Lights (817) 599-0522 X X X X X Cee Mr Hickory (805) 550-8387 X Chic Please (931) 625-9881 X Chics Magic Potion (951) 375-6682 X Compaq Player (605) 440-0663 X Cruze Mode (931) 260-3909 X Desire Rey (940) 839-1969 X Docs Soula (480) 563-1966 X X Dont Stopp Believin (817) 599-4560 X Dry N Play (940)231-0370 X Dual R Smokin (817) 599-4560 X X X X Dual Rey (303) 956-1887 X X X X X Dual Shot Doc (940) 902-1281 X (254) 485-8280 X X X X X Dual Smart Rey Dual Spark X Dulces Little Light (209) 603-9710 X X Freckled Leo Lena (713) 248-2937 X X X X X Funny B Bluemuchamon (903) 886-8836 X X X X Gallo Del Cielo (580) 276-4830 X X Genuine Masterpiece (307) 358-5439 x 1 X X X X Genuine Rednic (775) 423-4765 X Good Times Too (307) 276-3478 X Gotta Go Get It X X Gunnatrashya (817) 559-4560 X X X

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Foal Crop: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Nabisco Roan (805) 688-4241 X X X X X Natural Bottom (855)674-6773 X Nic It In The Bud (480) 563-1966 X X X X X Nics Black Diamond (805)688-3673 X X X X X NMSU Truckin Chex (520) 906-4852 X X No Guns Please (903) 816-3495 X X X X Olena Oak (805) 610-8320 X X X X Once A Von A Time (805) 688-4241 X X X X X Once In A Blu Boon (940) 284-7788 X X X One Fine Vintage (480) 273-7759 X X One Roan Peptos (817) 560-0038 X One Smart Response (208) 841-2052 X X X X X One Time Pepto (910) 596-2183 X X X X X One Time Royalty (817) 599-4560 X X X X X Paddys Irish Whiskey (806) 596-4424 X X X X X Palo Duro Cat (940) 665-7557 X Patroan (254) 485-8280 X Peptoboonsmal (800) 396-3615 X X X X X (406) 434-5724 X X X X X Peptos Duke Peptos Lil Bingo X PG Gunpowder (806) 596-4424 X X Play Dual Rey (940) 637-2536 X X X Playboys Buck Fever (307) 276-3748 X X Playgun (580) 276-9397 X X X X X Playboys Red Pepto (559) 665-2908 Playin Attraction (806) 596-4424 X X X X PRF Spoonful Of Gold (817) 599-4560 X X X Purdy Boy Flash (901) 826-7297 X X RC Gay Bar Star Dust (602) 524-9047 X X Real Smooth Cat (916) 802-6668 X X X X Reminic N Dunit X Rey Dual (800) 278-0785 X X X Reynshine (660) 748-5844 X Reys Dual Badger (817) 599-4560 X Reyzin The Cash (817) 599-4560 X Rockin W (806)596-4424 X X X X X Roo Star (254) 947-1292 X X X X X Royal Fletch (817) 594-9232 X X X X Ruff Spook (940) 637-2536 X Sannman (817) 560-0038 X X X X SDP Blue Blood (303) 618-0749 SDP Joker (530) 200-0560 X Self Shine (940) 637-2536 X Seven From Heaven (806) 596-4424 X Shady Lil Starlight (805) 688-4241 X X X X X Shine Chic Shine (940) 637-2536 X X Shiners Nickle (210) 381-3132 X X X X X Shiners Suduko (405) 659-7394 X Shiners Voodoo Dr (405) 527-5008 X X X X X Shining Cat (817)595-9181 Shining Lil Nic (303) 915-6444 X X X X X Short And Smart (661) 303-6015 X Silver Gun (559) 897-8616 X Sindicat (780) 817-0896 X Sixes Pick (806) 596-4424 X X X X X Smart And Shiney (940) 437-2470 X X X X X Smart Blackbird (519) 913-1233 X Smart Boons (817) 599-4560 X X X X X

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Smart Chic Olena X Smart Lena Boon (575) 760-4104 X X Smart Like Juice (217) 377-2258 X Smart Little Pepinic (559) 897-8616 X X Smart Luck (940) 390-8489 X X X Smart Santana (541) 504-8155 X X X Smart Spook (940) 368-6999 X X X Smart Steady Date (559) 897-8616 X Smart Sugar Badger (352) 303-2151 X Smokums Prize X Smooth As A Cat (940) 686-2246 X X X X X Smooth Talkin Style (254) 485-8280 X Solano Cat (940) 637-2536 X X X X Son Shining Rooster (806) 584-9275 X X X X X Sophisticated Catt (940) 665-7557 X X X Soula Jule Star (580) 276-4830 X X Spooks Bluestem (406) 265-1424 X Spots Hot (254) 458-8280 Spray Shine (405) 264-3314 X Starlight Kat (208) 861-0760 Starlights Wrangler (940) 437-5157 X X Stevie Rey Von (806) 622-9787 Stone Blue Valentine (903) 886-8836 X Stressolena (307) 358-5439 x 1 X X X Stunned (646) 912-0272 X Stylish Rey (303) 956-1887 X X Stylish Rey Gay (580) 276-0761 Sushi Boss (308) 380-2244 X X Sweet Lil Pepto (817) 594-6900 X X X X X Tangys Classy Peppy (209) 759-3323 X That CD Rocks (559) 897-8616 X X X X That Sly Cat (940) 682-4370 X The Boon (361) 675-4695 X X X Third Cutting (817) 560-0038 X X This One Time (970) 226-4747 X X X Thomas E Hughes (979) 373-6241 X Time For The Diamond (817) 599-4560 X X Tomcat Chex (707) 678-8686 X X X X X TR Dual Rey (817) 560-0038 X X X X Travelin Jonez (903) 564-7883 X X X X Tru Grrit (970) 749-3322 X X Uno What Time It Is (405) 344-6692 X X X X X Very Smart Remedy (208) 366-2971 X X X X X Waresthecat (806) 596-4424 X X X X X Western Time Zone (940) 682-4001 X Whizkey N Diamonds (425) 210-4413 X Willy B Gun Smart (406) 777-2664 X X X Wimpys Little Step (405) 600-1990 Woody Be Tuff (903) 536-3286 X X X X X WR This Cats Smart (307) 358-5439 X X X X X Yellow Roan Of Texas (405) 837-9873 X Zezes Pepto Cat (940) 859-6587 X X

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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. 6-year-olds are also eligible in the Non Pro Limited Division only.

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.

4. Nomination fees will be as follows: a. Paid during the breeding year (the next year’s foal crop) - $1000

b. Weanling year - $1,250

c. Yearling year - $1,500

d. 2-year-old year - $1,750

e. 3-year-old year - $2,000 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 $3,000. 5-year-old and 6-year-old foal crops that have not been previously subscribed may also be paid in for $3,000.

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.....................................................$3,000 2014.....................................................$3,000 2015....................................................$2,000 2016.....................................................$1,750 2017.....................................................$1,500 2018.....................................................$1,250 2019.....................................................$1,000

Nominated after Feb 1, 2019 Foal Crop..................................................Fee 2014.....................................................$3,000 2015....................................................$3,000 2016.....................................................$2,000 2017.....................................................$1,750 2018.....................................................$1,500 2019....................................................$1,250 2020.....................................................$1,000

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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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NATIONAL REINED COW HORSE ASSOCIATION 2019 Membership Application Valid from Nov. 16, 2018 - Nov 15, 2019 Name:

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All Members must Sign here I, the undersigned, have read and understand the National Reined Cow Horse Association membership eligibility category definitions. I understand that the full responsibility concerning my eligibility rests solely on me. NRCHA, its officers, directors, employees are not held responsible for the burden of proof for my eligibility. Should I be found not eligible for said division after competing, all money, prizes, and points shall be forfeited and returned to the NRCHA office upon notification to me.

Signature: ____________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________

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.

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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:

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Top Riders for Open Eligibility in 2019 Riders listed in the Top 25 (above the line) are NOT eligible for Intermediate Open LAE or HS in 2019.

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 Justin T. Wright Clayton M. Edsall Chris C. Dawson Kelby L. Phillips Sarah L. Dawson Zane P. Davis Todd A. Bergen John C. Swales Phillip J. Ralls Luke J. Jones Jake D. Gorrell Nicholas S. Dowers Shawn D. Hays Jay McLaughlin Tucker J. Robinson Randy J. Paul Ken L. Wold Clay Volmer Cayley R. Wilson Matt J. Koch Brad L. Lund Todd Crawford Brady E. Weaver Jake A. Telford Justin E. Lawrence Lance B. Johnston Boyd J. Rice Brandon C. Buttars Monica J. Caetano Dale E. Clearwater Shane L. Steffen Doug Williamson Lyn Anderson Erin L. Taormino Mark A. Sigler Robert Chown Russell A. Probert Ryan P. Gallentine EJ Laubscher Jordan W. Williams Anne M. Reynolds Shadd Parkinson Jim W. Spence Kyle Trahern Roy A. Rich Trent S. Pedersen Les D. Oswald Ricky Nicolazzi Daniel Sanchez

2016

2017

2018

Sum of Earnings

$198,574.61 $87,543.70 $63,217.99 $97,247.41 $135,940.55 $124,912.53 $39,529.66 $109,450.19 $91,564.26 $82,926.18 $74,672.04 $37,306.00 $133,421.24 $59,636.92 $101,919.16 $94,360.89 $44,051.62 $54,299.03 $22,959.58 $33,257.76 $90,548.12 $23,922.36 $36,500.32 $24,149.79 $53,178.11 $79,052.47 $16,252.91 $3,055.50 $51,887.15 $33,797.10 $32,682.53 $25,354.63 $57,539.59 $47,029.18 $21,756.17 $16,955.12 $19,491.67 $30,886.19 $15,840.08 $27,198.47 $19,570.09 $27,607.28 $13,061.28 $13,562.28 $17,954.54 $18,743.29 $22,177.98 $5,345.15 $4,454.50 $13,501.10

$133,515.82 $217,957.47 $61,798.65 $125,490.26 $34,461.82 $91,571.98 $195,030.95 $122,400.30 $118,004.93 $127,034.18 $101,318.03 $189,994.07 $22,998.20 $98,773.73 $58,696.32 $73,600.18 $90,261.86 $68,283.64 $82,912.95 $83,517.57 $28,546.67 $114,551.04 $20,784.09 $91,908.69 $39,226.96 $22,182.22 $61,028.63 $36,054.40 $34,721.19 $36,888.50 $27,560.80 $25,351.08 $36,457.62 $23,168.64 $38,810.06 $37,174.94 $36,318.06 $30,954.43 $30,638.76 $26,607.63 $2,396.00 $26,028.20 $23,375.56 $36,455.76 $26,454.98 $26,261.41 $28,596.75 $28,535.55 $31,814.50 $27,243.60

$304,953.77 $307,793.08 $325,715.20 $126,536.17 $159,599.49 $95,442.89 $72,075.72 $69,697.38 $72,340.78 $61,356.06 $89,548.35 $20,204.62 $90,652.43 $57,324.17 $53,006.96 $32,447.92 $58,021.42 $65,363.51 $80,927.79 $69,113.44 $64,604.05 $28,734.20 $94,897.37 $34,319.10 $42,542.40 $27,207.62 $50,782.89 $79,205.46 $22,269.04 $36,273.10 $46,299.09 $54,921.58 $4,369.74 $23,694.47 $27,380.44 $32,622.32 $29,710.91 $22,157.63 $34,077.75 $18,581.62 $49,330.85 $15,369.30 $30,763.62 $15,006.51 $19,897.19 $18,781.42 $11,062.83 $26,394.68 $21,449.07 $15,309.73

$637,044.20 $613,294.25 $450,731.84 $349,273.84 $330,001.86 $311,927.40 $306,636.33 $301,547.87 $281,909.97 $271,316.42 $265,538.42 $247,504.69 $247,071.87 $215,734.82 $213,622.44 $200,408.99 $192,334.90 $187,946.18 $186,800.32 $185,888.77 $183,698.84 $167,207.60 $152,181.78 $150,377.58 $134,947.47 $128,442.31 $128,064.43 $118,315.36 $108,877.38 $106,958.70 $106,542.42 $105,627.29 $98,366.95 $93,892.29 $87,946.67 $86,752.38 $85,520.64 $83,998.25 $80,556.59 $72,387.72 $71,296.94 $69,004.78 $67,200.46 $65,024.55 $64,306.71 $63,786.12 $61,837.56 $60,275.38 $57,718.07 $56,054.43

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Top Riders for Non Pro Eligibility in 2019 Riders listed in the Top 12 (above the line) are NOT eligible for the Intermediate Non Pro LAE in 2019.

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

Hope A. Miller Myles Brown Jayson J. Fisher Bart F. Holowath Tammy Jo Hays Eric M. Freitas Laurie Richards Lanham W. Brown Toni M. Hagen Heath Sonya N. DiStefano Debbie R. Crafton Kenneth J. Schueller Kathy L. Ferguson Robert M. Miller Kathy L. Wilson Carmen Buckingham Clark W. Weaver Mark W. Parsons Bret J. Paulick Jennifer M. Newman Abbie Phillips Shannon M. McCarty Dave A. Ferguson Jesse J. Spence Clayton Hines Lyle G. Proctor Dillon Cox Jens G. Naglestad Kasen York Cori Shields Pete R. Rogan Carrie Volmer Wes R. Housler Ladona D. Emmons Ashley M. O Donnell Keri L. Hudson-Reykdal Sophia T. Buttars Jorge Luis Cid Diane L. Lorenzen Megan Ciana Jerry M. Beukelman Paul E. Bailey Parke S. Greeson Ashley R. Lembke Jennifer A. Neel Chris W. Bense Cynthia L. Bias Farrah Roberts Carrie A. Whisler Kristy Kay Miller

2016

2017

2018

Sum of Earnings

$10,587.84 $7,990.49 $10,735.86 $8,376.76 $11,291.65 $29,381.33 $8,377.76 $22,710.85 $3,055.28 $27,982.12 $4,433.97 $17,491.16 $30,039.25 $12,465.22 $16,392.20 $10,876.01 $6,749.64 $13,367.21 $1,738.04 $29,928.08 $0.00 $19,749.93 $11,553.17 $5,536.00 $8,400.03 $7,277.24 $0.00 $2,186.00 $898.85 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $9,439.01 $6,802.53 $14,797.28 $3,834.01 $0.00 $13,641.78 $9,137.34 $8,662.85 $1,866.65 $0.00 $1,926.75 $13,708.02 $2,673.95 $3,281.20 $4,462.83 $2,550.00 $5,061.58

$50,818.34 $50,350.20 $29,056.72 $21,507.09 $37,674.37 $10,222.34 $21,087.55 $26,267.65 $11,088.69 $1,594.60 $6,719.10 $11,243.30 $8,975.19 $0.00 $3,240.14 $11,681.33 $18,203.13 $6,553.50 $21,745.88 $491.65 $22,312.38 $3,654.25 $2,215.92 $14,578.05 $7,123.41 $12,710.12 $3,188.43 $8,132.34 $2,736.90 $15,510.00 $17,418.90 $9,377.62 $1,201.00 $0.00 $0.00 $882.00 $8,136.27 $12,272.88 $158.50 $3,745.42 $6,042.00 $11,928.25 $175.00 $4,548.84 $0.00 $6,374.44 $8,884.65 $5,029.51 $2,001.58 $3,900.94

$43,153.46 $18,604.19 $34,667.35 $35,713.47 $15,846.77 $13,720.07 $20,996.20 $344.25 $34,918.60 $16,460.15 $33,798.35 $15,943.48 $2,886.00 $26,374.99 $17,420.55 $13,979.86 $9,056.11 $12,513.08 $7,108.31 $0.00 $6,363.93 $3,036.45 $10,789.86 $1,983.00 $5,759.52 $0.00 $16,231.79 $9,045.09 $15,087.18 $2,331.00 $0.00 $7,703.00 $15,720.48 $6,737.25 $9,295.32 $75.60 $3,493.75 $2,942.67 $1,277.00 $1,865.91 $0.00 $0.00 $13,619.30 $7,269.15 $0.00 $3,664.55 $0.00 $2,545.60 $7,387.41 $2,534.03

$104,559.64 $76,944.88 $74,459.93 $65,597.32 $64,812.79 $53,323.74 $50,461.51 $49,322.75 $49,062.57 $46,036.87 $44,951.42 $44,677.94 $41,900.44 $38,840.21 $37,052.89 $36,537.20 $34,008.88 $32,433.79 $30,592.23 $30,419.73 $28,676.31 $26,440.63 $24,558.95 $22,097.05 $21,282.96 $19,987.36 $19,420.22 $19,363.43 $18,722.93 $17,841.00 $17,418.90 $17,080.62 $16,921.48 $16,176.26 $16,097.85 $15,754.88 $15,464.03 $15,215.55 $15,077.28 $14,748.67 $14,704.85 $13,794.90 $13,794.30 $13,744.74 $13,708.02 $12,712.94 $12,165.85 $12,037.94 $11,938.99 $11,496.55

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Affiliate Listing Current as of January 1, 2019

Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association

Canadian Coast Reined Cow Horse Association

Italian Reined Cow Horse Association

Arizona Reined Cow Horse Association

Central Montana Reined Cow Horse Association

Magic Valley 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 Bronwyn McCormick 28150 N Alma School Pkwy Ste 103-520 Scottsdale, AZ 85262 Phone: 480-510-0974 Email: info@azrcha.com Website: www.azrcha.com

Atlantic Reined Cow Horse Association Frank Prisco 189 Old Willets Path Smithtown, NY 11787 Phone: 631-478-7022 Email: archapresident@gmail.com Website: www.atlanticRCHA.com

Australian Reined Cow Horse Association Jay Gordon Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia Phone: +04 90915094 Email: archa@outlook.com.au Website: facebook.com/ AustralianReinedCowHorseAssociation/

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 Phone: 209-201-8975 Email: brokenarrowranchca@gmail.com Website: www.californiacowhorse.com

Katie Wilson 1280 Powerhouse Rd. Abbotsford, BC V3G 1T7 CANADA Phone: 604-300-3545 Email: cowponykate@gmail.com Website: www.ccrcha.com

Jill Roberts 1521 Parr Creek Ln Lewistown, MT 59457 Phone: 406-538-7564 Email: vjroberts@hughes.net Website: www.cmrcha.com

Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association

MJ Anderson PO Box 88 Trinidad, CO 81082 Phone: 719-936-4770 Email: coloradocowhorse@gmail.com Website: www.coloradoreinedcowhorse.com

European Reined Cow Horse Association Augusto De Fazio via Natalia Ginzburg 1 - 11015 Ivrea (TO) ITALY Phone: +(39) 338 8860657 Email: 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: www.gulfcoastcowhorse.com

Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association

Callee Miller PO Box 98 Unity, OR 97884 Phone:541-519-4748 Email: cowhorse22@gmail.com Website: www.idahoreinedcowhorse.com

Eveline Besozzi Via Giuseppe Grilloni 25 2100 Como ITALY Phone: +39 347 26 22 783 Email: sectreteria.ircha@gmail.com Website: https://nrchaofitaly.com/ Louise Miller PO Box 5956 Twin Falls, ID 83303 Phone: 208-420-0548 Email: la_lomiller@yahoo.com

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 Phone: 585-315-7809 Email: 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

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Affiliate Listing Northeastern Reined Cowhorse Alliance

South Dakota Reined Cow Horse Association

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

Deb Brown PO Box 655 Buffalo, SD 57720 Phone: 605-797-4514 Email: nphorses@sdplains.com Website: www.sdrcha.com

Northern California Reined Cow Horse Association

Tara Folsom 21935 Reading Dr Anderson, CA 96007 Phone: 530-518-3753 Email: tarafolsom@yahoo.com Website: www.ncrcha.info

Northwest Reined Cow Horse Association Diane Edwards PO Box 260 Maple Valley, WA 98038 Phone: 206-390-0715 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 Texas Reined Cow Horse Association

Swedish Reined Cow Horse Association Joakim Pettersson Astorp Gunnarsgarden 6 SE – 521 96 Falkoping Sweden Phone: +46 70 676 7642 Email: jipquarters@jipquarters.com Website: www.srcha.eu

Tina McCleary 7676 CR 247 Caldwell, TX 77836 Phone: 979-218-0633 Email: southtexasrcha@gmail.com Website: www.strcha.org

The Carolinas Reined Cow Horse Association

Southern California Reined Cow Horse Association

Tri State Ranch and Reined Cow Horse Association

Shelley Schaffer PO Box 313 Winchester, CA 92596 Phone: 858-722-5995 Email: Shelley.schaffer@ashford.edu Website: www.scrcha.com

Sarah Lawrence PO Box 186 Nancy, KY 42544 Phone: 606-425-1198 Email: arhacontact@aol.com Website: www.tristateranchandreinedcowhorse. my-free.website

Southwest Reined Cow Horse Association

Utah Reined Cow Horse Association

Gay Lenz 11587 Hunt Lane Guthrie, OK 73044 Phone: 405-818-7556 Email: glenz@glenzenterprises.com Website: www.srcha.org

Crystal Ward-Taylor 130 Haigler Rd Lenoir, NC 28645 Phone: 828-312-2705 Email: cward@carolinafarmcredit.com

Misty Castagno 149 Waterhole Way Grantsville, UT 84029 Phone: 435-830-1440 Email: clintmisty07@gmail.com Website:www.urcha.org

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 January 1, 2019

Agricultural Foundation, Fresno, CA Desert Spring Ranch, Queen Creek, AZ Keetch Ranch, Waddell, AZ Del Rey Paint & Qtr Horses/Aneka Schelbeck, Cotton Wood, CA Bynum Farms/Blair Bynum, Palm City, FL Donnie Boyd, Sarasota, FL Robyn Bush, Visalia, CA Marcy Campbell, Creston, CA

Roy Hockensmith, Frankfort, KY Brian & Cynthia Holthouse, San Juan Bautista, CA Babcock Ranch/Jim Babcock, Sanger, TX Brandon Johnson, Nebraska City, NE Bridgette Lanham, Eastover, SC Thera Myers, Oxnard, CA Steed Training/Rick Steed, Okeechobee, FL Jill Serena, Castaic, 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 Pat Faitz, Lakeland, FL Robert Frobose, Modesto, CA Miguel Gonzalez, Miami, FL

Vernon Smith, Santa Maria, CA Dream Cross/Susan Ray, TX Lazy T Shamrock Ranch/ Terry Malarkey, Star, ID Elizabeth Winkle, Sarasota, FL Don Stockman, Dayton, TX Mozaun McKibben, Whitesboro, TX Sarah McKibben, Whitesboro, TX Kinsey Dodson, Cleburne, TX

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Committee DirectorY Affiliates

JUDGes

Owners

Chairperson: Frank Prisco archapresident@gmail.com

Chairperson: Sam Rose sroseqh@aol.com • 805-431-4083

Chairperson: Daniel J. Perez danieljperez49@gmail.com • 209-604-8868

631-478-7022 Jimmy Flores • jfloresph@aol.com

Director of Judges: Bill Enk enk.bill@gmail.com

Professionals

Edie Petaccio • teampnr29@aol.com

Dan Roeser • roeserstables@gmail.com

Justin Stanton • justinstanton1992@gmail.com

Darren Miller • dmillerstables@aol.com

Tim Unzicker • timunzicker@gmail.com

Ron Emmons • ladonadare@me.com

Welfare

NRCH Foundation

Chairperson: Dr. Joe Carter, DVM jcarterdvm@aol.com • 405-288-6460

Ethics Chairperson: Bill Tointon billtointon@msn.com • 303-530-2443

Executive committee Chairperson: Paul Bailey paulb@cb-trucking.com • 931-260-3909

Chairperson: Ted Robinson 805-649-9028 805-794-2266

Sandy Collier • sandy@sandycollier.com Jake Telford • j.jtelford1@gmail.com

Non Pro

Stephanie Duquette • stephanieduquette@hotmail.com

Trey Neal • trey@treyneal.com

Kelli Caves • Kelli.Caves@FLHOSP.ORG

Jake Telford • j.jtelford1@gmail.com

Garth Gardiner • gardinergarth@gmail.com

Hall of Fame

Meg Rosell-Pursel • meg@roselltrailers.com

Chairperson: Dan Roeser roeserstables@gmail.com 208-841-2052

Rhonda Holmes • rhondajjj@msn.com

Horse Sales

Lyn Anderson • lsanderson@wildblue.net

Chairperson: Jon Roeser jonroeser@sti.net

Dan Roeser • roeserstables@gmail.com

Bobby Ingersoll • bobby@bobbyingersoll.com

Chairperson: Dan Roeser roeserstables@gmail.com • 208-841-2052

Darren Miller • dmillerstables@aol.com

Frank Prisco • archapresident@gmail.com

Ted Robinson • ted@tedrobinsoncowhorses.com

Rules

Nominating

Chairperson: Diane Edwards Diane2bph@outlook.com • 206-390-0715

Jon Roeser • jonroeser@sti.net

Chairperson: Corey Cushing cushingperformancehorses@hotmail.com 602-363-3621

Rory Livingston • roryliving@aol.com Nelle Murphy • baldnshiney@hotmail.com Bart Holowath • bart.holowath@gmail.com Paul Bailey • paulb@cb-trucking.com Debbie Sanguinetti • outwest1@verizon.net Loretta Showalter • lorettaelsie@gmail.com Dan Weiss • dn_weiss@yahoo.com

Shows Chairperson: Jake Telford j.jtelford1@gmail.com • 208-890-1205

Sponsorship Chairperson: Jay Winborn jay@nrcha.com • 940-488-1500

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

Chairperson: Todd Crawford toddcrawford333@gmail.com

Jim Vangelos • javangelos@aol.com

Youth

Sandy Collier • sandy@sandycollier.com

Ramona Wold • ramonawold@me.com

Jeff Oswood • oswoodstallionstation@gmail.com

Kris Troxel • ktroxel@sitestar.net

Chairperson: Sarah Clymer shubrick3@gmail.com • 719-330-1932

Larry Rice • larry@flagranchllc.com

Tim Swain • Coloradolandandranch@gmail.com Kathy Ferguson • fergielivestock@yahoo.com

Allison Walker • allison@nrcha.com

Rick Ford • rick@cinderlakesranch.com

Robin Flournoy • cowchic53@icloud.com

Todd Crawford • toddcrawford333@gmail.com

Boyd Rice • boydrice.1965@gmail.com

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SHOW SCHEDULE as of December 27, 2018

LAE = Limited Aged Event, HS = Horse Show

Date

Show

Type of event

Jan 23 - 27 Jan 26 -27 Feb 2 Feb 2 - 3 Feb 6 - 8 Feb 14 - 23 Mar 2 - 10 Mar 7 -10 Mar 9 Mar 16 Mar 16 - 17 Mar 16 - 17 Mar 23 - 24 Mar 30 - Apr 6 Apr 22-28 Apr 27 May 4 May 4 - 5 May 17 - 19

Location

SAQHA Show HS/ cat.1 CCHA Show #1 HS/ cat.1 Santa Ynez Valley Cow Horse Show #1 HS/ cat.1 Celebration Warm Up HS/ cat.1 Dirt & Diamonds Derby LAE/ cat.1 NRCHA Celebration of Champions HS/LAE/ cat.1 Sun Country Circuit HS/ cat.1 Swing Into Spring HS/LAE/ cat.1/ cat.2 CCHA Show #2 HS/ cat.1 Santa Ynez Valley Cow Horse #2 HS/ cat.1 Pot of Gold HS/ cat.1 VOLRHA March Madness HS/ cat.1 GCCHA March Show HS/ cat.1 NRCHA Stallion Stakes HS/LAE/ cat.1 Wild Rag Classic HS/LAE/ cat.1/ cat.2 Santa Ynez Valley Cow Horse Show #3 HS/ cat.1 CCHA Show #3 HS/ cat.1 Cinco de Mayo HS/ cat.1 Jimmy Flores Sr. Memorial Spectacular HS/LAE/ cat.1 May 24 - 26 CCHA Spectacular, Derby & Show #4 & #5 HS/LAE/cat.1 May 31 - Jun 2 Heritage Days Classic HS/ LAE/cat.1/cat.2 June 9 - 16 NRCHA Derby HS/LAE/cat.1 June 27-30 Summer Spectacular HS/LAE/ cat.1/ cat.2 Jun 29 CCHA Show #6 HS/cat.1 Jul 13 - 14 Country Boil HS/ cat.1 Jul 27 CCHA Show #7 HS/ cat.1 Aug 12-18 Pre-Futurity & Horse Show HS/LAE/ cat.1/ cat.2 Aug 31 CCHA Show #8 HS/ cat.1 Aug 30 - Sep 1 Labor Day Show & Futurity HS/LAE/ cat.1 Sep 21 - 22 September Classic HS/ cat.1 Oct 6 - 20 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity & Hackamore Classic HS/LAE/ cat.1 Nov 8 - 10 CCHA Show #9 & #10 HS/ cat.1 Nov 9 - 10 2019 Wrap Up HS/ cat.1

Affiliate

Queen Creek, AZ Arizona RCHA Porterville, CA California CHA Santa Ynez, CA Bryan, TX South Texas RCHA Rancho Murieta, CA Fort Worth, TX Scottsdale, AZ Arizona RCHA Guthrie, OK Southwest RCHA Clovis, CA California CHA Santa Ynez, CA Temecula, CA Southern California RCHA Memphis, TN Sarasota, FL Gulf Coast CHA Las Vegas, NV Fort Worth, TX Southwest RCHA Santa Ynez, CA Clovis, CA California CHA Bryan, TX South Texas RCHA

Secretary

Kelsey Nichols-Rhyne (661) 889-8059 Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 Carol Sutton (805) 260-4535 Tina McCleary (979) 218-0633 Shelly Alvord (580) 668-5423 Kelley Hartranft (940) 488-1500 Shawn Martin (623) 217-3879 Pam Humphreys Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 Carol Sutton (805) 260-4535 Kelley Hartranft (714) 267-5912 Leslie Fluhr (502) 551-7955 Claudia Nichols (772) 321-9637 Kelley Hartranft (940) 488-1500 Pam Humphreys Carol Sutton (805) 260-4535 Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 Tina McCleary (979) 218-0633

Email myhsentries@gmail.com kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com syvcowhorse@verizon.net southtexasRCHA@gmail.com info@teemshows.com KelleyH@NRCHA.com emailmyentries@gmail.com entry@srcha.org kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com syvcowhorse@verizon.net klsgrn@yahoo.com lesfluhr@gmail.com claudia.horseshow@gmail.com KelleyH@NRCHA.com entry@srcha.org syvcowhorse@verizon.net kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com southtexasRCHA@gmail.com

Temecula, CA

Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft

(714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com

Tulare, CA Bryan, TX Paso Robles, CA Ardmore, OK Tulare, CA Temecula, CA Tulare, CA Fort Worth, TX Tulare, CA Bryan, TX Temecula, CA

California CHA South Texas RCHA

Laura Norman Tina McCleary Kelley Hartranft Southwest RCHA Pam Humphreys California CHA Laura Norman Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft California CHA Laura Norman Southwest RCHA Pam Humphreys California CHA Laura Norman South Texas RCHA Tina McCleary Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft

(559) 760-2769 kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com (979) 218-0633 southtexasRCHA@gmail.com (940) 488-1500 KelleyH@NRCHA.com entry@srcha.org (559) 760-2769 kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com (559) 760-2769 kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com entry@srcha.org (559) 760-2769 kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com (979) 218-0633 southtexasRCHA@gmail.com (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com

Kelley Hartranft Laura Norman Tina McCleary

(940) 488-1500 KelleyH@NRCHA.com (559) 760-2769 kathy@saddleup-enterprises.com (979) 218-0633 southtexasRCHA@gmail.com

Fort Worth, TX Tulare, CA Bryan, TX

California CHA South Texas RCHA

ADVERTISERS INDEX 6666 Ranch ..........................................................................111 Alvin Fults ..............................................................................57 American Paint Horse Association ......................................... C4 Back On Track ....................................................................... C3 Bloomer Trailers .....................................................................85 Bob’s Custom Saddles ..........................................................121 Center Ranch........................................................................101 Central Garden & Pet ............................................................109 Cowtrac Systems..................................................................113 Cr Ranchwear LLC.................................................................... 1 Daniel J Perez.........................................................................53 Dechra Veterinary Products ....................................................47 Dennis Moreland Tack.............................................................88 DT Horses LLC ......................................................................103 Equibrand .........................................................................39, 59 Forell Ranch .........................................................................127 G & A Performance Horses......................................................19 Gist Silversmiths Inc...............................................................43

Phone

This index is provided as a service. The publisher does not assume any liability for errors or omissions.

Holmes & Hill .......................................................................... 9 Holy Cow Performance Horses................................................35 J Five Horse Ranch ...............................................................6, 7 JW Brooks Custom Hat Co......................................................51 Linda Katz...............................................................................71 Mac Coalson Real Estate ......................................................123 Madsen, Jenta ........................................................................23 Markel Insurance..................................................................117 Matthews Cutting Horses LLC ...........................................92, 93 McSpyder Ranch.....................................................................33 Metallic Rebel ........................................................................41 Miller International.................................................................. 3 Noble Panels And Gates..........................................................27 North Ridge Ranch..................................................................49 NRCHA........................................................................ 18, 26, 63 Nutrena Feed Division .............................................................61 Nutro Company, The ...............................................................69 Paso Robles Event Center .......................................................97 Platinum Performance, Inc .....................................................67

Quarter Horse News........................................................91, 122 Rios Of Mercedes..................................................................... 5 Robertson Ranches.................................................................31 Rocking P Ranch ................................................................... C2 Rocky Mountain Blues ............................................................15 Rogers Heaven Sent Ranch .....................................................99 Roitblat, Estelle ......................................................................45 Sami Fine Jewelry ................................................................119 San Juan Ranch......................................................................89 Silver Spurs Equine.................................................................81 Southwest Reined Cowhorse Assn ..........................................11 Standlee Hay ..........................................................................10 Triple D Ranches...............................................................24, 25 Vetoquinol Usa, Inc .................................................................87 Wagonhound Land And Livestock ...........................................37 Weatherford Equine Breeding Center ......................................55 Western Bloodstock .............................................................107

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