///////// 2022 WORLD’S GREATEST YOUTH HORSEMAN
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Emily Kent and trusty gelding CallMe Mister Mister powered to the World’s Greatest Youth Horseman Champion title after three years of gunning for the win. By Kate Bradley Byars Photographs by Primo Morales
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he 2022 Kalpowar Quarter Horses Celebration of Champions was memorable for Texas Youth Emily Kent. Riding two horses during the show, the 18-yearold piloted to the Non Pro Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby Champion title and the National High School Rodeo Association Reined Cow Horse Challenge win on her 5-year-old gelding On The Reydio. However, it was the win on 13-year-old gelding CallMe Mister Mister that Kent had been gunning for since the first-ever World’s Greatest Youth Horseman, presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN™. This year, she captured that golden ring. “I wanted to be the first girl to win it and show everybody that girls can rope just as good as the guys can,” Kent said. “The numbers [in the Youth event] have grown every year, significantly. I was out there with a great bunch of horses and riders tonight.” Riding with seven other Youth entries during the Finals of Western Bloodstock and Hashtags World’s Greatest Horseman on Saturday, February 19, they felt the electricity of riding for a sold-out crowd in the historic Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas. The intensity brought out big scores from all eight of the Youth who qualified to ride that night based on their composite preliminary scores.
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TOP 8 WORLD’S GREATEST YOUTH HORSEMAN, ™ PRESENTED BY MARS EQUESTRIAN
(Rider/ Horse/Pedigree/Owner/Composite Score/Money)
1. Emily Kent; CallMe Mister Mister; 09G (Mister Dual Pep x Travelin With Sass x Travelena); Leslie Kent; 746; $3,700 2. Cutter McLaughlin; CD Dee Vee Dee; 05G (CD Lights x Shiners Missy Jay x Shining Spark); Jay and Wendy McLaughlin; 737.5; $2,960 3. Lannie-Jo Lisac; LooksLikeLuckToMe; 13M (Smart Boons x Dual Lookin Pep x Dual Pep); Timothy and Katherine Miller; 727; $2,220 4. Kylie Haskins; Pepe Le Wright; 12G (Hes Wright On x Soula Jule Forever x Soula Jule Star); Kylie Haskins; 718; $1,776 5. Emilee Charlesworth; Smart Sugar Star; 10G (Smart Sugar Badger x Telestar x Lenas Telesis); Colee Charlesworth; 716; $1,480 6. Caroline Buchanan; A Time For Jazz; 10G (One Time Pepto x Starlight And Jazz x Grays Starlight); Anne Buchanan; 708; $1,184 7. Ali Norcutt; Soulas Hickory Star ;13G (Soula Jule Star x Turn Liz Loose x Docs Hickory); Darrel Norcutt; 706; $888 8. Sophia Patino; SmartLilMister; 13G (Mr PlayinStylish x Little Smart Ginger x Smart Little Lena); Sophia Patino; 702.5; $592
