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REINING FUTURITIES

Over $1,380,000 * Paid Out *2005-2014 Scottsdale and ARBC Reining Futurities

Eleanor Hamilton, Owner Rod Matthiesen, Trainer Mark Coombs, Breeding Manager

763.767.1381 1.800.328.9923 www.EleanorsArabianFarm.com

Arabian And Half-Arabian Reining …

A BREEDER’S PERSPECTIVE AND MORE

by CHRISTY EGAN Reining is addictive. There’s a reason why the sport grows like Jack’s Magic Beanstalk in the breeds where it is discovered, planted and nurtured. It’s a delicious combination of good riding and horsemanship combined with thoughtful planning and long hours of serious practice for horse and rider. The right horse is, as always, the key ingredient. It must be physically strong, very agile and have a laundry list of good attributes, both mental and physical. You can search for and buy the good ones, or you can have the thrill and satisfaction of breeding your own. Either way, the rewards run the gamut from sheer delight and satisfaction within the work, to big money at the end of the horse show rainbow.

There are not a great many people breeding Arabian and Half-Arabian horses for reining, but those that do are excited and vocal about the future of this Arabian industry niche. Dick Ames, a producer and founder for both the Scottsdale Reining Futurities and last year’s recently launched ARBC (Arabian Reining Breeders Classic), is passionate about reining.

“My family has been in the business of horses for generations,” Dick says. “My great grandparents arrived in America with their champion Percheron Draft horses in 1874. My immediate family has been breeding purebred and Half-Arabian horses since the early 1970’s. I believe that reining is the best class in Arabian competition today. Unlike a lot of horse showing, reining is easy to understand, easy to explain to newcomers, and it’s a class where the judges are visibly and readily accountable. There are fewer politics and it’s a point per category event with subtraction for faults.”

Technically the sport sounds great, but truthfully … it’s the thrill of the action that keeps both horsemen and bleacher cowboys coming back for more. Breeding for those high performance superstars and coming up with a winner takes thought and perseverance. Breeders must look carefully within Arabian bloodlines for the finest high performance athletes and search out horses suitable for reining.

There are mental traits beyond the simple ability to perform the maneuvers, including work ethic, delight in the skill; the courage to try and the will to succeed. Cori Vokoun of Buckshot Farms, Lincoln, Neb., understands this challenge and has worked hard breeding Arabian reiners for years.

“We started with good, sound Polish Arabian foundation stock and we bought some of the Magness Arabian horses when they dispersed,” says Cori. “Dr. Ralph Johnson used to breed his good Arabian mares to Hollywood Dun It and we bought a number of those youngsters to show. We had good success. Horses like Dun Scootin+//, 11-time Half-Arabian Reining National and Reserve National Champion helped Buckshot Farms get noticed. Eventually we bought the Hollywood Dun It son, Were Dun.” Were Dun was a great cross for Arabian mares, just like his famous sire. A talented horse with great substance, Were Dun was pretty, with big eyes and a shapely neck, giving him appeal in a breed where talent wants to be complemented by beauty. He produced reining and pleasure horses with class and ability.

Were Dun sired national winners like BSF Starbuck+// and Were Dun Johnny. The stallion has been well represented at the Scottsdale Reining Futurities every year, with offspring there from the first year in 2005 to the most recent. Were Dun Johnny was the 2014 Half-Arabian Futurity Reining Champion.

Above Top: Arabian Reining Horse Association president Eleanor Hamilton.

Above Center: All Maxed Out RA (HH Maxemus x Marliera) and Andrea Fappani, 2014 Scottsdale Arabian Reining Futurity Classic and ARBC Futurity Classic Champion for owner Cotton McNutt.

Above Bottom: Buckshot Farms’ premier Quarter Horse sire Were Dun, consistently sires Half-Arabian Futurity Reining winners, making him a leading overall sire of Scottsdale Futurity winners by payout.

Right: Were Dun Johnny (Were Dun x BSF Fiona), under the tutelage of Crystal McNutt, entered the reining futurity scene in 2013 and slides into second as an overall and Half-Arabian money earner ($48,739) with his championship win at Scottsdale and taking reserve at the ARBC in the open—an extraordinary achievement. Owned

by Susan LeFevre-Friedman.

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Left: Arabian Futurity Classic Champions What It Takes and Tyson Randle have both excelled, Tyson as a Leading Trainer of winners and by payouts, and What It Takes siring reining futurity champions.

Below Top: Buckshot Farms’ Arabian stallion TA Khalil.

Below Center: TR Texas T (Ima Dun Kid x Portena) continues to reign at the top with the most money earned overall and in the Half-Arabian futurities with $49,200.

Owned by the Dennis and Linda Clark Limited Family Partnership, this impressive mare still remains in the spotlight, winning the 2014 U.S. National H/A Reining Horse Championship with Crystal McNutt.

Below Bottom: Brian Welman holds his position as the Leading Trainer of Arabian Futurity Reiners with payouts over $100,000, while his mount Fyre In The Skye (Hesa Zee x Sarabask), 2-time Scottsdale Futurity Champion, remains the top Arabian futurity money earner with $45,000. Sold to John and Susan Mekeel in 2014.

“It’s hard to choose what you get to keep when you breed horses,” admits Cori with a wry smile. “You really have to plan on getting both the good and bad from sire and dam. We personally use horses for breeding that we enjoy showing. We’ve bred to get more of the best of what we know to be good.”

Buckshot Farms is headed to the 2015 Scottsdale show with trainer Silvio Domingues and 14 horses— reiners and pleasure horses. Included is recently acquired Arabian reining stallion TA Khalil (Algonkwin x TA Khedannaa) NRHA LTE $17,160. A U.S. National Champion and Reserve in the Reining Futurity and two-time Scottsdale Reining Futurity Reserve Champion, TA Khalil is a Scottsdale Service Auction Stallion.

“It took me awhile to find the purebred Arabians I wanted to breed and show reining,” says Cori.

“They are unique. With the Scottsdale Reining Futurities and the High Roller ARBC in Las Vegas, there are many opportunities to show reining. The Short Stirrup classes at Scottsdale this year have 12 entries! At any age, you can find multiple classes to show Arabian reiners.”

The ARHA And Scottsdale’s Reining Futurities At the 2015 Scottsdale Futurities, in addition to some great prize money, there are a number of fine award saddles available (thanks to generous, much appreciated sponsors). Consequently, the highest scoring Arabian and Half-Arabian Non-Pro rider and horse 9 & older will be awarded a saddle on the final Friday or Saturday evening. The new 2015 High Point Amateur Program will recognize the top AAOTR with the prize of a one-week stay in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Points will be determined at the 2015 Scottsdale show, one regional competition of the rider’s choice and at the 2015 U.S. Nationals. Entry forms and fees are due March 15, 2015. Complete details are at the Scottsdale Reining office.

Phyllis LaMalfa also noted that the Celebrity Slide will be back by popular demand on Thursday evening, about 5 p.m. at Ring 5, followed by a big party at the new Arabian Reining Breeders Classic (ARBC) tent. Competing celebrity trainers are scheduled to include Mary Trowbridge, John Rannenberg, Jody Strand, JT Keller and Jessica Clinton.

The ARHA (Arabian Reining Horse Association) Scottsdale Reining Futurities have paid out over $1.3 million in prize money since its inception in 2005. Overall top money earner in the event so far is TR Texas T, a black Half-Arabian mare sired by Ima Dun Kid out of a predominately *Baskbred mare. Bred by Wolf Springs Ranch, owned by Dick Ames and trained by Brian Welman at the time of her wins, TR Texas T won $49,200 at the Scottsdale Futurities. Two horses have won the Scottsdale Futurity twice, Fyre In The Skye (Hesa Zee+/ out of a *Bask/*Serafix/*Raffles-bred mare) and TA Mozart (*Monogramm and *El Paso pure Polish bloodlines).

The leading overall sire in the Scottsdale Futurities is the Arabian stallion, Zee Mega Bucks (Xenophonn x Somthing Special) with 10 winners. Zee Mega Bucks was bred by Miller Arabians and is owned by Russ Brown. His full-brother, Hesa Zee+/, also bred by Miller Arabians and owned

by Eleanor Hamilton, is 2nd in the Top Five leading Scottsdale Futurity Sires by payout. Leading overall Scottsdale Futurity Sire by payout is Buckshot Farm’s Quarter Horse stallion, Were Dun, sired by Hollywood Dun It. Hollywood Dun It is the leading Quarter Horse Sire of Half-Arabian Scottsdale Futurity winners by number of winners (9). This legendary Quarter Horse stallion was owned by Tim McQuay. When asked what mares crossed particularly well with Hollywood Dun It and his bloodlines, McQuay just laughs.

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“We were so lucky with Hollywood Dun It,” says Tim. “We bred so many different mares, Quarter Horses and Arabians. They all did well. He sired open horses, non-pro, and kid’s horses. He was just a unique animal.” A great many horsemen made their reputation and their fortune riding and breeding Hollywood Dun It sons or daughters.

Regarding Reining breeding sires, the Arabian equivalent of Hollywood Dun It would probably be the great Xenophonn (Bolero++ x Farviews Kamal). Owned by Miller Arabians for over half his life, Xenophonn was a great cutting horse champion and the leading all-time Arabian sire of Working Western horses. Longtime ARHA President, Eleanor Hamilton, based much of her 30-year breeding program for reiners on Xenophonn.

“My Arabian program features *Muscat breeding through his son, Crown Musc+ and Xenophonn bloodlines through a number of his good daughters and his son, Hesa Zee+/, my best sire,” says Eleanor. “Hesa Zee+/ no longer stands to outside mares, but we continue to breed him at home.

We plan to present him at a party this year at the U.S. Nationals in Tulsa to celebrate his life and achievements. Hopefully, many of his offspring and their owners will be there to see him and wish him well.” In recent years, some of Eleanor’s best, older Quarter Horse and Arabian stallions have passed on. She is currently testing some new, young Arabian stallions as possible sires. Some of her best Arabian mares were bred in 2013 and 2014 to young, up-and-coming Quarter Horse sires.

The first foals are very promising … just ask Tammye Hutton of Hilldale Farm, breeder of Wimpys Little Step (NRHA $7 Million Dollar Sire) and Nu Chex To Cash (NRHA $2 Million Dollar Sire).

“I met Eleanor Hamilton a few years ago, and when she expressed an interest in breeding her stallion Hesa Zee+/ to one of my mares, I recommended Rondas Tio ($80,000 producer) and she agreed.

The resulting colt is a ‘cherry red’ sorrel with flaxen mane and tail and lots of chrome. Both he and the Chexamillion colt out of Eleanor’s winning reining mare Lady Muscana are very popular with visitors. They pick them out immediately as their favorites. The sorrel is finer boned than the bay, but they both are very pretty, great-tempered and full of potential.”

The ARBC At Scottsdale And Las Vegas The ARBC (Arabian Reining Breeders Classic) is planning a large tent and presence right on Ring 5 this year at Scottsdale. It’s set on the little hill just south of the Reining office and designed on two levels, so that horsemen and fans can sit at nice tables on comfortable chairs with a great view of the ring. There is a Handicapped access ramp, and coffee, drinks and snacks are served throughout the day. Additionally, the ARBC is hosting a great party with a buffet on Thursday evening following the Celebrity Slide. The ARBC’s first annual High Point awards, combining Arabian and Half-Arabian reining wins from the Las Vegas High Roller show and the 2014 Scottsdale show … plus the ARBC Youth Scholarship announcements, will top off an evening of fun, friends and reining. ARBC Manager, Amanda Brumley, is excited about the program’s first venue at the Scottsdale Arabian Show.

“In addition to the ARBC’s Futurity High Point prizes, there are ancillary awards that we will be presenting to High Point Non-Pro, Open and Youth winners, as well as Scholarship awards,” says Brumley. “Our booth will provide a meeting place where people can enjoy the reining competition, the company, and obtain more information about the ARBC. There‘s lots of room, heaters for occasional chilly mornings, shelter from the desert sun and maybe some rain! There, we will advocate the sport of reining, provide refreshments and encouragement, and talk about breeding and showing reiners.”

Pertinent to stallion involvement, the ARBC is on a stallion enrollment campaign and has now agreed to sign up aged stallions (and those recently deceased with frozen semen) for a modest $750 fee. Contact the ARBC directly for complete details.

After the Scottsdale show, the ARBC looks forward to the High Roller Reining Classic, September 11-19, 2015. Save the dates!

When discussing strategy used to find the right stallion or mare to create a foal with reining potential, comments are generally less scientific than you’d expect. It’s true that longtime breeders have favorite, tried and true bloodlines, both Arabian and Quarter Horse. Still, trainers and breeders alike, repeat sentiments that simply site crossing champion reining stallions with champion reining mares. NRHA Professional Andrea Fappani suggests that a neophyte might find a good, older mare that is sound, still reining and possibly taking care of kids in the ring.

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Above Top: Zee Mega Bucks ‘reins’ supreme as the Overall Arabian Leading Sire in number of purebred futurity winners and payouts of over $106,000. Owned by Russ Brown of Diamond B Training.

Above Center: McQuay’s Stables’ Hollywood Dun It, sire of Were Dun, remains the overall non-Arabian leader in number of Half-Arabian Futurity Reining winners.

Above Bottom: Hesa Zee, owned by Eleanor Hamilton, proves he is a successful sire of Futurity winners and brings in the money for his get.

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SCOTTSDALE AND ARBC REINING FUTURITIES— To date, since 2005, the Scottsdale Reining Futurity Finals has paid out over one million *($1,308,801.32), and the ARBC, over $80,000 in its first year. Payouts provided by ARHA and are Championship Payout figures only only. Owners and Trainers listed at time of win.

TOP TEN OVERALL MONEY EARNERS— 1. TR TEXAS T - $49,200 – Champion ($40,000) and 3rd ($9,200) 2008 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC; 2007 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Richard Ames, T: Brian Welman 2. WERE DUN JOHNNY – $48,739 – 2-time Reserve ($11,000 & $7,739) and Champion ($30,000) 2013 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC (Res) 2014 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC (Ch) 2014 ARBC H/A FUTURITY CLASSIC LEVEL 4 OPEN (Res) O: Susan Lefevre-Friedman, T: Crystal McNutt 3. FYRE IN THE SKYE - $45,000 – Champion ($20,000) and Champion ($25,000) 2009 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC; 2008 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Richard Ames, T: Brian Welman 4. HOLLYWOOD PLAYBOY - $42,000 – Champion ($40,000) and 6th ($2,000) 2006 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC - O: Fieldcrest Farms LLC, T: Crystal McNutt 2005 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC - O: Ronald Scott and Carolyn Gipson, Trainer: Gordon Potts 5. TR SKID MARK - $40,520 – Champion ($36,000) and 7th ($4,520) 2010 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC - T: Tyson Randle 2009 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC - T: Matt Mills O: Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc. 6. JSN WHIZZEN - $40,400 – 6th ($4,400) and Champion ($36,000) 2012 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC; 2011 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Jensen Arabians, Inc., T: Crystal McNutt 7. DIAMONDS A SHINING – Champion - $40,000 2005 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Joe Betten, T: Crystal McNutt 8. CR DUDLEY DUN RIGHT – Champion - $36,000 2007 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Robert and Devin Miller, T: Steve Schwartzenberger TA MOZART - $36,000 – Champion ($16,000) and Champion ($20,000) 2012 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC; 2011 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Kimberly Tillman, T: John O’Hara TUCKS FOR BUCKS – Champion - $36,000 2009 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Catherine and Robert Walther, T: John O’Hara Original Scottsdale Futurity Foundation Sponsors, l-r: Dick Ames, Eleanor Hamilton, Joe Betten and Tom Redmond.

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TOP FIVE ARABIAN MONEY EARNERS— 1. FYRE IN THE SKYE - $45,000 – Champion ($20,000) and Champion ($25,000) 2009 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC 2008 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Richard Ames, T: Brian Welman 2. TA MOZART - $36,000 – Champion ($16,000) and Champion ($20,000) 2012 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC 2011 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Richard Ames, T: John O’Hara 3. ALL MAXED OUT RA - $27,859 – 3-time Champion ($16,000, $7,712 and $647) and 4th ($3,500) 2013 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC (4th), O: Richard Ames, T: Brian Welman 2014 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC, T: Andrea Fappani 2014 ARBC ARABIAN FUTURITY CLASSIC LEVEL 4 OPEN, T: Andrea Fappani 2014 ARBC ARABIAN FUTURITY CLASSIC LEVEL 4 NON-PRO, T: Cotton McNutt O: Cotton McNutt 4. WHAT IT TAKES – Champion - $25,000 2006 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc., T: Tyson Randle 5. MINDING PS AND QS - $24,200 – Champion ($20,000) and 3rd ($4,200) 2007 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC 2006 SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Richard Ames, T: Brian Welman

TOP FIVE HALF-ARABIAN MONEY EARNERS— 1. TR TEXAS T - $49,200 – Champion ($40,000) and 3rd ($9,200) 2008 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Richard Ames/Mindy Peters? (2/20/08), T: Brian Welman 2007 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Richard Ames, T: Brian Welman 2. WERE DUN JOHNNY – $48,739 – 2-time Reserve ($11,000 & $7,739) and Champion ($30,000) 2013 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC (Res) 2014 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC (Ch) 2014 ARBC H/A FUTURITY CLASSIC LEVEL 4 OPEN (Res) O: Susan Lefevre-Friedman, T: Crystal McNutt 3. HOLLYWOOD PLAYBOY - $42,000 – Champion ($40,000) and 6th ($2,000) 2006 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Fieldcrest Farms LLC, T: Crystal McNutt 2005 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Ronald Scott and Carolyn Gipson, T: Gordon Potts 4. TR SKID MARK - $40,520 – Champion ($36,000) and 7th ($4,520) 2010 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC, T: Tyson Randle 2009 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC, T: Matt Mills O: Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc. 5. JSN WHIZZEN - $40,400 – 6th ($4,400) and Champion ($36,000) 2012 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC 2011 SCOTTSDALE HA/AA REINING FUTURITY CLASSIC O: Jensen Arabians, T: Crystal McNutt 6 ScottSdale Reining | ARABIAN HORSE TIMES

TOP FIVE OVERALL OWNERS—

by Number of Winners 1. Richard Ames 2. Buckshot Farms 3. Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc. 4. Timothy Anderson Joe Betten

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by Payout 1. Richard Ames 2. Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc. 3. Joe Betten 4. Buckshot Farms 5. Timothy Anderson

$212,203 $86,880 $74,884 $61,171 $60,275

TOP FIVE ARABIAN OWNERS—

TOP FIVE HALF-ARABIAN OWNERS—

By Payout 1. Richard Ames 2. Kimberly Tillman 3. Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc. 4. David Kent 5. Cotton McNutt

By Payout 1. Richard Ames 2. Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc. 3. Joe Betten 4. Susan LeFevre-Friedman 5. Timothy Anderson

$103,331 $39,350 $25,000 $24,500 $24,360

$108,872 $61,880 $64,884 $48,739 $48,400

TOP FIVE OVERALL BREEDERS—

TOP FIVE ARABIAN BREEDERS—

by Payout 1. Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc. $156,498 2. Richard Ames $125,812 3. Buckshot Farms $120,431 4. Ronald Scott and Carolyn Gipson $73,535 5. Joyce Borchardt $69,200

By Payout 1. Joyce Borchardt 2. Richard Ames 3. Toskhara Arabians LP 4. Bazy Tankersley 5. Dusty Morgan

$69,200 $61,331 $49,550 $38,532 $28,490

TOP FIVE HALF-ARABIAN BREEDERS—

By Payout 1. Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc. $137,903 2. Buckshot Farms $101,843 3. Ronald Scott and Carolyn Gipson $73,535 4. Crown Ranch $65,220 5. Richard Ames $64,481

Above: Tom Redmond and his Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc., earns the title of leading overall and Half-Arabian Breeder, having bred a winner or two in the reining futurities 9 of the 10 years and bred the top earning horse TR Texas T, for a total in winnings of over $155,000.

Left: Joyce Borchardt holds her title of Leading Arabian Reining Futurity Breeder this year, with winnings of over $69,000.

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TOP FIVE OVERALL TRAINERS—

by Number of Winners 1. Crystal McNutt 2. Tyson Randle 3. John O’Hara 4. Brian Welman 5. Jim Anderson Kim Diercks Matt Mills

26 21 15 13 5 5 5

by Payout 1. Crystal McNutt 2. Tyson Randle 3. Brian Welman 4. John O’Hara 5. Steve Schwartzenberger

$286,231 $224,405 $211,728 $177,880 $59,980

TOP FIVE ARABIAN TRAINERS—

TOP FIVE HALF-ARABIAN TRAINERS—

By Payout 1. Brian Welman 2. Crystal McNutt 3. John O’Hara 4. Tyson Randle 5. Nathan Kent

By Payout 1. Crystal McNutt 2. Tyson Randle 3. John O’Hara 4. Brian Welman 5. Steve Schwartzenberger

$103,856 $71,312 $61,360 $53,875 $25,800

TOP FIVE OVERALL SIRES—

by Number of Winners 1. Zee Mega Bucks 10 2. Hollywood Dun It (deceased) 9 3. Were Dun (deceased) 8 4. Hollywood White 7 5. Kordelas 6

Owner Russ Brown AQHA - McQuay’s Stables AQHA - Buckshot Farms AQHA - Forgotten Lane Farm Toskhara Arabians LP

$214,919 $170,530 $116,520 $107,872 $59,980

by Payout 1. Were Dun (deceased) $107,228 2. Zee Mega Bucks $106,117 3. Hollywood White $79,208 4. Hesa Zee $77,388 5. Hollywood Dun It $63,284 (deceased)

Owner AQHA - Buckshot Farms Russ Brown AQHA - Forgotten Lane Farm Eleanor Hamilton AQHA - McQuay’s Stables

by Payout 1. Zee Mega Bucks $106,117 2. Hesa Zee $77,388 3. Kordelas $57,730 4. HH Maxemus $40,027 5. Jaborrs Impack $38,940

Owner Russ Brown Eleanor Hamilton Toskhara Arabians LP Stacey Grandon & Lisa Kirkpatrick Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc.

TOP FIVE PUREBRED SIRES—

by Number of Arabian and Half-Arabian winners 1. Zee Mega Bucks 2. Kordelas 3. Jaborrs Impack AM Good Oldboy Hesa Zee

10 6 5 5 5

Owner Russ Brown Toskhara Arabians LP Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc. Bazy Tankersley Eleanor Hamilton

TOP FIVE HALF-ARABIAN SIRES—

by Number of Winners 1. Hollywood Dun It (deceased) 9 2. Hollywood White 7 3. Were Dun (deceased) 8 4. Tucknicolor 4 Brennas Golden Dunit 4

Owner AQHA - McQuay’s Stables AQHA - Forgotten Lane Farm AQHA - Buckshot Farms AQHA AQHA - John Rivard/ Remedy Ranch

by Payout 1. Were Dun 2. Hollywood White 3. Hollywood Dun It (deceased) 4. Ima Dun Kid 5. Brennas Golden Dunit

$107,228 $79,208 $63,284

Sire’s Owner AQHA AQHA AQHA - McQuay’s Stables

$61,468 $50,907

AQHA AQHA

Above Left: Crystal McNutt’s abilities as the Overall and Half-Arabian Futurity Reining Trainer, speaks for itself through her continuous yearly wins and astounding $286,231 in payouts for her clients and their horses.

Above right: Kordelas’ get continues to win in the futurity reining division, making him an Arabian leading sire in number of winners and payouts.

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Th e L e a d i n g A r a b i a n R e i n i n g S i r e

Zee Mega Bucks (Xenophonn x Somthing Special, by Gay Apollo++)

2014 AHT LEADING REINING SIRE Overall sire by winners Overall Arabian sire by payout -- $106,117 Sire of Purebreds by winners Sire of Purebreds by payout -- $106,117 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPION ARABIAN REINING FUTURITY HORSE

2-TIME CANADIAN NATIONAL RESERVE CHAMPION REINING HORSE 6-TIME U.S. NATIONAL TOP TEN REINING HORSE Owned by: Russ Brown DIAMOND B TRAINING STABLES PO Box 1061, Newberg, OR 97132 503-539-3763 • 503-550-7438 E-mail: beetrainin@aol.com www.DiamondBtraining.com Volume 45, No. 9 | SCOTTSDALE R EINING 9

What's Your Slide?

TA Giovanni (Kordelas x Gloria)

2003 Purebred Bay Arabian Stallion

Canadian National Champion Reining Open Canadian and Youth National Champion Reining JTR Canadian National Champion Western Pl. JOTR & JTR Scottsdale Champion Non Pro Reining Derby 2015 Stud Fee: $1,500 Multiple Mare Discount Available • Shipped Semen Available

What Whiz That

(Who Whiz It, by Top Sail Whiz x Chic Out Mamma, by Smart Chic O'Lena) 2005 AQHA Palomino Stallion

NRHA Money Earner AQHA Point Earner in Reining and Halter AQHA World Show Finalist in Reining

2015 Stud Fee: $1,500 Multiple Mare Discount Available • Shipped Semen Available

Bueno Sis Starlight

(Bueno Chexinic x Lena Sis Starlight) 2003 AQHA Bay Stallion

NRHA Money Earner AQHA Point Earner in Reining AQHA World Show Qualifier

ARBC Nominated Stallion 2015 Stud Fee: $1,500 Multiple Mare Discount Available • Shipped Semen Available

Owned and Standing at: Silver Aspen Ranch 38912 172nd Ave SE • Auburn, WA 98092 • 253-833-5243 • www.silveraspenranch.com Trainers: LaRae Fletcher Powell • Cheryl Fletcher • Jaime Smith • Skylar Powell

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You’re Invited!

Thursday, February 19th, 2015 ~ 6:00 p.m. held at the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show at WestWorld of Scottsdale, to the ARBC

Celebration Party, hosted by Cedar Ridge Arabians

Everyone Is Welcome!

Festivities include: ARBC High Point Award Presentations ARBC Youth Scholarship Presentations Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show ~ Reining Futurity Finals Draw Party and Calcutta Meet & Greet with NRHA Professionals, Breeders & ARBC Sponsors Dinner and Beverages will be served and are FREE!

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Come by our booth at the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show February 12 - 22, 2015. Located by the Reining Arenas

www.ArabianReiningBreedersClassic.com For more information contact Amanda Brumley (602) 316-6782, brumleymanagementgroup@gmail.com

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2015 EXPECTED FOALS

TA Mozart x Bint Myraa TA Mozart x Delicatta TA Mozart x Cee N Gunsmoke TA Mozart x AM Thorny Rose TA Mozart x Ms Great Whiz TA Mozart x AM Starry Night TA Mozart x Nspiring Jazz TA Mozart x Golden’s Lil Sugar TA Mozart x Al Marah Swift River TA Mozart x AM Heavenly Design TA Mozart x Al Marah Power Parade

Filly Colt

01/12/15 01/16/15 02/12/15 02/27/15 03/27/15 03/28/15 04/06/15 04/13/15 05/15/15 06/08/15 06/13/15

TA Mozart x AM Thorny Rose TA Mozart x Nspiring Jazz HH Maxemus x Golden’s Lil Sugar TA Mozart x Al Marah Swift River TA Mozart x Minding Ps and Qs TA Mozart x AM Heavenly Design TA Mozart x Al-Marah Amelius

Arabian Gelding Arabian Gelding HA Gelding Arabian Filly Arabian Gelding Arabian Colt Arabian Colt

03/19/14 04/24/14 04/03/14 04/29/14 05/16/14 05/26/14 06/14/14

TA Mozart x Jaborrs Lita BL N Style x Bint Myraa HH Maxemus x Goldens Lil Sugar TA Mozart x Nspiring Jazz TA Mozart x Nspiring Jazz

Arabian Colt Arabian Colt HA Filly Arabian Filly Arabian Filly

03/29/13 04/06/13 03/26/13 04/07/13 04/21/13

YEARLINGS

Thorn Inmy Slide RA Facethemuzic RA Bullwinkle RA (Smoky) Swiftkicknthepantz RA Mozeyondown RA Heavenzent RA (Forrest) Amadeus RA (DayDay) 2-YEAR-OLDS

Mozarts Mulligan RA (Mully) Nuttin But Style RA Lil Sugar Max RA (Mia) Spin Art RA Nspired By Mozart RA

Offering You A Select Group Of Great Prospects.

CONTACT: Diana Loerzel • 952-492-6590 • di@cedarridgearabians.com • www.cedar-ridge.com Brian Welman • 612-991-5881 • www.brianwelman.com

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Ames Reining Horses Have Won Over

$200,000 *

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FYRE IN THE SKYE

MINDING PS AND QS

2008 & 2009 Scottsdale Champion LTE $45,000

SLIDE N STYLE

2007 Scottsdale Champion LTE $30,880

2010 Scottsdale Reserve Champion LTE $13,910

GONE N DUNIT RA

2013 Scottsdale Champion LTE $30,000

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2007 & 2008 Scottsdale Champion LTE $49,200

ALL MAXED OUT RA

2013 & 2014 Scottsdale Champion 2014 ARBC Champion LTE $27,859

(*2005-2014 Scottsdale and ARBC Reining Futurities.

Horses bred and/or owned by Dick Ames at time of win.)

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2015 Scottsdale Contenders DUNMINDING PS AND QS Hollywood Dun It x Minding Ps and Qs

HA/AA Reining FutuRity ClAssiC witH BRiAn welmAn

NSPIRING FOR THE TOP Nobles Top Gun x Nspiring Jazz

ARABiAn Reining FutuRity ClAssiC witH BRiAn welmAn

PROPER ETIQUETTE RA HH Maxemus x Minding Ps and Qs

ARABiAn Reining FutuRity ClAssiC witH BRiAn welmAn

RUN AND DUN

Hollywood Dun It x Runaround Patasue

HA/AA Reining FutuRity ClAssiC witH BRiAn welmAn

WHERES WANDA RA

Colonels Smoking Gun x Minding Ps and Qs

HA/AA Reining FutuRity ClAssiC witH BRiAn welmAn ____________________________________________________

MAX DUNIT RA HH Maxemus x She Dun Slid

HA/AA Reining FutuRity ClAssiC witH CRystAl mCnutt

MAXS GIRL RA HH Maxemus x Marliera

ARABiAn Reining FutuRity ClAssiC witH CRystAl mCnutt

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Dunminding Ps and Qs

Maxs Girl RA

Wheres Wanda RA

Proper Etiquette RA

Nspiring Forthe Top

Run And Dun

Owned by Dick Ames

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WHEN A HORSE LOOKS LIKE THIS ...

Negatraz Monogramm *Monogramma Kordelas Palas Kabala Kometa

TA MOZART

2007 Chestnut Stallion

Banat Arbil Arba Marieta El Paso Miranda Mitra

WITH NATURAL ABILITY LIKE THIS ...

AND YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THIS ...

U.S. N at i o N a l ChampioN

L i f e t i m e E ar n i ng s :

$53, 5 8 9 +

Arabian Reining Breeders Classic Stallion | Iowa Gold Star Stallion | Minnesota Medallion Stallion

FOR BREEDINGS, CONTACT:

MIKE BRENNAN | 952-492-6590 | www.cedar-ridge.com or BRIAN WELMAN | 612-991-5881 | www.brianwelman.com

DON’T MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BOOK YOUR MARES TO TA MOZART.

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