2022 January/February RCHN

CHAMPION TAKEOVER

The NRCHA’s best return to Fort Worth to compete in

❖ Kalpowar Quarter Horses Celebration of Champions

❖ Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby

❖ Western Bloodstock / Hashtags World’s Greatest Horseman

❖ World’s Greatest Youth Horseman, presented by MARS Equestrian™

CELEBRATION OF CHAMPIONS

80 2022 Schedule

82 That Magic Moment

Winning the World’s Greatest Horseman really is just like the movies.

88 Past World’s Greatest Horseman Champions

90 Past World’s Greatest Youth Horseman Champions

Cutter McLaughlin was the third champion World’s Greatest Youth Horseman, presented by MARS Equestrian™. Find more information on the Kalpowar Quarter Horses Celebration of Champions on page 18.

70 The Two Million Dollar Man: Jake Telford

Jake Telford’s success in 2021 pushed him over the earnings mark and made him the fourth rider in an elite group.

77 It’s Brrr-eeding Season Manage your broodmares over the winter with 6 tips from Brazos Valley Stallion Station’s David Ricks, DVM.

94 2021 NRCHA Merit Award Recognition

102 2021 NRCHA Regional Award Champions

CIRCLE UP

10 From the Judge’s Chair 14 From the NRCHYA 18 NRCHA News 24 Empty Stalls 38 Quotable 46 Herd Helpers

MEMBER ROUNDUP

50 Know the Pro: Jared Jones

56 Notable Non Pro: William Lewis 66 Faces of the NRCHA

IN EVERY ISSUE

4 From the Executive Director 8 NRCHA President’s Letter

NRCHA Subscribed Stallion Program

Membership Application

Non Pro Declaration

NRCHA Top Rider List

NRCHA Committee Directory

Affiliate List

Suspended Member List

NRCHA Sanctioned Events

On the cover:

Shane Steffen piloted Gunna Be A Smartie,owned by McSpyder Ranch,to the 2021 World’s Greatest Horseman title. (page 88).

Photo by Primo Morales

RESOLUTE RESOLUTION

Traditionally, the New Year is a time for making resolutions. What is a resolution, really? Well, according to our friends at Merriam-Webster, to resolve means to make a definite or serious decision to do something.

While at the National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity® I had the opportunity to enjoy some of the herd work while visiting with NRCHA member, owner and supporter Beverly Servi. Beverly posed a question about NRCHA that stuck with me: Who do we say that we are, and are we living by that?

That’s a big question, applied to any part of your life. And it’s a really big question when applied to a collective of individuals, even if like-minded. How do we as an organization decide who we are? How do we balance the rich heritage of our sport with its inevitable change? How do we grow and welcome new members while preserving the family atmosphere and sportsmanship that makes our association special? How do we focus on the future without losing sight of the past?

Forgive the many questions, but these are things I consider daily, and I know many of you do, as well. The more I reflect on these questions the more I am convinced that this calls for a resolution. So, if you haven’t made any resolutions of your own this New Year, join me in mine. I resolve — I make the definite and serious decision — to have fun at NRCHA events, and make sure others do, too!

To be welcoming to all who join us, whether new to the arena or returning. To be respectful of our members, our organization and what we stand for together. To support the excellence that you bring to the arena through what we bring to the office. To prioritize the family-friendly atmosphere of our events so we continue to be a place where families grow together. And, to support the sportsmanship that is a cornerstone of who NRCHA is as a group of professionals and competitors. At the core, I think that’s a big part of who NRCHA is: fun, welcoming, respectful, excellent, family-friendly and sportsmanlike. Are we living by that? I believe so. Yet, for good measure, let’s resolve to!

I look forward to seeing you in Fort Worth, Texas, in February to kick the New Year off at the Kalpowar Quarter Horses Celebration of Champions, featuring the Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby, MARS Equestrian™ World’s Greatest Youth Horseman and Western Bloodstock / Hashtags World’s Greatest Horseman!

Volume 27, Number 1

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RAISING THE NEXT RIDERS

Youth activities, for all ages, only benefit our industry.

As we launch into another National Reined Cow Horse Association show year, I can’t help but look back at last year and wonder how we top it. From my viewpoint, we had a great year, and that isn’t only because of success in the show pen. My family enjoyed the NRCHA premier events more than ever!

We’ve always had a strong membership in the National Reined Cow Horse Youth Association, and this year there was a record-high participation in the National High School Rodeo Association cow horse class. But those involved in planning these young youth activities understand this is where our growth comes from. Kids too young to show yet took part in our shows, and that will inevitably cause growth in the Youth division.

Starting with the DT Horses Western Derby in Scottsdale, we really saw more involvement from Elizabeth Ellis and the NRCHA office in making sure our shows were fun for everyone. With help and coordination from Kristen Cushing and Chelsea Edsall, a number of great events brought kids into our reined cow horse family as they made signs to cheer people on, participated in scavenger hunts, took part in treat breaks like at the Dom Conicelli Memorial Eastern Derby, presented by MARS Equestrian™, and at the Snaffle Bit Futurity®, the youth activities took on a new life, with something new and great every day. Believe me, my kids were thrilled and while it cost me some sleep every night because they had so much to tell me about what they did every day, it was more than worth it to hear about their new friendships in our sport!

The kids are looking forward to coming to the shows, interacting with everyone, including the office staff. They’re comfortable asking questions and seeing smiling faces that want to visit with them, which sets up a great relationship going down the road. They’re building bonds and developing friendships that will last, strengthening the bonds of our reined cow horse family.

Thank you to Elizabeth, Kristen, Chelsea and our generous sponsors and youth parents that supported the NRCHA’s efforts to do more, starting with the leadline class now offered at our premier events. Thank you to DT Horses for conducting a roping school, and SJ Ranch for providing a larger purse to the Youth riders in Scottsdale. The array of activities sponsored by Bet He Sparks’ owners, Kathryn and Layne Phillips, and the Youth Activities Center, sponsored by Terri and Joe Carter, made the Snaffle Bit Futurity more than memorable. All of the help and support created memories that will last for these kids. We can’t tell you, as parents, what that means to us. Just like us in the arena, these kids can’t wait for the next show!

Corey Cushing

Corey Cushing, NRCHA president

FROM THE JUDGE’S CHAIR

The value of attending a judges’ seminar.

By Sandy Collier

Whether you aspire to become a judge, already are one and need tuning up, or you’re a competitor who wants to up your game by knowing exactly what the judges look for, the most important thing you can do is attend a judges’ seminar. Lucky for all of us, the National Reined Cow Horse Association and Director of Judges Bill Enk are dedicated to educating everyone about every aspect of the judging process.

Our judging system is in a constant state of evolution and is always improving by staying current and relevant. As the quality of our horses goes up, the ability to see and evaluate the little things in a run that separate a great run from a very good one become crucial. The game is elevating every year, and things like bringing the cow to the middle of the arena to circle, how pleasant and willing the horse performs, and if you exit your fence turn in complete control all become very important. Even things like where you start slowing down your circles in the reined work can mean the difference between a plus-1 or a plus-half.

The problem is when you judge events by yourself, you never really know if you are evaluating things correctly, so a judges’ seminar is the perfect

place to see lots of those situations and discuss how they are evaluated.

I used to ask the videographer at events that I judged by myself for the footage of things that came up that I wasn’t sure if I’d judged correctly. Then, I’d show them to Bill when I got home and get his feedback, which was invaluable.

As the bar raises every year, trends show up that we need to be aware of, as well as know how to score. Circling turns, hooking a circle (not going at least 365 degrees around the cow before changing sides) and credit cuts are some examples. We’re also starting to see maneuvers performed worthy of a plus-1½. What does that look like? Judges, as well as competitors, need to be aware of what it takes to mark those scores.

The most recent judges’ seminar, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, will be available to view on the NRCHA website if you missed it. It was many hours in the making, with input from lots of very knowledgeable judges and footage from all kinds of runs. I highly recommend all judges and competitors watch it before the 2022 show season begins. It will inspire and educate you!

See you at the shows!

NRCHA OPEN FUTURITY CHAMPION

NRCHA SUPREME REINED COW HORSE

2022 WGH ENTRY & OPEN BRIDLE

BET HESA CAT x MISS PLAIN PLAIN by JUST PLAIN COLONEL

PLAIN CATTY & Jake Gorrell

Plain

FROM THE NRCHYA

By Tylor Todd

What is a winning attitude? A winning attitude means a person sees positivity within themselves and has perseverance, humbleness and a willingness to learn from the mistakes. When it comes to success in any endeavor, mindset is everything. A person with a winning attitude sees the bigger picture. So, what are some ways to possess a winning attitude?

Face losing and rejection. Never avoid situations where you were rejected, failed or lost. No one can win every single time. Losing should just motivate you even more. Losing and rejection can never judge you on how hardworking and passionate you are, but losing out on things because you were rejected will surely make you a failure. Many people lose hope of winning after one or two setbacks. Failure is a stepping stone towards success.

Surround yourself with people with the same mindset and goals. Your social circle or group play a vital role in your growth. When you are around people with the same winning attitude that you possess, then you will feel healthy competition with them. You will have motivation to strive to be like your circle of peers. Your circle makes you grow.

Trust in yourself. Believe in yourself and trust you are going to make the right decisions out in the show ring. Your trainer giving advice from

the sideline can only take you so far. Ultimately, you are the one to make the right decisions while showing, so be confident in yourself. Once you have confidence, you start believing in yourself and what you can do.

Lastly, set a positive mindset. People with negative attitudes will surely fail because they do not think they are capable of achieving something. With this kind of thinking, they will not be able to give 100 percent. It is proven that chances of winning arise when

we give our best effort and we think positively.

In conclusion, showing horses is supposed to be fun. We’re surrounded by people with similar goals and interests as ourselves, everyone wants to win, and everyone is pushing each other to be better. So, face failure and rejection, surround yourself with great people, trust in yourself and set a positive mindset. This will lead to a winning attitude and hopefully some future wins in the arena.

KALPOWAR QUARTER HORSES BECOMES TITLE SPONSOR OF NRCHA CELEBRATION OF CHAMPIONS

In a remarkable show of support, Kalpowar Quarter Horses has entered into a five-year agreement with the National Reined Cow Horse Association to become title sponsor for the Celebration of Champions, an event that kicks off the premier event show year annually. Held in Fort Worth, Texas, the Celebration of Champions brings together riders vying for a World or National Champion title, competitors in the Hashtags and Western Bloodstock World’s Greatest Horseman and also Derby-aged horses in the Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby—it is an event that showcases the breadth of the reined cow horse industry to its fullest.

The momentum from the Celebration of Champions drives the NRCHA throughout the year, and holding the 2022 event with the support of the Bell family’s Kalpowar Quarter Horses starts the year off on a high note. While 2021 titles are wrapped up, it also launches many horses into a money-earning year.

“The Bell family has been deeply involved and connected to NRCHA for many years, and Larry and Ellen watched their children and their horses grow in our arenas,” said Anna Morrison, NRCHA executive director.

“Their desire to support NRCHA at this level is an example of the Bell family’s legacy of generosity and shows how important the cow horse community is to their family.”

Kalpowar Quarter Horses, which is based at the Parks Bell Ranch in Midland, Texas, and in Fort Worth, Texas, is a family run operation producing quality performance Quarter Horses in reined cow horse and cutting, as well as horses that work on the ranch. Kalpowar horses have won numerous titles and championships

Longtime supporters of the NRCHA, the Southwest Reined Cow Horse Association and the National Stock Horse Association, Larry and Ellen Bell have seen the associations grow throughout the years and evolved their horse program to match. In 2004, Kalpowar Quarter Horses was the first named sponsor of the NRCHA World Championship Show in Stephenville, Texas. The family’s support has continued through the years, including becoming a major sponsor of the 2014 World’s Greatest Horseman, which aided in the event’s move to Fort Worth, Texas. Larry Bell is a past NRCHA vice president, director and executive committee member, a past SRCHA president and, in 2017, was inducted into the NRCHA Hall of Merit.

in multiple events of the NRCHA, American Quarter Horse Association, National Cutting Horse Association, Stock Horse of Texas and American Rope Horse Futurity Association, as well as having produced multiple money earners in team roping and barrel racing events. Since 2016, Kalpowar has been co-managed by Jake Gorrell, an NRCHA million dollar rider, and Matthew Bell, who are constantly working to continue the family’s deep roots in ranching and reined cow horse.

“We have been deeply committed to the Celebration of Champions from the very beginning. Supporting this event that celebrates a successful show season for so many cow horse competitors at every level, while also kicking off a new show season for others, is such a fulfilling opportunity for our family,” said Larry Bell. “Our involvement in the reined cow horse industry has always been driven by our love of not only the horses but the people involved in this event. Standing as a title sponsor for the Celebration of Champions is one way for us to continue giving back to an industry that means so much to our family.”

$60,000!

Buyer Diamond LK

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Stash The Hash

2020 Red Roan Stallion

Lte $485,293

$62,000!

Hashtag Stylin

2020 Red Roan Stallion

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EMPTY STALLS

NRCHA $4 Million Dollar Sire Shining Spark laid to rest in December of 2021.

It is undeniable that when most spectators see a palomino horse in the reined cow horse or reining arena, they believe it could be a Shining Spark offspring—and most of the time, they are not wrong. The golden reiner was more than another stallion for the Western performance horse industry, he was a standard that many aspired to reach. At 32 years old, on December 27, 2021, his owner, breeder and caretaker Carol Rose made the decision to lay the stallion to rest.

Shining Spark (Genuine Doc x Diamonds Sparkle x Mr Diamond Dude) reigned as the king of cow horse sires and is still the No. 1 broodmare sire in the National Reined Cow Horse Association. In October, Shining Spark and Carol Rose were both honored at the Snaffle Bit Futurity® for the 17-yearlong record of All-Time Leading Sire he held before being passed by Metallic Cat.

When Rose sat down with NRCHA to discuss the stallion for the October presentation, she was clear in how she was identified: “I am the proud breeder and owner of the one and only Shining Spark.” She was candid about not knowing what direction to take the pretty, but palomino, young stud.

“When he was a yearling, he was fabulous,” recalled Rose. “He was so good minded and so easy to be around, and he just was a headlight in a group of 26 yearling studs. All through his training as a 2-year-old, he never had a bad day. We decided he was pretty enough to stay a stud, but the problem was he was palomino and who wanted to breed to a palomino at that time? I didn’t, and I didn’t know anybody else that did! I wanted to go cutting, but he was not bred fashionably on the bottom side for cutting. My second love was reined cow horse but I lived in Texas and it was still, at that point, a West Coast event. Finally, we decided to put him in training to be a reiner.”

When he did step into the reining arena, he did so with gusto. In the show pen, his record helped him stand out, but in the breeding barn, he achieved legendary status. As a reined cow horse sire, he reached NRCHA all-time leading sire status first in 2003, and remained at the top until September of 2021. He was the first sire to reach Three Million Dollar Sire status in the NRCHA and is the Number One Maternal Grandsire of

Cow Horse Money Earners, according to Equi-Stat records.

His highest money-earning offspring in the NRCHA is Smart Shinetta (out of Smart Hickory by Docs Hickory), a 2002 mare with $128,169.92 in the books. His second-highest money earner is Sparktilion (out of Cattilion by High Brow Cat), a mare that carried NRCHA $2 Million Dollar Rider Jake Telford to the co-reserve 2020 World’s Greatest Horseman and has $120,222.70 earnings.

The stallion was memorable in so many ways, but for owner Rose, he was her best friend. The pair were together for his 32 years. The NRCHA offers condolences to Rose and all of Shining Spark’s connections.

*earnings as of December 30, 2021

2022 Brazos Valley Super Stallion Incentive

$500 will be allocated to a purse from each breeding from each eligible BVSS Stallion. The purse is for foals competing in either the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity or the NCHA World Championship Futurity!

Sample of Money Distribution based off of 2021 Breeding SeasonNRCHA Open Futurity$80,600 Total Purse!

1st: 23% = $18,538

2nd: 16% = $12,896

3rd: 14% = $11,284

4th: 11% = $8,866

6th: 8% = $6,448

7th: 7% = $5,642

8th: 5% = $4,030

5th: 9% = $7,254

9th: 4% = $3,224

10th: 3% = $2,418

Breeding the Future of Our Industry!

2022 NRCHA RULE BOOK RUNDOWN

Division changes and eligibility adjustments will impact show entries.

The 2022 National Reined Cow Horses Association show season is in full swing! With the new show year comes a revised and updated 2022 NRCHA Rule Book. Curious about changes you may have heard about? Questions about eligibility? Here is the rundown. Remember, the NRCHA office is always available by email or phone to answer questions on eligibility or rules. Printed 2022 rule books are available, and we have the 2022 NRCHA Rule Book linked online for your review of the changes to the eligibility, class names and new divisions.

NON PRO LAE ELIGIBILIT Y:

◆ NON PRO:

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card.

◆ INTERMEDIATE NON PRO:

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is not in the top 25 Non Pro rider listing based on Open and Non Pro money won in the previous three years at NRCHA approved events.

◆ LIMITED NON PRO (Formerly NOVICE NON PRO):

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is not in the top 60 Non Pro rider listing based on Open and Non Pro money won in the previous three years at NRCHA approved events. Riders with over $100,000 in lifetime earnings are not eligible to fall back to the Limited Non Pro regardless of their ranking on the top Non Pro rider list.

◆ LEVEL 1 NON PRO (Formerly AMATEUR):

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card that has not won more than $7,500 in lifetime earnings at NRCHA approved events.

◆ SELECT CLASSES (New Division): Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is 55 or older as of November 16th, 2021. A select class may be run concurrent in each of the Non Pro and Level 1 Non Pro LAE classes. They cannot be run as standalone classes, will not count toward National Standings and will be offered as jackpot only.

NON PRO BOXING L AE ELIGIBILIT Y:

◆ NON PRO BOXING (Formerly NON PRO LIMITED):

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is an approved Non Pro Boxing rider.

◆ LEVEL 1 NON PRO BOXING (New Division):

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is an approved Non Pro Boxing rider with less than $1,000 in lifetime earnings.

◆ SELECT CLASSES (New Division):

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is 55 or older as of November 16th, 2021. A select class may be run concurrent with Non Pro Boxing LAE classes. They cannot be run as standalone classes, will not count toward National Standings and will be offered as jackpot only.

NON PRO HORSE SHOW ELIGIBILIT Y:

◆ NON PRO BRIDLE:

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card.

◆ INTERMEDIATE NON PRO BRIDLE:

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is not in the top 25 Non Pro rider listing based on the previous three years of Lifetime Earnings.

◆ LIMITED NON PRO BRIDLE (Formerly NOVICE NON PRO BRIDLE):

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is not in the top 60 Non Pro rider listing based on the previous three years of LifetimeEarnings. Riders with over $100,000 in lifetime earnings are not eligible to fall back to the Limited Non Pro regardless of their ranking on the top Non Pro rider list.

NON PRO BOXING HORSE SHOW ELIGIBILIT Y

(Formerly NON PRO LIMITED HORSE SHOW):

◆ NON PRO BOXING (Formerly NON PRO LIMITED):

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is an approved Non Pro Boxing rider. Riders cannot have earned more than $750 in fence work classes, or must have exercised a fallback option afforded to them in Rules 3.8.1.1 or 3.8.1.2.

◆ INTERMEDIATE NON PRO BOXING

(Formerly $5K NON PRO LIMITED):

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is an approved Non Pro Boxing rider who has not earned more than $5,000 in Lifetime Earnings.

◆ LIMITED NON PRO BOXING

(Formerly $1K NON PRO LIMITED):

Open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is an approved Non Pro Boxing rider who has not earned more than $1,000 in Lifetime Earnings.

OPEN L AE ELIGIBILIT Y:

◆ OPEN:

Open to any rider who possesses a current NRCHA membership card.

◆ INTERMEDIATE OPEN:

Open to any rider who is not in the Top 30 Open rider listing based on Open money won in the past three years at any NRCHA approved events.

◆ LIMITED OPEN:

Open to any rider who is not in the Top 120 Open rider listing based on Open money won in the past three years at any NRCHA approved events AND who has not earned over $350,000 in Open and Non Pro money at any NRCHA approved events.

◆ LEVEL 1 OPEN (Formerly LEVEL 1 LIMITED OPEN):

Open to any rider who has not earned over $20,000 in Open and Non Pro money at any NRCHA approved events.

The 2022 NRCHA Judge Cards posted online and in the Rule Book reflect the division changes.

The online 2022 NRCHA Rule Book reflects the most up-todate changes or rules and should stand as go-to for NRCHA rule questions.

NRCHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAKES MAJOR INCREASES TO PAYOUTS, FINALS BERTHS IN 2022

Following a highly successful year where membership and participation in reined cow horse increased exponentially, the National Reined Cow Horse Association Board of Directors voted to increase 2022 premier event payouts and offer more finals event berths for competitors.

“The NRCHA Board of Directors continues to be so forward thinking and engaged,” said Anna Morrison, NRCHA executive director, “Their commitment to raising our premier event purses recognizes the dedication of our exhibitors, owners and breeders in their pursuit of success across all of our premier events.”

The 2022 premier event shows start off with the Kalpowar Quarter Horses Celebration of Champions, where the Hashtags’ / Western Bloodstock World’s Greatest Horseman event shines a light on the versatility of NRCHA riders and all-around bridle horses. The champion’s purse doubles to $100,000 in 2022, with the addition of support from

Western Bloodstock. On top of this, a more-than matching commitment of an additional $62,000 added from the NRCHA Board of Directors ensures a bigger payout for finalists from reserve on. Additionally, instead of the Top 10 being brought back for the ticketed World’s Greatest Horseman Finals, the Top 15 will ride for the prize. With the added purse, the NRCHA Board commits that those finishing 11th through 15th will earn at least $7,500. On top of this, the Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby will pay $30,000 to the Open champion.

At the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes, held March 25-April 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Derby event will pay $50,000 to the Open champion in 2022, and the finalists riding for that prize increase from Top 20 to Top 25, plus ties, with places 21-25 earning at least $2,500. Also at the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes, the Non Pro Derby purse will pay $10,000 to the winner, an increase over the 2021 purse of approximately $8,000, with a $3,000 prize for the Level 1 Non Pro Derby winner (formerly the Amateur division).

When the action begins at the DT Horses Western Derby June 1-12 in Scottsdale, Arizona, competitors in the Open Derby will ride for $50,000, a $10,000 increase over the 2021 purse. Instead of 20 riders, now there will be 25 finalists for that limited age event. Like the Stakes, the finalists placing 21st-25th will earn at least $2,500. The Non Pro Derby purse will pay $10,000 to the winner, with a $3,000 prize for the Level 1 Non Pro Derby winner.

The ever-growing and youngest premier event, the Dom Conicelli Memorial Eastern Derby, presented by MARS Equestrian™, will also see an increase in the limited age event purses that reflects the growth in entries at the show. The Open Derby will now pay

But the Futurity is only the start for our horses. Western Bloodstock and Hashtags’ support have grown the World’s Greatest Horseman winner’s purse, and Nancy Crawford and Holy Cow Performance Horses have provided ongoing support for the Bridle Spectaculars. By increasing our commitment to the World’s Greatest Horseman purse the Board wanted to make it clear that NRCHA’s support of the bridle horse is unwavering.

—Corey Cushing

$20,000 for the champion and the last four horse and rider teams placing in the Open Derby will earn at least $1,750. The Non Pro Derby will pay $5,000 to the champion, an increase over the 2021 purse, which paid approximately $3,300.

The near-record high entries in the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity®, presented by Metallic Cat, proved that the reined cow horse industry is still on a positive upward swing. In 2022 the NRCHA Board has committee that the purse for the Open champion will increase from $125,000 to $200,000, with the increase to 30 finalists plus ties implemented at the 2021 event still in place. In 2022 the bottom placing horse and rider Open finalist teams are now

guaranteed $10,000 in the limited age event. The Board has also emphasized the importance of NRCHA’s Non Pro riders, and in 2022 the Non Pro Futurity champion will earn $40,000 with the bottom placing finalists earning at least $2,000; the Level 1 Non Pro Futurity will pay at least $7,500 and the Non Pro Boxing Futurity (formerly Non Pro Limited) will pay at least $7,500 to the winner.

“In no other Western discipline futurity does a horse have to prepare to compete in three different events. The Board felt the Snaffle Bit Futurity prize should grow to honor the challenge,” said Corey Cushing, NRCHA president. “But the Futurity is only the start for our horses. Western Bloodstock and Hashtags’ support have grown the World’s Greatest Horseman winner’s purse, and Nancy Crawford and Holy Cow Performance Horses have provided ongoing support for the Bridle Spectaculars. By increasing our commitment to the World’s Greatest Horseman purse the Board wanted to make it clear that NRCHA’s support of the bridle horse is unwavering.”

The NRCHA serves a national and international membership base through five premier events annually as well as sanctioned events produced by NRCHA affiliates around the world. Through strategic alliances with breed and performance associations like the American Paint Horse Association’s Chrome Cash and the concurrent classes offered through the Stock Horse of Texas, the NRCHA is able to provide more opportunity to show cow horses than ever before. The increased association membership and, based on the volume of entries at 2021 premier events, sets up 2022 to be another record-breaking year for NRCHA. Follow the action at nrcha.com.

DUAL SMART REY AND WOODY BE TUFF JOIN NRCHA MILLION DOLLAR SIRE CLUB

When the National Reined Cow Horse Association wrapped up the 2021 show year, offspring earnings revealed that two stallions achieved the prestigious NRCHA Million Dollar Sire milestone: Dual Smart Rey and Woody Be Tuff. Only 22 sires have earned the NRCHA Million Dollar Sire accolade since the association’s inception in 1949.

Owned by Strawn Valley Ranch of Strawn Valley, Texas, Dual Smart Rey (Dual Rey x The Smart Look x Smart Little Lena), a 2002 Quarter Horse, has NRCHA earners of $1,038,613.54 as of December 1, 2021. The stallion earned more than $330,000 and the NCHA Open Super Stakes Champion title in the arena. When Don Horton dispersed his Quarter Horse program in 2013, he kept Dual Smart Rey, aka “Lloyd,” as

the stallion was just venturing into the breeding world. At the time, the family was focused on cutting horses, and the sire had offspring earning more than $9 million in the NCHA.

Lloyd garnered attention when NRCHA Million Dollar Rider Kelby Phillips piloted 2013 gelding Duals Lucky Charm (out of TRR Ms Pepcid Olena) to the 2016 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship. The win drew the eyes of reined cow horse breeders, and after also winning the 2020 World’s Greatest Horseman with Phillips, Duals Lucky Charm, owned by JB6 LLC, is Dual Smart Rey’s highest money-earning reined cow horse , with $273,753.

“We were counting it down! It’s not easy to be a reined cow horse milliondollar stud,” Michelle Horton said. “It’s great he made that milestone. We knew

Dual Smart Rey has sired a World’s Greatest Horseman and a Non Pro Snaffle Bit Futurity® Champion.

that Lloyd had babies in reined cow horse, but until my daughter, Madeline, started riding cow horses, we weren’t familiar with it. In January of 2020, she made her first fence run and has been hooked ever since. Even though Lloyd had been marketed in the cutting horse world by my father-in-law, Don—who firmly believes a good horse will market himself—my husband and I realized the potential for him as a reined cow horse sire and really started a push to market him there.”

In 2021, the Non Pro Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion, Abbie Phillips, rode TRR Dual Smart, a son of Dual Smart Rey and out of TRR Ms Pepcid Olena. That win boosted Dual Smart Rey’s offspring earnings by $25,000. The Hortons look forward to watching the next NRCHA earners make their mark in the arena.

Woody Be Tuff sold December 9, 2021, for $1.3 million.

Woody Be Tuff (Nitas Wood x Tuffs Junie x Tuff Wood) sired the 2021 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion Zak 34 (a 2018 stallion out of Cat Digs Lucinda), which helped to catapult him over the million-dollar mark to claim $1,176,601.12 in reined cow horse offspring earnings. Owned by the Center Ranch in Centerville, Texas, the 2001 sorrel Quarter Horse stallion stamps many of his offspring with his signature sorrel color with a flaxen mane and tail and, often, white legs or blazed face. When a horse matching that description enters the arena with a sigma brand, it is more than likely sired by Woody Be Tuff.

“He’s a bigger horse and not a typical smaller, cow-bred horse,” said Jay Dickson, Center Ranch manager. “His

trainability is his most valuable asset, even the horses we punch cows on the ranch. Everyone wants one not only for the looks, but also for the demeanor and talent. Woody Be Tuff has earned his place in the industry. He’s an awesome horse, and his legacy will live on for many years.”

Following Center Ranch owner Finis Welch’s death, the ranch is being dispersed and Woody Be Tuff sold in December at the 2021 Western Bloodstock NCHA Futurity Sale to Kaleb Terlip and Melanie Smith, of Solo Select Horses and now stands at the Lazy E in Guthrie, Oklahoma. However, Dickson says the stallion and Welch’s sigma sign will forever be linked through the many offspring stamped with both the stallion’s qualities and the ranch’s brand.

Milestones such as these are due in part to the commitment of the NRCHA Board of Directors and sponsor family that help to continually increase the prize money awarded for the accomplishments of these horses and trainers at premier events. The efforts of dedicated owners and breeders push our industry forward, making horses that compete in the three disciplines of reined cow horses competitive in any industry.

“When a horse begins to reshape a sport by nature of the offspring they send to the pen, they’ve made a lasting impact on the industry,” said Anna Morrison, NRCHA executive director. “That is certainly the case with Dual Smart Rey and Woody Be Tuff, and we congratulate all of the connections of these great stallions.”

QUOTABLE

To me what is great about World’s Greatest Horseman bridle horses is they have to have all the talent and all the trainability and be versed across the board in every event, and then they still have to have the stamina to do all four events in one day. It’s the kind of horse we’re supposed to be creating. It embodies everything you want in a bridle horse.

“Riders and owners are putting so much effort into this event that horses in World’s Greatest are horses that trainers have had since they were 2-year-olds! They have been riding those horses for three to five years before they go to the event, and it takes a ton of commitment from an owner. Afterward, a great bridle horse can be a great Non Pro horse, because they have proven themselves to be open-minded and trainable. It just takes time to get there, like it takes a trainer to make a great bridle horse.” —Russell Dilday

Three-time National Reined Cow Horse Association World’s Greatest Horseman Champion Russell Dilday, riding Topsails Rien Maker (Topsail Cody x Jameen Gay x Toby gay Bar), knows a thing or two about the pressure-packed, crowd-pleasing event and the type of horse it takes to get there.

NRCHA MILLION DOLLAR RIDER CLUB WELCOMES CLAYTON EDSALL

By Kate Bradley Byars

It was a banner year for reined cow horses, with multiple milestones crossed, at the 2021 National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity®, including Clayton Edsall becoming the newest Million Dollar Rider to join an elite club of cow horse competitors.

At the Snaffle Bit Futurity, presented by Metallic Cat, Edsall made the Open Finals, needing only $5,000 in earnings to push his lifetime total over the mark. He earned $10,000 in the Finals and finished the year with $1,016,157.75. While the cows weren’t cooperative during his run in the Finals, the announcement in the arena of Edsall’s earnings’ milestone had the crowd on its feet cheering in the Will Rogers Coliseum.

Edsall, originally from Montana, recently moved his training operation from Oakdale, California, to Mineral Wells, Texas. His roots run deep in horses, where he started evolving his horsemanship riding ranch-raised horses a. Today, he counts every major NRCHA premier event championship title to his résumé, bar the Snaffle Bit Futurity.

“My success started in the bridle and went backwards, really,” Edsall, 41, said. “I started [my show career] winning the World’s Greatest Horseman on Skeets Oak Peppy in the bridle, then won the Stallion Stakes, won the

Derby then Hackamore Classic. Now, it would be sure fun to win the 3-year-old Futurity. I just got to thinking about that and it seems a lot of times it goes the other way, but I’ve gone from bridle to snaffle with my wins. Most of those horses that I’ve won on are still showing: Metallic Train, Bet He Sparks, Bet Hesa Boon and Skeets Oak Peppy.”

And, they all helped Edsall achieve the million-dollar mark. His big-

gest paycheck came aboard Metallic Train (Metallic Cat x Sparking Train x Shining Spark), owned by Beverly Servi, with $35,471 for first place in the 2018 NRCHA Stallion Stakes. The mare has amassed $172,250 in NRCHA earnings with Edsall, and along with the K&L Phillips-owned stallion Bet He Sparks (Bet Hesa Cat x Sparking Train x Shining Spark) that carried Edsall to a $30,173.69 payday at the 2019 NRCHA

Aboard Bet He Sparks, shown here winning the Open Two Rein Spectacular at the 2020 Derby, Clayton Edsall has earned several champion checks to bring his total earnings to more than $1 million.

Derby and to more than $187,000 in NRCHA earnings, have been big factors in achieving this honor.

For Edsall, part of his measure of success is not only picking up the wins, but watching the horses he has trained continue to compete and have long careers.

“Some of the horses I’ve done good on, but I’m not still showing them, they are still going,” he said. “There were four horses I had a part in training in the World’s Greatest last year and that is special to me, important to me. If you do your homework and keep a horse sound, not only physically but mentally, it is great to watch a horse go on and be successful. That means a lot to me.”

First and foremost, Edsall thanks his wife, Chelsea, for not only being his wife and biggest supporter, but also for being a great partner helping in his horse business. The backing of his

parents, all of his clients and customers who trusted him with their horses, and the support of his late brother, Roy, have all had a hand in helping him have a successful career.

“When I was getting started I was around a guy, Tink Elordi, who would harp on me about how it didn’t matter what you put on a horse’s face, but it was about how you use your feet, ride with your body and the energy you put out,” said Edsall. “That has been a huge focus for me and a positive in the older horses. I wasn’t raised in the industry and throughout my career fellow trainers have helped me learn, whether they knew it or not. Watching someone else warm a horse up, bouncing ideas off each other, it is so valuable and helpful.”

It takes a lot of support to keep a training operation running flawlessly, and Edsall recognizes the efforts from

Industry & Facility Partners

not only his family and customers, but also all of the veterinarians and farriers that help his horses get the job done in the show pen.

“Dr. Marty Gardner of Western Performance Equine, Dr. Joe Carter of Oklahoma Equine, our farriers, the staff and so many other people help keep us going,” the horseman said. “I’m humbled and appreciative of everyone who has helped me and the horses along the way.”

Edsall becomes the 21st rider in the NRCHA Million Dollar Rider Club.

“Earning a spot in the Million Dollar Rider ranks at NRCHA is a life’s effort for many of our professionals,” said Anna Morrison, NRCHA executive director. “We couldn’t be happier for Clayton and the team surrounding him for achieving this milestone.”

For more on the NRCHA Million Dollar Rider Club, visit nrcha.com.

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Horses

BAMACAT

(High Brow Cat - MH San Tules Dually, by San Tule Freckles)

Fee: $2,000 + chute fee

DOC SEAS WHISKEY

BET HESA CAT

(High Brow Cat - Bet Yer Blue Boons, by Freckles Playboy)

Fee: $3,500 + chute fee

BOON TOO SUEN

(Paddys Irish Whiskey - Tos Miss Twelve Four, by Ten O Sea)

Fee: $2,000

(Peptoboonsmal - Meradas Little Sue, by Freckles Merada) Fee: $3,000 + chute fee

GRACEFUL SMART CAT

METALLIC MASTERPIECE

(Metallic Cat - Kings Masterpiece, by Peppy San Badger) Fee: $1,800

(WR This Cats Smart - Gracielights, by CD Lights)

Fee: $1,200 + chute fee

WALLA WALLA STARBUCK

(Walla Walla Whiz - Silvernbluestarbuck, by Smart Starbuck)

Fee: $1,500 + chute fee

QUAHADI

(Bet Hesa Cat - Ginnin Attraction, by Tanquery Gin)

Fee: $2,000

WR

JESSES TOPAZ

(Mr Jess Perry - Paddys Topaz, by Paddys Irish Whiskey) Fee: $2,000

THIS CATS SMART

(High Brow Cat - The Smart Look, by Smart Little Lena)

Fee: $3,500 + chute fee

ROCKIN W

(Dual Rey - Boon San Kitty, by High Brow Cat) Fee: $1,500 + chute fee

CD SON OF MAGNOLIA

(CD Olena - Eye of the Magnolia, by Smell The Magnolias)

Fee: $1,000 + chute fee

KREYZY HORSE

(Dual Rey - Shes Twice As Smooth, by Smooth As A Cat) Fee: $2,000 + chute fee

SADDLING AT SUNRISE

(WR This Cats Smart - Sunshine Ingredient, by Mr Sun O Lena) Fee: $2,000

HERD HELPERS

A regular fixture on herd work days, “Porky” is as well known and as handy as his rider in the cutting pen.

By Kate Bradley Byars

by Carolyn Simancik

The stars of the show in the herd work pen aren’t always the horses showing to the judges, but rather the ones helping to hold the herd. Just like a finished bridle horse, a truly talented turnback horse can take a while to season. However, when that horse knows the job, it is as good as gold.

Take CR Tuff Catolena (Woody Be Tuff x Lucindas Catolena x High Brow Cat), affectionately called “Porky,” for example. The stout sorrel with his flaxen mane and tail and kind eye is noticeable in the arena, and not only because he’s most often piloted by National Reined Cow Horse Association Million Dollar Rider Boyd Rice.

Bred and raised by the Center Ranch’s Finis Welch, Porky was trained by Ronnie Rice and Tarin Rice, and competed in the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity in 2013 with Charles Dorsey in the pilot’s seat.

“He’s a real easy keeper, but he had some stifle issue [after the Futurity],” Rice said. “They started using him on the ranch, then Ronnie and Tarin turned back on him several years. Out of the blue, Finis called me and asked me if I wanted to use Porky to turn back on. It was a quick, ‘Hell yeah’ from me. When Finis passed away [in August of 2020], I still had him. They are selling all the horses and offered to let me buy him. I’ve had him four or five years.”

Reined cow horse requires not only the horse and rider to be at the top of their game for three events, but to also have a top-notch set of helpers in the herd work. That’s where Porky comes in.

“For me, it takes an exceptional horse to turn back. I tell everybody when I’m holding herd or turning back that I

may be in the wrong spot, but I don’t want it to be because of my horse. A lot of the time, you ask certain people to help you because of the horse they are riding,” Rice said.

“Porky stands out because he’s so pretty and a real honest, good horse to use. He listens and knows what to do. [Todd] Bergen used him and said, ‘Man, this horse knows what to do!’ And he does!”

Next time you’re watching herd work, keep an eye on those herd helpers, the ones on the other side of the cow, doing their job to help that run reach its potential.

Photograph

Porky and Boyd Rice handle cattle of all kinds when helping in the herd work pen.

KNOW THE PRO

Jared Jones grew up working cattle on a ranch. Now, there’s nothing he loves more than working a cow in the show pen.

Interview by Allison Armstrong Rehnborg

Growing up on his father’s cattle ranch in Malta, Idaho, Jared Jones learned to work cattle from the saddle as soon as he could walk. Even as a little boy, he found himself drawn to the idea of training and working with cow horses. Then, when his older brother started showing horses with a local trainer, Jones realized that there was a way to translate everything he’d learned from the ranch to the show pen. By the time he graduated from high school, Jones knew there was just one thing he wanted to do with his life.

“After I graduated from high school, I started working on a couple of different ranches,” said Jones, 28. “I’d buy and ride horses for a year and train on them a little bit. I decided I wanted to learn how to train and show reined cow horses.”

In 2016, Jones started his reined cow horse journey by going to work for Clayton Edsall Cow Horses, which was located in Oakdale, California, at the time. While he was working for Edsall, he met National Reined Cow Horse Association Million Dollar Rider Justin Wright of Wright Performance Horses in Santa Maria, California.

“I worked for Clayton about 10 months, then I came back home to Idaho for a few months. Around Christmas, Justin called me and asked if I’d come

down [to Santa Maria] to help him start some 2-year-olds,” Jones said. “Justin said to come bring some horses and stay however long I wanted and try it out. I said I’d come and stay until the 2017 World’s Greatest Horseman, which was about two and a half months away, and then I’d go back home.”

In January 2017, Jones moved to Santa Maria to work for Wright. Then, by the time the World’s Greatest Horseman rolled around, he realized he didn’t want to leave.

“I went down to Justin’s, and I liked it a lot. So I never left. It’ll be five years in January [2022],” Jones said.

“It’s pretty cool because Randy Paul works out of the same place, and so does Justin’s brother, Greg Wright, who trains cutting horses. It’s been nice because there’s always someone around to watch and help you out.

Russell Probert also worked there for the first four years I was there, and I learned a lot from him, too.”

Jared Jones qualified one horse back to the Open Finals at the 2021 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity®. He finished 16th on CR Ima Tuffy.

In the course of his time working for Wright, Jones has enjoyed showing a variety of horses. His first foray into the show pen was aboard Gunna Smokum Alittle (Little Lotto Lena x Mia Gunna Smokum x Smokum Oak), owned by Linda Tayne, in the 2017 NRCHA Derby in Paso Robles, California. The pair won the Level 1 Limited Open Reserve Championship and earned $1,592.00. That ride proved to be only the beginning of his journey into the world of reined cow horses. Now, with a variety of great horses under his belt and lifetime earnings of $162,156.26, Jones is well started on his way toward accomplishing his ultimate goal of becoming an NRCHA Million Dollar Rider.

“I feel like I’m in reined cow horses deep enough now that I can’t back out,” Jones said with a laugh. “I really like working with the 2-year-olds and getting them ready for the futurities. The futurity horses are my favorite part because you take them from not doing all that much to teaching and training them to become show horses. I enjoy trying to get the horses to think about their jobs and what they’re doing. I like teaching the horses to learn.”

AQReined Cow Horse News:

If you could ride any cow horse, living or dead, in the show pen, which horse would you choose and why?

I’d probably choose PRF Peptos Smart Cat, because he tries and gives you everything he has every time. Our fence work this year at the [National Stock Horse Association] Derby was one of the most memorable I’ve ridden.

What is the best piece of training advice you’ve ever gotten?

Probably that it’s not all going to happen at once. You’ve got to keep working at it. You’re going to have days where you don’t want to do it, but there will be other days that make it all worth it. Getting to do what I love every day is rewarding. I love going down the fence because of the adrenaline rush, and I love the people because everyone is cheering for you and helping you no matter what.

What value guides you most in your profession?

Hard work. There is only one way to get a horse trained. You gotta just buckle down. You have to go out there and ride every day. They’re not going to do it by themselves.

with NRCHA Pro Jared Jones

NOTABLE NON PRO

Non Pro William Lewis started at the bottom and worked his way to the top, making good friends and good horses along the way.

By Katie Frank

William Lewis has been on the top of the score sheet, and the bottom. Lately, the current Stock Horse Association of Texas president has had success at National Reined Cow Horse Association premier events, which is impressive considering he started competing just six years ago, first in SHTX and later in NRCHA.

Lewis grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Magnolia, Texas. He says he and his two sisters would ride their family’s horses to gather cattle, but being horseback was more of a hobby.

“There was almost zero awareness about horsemanship,” he said. “Our horses would go left, right, forward and back, and with our experience level, we hardly knew how to even apply that to our cattle.”

ROPED IN

While in college at Texas A&M University, Lewis started team roping, which he continued when he went to work for his family’s custom metal fabrication business. He still runs the business with his dad. It was also the chapter in his life to focus on family, which included marrying his wife, Stephanie, and having two sons, Christopher and

Will. Lewis still did some day-working to stay horseback.

During that time, he often worked at his pal Jerry Moriarty’s 3M Ranch in Richards, Texas. Moriarty was an American Quarter Horse Association Ranching Heritage Breeder, and Lewis says he admired the quality of horses they rode. He eventually purchased Up Bach Rock, a 7-year-old gelding from the 3M and continued to work on roping and riding.

“One day Jerry called me and said, ‘Hey, you want to go to a Stock Horse of Texas Show?’ ” said Lewis. “We ended up at a show in San Angelo [Texas], and I had no clue—I mean, not a clue— what to do.”

Lewis, who lives in Anderson, Texas, says he not only showed in the Novice classes at SHTX shows, but also in the Open, because he wanted to rope in the cow horse classes. (In the SHTX Open division, riders can opt to circle or rope a cow.)

“I could stay on a horse and rope, but I didn’t have any idea about position on a cow or how to really turn one on the fence,” he recalled. “Hell, I thought boxing was demonstrating your horse’s ability to get a cow through a gate.”

Yet there was something about competing in judged events, as opposed to timed events, that gripped Lewis. He started training with NRCHA professional Ben Baldus, and for the past six years has dedicated himself to becoming a better horseman and showman.

“Learning more about horsemanship is like discovering you can use a ratchet to turn a bolt,” he laughed. “You’ve been using a crescent wrench your whole life and then you discovered a ratchet. You think, ‘Holy cow, where has this been my whole life?’ ”

GOOD STRING OF HORSES

After his first horse, Lewis purchased Colonels Colonel, a 1993 gelding by Queens Colonel and out of Colonel’s Hot Reward, by Queen’s Colonel. He says the 18-year-old seasoned horse taught him the ropes of showing.

“He was one of those horses that did

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the right thing most of the time. Even if I told him to do it wrong, he would generally do it right. I think we ended up third that year for the year end. About two years later, my oldest son, Christopher, started riding him and won the year end in the Youth,” he said.

“I climbed the typical ladder I think most riders climb; I started on one horse and then moved into something that’s seasoned. Then I eventually got to where I could ride younger, lessexperienced horses.”

Lewis started showing in SHTX events 12 years ago and in NRCHA five years ago. He has since been on an upward trajectory to success. His first big win was in 2020, where he was the Pre-Futurity Amateur Champion at the Dom Conicelli Memorial Eastern Derby, presented by MARS Equestrian™, in Cordova, Tennessee. He rode to the title on Playing With Cher (Mr Playinstylish x Bella Cher x Peptoboonsmal), a 2017 filly bred by Kit and Charlie Moncrief.

Then, in 2021, Lewis rode Indelible Stylish (Mr Playinstylish x Lil Sally Cat x High Brow Cat) to a top 10 finish, placing fourth in all the subdivisions at the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity®, presented by Metallic Cat.

“I could have gone home after making the Finals and been happy,” he said. “But we ended up having the top cow score in the Finals, not only in the Non Pro but for the rest of the day, which included the Level 1 Limited Open. It was the best cow run of my life. It’s been such a journey from where I started six years ago.”

VERSATILE LESSONS

Lewis credits roping with getting him in the arena, but reined cow horse and stock horse events gave him a new appreciation for riding versatile horses.

William’s two sons, Will and Christopher, both share his love of competition and have competed in SHTX and NRCHA events.

Serving at the Stock Horse of Texas president keeps Lewis on his toes and deeply involved in the horse industry.

With the Non Pro high cow score, William Lewis placed fourth in multiple divisions for the 2021 Snaffle Bit Futurity®, which was nearly as good as winning in his mind.

“I can go home and use roping as a skill, but the reined cow horse stuff grabbed me,” he said. “It forces you to work on your horsemanship because it’s a judged event. It forces you to face the truth in everything you do horseback, and it [increases] your accountability and ownership to a level that I don’t think anything else does.

“Honestly, it pours over into your life, which is what I find unbelievable,” he added. “It’s completely changed my life. Showing horses has changed how I treat people and my horses, how I look at my family, my business, my employees, my children—everything I do has been impacted by competing. Because the show pen and the judges force you to be brutally honest with yourself.”

He admits it can be challenging being

president of SHTX and simultaneously showing at the association’s events.

“One of the things that I found in my position with SHTX is it doesn’t really let me focus on my horse at show, which I don’t have a problem with, because I love SHTX,” he said. “When we go to an NRCHA show, it’s neat because all I have to do is show my horse. It’s all I have to focus on. The NRCHA has helped me get better because it allows me the one-on-one show time I need with my horse.”

He remembers all too well what it was like being a newbie in the show pen and encourages newcomers to jump into the show pen with both boots.

“Everybody has gone through being the new kid. And the folks who have done it want to help you! That’s what’s

cool about the Stock Horse of Texas and NRCHA,” Lewis said. “I remember what it was like to have an entire year of not winning and placing last. Sometimes showing horses is like chasing a carrot on a stick. But don’t quit! There are people who want to help you succeed. The right people want to beat you at your best.

“I’ve made some really good friends in the horse industry. Some good, honest friends at the beginning told me, ‘Heck, you’ve got to brush your horse’s tail and give your horse a bath,’ ” he chuckled. “And those are the same friends I compete with today.”

As for what’s next for Lewis, he humbly says, “I don’t really have a longterm goal, other than just keep riding and grinding away at it.”

PASO ROBLES SPRING CLASSIC

FACES OF THE NRCHA

Working with numbers and horses drew Kasydi Valentine to the NRCHA.

RCHN: Tell readers a bit about your horse background.

How did you get started riding?

Valentine: My grandpa, Ray Valentine, had a horse while I was growing up and I started riding with him. He lived in Denver, too, and his horse was boarded right next to where we lived. He had a Quarter Horse. He grew up roping and his dad actually started a roping club in Syracuse, Kansas. He had horses all his life, and I was interested in horses so me and him rode together. When I went to college, I bought my first horse. We started trying new things and figuring out what I liked, trying reining then finding cow horse.

RCHN: What do you do day to day at the NRCHA?

Valentine: I do the accounting, processing invoices and paying bills, as well as paying out purses at events. I work with our Executive Director and Board of Directors members to get payments processed and keep the association up to date. To produce the shows, we have contract personnel that make our shows a success, and during shows it is important to pay them promptly. My first premier event was the 2021 Snaffle Bit Futurity®. It was good to see how finance supports the show.

RCHN: What drives you to work for an association?

Valentine: I love my job and getting to work in an industry that is very important to me. It’s a priority to keep memberships and payments up to date. Our focus is to move our processes forward so we stay current with the easiest and most secure way for members to conduct business with us. I love getting to work in a job where we focus on the horse.

Membership payments, checks for a winning run and many more dollars pass through Kasydi Valentine’s desk at the National Reined Cow Horse Association. As accounting manager, Valentine oversees the dollars flowing through the association, with oversight from the Executive Director and the NRCHA Board of Directors. It’s a dream combination for the 26-year-old from Denver, Colorado.

“I got my first degree in equine science in 2018 from Colorado State University, then also got a degree in agricultural business. During my business major, the courses I liked the most were in accounting, which pushed me to get my master’s degree in accounting in 2020,” said Valentine. “I wanted to do something new, move to a new place and work in the horse industry. This position gave me the perfect opportunity.”

With a background in reined cow horse competition at an affiliate level, Valentine understood the sport. Her job as an accountant allowed her to financially afford to have a horse right out of college. She purchased Cat Travels In Style during an internship with Warren Performance Horses, a reining training facility in Franktown, Colorado. The mare was geared to read cows, so Valentine moved her to train with Lavert Avent.

“I started going to some [Colorado Reined Cow Horse Association] shows; everyone was nice, you could make friends super easily, and it was fun,” she said. “My mare was bred for cutting, but we gave reined cow horse a shot. I just loved it!”

When the chance to have a career that combined her love of horses and numbers arose, Valentine didn’t hesitate to make the move to Texas.

Interview and photograph by Kate Bradley Byars

THE TWO MILLION DOLLAR MAN: JAKE TELFORD

Jake Telford’s success in 2021 pushed him over the earnings mark and made him the fourth rider in an elite group.

Interview by Kate Bradley Byars

ake Telford didn’t set his sights on becoming a reined cow horse trainer until he was in his mid-20s, after training rope horses. The Caldwell, Idaho, trainer’s résumé boasts not only a National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity® Open Champion title, but now he can also list NRCHA Two Million Dollar Rider. He achieved the milestone nine years after becoming an NRCHA Million Dollar Rider and now, as of December 15, 2021, has NRCHA earnings of $2,019,626.92.

There are only three other riders in the elite club, and all stamped their place in the cow horse industry through hard work, perseverance and sustained success.

“It is so competitive anymore; there is a lot of luck involved—the right draw, the right cow and so many other factors,” Telford said. “I don’t feel like I show better than anyone else but have had some good luck. That, and I’ve stuck to it for long enough.”

Telford, who turns 50 years old in January of 2022, has approximately 25 years in the industry. A father to two daughters, Sierra and Shawny, Telford is a fixture at NRCHA premier events, and at high school rodeos helping his two daughters. Sierra rode to the reserve title at the 2021 National High School Finals Rodeo with Telford coaching her in the reined cow horse.

He first became familiar with cow horses when he swung a leg over one trained by NRCHA Hall of Fame member and trainer Dan Roeser, also from Idaho.

“I was helping Dan Roeser by showing his horses in the roping. He showed a lot of all-around horses at that time. He would show halter, reining, cow horse, then I would rope on them,” Telford explained. “For me, it started out as a way for me to get my rope horses broke better. Dan’s horses felt better than mine, handled better than mine, and I felt I needed to learn how to train that way.”

Instead of embarking on an apprenticeship, Telford purchased a 2-year-old and started training it himself. A method, he says, that was not the ideal way to do it.

“I did it the wrong way, trying to figure it out myself,” he laughed. “I was starting colts for Dee Craig, who introduced me to Anne Reynolds. Her horses were on another level. She is who showed me the process of how to do reined cow horse.

“She and I got to be friends and she’s responsible for introducing me to Todd Bergen, Jon Roeser and Ron Ralls. Those people helped me a lot, too, but in the beginning, Anne is responsible for introducing me to the right people.”

Today, Telford is on the level of many of the riders who helped him kickstart his career. Here, NRCHA’s Reined Cow Horse News gets to the nitty-gritty with the $2 million dollar man.

Aboard Michelle Cannon’s palomino mare Sparktilion, Telford rode to tie for the Reserve Champion World’s Greatest Horseman in 2020.

RCHN: Can you tell us about a few horses that really kickstarted or propelled your career?

Telford: Definitely! Colonel Leo Lux (LH Colonel Hank x Quincys Bloom x Sir Quincy Dan) was one. The first time I ever showed a horse at Reno [Nevada], was in 1997 and that was Colonel Leo Lux. I made the Limited Open Finals and thought it was the best thing in the world. He was a good horse for me and my ability; he covered up for my lack of experience. Horses that propelled me? CD Survivor (CD Olena x Have A Lil Lena x Peppy San Badger) was the first horse I ever had that was a phenomenal athlete. He raised the bar for me as far as my expectation of what I thought horses could do. He could stop like no other, turn and he really opened my eyes to a whole ’nother level. If I knew then what I know now, he would have won more than he did. He was a great horse.

The horses you win a lot on do stick in your mind, like Starlight Kisses (Shady Lil Starlight x Kiss My Shiny Lips x Shining Spark), the mare I won the Futurity on. That was one that taught me not to give up and to persevere. She was weak as a 2-year-old and needed help to get strong enough physically to compete. She was one that taught me to stick with it and not give up. I knew she had ability, but there were hurdles to overcome that required extra time and effort, and it paid off.

You’re based in Idaho, which boasts a couple of Hall of Fame members and top NRCHA trainers. What draws people to the reined cow horse industry in your part of the country?

There are a lot of horses up here and a lot of cowboys. That being said, the cow horse is a good fit in Idaho and this area. The smaller shows here, the buckaroos come in off the ranch. The affiliates around here have always been really strong. You look back to the World Championship Snaffle Bit Futurity one time and there were almost 400 entries in Boise. The cow horse has always been strong in Idaho. A lot of people are migrating south, but I like where I’m at and Idaho is home to me.

You’re a Snaffle Bit Futurity® Open Champion and a Reserve Champion World’s Greatest Horseman on Sparktillion (owned by Michelle Canon). What keeps you training for the long term, through the four-stage process of creating a finished bridle horse?

I do like the process. There have been a lot of days where things don’t go right that you want to give up and try

Starting at a young age, Telford carried his daughters, Shawny and Sierra, with him on rider introductions. His love of horses carried over into both girls competing in rodeo and reined cow horse.

something else, but at the end of the day, working with a colt that has a lightbulb moment and it is rewarding. I enjoy that and love the process. As I get a little older, I don’t win as much as I used to, but the training process is still very appealing to me.

You’ve had success in the roping arena, too. Does that help you as a reined cow horse trainer?

My dad runs cattle and I’ve always been around cattle. I don’t know the roping has helped my cow horse; it’s been the other way around. Having competed and gotten my feet wet in competition probably helped me a little bit in the cow horse, but it was usually the other way around. I always looked at the cow horse as a way to make the rope horses better, because at the time that was what I wanted to be good at.

Life throws changes at you and early on, I saw that the cow horse was a better way to make a living. The horses were better and the clients wanted to keep the horses in training longer.

RÉSUMÉ RUNDOWN

2005 — NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity® Intermediate Open Reserve Champion on Stylabob (Docs Stylish Oak x Not Quite An Acre x Bob Acre Doc)

2006 — NRCHA Open Derby Reserve Champion on CD Survivor (CD Olena x Have A Lil Lena x Peppy San Badger)

2008 — 2007 NRCHA World Champion Open Hackamore on Shady Lil Starlight (Grays Starlight x Shady Little Cat x High Brow Cat)

2010 — NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity® Open Reserve Champion on One Time Rey Jay (One Time Pepto x Hickorys Red Rey x Docs Hickory)

2014 — NRCHA Celebration of Champions Open Bridle Champion on Nabisco Roan (Boonlight Dancer x Crackin x Smart Little Lena)

2015 — NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity® Open Champion on Starlight Kisses (Shady Lil Starlight x Kiss My Shiny Lips x Shining Spark)

2018 — World’s Greatest Horseman, third place, on Lenas Buddy Nic (Nic It In The Bud x Dual Lena x Mister Dual Pep)

2020 — World’s Greatest Horseman Reserve Champion on Sparktilion (Shining Spark x Cattiliion x High Brow Cat)

Speaking of big events, you’ve had success at regional events, like the Idaho Futurity as well as NRCHA premier events, and it’s not easy to win anywhere, at any show! Talk to us about the evolution of competition you’ve seen in your years in cow horse.

No, it’s not easy to win anywhere. The competition has evolved because of the type of people drawn to cow horse. It’s good people that want to do good, help each other and ride good horses. When you go to other events, you realize how good our cow horse people really are to each other.

Getting into it, there were so many people that were willing to help me. There are people that want to do the same

Above: Heading for friend Ryan Powell, Jake Telford turned a steer to win fifth place and $32,500 in a 2019 round of the World Series of Team Roping.

Left: Telford credits stallion CD Survivor with helping him feel how athletic a reined cow horse could and should be.

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thing all over. The number of people now that have the ability to train a horse that could win has quadrupled over the years and it is due to the fact that our people are nice and willing to help each other out. You don’t go anywhere without hearing about our trainers and the competitors riding together and helping each other. I’ve gotten together with Corey [Cushing] and Todd [Bergen] and have been to their places, and they come to mine. It’s a mentality to figure it out to make the horse better. That, paired with the increased number of well-bred horses that are so good— there are so many good horses and that is not like it used to be—has made it great.

The number of talented, athletic horses out there has really raised the bar. It is pretty cool to watch a cow horse show anywhere today.

Can you point at any pivotal moments in your career that helped you become only the fourth Two Million Dollar Rider in the NRCHA?

Looking back and the amount of money I’ve won on Nancy Crawford’s horses, that is pivotal in my career. CD Survivor was the first horse she sent me—I didn’t train that horse, but it was eye-opening to have one like that. The quality of horses she sent to me made a huge difference. If you look back at my statistics, I won a lot of money on her horses and I cannot overlook that and I thank her for that.

Starlight

Below: Lenas

There are too many moments or horses to really count each moment. Some days you want to give up, but then you have one horse come to the party, win something for you, and it’s a rollercoaster. Horse training is what I like to do. I never used to think it, but I guess now I could say I was pretty good at it. Glad I stuck it out.

Is it fun to watch your girls become more involved? Definitely! They’ve always been horse crazy from the time they were tiny. If I made a Finals, I would always take one in with me during a rider introduction. From a very early age, they have always liked horses and loved to ride. I think they like the rodeos as much as they like the cow horse. Anything to do with horses, they are all in.

Tell us what goals you have left to achieve, or rather, what drives you in this industry?

Life has thrown me some curveballs and you reach a point where you re-evaluate. I went through a stint where I didn’t make the Futurity finals. Lately, my goal was to get back to being competitive and I did that this year. Now, I need to set some higher goals. Right now, I’m taking care of my family, seeing my kids grow and doing what they want to do, and I’ll figure it out after that.

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Kisses carried Telford to the Open Champion title at the 2015 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity®

Buddy Nic carried Telford to third in the 2018 World’s Greatest Horseman, and the Paint Horse gelding also helped Telford’s daughter, Sierra, in her first reined cow horse shows.

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IT’S BRRR-EEDING SEASON

Manage your broodmares during the winter with six tips from David ricks, DVM.

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1. RAMP UP ROUTINE CARE

EEPING BROODMARES HEALTHY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS can present a management challenge, particularly if they’re gestating or preparing for springtime breeding. But David Ricks, DVM, the breeding veterinarian at Brazos Valley Stallion Station LP, says being mindful of a few management protocols will help keep them healthy and warm. Here, Ricks outlines how to best prepare horses for a healthy and successful breeding season.

David Ricks, DVM, is the breeding veterinarian at Brazos Valley Stallion Station LP in Stephenville, Texas. He is experienced with cutting-edge reproductive technology, and has been a veterinarian since 2001. Brazos Valley Stallion Station represents stallions in the cutting, cow horse, rope and barrel horse industries, including many leading sires. For more information, visit brazosvalleystallionstation.com.

2.TIME THE LIGHTS

Mares are seasonal cyclers, coming into heat during the spring and summer months, as the days get longer.

“We like to vaccinate mares about five months after we breed them, which typically falls in the winter,” Ricks said. “Some mares, if we’ve bred them early enough in the year, they could be coming up on foaling, and the set of vaccines due a month before they foal will fall in the winter months as well.”

He also suggests making dental appointments since mares aren’t tied up with breeding season or early pregnancy vet checks, and they’re not yet navigating with a newborn foal.

During the winter, Ricks also routinely goes through all the mares at the stallion station to palpate and confirm pregnancy.

“The winter is also a good time to do an ultrasound of the pregnancy and check for placentitis—an infection of the placenta,” Ricks said. “That usually shows up around seven months of gestation. If you catch it early, and that’s usually in the winter, you can treat it.”

“Mares have a gland in their brain that senses light, and tells the brain that it’s spring or summer and time to start their reproductive cycles,” Ricks said. “So, we can trick her body into thinking it’s spring or summer by artificially lighting her, which allows light into her eyes to think the days are getting longer.”

Although it’s not foolproof, this process most of the time takes about 60 days. About two months before you want your mare to go into heat, Ricks recommends putting her under artificial lights—either in a stall or in a lighted outdoor pen. A rule of thumb: If you can read a newspaper, there is enough light, Ricks says.

“Typically, the rule is December 1, put them under lights,” Ricks said. “That puts them at February 1, they’ve been under lights for 60 days and they should be cycling, which is when we start collecting from stallions.”

You don’t have to keep the lights blazing 24/7, though. Ricks says the light from the sun throughout the day, plus an additional couple of hours of artificial light each evening will do the trick. At Brazos Valley Stallion Station, the lights stay on till 10 p.m.

Placing a blue-light mask on a mare beams a small amount of light into the mare’s eyes at the appropriate hours. This is handy for a small herd of broodmares, but it can be cost-prohibitive for large facilities.

Most pregnant mares should receive several of their vaccinations during the winter months, Ricks advises. He also recommends scheduling routine pregnancy vaccinations around the same time, particularly against rhinopneumonitis, which affects mares late in gestation.

3. FULL-TIME FORAGE AND FLUIDS

Making hay available round the clock can help keep horses warm when it gets really chilly.

“Feeding a horse grain is not necessarily going to warm them up, but feeding them grass and hay products causes fermentation inside their gut, and that fermentation generates heat.”

In cold climates, ensuring horses have fresh water is even more crucial, Ricks says. Be vigilant about frozen water sources, and if a horse seems to slack off on water intake, add a supplement to increase its desire to drink.

There’s a general thought that horses don’t drink as well when it’s really cold,” Ricks said. “They may not require as much water, but it wouldn’t hurt to add some salt on your horse’s feed to encourage drinking during those colder months.”

5. BL ANKET JUDICIOUSLY

Horses can handle the cold better than humans, but Ricks says when the temperature drops below 15 degrees Fahrenheit, it’s best to pull out the blankets for horses outside on pasture with natural winter coats.

“That doesn’t mean if it’s 30 degrees outside and you blanket your horse, they’re going to die of heatstroke,” Ricks said. “But it becomes medically necessary to provide warmth when it’s 15 degrees [Fahrenheit].”

If a horse is living in the barn and has a slick coat, blanket it before it gets that cold— around 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

“Use your judgement here—if the horse is shivering, give it a blanket,” Ricks said.

4. SHELTER IS KEY

Make sure your horses have at minimum a roof over their heads, if living in a cold climate. A shelter that protects from wind, rain and snow is even better.

“Blocking the wind from the north and keeping the snow or rain off the horses will help keep them more comfortable,” Ricks said. “If you want to fully enclose them and put a heat lamp inside, all the better.”

6. PREPARE FOR CHILLY DELIVERIES

Many mares foal outside, but if the weather looks bad close to delivery date bring her inside the barn.

“If a mare is going to be foaling in January, it’s going to be cold and you’ve got to be more diligent about controlling her environment,” Ricks said. “That may mean being inside with heaters, or building walls with hay bales, giving the mare a place that is more inviting to have a foal.”

Horses kept outside should be blanketed when it’s 15 degrees or below, says Ricks. A horse with a slick coat may need a blanket when it’s closer to 40 degrees.When in doubt, blanket if a horse is shivering.

Feeding a horse hay around the clock helps it generate more heat during the winter months.

Horses living outside during the winter months should have access to a good shelter that blocks wind, rain and snow.

Will Rogers Memorial Center

3401 W. Lancaster Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76107

February 11 - 20, 2022

FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 11

8:00 AM Coliseum Derby Herd Work: Open Divisions

8:30 AM John Justin Arena Derby Rein Work: Non Pro Divisions Derby Rein Work: Non Pro Boxing Divisions

SATURDAY -FEBRUARY 12

8:00 AM Coliseum

8:30 AM John Justin Arena

SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 13

Derby Herd Work: Open Divisions

Preliminaries: Intermediate & Novice NP Bridle**

Preliminaries: Non Pro Two Rein

8:00 AM Coliseum Derby Herd Work: Open Divisions Hashtags World’s Greatest Horseman Preliminaries: Herd Work

8:00 AM John Justin Arena

Preliminaries: Open Two Rein

Preliminaries: $5,000 & $1,000 Non Pro Limited**

Justin Sale Arena During Lunch Break / Cowboy Church

6:30 PM (tentative)

Round Up Inn WGH Back Number Presentation

MONDAY- FEBRUARY 14

8:00 AM Coliseum Derby Herd Work: Non Pro Divisions

Derby Herd Work: Non Pro Boxing Divisions

8:30 AM John Justin Arena Derby Rein Work: Open Divisions

TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 15

8:00 AM John Justin Arena Derby Rein Work: Open Divisions

Finals: Open Two Rein

Finals: Intermediate Non Pro Bridle Finals: $1,000 Non Pro Limited Hashtags World’s Greatest Horseman Preliminaries: Rein Work

11:00 AM Coliseum Derby Cow Work: Non Pro Boxing Divisions

Derby Cow Work: Non Pro Divisions

WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 16

8:00 AM Coliseum

Preliminaries: Non Pro Limited **

Preliminaries: Non Pro Hackamore Box Drive

8:00 AM John Justin Arena Derby Cow Work: All Open Divisions

Schedule as of December 15, 2021

Patterns

Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby: 11 Lope Toward

World Championship Prelims/WGYH: 10 Lope

Toward World Championship Finals: 8 Lope Toward

World’s Greatest Horseman Prelims: 2 Lope Toward

World’s Greatest Horseman Finals: 1

NHSRA Challenge: NHSRA Pattern 4

All subject to change.

THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 17

8:00 AM Coliseum

Preliminaries: Open Hackamore

Preliminaries: Non Pro Bridle**

8:00 AM John Justin Arena Finals: Novice Non Pro Bridle

Finals: Non Pro Two Rein

Finals: $5,000 Non Pro Limited

1:00 PM (tentative)

John Justin Arena WGYH Back Number Presentation World’s Greatest Youth Horseman Steer Stopping

Hashtags - World’s Greatest Horseman Preliminaries: Steer Stopping

4:00 PM (tentative)

John Justin Arena Concourse Exhibitor Year End Party

FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 18

8:00 AM Coliseum

Preliminaries: Limited Open Hackamore Preliminaries: Limited Open Bridle

Preliminaries: Youth Limited / YL 13

8:00 AM John Justin Arena Finals: Non Pro Hackamore

Preliminaries: Youth Cow Horse / YCH 13 / WGYH

Finals: Non Pro Limited

Prelims: Open Bridle

1:00 PM Justin Sale Arena General Membership Meeting

SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 19

8:00 AM Coliseum Special: NHSRA Reined Cow Horse Challenge

1:00 PM John Justin Arena World’s Greatest Youth Horseman Herd Work

Hashtags World’s Greatest Horseman Finals: Herd Work

5:00 PM (approx)

Coliseum Hashtags World’s Greatest Horseman Finals: Steer Stopping Finals: Rein Work

World’s Greatest Youth Horseman Fence Only Finals Finals: Cow Work

SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 20

8:00 AM John Justin Arena Finals: Youth Cow Horse Finals: Open Hackamore Finals: Youth Limited

Finals: Limited Open Bridle

Finals: Limited Open Hackamore

Finals: Non Pro Bridle

Finals: Open Bridle

8:30 AM Coliseum Special: Intercollegiate Challenge

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

ThatMAGIC MOMENT

Winning the World’s Greatest Horseman really is just like it looks in the movies.

By LARRI JO STARKEY

n sports movies, a character sees a goal, has a small setback, then trains in a montage that lasts about three minutes. When the final challenge comes, the main character wins in a burst of glory with orchestral music swelling up below the scene.

It’s a familiar storyline.

Miracle on Ice did it for hockey. Hoosiers did it for basketball. Remember the Titans did it for football.

In the horse world, the closest experience to those magical movie moments is the moment when horse and rider combine for the ultimate test of versatility and consistency: the National Reined Cow Horse Association World’s Greatest Horseman.

The road to equine triumph isn’t paved with a short training montage—it’s created through months, even years, of daily labor, one-on-one, with a special horse. It’s slapping on a saddle day after day and attempting to communicate with a 1,200-pound animal with a mind of its own. When it all comes together, though, it’s magic—especially if it happens at the NRCHA Hashtags’ and Western Bloodstock World’s Greatest Horseman Finals.

Reined Cow Horse News asked a few insiders to help us understand that magic moment.

many others make the grade in the World’s Greatest Horseman.

JON ROESER

2005 – Very Smart Remedy, owned by Anne M. Reynolds

In 2001, Jon Roeser of Kuna, Idaho, started riding a Smart Little Lena 2-year-old with just 90 days on him. Roeser had ridden the colt’s dam, Remedys Response, and he knew what a horse from that mare line should be capable of doing. When the chestnut colt turned 4, Anne Reynolds purchased him.

In February 2005, Roeser took the stallion, Very Smart Remedy, to the World’s Greatest Horseman competition in Stephenville, Texas. It was the stallion’s first year in the bridle—in fact, it was his first competition in the bridle, and he was quite green in steer stopping.

It didn’t sound like a recipe for success, but Roeser had been the World’s Greatest Horseman reserve champion on Chex Out This Remedy, and he knew what he needed to do. It didn’t hurt that Roeser had spent so much time with Very Smart Remedy.

“As a young horse, he was really nice,” Roeser said. “It’s hard to say you rode the perfect horse, but he was pretty close. He wanted to stop and listen. He had a lot of natural athletic ability. I just knew he was really good horse.”

The World’s Greatest Horseman event was relatively new, but its reputation was growing. Roeser and Very Smart

Remedy had already created many winning runs together, so he prepared carefully for the February competition. Though Very Smart Remedy didn’t wow the judges in the preliminaries, he made the Finals.

“I knew he was a great horse and treated him special. He was a big stopper, really cowy, a really smart horse,” Roeser said. “I probably had my lowest score in steer stopping, but we got it done.”

Going into the cow work, Roeser asked and Very Smart Remedy delivered a championship performance. Run over, Roeser rode out.

“I remember I rode out of the arena into the warmup area, and Bob Avila said, ‘Welcome to the club.’ It felt good all the way through,” remembered Roeser.

Roeser still remembers the win, as well as all the work that went into making it happen.

“It was truly exciting,” Roeser said. “It’s one of those shows that showing-wise, you’ve got some adrenaline going, and you’re in the moment. You could certainly hear people screaming and hollering.”

Winning, he said, comes down to one ingredient. “It’s having the right horse.”

Jon Roeser and Very Smart Remedy took the win in 2005, but Roeser has had

LADONA EMMONS

2012 – Olena Oak, owned by Mel Smith and Nichole Scott, ridden by Ron Emmons

2013 – Olena Oak, owned by LaDona Emmons and Nichole Scott, ridden by Ron Emmons

LaDona Emmons has always considered Olena Oak her horse. The flashy sorrel stallion with the wide blaze had a special place in her heart while he was in her husband Ron’s training program, and he cemented it after winning the World’s Greatest Horseman competition in 2012 in San Angelo, Texas.

In December of 2012, LaDona bought half of the stallion from one of his former owners, Mel Smith. By February of 2013, she owned half of a World’s Greatest finalist, along with Smith’s daughter, Nichole Scott, now Nicole Branquinho.

“That horse has been the coolest journey of our whole life so far, and I don’t even know how to explain it,” LaDona said. “I remember someone interviewing me and asking how it feels to be an owner and I was like, ‘I never thought I didn’t own him.’ ”

That week in 2013 is a bit of a blur, La Dona said. The competition came down to the cow work, and Nicole and

LaDona stood together at the in-gate, far from the crowd, watching Ron ride “Ernie” into the pen.

“I think he loped in the pen to call for his cow, and I remember being so excited that he had a good run,” she said. “I don’t know if it crossed my mind if it was good enough. Nicole and I congratulated each other, and then when they called the scores ... .”

Ron threw his hat into the air, then rode back out. He waited near that in-gate with Nichole and LaDona. When the final scores came in, Ron, standing beside the stallion, grabbed his wife, dipped her and laid a kiss on her.

The romantic gesture was almost more memorable than the win. Almost.

The real lasting memory of the event is how it showcased the stallion for his breeding career. Now 20, Ernie still lives with the Emmonses in California, where he stands at stud.

“His whole career has always awed me,” LaDona said. “What a wonderful horse that is!”

A smoking run in the steer stopping kept Ron Emmons and Olena Oak in contention at the 2012 event in San Angelo, Texas.

JOHN SWALES

2017 – Heza Diamond Spark, owned by 7 P Ranch

2020 – Metallic Cat Rose, owned by Jerry and Nicole Meyer

In October 2016, John Swales of Millarville, Alberta, Canada, received a nice palomino stallion for training from the 7 P Ranch, with the idea of pointing him toward the World’s Greatest Horseman.

“He had been successfully shown and roped on, and that was definitely helpful to get him prepared in a short amount of time,” Swales said. “I actually went to school with the people who owned him.”

Swales began to prepare each day with Heza Diamond Spark, and when the pair arrived in Fort Worth, Texas, he knew the 2005 stallion, bred by Holy Cow Performance Horses, was up to the challenge.

On the day of the Finals, Swales didn’t watch his fellow competitors.

“We didn’t have a very good herd work in the Finals, so the whole Finals after the herd work, we were just struggling to catch up,” Swales said.

The competition came down to the cow work. Swales asked Heza Diamond Spark for everything down the fence, and the palomino stallion obliged, tired after the long day but not quitting. Swales didn’t watch the other riders, but he had been doing some math.

“At the time, they announced the score and didn’t hold it [from the audience],” Swales said. “When they announced my score on that palomino horse, I couldn’t believe it, because right away, I knew he had won and nobody behind could catch him.”

At the in-gate, Chris Dawson met him with a man hug. By the time Swales made it back to his stalls, everyone he knew had spoken to him or texted him.

In 2020, Swales was prepared with another nice horse, Metallic Cat Rose, owned by Jerry and Nicole Meyer. This time, though, Swales only knew the scores from his first three events: herd work, reined work and steer stopping. He waited in John Justin Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, along with all the other contenders while the finalists were announced, lowest score to highest.

In that arena, spectators are close enough to reach out and touch the riders, and Swales could almost feel them breathing on him as he waited on the 9-year-old mare, sired by Metallic Cat.

“It was quite a buildup because you really didn’t know,” he said. “I mostly felt stress. It definitely did not feel like destiny.”

And then the announcement—once again, Swales had won the World’s Greatest Horseman.

“It’s amazing,” he said. “You can’t even really describe it.”

It’s a feeling Swales is eager to repeat. He has another horse ready to go for 2022.

Focused horsemanship put John Swales atop the talented entries in 2017 on Heza Diamond Spark (right) and again in 2020 on Metallic Cat Rose (left).

PATTY RALLS

2003 – Cowgirls Are Smart, owned by Jim Babcock and George Heckman, ridden by Ron Ralls

2004 – A Chic In Time, owned by Broken B Ranch, ridden by Ron Ralls

2021 – Solano Cat, owned by Hershel and Shannon Reid, ridden by Patty Ralls in the Art of the Cowgirl World’s Greatest Horsewoman competition

Patty Ralls of Gainesville, Texas, has been up close to three World’s Greatest competition wins. In 2003, her husband, Ron Ralls, rode Cowgirls Are Smart to the World’s Greatest Horseman title, a feat he repeated in 2004 with A Chic In Time. In 2021, Patty Ralls won the second World’s Greatest Horsewoman competition held at the Art of the Cowgirl in Queen Creek, Arizona. That win secured her entry to the 2021 DT Horses/Hashtags World’s Greatest Horseman.

Patty remembers all three events as if they were yesterday.

That first win was possibly the most special. Ron had ridden Cowgirls Are Smart since the mare was 2 years old, when he was still training in California.

“He started her, which made that win the most amazing thing,” Patty said. “He showed her at the [Snaffle Bit] Futurity as a 3-year-old and then she was 5 when he won World’s Greatest Horseman.”

In 2003, World’s Greatest was held in June in conjunction with a ranch rodeo in Amarillo, Texas. Cowgirls Are Smart was 5, barely in the bridle. Patty wasn’t worried, though.

“Any time you enter an event like that, you better have high hopes, or why waste your time?” Patty said. “He had worked a lot on that mare getting her in the bridle and prepared for roping.”

The day of the Finals, Patty was at the in-gate watching with Anthony and Erin Taormino, who were working for Ron at the time. The crowd was on fire. They weren’t there to see cow horse, but many of the people there were ranchers and cowboys who understood and appreciated what they were seeing.

“The crowd was unbelievable,” Patty said. “There was not an empty seat in the house. Those people have fun. They cheer each other on, and then the cow horse guys came on, and they cheered like we were their own. It made that event special. It was awesome.”

In January of 2021, Patty Ralls rode Solano Cat to the World’s Greatest Horsewoman title and earned an entry to the World’s Greatest Horseman.

As Ron laid down that final cow run, Patty screamed her encouragement, trying to make her yells heard over the cheers of the crowd.

“They probably thought someone had run my foot over because I yelled for my husband,” Patty said. “There were no tears with us at that event. We were just so proud and excited.”

The next year, Ron did it again with A Chic In Time.

“We were thrilled,” Patty said. “A Chic In Time had been shown at the reining futurity and then Randy Butler had shown him in cutting, but when he came into Ron’s life he had never gone down the fence and had never roped a steer.

“We had maybe three months to get him to go down fence and steer stop.”

The achievement—not just the win but getting the horse to a place where he was ready to compete in all four classes—was thrilling and inspiring.

In July of 2020, Patty decided to try for her own win in the World’s Greatest Horsewoman event held during the Art of the Cowgirl event. She called NRCHA and gave up her Non Pro card to show Solano Cat, a stallion that Ron had started and finished.

“He left us a few years ago, then came back into our lives. I had always prepared that horse for Ron at shows,” Patty said. “Just taking care of him, but I had never spun that horse or cowed on him. It was amazing.”

She showed and trained, then showed and trained more.

“I woke up thinking about it. I went to bed thinking about it,” she remembers.

In January of 2021, she won. The sacrifice of time was worth the cost.

“I gotta say this,” Patty said. “It was amazing. I’m not gonna lie. It still brings tears to my eyes and it’s the most amazing feeling when it all comes together.”

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AKING THE GRADE

The NRCHA Merit Award Program recognizes outstanding equine performers at all competition levels.

By 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.

Plain Catty has $194,691.06 in lifetime earnings, and in 2021 secured the Supreme Reined Cow Horse merit award.

CERTIFICATE OF ABILITY 2021

Bamb Boon / owned by Janie Dvorak-Compton

Bet Hesa Boon / owned by Beverly L. Servi

BK Spark Of Genius / owned by Teryl V Dooren & Kevin Ellis

Cee These Guns / owned by Michael J Lundy

Deluxe Strlit Night / owned by Green Pine Ranch

Duallicious / owned by Becky L. Smith

Forge A Cat / owned by Chelsea Lyn Frederick

Hal Reysin Cat / owned by Chelsea Lyn Frederick

Hesa Dual Bet / owned by Teton Ridge

Hollywood Flit Girl / owned by Katie Gerwig

LHR Rey C Time / owned by Fred Wein

Lil Gritty Kitty / owned by Kent Blough

Master Of The Seas / owned by Ruth Jackson

Matador Chex / owned by Joleen D Smith

Meradas Reyvenge / owned by Bernie Kelly

Metallic Train / owned by Beverly L. Servi

Miss Dual Reflection / owned by Chris Ward

Move That Rock / owned by Debbie J. Proctor

Mr Stylish Cat / owned by Tylor R. Todd

One Time Up North / owned by Up North Performance Horses

Plain Catty / owned by Kalpowar Quarter Horses

Please Play Me / owned by Kara Jo Webster

Rebelicious / owned by 2 KM Farm & Ranch LLC

Reygiddy Ann / owned by Justabouta Ranch Inc

Sista Jackson / owned by Jared & Crystal Melton

Soulanova / owned by Lannie Jo Lisac

Sr Sassy Cat / owned by Sassy Cat Syndicate

Still Wright / owned by Cheryl Haaren

Time For A Peptomint / owned by Malika Keglowitsch

Wanta Be Stylish / owned by Jace C Sheridan

Wired On Pepto / owned by Alison A. Brantley

Woody Be A Chic / owned by Christina Gilham

CERTIFICATE OF ABILIT Y

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.

SUPERIOR COW HORSE

A horse that has earned $10,000 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 $10,000 in order to receive this award. The NRCHA believes that any horse that wins $10,000 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 2021

Bet Hesa Boon/ owned by Beverly L. Servi

BK Spark Of Genius/ owned by Teryl V Dooren & Kevin Ellis

CatsLittleSweetheart/ owned by Michael J Lundy

Cee These Guns/ owned by Green Pine Ranch

Deluxe Strlit Night/ owned by Becky L. Smith

Duallicious/ owned by Teton Ridge

Hesa Dual Bet/ owned by Fred Wein

LHR Rey C Time/ owned by Kent Blough

Lil Gritty Kitty/ owned by Bernie Kelly

Meradas Reyvenge/ owned by Beverly L. Servi

Metallic Train/ owned by Debbie J. Proctor

Move That Rock/ owned by Tylor R. Todd

Mr Stylish Cat/ owned by Up North Performance Horses

One Time Up North/ owned by Kalpowar Quarter Horses

Plain Catty/ owned by 2 KM Farm & Ranch LLC

Rebelicious/ owned by Justabouta Ranch Inc

Reygiddy Ann/ owned by Jared & Crystal Melton

Sista Jackson/ owned by Lannie Jo Lisac

SJR Smooth Lil Oak/ owned by Sassy Cat Syndicate

Soulanova/ owned by Cheryl Haaren

Sr Sassy Cat/ owned by Malika Keglowitsch

Still Wright/ owned by Jace C Sheridan

Time For A Peptomint/ owned by Christina Gilham

Wanta Be Stylish/ owned by Peggy A. Cummings

Woody Be A Chic/ owned by Janie Dvorak-Compton

NRCHA professionals Corey Cushing and Matt Koch helped Hesa Dual Bet earn a Certificate of Achievement and Superior Reined Cow Horse award as well as $170,442.66 for owner Teton Ridge.

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NON PRO LIMITED ACHIEVEMENT

The Non Pro Limited Achievement award was first presented by the NRCHA Board in 2019. It recognized the value Limited Non Pro horses and riders contribute to the Association, and in return, added a new award to the long-standing program. Non Pro Limited and Youth Limited riders meeting criteria can receive the Non Pro Limited Achievement Award, a new level specifically designed for horses that excel in the Limited or “boxing” classes. To qualify, the horse must have earned a minimum $15,000 with a minimum of $1,000 in Limited Aged Events, such as Derbies or Futurities. This money can be earned in either fence class or boxing classes. A minimum of $10,000 must be earned in Horse Show Category 1 Limited or “boxing” classes, including monies earned in the Select and 13 and Under divisions. Monies earned in Category 2 classes will not count towards the award.

NON PRO LIMITED ACHIEVEMENT OF 2021

Lannie Jo Lisac rode Soulanova (pictured) to a Supreme Reined Cow Horse Award and Master Of The Seas to a Non Pro Limited Achievement award.

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 require-ment, 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/.

///// HOW TO APPLY

To apply for the Merit Award Program, complete the application and submit a one-time application fee of $50.00 to the NRCHA Office by November 15 of the award year. All applicants are eligible for all levels of the Merit Award Program upon completion of each requirement. The NRCHA office calculates the applied horse’s show records and automatically processes the awards when each level is achieved.

THE SUPREME REINED COW HORSES OF 2021

Plain Catty/2014 Stallion

Bet Hesa Cat X Miss Plain Plain X Just Plain Colonel

Earnings: $194,691.06

Owner(s): Kalpowar Quarter Horses

Rider(s): Jake Gorrell, Tucker Robinson

Metallic Train/2013 Mare

Metallic Cat X Sparking Train X Shining Spark

Earnings: $155,750.02

Owner(s): Beverly L. Servi

Rider(s): Corey Cushing, Nic Howard, Clayton Edsall

Mr Stylish Cat/2011 Gelding

Mr Playinstylish X Lil Sally Cat X High Brow Cat

Earnings: $121,655.72

Owner(s): Tylor R. Todd

Rider(s): Boyd Rice, Tucker Robinson, Chris Dawson, Shawn Hays, Gage Gardiner, Tylor Todd

Soulanova/2006 Gelding

Soula Jule Star X Round Oak Annie X Smokum Oak X

Earnings: $54,521.86

Owner(s): Lannie Jo Lisac

Rider(s): John Keller, Lannie-Jo Lisac, Landri Lisac

Northern Metallic/2015 Stallion

Metallic Cat X Little Cow Hound X Peppy Uh Huh

Earnings: $51,100.57

Owner(s): Marti Katerberg

Rider(s): John Swales, Jake Telford

Reygiddy Ann/2013 Mare

Dual Smart Rey X Cee N Stars X Grays Starlight

Earnings: $44,618.82

Owner(s): Justabouta Ranch Inc

Rider(s): Dale Clearwater

WR Hotshot/2014 Gelding

WR This Cats Smart X Sunspot Flo X Mr Peponita Flo

Earnings: $42,722.72

Owner(s): L & K Barker Family Trust

Rider(s): Cayley Wilson, Katie Wilson, Anne Albert, Robert Chown

LHR Rey C Time/2014 Stallion

One Time Pepto X Rey Jay Play X Dual Rey

Earnings: $32,022.80

Owner(s): Fred Wein

Rider(s): Cayley Wilson, Kerri Wein

This Cats Smart Too/2008 Gelding

WR This Cats Smart X Doin It Too X Just Plain Doin It

Earnings: $25,399.62

Owner(s): Randy & Celia Gamble

Rider(s): Lance Johnston, Randy Gamble, Celia Gamble

Compiled by Kate Bradley Byars

CHAMPION RUNDOWN

Meet the horse and rider teams at the top of their regions in the 2021 NRCHA Regional Championships.

CANADIAN REGION

Open Bridle

BOOM TO THE MAX / VANCE K AGLEA

National Reined Cow Horse Association members pursue coveted NRCHA Regional Championships as they compete throughout the show season at national shows as well as at their local affiliate level. Earning a Regional Championship in one of NRCHA’s eight geographic regions requires persistence and dedication. Meet the Regional Champions in each of the NRCHA regions and approved classes.

In spite of ongoing pandemic restrictions, owner Monica Willie pursued competing with her 2013 stallion, Boom To The Max (Maximum Echo x Docs Chickaboom x Doc Boomernic), with trainer Vance Kaglea.

The stallion earned $3,455 at nine shows to win the Canadian Region Open Bridle Champion title. The horse, called “Hart,” was foaled at Kaglea Performance Horses.

“He had a late start and never got shown until he was a 5-year-old,” Kaglea said. “He has a sensitive gas pedal and a quick front end, and was very consistent all year.”

Limited Open Bridle

VONS GOLDEN REYS / ADAM BLACKMON

In only five shows, Adam Blackmon rode 2015 mare Vons Golden Reys (Once A Von A Time x Golden Hair Surprise x TR Dual Rey) to the regional title for owners Burman and Lisa Flett. The Fletts purchased the mare as a weanling, and Blackmon started her as a 2-year-old.

“This was her first year in the bridle, and building a bridle horse was just amazing,” Blackmon said. “She is just so gritty on a cow, and the more you leave her alone the better she gets.”

Blackmon’s most memorable ride on the Fletts’ mare was at the Cowtown Derby, where the duo won the Spectacular (H:72.R:73.5/C:73), and Blackmon says he was so happy for her.

Non Pro Bridle JONATHAN MORRISON / PURE L ATIGO

Aboard Pure Latigo (Rated PG x Kims Lady Doc x Kims Pica Pride), Jonathan Morrison rode to the Non Pro Bridle Champion and the Intermediate Non Pro Bridle Reserve Champion titles in the Canadian region.

Morrison says that his horse’s special physical talent is his ability to lean into corners at top speed.

The Alberta resident showed the 2003 gelding seven times to earn $3,225 in the Non Pro and $2,375 in the Intermediate Non Pro. He co-owns the horse with Robyn Morrison, and the horse and rider pair have shown together for four years.

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle PAT BOLIN / CIRCLE OF LIGHTS

In 11 shows, Pat Bolin and 2012 gelding Circle Of Lights (CD Lights x Circle N Show Girl x Nu Circle N Cash) earned $2,145 and the top spot in the Intermediate Non Pro Bridle. Bolin and “Woodrow” have competed as a team since 2018.

“Woodrow is so much fun to show that every time we ride in the show pen it is a memorable event for me,” said Bolin, of Alberta. “I owe a lot of credit to my trainer, Cody McArthur, for all the patience and helping teach me to stay out of my way and let [the horse] do the job he is trained to do.”

Novice Non Pro Bridle

PHOEBE BUSHNELL / LOW RIDIN CAT DR

For seven years, Phoebe Bushnell and Low Ridin Cat DR (High Flyin Cat x Smart Mahogany DR x Blue Spark Olena) have teamed up in the show pen. This year, the pair earned $3,229 at nine events to take the top spot in the Novice Non Pro Bridle.

Bushnell, from Black Diamond, Alberta, worked extra hours at her healthcare job to afford to show.

“While he is small, he is mighty and fearless with the biggest heart,” she said of the 2012 gelding. “Winning the championship at the Cowtown Derby and the Alberta Snaffle Bit Futurity in my class with my family by my side was the most memorable moment in 2021.”

Open Two Rein

REYGIDDY ANN / DALE CLEARWATER

Trainer Dale Clearwater had a memorable year riding Justabouta Ranch Inc.’s 2013 mare, Reygiddy Ann (Dual Smart Rey x Cee N Stars x Grays Starlight). The pair earned $3,820 in 10 shows to take the Canadian region Open Two Rein title.

“She was strong and sound all season; we just went and showed,” Clearwater said. “ ‘Annie’ was so consistent all year. One of the most memorable moments was winning the Open Two Rein and reserve in the Open Two Rein Spectacular at the Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity. She stepped up and tried her heart out.”

Clearwater has shown the 2013 mare since she was a 2-year-old and said it was great to get back into the show pen with her after a two-year break.

Limited Open Hackamore SURELYS FANCY CAT / IAIAN DURRELL

Iaian Durrell rode his 2017 mare, Surelys Fancy Cat (Bet Hesa Cat x Surely

A Chic x Surely A Pepto), to the region win in only five shows. He credits his horse’s great stop as her best attribute.

“We’ve been showing together two years,” said the Okotoks, Alberta, resident. “She tripped this year in a stop and we still scored a 141! She is a great stopper.”

The biggest challenge he had was showing without his wife there to keep things organized.

Non Pro Two Rein MARK PARSONS / HES REYL HOTT

Mark Parsons of Nanton, Alberta, rode his 2015 gelding, Hes Reyl Hott (Dual Rey x Hotstuff An Then Sum x Peptoboonsmal), to $1,873 in earnings at nine shows to take the regional win.

The biggest challenge he faced was having time to show more.

“We’ve been a team for four years,” he said. “Our memorable moments are always the fence runs.”

Open Hackamore HAY SWEET FREYA / DALE CLEARWATER

In only five shows, Hay Sweet Freya (Hay Maker x Shessweetern Pepto x Peptoboonsmal) and trainer Dale Clearwater earned the Open Hackamore title for owner Tracy Brand.

“Hay Sweet Freya had a solid show season; she was consistent every time I showed her and the tougher the cattle, the grittier she was,” said Clearwater, who lives in Indian Head, Saskatchewan. “As for challenges, thankfully she was sound all year and we didn’t face any real challenges! Freya is a physical horse. She is hard to the ground and has a big stop, which is a plus on the judge’s card in both the rein work and the fence work.”

Non Pro Hackamore

CARLENE MEEKS / PL AY SALLY PL AY

Play Sally Play (Play Dual Rey x KF Peptos Sally x Peptos Stylish Oak), a 2017 mare, carried Carlene Meeks to the Non Pro Hackamore title and earned $990. The mare is co-owned with Scot Meeks.

“We purchased her as a yearling, Dale Clearwater started her for us and I’ve rode her since,” said Meeks. “She is very quick-footed and it really works in her spins.”

Meeks challenged herself to work on relaxing into the stop this year at the eight shows the pair competed in on their way to earning the win.

Youth Cow Horse SARA L AFRENIERE / YOR NOON CHICLET

Riding Kim LaFreniere’s 2012 mare YOR Noon Chiclet (YOR High Noon x YOR Ikes Chic x Earthquake Ike), Sara LaFreniere rode in five shows to earn $955 and take the Youth Cow Horse Region Champion title.

Youth Limited

KATE WEDDERBURN / CATTOLENA OAK

Okotoks, Alberta, Youth rider Kate Wedderburn rode Cattolena Oak (Olena Oak x Catty Merada x High Brow Cat), owned by Kristy Wedderburn, to earn the regional title in only five shows. The pair started showing together 10 months ago.

“She always tries hard to please,” said Wedderburn. “Our biggest challenge was trying to get a plus in all our stops. Cattolena Oak is great on a cow and she also loves cutting!”

The pair earned $420 for the award.

Pro Limited

MCFARL ANE / CR TUFF TORNADO

Heather McFarlane had her most memorable show year in 2021. She and 2015 gelding CR Tuff Tornado (Woody Be Tuff x CR Shes Uh Secret x Peptoboonsmal), called “Chappy,” rode to the title and earned $3,063.50.

“After two years of travel restrictions and not being able to show in the USA , I was not expecting to come out No. 1 in my class. I had a fun year!”

McFarlane’s favorite thing about Chappy is his willingness and happy demeanor.

“Chappy is a big, strong, physical horse in every way,” she said. “He will do just about whatever is asked of him and it just doesn’t faze him—rope and brand, go run a reining pattern, he’s a happy horse. I feel lucky to have him and am excited for the show year ahead!”

CANADIAN REGION

$5K Non Pro Limited FLORA CL ARK / WOOD U LIKE SOME

Flora Clark purchased Wood U Like Some in 2017 and the pair have been growing as a team ever since. The 2014 gelding (Sweeter Than Pepto x Decidedlys Rosewood x Zack T Wood) carried Clark in 11 shows to earn $1,577.50 for the top spot.

“My biggest challenge is getting my timing and confidence down in my rundowns and stops, but my horse is very cowy, athletic and gets better the tougher the cow,” she said.

In 2021, Clark won her first belt buckle, a moment she’ll always remember.

INTERNATIONAL REGION

Open Bridle, Open Two Rein OH CAY MC / MARKUS SCHOPFER

$1K Non Pro Limited KIRSTEN SCOTT / CD STOP LIGHTS

German professional Markus Schopfer piloted Yvonne Bonda’s 2015 stallion Oh Cay MC (Metallic Cat x Oh Cay Meriah x Light N Lena) to two year-end regional titles. For the Open Bridle, the pair earned $955.40 at four shows, and for the Open Two Rein, they earned $910.08 at four shows, topping the International Region.

Non Pro Bridle JAN BOOGAERTS / GOLD RUSH WR COWBOY

In her first year to ride reined cow horse, Kirsten Scott piloted CD Stop Lights (CD Lights x Spring Boon x Peptoboonsmal) to the $1K title in 10 shows to earn $2,338.75. The Calgary, Alberta, resident purchased the 2015 gelding five years ago.

“He reads a cow way better than I ever will,” she said. “We were the $1K Champion, and the Reserve Champion in the $5K and Non Pro Limited at the Alberta Snaffle Bit Futurity show, one that was the most memorable.”

Limited Open Bridle EPIC RUSH / ANDREA SANFELICI

Riding Giorgia Giardello’s 2013 gelding Epic Rush (Big Chex To Cash x Rush N Cat x Little Rush), Italian trainer Andrea Sanfelici earned $245.76 at three shows to top the International Limited Open Bridle regional standings.

Jan Boogaerts and Gold Rush WR Cowboy (Cowboy WR San Jo x ARC Oak Diamonds x Doctor In Diamonds) have paired up to show since 2017. Thought successful as a reiner, Boogaerts didn’t show for seven years before he tried his hand at reined cow horse. Now, he and the 2014 stallion are making highlight-worthy runs in Europe.

“My horse is a soldier, very balanced mentally and the ideal mount on the ranch to work cattle,” said Boogaerts, who lives in Belgium. “He is very quick-footed, gritty aand in the show pen performs excellent while taking care of me.”

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Intermediate Non Pro Bridle SYLVIA BATE / SHARP DRESSED BADGER

It was the first year Smart Dressed Badger (Sharp Dressed Shiner x Light Me Up Linda x Grays Starlight) showed down the fence, but the 2014 gelding and owner/rider Sylvia Bate earned the top spot in the International Region Intermediate Non Pro Bridle in one show.

“He’s a big stopper and naturally talented in the herd work,” said Bate, from Germany.

The pair’s most memorable show in a challenging show year due to the pandemic was the Shinsheim Open held in June of 2021.

Novice Non Pro Bridle

LENI BARTMANN / SMART LITTLE THEO

German Non Pro Leni Bartmann and 2008 stallion Smart Little Theo (Smart Flying Colors x Honey Be Smart x Ill Be Smart) earned the Novice Non Pro Bridle award after showing only twice and earning $393.92 in 2021.

Winning the Novice Non Pro Bridle class at the Americana this year in Augsberg was the most memorable,” Bartmann said. “ ‘Theo’ is a big stopper and always stays hooked with the cow.”

The pair have been competing together since 2014.

Non Pro Two Rein

PETER KUN / RJ SMART GUNPOWDER

In five shows, Dr. Peter Kun from Hungary and 2015 gelding RJ Smart Gunpowder (Ill Be Smart x RJ Tough Feather x PG Gunpowder) earned $574.56 and the Non Pro Two Rein region award. .

Open Hackamore HIPCAT / MARKUS SCHOPFER

Markus Schopfer of Germany rode Yvonne Bonda’s Hipcat (Metallic Cat x Hip Hip Sue Rey x Dual Rey), a 2016 stallion, to the year-end title and earned $975.78.

Non Pro Hackamore SHIRLEY SCHALCHER / SS SMART CASH N CERRY

Riding her 2016 mare SS Smart Cash N Cerry (Big And Sweet BB x Miss Flipstik x Mr Colonel Smart), Shirley Schalcher of Switzerland earned $742.52 at two shows to earn the region award.

Non Pro Limited FABIO GIACALONE / SMART SPEEDY

Italian Non Pro Fabio Giancalone rode Smart Speedy (Smart Easy Deal x OT Boompepp x Genuinely Boomin), a 2010 mare, to multiple titles in the International Region. The pair earned $850.11 on their way to the Non Pro Limited Champion spot, $808.59 to take the reserve region award in the Non Pro Bridle, and in only one show earned $315.38 to win reserve in the Novice Non Pro Bridle.

FOR EVERY EQUINEDISCIPLINE

As with all drugs, side effects may occur. In field studies and post-approval experience the most common side effects reported were signs of discomfort, nervousness, and colic. Other signs reported were: renal insufficiency/failure, anorexia, lethargy, hypercalcemia, behavioral disorders, hyperkalemia, hyperactivity, recumbency, hyperthermia, injection site reactions, muscle tremor, urticaria, hyperglycemia, and fracture. In some cases, death has been reported as an outcome of these adverse events. The safe use of OSPHOS has not been evaluated in horses less than 4 years of age or breeding horses. OSPHOS should not be used in pregnant or lactating mares, or mares intended for breeding. NSAIDs should not be used concurrently with OSPHOS. Concurrent use of NSAIDs with OSPHOS may increase the risk of renal toxicity and acute renal failure. Use of OSPHOS in patients with conditions affecting renal function or mineral or electrolyte homeostasis is not recommended. Refer to the prescribing information for complete details or visit www.dechra-us.com.

CAUTION: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order

Bisphosphonate. For use in horses only.

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CAUTION: Federal (USA) law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

DESCRIPTION: Clodronate disodium is a non-amino, chloro-containing bisphosphonate. Chemically, clodronate disodium is (dichloromethylene) diphosphonic acid disodium salt and is manufactured from the tetrahydrate form.

INDICATION: For the control of clinical signs associated with navicular syndrome in horses.

CONTRAINDICATIONS: Horses with hypersensitivity to clodronate disodium should not receive OSPHOS. Do not use in horses with impaired renal function or with a history of renal disease.

WARNINGS: Do not use in horses intended for human consumption.

HUMAN WARNINGS: Not for human use. Keep this and all drugs out of the reach of children. Consult a physician in case of accidental human exposure.

PRECAUTIONS: OSPHOS has been associated with renal toxicity. Concurrent administration of other potentially nephrotoxic drugs should be approached with caution and renal function should be monitored. Use of bisphosphonates in patients with conditions or diseases affecting renal function is not recommended. Horses should be well-hydrated prior to and after the administration of OSPHOS due to the potential for adverse renal events. Water intake and urine output should be monitored for 3-5 days post-treatment and any changes from baseline should elicit further evaluation. As a class, bisphosphonates may be associated with gastrointestinal and renal toxicity. Sensitivity to drug associated adverse reactions varies with the individual patient. Renal and gastrointestinal adverse reactions may be associated with plasma concentrations of the drug. Bisphosphonates are excreted by the kidney; therefore, conditions causing renal impairment may increase plasma bisphosphonate concentrations resulting in an increased risk for adverse reactions. Concurrent administration of other potentially nephrotoxic drugs should be approached with caution and renal function should be monitored. Use of bisphosphonates in patients with conditions or diseases affecting renal function is not recommended. Administration of bisphosphonates has been associated with abdominal pain (colic), discomfort, and agitation in horses. Clinical signs usually occur shortly after drug administration and may be associated with alterations in intestinal motility. In horses treated with OSPHOS these clinical signs usually began within 2 hours of treatment. Horses should be monitored for at least 2 hours following administration of OSPHOS.

Bisphosphonates affect plasma concentrations of some minerals and electrolytes such as calcium, magnesium and potassium, immediately post-treatment, with effects lasting up to several hours. Caution should be used when administering bisphosphonates to horses with conditions affecting mineral or electrolyte homeostasis (e.g. hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, hypocalcemia, etc.). The safe use of OSPHOS has not been evaluated in horses less than 4 years of age. The effect of bisphosphonates on the skeleton of growing horses has not been studied; however, bisphosphonates inhibit osteoclast activity which impacts bone turnover and may affect bone growth.

Bisphosphonates should not be used in pregnant or lactating mares, or mares intended for breeding. The safe use of OSPHOS has not been evaluated in breeding horses or pregnant or lactating mares. Bisphosphonates are incorporated into the bone matrix, from where they are gradually released over periods of months to years. The extent of bisphosphonate incorporation into adult bone, and hence, the amount available for release back into the systemic circulation, is directly related to the total dose and duration of bisphosphonate use. Bisphosphonates have been shown to cause fetal developmental abnormalities in laboratory animals. The uptake of bisphosphonates into fetal bone may be greater than into maternal bone creating a possible risk for skeletal or other abnormalities in the fetus. Many drugs, including bisphosphonates, may be excreted in milk and may be absorbed by nursing animals.

Increased bone fragility has been observed in animals treated with bisphosphonates at high doses or for long periods of time. Bisphosphonates inhibit bone resorption and decrease bone turnover which may lead to an inability to repair micro damage within the bone. In humans, atypical femur fractures have been reported in patients on long term bisphosphonate therapy; however, a causal relationship has not been established.

ADVERSE REACTIONS: The most common adverse reactions reported in the field study were clinical signs of discomfort or nervousness, colic and/or pawing. Other signs reported were lip licking, yawning, head shaking, injection site swelling, and hives/pruritus.

POST-APPROVAL EXPERIENCE (December 2018): The following adverse events are based on post-approval adverse drug experience reporting. Not all adverse events are reported to FDA/CVM. It is not always possible to reliably estimate the adverse event frequency or establish a causal relationship to product exposure using these data.

The following adverse events are listed in decreasing order of reporting frequency: renal failure, polyuria, polydipsia, abdominal pain, anorexia, lethargy, hypercalcemia, behavioral disorder, discomfort, hyperkalemia, hyperactivity, recumbency, hyperthermia, injection site reactions, muscle tremor, urticaria, hyperglycemia, and fracture. In some cases, death has been reported as an outcome of the adverse events listed above.

INFORMATION FOR HORSE OWNERS: Owners should be advised to:

• NOT administer NSAIDs.

• Ensure horses have access to adequate water before andafter administration of OSPHOS.

• Observe their horse for at least 2 hours post-treatment forsigns of colic, agitation, and/or abnormal behavior.

• If a horse appears uncomfortable, nervous, or experiences cramping posttreatment, hand walk the horse for 15 minutes. If signs do not resolve contact the veterinarian.

• Monitor water intake and urine output for 3-5 days post-treatment.

• Contact their veterinarian if the horse displays abnormal clinical signs such as changes in drinking and urination, appetite, and attitude.

NORTH CENTRAL REGION

Open Bridle

MR COMIN IN HOT / LUKE JONES

Iowa horseman Luke Jones has trained Mr Comin In Hot (Mr Playinstylish x Lil Sally Cat x High Brow Cat) since the 2015 gelding was a 2-year-old, but both he and owner Kit Moncrief both recall the pair’s top 10 finish in the 2021 World’s Greatest Horseman as a banner memory.

The gelding and Jones earned $2,360.50 in eight shows to take top spot in the North Central Region for the Open Bridle class. Moncrief, who co-owns the horse with her husband, Charlie, and Jones agree the horse’s physicality is his top attribute.

“He rose to the occasion showing as a 6-year-old in the Open Bridle against older bridle horses,” Jones said. “The tougher the cow, the better he likes it.”

$1K Non Pro Limited K ARL SIMON / BRICKS SMART PL AYER

Austrian Karl Simon rode his 2010 stallion Bricks Smart Player (Jac O Rima x Avril Smart Play x One Smart Peptolena) to earn two International Region titles: Champion in $1K Non Pro Limited and Reserve Champion in the Non Pro Limited. Simon purchased the stallion he calls “Mayor” six years ago.

“I never thought we would come this far! The most memorable show moment was the biggest Cowhorse Event in Europe: the Americana 2021. To ride in front of so many spectators and be cheered on was really a big moment for me,” he said. “The biggest challenge also was on the Americana show 2021—the cattle there were a real challenge to do good boxing work, but my horse did his best.”

In the $1K Non Pro Limited, the pair earned $409.37, and $649.10 in the Non Pro Limited.

Limited Open Bridle HES A LEAP OF FAITH / SAMANTHA GALLENTINE

In 10 shows, 2017 stallion Hes A Leap Of Faith (Cat Man Do x Playgun Sunette x Playgun) and owner/rider Samantha Gallentine earned $955.20 on their way to the top spot in the Limited Open Bridle. Gallentine, of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, has had the horse two years.

“He is a pretty big stopper, doesn’t always go a long way but he eats up every inch of the ground you put under him,” she said. “Finally getting him figured out and shown under the guidance of my husband and fellow friend and trainer, Lance, was memorable this year.”

Gallentine says juggling being a mom, training and running the family business was her biggest challenge in 2021.

Non Pro Bridle, Intermediate Non Pro Bridle, Novice Non Pro Bridle DAISIES / MORGAN PENLERICK

Morgan Penlerick and the 2012 mare she co-owns with Nick Penlerick took three regional champion titles in 2021. Penlerick and Daises (One Time Pepto x Violets x Grays Starlight) have shown together only a year, and the duo also attended their Pernlerick’s first NRCHA premier event in 2021.

“I really enjoyed the Celebration of Champions—I felt so at home and welcomed! The cow horse community is the absolute best,” she said. “There were many lessons learned in 2021. She is very strong and accurate down the fence, and excrement fast, so its been fun to learn from her. Figuring my horse out in the reining and learning to go down the fence was a challenge.”

The pair competed in 12 shows, earning $1,434.25 in the Non Pro Bridle, $1,300.43 in the Intermediate Non Pro Bridle and $1,084.27 in the Novice Non Pro Bridle.

Open Two Rein CATS LITTLE SWEETHEART / EJ L AUBSCHER

Aboard Peggy Cummings’ 2015 mare Cats Little Sweetheart (Cats Moonshine x SmartLittleValentine x JR Red Diablo), EJ Laubscher earned $3,026.30 and the yearend Open Two Rein regional title. The mare, called “LilCat,” was born and raised at Paynter’s Paint Ranch in Sedalia, Colorado, and is now retired as a broodmore there, says Cummings.

“Lil Cat tried her hardest every run,” Cummings said. “While COVID restrictions presented a few challenges, it was a thrill to watch her perform and win her last NRCHA two-rein class before being retired. LilCat is extremely athletic and physical and has a huge heart.”

Open Hackamore

SEVEN S RED ROBIN / LUKE JONES

Riding Kenneth Schueller’s 2016 gelding Seven S Red Robin (Blind Sided x Seven S Dixie Chic x CJ Sugar Lena), Luke Jones earned $1,567.10 in four shows to nab the regional Open Hackamore award.

“Kenny Schueller purchased him from the Aaron Ranch early in his 3-year-old year. I’ve been showing him in the Open and Kenny Schueller, along with Addison Fjelstad, have been showing him in the Non Pro,” said Jones, of Allerton, Iowa. “It was a challenge juggling him between the divisions but he is extremely athletic and cow smart.”

Non Pro Two Rein GIANNA HANSEN / SMART SHINER CAT

Gianna Hansen of Scottsdale, Arizona, bred and raised 2015 gelding Smart Shiner Cat (WR This Cats Smart x Nic A Shiner x Smart Shiner). Though the pair have competed in roping and rodeo, 2021 was the first full show season to compete in reined cow horse, and in only two shows, the duo earned $856.25 for the regional award.

“We traveled to Douglas, Wyoming, for the [Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association] Firecracker show over the Fourth of July weekend,” Hansen recalled. “We entered the Non Pro Bridle Spectacular and he held his own against some really big time older bridle horses. He was consistent every day, marked really high scores in the reining and down the fence to win the Non Pro Two Rein both days. And amazingly, that was enough to win this award!”

Hansen credits “Jagger” with reading a cow really well and is excited for him to make a bridle horse.

NORTH CENTRAL REGION

Limited Open Hackamore METALLIC COLONEL / MATTHEW MATUSIO

Riding “Iceman,” registered Metallic Colonel (Metallic Gray x Ms Colonel SmartLena x Snippys Choice), Matthew Matusio earned $1,291.50 for owner Ritha Swan and the Limited Open Hackamore award.

“Iceman is always a huge stopper and was always super gritty down the fence,” Swan said. “We didn’t really have any big challenges [in 2021], he just went out and gave his all every show.”

Youth Cow Horse

PARKER RALSTON / NIC STOLE MY HEART

Riding 2011 mare Nic Stole My Heart (Shining Lil Nic x Paddys Stolen Heart x Paddys Irish Whiskey), owned by his mom, Meg Ralston, Parker Ralston showed four times to earn $422.50 and the Youth Cow Horse regional title.

Youth Limited

RILEY FRIESEN / SWEETHEARTS LEGACY

Aboard Peggy Cummings’ 2014 gelding Sweethearts Legacy (Cats Moonshine x A Docs Sweetheart x A Docs Special), Riley Friesen earned the Champion Youth Limited North Central region award and the Reserve Champion Youth Limited award in the Southeastern Region.

Non Pro Hackamore KATIE MATUSIO / COWBOYS PL AYIN A 622

Four years ago, Colorado Non Pro Katie Matusio purchased Cowboys Playin A 622 (Playguns San Badger x MH Boon In Me x Bodee Boonsmall), a 2016 mare, as a long yearling and started her herself.

In 2021, the pair earned $685 and the regional award in seven shows. It was Matusio’s first year going down the fence.

“This was my first year learning to go down the fence, so that in itself was a huge challenge,” Matusio said. “On top of that, my mare was green down the fence as well, so we had a lot of hurdles to overcome together. It was very humbling to say the least. But she is cowy almost to a fault. She is also very quick-footed and can really get around in her turns.”

Non Pro Limited NANCY WINKELMAN / RPL BOON

Nacny Winkelman purchased RPL Boon (Boon Too Suen x RPL Ich This x Cat Ichi) in February of 2020, but 2021 was her first full year showing the 2016 gelding she calls “Goldfish.”

“Goldfish is a pretty laid back boy most of the time but he has cow and draw, and he looks fantastic doing his job,” she said. “There were so many challenges in 2021: riding an Open caliber 5-year-old, learning the manuevers and mental game, attending premier events. We overcame hurdles!”

She earned not only the Non Pro Limited Champion title but also the $5K Non Pro Limited Reserve Champion region award, taking home more than $1,400. Trainer Ryan Gallentine piloted the gelding to $1,556 and the Reserve Champion Open Hackamore regional award.

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$5K Non Pro Limited

WEISBACH / SH ANDY CHEX

Stacy Weisbach of Gunnison, Colorado, rode her 2011 gelding SH Andy Chex (Smart Lil Chexinic x Dew I See A Spark x Sparkin Hot) to $629 in 11 shows to earn the $5K Non Pro Limited regional award.

“I have been working on learning the reined cow horse for about five years,” said Weisbach. “I got ‘The Gube’ as a started 4-year-old off of [the website] horsclicks. com—with a slight bucking problem. I’d had never tried doing cow horse before him. With the help of Blue Allen and Jeb Stoltzfus, we have made me a nice little horse.”

Weisbach recalls feeling like a true competitor when she and the gelding won the Western Slope Pre-Futurity class in 2021. She credits the horse’s consistency at his rate and rundown with their success.

NORTHEASTERN REGION

Open Bridle, Open Two Rein BET SHES A ROYAL CAT / CHET MARTIN

Bet Shes A Royal Cat (Bet Hesa Cat x RCC Royal Oak x RCC Oaks Signet) was originally sent to trainer Chet Martin to be started as a team penner by owner Paul Masse. Now, the 2015 mares has two regional titles under her belt.

“I liked her and convinced him to leave her in training. She’s been a super fun horse with a lot of personality,” said Martin. “Her coolest move is how she can draw and crawl through a turn out of the herd. She loves to cut and will lock onto anything that is moving laterally in front of her, it doesn’t matter if it’s a blowing leaf or a dog. She has a lot of personality and is fun to be around!”

Martin thanks Masse for letting him treat the mare called “Cheyenne” as his own. He also credits his wife for ensuring he was able to get through the Canadian-U.S. border crossings in 2021, amid COVID-related closings. For the titles, the horse earned $928.

$1K Non Pro Limited DIANE STEELE / SMOKIN REY DAR

Diane Steele of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and 2015 gelding Smokin Rey Dar (Dual R Smokin x Little Miss Pepto x Peptoboonsmal) rode to $1,289.43 at 16 shows to earn the $1K Non Pro Limited regional award. The team has been together two years.

“In this partnership with my horse, I am the weak link,” said Steele. “Consistency is the biggest challenge. ‘Rey Dar’ is always ready to come back to the small slow with the slightest change in my posture, which is a challenge. His notable physical talents are made possible by his admirable work ethic.”

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Limited Open Bridle

C R MR BEANS / JOSEPH

DECKER

Not only did C R Mr Beans (Spooks Gotta Gun x Excessive Lena x Smart Chic Olena) earn the Limited Open Bridle regional award, the 2011 gelding and trainer/rider Joseph Decker also took reserve in the Open Bridle for the Northeastern Region. Owners Scott or Robin Waite earned $1,145.40 for the Limited Open and another $1,358 for the reserve.

The Waites purchased “Bee” in 2019 with the goal for Robin to step into the Non Pro division.

“For 2021 we set a goal of qualifying for the [NRCHA] World Show in Limited Open Bridle with Joe [Decker] and $5K with me,” said Robin, of Corfu, New York. “We had a secondary goal to win the Northeast Regional Limited Open Bridle Championship. The most memorable show moment was at the November Atlantic [Reined Cow Horse Association] show when we won the Limited Open Bridle on Saturday and cemented the regional championship.”

Non Pro Bridle

LIA SAVAS / METALLIC NICKEL

Lia Savas of Islip, New York, piloted her 2014 gelding, Metallic Nickel (Metallic Cat x Nickel N Dime Smart x Smart Little Lena), to earn $1,336 in nine shows, securing the regional award.

“I bought him as a 2-year-old at auction,” Savas said. “He is consistent and can put down the same identical run time after time. We never got the opportunity to work any cows except when we got to the horse shows, but at the ARCHA Fall Extravaganza, we won the highest herd work score [with a 73].”

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle JAMES ROTH / KICK UP THE LIGHTS

Earning $1,144 to win the Champion Intermediate Non Pro Bridle and $522 to earn reserve in the Non Pro Bridle, James Roth and Kick Up The Lights (CD Lights x Kickback Nic x Nic It In The Bud) had a memorable 2021.

“We had an awesome time being with friends this show season,” said Roth, of Quakertown, Pennsylvania. “We score a 74 down the fence this year!” Roth has shown the 2010 gelding he calls “Duncan” for three years.

NORTHEASTERN

Novice Non Pro Bridle

ERIN

GENDREAU / JP BOBCAT

Riding her 2009 mare JP Bobcat (Little Freckles Cat x LaShawns Doc x Bob Acre Doc), Erin Gendreau earned $1,036.80 to take the regional award. The Vernon, Vermont, Non Pro has shown reined cow horse since 2018.

“The biggest challenge I faced during the past show season was being able to take the time off of my full-time job to compete at all the horse shows throughout the year,” she said. “The most memorable NRCHA show moment of 2021 was realizing I won the Northeastern title. I have been wanting to win this title but have only been able to finish reserve the past couple of years. I was extremely excited when we were able to pull off this win!”

Non Pro Two Rein JACOB PARTRIDGE / PRINCE REY

Riding Prince Rey (Dual Smart Rey x Principessa x Peptoboonsmal), owned by Lauren Partridge, Jacob Partridge, earned $1,267 at 12 shows to win the Northeastern Region Non Pro Two Rein award.

“I’ve only shown him nine months,” Partridge said of the 2015 gelding. “He is so patient and relaxed. It makes everything much easier. He lets the cow draw him through the turns and makes everything look very correct and in control, not to mention it helps in the eye appeal [score card] box!”

The Arkport, New York, Non Pro gained confidence showing “Dandy” throughout the 2021 show season.

Open Hackamore SJR DIAMOND CALYPSO / MARK SIGLER

Piloting Joseph Addario’s 2017 stallion SJR Diamond Calypso (CD Diamond x Kalightascope x Light N Lena), Mark Sigler earned $1,552 in five shows to win the regional award.

“I’ve trained ‘Wilson’ for a year. Getting Wilson to be excited about showing was a challenge,” said Sigler, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania. “He was always just so relaxed all the time it was hard for him to make a presence in the pen.”

Limited Open Hackamore

CATANGA / MATTHEW LIPK A , REBECCA

LIPK A

Anne Elizabeth Massey’s 2016 mare Catanga (Cats Merada x Tanga Rey x Dual Rey) stayed competitive in the national rankings all 2021 show season. With both Matthew and Rebecca Lipka showing her, the mare earned $708.60 in 12 shows to take the regional award.

“Placing Top 10 at the Eastern Derby in the Level 1 Limited Open was the most memorable ride,” said Matthew. “She’s a great stopper.”

Youth Limited KASEY SNOW / SOONER LITTLE PEPTO

Non Pro Hackamore JAYDEN PATRICK / EYES A LITTLE DEVIL

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ALEX SIMOES / CRUZN WHIZ LENA

In only four shows, Alex Simoes rode 2014 mare Cruzn Whiz Lena (Crusin Whiz x Docs Rockin Lena x Lenas Wright On), owned by Luis Simoes, to earn $225 and the regional award. Though Alex wanted to show more, COVID was a challenge for the Canadian from Ilderton, Ontario.

“I was 14 years old at the time we bought ‘Lena.’ Although I did not start to ride her until 2016, we were a team from the moment we met,” said Alex.” I really was looking forward to showing more this year. Hopefully next year we can get to as many shows as we can. Lena is amazing at rating the cow. She stays right with them until it’s time to turn.”

In 2018, Kasey Snow bought “Dolly,” and the pair have been showing together ever since. The 2015 mare, registered as Sooner Little Pepto (A Sooner Guy x Besa De Fuego x Fuego De Corazon), earned $349.20 at 13 shows to take her rider to the Youth Limited regional award.

“Coming up with new ways to keep her enjoying reining is a challenge,” said Kasey. “She is real gritty when it comes to the cow work. We had one run where it all came together and we marked a 145—that was my most memorable run!”

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shows to earn the Non Pro Hackamore regional award.

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Non Pro Limited

EDITH PETACCIO / CHICYS LUCKY L AD

In 2021, Edith Petaccio of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, earned the Non Pro Limited win at the Dom Conicelli Memorial Eastern Derby, presented by MARS Equestrian™ riding a horse bred by Dom Conicelli, 2015 gelding Chicys Lucky Lad (Smart Luck x Smokum Chicy x Smart Chic Olena).

“I had pretty much gotten out of cow horse after my last horse got hurt and I missed 2019 and 2020 [showing],” she recalled. “I had no intention of buying another horse but my trainer, Mark Sigler, told me to just ride him. I fell in love immediately! My biggest challenge has been getting to know ‘Jake’ and learning to trust him.”

For Petaccio, Jake is the “whole adorable package” and the pair earned $1,037.20 in 14 shows in 2021.

$5K Non Pro Limited BETHANY T YLER / TPH PALEFACEGUNOLENA

Riding her 2013 mare TPH PaleFaceGunolena (Pale Face Dunnit x L A Rio Chic x Chic Please), Bethany Tyler of Hartford, New York, earned $582.20 in eight shows to capture the $5K Non Pro Limited regional award.

“December 2021 marked two years as a team together,” Tyler said. “My biggest challenge has always been counting while spinning. ‘Lena’ always pluses her stops.”

The most memorable show for Tyler was the Eastern Derby, presented by MARS Equestrian™, in Tennessee.

$1K Non Pro Limited AMANDA WHITELEY / WRIGHT OLEDO

Aboard 2008 gelding Wright Oledo (Lenas Wright On x Myo Starlight x Paddys Irish Whiskey), owned by Seth Tyler Whiteley, Amanda Whiteley rode in 17 shows to earn 247 points and $991.38 on her way to the $1K Non Pro Limited regional award.

Open Bridle

ST YLISH N STARS / JIM SPENCE

Stylish N Stars (Stylish Rey Gay x RS Stars N Boonlight x Boonlight Dancer), a 2012 gelding, is fearless down the fence, says owner Michael Terrell Garrett. That quality helped trainer Jim Spence pilot the horse to the Open Bridle Northwest Region award in 10 shows, earning $4,305 and 132 points.

Limited Open Bridle SWEET LIL GINO / SCOTT WHINFREY

Owner-rider Scott Whinfrey of Marsing, Idaho, and his 2010 stallion Sweet Lil Gino (Sweet Lil Pepto x Playin Gina x Playin Stylish) earned $2,192 in five shows for the Limited Open Bridle award.

“I purchased him as a yearling and have had him since then,” said Whinfrey. “We didn’t have any big challenges to overcome this year. He is such a powerful stopper in the reining and on a cow.”

Non Pro Bridle PAM MYERS / ST YLISH CAT N JAZZ

Pam Myers of Parma, Idaho, bought her 2012 gelding when he was a 2-year-old. Stylish Cat N Jazz (Tin Top Kat x Cattys Dual Jazz x Dual Jazz), called “Wheels,” carried Myers to $5,799.50 in earnings and the regional award in 2021. The pair had a memorable show year.

“Wheels loves the cutting and so do I, but through Dan Roeser’s coaching we have grown so much in our reining and fence work that we have become competitive in the Non Pro Bridle also,” said Myers. “I am so proud and honored to have won the Non Pro Bridle at the last IRCHA show in Nampa [Idaho]. We had our best ever fence score of 220.5 and also our best ever reining score of 218. These scores enable me to win the saddle that Kat DeHaan donated in memory of her great horse, Shiners Lil Nickel.”

Myers said the biggest challenge for her this year was finding the words or adequately showing those that support, encourage and coach her how grateful she is for them.

“Richard Jordan, my cutting trainer and coach, has worked with myself and Wheels teaching both of us so much,” she said. “Richard is another that I am forever thankful for! God has truly blessed me with my family, friends, Dan, Richard and my horses!”

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle TRACY ADAMS / PERFECT LIGHT TIME

To Tracy Adams, her 2011 gelding called “Scooby” is superman. The Washington Non Pro and Perfect Light Time (CD Lights x BBR Perfect Timin x A Chic In Time) rode to the regional award in 10 shows, earning 127 points and $2,895.

“Scooby is talented, courageous, kind, smart, brave, honest, handsome and a goober,” Adams said as she praised her horse’s attributes. “He thinks he is a rockstar and he’s right! This year we scored a 150 in the rein and a 150 fence run at the Brasada show in Powell Butte, Oregon—it was memorable!”

Novice Non Pro Bridle JACE SHERIDAN / WANTA BE ST YLISH

Washington Non Pro Jace Sheridan and 2010 gelding Wanta Be Stylish (Curly Rode His Ma x Waitin To Shine x Shining Spark) earned the Novice Non Pro Bridle award with $2,668.63 earned in 11 shows. The two only teamed up in March 2019.

“My first show in the reined cow horse was in May 2019. ‘Earl Jr’ has been my rock ever since and made me the rider I am today,” Sheridan said. “Earl Jr. is all try. He has a huge heart, and he just wants to please. Anything that is asked of him, he gives 110 percent.”

The most memorable moment of Sheridan’s 2021 season almost didn’t happen when three days before the NRCHA World Show Novice Non Pro Bridle Finals, Earl Jr bruised his cannon bone.

“He bruised his left hind cannon bone from rolling in his stall. Dr. Carter treated him and advised no riding until the morning of Finals,” Sheridan recalled. “He was perfectly sound by the morning of the Finals and has been ever since.”

Open Two Rein XTRA SHINERS AFFAIR / DAN ROESER

With 100 points in 11 shows, 2015 mare Xtra Shiners Affair (Shiners Voodoo Dr x A Lasting Attraction x Peptoboonsmal) and rider Dan Roeser earned $3,837.50 for owner Richard Charrier on their way to the regional award.

Non Pro Two Rein TERRY CHRISTIANSEN / SMOKETTA CAT

Smoketta Cat (Dual R Smokin x Fletchetta Cat x High Brow Cat), a 2015 mare, and Terry Christiansen teamed up at 11 shows to earn he and co-owner Annette Christiansen $3,498 for the year end regional award.

Open

Hackamore MERADAS REYVENGE / CL AY ROESER

Idaho trainer Clay Roeser piloted 2017 stallion Meradas Reyvenge (Cats Merada x Reylena Moon x Dual Rey), owned by Bernie Kelly, to the year-end award in seven shows earning $2,501.

“Meradas Reyvenge is a very athletic horse. He shows his grit when he goes down the fence. He loves fast cattle especially if they let him have contact in the turns. The tougher the cow, the better he works it,” said Roeser. “Staying consistent in the reined work and getting good cattle was a challenge this year. Our most memorable run was the fence run in the preliminaries at the Stallion Stakes. It helped us make the Intermediate Open Finals.”

Limited Open Hackamore HOLLY CHET / CASEY BIEROTH

Casey Bieroth, of Mountain City, Nevada, and 2017 gelding Holly Chet (Hickory Holly Time x Vandas Spark x Shining Spark) have been together since the horse was purchased as a yearling. Owned by Bieroth Ranch, Holly Chet accumulated $1,518 in four shows for the regional title.

“Holly Chet has a special way of rating a cow in the fence work. It gave me a lot of confidence leaving the corner knowing that I could turn him loose and that we were going to end up in the right place,” said Bieroth. “We missed a handful of shows this summer as we welcomed our second child in August. This made it a little more challenging to accrue points for the national and regional standings, but fortunately, the shows we did attend paid off.”

Non Pro Hackamore

L ANDON LUCE / TIME TO L AY IT DOWN

Owned by Andrea Luce, 2016 mare Time To Lay It Down (One Time Pepto x Katies Kitty x High Brow Cat) carried rider Landon Luce to the regional award in eight shows, earning $3,385 and 116 points.

Youth Cow Horse KYLEE WHITING / ST YLIN THE SUN

Stylin The Sun (Stylin Cat x Aftercloudsunshine x Peptoboonsmal), a 2014 mare owned by Nikki Whiting, and rider Kylee Whiting earned $449 in three shows for the Youth Cow Horse regional award.

NORTHWEST REGION

Youth Limited PRYCE PERRY / DOC O NITRO

For three years, Pryce Perry and 2006 mare Doc O Nitro (Nirtro Dual Doc x Lenas Bay Ann x Doc Olena), owned by R K Perry, have teamed up in the pen. With eight shows, the Youth from Power, Montana, and the mare called “Mighty” earned $992.75 and 86 points for the regional award.

“Mighty got hurt in August, and I had to ride one of my mom’s horses for a couple of shows. I’m so used to riding Mighty it was a challenge showing something different,” said Pryce. “The [Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association] Cow Horse Classic in Nampa this year. Mighty and I marked a 147 in the boxing and that’s the best we’ve ever done! She is pretty good at boxing!”

Non Pro Limited, $5K Non Pro Limited ELISE MASON / SHEZA HAILLION

Aboard her 2006 mare Sheza Haillion (Shine Like Hail x Sheza Playgun Too x Playgun), Elise Mason rode to two year-end titles in eight shows. In the Non Pro Limited, she earned $2,046 and in the $5K Non Pro Limited she earned $3,060.50. The duo also took the reserve spot in the region’s Youth Limited for another $924.25.

“Winning the $5K at the Stallion Stakes was our most memorable,” said the Olympia, Washington, competitor. “Learning to compete in herd work was a challenge. I can always count on her stop, and she loves cows.”

$1K Non Pro Limited

NANCY

MILLS / SMART DUALIN CAT

Nancy Mills of Bend, Oregon, and her 2014 gelding Smart Dualin Cat (WR This Cats Smart x Hyadualin Darlin x Dual Pep) earned $1,796.50 in nine shows to win the $1K Non Pro Limited award.

“Every NRCHA show was memorable. It was so exciting to see such talented riders on such wonderful horses,” Mills said. “My biggest challenge during the show season was trying to stay relaxed and not tense up and get nervous as I entered the arena. I would say my horses most special talent is his lead changes and his sliding stops. He’s pretty fun to ride and my trainer, Wes [Chappell], loves to rope on him!”

SOUTHCENTRAL REGION

Open Bridle, Limited Open Bridle QUAILS DUN REMEDY / CODY PATTERSON

Cody Patterson rode Christopher Bethune’s 2014 stallion Quails Dun Remedy (Very Smart Remedy x Quails Dun Holly x Quails Dun Berry) to two Open regional awards. The pair earned $5,764.10 in the Open Bridle and $4,867.88 in the Limited Open Bridle to top the region.

Patterson, of Glen Rose, Texas, says that the stallion is recognizable anywhere they go show.

“He’s the first one I have really got to haul around and show a lot, so I’ve really had to learn to trust it, really have the guts to push him and try and mark big scores,” he said. “I can’t really pick just one memorable run. That horse has really come to the party and really helped put me on the map, I really owe everything to him that we have now.”

Non Pro Bridle MYLES BROWN / ONE TIME LEGEND

Riding his 2015 gelding One Time Legend (One Time Pepto x HR Playin Legend x Little Lenas Legend), recently purchased from Larry Hall Cutting Horses, LLC, Myles Brown earned $6,018 in seven shows to take the Non Pro Bridle regional award.

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle

MIKE LUNDY / CEE THESE GUNS

Riding his 2013 mare Cee These Guns (Solonels Smoking Gun x Dun It In The Bay x Starlights Wrangler), Mike Lundy earned $1,789.50 in a dozen shows to win the South Central Intermediate Non Pro Bridle award. The pair also earned the reserve champion title in the Southeastern region for the same class, earning another $332.50 in only two shows.

Novice Non Pro Bridle CARSON WETSEL / LIL MISS WRIGHT

In 20 shows, Carson Westel’s 2012 mare Lil Miss Wright (Hes Wright On x Shiney Senorita x Shining Spark) carried the pair to the Novice Non Pro Bridle regional award and 144 points to earn $2,181.25.

Open Two Rein JILLS A LITTLE SIOUX / RON RALLS, PATT Y RALLS

While 2014 mare Jills A Little Sioux (A Shiner Named Sioux x Jills A Little Blue x Mecom Blue) has been in training with Ron Ralls, since the horse was a 3-yearold. Ron’s wife, Patty, took over the reins in July 2021. Patty gave up her Non Pro card in early 2021 to compete, a daunting task for the horsewoman.

“I won my first Open class as an Open competitor on this mare,” Patty said. “She is a really big mare and she gets around like a small horse. She is timid, doesn’t want to be in trouble and tryies her heart out.”

Owner Richard Bell earned $1,536 with the two Ralls in the saddle for the regional award.

Non Pro Two Rein KENDRA FISHER / RKR SHAKEYOMONEYMAKA

Riding her 2015 mare RKR Shakeyomoneymaka (Mamas Money Talks x Ill Be Lenas Legacy x Ill Be Smart), Kendra Fisher earned $1,495 in 15 shows to take the Non Pro Two Rein regional award.

“Every opportunity I get to swing a leg over ‘Harley’ is a true blessing. This year we won our first buckle together at the Pre-Futurity for winning the second day of the Non Pro Two Rein,” said Fisher, of Johnson City, Texas. “Every show is a challenge, but that is why it’s called a competition. Harley is so cow smart and gritty; she always puts us in the right spot. Before her, I had never gone down the fence, and she has made me more and more confident knowing that all I need to do is hold on and enjoy the ride.”

Non Pro Hackamore

TYLOR TODD / VOODOO WHISKEY

Tylor Todd of Rexford, Kansas, and her 2017 gelding Voodoo Whiskey (Shiners Voodoo Dr x Whiskey On Wheels x Paddys Irish Whiskey) earned $1,850 in four shows to cement the Non Pro Hackamore award.

“At the Hackamore Classic I got me first limited age event win on him and marked a 220 down the fence,” Todd said of the horse she calls “Voodoo.” “My biggest challenge has been trusting him and letting him do his job. He’s super fun to rein on and is also great going down the fence.”

Open Hackamore SMART CHIC AN TARI / SARAH DAWSON

Owned by the Aaron Ranch of Commerce, Texas, Smart Chic An Tari (Smart Chic Olena x Shiney Tari x Shining Spark), ridden by Sarah Dawson, earned $8,397 at four shows to win the Open Hackamore for the South Central region.

Limited Open Hackamore HOLLYWOOD BIG STAR / TAYLOR PETERS

Taylor Peters piloted Christine Northrop McRoy’s 2016 mare Hollywood Big Star (ARC GunnaBeABigStar x Dunnit Wright On x OJ Dunit) to the regional award in eight shows, earning $1,444.50.

“I started her as a 2-yearold and have shown her throughout her career,” said Peters. “My biggest challenge was learning how and where to school her preparing for major events. The most memorable moment was showing at the Western Derby and placing in the top 10. She’s a huge stopper and loves the fence work!”

SOUTHCENTRAL REGION continued

Youth Cow Horse

CUTTER MCL AUGHLIN / WR THIS CATS SPORTY

In 12 shows, Cutter McLaughlin and WR This Cats Sporty (WR This Cats Smart x Shiney N Sporty x Shining Spark), a 2012 gelding called “Dollar,” earned $1,167 for his parents, owners Jay and Wendy McLaughlin.

“I’ve shown Dollar since may 2020. He was mostly only being used as a turnback horse and before that ass a calf roping horse,” McLaughlin said. “It did not take him long to pick up the cow horse. Dollar is so consistent and eager to please. The competition is so tough but he is athletic and willing to try anything!”

Non Pro Limited, $5K Non Pro Limited KENDRA SUHLING / METALLIC SLIDE

Fredericksburg, Texas, Non Pro Kendra Suhling earned the Non Pro Limited and $5K Non Pro Limited titles in the South Central Region, and also the $5K Non Pro Limited reserve award in the Southeastern Region. In total, she earned more than $3,500 aboard 2016 mare Metallic Slide (Metallic Cat x Sliden Wright By x Smart Little Lena).

“There were a lot of firsts for me this year; my first time showing twohanded, first time riding into the herd, and my first time showing in the limited aged events” she said. “I’ve shown in the bridle, and grew up showing all around horses, but I’ve never had the opportunity to show in the snaffle. I think I spent the first six months of the year just trying to keep my hands in the right spot, only to switch to the hackamore in September and start over. However, I’m almost certain if you asked Don Murphy this question, he’d tell you my biggest challenge was counting my turnarounds.”

Suhling credits “Mouse” with giving her confidence and with the good success had this year.

Youth Limited LAINEY GREWING / METALLIC BLAZE

Riding her 2016 gelding Metallic Blaze (Metallic Cat x Blazen Tornado x Smart Mate), Lainey Grewing earned 211 points and $2,096.15 to take the Youth Limited regional award. Lainey, of Gainesville, Texas, got “Blaze” in November 2020.

“Our biggest setback was learning to ride two handed in the snaffle and hackamore. Previously, I just rode one handed,” she said. “Once he and I got our timing right, our stops became our best maneuver. The most memorable moment was winning the Youth Limited at the Snaffle Bit Futurity. Our run was a personal best in both the rein and cow work.”

$1K Non Pro Limited

TALEN BARRY / SMART REM N B

For three years, Talen Barry of Ellinwood, Kansas, has shown Smart Rem N Be (Very Smart Remedy x Be Bob To Reno x Bob Acre Doc), a 2006 gelding owned by Jared Barry. The pair earned $1,968 in a dozen shows to take the top spot for the regional award.

“Having confidence in myself and faith in my horse are always a challenge,” Talen said. “At the Snaffle Bit, I tried too hard in the Youth Limited and things fell apart. The next day in the $1K Non Pro Limited, I redeemed myself and ended up reserve! There isn’t a cow [my horse] can’t work. He always makes me look good.”

SOUTHEASTERN REGION

Open Bridle DUALS BIG CATT / BRANDY JOHNSON

Riding Penny Cash’s 2012 gelding Duals Big Catt (Sophisticated Catt x Duallin Docs Girl x Dual Pep), Brandy Johnson took the Open Bridle regional award in nine shows and earned $1,947.

Limited Bridle SKEET MD DUST / CHRIS WARD

In his first year showing A .G. Crouch’s 2006 mare, Skeet MD Dust (Skeets Peppy x MD Dustalena x Marks Doc Bar), Texas professional Chris Ward rode to $1,510 in earnings and claimed the regional award.

“My most memorable moment for 2021 is how strong Skeet MD Dust finished the show year. ‘Indy’ placed first in the final four shows of the year,” Ward said. “Her grit and determination to get down the fence is her most special talent.”

Non Pro Bridle AMY BAILEY / ELECTRA TUFF

Amy Bailey of Sparta, Tennessee, has shown Electra Tuff (Woody Be Tuff x Electras Boots x Doc O Boots), a 2012 gelding she calls “Woodrow,” for five years. The pair competed twice to earn $411 and the regional award. The most memorable moment, in a year of memorable moments, was when the two marked a 147 in the Non Pro Bridle Spectacular herd work at the Heritage Days show in Amarillo.

The weather wasn’t the only challenge Bailey faced at the start of the show season.

“In February 2021, showing in the NRCHA World Show Non Pro Bridle Finals the morning after my husband, Paul, broke both of his wrists while showing in the Non Pro Hackamore prelims was a challenge,” she said. “We spent most of the night before at the emergency room, then I had to move us into a hotel afterwards due to the ice storm freezing up our living quarters trailer. Then, when I got to the show grounds the next morning to get prepared for my class, Robert [Chown], my trainer, wasn’t able to help me because he was showing in the Open Hackamore prelims at the same time. I ended up Reserve World Champion, though, thanks to God for his grace, Robert for having my horse broke and Dustin Mills for helping me to work my horse on the flag.”

MARTIN PERFORMANCE

COWHORSE

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle CHRISTINA GILHAM / WOODY BE A CHIC

Earning the Intermediate Non Pro Bridle title and the reserve Novice Non Pro title put Christina Gilham’s earnings for the awards at more than $1,300. She and her 2005 gelding Woody Be A Chic (Smart Chic Olena x Lone Pine Sally x Nu Bar) rode to the year-end titles in their “best year yet.”

“There is not one moment that stands out above all others this year,” she said. “I really enjoyed showing with all my friends in the Southeast. The shows are so much fun and have become a second family. What I most enjoyed was showing with my friends and helping each other meet our goals.

“I purchased ‘Woody’ in 2019 and he has been wonderful for my confidence and is the perfect Non Pro horse! He always has my back. He gives me exactly what I ask for and at the level I ask for it. If I am out of position he will hold back until I am correct. He will step it up or dial it back depending on how hard I ask. I cannot thank Morgan Lybbert enough for training such a wonderful horse!”

Open Two Rein

FLOKI / BRANDY JOHNSON

Lee Baldock purchased Floki (WR This Cats Smart x Who Rey x Dual Rey) in April 2021, but Brandy Johnson has trained the horse since 2019. She and the 2015 gelding teamed up to earn $525.63 at seven shows to land atop the region’s Open Two Rein.

“Watching this pair show at the Western Derby this year in the Two Rein was a highlight. This was his first premier event in the two-rein and they did awesome,” said Baldock. “Family circumstances made attending the shows a challenge. Their success has been one of the highlights of my year as an owner. He is so consistent! He is fun to watch on a cow because he is so athletic and has a lot of style in the reining.”

Novice Non Pro Bridle EMILEE LYDA / CANDY RAP

Emily Lyda of Hendersonville, North Carolina, and her 2014 gelding Candy Rap (Rap Cat x TR Dual Gal x TR Dual Rey) earned $839 and 91 points in 12 shows to take the Novice Non Pro Bridle regional award.

“We had some bumps earlier in the show year just trying to figure each other out. Now I feel like we are a much better team,” she said of the horse she’s had only a year-and-a-half. “I really love showing at the Eastern Derby. It brings competitors from the east and west together at a premier event that is close for me, and I look forward to it every year!”

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Non Pro Two Rein

ELIZABETH GAGNET / NIGHT N SHADE

Riding her 2008 gelding Night N Shade (Doc At Night x Lils Maid By Shade x A Little Shady Jac), Elizabeth Waguespack Gagnet piloted to $890 in 11 shows to earn the regional award. She bought “Dewey” right before the 2021 show season.

“Starting this show year on Dewey has led to many opportunities for growth and improvement. I stepped up from the boxing classes to going down the fence when I bought Dewey,” said the Non Pro from Sunset, Louisiana. “This show year has been full of memorable moments since each time we entered the show pen, we grew as a team and learned something. Each show our runs have become more consistent. It is really exciting to see how far we can go! I can’t wait to show him in Fort Worth at the Celebration of Champions! That will be the highlight of the year for sure!”

Non Pro Hackamore

ROBERT PETREE / WENDEL REY

Open Hackamore

MRS JONEZ / BEN BOWMAN

Steven Lynn’s 2016 mare Mrs Jonez (Travelin Jonez x Electra Can Do x Cat Man Do) took trainer Ben Bowman to the Open Hackamore title in seven shows, earning $1,431.

“She has a huge heart and always gives you 100 percent,” said Lynn. “It will be a highlight to see her compete in Fort Worth at the Celebration of Champions.”

Limited Open Hackamore

TUL ARES BLACK PEARL / STEPHEN FREEMAN

Stephen Freeman rode his 2016 mare Tulares Black Pearl (Tulare x Everday Elegance x King Fritz Two), in six shows to earn $506 and 29 points for the regional award. Freeman, of Millbrook, Alabama, purchased the mare as a yearling.

“We had several injuries in 2020, 2021 that were a big challenge,” he said. “We clinched the Southeastern region Limited Open Hackamore title at the Eastern Derby, despite having an injured stifle.”

Wendel Rey (High Brow CD x Daratrcocoaspreview x TR Dual Rey) carried owner Robert Petree to $615 and the Non Pro Hackamore regional award and helped trainer Joe Harper (pictured) earn the Reserve Open Hackamore regional award.

Petree good-naturedly laughs at his challenge to stay in the middle of his athletic horse.

“My challenge has obviously been my inability to stay in the middle of my horse, or anywhere on my horse for that matter. Slowly but surely, I’ll figure this out,” he said. “One of my most memorable moments was coming off ‘Wendel’ this spring. While I was laying there assessing my injuries, all I could hear was Joe belly laughing from the rail. I’m not sure if he was laughing at the dismount or the landing? Wendel’s an amazing horse, as he’s able to maintain body position and position on the cow all while waiting to see if I’d stay mounted. It takes a talented horse and a patient trainer to put up with my riding skill set.”

Petree is looking forward to his 2022 season.

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SOUTHEASTERN

REGION continued

Youth Cow Horse

KAIDEN ICE / DIM ALL THE LIGHTS

Kaiden Ice of Hazelton, Indiana, won the Youth Cow Horse regional award aboard 2011 gelding Dim All The Lights (CD Lights x Shiners Woman x Shining Spark), owned by Andrea Ice, earning $118 in nine shows.

“My biggest challenge is trying to always make my cow work better,” said Kaiden. “I love to work cows with him, and I spend a lot of time leading up to shows working on that. [Dim All The Lights] is very athletic, good minded, learns quick and lets me make mistakes and learn without blowing up.”

$5K Non Pro Limited WILL OGDEN LEWIS / SPOOKIN JAY

Will Lewis of Anderson, Texas, started riding Spookin Jay (Smart Spook x Utlra Jay x Master Jay), a 2011 gelding owned by his father William Lewis, four years ago. The pair showed twice to earn $574 and the regional award.

“This year I began my transition into the fence work classes and it’s been a wild ride,” said Will. “I’ve had a few bad runs and some shows it just didn’t work out but that’s just a part of the learning curve. In 2022 I should be fully moving into the fence work so I’ll have more opportunities to get down the fence and work out the kinks. I’m very excited to be a part of the fence classes.”

Will credits his horse for much of his success in the show pen.

“My dad handed him down to me when [Spookin Jay] turned 8 and it’s been an incredible experience riding ‘Jay’ ever since,” he said. “He’s been a good teacher for me as I start getting a handle on the sport, and I couldn’t ask for a better horse. I don’t think there is any horse out there that would do what he’s done to keep me safe. Whenever I ride him at Ben Baldus’ I always get at least one comment about how I should never get rid of him, and I think they are right.”

Youth Limited LAINEY KRIEGER / DUALIN ALLEY CATS

Riding her 2014 mare Dualin Alley Cats (Dual Rey x Chics Voodoo Cat x High Brow Cat), Lainey Krieger rode in 10 shows to earn $338 and the Youth Limited regional award.

Non Pro Limited DOLORES CAIN / IMA ST YLISH BABE

Dolores Cain piloted Ima Stylish Babe (Mr Playinstylish x Little Bayou Babe x Smart Little Lena), a 2013 mare in 10 shows to earn $758 and 53 points on the way to the regional award.

SOUTHEASTERN REGION continued

$1K Non Pro Limited

SUMMER KELLY / SJR DIAMOND K ATRINA

SOUTHWEST REGION

Open Bridle

DUAL CHEXX / JAKE GORRELL

With $8,068 in earnings at 10 shows, Jake Gorrell and Tammy Barger’s 2010 gelding Dual Chexx (Dual Rey x Starlight Chexx x Grays Starlight) secured the Southwest Region Open Bridle award.

Non Pro Bridle

SAMANTHA BILLER / TONY TONY MONTANA

Samantha Biller, of Tulare, California, and her family bred and raised 2012 stallion Tony Tony Montana (Smart Little Pepinic x Montanas Fox x Montana Doc). She and the horse started in the show pen when “Ironman,” owned by Peggy Biller, was a 3-year-old.

“Ironman is extremely quick and athletic. He has a kind and fun-loving personality with a ton of heart,” she said. “A highlight of our 2021 show year was winning the California Reined Cow Horse Association Non Pro Bridle Championship Saddle. The CRCHA has been an excellent place to show all year and it felt amazing achieving this goal we set at the beginning of the season. A challenge we worked on throughout the year was staying clean and consistent through each run. I am very thankful to John Ward, Chris Krieg and the rest of my family for all of their support!”

Earning $839.65 in 15 shows, Summer Kelley and her 2014 mare SJR Diamond Katrina (CD Diamond x Whizs Katrina x Topsail Whiz) took the top spot in the $1K Non Pro Limited. “Katrina” and Kelley teamed up three years ago.

“Katrina is the kind of horse that makes me be better and be correct, and it has taken a while to get all the parts put together but especially finishing up this season, it has been so good, so right and so much fun,” said Kelley. “My 8-year-old daughter just started showing NRCHA and trying to get her and her horse ready and prepared while also getting myself focused is a challenge! Typically, right before I go in to show, I call Zeke Entz, my trainer, for a pep talk about goals for the run and affirmations. It works beautifully!”

Kelley notes her mare’s eye appeal “brings the pretty” but that Katrina is a an allaround great mount.

Limited Open Bridle SHORT AND SMART / CAITLYN SHOWALTER, MARVIN HELMUTH

Short And Smart (Smart Little Lena x Miss Shorty Paloma x Shorty Lena), a 2009 stallion, carried two Open riders—Caitlyn Showalter and Melvin Helmuth, to $1,176 in earnings at 12 shows, taking the Limited Open Bridle award for owner Rocking J Ranch Inc.

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SOUTHWEST REGION

Intermediate Non Pro Bridle TYLOR TODD / MR ST YLISH CAT

Tylor Todd earned another regional award, this time aboard 2011 gelding Mr Stylish Cat (Mr Playinstylish x Lil Sally Cat x High Brow Cat) in the Southwest region’s Intermediate Non Pro Bridle. The pair earned $2,796 at two shows. Tylor and “Boyd” have been a team since March 2020.

“He is very physical down the fence and can read a cow like no other. Our biggest challenge was getting our reining together,” Tylor, of Rexford, Kansas, said. “Marking a 225 down the fence to win the Novice Non Pro Bridle at the Celebration of Champions was the highlight of our year.”

Open Two Rein SMART L ADIES SPARKLE / MATT KOCH

Smart Ladies Sparkle (WR This Cats Smart x Shiners Diamond Lady x Shining Spark), a 2015 mare owned by Myra Koch, and pilot Matt Koch earned $3,454.67 to win the South West Region Open Two Rein and another $2,198 for reserve in the Open Two Rein for the North Central Region.

“Winning the Open Two Rein at the Stallion Stakes was a highlight this year,” said Matt, of Elizabeth, Colorado. “I started her as a 2-year-old and she’s been with me ever since. The challenge is persuading our 3-year-old son, Oliver, to let me take ‘Sparkles’ to the horse shows, since he’s claimed her as his own!”

Matt commends the mare’s good minded nature with how well they get along in the show pen.

Novice Non Pro Bridle HANNAH WARDE / ZACKLY RIGHT TIME

Hannah Warde of Scottsdale, Arizona, and “Peyton,” registered Zackly Right Time (Peptotime x Zacks Nu Star x Zack T Wood), earned $879.40 in 12 shows to take the regional award.

“It was a challenge balancing a new career and a busy riding schedule. We didn’t get to show as much this year as we would have liked. Thankfully the team at Parkinson Performance Horses kept Peyton going while I took some time to focus on work,” Warde said. “Peyton is so willing to do anything we ask of him. He’s great in the rein work. He’s great in the herd work. And, he’s awesome down the fence. We’ve started roping and Peyton is a rock in the box and turning steers like a pro. Peyton’s adaptability and heart are really what make him special.”

SOUTHWEST REGION

Non Pro Two Rein DEBBIE CRAFTON / METALLIC FL AME

Debbie Crafton of Ordway, Colorado, and 2015 gelding Metallic Flame (Metallic Cat x Scooby Dooby Dual x Dual Pep) earned the regional award in two shows, earning $2,361.50. Crafton has had the horse about a year.

“There were no real challenges with Metallic Flame. He is always one you can count on,” she said of the roan.

Limited Open Hackamore HICKORYS LUCKY TIME / CRAIG COWLEY

In eight shows, Craig Cowley and 2017 mare Hickorys Lucky Time (Hickory Holly Time x Travelenas Luckylegs x Travalena) earned $2,001 for he and co-owner Rosie Cowley.

“The challenge is to not under or over show my mare,” said Cowley, of Temecula, California. “She’s a great stopper. Winning the Limited Open Hackamore at the [Western] Derby was the most memorable in 2021.”

Open Hackamore SJR SMOOTH CADIL AC / ROY RICH

Aboard Rocking J Ranch Inc.’s 2016 stallion SJR Smooth Cadilac (Smooth As A Cat x Sumkinda Pinkcadilac x Peptoboonsmal), Roy Rich rode in 13 shows to earn $2,892.50 and 136 points on the way to the year-end regional award.

Non Pro Hackamore

STACY DUESTERHAUS / ISR A LITTLE L ACE

Riding ISR A Little Lace (Little Cielo x Dee Pep Chex x Mister Dual Pep), a 2016 mare co-owned with Brendan Duesterhaus, Stacy Duesterhaus earned $2,836.50 in 17 shows for the regional award. It is all in the family for the Duesterhaus’s “Stevie’s” dam is the first cow horse Stacy showed, and Brendan purchased Little Cielo before the two were married.

“Stevie’s the best of both of them,” Stacy said. “She’s honest, she’ll never get strong in the hackamore, she’s got a ton of draw and she can really stop. Stopping is her favorite thing! Since she’s learned the game down the fence she really can do it all. Anyone that has talked to me about her knows I think she’s the best and I am so blessed to have raised her!”

Stacy thanks Brendan and Mallory Valdez for supporting her along the way in the show season.

SOUTHWEST REGION

Youth Cow Horse

CATELYN WALKER / PL AYIN MOTOWN

Arkansas Youth Catelyn Walker and her 2013 gelding Playin Motown (Mr Playinstylish x Mo Flo x Mr Peponita Flo) earned $300 and 34 points to take the Southwest Youth Cow Horse award and another $2,078.50 and 105 points for the reserve spot in the same division in the South Central Region.

Youth Limited

CHET GORRELL / SMOOTH N CASH

Smooth N Cash (Smooth As A Cat x Dox Gavacash x Miss N Cash), a 2005 gelding owned by Roloff Ranch, and California Youth Chet Gorrell earned 94 points and $897 to win the Youth Limited regional award.

$5K Non Pro Limited ERICA K ATZ / CALL ME WR

With 138 points and $1,779.83 in earnings, Erica Katz and her 2009 gelding Call Me WR (WR This Cats Smart x Call Me Christysue x Doc Olena) earned the regional award. Katz has had “Nacho” since March of 2019.

“Finding balance between riding time and work has been a challenge, and with COVID restrictions lessening, it’s hard to find time for lessons,” she said. “Nacho and I have had great success showing at the [Western] Derby in Scottsdale. Nacho’s heart is his special trait. I know he is going to give 110 percent whether at home or at a show.”

Non Pro Limited MARY STAUB / DRIVIN ME WILD

Mary Staub of Buellton, California, purchased Drivin Me Wild (Wild Thing DNA x Stylish Finale x Playin Stylish), a 2010 gelding called “Charlie,” in May 2020. The pair earned 187 points and $4,073.26 in six shows to win the Non Pro Limited title.

“He was my first cow horse and before that I had been running barrels quite a bit and team roping when I could,” Staub said. “I wasn’t really looking for another horse, especially one that was trained for a discipline I knew nothing about. Tom and Cathy Shelly called me one day out of the blue to come try Charlie. At first I said no. They asked again, convinced it would be a good match and so I went to try him and it has easily been one of the best things to happen to me. I absolutely love this horse and I cannot thank Tom and Cathy enough for the opportunity.”

The pair’s first major event was the National Stock Horse Association show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they won. It was a challenge for Staub to work a new job and compete in reined cow horse, but her support system of boyfriend Tyler Stevenson, the Shellys and Justin Wright Performance Horses helped her tremendously.

$1K Non Pro Limited VANESSA STEVENS / MISTEREY

Riding her 2016 gelding Misterey (Jans Rey Cuatro x Very Red Remedy x Very Smart Remedy) Vanessa Stevens earned 347 points and $2,891.62 in 18 shows to win the $1K Non Pro Limited Southwest Region award.

SUBSCRIBED STALLIONS

Stallion Contact Phone

A Shiner Named Sioux (972) 977-6581 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

A Vintage Smoke (940) 372-0470 2021 2022

Annies Smart Cat (559) 592-4753 2022

Auspicious Cat (817) 594-9181 2017

Automatic Cat (940) 733-8581 2018

BadBoonArising (254) 485-8280 2020 2021 2022

Bamacat (855) 674-6773 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Bet Hesa Boon (970) 749-3322 2021 2022

Bet Hesa Cat (806) 596-4424 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Bettin Yer Smart (605) 381-6493 2019 2020 2021

BFR Igniting Sparks (901) 826.7297 2018 2019

Big Bucks To Cash (817) 596-9009 2017

Blind Sided (903) 886-8836 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Blue One Time (817) 279-8275 2017 2018 2019

Blue Savanah Holli (505) 425-1500 2017 2018

Boon A Little (940) 284-7788 2017 2018

Boon San (254) 485-8280 2017 2018 2019 2020

Boon Too Suen (855) 674-6773 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Brother Jackson (916) 802-6668 2017 2018 2019 2020

Call Me Mitch (805) 688-3673 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Cat From Ipanema (951) 529-6258 2018 2019 2020 2021

Cat Ichi (903) 564-3692 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Catatomic (480) 563-1966 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Cats Merada (940) 464-0783 2017 2018 2019

Cats Picasso (604) 341-7778 2019

Cattalou (855) 674-6773 2020 2021

Catty Hawk (580) 220-1281 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

CD Diamond (817) 594-9181 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

CD Dyna Cee (319) 325-6862 2017

CD Lights (817) 599-0522 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Cee Mr Hickory (805) 550-8387 2017

Cool N Hot (254-592-2016 2020 2021

Countin Hot Checks (254) 485-8280 2022

CR Gotcha Covered (254) 485-8280 2020

Desire Rey (940) 839-1969 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Doc Seas Whiskey (855) 674-6773 2021

Docs Soula (480) 563-1966 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Docs Stylish Oak (650) 851-0422 2018

Dont Stopp Believin (817) 599-4560 2018 2019 2020

Dual R Smokin (817) 599-4560 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Dual Rey (303) 956-1887 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Dual Reyish (254) 485-8280 2020 2021 2022

Dual Smart Rey (254) 485-8280 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Dualin Stargun (605) 787-4808 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Dulces Little Light (209) 603-9710 2017 2018 2019 2020

Fantastic Cat (580) 775-0885 2022

FM Cottonwood (940) 612-4584 2020 2021

Freckled Leo Lena (503) 838-1500 2017 2018

Genuine Masterpiece (307) 358-5439 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Good Times Too (307) 276-3478 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Gotta Go Get It (661) 343-1492 2018

Gunnatrashya (817) 559-4560 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Hallmarked Playboy (403) 652-1326 2017 2018 2020

Halreycious (800) 278-0785 2017

Hashtags (254) 485-8280 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Hes Wright On (806) 622-9787 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022

Heza Shiney Kodo (805) 688-4241 2017

Hick Chicaroo (805) 550-1424 2017

Hickory Holly Time (817) 599-4560 2017 2018 2019 2020

Hickorys Indian Pep (254) 485-8280 2018 2019 2020

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High Brow Shiner (661) 706-7724 2017 2018 2019 2020

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Hired Gun (903) 564-7883 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Hottish (817) 599-4560 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Hydrive Cat (817) 560-0038 2017 2018 2019

Im Countin Checks (817) 594-9181 2017 2018 2019 2020

Its Time To Smokum (610) 633-0699 2018

Jake Jacspin (620) 804-0718 2017 2018

Jasons Peptolena (903) 227-0462 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Judge Boon (208) 861-0760 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Kit Kat Sugar (254) 485-5146 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Lil Catbaloo (817) 599-4560 2017 2018 2019 2020

Lil Joe Cash (254) 744-9111 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Lil Time To Smoke (559) 268-1115 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Little Cielo (559) 999-8146 2017 2018 2019 2020

Little Red Coupe (702) 596-4484 2017

Lotta Stuff To Shine (559) 665-2908 2017 2018 2019 2020

MC CowHammer (254) 723-4983 2021

Metalic Al (805) 350-2578 2017 2018 2019 2020

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Metallic CD (541) 213-8518 2017 2018 2019 2020

Metallic Echo (405) 288-6460 2018

Metallic Malice (940) 291-2030 2019 2020 2021 2022

Metallic Masterpiece (307) 327-5550 2017 2018 2019 2020

Metallic Rebel (254) 485-8280 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Metallic Red Cat 2017 2018 2019

Meteles Cat (916) 837-2665 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Moms Stilish Cat (208) 861-0760 2017 2018

Moon Me Pepto (661)303-6015 2018 2019

Mr Playinstylish (817) 594-9181 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Nabisco Roan (805) 688-4241 2017

Natural Bottom (855) 674-6773 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Nic It In The Bud (480) 563-1966 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Nics Black Diamond (805)688-3673 2017 2019

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No Guns Please (903) 816-3495 2017

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Northern Metallic (403) 870-9551 2021 2022

NRR Cat King Cole (817) 594-9181 2019

Nu Smoketana (805) 535-5544 2021

Olena Oak (805) 610-8320 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Once A Von A Time (805) 688-4241 2017 2018

Once In A Blu Boon (940) 536-9275 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

One Fine Vintage (480) 273-7759 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

One Shiney Metallic (940) 839-1969 2020 2021 2022

One Smart Response (208) 841-2052 2017

One Time Pepto (910) 596-2183 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

One Time Royalty (817) 599-4560 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Paddys Irish Whiskey (806) 596-4424 2017

Patroan (254) 485-8280 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Pepcid (806) 596-4641 2017 2018

Peptoboonsmal (972) 977-6581 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Peptos Duke (406) 434-5724 2017 2018 2019 2020

PG Heavily Armed (817) 560-0038 2020

Play Dual Rey (940) 637-2536 2017 2018

Playboys Red Pepto 2018 2019

Playgun (806) 596-4424 2017 2018

Porr Que (903) 564-7883 2022

PRF Spoonful Of Gold (817) 599-4560 2017 2020

Purdy Boy Flash (901) 826-7297 2017 2018 2019

Quahadi (855) 674-6773 2021

Rascal Cats (805) 878-0391 2017

RC Gay Bar Star Dust (602) 524-9047 2017

Real Smooth Cat (916) 802-6668 2017 2018

Red Hot Metal (208) 861-0760 2019 2020 2021

Rey Dual (800) 278-0785 2017

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Reynshine (660) 748-5844 2017 2018 2019 2020

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Rockin W (855) 674-6773 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

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Roo Star (254) 947-1292 2017

Royal Fletch (817) 594-9181 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022

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Ruff Spook (940) 637-2536 2017

Sannman (817) 560-0038 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

SDP Blue Blood (303) 618-0749 2017 2018 2019

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Shady Lil Starlight (805) 688-4241 2017 2018

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Shiney Outlaw (210) 381-3132 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Sir Long Legs (863) 838-4979 2019

Sixes Pick (806) 596-4424 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

SJR Diamond Mist (817) 594-9181 2021 2022

Smart And Shiney (940) 465-1852 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Smart Boons (903) 564-7883 2017 2018 2019 2020

Smart Chic Olena (940) 368-6999 2017 2018 2019

Smart Lena Boon (575) 760-4104 2017

Smart Luck (541) 601-9507 2017 2018 2019

Smoketana Chex (805) 535-5544 2021

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Smooth Talkin Style (254) 485-8280 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Son Shining Rooster (806) 676-8566 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Spots Hot (254) 485-8280 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Starlight Kat (208) 861-0760 2018 2019

Step To The Light (805) 290-6544 2018 2019 2020 2021

Steppin On Sparks (919) 631-1058 2020

Stevie Rey Von (806) 622-9787 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Stressolena (307) 358-5439 2017 2018

Stunned (319) 795-4649 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Stylin With Pepto (785) 479-6817 2019

Stylish Rey Gay (580) 276-0761 2018

Sushi Boss (308) 380-2244 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Sweet Lil Pepto (817) 594-6900 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

The Boon (361) 675-4695 2017 2018 2019 2020

The Reyl McCoy (361) 550-8924 2020

Third Cutting (817) 560-0038 2017 2018

This One Time (970) 846-5455 2017 2018 2019 2020

Thomas E Hughes (979) 373-6241 2017

Time For The Diamond (817) 599-4560 2017 2018 2019 2020

Tomcat Chex (707) 678-8686 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Total Blam Blam (403) 396-3643 2020 2022

TR Dual Rey (817) 560-0038 2019

Travelin Jonez (903) 564-7883 2017 2018 2019 2020

Tru Grrit (970) 749-3322 2017 2018 2019 2020

Two Legitt (336) 430-2191 2022

Uno What Time It Is (405) 344-6692 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Very Smart Remedy (208) 366-2971 2017

War Bird Dog (254) 485-8280 2018

Waresthecat (806) 596-4424 2017

Whizkey N Diamonds (405) 288-6460 2021

Wimpys Little Step (405) 600-1990 2017 2018 2019 2020

Woody Be Tuff (903) 563-7090 2017 2018 2019

WR This Cats Smart (806) 596-4424 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Zezes Pepto Cat (940) 859-6587 2017 2018

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 Boxing 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

ea l ea i ati s e

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 e i at A a s ill e ai t t e i i al i at less t e ise s e ifie i iti t t e A 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

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:

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:

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

Same as Owner Other Person / Company: Address: City / State / Zip: Phone Number / Best Contact: Foal Crop Year(s): $ Amount:

Enclosed Check/Money Order 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:

NATIONAL REINED COW HORSE ASSOCIATION

1 Year Open Membership - $75 ($65 before Jan 1)

3 Year Open Membership - $210 ($180 before Jan 1)

1 Year Non Pro Membership - $75 ($65 before Jan 1)

3 Year Non Pro Membership - $210 ($180 before Jan 1)

1 Year Owner Only Membership - $75 ($65 before Jan 1)

3 Year Owner Only Membership - $210 ($180 before Jan 1)

1 Year Youth Membership - $40

1 Year Youth w/Non Pro Membership - $75

1 Year Youth Upgrade to Non Pro - $35

1 Year Associate Membership - $35

Signature:

Check here if you are a TRAINER and want to be listed as such in the online NRCHA Directory.

Please be sure to complete the Non Pro Declaration. A card will not be issued without it!

Youth who wish to compete in the Non Pro MUST complete a Non Pro Declaration.

1 Year Canadian Membership - Add $10

- $75 Add Reined Cow Horse News to International - $85

Date:

NON PRO DECLARATION

Applicant Name (please print): ___________________________________________________ Occupation: _________________________________

Answering yes to any of the following questions does NOT automatically disqualify you from gaining Non Pro Status.

1) Within the last 5 years, have you for remuneration as efi e i t e A

a. Given lessons (in any equine related situations)

i e li i s i a e i e elate sit ati s

ai e ses A assiste i t ai i ses A

f es t a f t e a e e lai a i l e ates s

2) Within the last 5 years, have you:

a a se t e a i e iate fa il e e

(in any discipline / organization like HS Rodeo / SHTX, etc. – with or without remuneration) a e t fees ai f

t a i e iate fa il e e a a s e e ses se e e ses

as t a i e iate fa il e e f es t a f t e a e e lai a i l e ates s

3) Within the last 5 years have you:

a ee e l e as a i te f a se t ai e i a is i li e

a ti i ate i a e i e i te s s a s as A

4) Are you currently:

a esi i a se t ai i fa ilit

i f a se t ai i fa ilit

li l i e tifie it se t ai e se t ai i fa ilit

(Examples: business owner, trainer spouse / significant other, etc.) a ti i ati

e e ei e eta eta

A si ess t at is i

(Examples. Western Apparel, Equine Feed / Supplement Companies, Tack Stores, Horse Equipment Companies, Farm / Ranch Equipment Companies, Insurance Companies, etc.)

f es t a f t e a e e lai

a e e t a i i e t e fe e ea i s

(Please include earnings from any/all approved national/regional horse organizations like AQHA, APHA, ApHC, SHTX, Ranch Horse Versatility, etc.)

Top Riders for Open Eligibility in 2022

INTERMEDIATE OPEN - open to any rider who is not on the top thirty (30) Open rider listing; based on Open money won in the past three years at any NRCHA approved events

LIMITED OPEN - open to any rider who is not on the top 120 Open rider listing; based on Open money won in the past three years at any NRCHA approved events, has not earned over $350,000 in Open and Non Pro money at any NRCHA approved events.

Top Riders for Open Eligibility in 2022

Riders ineligible for LAE Limited Open based on earnings over $350,000 (see rule 10.4.3):

Anne M. Reynolds

Bob C. Avila

Bobby C. Ingersoll

Brad L. Lund

Brandon C. Buttars

Cayley R. Wilson

Dan Roeser

Dema M. Paul

Doug Williamson

Eric M. Freitas

Greg Ward

Jay Holmes

Jim W. Spence

Jo Anne Carollo

John Ward

Jon Roeser

Justin E. Lawrence

$1,763,062.85

$1,187,080.48

$357,295.61

$493,077.53

$485,168.34

$475,531.12

$761,096.19

$695,835.60

$1,423,421.80

$358,310.06

$429,321.91

$447,316.74

$380,201.25

$536,106.87

$1,202,902.53

$1,624,175.03

$462,637.94

Ken L. Wold

Kevin Stallings

Laurie Richards

Lyn Anderson

R. Mike Miller

Randy J. Paul

Robbie D. Boyce

Robert Chown

Ron Ralls

Ron E. Emmons

Russell A. Dilday

Sandra M. Collier

Smoky Pritchett

Ted Robinson

Tucker J. Robinson

Wade J. Reaney

$970,494.34

$351,829.48

$552,641.96

$955,685.90

$623,983.42

$522,165.52

$756,090.50

$588,319.14

$1,023,028.01

$872,033.03

$627,474.18

$806,613.19

$559,804.14

$1,938,926.69

$834,785.30

$508,719.53

Top Riders for Non Pro Eligibility in 2022

INTERMEDIATE NON PRO - open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is not in the top 25 Non Pro rider listing based on the previous three years of Lifetime Earnings.

LIMITED NON PRO - open to any rider who possesses a current Non Pro card and is not in the top 60 Non Pro rider listing based on the previous three years of Lifetime Earnings. Riders with over $100,000 in Lifetime Earnings are not eligible to fall back to the Limited Non Pro regardless of their ranking on the top Non Pro rider listing.

Top Riders for Non Pro Eligibility in 2022

Riders ineligible for Limited Non Pro based on earnings over $100,000 (see rules 3.5.5 & 10.4.8):

Bubba M. Petty $163,388.12

Carol D. Roberts $140,805.92

Debby M. Sanguinetti $255,535.05

Jerry M. Beukelman $107,896.72

John E. Showalter

Karen Stallings

Karey E. Louthan

Laurie Richards

$140,233.31

$137,260.27

$110,080.17

$552,641.96

Marc J. Bourdet

Michelle M. Cowan

$120,873.08

$200,918.98

Morgan J. Holmes $106,332.72

Nelle A. Murphy $112,471.25

Rachel S. Eady

Shawn B. Renshaw

William B. Cowan

$140,065.66

$317,500.32

$140,874.22

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Corey Cushing Vice President: Paul Bailey

Secretary: Todd Crawford Treasurer: Trey Neal Executive Committee: Todd Bergen, Joe Carter, Boyd Rice Frank Prisco Diane Edwards Amanda Gardiner Dan Roeser Jon Roeser Jake Telford Cayley Wilson

COMMITTEE DIRECTORY

AFFILIATES

Chairperson: Frank Prisco archapresident@gmail.com 631-478-7022

ANIMAL WELFARE

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

HALL OF FAME

Chairperson: Dan Roeser roeserstables@gmail.com 208-841-2052

HORSE SALES

Chairperson: Todd Crawford toddcrawford333@gmail.com

STAFF

Executive Director: Anna Morrison anna@nrcha.com

Communications Manager: Kate Byars kate@nrcha.com

JUDGES

Chairperson: Boyd Rice boydrice1965@gmail.com • 806-282-8113

Director of Judges: Bill Enk enk.bill@gmail.com

NRCHA FOUNDATION

Chairperson: MJ Isakson mj@nrchaf.com

NOMINATING

Chairperson: Jon Roeser tanyaroeser@yahoo.com

NON PRO

Chairperson: Diane Edwards Diane2bph@outlook.com • 206-390-0715

OWNERS

Chairperson: Linda McMahon maclin@earthlink.net • 415-269-5563

PROFESSIONALS

Chairperson: Cayley Wilson cayleyrwilson@gmail.com • 604-300-0401

RULES

Chairperson: Dan Roeser roeserstables@gmail.com • 208-841-2052

SHOWS

Co-Chairperson: Todd Bergen tbergenhorses@gmail.com 541-778-0980

Co-Chairperson: Boyd Rice boydrice1965@gmail.com • 806-282-8113

SPONSORSHIP

Chairperson: Anna Morrison anna@nrcha.com • 940-488-1495

STALLION SERVICE AUCTION

Chairperson: Garth Gardiner gardinergarth@gmail.com • 620-635-5632

STRATEGIC PLANNING

Chairperson: Anna Morrison anna@nrcha.com • 940-488-1495

YOUTH

Chairperson: Sarah Clymer shubrick3@gmail.com • 719-330-1932

Programs Manager: Elizabeth Ellis elizabeth@nrcha.com

Premier Event Manager: Emily Konkel emily@nrcha.com

Membership & Affiliate Show Manager: Tina McCleary • tina@nrcha.com

Accounting Manager: Kasydi Valentine kasydi@nrcha.com

Alberta Reined Cow Horse Association

Krystal Meade

250, 200 Quarry Park Blvd SE Calgary AB T2C 5E3 CANADA

Phone: 403-991-4617

Email: info@cowhorse.ca

Website: www.cowhorse.ca

Arizona Reined Cow Horse Association

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

Lia Savas

53 Deerpath Rd

Central Islip, NY 11722

Phone: 631-766-0155

Email: LiaARCHA@gmail.com

Website: www.atlanticRCHA.com

Australian Reined Cow Horse Association

Jay Gordon 359 Duri-Dungowan Rd

Tamworth, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 2340

Phone: +61 490 915094

Email: archa@outlook.com.au

Website: www.cowhorseaustralia.com

California Reined Cow Horse Association

Stacy Duesterhaus 15169 Road 223 Porterville, CA 93257

Phone: 559-999-8146

Email: califcowhorse@gmail.com

Website: www.californiacowhorse.com

Central Montana Reined Cow Horse Association

Judy Blough

P.O. Box 413

Wilsall, MT 59086

Phone: 409-223-3690

Email: info@cmrcha@gmail.com

Website: www.cmrcha.com

Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association

MJ Anderson PO Box 88 Trinidad, CO 81082

Phone: 719-963-4770

Email: coloradocowhorse@gmail.com

Website: www.coloradoreinedcowhorse.com

AFFILIATE LISTING

Current as of December 15, 2021

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

Gem State Stock Horse Association

Callee Miller

301 Market Rd

Caldwell ID 83607

Phone: 541-519-4748

Email: Cowhorse22@gmail.com

Website: www.gemstatestockhorse.com

Gulf Coast Cow Horse Association

Terry Carter 37607 Leggett Lane

Lady Lake, FL 32159

Phone: 352-874-5023

Email: tecdac@aol.com

Website: www.gulfcoastcowhorse.com

Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association

Paxton Deal

509 S 2nd St

Homedale, ID 83628

Phone: 208-880-9066

Email: paxtondeal@gmail.com

Website: www.idahoreinedcowhorse.com

Italian Reined Cow Horse Association

La a ffi e elli

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22100 Como ITALY

Phone: +39 347 26 22 783

Email: segreteria.ircha@gmail.com

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Magic Valley RCHA

Nikki Francis

3644 N 3300 E

Kimberly ID 83341

Phone: 208-539-5410

Email: vpnikki@gmail.com

Website: www.intermountaincircuit.org

Mid State Cow Horse Association

Sharon Michelucci

2500 Adobe Rd

Paso Robles CA 9344

Phone: 805-835-5014

Email: info@midstatecowhorseassociation.com

Website: www.midstatecowhorseassociation.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

Aubree Englert 6600 W Rome Blvd

Las e as Phone: 702-290-4231

Email: aubree.rcha@gmail.com

Website: www.nvrcha.org

New York Reined Cow Horse Association

Lesa Didas 206 Main St Hornell, NY 14843 Phone: 843-441-0618

Email: lisasykes@yahoo.com Website: www.newyorkrcha.com

North Central Reined Cow Horse Association

Jim Wilson 2409 25th Ave

Rice Lake, WI 54868

Phone: 641-420-0440

Email: wilson@myomnitel.com Website: www.ncrcha.com

Northeastern Reined Cowhorse Alliance

Mary Baks

13 Maple Hill Rd RR #2 al e t A A A Phone: 519-881-8684

Email: info@walkertonequine.ca Website: www.nercha.ca

Northern Alberta Reined Cow Horse Club

Shawna Husted 27245 TWP 350

Red Deer County, AB T4G 0M4

Phone: 403-875-1369

Email: nabreinedcowhorseclub@gmail.com

Northwest Reined Cow Horse Association

Diane Edwards PO Box 260 a le alle A Phone: 206-390-0715

Email: diane2bph@outlook.com Website: www.nwrcha.com

Panhandle Reined Cow Horse Association

Lane Arnold PO Box 1053

Canyon, TX 79015

Phone: 806-341-0941

Email: panhandlecowhorse@gmail.com

Website: www.panhandlecowhorse.com

South Dakota Reined Cow Horse Association

Jill Swanhorst P.O. Box 55

Alzada, MT 59311

Phone: 605-484-5788

Email: Jswanhorst5278@gmail.com Website: www.sdrcha.com

South Texas Reined Cow Horse Association

Tina McCleary

5819 Michael Rd

Sanger, TX 76266

Phone: 979-218-0633

Email: southtexasrcha@gmail.com Website: www.strcha.org

AFFILIATE LISTING

Southern California Reined Cow Horse Association

Christy McSweeny 33175 Temecula Pkwy Ste A, 754

Temecula, CA 92592

Phone: 714-785-1333 5

Email: smal4joy@gmail.com

Website: ltht@airenetworks.com

Southern Reined Cow Horse Alliance

Larry Westmoreland PO Box 143 Tickfaw, LA 70466

Phone: 985-320-5058

Email: srcowha@gmail.com Website: www.srchala.com

Southwest Reined Cow Horse Association

Gay Lenz 11587 Hunt Lane Guthrie, OK 73044

Phone: 405-818-7556

Email: glenz@glenzenterprises.com Website: www.srcha.org

Swedish Reined Cow Horse Association

Silvio Wirth

Kyrkbyn Backagarden 1 SE-512 62 Mardaklev., Sweden

Phone: +46 70 676 7642

Email: styrelsen@srcha.eu Website: www.srcha.eu

Utah Reined Cow Horse Association

Nikki Francis 3644 N. 3300 E. Kimberly, ID 83341

Phone: 208-539-5410

Email: vpnikki@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.

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

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

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Pat Faitz, Lakeland, FL

Robert Frobose, Modesto, CA

Miguel Gonzalez, Miami, FL

A fi a e a e f e t A ill e a e t all ast 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 December 15, 2021

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

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

Kinsey Dodson, Cleburne, TX

Oasis Ranch/Pete & Marilyn Bowling Purcell, OK

Roy Hockensmith, Frankfort, KY

Brian & Cynthia Holthouse, San Juan Bautista, CA

Rita F. Ward, Canyon, TX

Darren Roberts, Kent, NY

LAE = Limited Aged Event, HS = Horse Show

SHOW SCHEDULE

as of December 15, 2021

Jan 21 MSCHA #1 HS, cat 1 Paso Robles,CA Mid State CHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 laura@midstatecowhorseassociation.com

Jan 16 - 17 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo HS, cat 1 Fort Worth, TX Nelle Murphy (580) 276-0761 baldnshiney@hotmail.com

Jan 21 - 23 2022 Happy New Year HS, cat 1 Sarasota, FL Gulf Coast CHA Claudia Nichols 772-321-9637 claudia.horseshow@gmail.com

Jan 22 - 23 CRCHA Horse Show #1 HS, cat 1 Paso Robles,CA California RCHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 crcha@saddleup-enterprises.com

Jan 22 - 27 Black Hills Stock Show HS, cat 1, cat 2 Rapid City, SD Ashley Kanaman (903) 274-6888 akentries@gmail.com

Jan 26 - 30 Saguaro Classic Quarter Horse Show HS, cat 1 Queen Creek, AZ Arizona RCHA Kelsey Rhyne (661) 889-8059 myhsentries@gmail.com

Jan 28 - 30 World Show Warm-Up HS, LAE, cat 1, cat 2 Castle Rock, CO Colorado RCHA Keri Croft (503) 701-3305 dkcroft4@frontier.com

Feb 2 - 4 Dirt & Diamonds Derby LAE, cat 1 Rancho Murieta, CA

Feb 10-21 Kalpowar Quarter Horses Celebration of Champions HS, LAE, cat 1 Fort Worth, TX

Debbie Tweedy (559) 281-1259 tweedysales@aol.com

Feb 2 - 4 Celebration Warm Up HS, cat 1 Bryan, TX South Texas RCHA Tina McCleary 979-218-0633 southtexasrcha@gmail.com

Emily Konkel (940)498-1500 entries@nrcha.com

Feb 26-27 CRCHA Horse Show #2 HS, cat 1 Paso Robles,CA California RCHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 crcha@saddleup-enterprises.com

Mar 5 - 13 Sun Country Circuit HS, cat 1 Scottsdale, AZ Arizona RCHA Connie Hay (623) 869-8576 chayazqha@aol.com

Mar 12 -13 Pot O’ Gold HS, cat 1 Temecula, CA Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft 714-267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com

Mar 19 MSCHA Show #2 HS, cat 1 Paso Robles,CA Mid State CHA

Mar 25-April 2 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes HS, LAE, cat 1 Las Vegas, NV

Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 laura@midstatecowhorseassociation.com

Emily Konkel (940)498-1500 entries@nrcha.com

Apr 9 MSCHA Show #3 HS, cat 1 Paso Robles,CA Mid State CHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 laura@midstatecowhorseassociation.com

Apr 13 - 17 Paso Robles Spring Classic Derby & Horse Show #3 HS, LAE, cat 1 Paso Robles,CA California RCHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 crcha@saddleup-enterprises.com

Apr 20 - 24 Sagebrush HS, LAE, cat 1, cat 2 Pueblo, CO Colorado RCHA Keri Croft (503) 701-3305 dkcroft4@frontier.com

Apr 26 - May 1 Heritage Days Classic HS, LAE, cat 1, cat 2 Amarillo, TX South Texas RCHA Tina McCleary (979) 218-0633 southtexasrcha@gmail.com

May 7 MSCHA Show #4 HS Paso Robles,CA Mid State CHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 laura@midstatecowhorseassociation.com

May 14 - 15 Jimmy Flores Sr. Memorial HS, cat 1, cat 2 Temecula, CA Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com

May 20 - 22 Spring Spectacular & Horse Show #4 HS, cat 1 Tulare, CA California RCHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 crcha@saddleup-enterprises.com

June 1-12 DT Horses Western Derby HS, LAE, cat 1, cat 2 Scottsdale, AZ Emily Konkel (940)498-1500 entries@nrcha.com

June 25-26 CRCHA Horse Show #5 HS, cat 1 Tulare, CA California RCHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 crcha@saddleup-enterprises.com

Jul 9 - 10 The Grant Berg Memorial HS, cat 1 Temecula, CA Southern California RCHA Kelley Hartranft (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com

Jul 9-16 (tentative) Dom Conicelli Memorial Eastern Derby, presented by MARS Equestrian™ HS, LAE Cordova, TN

Aug 6 MSCHA Show #5 HS, cat 1 Paso Robles,CA Mid State CHA

Emily Konkel (940)498-1500 entries@nrcha.com

Jul 23 - 24 CRCHA Horse Show #6 HS, cat 1 Tulare, CA California RCHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 crcha@saddleup-enterprises.com

Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 laura@midstatecowhorseassociation.com

Aug 13 - 14 CRCHA Horse Show #7 HS, cat 1 Tulare, CA California RCHA Laura Norman (559) 760-2769 crcha@saddleup-enterprises.com

Sep 2 - 4 Labor Day Show HS, cat 1 Bryan, TX South Texas RCHA Tina McCleary (979) 218-0633 southtexasrcha@gmail.com

Sep 10 - 11 September Classic HS, cat 1 Temecula, CA Southern California RCHA

Oct 6-22 A af e it t it ese te etalli at HS, LAE, cat 1 Fort Worth, TX

Oct 22 MSCHA Show #6 HS, cat 1 Paso Robles,CA Mid State CHA

Nov 9 - 13 Road To Nowhere HS, LAE, cat 1 San Angelo, TX South Texas RCHA

Nov 11 - 13 Shoot Out & Horse Shows #8 & #9 HS, cat 1 Tulare, CA California RCHA

Hartranft (714) 267-5912 klsgrn@yahoo.com

Konkel (940)498-1500 entries@nrcha.com

Norman (559) 760-2769 laura@midstatecowhorseassociation.com

McCleary (979) 218-0633 southtexasrcha@gmail.com

Norman (559) 760-2769 crcha@saddleup-enterprises.com

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