NCHA KIT KAT SUGAR SUPER STAKES
OPEN SUPER STAKES
CO-CHAMPION: REYBELS CAUSE & BEAU GALYEAN OWNER: JACKPOT RANCH WEATHERFORD BY: KRISTIN PITZER
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CUTTING HORSE CHATTER • SUMMER 2022
— Beau Galyean
“This is something that’s just forever,” Beau said of their tie. “Two brothers tied to win the second-largest show that we’ve ever had. We got to share a moment, and each have incredible runs.” “It’s so special,” Wesley said. “When we started back in our early 20s, it was just me, Beau, and our dad at the house. Beau would
Beau Galyean’s hard work paid off with a 229 for the Open Super Stakes co-championship.
SETH PETIT PHOTOGRAPHY
“This is something that’s just forever.”
video us every day. We just constantly craved to work harder and get better. We were extremely hard on each other, and we pushed each other. It’s just great when you see this come together. We're just super thankful and blessed to be in this position and have this opportunity.” Both horses come from storied pedigrees with much relevance to the Galyean brothers. Reybels Cause and Third Edge are both sired by Metallic Rebel, who Beau rode to the 2017 NCHA Open Horse of the Year, amongst other titles. SETH PETIT PHOTOGRAPHY
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inning a title at an NCHA Triple Crown event, particularly in the Open, is a feat achieved by few. Getting to share that honor with a brother is an even rarer accomplishment, one that has likely never been done before. That is, until the 2022 NCHA Kit Kat Sugar Super Stakes, held March 24 through April 16 in Fort Worth, Texas. It was no April Fool’s joke on Friday, April 1, when Beau Galyean rode Reybels Cause to a 229 - a score that held through the first set and most of the second, until his brother, Wesley Galyean, marked the same score aboard Third Edge. When the finals ended soon after, the brothers had tied for the Open Super Stakes championship, each winning $51,485.
