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2021 SNAFFLE BIT FUTURITY OWNERS INCENTIVE FUND
YOUTH WORKING RANCH HORSE
Madeline Horton and Seven S Hesa Cat, a 2013 blue roan gelding, won the Youth Working Ranch Horse Class with a composite 283.5 (R:139/C:144.5), earning $260. The horse was bred by Terry Stuart Forst and is owned by Horton of Fort Worth, Texas.
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The Animal
Hartwood Farms
Larry & Kathy Barker
Hat 6 Ranch
Best Kept Secret Ranch
Hooray / Eric & Wendy Dunn
Bet He Sparks
Kevin & Sydney Knight
Bet Hesa Cat Syndicate BMW Quarter Horses
Kit & Charlie Moncrief / Moncrief Quarter Horses
Brazos Valley Stallion Station
Matthews Cutting Horses
Call Me Mitch
Meteles Cat/Cody Hedlund
Carol Rose
Milum Performance Horses
D Lazy K Ranch
Ophir Creek Ranch
Double F Ranch / Roy & Sheri Fisher
Parks Bell Ranch
Dual Smart Rey / Strawn Valley Ranch
Shiney Outlaw / Cannon Quarter Horses
DuraPro Health
Stuart Ranch
Gardiner Quarter Horses
Wagonhound Land & Livestock
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HOCK BEHIND THE WIN
Story and photography by Katie Frank
Kevin Lippe and his Australian Kelpie, Chock, clinch the Open championship at the 2021 MARS Equestrian™ National Finals Rodear.
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ualifying with only two rodear trials under his collar, 6-year-old Australian Kelpie Chock rose to the occasion, winning the Open stock dog title at the MARS Equestrian™ National Finals Rodear for him and his handler, Kevin Lippe of Blue Eye, Missouri. This was the Rodear America Cowdog Association’s fifth year holding the event during the National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity®, presented by Metallic Cat. The cowdog association invited the top 20 dogs and handlers of 2021 from each of its three divisions—Green, Non-Pro and Open—to compete in the semi-finals, 120 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 | REINED COW HORSE NEWS
GREEN DOG CHAMPION: Moura Maycon and Flavela; Weatherford, Texas; 190 points in nine minutes; $5,000 NON-PRO CHAMPION: Jason Runfola and Timber; Gainesville, New York; 180 points in 7 minutes, 57 seconds; $8,750 OPEN CHAMPION: Kevin Lippe and Chock; Blue Eye, Missouri; 177 points in nine minutes; $12,500
