OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL REINED COW HORSE ASSOCIATION
MAY/JUNE 2022
VOLUME 27, NO. 3
NOTHING SHORT of
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Phillip Ralls piloted Short N Catt to the Open Bridle Spectacular win and a spot in the 2022 Run For A Million.
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STALLION STAKES and it to Hendrixx 92 H
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John Swales and Hendrixx win big in the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes Derby.
Swinging for the Fences 100
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108 Nothing Short of Spectacular
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Debbie Crafton advanced four horses to the Non Pro Finals, clinching the Champion and Reserve Champion titles
The horse and rider teams topping their respective Spectacular division each had a mission and a goal, and they more than hit the mark.
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Big Winners in Vegas: Horse Show 126 136 The First Cut
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NRCHA Foundation: Stories from the Shedrow NRCHA Gains Sponsor Metallic Cat $5 Million Dollar Sire 2023 Celebration of Champions Qualifying Points Herd Helpers
Eight riders punched a ticket to The Run For A Million Cow Work Challenge.
PRIMO MORALES
MEMBER ROUNDUP 36 42
Know the Pro: Matt Frederick otable Non Pro: N Jecca Ostrander
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dmirable Assistants: A Alethea Prewett
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aces of the NRCHA: F Tina McCleary
IN EVERY ISSUE
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Four were inducted into the NRCHA Hall of Fame, and the Vaquero Award was presented, at the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes. Coverage begins on page 73.
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From the Executive Director NRCHA President’s Letter From the Judge’s Chair From the NRCHYA NRCHA Committee Directory Affiliate List Suspended Member List NRCHA Sanctioned Events
FEATURES 66 F un in the Sun
Check out six sizzling side trips in Scottsdale, Arizona, during the DT Horses Western Derby.
70 Towing Safety Tips
From our Corporate partner Lippert, parent company of CURT and Ranch Hand.
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On the cover: Aboard Sarah Davis’ gelding Short N Catt, Phillip Ralls earned the Open Bridle Spectacular title. Coverage begins on page 108. Photo by Primo Morales.
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Growth is the theme of the season, whether we’re talking about the growth that abounds in the spring or the growth we continue to see in our arenas. Once again, we’ve just finished a record-breaking premier event, where John Swales and Hendrixx, owned by Monica Wille, bested the field of nearly 200 horses competing in the Open divisions of the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes to bring home the $50,000 prize. Ninety-nine (yes, you read that right) horses entered in the concurrent Open Bridle and Open Bridle Spectacular, with 83 horses entered in The Run For A Million Qualifier. The night ended in a Dr. Anna Morrison run-off to determine which eight riders earned a spot at the August event. The huge field of bridle horses was truly a testament that we are still maintaining our commitment to the bridle horse as our association grows. As we know, with growth often come growing pains, and we have all felt them. As our schedules expand to accommodate more entries, open riding hours for warmup get reduced. More people are trying to prepare their horses for success in fewer hours, which puts a lot of pressure on our exhibitors, horses, facility partners, and practice pens. Our shows have longer days, more days, or sometimes both, and stall barns are nearing capacity at every premier event. Yes, growth creates many potential challenges. But growth also creates new and exciting opportunities. Interest in reined cow horse sport is spilling over from NRCHA into more arenas. New partners are joining us in supporting and expanding the reach of our horses and horsemen. We have new owners and exhibitors joining the NRCHA family. All of this growth helps to keep our sport sustainable, and our purses increasing to better reward our owners and riders. Those impacts of growth are the goal. Since we’ve just left the wonderful South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, perhaps we’ve still got a bit of gambling on our minds. So, when it comes to the growth over last year for the DT Horses Western Derby in Scottsdale and the Dom Conicelli Memorial Eastern Derby presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN™ in Cordova, will you take the over or the under? Betting on NRCHA,
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FROM THE PRESIDENT What a time we had in Las Vegas at the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes! We saw more prize money for our best paying Stallion Stakes this year, and an amazing group of young horses! From those that sit and help in herd work, to the parents that assist in coordinating youth Corey Cushing, NRCHA president activities, to those who are helping out at all levels of the show to ensure people get their horses ridden, get to classes on time, and have a successful show, our National Reined Cow Horse Association thrives on support from volunteers and those that always pitch in. One of those is Debby Sanguinetti, who received the Vaquero Award this year during the Hall of Fame Banquet. I met Debby when I was working for Ted Robinson. She’s had a lot of great horses, either ones she made herself or a snaffle bitter that didn’t make the Open program but fit her in the versatility. She is a judge, shows cow horse and versatility and has always been there at weekend shows and the premier events closer to her. Win, lose or draw, she enjoys coming to the shows and being part of our cow horse family. She, like many of us, love the pure enjoyment of cow horse. The Vaquero Award gives a nod appreciation for people that give to the association and love the association. People that have been involved in the very beginning of the association, like Debby and this year’s Hall of Fame inductees Doug Ingersoll and John Ward, had the spotlight shined on them for their contributions to the advancement
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of our association and our sport as whole. We were able to applaud those legends that built our association, like Doc Bar and Shining Spark, and our competitive standards, like former Hall of Fame inductees that we honored on stage at the Hall of Fame Banquet. We started strong in our dedication to preserving the traditions of reined cow horse and we continue on that path. There are new horizons to cross, and The Run For A Million is helping us reach for those goals by showcasing our sport. There were more than 80 horses—80 bridle horses—entered in the Qualifier. I didn’t realize we had so many great bridle horses out there. I thought we had just gathered all of the amazing bridle horses with the 67-horse field in the Western Bloodstock and Hashtags’ World’s Greatest Horseman. But there were many more in Vegas. Trainers were entered on bridle horses that their Non Pro customers have been showing. I thought it was cool to see the Youth in the World’s Greatest Youth Horseman showing such good horses that many of us trainers had seen come up along the years, but this Qualifier, it blew our minds. Sitting at the back gate, us trainers felt the pressure. We felt like all these horses could be great—and they were only taking the top eight. Everyone was kind of on edge. It was intense! This was a great class and every horse could have been in there. I can’t wait to show it again at the DT Horses Western Derby to see who makes the top eight from that event.
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KATE BRADLEY BYARS
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veryone has their strengths and weakness when it comes to showing reined cow horse. Reading a cow accurately is almost a must when competing to win at the National Reined Cow Horse Association premier events or even at our weekend shows. Sometimes luck is involved by drawing the perfect cow to work, but when that doesn’t happen the showman that reads the cow the best has a definite advantage. In the herd work, most people pick the cattle they want to work before they walk down to the herd. They have watched cattle when the herd was settled and usually watch each rider before them cut so they know which cattle have been used and which are still fresh. Having a good idea about the behavior of cattle to be cut goes a long way toward earning a good score. Cutting in the center of the pen and staying even on both sides of the cow are a must for credit. How far to go by the cow to turn and control him is a part of reading a cow accurately. Go too far, you might lose working advantage; don’t go far enough, the cow might not turn so your help or the fence have to turn him—no credit there. The exhibitors that read the cow the best know when they can play offense and when to play defense. If the cow is aggressively trying to get back to
A horse and rider’s position on a cow at the start of a run will change the overall run score and outcome.
the herd, it’s time to be on the defensive. If the animal lets you control him in the middle of the pen, it’s time to play offense. When the cow enters the arena during the cow work the experienced showman starts sizing up the animal. Some cattle head better than others, some are numb and don’t head at all, and some are a combination of both. The idea, while boxing, is to get on both sides of the cow to stop and turn it so when you get to the head on the fence the animal will honor the horse and turn. How long the animal is boxed has a lot to do with how the rest of the fence work plays out. Boxing too long takes too much juice out of the cow and the finish is usually weakened. Don’t box enough on a numb, active animal and you risk
airing your horse out on the fence and have a tough time finishing in control on the circles. The No.1 priority when judging the cow work is: Did the horse have position and control during the entire cow work? If they did, and also had at least an average to good amount of degree of difficulty, they should earn a good score. Reading the cow accurately allows the exhibitor to be consistent throughout the work and finish strong. Remember, using good judgment on a cow always gives you a fighting chance. Until Next Time, Bill Enk NRCHA Director of Judges
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t the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes in Las Vegas, Nevada, the parents and staff kept all National Reined Cow Horse Youth Association members and the “littles” hopping! First, we had festive Easter activities to keep all the Youth busy. An Easter egg hunt started off the fun at the South Point. In addition to the Easter egg hunt, a scavenger hunt around the stall barns was quite entertaining to watch. The kids had a list of items to take pictures of, and this was quite fun to watch them run around trying to hunt down the items. Then, there was a poster decorating station for the kids to participate in. They made many creative and cool posters to cheer on their favorite horse and rider duos that were in the Finals of multiple events. During the poster decorating, The Saddle House also sponsored a pizza party for all NRCHA Youth. All of these activities, as well as many in the past, have been sponsored by Terri and Joe Carter. Other activities such as the museum trip that took place at the Snaffle Bit Futurity®, the Youth Activities Room, having distanced learning WiFi, and many of the crafts that have taken place at the premier event shows have all happened because of Terri and Joe Carter. The NRCHYA would like to say a big thank you to Terri and Joe. We really appreciate your contribution to the youth of the NRCHA! —Tylor Todd ELIZABETH ELLIS
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FROM THE Through stories from the shedrow, the NRCHA Foundation continues to preserve the heritage and traditions of reined cow horses. Presented by Kalpowar Quarter Horses COURTESY OF THE NRCHA ARCHIVES
Doc N Missy took Bobby Ingersoll to the 1978 Snaffle Bit Futurity® Champion title.
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n 1978, the first Doc Bar-sired horse won the National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity®. In fact, Doc N Missy was the only horse sired by Doc Bar to earn that distinction. Bobby Ingersoll piloted the mare, owned by Oxbow Ranch, to that title. It may seem like a small piece of the pie containing all of Doc Bar’s contributions to the reined cow horse industry, but it is an important piece. Ingersoll, who lives in Reno, Nevada, accepted the Hall of Fame inductee presentation on behalf of Doc Bar’s connections at the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes in March. It is fitting, as Ingersoll can point to multiple career highlights that were directly due to the sire. The first National Cutting Horse Association Futurity Doc Bar-sired horse was ridden by Ingersoll, Knotty Bar (out of Mansita by Jimmy Reed). Then, there were multiple other reined cow horses he piloted to titles before earning the Snaffle Bit crown. “I showed Rub A Dub Doc to win the first all-around Championship at the Cal Expo in the middle 70s, and I won the Bridle Sweepstakes at the Snaffle Bit Futurity and a
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number of Open Bridle Horse championships and Non Pro championships,” Ingersoll recalled. “Then there was Docs Abe, who was fourth in the 1971 Snaffle Bit Futurity and won the Hackamore Maturity on him in 1972 in Santa Rosa then became a bridle horse Sweepstakes champion at the Cow Palace, and there may have been a few more.” Ingersoll out in the time on Doc Bar bred horses. But for him, Doc N Missy (out of Missy Hankie x Tonto Bars Hank) topped them all. “She was definitely an athlete, good minded, quick footed and accepted training in three different disciplines,” he said. “It’s hard enough to train one in one discipline, but she did them all. She was great down the fence and I marked 78s and 79s down the fence. She was a great all-around cow horse. She went on to [show] in the NCHA and became the NCHA World Champion Mare in 1981 with Bobby Nelson after I had her.” For Ingersoll, the mare had the mind that all trainers in reined cow horse wanted to find. Plus, she had the talent that matched her grit in the cow pen. “She was one of the greatest individuals I ever trained. I showed in the Snaffle Bit Futurity 43 years, I showed 103 3-year-olds and only 16 finished out of the money,” said Ingersoll. High praise for the NRCHA Hall of Fame horseman and NRCHA judge. While Doc N Missy was the only mare that Doc Bar sired to win the Snaffle Bit Futurity, his influence was proved out in the two Dry Doc (Doc Bar x Poco Lena x Poco Bueno) winners—Plumb Dry and Miss Rey Dry—and the other Doc Bar-sired stallions that had offspring in the winners spot. “She was definitely a great one. To win the Snaffle Bit Futurity and then go to the NCHA and be a world champion, not too many horses have done that,” he said. “They were great horses.”
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NRCHA WELCOMES BDB BREEDERS
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he National Reined Cow Horse Association announced a corporate sponsorship with BDB Breeders where BDB Breeders will join Western Bloodstock and Hashtags as co-presenting sponsors of the World’s Greatest Horseman beginning in 2023. BDB Breeders is a partnership between Colt Ventures and Beechfork Ranch, and are the proud owners of stallions High Brow Cat and NRR Cat King Cole. “This one-of-a-kind competition, only offered through the NRCHA, sets the stage for the best horses and riders to showcase their athleticism,” said Darren Blanton, on behalf of BDB Breeders. “We recognize that this event, due to its intense versatility of both horse and rider to transition through four separate events, that it was an easy decision to reward the ‘best of the best’ by increasing the purse for 2023!”
The addition of BDB Breeder’s sponsorship will increase the 2023 World’s Greatest Horseman winning check to $150,000. “In two short years the winner’s purse for the World’s Greatest Horseman has tripled from $50,000 to $150,000,” said Anna Morrison, NRCHA executive director. “There is no tougher test for horse and rider than coming out on top of a field of the best horsemen and four-event horses in our industry. The support provided by BDB Breeders, Western Bloodstock and Hashtags recognizes what an accomplishment it is to win this event, and is a big way of saying job well done.” To learn more about the BDB Breeders and their stallions, visit highbrowcat.com or weatherfordeequine.com.
METALLIC CAT BECOMES FIRST NRCHA $5 MILLION SIRE
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he National Reined Cow Horse Association is excited to announce Metallic Cat as the association’s first Five Million Dollar sire. Following the conclusion of the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes, Metallic Cat’s offspring had earned more than $5,064,486, making him the first sire to cross the $5 million threshold in NRCHA. Owned by Bobby Patton’s Rocking P Ranch, the 2005 stallion by High Brow Cat and out of Chers Shadow (by Peptoboonsmal) became the NRCHA All-Time Leading Sire in September of 2021 when he surpassed Shining Spark, who held the record for the past 17 years. “It says as much about NRCHA as it does about Metallic Cat that this milestone has been crossed for the first time in the association’s history,” said Patton. “We’re proud of this accomplishment and this partnership. Metallic Cat and NRCHA make a good team.” Metallic Cat became an NRCHA Million Dollar Sire in 2018
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and surpassed the Two Million Dollar mark less than a year later. By 2020, he had passed the Three Million Dollar mark before becoming a Four Million Dollar sire in the fall of 2021. In the last five months, Metallic Cat’s offspring have earned in excess of $814,000 in the reined cow horse. “The success of NRCHA and our events depends so heavily on great partners and great horses, and Metallic Cat has played a role in both of those for the cow horse,” said Anna Morrison. “We couldn’t be happier for Bobby Patton and all of the Metallic Cat connections for continuing to make history with NRCHA.” With more than 380 money-earning offspring in the NRCHA, Metallic Cat has become a household name in both the reined cow horse and the Western performance industries. His top performers, Call Me Mitch, Metallic Train, Cats Picasso, Ricato Suave, Hazardouz Material and Moonshineandtwoadvil, each have earned more than $100,000 in the NRCHA.
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NRCHA ANNOUNCES 2022 WORLD SHOW QUALIFYING RULES
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ue to the considerable growth at the last year’s event, the National Reined Cow Horse Association announced that they will maintain the current qualifying rules for the 2022 NRCHA World Show, to be held in February 2023 at the Kalpowar Quarter Horses Celebration of Champions. During the 2022 point year, Open and Non Pro competitors will have two ways to qualify: compete a minimum of three times in a given class at three different NRCHA-approved shows regardless of region and earn at least a half-point, or be a finalist at the
American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse Association or Stock Horse of Texas World Shows. Youth competitors can qualify by showing at least three times in their respective youth class or by being a finalist at the AQHA, APHA or SHTX World Shows. “The growth the NRCHA continues to see is remarkable,” said Anna Morrison, NRCHA executive director. “The Board wants to ensure that the opportunity to participate at the Celebration of Champions reflects that as they continue to look at qualifying
guidelines for the future.” Members can find more information regarding the NRCHA World Show online at nrcha.com/celebration-ofchampions.
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HERD HELPERS Joe Dub, a big sorrel with a blaze, stands out in the herd work pen not only for his size, but also for his cow savvy. By Kate Bradley Byars Photograph by Carolyn Simancik
Tall with striking white markings, Joe Dub stands out in the pen, not only for is presence, but also for his work ethic.
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ot just any ole mount will do for Chris Dawson when he assists cutters in the herd work pen. A show horse that wants to “cow down” is not what he’s after, but rather a cow smart horse that understands when to work and when to stand still. For Dawson, that is partner Joseph Dublin Dawson, affectionately called “Joe Dub.” “He came off a ranch and I have no papers on him. The cool thing about him is that he will do exactly what you want him to do,” said the National Reined Cow Horse Association Million Dollar Rider from Perrin, Texas. “A
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show horse, when you use them [to turn back], they will cow down when you want them to be still, draw a cow to them when you need to drive it away, or drive one when you need to draw it to you. Horses that work cows every day for a living, they are tricky to turn back on, you know?” Whether assisting a Youth or Non Pro, or working the herd for his fellow Open riders, Dawson can be seen in nearly every set of the herd work all day, every day, of the show. He needs a horse that will work the same hours as he does.
“Joe has had a lot of long, hard days on the ranch he came from, so a day that is 12 hours but only six real hours of work is pretty minimal for him,” says Dawson of the tall sorrel horse. “He is laid back about things and doesn’t get too excited. A horse that gets amped up will sometimes buzz those cows up. It is funny, the more I turn back on a horse, they learn. For instance, when I’m standing in a corner helping a cutter and I’m looking at the herd and looking for the next cow while they are finishing, Joe will tell me if a cow is coming. He’ll tell me, ‘Hey get ready!’ He’ll almost turn back by himself!” While Joe Dub is Dawson’s A-string mount, he has another horse that he’s beginning to use at affiliate shows to help turn back. His goal is to maintain Joe’s willingness to help for as long as possible. To Dawson, a trusted herd helper like Joe is worth his weight in gold. “For me, he is invaluable,” Dawson says. “I know a lot of guys that turn back on show horses, but I don’t know how they do it. A show horse will jar me to death and wear me out; that is a miserable day for me. I want a horse that will let me do the thinking and only step in when I need it. They don’t get a lot of press but help people win a lot of money!”
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(Bet Hesa Cat - Wee Quejana Gal, by Quejanaisalena)
Non-Pro Derby Reserve Champion
Bred by Molly Mae Mirassou • Owned by Debbie Crafton Shown by Debbie R. Crafton
STARS LITTLE CAT
(Bet Hesa Cat - Skeets Little Star, by Skeets Peppy)
Boxing $7,500 Limited Non-Pro - 3rd Bred by Brady Weaver • Owned by Teagan K Parry Shown by Teagan K. Parry
Sired by
BAMACAT
(High Brow Cat - MH San Tules Dually, by San Tule Freckles)
FEE: $2,000 + Chute Fee
BET LUCKY 13
(Bet Hesa Cat - Miss Lucky Starlight, by Grays Starlight)
Run For A Million Qualifier Open Co-Reserve Champion & Open Bridle Spectacular -10th Bred by James L. Eakin • Owned by Robert/Allysyn Light Shown by Todd Crawford
HEZA ROWDY CAT
BET HESA CAT
(High Brow Cat - Bet Yer Blu Boons, by Peptoboonsmal)
FEE: $3,500 + Chute Fee
(Bet Hesa Cat - Dear Little Boon Bar, by Boon Bar)
Open Two-Rein Spectacular Co-Reserve Champion
Bred by Clyde Wilmott • Owned by Kim Basterrechea Shown by Clayton Edsall
Also, Congratulations to two of our Junior Stallions! PEPTOS STYLIN TIME LTE: $73,694 (One Time Pepto - Stylin Jewel, by Docs Stylish Oak)
Non-Pro Bridle Spectacular - 5/6th
Bred by Hanging H Ranch LLC • Owned by Kelby & Abbie Phillips Shown by Abbie Phillips
FEE: $2,000
KREYZY HORSE LTE: $106,163
(Dual Rey - Shes Twice As Smooth, by Smooth As a Cat)
Open Bridle Spectacular - 11th
Bred by Jeffrey W. and Jennifer Foland Owned by Bosque Ranch Performance Horses • Shown by Kelby Phillips
FEE: $2,000 + Chute Fee
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KNOW THE PRO Matt Frederick uses experience he gained starting colts, day working and working for reined cow horse trainers to develop his own solid training program. Interview by Katie Frank
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COURTESY OF MATT FREDERICK
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o be honest, Matt Frederick didn’t have a chance. The young colt starter went to Nampa, Idaho, to watch a reined cow horse derby, and he saw legendary riders Jon Roeser, Anne Reynolds and Jake Telford ride in backto-back draws. Frederick was more hooked than Metallic Cat. “It was a really good set of horses, and I thought to myself, ‘My goodness, I’ve never seen anything like that!’ ” said Frederick, who grew up in Emmett, Idaho, riding horses for the public. After graduation, he helped start colts for horseman Jeff Spencer in Eagle, Idaho. “Jeff spent a lot of time around Ray Hunt,” he said. “The best thing I got while there was we had horses of all ages, breeds and backgrounds. We were always trying to figure out a way to get those horses to want to do what we wanted them to do. Most of the time that was how to be a good riding horse that anybody could get on.” After that impressionable cow horse show in Nampa, Frederick went to South Dakota to work for reined cow horse trainer Kirk Hall. It was Frederick’s opportunity to step into the show pen for the first time. “I’m that kind of guy who can be a little too self-conscious about things,”
Matt Frederick has shown in affiliate NRCHA events as well as earned champion division titles at the NRCHA Stallion Stakes.
he said. “Having a little push from Kirk to say, ‘Hey, you’ll be all right. Just go do it.’ He knew what I could do and the horse could do. It was a good thing for me to build confidence.” One of Frederick’s friends then introduced him to Wagonhound Land & Livestock Co. head trainer at the time, Matt Koch, in Wyoming. What happened next would enlighten Frederick about the ins-and-outs of the highly competitive reined cow horse industry. “I rode 2-year-olds for Koch for two years,” he explained. “Matt has had the most influence on me out of anybody.
I learned a lot from him, and I think working for him was probably the best thing I ever did for myself. I learned a lot about horses, but also what it takes to be serious about being a trainer. I grew up working hard, but at Matt’s, it was different.” Frederick later spent nearly a year cowboying on the Spanish Ranch in northern Nevada, where he learned more about reading cattle and riding green horses. “Working at the Spanish Ranch helped me show more than anything,” he said. “Most ranches that have com-
NOW an NRCHA $4 Million Dollar Sire! 1 of Only 4 to Earn the Distinction
A TOP 2 NRCHA LEADING SIRE SINCE 2016 LTE: $236,514
(High Brow Cat - The Smart Look, by Smart Little Lena)
#1 NRCHA Stallion Stakes Leading Sire!
THIS CATS THE MARK
(WR This Cats Smart - Shiney Miss Marker, by Shining Spark)
Intermediate Open Derby Champion, Open Derby Co-Reserve Champion & Novice Horse Open Derby Reserve Champion Bred by Wagonhound Land & Livestock LLC Owned by Lori Adamski-Peek • Shown by Brandon C. Buttars
FRAT CAT
(WR This Cats Smart - Tamu a Dualin Reina, by Aggies Twelfth Man)
Non-Pro Two-Rein Spectacular Champion Bred by Tamu Department of Animal Science Owned/Shown by Catelyn Walker
SINFULLY SMART CAT
(WR This Cats Smart - Sinful Style, by Docs Stylish Oak)
CATS TELL SECRETS
PR A SMART CHICK
(WR This Cats Smart - Shiney Nu Annie, by Shining Spark)
Open Derby - 8/9th
Bred by Wagonhound Land & Livestock LLC Owned by Clinton J. Marshall • Shown by Nicholas S. Dowers
Bred by Mark or Debra Pieper • Owned by Sophia Buttars Shown by Daxon Buttars
FINALISTS: WR ICEMAN, WR GOT DIAMONDS, SHINE SMARTER, DR BOONOLENA
Standing to the public in 2022! FIDDLE AND STEEL
Youth Spectacular - 4th
Bred by Garth and/or Amanda Gardiner Owned/Shown by Landri Lisac
PRF PEPTOS SMART CAT
(Metallic Cat - Lil Bit Reckless, by CD Royal)
(WR This Cats Smart - Gracielights, by CD Lights)
NCHA Non-Pro Horse of the Year NCHA Non-Pro Futurity & Super Stakes Derby Champion
California RCHA Paso Robles Spring Classic Open Derby Champion
LTE: $181,992
(WR This Cats Smart - Wild Francine, by Peptoboonsmal)
Open Two-Rein Spectacular - 6/7th Bred by Peter W. De Leeuw • Owned by Tori Simons Shown by Jared Jones
AUTUMNS SMOKIN CAT
Transported Cooled & Frozen Semen Available
CATS NU SHINE
$7,500 Limited Open Derby Co-Reserve Champion & Limited Open Derby - 9th
(WR This Cats Smart - Sue C Shiner, by Shining Spark)
Fee: $3,500 + Chute Fee
Bred by Wagonhound Land & Livestock LLC Owned by Clinton J. Marshall • Shown by Nicholas S. Dowers
(WR This Cats Smart - Cluck Cluck, by Gallo Del Cielo)
CAT WALKS INTO A BAR
Novice Horse Open Derby - 8/10th
Run For A Million Qualifier All-A e Open Co-Reserve Champion & Open Bridle Spectacular - 5th
Bred by Wagonhound Land & Livestock LLC Owned by Orlando R. Gonzalez • Shown by Matt J. Koch
Bred by Cowan Select Horses LLC • Owned by Karen Olson Shown by Wade J. Reaney
Bred by Wagonhound Land & Livestock LLC • Owned by Holy Cow Performance Horses TX LLC • Shown by Sarah Dawson
(WR This Cats Smart - Playguns Melody, by Playgun)
Novice Horse Open Derby Champion & Open Derby - 6th
Intermediate Open Bridle Spectacular - 5th
(WR This Cats Smart - Autumn Amanda, by Autumn Acre)
HIGH STRESSIN CAT
(WR This Cats Smart - Secrets Blue Angel, by One Time Pepto)
FEE: $2,500
+ Chute fee Transported Cooled Semen Available
Currently in training with Tim Smith
LTE: $97,150
FEE: $1,200
+ Chute fee Transported Cooled Semen Available
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pany horses, they’re typically not very much fun to ride. Sometimes the horse might not get rode for an entire year depending on who’s on the crew. When you catch your horse for the day, sometimes that horse may not be the most broke or gentle, but you have to go do a job on it. You have to figure out how to be on that particular horse, to where it doesn’t get upset and bronc you down. “I think it kind of applies to showing because, you know, a lot of times those horses don’t feel perfect when you’re showing. You must be smooth and just get the job done.” Frederick admits that while being a buckaroo on the Spanish Ranch was the ultimate dream job, he “couldn’t get training out of my mind.” After another short stint at Wagonhound, Frederick struck out on his own in his home state of Idaho. Then, took advantage of spending
another year with Koch before focusing on his own program. He now lives in Marsing, Idaho, with his wife, Chelsea. In the arena, Frederick has had success with several horses, accumulating lifetime earnings of $51,644.63. He’s been astride talented horses such as Smooth Dera Max (Smooth As A Cat x Dera Dually x Dual Pep) and Rebelicious (Metallic Rebel x Katniss x Dual Rey). Frederick and his wife own two of their own horses: Forge A Cat (Meteles Cat x Mamas Dryvin Cats x Hydrive Cat) and Hal Reysin Cat (Hal Of A Run x Little TR Rey x TR Dual Rey). “[Hal Reysin Cat] was eligible for the High Plains Ranchers and Breeders Association Futurity in Amarillo,” he said. “We took her to that and won it. I think she ended up winning about $12,000 last year, which was kind of a neat deal.”
Reined Cow Horse News: What draws you to the reined cow horse? Matt Frederick: I think for me, it’s the challenge of it all. When you’re working on a ranch, you ride horses that aren’t very broke, and you sometimes have to pen a cow on something that rides like a nightmare. When I finally got to ride a horse that could work, it changed my life. I love the challenge of trying to make a horse as good as possible and riding good horses that are so talented and fun to ride. I’m still amazed at what some horses can do. It’s really neat to see horses progress from the time that you start them up to the time that you show them. It’s neat trying to make the horse as broke as he can [be] and having him be able to do a tough job and be happy about it. RCHN: What’s a misconception about training and starting horses? MF: One thing I ran into with riding average horses for the public is that they’re scared to start horses when they’re too young. They want to wait until they’re 1,000 pounds and giant. But I think a lot [of]it is an old way of thinking, that you
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with NRCHA Pro Matt Frederick
don’t want to ride a young horse because it’s not physically mature and you can hurt or cripple it. But when you start a horse as a 2-year-old, you don’t have to ride the hair off. You can spend 15 to 20 minutes on it and put it away. And in six months, those horses are pretty dang broke. I think some people are cautious about sending colts off because they think the show horse guys are too hard or rush things. I don’t feel like that’s the case. I think whether you’re at the very top of the game or getting started, everybody wants to make a nice horse. And if the trainers have any sense at all, they’re going do what’s best for the horse. RCHN: What’s your go-to piece of equipment? MF: You know, honestly 90 percent of everything I do is in a regular snaffle. I’ve tried using martingales and stuff here and there, and in my experience, I don’t really think it helps. The ones we use day today are Dennis Mooreland, and then I’ve got a couple of snaffles that Preston Williams made that I’ll show in. I also have one that Wade Rainey made that I show in, and I really like that one as well.
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NOTABLE NON PRO Jecca Ostrander lives the cow horse lifestyle and found that cow horse competition fits her to a tee. By Larri Jo Starkey
I
n the Nebraska Sandhills, under a bright blue sky that stretches for miles, a woman casually builds a loop as she rides her chestnut horse. Her hands are practiced, and her horse lets his ears rest as he waits for her to finish the familiar activity. She swings her loop, once, twice, four times before sailing it out to settle around the neck of a calf. The woman’s son comes in behind her and ropes the heels, stretching the calf out for vaccinations and branding. There’s no fuss, and the process is smooth and efficient. The family is doing ranch work, just as it has done for six generations. What’s new is that the rope horse is a stallion with more than $160,000 in earnings and several championship titles to his name. The woman is among the top 60 Non Pro riders in the National Reined Cow Horse Association. And the Box O Ranch from Gordon, Nebraska, doesn’t just run cattle—it also breeds top Quarter Horses. “I think, in my own name, I’ve raised horses for more than 40 years,” says Jecca Ostrander. “I bred horses before [Cash and I] got married, and we’re looking at our 40th year of marriage.” Ostrander was born into a multigenerational ranching family.
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“My grandmother on my mom’s side, my Grandma Ruth, lost her husband to a hay sled accident when my mom was 8 and her brother John was 5,” Ostrander said. “In that era, women did not run ranches. It was just not done. Everyone told her to sell it and go on, and she did exactly not what her husband told her. “My mom watched her mother ranch and run the operation,” she continued. “Then hire and get out of bad situations because they didn’t hire well. Then my mom married a rancher from the same area, and they bought a piece of ground when they were very young and worked the rest of their lives with it. My brother is on that place, and I married into another very established ranching family in this area.” Ostrander’s great-aunt, Margaret Hawkins, still barrel raced competitively at age 82. Ostrander’s uncle, John Lewis Jensen, is a steer roper who was inducted into the Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2021. He’s also Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Gold Card holder.
ADDING COMPETITION TO THE EQUATION
Ostrander grew up on a horse, steeped in ranch lore, and raised her own chil-
On the Willow Creek Ranch in Gordon, Nebraska, Jecca and Cash Ostrander (right) work daily with her son, Stetson, and watch their grandchildren learn to love ranch life.
dren in it, who have raised their own children in it. She has team roped and barrel raced and done everything on a ranch horseback. But cow horse competition was new to her. “We had shown at the Black Hill stock show in ranch competitions up there,” Ostrander said. “I had shown at ranch horse competitions in Torrington, [Wyoming]. So, we started with the boys in the youth classes and then I started showing.” About the same time, the American Quarter Horse Association introduced the Ranching Heritage program. Ostrander and her husband, Cash, looked at their own breeding program and decided that kind of competition would exactly fit them and their horses. “I actually flew to Fort Worth for the first show they had down there in 2012 and watched it,” Ostrander said. “I had never been to Fort Worth before. Went
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JESSICA KNOLES
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The ranch raises athletic horses suited for the show arena or branding pen.
Together, Ostrander and Burnt went from show to show, from the AQHA Level 1 Cattle Championships to even larger shows, winning or placing everywhere they exhibited. Eventually, they found their way to the Snaffle Bit Futurity® in Reno, Nevada, where AQHA was conducting a Ranching Heritage Challenge as an auxiliary event. SHANE RUX
by myself. Took in the festivities of the stock show. I came away going, ‘You know? We can do that.’ ” So, they went to an AQHA Ranching Heritage show in Rapid City, South Dakota, with Jecca showing her horse, despite her nerves. “I was second in the Amateur, and then that kind of took off,” she said. She then went to the National Western [Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver, Colorado,] and then another stock show and the next thing she knew, a friend talked her into showing at AQHA shows that weren’t ranch shows. “My girlfriend Susan Nelson has always been an avid AQHA show person, and she was like, ‘Let’s you and me take off and go to the Estes Park [, Colorado,] show this summer and we’ll camp,’ ” Ostrander remembered. “We froze to death, because we were in an uninsulated trailer with no electricity. Slept under horse blankets and ‘Burnt’ won the boxing. We placed in ranch riding. And I got bitten by the horse show bug.” Burnt is Boxo Heavens Blue (SNW Heavens King x Snippy Card), a homebred gelding who came along about the time Ostrander needed a consistent mount for her showing adventures.
From a World Championship in 2018 to the branding arena on the ranch, Opus Cat Olena has been an amazing addition to the Box O program.
That’s where NRCHA.
Ostrander
COW HORSE COMPETITION
found
“Let me give you the scenario,” Ostrander said. “It was the first time I had ever seen a Snaffle Bit Futurity. I’m in the back chute, because I was the only one in the AQHA Ranching Heritage Amateur classes. All of the big names are in that chute watching and waiting for me to get done so they could have fun with the steer roping. That was my introduction to NRCHA guys. But I was enthralled with the cow horse.” Her friend Kristy Miller encouraged Ostrander to compete in NRCHA classes in nearby Colorado. Ostrander was fired up to go, and she had a great horse that she had bred herself. She ripped through all her eligibility in one year. “I did not know that I would money out of Novice, Intermediate and Non Pro,” Ostrander said. “I was new enough to it that I didn’t understand. I think it was in 2018 that I regionally won Non Pro, Intermediate and Novice regional buckles, and ‘Savannah’ (Boxo Heavens Valentine) won the hackamore buckle. That was a big year.”
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ENTER OPUS
Ostrander was happy with Burnt. He was a stellar show horse, always willing, always agreeable. The Ostranders had purchased his sire, SNW Heavens King, from Stan and Nancy Weaver, and they were pleased with the colts they were getting—and they still are. But they needed a junior stallion. The Ostranders had known Matt Koch through his years working for Wagonhound Land & Livestock Co., when he was competing regularly at the Black Hills Stock Show. They gave him a call. “Matt was working at the Wagonhound,” Ostrander recalls. “I told him what I thought I could afford, and he sorted off two colts for me to look at, and Opus Cat Olena was one of
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them. The other colt, I really liked him. He was out of a Smart Mate mare.” Ostrander couldn’t decide. “I said, ‘Well, Matt, let’s watch them travel,’ ” Ostrander said. “And Opus did what Opus does. He put his head on the ground to lope around, and I’m like, ‘We’ll take that one.’ ” Opus Cat Olena (WR This Cats Smart x Opus Chic x Smart Chic Olena) was officially part of the Box O herd. In 2018, Koch rode “Opus” to the AQHA World Championship in Junior Working Cow Horse, and they followed that up by placing at nearly every NRCHA premier event. “That AQHA thing was a stunner,” Ostrander said. “The following February, he was Reserve Open Hackamore at the [NRCHA] Celebration of Champions, so honestly, he did his Derby years, and we showed him in the bridle before I brought him home and took him to a branding. Matt had roped on him at home in the pasture—you know what Matt does with them. So, when I go trotting off to a branding, I think, ‘Well, here he is, an awesome horse,’ and we dragged calves.” To her mind, it just made sense to use a horse for his intended purpose. “Opus is a Lamborghini,” Ostrander said. “Riding a bridle horse of that caliber is super easy, but you also have to keep things soft and controlled and breathe so that you’re not over-emphasizing something. It is amazing to ride something that is that trained, but the thing with Opus is he’s that willing. Opus craves what he does. He thinks fun is about to be had. “I keep calling him my unicorn because I’ve ridden a lot of really, really good horses. I’ve been blessed,” she added. “The Lord has blessed us. There is nothing wrong with Burnt. There’s
PRIMO MORALES
She made friends along the way. “I tell people that Jeremy Knoles is the guy who puts up with me as a Non Pro,” Ostrander said. “He’s the one who is pretty patient. We have become such good friends.” The cow, she said, is the difference that makes NRCHA competition so endlessly perplexing and forever fun. “No other discipline takes an animal that you cannot predict and works with it,” Ostrander said. “You’re taking what is sent to you and working with it. Good, bad, indifferent. Sometimes you’re given a new one, but if you handle it well and can get that first turn, usually your second one is going to come, and it’s going to roll and be so fulfilling. But I think the difference in this discipline, not only is it three sports in one, but it’s the fact that you’re having to work with whatever is sent down the alley to you is a big deal. It can be a pud. It can be too feely. It can blow snot in your face. You see it all.”
Ostrander has shown several homebred Box O horses in NRCHA and affiliate events, showcasing their versatility.
nothing wrong with Savannah. I was incredibly successful with them, and yet this horse is even a notch above them.”
THE FUTURE
For Ostrander, the future is tied to the past, in carrying on a legacy of ranching for her children and grandchildren. The ranch needs good horses, and the grandchildren need good, safe horses to ride on the ranch. That reality informed Ostrander’s decision to geld Opus Cat Olena’s full brother, Boxo Opus Magnum. “We had intended him to be a stud, but he’s not as friendly as Opus, and with these little kids here, we decided we were not going to put up with it,” Ostrander said. “I’ve put up with difficult horses in the past. I know what I’m getting into. So, he can be a gelding.” “Magnum” is now Ostrander’s new show horse. “My heritage is a big deal,” Ostrander said. “My faith in where God has us is a big deal. The AQHA Ranching Heritage program itself—we would not be here if we hadn’t stepped into that Heritage program, because that pulled us into NRCHA.”
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ADMIRABLE ASSISTANTS: ALETHEA PREWETT This California horsewoman took the long road to becoming an assistant trainer, but her maturity, life experiences and reliability have made her an asset to trainer Nick Dowers. By Jennifer Denison
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NICOLE POYO
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orking as a trainer’s assistant seems like a fun job. You ride horses all day and hang out with some of the top campaigners and horsemen in the cow horse industry. But then there’s feeding at 3 a.m., cleaning stalls, saddling and unsaddling horses for the trainer, barn and fence maintenance, and any other odd jobs that come up. Not to mention, staying up all night monitoring a colicking horse, and preparing for and setting up at shows. It involves lots of late nights, early mornings and few days off. But for those wanting to start their own training businesses someday, it’s the best way to get hands-on experience and learn the dedication it takes to reach a professional level. And, head trainers rely on their assistants to handle day-to-day activities, so they can focus on refining their show horses. It takes dedication and perseverance, two characteristics that Alethea Prewett has in spades. “If you want to be a trainer’s assistant, you have to realize the responsibility that comes with it,” said Prewett, assistant to National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity® and
A lifelong horsewoman, Alethea Prewett has gone from riding her family’s ranch horses to becoming Nick Dower’s assistant to starting her own futurity prospect.
World Champion trainer Nick Dowers. “You not only have a responsibility to the trainer you work for, but also to the clients. The horses belong to other people, and sometimes you’ve met them and sometimes you haven’t, but nevertheless they’ve invested a lot of money
into their animals. When you’re asking a horse to perform at a high level, the level of care must be top notch; it’s more than making sure they have feed and water. I’ve had to become so much more observant. If a horse isn’t feeling well, it’s not going to perform.”
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Raised in a fourth-generation Hollister, California, ranching family, Prewett never set out to be on the reined cow horse show scene, nor did she ever envision herself as a trainer’s assistant. Through a series of serendipitous opportunities, however, she landed in Dyer, Nevada, in the fall of 2020, to work for Dowers. Prewett’s parents, Jim and Michelle Prewett, manage a cow-calf operation and run their own set of cattle. Her parents also enjoy the traditional Vaquero methods of training bridle horses for ranching, roping and showing in local stock horse events. Michelle showed reined cow horses as a youth and rode with George Rose, an NRCHA founding member. “My dad always had a couple of nice bridle horses around that he trained,” recalled Prewett. “They were ranch horses, but my parents always took the extra time with their horses so that you could do a job on them and take them to town to a show. I’m lucky I grew up riding those horses and learning from my parents. They instilled in me the love of a good ranch horse and the value of training a bridle horse.” As a youngster, Prewett rode on the ranch with her parents, and she also showed in the youth stock horse classes at the San Benito County Saddle Horse Show & Rodeo, held at Bolado Park, and the Carmel Valley Rancher’s Days. “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t obsessed with horses and riding,” she reflected. “I would get so upset if my dad moved cows without me. I always looked forward to showing at Bolado Park. I would try to steal my dad’s bridle horses for the kids’ classes.” When she was a teenager, Prewett threatened to quit school and cowboy
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I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t obsessed with horses and riding. I would get so upset if my dad moved cows without me. I always looked forward to showing at Bolado Park. I would try to steal my dad’s —Alethea Prewett bridle horses for the kids’ classes. or ride horses for a living, but her mother quickly thwarted her daughter’s plans. She finished high school and then attended college at California Polytechnic University where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications in 2011. She spent about eight years working in the agricultural industry for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, followed by jobs in produce marketing and corporate public relations and marketing for an Idaho beef company. “My horsemanship and roping were getting stagnant,” she lamented. “I just didn’t have the opportunity to ride that often, and I missed it terribly.” On the recommendation of a friend, she contacted northern Nevada horseman and rancher Rolly Lisle about cowboying starting colts for him for a summer. “I always had a bug to start my own colt, but I never had the chance,” she said. “When I met Rolly, I was honest with him that I’d never ridden colts before and that I hadn’t ridden much at all for seven or eight years. A month later, I moved to [the ranch] north of Elko and started colts. I was more of a test dummy. I didn’t have the instincts to react to different situations, because the horses I’d always rode were broke. When you get on a colt, everything is unpredictable, and I wasn’t ready for that. It was eye-opening and humbling. I had my fair share of mishaps, buck-
offs and wrecks, but Rolly was always willing to help me learn.” She moved on to work for California ranchers and horse trainers Wyatt and Lacie Burdette for a couple of years as a “catch-all”—cowboying, starting colts and doing anything else that came along. Then, she moved to Texas to assist Luke and Kelli Neubert. “Alethea came to us as an employee with one of the best work ethics and positive attitudes of anyone I’ve ever been around,” Kelli Neubert said. “It impressed me then, and still does today. It was clear that she enjoyed the horse and held a learning frame of mind for her own journey, and she always cared for our animals and customers as if they were her own. “Because we rode so many colts while she was here, she saw a lot of different sire-dam combos,” Neubert continued. It was fun to see her embrace and recognize the importance that genetics play in the performance horse world.” Prewett’s time with the Neuberts segued into her job with Dowers, whose training techniques were influenced by Luke Neubert’s dad, Bryan Neubert. “After I left Texas, I bee-bopped around and went to a lot of brandings in Utah, Nevada and California,” she recalled. “I was at the McDermitt Ranch Rodeo in McDermitt, Nevada, over Fourth of July in 2020, and a young cowboy who was working for Nick at the time said Nick was looking
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for another assistant. I knew who he was through Luke and Kelli and other mutual friends, but I’d never met him. I gave him a call and he said to come down for a trial week. “When I got there, he was getting ready to go to [Las] Vegas for the Stallion Stakes and Pre-Futurity, which were held together that year due to COVID,” she continued. “He asked if I had enough clothes to go to Vegas for a week, and I said, ‘I have my whole life in my trailer.’ ” Dowers didn’t know what to expect from his new hire, but he noticed she was a hard worker, personable and easy to be around. “Assistants are so important to a head trainer,” he said. “You have to trust they will keep up with the little things behind the scenes without having to
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check on them. A good, responsible person bears more weight in the hiring process than someone who is a hand.” With Prewett, Dowers continued, “She does what is expected, not inspected.” Now in her second year working for Dowers, Prewett made her debut in NRCHA competition at the Idaho Reined Cow Horse Futurity & Aged Event in Nampa, Idaho, last fall on one of her personal horses and one of Dowers’ client’s horses. She placed third in the Level 1 Open and second in the Limited. “She has grown a lot,” said Dowers. “When she came here, she had ridden a lot, mostly ranch horses, and now she can train different horses and has gone from a ranch kid to a show [woman].”
The 33-year-old horsewoman says she still has so much to learn from Dowers before she decides her next step. In the meantime, she has two horses she plans to show: A Storms Brewin (Nabisco Roan x One Time Rey Jay x Docs Hickory), a 5-year-old she rode at the Neuberts and bought to cowboy on, and a 3-year-old futurity prospect, Stevie Wunder (Stevie Rey Von x Justa Lil Freck x Freckles Playboy), she bought at the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Horse Sale in 2021. “As an assistant trainer, it’s nice to have my horse available to ride and progress in my skills rather than waiting for one to come along in Nick’s program that I can ride,” she said, adding that if you invest in yourself and your horsemanship it makes your mentor want to invest in you, too.
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FACES OF THE NRCHA Tina McCleary brings a wealth of experience to the member and affiliate shows manager position.
Interview and photograph by Kate Bradley Byars
RCHN: What drew you first to reined cow horse?
McCleary: I grew up with horses and ridden my whole life. I’ve shown Stock Horse of Texas and a little bit of AQHA, and then got started running horse shows. I think the best part of reined cow horse as a spectator is that every run is different and exciting. The camaraderie is amazing. Our crowd is LOUD! That hooked me.
RCHN: How did you become involved as a horse show
Tina McCleary shines when show-time stress is at its peak. She has planned, fundraised for and managed events ranging from weekend shows to larger regional competitions. Now, her organizational and management skills are propelling the National Reined Cow Horse Association’s membership approvals, affiliate shows approvals and results entry, and results entry at the NRCHA premier events. A horse lover and competitor since she was a young girl growing up near Temple, Texas, McCleary is no stranger to competition. Yet, she has thrived as a show secretary. “I am originally from the Temple area, but most recently from the BryanCollege Station area, where I lived 20 years with my husband, Kyle,” she said. “I grew up with horses, have ridden my whole life and have shown in the Stock Horse of Texas and some in the [American Quarter Horse Association].” While running equestrian program and fundraising at the Still Creek Boys Ranch in Bryan, Texas, McCleary became involved in the NRCHA affiliate, South Texas Reined Cow Horse Association, serving as show secretary and growing the events to where the Still Creek facility had to add stalls and other accommodations. She’s stair stepped her way from small shows to the premier events NRCHA produces, but she maintains her connection with competitors and horse owners that she’s built over the years to her new title of membership and affiliate shows manager.
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secretary? McCleary: I got started running horse shows at Still Creek. I started as secretary at South Texas [Reined Cow Horse Association] shows, then for other affiliates. Eventually, I was also assisting with NRCHA premier events. I enjoy helping our membership in any way I can. Managing horse shows gives me the opportunity to help with education on the ground level and to keep my fingers on the pulse of the affiliates.
RCHN: What are your goals in your position with the association? McCleary: My past experience is a huge advantage to my position with NRCHA because I am familiar with the forms, the process and many of the members. It should help expedite processing membership approvals and show results. My goal is to try and stay as current as possible and not let there be a lot of lag time in processing memberships, show approvals and the show results, as much to my ability. I also want to communicate well with members and affiliate management.
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Check out six sizzling side trips to incorporate into your Scottsdale, Arizona, stay during the 2022 DT Horses Western Derby.
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Standing at 2,704 feet in elevation, Camelback Mountain is an advanced hiking destination near Scottsdale, Arizona.
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hen National Reined Cow Horse Association exhibitors roll into Scottsdale, Arizona, in June for the DT Horses Western Derby there’s no doubt it’s going to be hot. The area enjoys an
average of 330 days of sunshine each year, and during the summer the mercury rises well into the triple digits. That doesn’t mean you have to stay inside, however. We know NRCHA members prefer to explore outside, and Scottsdale offers a scenic Sonoran desert playground with more than 41 parks, 384 miles of bicycle-friendly routes and hundreds of acres of open space. Here, we suggest some of the many places to visit that will show you the diversity of the desert destination. After your excursions, beat the heat at the many resort spas, pools and splash pads around town.
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1. OLD TOWN SCOTTSDALE From Western art, history and culture, to spas, cuisine, boutiques and nightlife, Old Town Scottsdale offers something for everyone. A Mecca for artists, Old Town Scottsdale is home to the Scottsdale Artists School, several galleries and public art installations. Known as the “West’s Most Western Town,” Scottsdale has ranching, farming and cultural roots that are celebrated today on the streets of Old Town. In the early 1900s, cotton-field workers from Mexico built by hand the Old Adobe Mission that still stands in the heart of Old Town. Today, the oldest Catholic church in Scottsdale is open for special events and public tours. Next door to the Old Adobe Mission is the Mission restaurant, a sophisticated tequila lounge and restaurant specializing in modern Latin cuisine. For something simpler, treat the family to homestyle comfort food, sandwiches, salads and an array of ice cream concoctions at the Sugar Bowl. Opened in 1958, the old-style soda fountain and diner is immortalized in Scottsdale cartoonist Bill Keane’s “Family Circus” comics. For more than 70 years, the Rusty Spur Saloon has been a Scottsdale’s Old West-style watering hole and a place for live music seven days a week. For those who prefer a different vibe, there are plenty of coffee shops, wine bars and pubs. For more information: oldtownscottsdaleaz.com.
Above: Admirers of early architecture can also view the Old Adobe Mission, circa 1933, that was the first Catholic church in Scottsdale. Lower left: With more than 100 galleries and an equal number of public artwork installations, Scottsdale is a Mecca for art collectors and admirers. The weekly Scottsdale ArtWalk takes place every Thursday evening, from 7 to 9 p.m. JENNIFER DENISON
2. MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN GOLF COURSE Tee off in the shadow of McDowell Mountain at the McDowell Mountain Golf Club. Located only 2½ miles from Westworld of Scottsdale, the golf course stretches 7,118 yards. Designed for all types of golfers, the facility has a 20-station grass tee driving range, practice putting green, three practice chipping greens and a practice bunker. Lessons are also available. When you’re finished on the green, enjoy drinks and appetizers at the on-site Mesquite Grille with indoor and outside seating. The golf club is open sunrise to sunset, except on Mondays when it closes 90 minutes prior to sunset for maintenance. To ensure a tee time, book up to 60 days in advance. For more information: mcdowellmountaingc.com.
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3. WESTERN SPIRIT: SCOTTSDALE’S MUSEUM OF THE WEST
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While you’re strolling through Old Town, allow a couple of hours to explore the interactive exhibits inside this two-story, 43,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art complex. Opened in 2015, the museum is a nexus of exhibits that transition from the Old West to the New West. Filled with fascinating artifacts, engaging artwork and interactive experiences, the museum brims with stories of resilience and vision that shaped the modern West. The peaceful exterior sculpture courtyard has a bench where you can sit and admire the life-size bronzes by prominent Western artists such as Bruce Greene. Permanent exhibits include the “A.P. Hays Spirit of the West Collection,” which showcases 1,400 Old West relics such as saddles, bits, spurs, chaps and firearms. “Of Spirit and Flame” features more than 20 bronze sculptures by acclaimed Arizona artist John Coleman. An interactive video shares the lost-wax casting process the artist uses to create his pieces. The “Canvas of Clay” exhibit celebrates six centuries of Hopi potters with several pieces of pottery from the Allan and Judith Cooke Collection. For more information: scottsdalewestern museum.org.
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Take in a sunrise and sunset: The best times to do outdoor activities in the desert are in the early morning and late afternoon to avoid scorching, fry-an-egg-on-the-asphalt heat. Stay hydrated: When outside, don’t skimp on drinking water or share water bottles with others. Take more than double the amount of water you think you need. The heat will dehydrate you quickly and can be dangerous.
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Protect yourself: The Arizona sun is harsh on the skin, so apply a high SPF sunscreen several times a day. Some people choose to wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants with UPF for an extra layer of sun protection. Bring bug spray: Carry insect repellent to keep away pests away. Watch for things that poke, sting and bite: The desert is home to a variety of prickly cacti, bushes and plants. Be mindful of getting too close to them or to any crawling critters you encounter on the trail.
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4. MCCORMICK-STILLMAN RAILROAD PARK In the 1940s, Anne and Fowler McCormick (a grandson of John D. Rockefeller) built a ranch north of Scottsdale where they raised Angus cattle, Arabian horses and alfalfa. An Arabian horse enthusiast, Anne was a founder of the annual Arabian Horse Show, which later became the prestigious Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show. Anne’s son from a previous marriage, Guy Stillman, was a businessman and railroad enthusiast. In 1967, the McCormicks donated a piece of their ranchland to the City of Scottsdale to create a park for local families to enjoy. About four years later, Stillman founded the Scottsdale Railroad & Mechanical Society to establish a railroad park on the donated land. Stillman donated two of his narrow-gauge, 5/12scale Paradise & Pacific steam locomotives to the park for visitors to ride. Dedicated in 1975, the McCormickStillman Railroad Park is a 30-acre playground for kids and train enthusiasts. Take a spin around the park on the Paradise & Pacific Railroad and ride the 1950s-era Allan Herschell carousel. Tour the 10,000-square-foot building filled with an interactive matrix of seven different scales of model trains and the Scottsdale Railroad Museum, includes the Roald Amiundsen Pullman car, built in 1928, and the Gabe Brooks Machine Shop as it appeared in the 1930s. There’s also a snack bar, museum store, picnic areas and playgrounds great to allow the youngest NRCHA fan to get a thrill! Admission to the museums and playground are free. Rides on the train and carousel are $3 per person, or purchase an eight pack of tickets for $20 or an allday wristband for $12. For more information: therailroadpark. com.
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Families can have hours of fun riding the train and carousel, exploring the railroad exhibits and playing in the park at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park.
5. CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN The Camelback Mountain Echo Canyon Recreation Area between Phoenix, Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, is home to one of the most popular rock formations and hiking areas for locals and tourists alike. Camelback Mountain, named for its resemblance to a kneeling camel, offers two challenging yet exhilarating trails—Echo Canyon and Cholla (currently closed)—with the reward of scenic overlooks at the summits. As you ascend the rocky mountain trail, you weave through ocotillo, palo verde, creosote bushes and a variety of cacti. Watch for wildlife above and at ground level on the trail. The Echo Canyon trail is a 2.5-mile out-andback trail that ascends from 1,324 to 2,704 feet in elevation. The Cholla trail, known for its sunrise views, gains 1,250 feet over 1.42 miles. To ensure you get a parking place, plan to arrive at the trailhead before 6 a.m., especially on weekends. Trails are open from sunrise to sunset, and both trails typically take two to three hours to complete. Guided hikes are available with reservations. No dogs are allowed. For more information: climbcamelback.com.
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Top: One of the most popular sunset hikes is the .3-mile Hole in the Rock Trail that overlooks the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Right: The Desert Botanical Gardens in Papago Park showcases a special exhibit featuring the blown glass installations of Dale Chihuly nestled within the gardens through June 19.
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Activities abound at this outdoor recreational area near Scottsdale, including hiking, fishing and golfing. And don’t miss visiting the Phoenix Zoo and Arizona Center for Nature Conservation, Desert Botanical Garden and Arizona firefighters’ Hall of Flame Museum. If that’s not enough, there is also an archery range and orienteering course. Most trails are mild and designed for hiking, mountain biking and trail running, including the .3-mile path to the inside of the sandstone formation Hole in the Rock. The opening is a window overlooking nearby lagoons and the distant downtown skyline. It’s thought that the ancient Hohakam civilization used the towering formation to track the position of the sun. For more information: https://www.phoenix.gov/parks/ trails/locations/papago-park; dbg.org; phoenixzoo.org.
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he leading cause of accidents both in towing and in normal driving situations is driver error. It is not faulty equipment. Some of the main reasons people get into accidents is because they are not paying attention, they are driving too fast, they are tailgating the person in front of them and so on. The following are some simple safety rules and precautions to help promote safe driving while towing a trailer.
START WITH THE RIGHT VEHICLE, TRAILER AND EQUIPMENT
Other than the driver and passengers, the most important factor in towing is using the right tool for the job. You must consider the weight capacity of every component and decide whether or not it is safe to tow. Exceeding weight ratings isn’t just a risk for damaged equipment; it also opens the door for trailer sway, loss of control and risk of injury or even death. When a trailer’s weight is too much for a vehicle to manage, any amount of sway in the trailer will have a greater effect on the vehicle. Once a trailer starts to sway back and forth, if the
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vehicle cannot gain control of the situation, it won’t be long before the vehicle jackknifes. Another thing to consider is your vehicle’s wheelbase. This is something that few drivers consider before hitching up. Often times, more horsepower under the hood is regarded as more towing power, but this is simply not the case. All too often, greater horsepower results in overconfidence, and this can lead to mistakes that are otherwise easily avoidable. A vehicle’s wheelbase is the distance from the center of the front wheel to the center of the rear wheel. Generally, the larger the wheelbase, the more stable the vehicle will be. When a vehicle with a shorter wheelbase attempts to tow too large of a trailer, trailer sway will have a greater effect on the vehicle. For this reason, when it comes to managing trailer sway, larger pickup trucks are typically better tow vehicles than others. If you have not yet purchased a tow vehicle, keep this in mind when making your decision. Remember, every vehicle has its limitations. While some are able to manage sway better, others are built to pull heavier loads. Both of these factors should be considered carefully.
SAFETY TIPS ➤
➤ Hitch up Your Trailer Correctly
➤ Anticipate Problems Ahead
➤ Check Your Vehicle’s Vitals
➤ Watch Out for Trailer Sway
Before towing, make sure you have followed the proper procedures for hooking up your trailer. Double check all connections, including the coupler and wiring, and make sure your safety chains are securely connected. Even without a trailer in tow, any time you’re planning a longdistance trip (anything over an hour), it’s a good idea to check your vehicle’s tire pressure, oil and coolant levels. If anything is low, fill up before leaving town.
➤ Consider Your Own Condition
While it is essential that your vehicle is up to the task of towing, it is just as important that YOU are ready for the job. Before leaving on any trip, make sure you are well rested and that there are no health concerns that may cause problems along the way.
➤ Load Your trailer with Balanced Weight
Packing your trailer with the right weight distribution will put the proper amount of tongue weight or vertical load on your tow vehicle. The ideal distribution is 60% of the weight in front of the trailer’s axle(s) and 40% behind.
Since it takes longer to accelerate, stop, change lanes and turn with a trailer, scan the road ahead farther than you normally would. You can see many problems developing a long way off. Observe traffic flow and be ready to react if needed. Crosswinds, semis, downhill grades and high speeds can all lead to trailer sway. If you are not careful, your trailer can start swinging back and forth like a pendulum behind you. The best way to address this problem is with a sway control unit. If you experience trailer sway, you can also take your foot off the gas and manually apply the trailer brakes with the brake controller. Press the button once and your trailer should align with your tow vehicle.
➤ Be Extra Careful When Changing Lanes
Changing lanes on a highway is a challenge, even when you’re not towing. With a trailer, your blind spots increase, and you can’t accelerate as quickly. When changing lanes with a trailer, make sure you have plenty of space and move slowly from one lane to the other. You can also install tow mirrors to increase your view.
➤ Be Patient When Passing
➤ Make Sure All Items Are Securely Packed
While towing, you have to allow more distance and time when passing another vehicle or being passed by a vehicle. Passing on a two-lane road should almost never happen. Make sure you have plenty of room to get your vehicle safely up to speed with the trailer in tow. When being passed by another driver, be patient and remain calm, even if they don’t return the favor. Relax! You’ll reach your destination soon enough!
➤ Keep a Few Safety Items Inside Your Vehicle
➤ Stop Gradually Whenever Possible
Loose items can cause damage to other items, to your trailer or vehicle and can be very dangerous if they fall out along the road. Contain small items within a bag or tote and tie down large windcatching items with good cargo straps. A little extra time spent strategically packing will pay off and could save you a lot more time and money. Even if you aren’t towing, it’s always a good idea to be prepared for a breakdown. In any season (especially in winter), breaking down on the side of the highway can put a real hitch in your trip, but it doesn’t have to be catastrophic. Having a pair of jumper cables, a good tire-changing kit, some blankets, a flashlight and a first aid kit packed in your vehicle will help you get through a breakdown much easier.
➤ Plan Your Route Carefully
Choosing a route with well-maintained roads and a few accommodating stops along the way is especially helpful for longer trips. If you are towing a particularly large trailer, consider what route might allow you to avoid narrow roads or windy bridges.
➤ Allow Plenty of Stopping Distance
You need to increase your following distance when towing a trailer. This means increasing the amount of space between you and the vehicle in front of you. It takes longer to stop with a trailer than it does with your vehicle alone. Also, it will help prolong the life of your vehicle if you can avoid sudden acceleration, braking and maneuvering.
Towing a trailer requires extra work from your brakes. You can help prolong the life of your vehicle and trailer brakes by easing into stops as much as possible. Anticipate stops and begin braking sooner than normal. It is also important to keep your trailer brakes maintained and your brake controller properly adjusted.
➤ Don’t Pull in if There’s No Way Out
It is easy to get stuck or blocked in with a trailer. For example, you might pull into a small parking lot easy enough, but to get out, you’ll have to perform a complicated backup maneuver. Make sure wherever you pull into that there’s plenty of space to make a complete turnaround. Choosing a parking spot that’s farther away may be the best option.
➤ Add Security with a Coupler Lock
Trailer theft is a serious problem and is always unexpected. A trailer left unattended on its own or even coupled can easily be uncoupled and stolen while you are away. Use a coupler lock when towing, as it not only keeps your coupler secure while driving but also deters theft.
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HERITAGE & HORSES Honored 2022 The NRCHA Hall of Fame Banquet returned in 2022 to recognize special individuals and horses that contribute to the cow horse industry. By Kate Bradley Byars
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n 2022, the National Reined Cow Horse Association and the NRCHA Foundation honored four inductees at the Hall of Fame Banquet held Friday, April 1, at the South Point Hotel & Casino during the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Hall of Fame Banquet is produced by the NRCHA Foundation, which supports the reined cow horse community and honors the legacy of the reined cow horse sport through the enactment of charitable and educational programs. The NRCHA Hall of Fame Committee selects the inductees annually. “Our Hall of Fame Committee, chaired by Dan Roeser, works hard to recommend only the most deserving inductees,” said Anna Morrison, NRCHA executive director. “This is certainly the case with the inductee class of 2022, and we are honored to celebrate Doug, John and the connections of Doc Bar and Shining Spark, all of whom made their mark on our sport.” In addition to inducting four to the Hall of Fame, the Banquet celebrated the Vaquero Award winner, Debby Sanguinetti. The award recognizes an NRCHA member that works tirelessly to promote the association and strives to retain traditional reined cow horse methods. Four honorees were inducted to the Hall of Fame: Doug Ingersoll, John Ward, Doc Bar and Shining Spark. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions to the reined cow horse industry.
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Doug Ingersoll founded his training business in California, in the early 1970s. His roots in the California cow horse run far and deep and started early in life. Ingersoll will say that he and his family, including his older brother, Bobby Ingersoll, were deeply involved in horses. Simply put, he’s been a horseman his entire life. “The definition of a horseman is skilled in his riding, and he loves his horse. And to me, that’s my brother,” said Bobby, a fellow National Reined Cow Horse Association Hall of Fame member. Ingersoll grew up wanting to be a veterinarian. He attended California Polytechnic University with that goal and trained horses as a side business to pay for his education. He soon realized that horses were his calling. Though he never apprenticed under the other horsemen showing in California at that time, which included giants in the reined cow horse industry like Don Dodge, Benny Guitron and Clyde Kennedy, he received help from them. Soon, Ingersoll was topping classes at the famed Cow Palace in Daly City, California, taking a slew of young riders and amateurs to compete on their horses, too. “He’s just impacted so many people and brought them that that love of the animal, you know,” said his wife, Debbie. “The fact that the horses are forgiving to you all
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the time and he just passes that on.” He mentored several prominent reined cow horse trainers, including the first woman to win the Snaffle Bit Futurity®, Sandy Collier. Then extended his support of not only the cow horse industry, but also the entire Western performance horse world by gaining his judge’s cards in multiple associations, including serving as a 3A judge in NRCHA. “He was always a force to be reckoned with and a straight up kind of guy,” recalled California-based horseman and NRCHA Director of Judges Bill Enk. “We judged together, and he always held true to the Vaquero traditions is what he still does, you know? To me, Doug has been a real true soldier as far as the horse business.” Ingersoll’s involvement was driven by what motivates him in many other areas: to make it better. “I’ve been able to see a lot, you know, and contribute to a lot. I think it’s hard for a judge that has not done an event to judge the event because they don’t know exactly what it feels like,” Ingersoll said. “That’s the reason I did it; to make things better. I think it makes a better horseman. It made me learn, learning the rules made me see the way different horses perform and made me feel what it takes to do better in the show pen.” That is not to say Ingersoll, of Lincoln, California, didn’t win his fair share of American Quarter Horse Association
championships, weekend show class and circuit wins and NRCHA money, but the purses were not what drove him to compete. “The money at that time was not the important thing, it was the win that we liked,” Ingersoll said. “A lot of times people judge the Hall of Fame on money earned or what you won. And I was told a long time ago that that’s not it. It’s what you contributed to the association. I’ve been able to sit on the [NRCHA] Board. I’ve been able to be on special committees.” Ingersoll’s reputation as a horseman that is dedicated to putting the success of the association first helped solidify him as a Hall of Fame inductee. He has not strayed from the path reined cow horse set him on and has always chosen the best for the horse. “I think all those million dollars and riders look up to Doug because of the fact that he is a man of integrity,” said Bobby. “He’s honest. He treats people right with respect.” The longtime horseman received the “pat on the back” from his peers, those he has competed against, mentored and even judged, with the Hall of Fame induction. “I haven’t won as much as a lot of these guys have, I’m sure put a lot more time in, you know? I would like to be known as a man of his integrity, a man of honesty,” Ingersoll said. “A man that was kind to his horses, loved his horses.” REINED COW HORSE NEWS | MAY/JUNE 2022
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National Reined Cow Horse Association Million Dollar Rider John Ward grew up in the Mecca of reined cow horse training, riding under the watchful eye of not only his father, Hall of Fame rider and Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion Greg Ward, but also a who’s who of fellow cow horse legends. Today, he joins them in the NRCHA Hall of Fame. “I was born into it,” said Ward, from Kingsburg, California. “My dad is Greg Ward, and he was the first one of the first members put into the NRCHA Hall of Fame. [Growing up showing cow horses was] a blast. It was a part of a horse show where they had the jumping horses, the gaited horses, the Tennessee walkers and then cutting would happen, and then it would end up with the cow horse going last. It was nothing but fun!” Simply because Ward was born into it, didn’t mean he was destined to train horses, even with a clear path into the industry. His father introduced him to competition early, but it was with a ball and glove, not a saddle. Soon, Ward’s ability as a catcher in baseball was more of a draw than horses. He headed to college to play ball, but after school it was all cow horse. “You kind of have to be a horse lover if you’re going to be around for 24/7 and they’re going to be such a big part of your life,” Ward said. “There’s a lot of horses I like way more than a lot of other people!”
Ward mentored under his father and came up in the cow horse ranks. Today, he can count himself as a two-time NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity® Champion, first winning in 1994 aboard Masteroani (Master Remedy x Just Docs Socks x Docs Fri Dee Bar) and then again in 2008 riding Black Pearl (Smart Little Pepinic x Sugar Babe Taffy x Master Remedy). The 2008 win pushed him across the Million Dollar Rider mark. “Wining in the Snaffle Bit, the Futurity is about as big a high I think a person can have, because everybody wants to win the Futurity if you’re showing reined cow horses,” Ward said. “It was one of the most fun moments to win. To be a multiple Futurity champion is thrilling.” A competitor through and through, Ward didn’t only contribute to the association through showing. He was involved in the creation of the Snaffle Bit Stakes, a stallion incentive program, which is now known as the Stallion Stakes. He devised the rules, set up payments from stallion owners and sought enrollments. The first stakes event was in 1986. “He’s been a breeder, a trainer, a showman. He’s been through it all. And not only that, but the contributions also that he’s made to the association has been a lot more than most of us have done,” said Smokey Pritchett, fellow NRCHA Hall of Fame member. “I think John doesn’t really see what a visionary he’s been in the reined cow horse.” In addition to giving of his time as
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an NRCHA Board of Director and his involvement in the incentive program, Ward Ranch donated a raffle colt with a year’s worth of training to the benefit of the NRCHA annually. The ranch donated 29 colts in total. Ward’s investment in the industry also includes mentoring up and coming trainers, like Ward Ranch trainer Chris Krieg. “The impact that he’s had on the cow horse community is a layered question,” Krieg said. “I think it’s not just John, it’s also his dad and then the horses in Ward Ranch. It’s everything. There is no doubt he needs to be in the Hall of Fame. He is a legend like the rest of those guys and it is cool to see him represented with them.” For Ward, the induction is a time to reflect. “The Hall of Fame is forever; the legends are in it,” Ward said. “When my dad used to say the horses are your teachers and you know, you take that for granted when you’re. kid. There’s been some moments you don’t forget. It’s a real honor to go in the Hall of Fame.”
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Through the last 60 years there was one horse that has redefined the Western performance horse industry: Doc Bar. Originally bred to be a racehorse, Doc Bar found his 15-hand stature best suited for halter, then siring athletic, cow-savvy offspring. His legacy began to unfold when he was purchased by Dr. Stephen Jensen. Doc Bar (Lightening Bar x Dandy Doll x Texas Dandy) was bred by Tom Finley in 1956. He had a lackluster career as a racehorse and instead captured nine grand championships in the halter pen. Then, the Jensens stepped in, moving the horse to their Double J Ranch in Paicines, California, where he remained until his death in 1992. “He was a very easy horse to be around and to work with,” said Charlie Ward, who managed the Double J Ranch with Jensen’s daughter and his wife, Stephenie. “It was not until after I’d been there and ridden several of his colts, and able to place them [with trainers] around the country where they wound up in the winner’s circle, it started to dawn on me he was a little different.” Ward had spent time with Buster Welch and developed a keen interest in cutting. When he saw two offspring sired by Doc Bar competing, he helped shift the stallion’s breeding focus to cuttingbred mares. “[Doc Bar] had one or two offspring
that were starting as cutting horses, a mare called Janey Bar that Harry Rose trained, and a mare called Fizzabar that Don Dodge was showing,” Ward recalled. “Harry had trained [Fizzabar] as a hackamore horse in the reining before Don started cutting on her. At that point those were the only two I knew of and so we started to point him that way.” Soon, the eye appeal and athleticism Doc Bar stamped on his offspring was catching the attention of performance horse trainers around the United States. The first foals began to compete in 1960. “They were athletic, quick-footed and had a lot of cow instinct and they were easy to train,” recalled Bobby Ingersoll. “They were great horses—they were great then and would have been great today.” Ingersoll, a National Reined Cow Horse Association Hall of Fame member, rode the first Doc Bar-sired colt in the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity. That started a roll of Doc Barbred horses out of Poco Lena, including NCHA Futurity Champion Doc O’Lena in 1970 and NCHA Futurity Champion Dry Doc in 1971. Reined cow horse trainers quickly sought the athletic horses, creating a line of influential sires in reined cow horse: Doc O’ Lena, Docs Hickory, Dry Doc, Docs Remedy, Doc Tom Tucker, Genuine Doc, Docs Oak, Docs Sug and many more. In addition to their athleticism, their appearance garnered attention in the show pen.
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“The eye appeal box [on the judge’s card] was made for them; they had the look,” said NRCHA Director of Judges Bill Enk. “If they looked at a cow, it was going to be impressive.” Doc Bar bloodlines can trace through nearly every reined cow horse and have influenced the industry. As Ingersoll says, he will go down as one of the greatest reined cow horse sires of all time. “I was really happy to hear about [the induction] because it is hard to find almost anything in the cutting, reining or cow horse that don’t go back to him somewhere in their background,” Ward said. “I’m sure happy he’s gotten that award.” REINED COW HORSE NEWS | MAY/JUNE 2022
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Today, Shining Spark is a household name in the Western performance horse industry. The 1989 palomino was the first National Reined Cow Horse Association All-Time Leading Sire, a title he held for 17 years until 2021, the year of his death. While the stallion excelled in the reining arena, his offspring took more than their share of earnings in the reined cow horse pen. His legacy today is crystal clear and solid. Yet when he was headed to training as a 2-year-old, his path wasn’t so set in stone. Breeder and longtime owner Carol Rose had paired Genuine Doc and Diamonds Sparkle, a mare by Mr. Diamond Dude. It was her second choice to breed Diamonds Sparkle to that stud, since Zan Parr Bar had passed away the year before. Genuine Doc wasn’t quite as certain of a sire, yet. But she was gifted with a future superstar. “When he was a yearling, he was he was fabulous. He was so good minded and so easy to be around, and he just was a headlight in a group of 26 yearling studs,” she recalled. “Shining spark is so easy to love and be loved. I mean, he’s just he’s been that way his entire life. He he’s so smart and he’s so willing.” With Rose considering the direction to send the athletic young horse, it was not to the cutting pen with his yellow color.
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“I fell in love with him as a horse right after he was born,” said Rose. “We decided he was pretty enough to beat them in any event. But the problem was he was Palomino. I wanted to go cow horse, but reined cow horse was a West Coast event. We decided to go with the reining because reining was growing in Texas.” With a show career that included $62,674 in earnings starting with Bob Loomis piloting him to fourth place in the National Reining Horse Association Futurity, and the 1993 American Quarter Horse Association Junior Reining World Champion title and the 1994 NRHA Derby Champion title, both with Tim McQuay in the saddle, the stallion lived up to his youthful athleticism as well as his colorful style. “Shiner gave me longevity,” said McQuay. “I could go show him and show him and show him, and he just said, OK, you know, when you ran fast and you took your legs away, he was going to slow down when you turn to go around the corner. He was going to run and stop and that. And he did it from day one until the end.” When it came to the breeding shed, it was clear “Shiner” was going to be a star. According to Rose and the Q Data reports, the horse has sired more than 1,000 offspring with 1,100 money earners across multiple disciplines. Of those, there were 266 NRCHA performers.
In 2003, Shining Spark reached Million Dollar Sire status, in 2010, he achieved the $3 Million Dollar Sire mark before taking the reins as the NRCHA’s first $4 Million Dollar Sire. He stood as the AllTime Leading Sire until 2021. “They love to work cattle,” Rose said of Shiner’s offspring. “They were strong, big stoppers and they had a lot of cow and they were also really good in the cow work. It was just a case of consistency, and his foals were very consistent. I’d love to thank the owners and the trainers of these Shining Spark foals that have done so well and have helped him make history.” With induction into the NRHA Hall of Fame in 2010 the title of NRHA $4 Million Dollar Sire, Shining Spark has crossed disciplines and sired champions in multiple arenas. His legacy continues in his foals, the foals of the mare’s he’s sired as the No. 1 All-Time Maternal Grandsire in NRCHA, and more. It is the versatility that Rose always strove to achieve in her breeding program. “I am so proud to have bred and owned Shining Spark,” said Rose. “He’s been my best friend. I’m so proud that he held the record, but as a breeder, the leading sires and the leading dams and all those records mean a lot, but they’re not everything. I don’t breed for to earn points and earn records. I breed to raise great horses that can do a lot and excel in what they do.”
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During the Hall of Fame inductions, Debby Sanguinetti was recognized with the Vaquero Award. The award honors National Reined Cow Horse Association members that give back to the association, and the cow horse community, through their longtime affiliation with the industry. Sanguinetti, of Farmington, California, has been riding stock horses since she was a young girl. “When we were little kids, my mom would load up the old rope horses and take us to a horse show. When we would get to the horse show, she’d say to pay attention to the people that showed stock horses; they’re good hands and they’re the only ones who can break horses,” she recalled. “That stuck with me.” In high school, Sanguinetti was able to buy an older gelding from California reined cow horseman Frank Rue, and it set her down the path she remains on today. “I learned what the saddle horse was for going down the fence. I’ve owned a ton of horses since then—including five Supreme champions—and it is my passion. I do versatility, also, because you work cows.” In addition to competing in reined cow horse, Sanguinetti is also an NRCHA judge. She rides with Lynn Anderson and focuses on having a horse that harkens back to her youth and can compete in multiple events. “It’s nice to be recognized. It’s surreal,” she said of receiving the Vaquero Award. “I help because I had help. I am paying back.” 88 MAY/JUNE 2022 | REINED COW HORSE NEWS
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Hendrixx (One Time Royalty x Smooth Miss Trona x Smooth As A Cat) and John Swales topped the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes Open Derby after scoring a 656 (H:213.5/R: 219.5/C:223). The 2017 stallion is owned by Monica Wille and took home $50,000 for winning the event.
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John Swales and Hendrixx win big in the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes Open Derby.
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OPEN DERBY TOP 10 March 24-April 2, 2022; Las Vegas, NV Horse/Rider/Pedigree/Owner/Score/Money 1. Hendrixx; John Swales; 17S (One Time Royalty x Smooth Miss Trona x Smooth As A Cat); Monica Wille; 656 (H:213.5/ R:219.5/C:223); $50,000
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ohn Swales has many reined cow horse accolades: He’s been the National Reined Cow Horse Association World’s Greatest Horseman twice; he’s won an Open Two Rein World Championship; a Hackamore Classic Open Hackamore Championship and several other titles. But the Derby Open win at the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes marks a win in a new division for him: aged events. “I wanted to win a major aged event for a long time now, and I guess it happened tonight,” Swales, of Millarville, Alberta, Canada, said. At last year’s Stallion Stakes Open Derby, Hendrixx (One Time Royalty x Smooth Miss Trona x Smooth As A Cat) did not make it back to the Finals, but this year the stallion has come into his own when it comes to the cow work, according to Swales. The 2017 sorrel stallion topped the tied reserve winners by two points to secure the Open title and $50,000. Hendrixx was bred by Ryder Cogdell Carpenter of Silverton, Texas, and Monica Wille of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, bought the stallion in 2018.
2 (TIE). Little Miss Voodoo; Jake Gorrell; 18M (Shiners Voodoo Dr x Lil Miss Rednic x Nic It In The Bud); Dana Lynne Roulet; 654 (H:215.5/R:216.5/C:222); $32,500 2 (TIE). This Cats The Mark; Brandon Buttars; 18G (WR This Cats Smart x Shiney Miss Marker x Shining Spark): Lori Adamski-Peek; 654 (H:220/R:219/C:215); $32,500 4 (TIE). Playtonic Cat; Chris Krieg; 18S (Metallic Cat x Play Miss x Playgun); Glen Ellen Livestock; 653 (H:219/213/221); $20,750 4 (TIE). Bad To Tha Boon; Erin Taormino; 17G (Peptoboonsmal x Bet On Merada x Bet On Me); Kathleen Pinkley; 653 (H:217/R:218.5/C:217.5); $20,750 6. Cats Tell Secrets; Matt Koch; 18G (WR This Cats Smart x Secrets Blue Angel x One Time Pepto); Orlando R. Gonzalez; 652.5 (H:217.5/R:217/C:218); $14,500 7. Me And Mrs Jonez; Chris Dawson; 17M (Travelin Jonez x Shine Smarter x WR This Cats Smart); Wendy K. Buehler; 650.5 (H:213/R:219/C:218.5); $12,000 8 (TIE). One Ata Time; Ryan Gallentine; 17S (One Time Pepto x Hip Hip Sue Rey x Dual Rey); Steven Mattson; 650 (H:214/R:216/C:220); $8,250 8 (TIE). Cats Nu Shine; Nicholas Dowers; 18M (WR This Cats Smart x Shiney Nu Annie x Shining Spark); Clinton J. Marshall; 650 (H:217.5/R:218/C:214.5); $8,250 10. SJR Royal Diamond; Justin Wright; 18S (One Time Royalty x Shiners Diamond Girl x Shining Spark); San Juan Ranch; 649 (H:216.5/R:217/C:215.5); $6,500
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said. “We had some trouble going down the fence through his 3-year-old and 4-year-old years. We’ve really focused on his fence work the last four or five months. And it sure paid off tonight.” Hendrixx scored a smoking 223 in the cow work, and that was more than enough to take the Open Derby title, along with $50,000 and a slew of prizes. “I didn’t know if I could [make a high enough score] happen or not, but they turned a great cow in, and my horse did his very best,” Swales said. “And it worked out—223.” Two teams tied for Reserve Champion bragging rights at the event. Jake Gorrel piloted Dana Lynne Roulet’s 2018 mare Little Miss Voodoo (Shiners Voodoo Dr x Lil Miss Rednic x Nic It In The Bud) to a 654 (H:215.5/R:216.5/C:222) to earn $32,500. With the same composite score and also earning $32,500, Brandon Buttars and 2018 gelding This Cats The
Tying for the Open Derby Reserve Champion title, Little Miss Voodoo (Shiners Voodoo Dr x Lil Miss Rednic x Nic It In The Bud), a 2018 mare ridden by Jake Gorrell and owned by Dana Lynne Roulet. The pair marked a composite score of 654 (H: 215.5/R:216.5/C: 222) to earn $32,500. 94 MAY/JUNE 2022 | REINED COW HORSE NEWS
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Mark (WR This Cats Smart x Shiney Miss Marker x Shining Spark), owned by Lori Adamski-Peek, scored a 654 (H:220/ R:219/C:215) to a share of the title.
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Playtonic Cat (Metallic Cat x Play Miss x Playgun) was the Intermediate Open Derby reserve champion thanks to a score of 653 (H:219/R:213/C:221). The 2018 stallion, ridden by Chris Krieg, is owned by Glen Ellen Livestock, and won $10,157.16.
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A score of 645 (H:210.5/R:216.5/C:218.5) landed 2018 stallion Karbon Copy Cat (Shiners Voodoo Dr x LCR Catty Campus x Cats Merada) and rider Jason Gay in the Limited Open Derby Reserve Champion spot along with $3,165.87.
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LIMITED OPEN DERBY CHAMPION
Smokin Little Elmo (CD Lights x Smoking Sabrina x Mister Dual Pep) and rider Monica Caetano took home the Limited Open Derby title with a 647 (H:216/R:213.5/C:217.5). The 2017 gelding owned by John R. Pascoe won $3,957.34.
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Debbie Crafton advanced all four of her horses to the Non Pro Finals, eventually clinching the Champion and Reserve Champion titles.
NON PRO DERBY TOP 10 March 24-April 2, 2022; Las Vegas, NV Horse/Rider/Pedigree/Owner/Score/Money 1. FoundLoveAtHooters; Debbie Crafton; 17G (Smooth As A Cat x Rey Lena Rey x Dual Rey); Debbie Crafton; 653.5 (H:214.5/R:219.5/C:219.5); $10,000 2. Hesa Wee Bet; Debbie Crafton; 17G (Bet Hesa Cat x Quejana Gal x Quejanaisalena); Debbie Crafton; 651.5 (H:216/R:218.5/217); $7,000 3. VooDoo Whiskey; Tylor Todd; 17G (Shiners Voodoo Dr x Whiskey On Wheels x Paddys Irish Whiskey); Tylor Todd; 648.5 (H:213/R:218.5/C:217); $6,000 4. Rok N Roll; Pam Myers; 18G (Sannman x Peek Of Faith x Peeka Pep); Pam Myers; 645 (H:215.5/R:215/C:214.5); $4,595.18 5. CP Metallic Dual; Kathy Wilson; 18G (Metallic Cat x KD Sweet Corn x Dual Pep); Kathy Wilson; 642.5 (H:215.5/ R:212.5/C:214.5); $3,446.38 6 (TIE). SCR King Of The Road; Cutter McLaughlin; 17S (Sannman x SCR Crackin Light x Boonlight Dancer); Jay and Wendy McLaughlin; 642 (H:212/R:215/C:215); $2,527.35 6. (TIE). Dual Smarty; Julia Winders; 17S (Dual Smart Rey x Cats Gabriella Acre x Cats Merada); Julia Winders; 642 (H:218.5/R:214/C:209.5); $2,527.35 8 (TIE). Hughes This Chick; Debbie Crafton; 17M (Thomas E Hughes x Smart Playing Chic x Smart Chic Olena); Debbie Crafton; 641.5 (H:216/R:218/C:210.5); $1,723.19
Debbie Crafton’s FoundLoveAtHooters (Smooth As A Cat x Rey Lena Rey x Dual Rey) rose to the top with a consistent set of scores in all three events.
8 (TIE). SJR SumKindaRockStar; Debbie Crafton; 18S (Smooth As A Cat x SumKinda PinkCadilac x Peptoboonsmal); Debbie Crafton; 641.5 (H:216/ R:218/C:210.5); $1,723.19 10. Tuckin One Time; Elizabeth Kania; 17M (One Time Pepto x Tuckin Smart x WR This Cats Smart); Renee Dubois; 639 (H:209/R:211/C:219); $1,608.31
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ebbie Crafton had the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes Non Pro Derby of her dreams, advancing all four of her horses to the 16-horse Finals Saturday night, April 2. When the dust settled after the fence work, Crafton and brown gelding FoundLoveAtHooters stood victorious. “I am blessed. How lucky am I?” Crafton asked. “When all four made it, it was a goal achieved.” Her roster included FoundLoveAtHooters, known as “Zaro,” Derby Reserve Champion Hesa Wee Bet (Bet Hesa Cat x Wee Quejana Gal x Quejanaisalena) along with Hughes This Chic (Thomas E Hughes x Smart Playin Chic x Smart Chic Olena) and SJR SumKindaRockStar (Smooth As A Cat x Sumkinda PinkCadilac x Peptoboonsmal). Between the Stallion Stakes Non Pro Derby preliminaries and Finals, Crafton and her team of horses amassed $22,354 in earnings. “There isn’t necessarily a horse that I think is better than the other,” Crafton said. “They’re all really strong and it was a ‘Let’s go see what happens.’ I think the more you can ride, the more and more you can develop as a horseman. If you can ride that many and can be put under that kind of pressure, it makes a better person out of you.” According to Crafton, she didn’t have enough show bridles to go between her horses, meaning that most of the horses were warmed up before the reining Finals in halters and lead ropes. If that wasn’t enough, two of Crafton’s helpers were preteens Deborah Jean “DJ” Crafton and Isabella “Isy” Scheffel. “I had the best pit crew ever and they were able to have horses right there for me,” Crafton said. “These horses were packing kids around and I get on and say, ‘Let’s go lay a run down.’ And [the horses] said ‘Gotcha.’ ” Crafton and 5-year-old Zaro had been 102 MAY/JUNE 2022 | REINED COW HORSE NEWS
“He is very good in the rein work and very good down the fence. And who doesn’t love a sorrel with a blaze face?” —Debbie Crafton
teammates for less than six months when she and the gelding set foot in the South Point Equestrian Center & Arena. “We really meshed right off the bat,” Crafton said. “One thing about Zaro is he’s so physical and quick-footed. He can run. The little bugger is so smart on a cow and a quick as he is, you’re not going to get outran going down the fence.” Zaro’s nimble footwork and cow smarts earned he and Crafton a 214.5 in the herd, a 219.5 in the reining and another 219.5 in the cow work for a composite of 653.5 and the $10,000 Champion paycheck. According to Crafton, she had been keeping a casual eye out for derbyaged horses in 2021 to replace her 2019 NRCHA Non Pro Snaffle Bit Futurity® Champion Dualin Alittle Time (One Time Pepto x ARC Dualena x Dual Pep). “I’d watched [Zaro] when Shawn Hays showed him and was drawn to him. He’s got a cool look and a lot of physical ability,” Crafton said. “I happened to talk to Shawn there at Fort Worth during the Snaffle Bit Futurity and he told me [he was available].” Crafton brought him home after the Snaffle Bit Futurity only to haul to the Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association Futurity days later, where they finished fourth in the Derby. When they arrived at the Stallion Stakes, Zaro and Crafton had achieved the team mindset Crafton seeks in all her mounts. “When you hang it out there, they’re trusting you and you’re trusting them,” Crafton said. The night of the Finals, despite having four horses in two sets of competitors, Crafton focused on each horses’ ability without dwelling on future possibilities
or past mistakes. Zaro was Crafton’s last horse in the fence work, and she was leading the field on Hesa Wee Bet. “The cattle were tricky, you just needed to be smart and leave with a lot of cow,” Crafton said.. “You didn’t want to get in their bubble, and if you boxed them too long it was going to get ugly. They would fall off of you [down the fence]. I knew I had to give this cow his bubble and trust my horse, and that’s what I did.” Working a tan steer, Crafton practiced the patience NRCHA Million Rider Chris Dawson discussed with her, waiting for the perfect time to swallow her cow as it came off the wall in her second fence turn. “Sometimes when things are going fast you have to slow down and be patient,” Crafton said. The Reserve Championship went to sorrel gelding Hesa Wee Bet, bred by Molly Mae Mirassou, who marked a 651.5 composite (H:216/R:218.5/C:217) . The blazed face son of NRCHA Million Dollar Sire Bet Hesa Cat won the $1,100 American Paint Horse Association Chrome Cash Incentive, bringing his Derby total to $8,185. “I love him. He has the coolest and sweetest personality. He is very good in the rein work and very good down the fence,” Crafton said. “And who doesn’t love a sorrel with a blaze face?” Crafton thanked Lori Frampton, Cayley Wilson, Tyler Merrill, Chris Dawson and Matt Koch for their help and advice throughout the show and training process. The next major NRCHA event on the calendar for Crafton is the June DT Horses Western Derby in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Rounding out the top two spots was Hesa Wee Bet and Debbie Crafton, who scored a 651.5 composite (H:216/R:218.5/C:217) for $7,000 in earnings. Hesa Wee Bet (Bet Hesa Cat x Wee Quejana Gal x Quejanaisalena) was bred by Molly Mae Mirassou and is owned by Debbie Crafton.
Boon Doxx (Sannman x Docs Stylish Liz x Docs Stylish Oak) and owner Stefani Wagley got it done with a composite of 641.5 (H:216/R:217/C:208) in the Intermediate Non Pro Derby. Bred by Jeff Schieber, Boon Doxx earned $3,181 for the Reserve Championship.
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The Intermediate Non Pro Championship went to Kathy Wilson and CP Metallic Dual (Metallic Cat x KD Sweet Corn x Dual Pep) who put together a composite of 642.5 (H:215.5/R:212.5/C:214.5) for a $4,065 payday. The 2018 gelding was bred by the Cal Poly Corporation and is owned by Wilson.
Tricia Gilson put her reining talents to good use with a 639.5 composite (H:211.5/ R:213.5/C:214.5) astride 2018 gelding Rebellious Soul (Metallic Rebel x Farra Rey x Dual Rey). Rebellious Soul was bred by Tiffany Manion and earned $1,979 for the feat.
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Riding her 2016 mare Hannas Metallic Rey (Metallic Cat x Reyhanna x Dual Rey), Denille LePlatte bested the 40-entry Non Pro Boxing Derby field with a composite 653 (H:216.5/R:214.5/C:222) to earn $3,534.30. The two also won the class, Non Pro Limited Derby, in 2021.
In the Level 1 Non Pro Boxing, Jenna Stolting rode Kit Kat Royal (Kit Kat Sugar x Little Royal Blue x Smart Little Lena), a 2016 mare, to the Champion title with a composite 642 (H:214.5/R:214/C:213.5) to earn $1,559.25.
Niamh Sexton rode Ima Metallic Shine (Metallic Cat x Isabellena x Quejanaisalena), owned by Melissa Sexton, to the reserve spot earning $2,827.44 with a composite 646.5 (H:215/R:215.5/C:216).
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Phillip Ralls rode Short N Catt (Sophisticated Cat x Shortys Sugar Sue x Shorty Lena) to a 662 (H:222/R:222/C:220) to earn the championship spot and take home $13,820.
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The horse and rider teams topping their Spectacular divisions each had a mission and a goal, and they more than hit the mark.
hillip Ralls brought “one bullet” with him to enter the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes Open Bridle Spectacular. But that bullet was a surefire shot with Sarah Davis’ gelding Short N Catt (Sophisticated Cat x Shortys Sugar Sue x Shorty Lena). While different factors have kept the 2011 bay gelding from earning a few top titles in the past, it all came together for Ralls, of Paso Robles, California, and Short N Catt to leave Las Vegas, Nevada, with the Open Bridle Spectacular Champion title and also a qualification for the 2022 The Run For A Million Cow Horse Challenge. “We knew that the Stakes was going to be a big one with the Spectacular and The Run For A Million qualifier,” said Ralls, a National Reined Cow Horse Association Million Dollar Rider. “It’s pretty awesome for him to have the show we know he can have with all the good ones there. That was a big win for him. He’s placed and done well at a lot of places.”
With a composite 662, the pair garnered $13,820 for Davis. The event started with a bang as the pair marked the high score of 222 in the herd work, and then followed it with a 222 in the rein work and a 220 on a cow that Ralls deemed “a tick soft.” “We drew good in the cutting and I got some good cows with a degree of difficulty cut. He got to show off how quick and cow smart he is, and we won the herd work,” he said. “I was early in the rein work and then late in the fence, which I would rather do so that I have an idea what to do to get a win done. He really challenged the pattern in the reining and kept us in a good spot. “Coming back [in the fence work], I needed to be a [218.5] to win the bridle spectacular. I’ve had some great runs down the fence on this horse so I was confident he could handle what they kicked out. He is a gamer and when your back is against the wall, you know you can leave with a lot of cow and handle it. He gives me confidence in that position.”
Ralls and the gelding have been a longtime team. However, it had been several months since they’d shown due to a bone bruise that affected the gelding. Though Ralls had hoped to have him for the World’s Greatest Horseman, he says the extra rehabilitation time ensured a successful Stallion Stakes showing. “He came back better than ever. He feels really good; super fit and strong. He is tough, but I didn’t want to put him in that situation. I wanted him primed and ready,” Ralls explained. The gelding was indeed ready to go, even making an extra run to secure Ralls’ qualification to the August The Run For A Million event. Ralls and Justin Wright, aboard Scooter Kat, were tied at eighth following the Open Bridle cow work, which ran concurrently with the Open Bridle Spectacular and the qualifier. Ralls had to ask Short N Catt for one more run. “The Run For A Million qualifier runoff is a perfect example of that horse’s best traits: he is strong, he is confident and gets it done,” said Ralls. “He was
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she was able to concentrate on showing. James appreciates the help she received from her mom, husband and an assistant that stayed home in California to foal mares. With the entries up for this year’s event, and the caliber of horses everincreasing, James said she knew she’d have to ride hard. “I had to go for it. He ran hard and stopped big for me. Every time I asked him, he gave a little bit more and let me put him where I needed to,” she said. “Those cows were hard coming down the
fence and he knew exactly how to handle it. They blew us a new cow and the second one ran really hard, but he handled it. I can’t say enough about this horse, he is one in a gazillion.” Katherine DeHaan, DVM, and her 2015 gelding Smooth Dera Max (Smooth As A Cat x Dera Dually x Dual Pep), bred by Dana or Harry DeHaan, took the Reserve Champion title and earned $4,288 with a composite 437 (H:147/R:144.5/C:145.5). Though she tied with James, the cow score decided the event champion.
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The 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes Non Pro Bridle Spectacular was the first NRCHA premier event for Lindsey James after giving birth to her son last year. She and Maximum Spoonful (Hes A Peptospoonful x PG Maxine x Playgun), bred by Anderson Cattle Company and owned by LMJ Enterprises, didn’t need a refresher, though, as they powered to the win with a 437 (H:144/ R:146.5/C:146.5), earning $5,360. James and “Max” have paired up for seven years to earn multiple NRCHA premier wins. The 2009 gelding stays at home with James, and she often rides him on the beach and trail, before getting a refresher with trainer Phillip Ralls immediately before a show. “Max is really just getting better every time I show him,” James said. “He has quite the life but he deserves it! He is awesome out of the herd and it is usually one of our best events. I can always count on him and he’s a really cool dude.” While not a typical show for James with her young son along for the event,
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Lindsey James and Maximum Spoonful needed no warmup to get back to winning in the show pen, earning the Non Pro Bridle Spectacular Champion title.
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Catelyn Walker kicked off her final year competing as a Youth with a bang. She and Playin Motown rode to a 442 to earn the Youth Cow Horse Spectacular Champion title. The 2013 gelding (Mr Playinstylish x Mo Flo x Mr Peponita Flo) was bred by Kit and Charlie Moncrief and Lee Tennison, and is owned by Walker. Earlier in 2022, the duo clinched the 2021 World and National titles in the Youth Cow Horse. It adds to the long show résumé they have compiled together. “He is rock solid; he is the easiest horse there is to show,” she said. “It is a matter of tuning him up a couple weeks before the show, working a practice cow then going to show. He is a machine; he is fun!” The pair earned the top spot in the rein work with a 148 then matched that in the
“That was probably our best herd work we’ve ever had. He was so pure in the rein work and stopped huge. He was right there with the cow. I was ecstatic with him!” —Catelyn Walker
cow work. They finished the event with a solid 146 in the herd work. “On ‘Rio,’ my goal is always to go in, be clean and show him to the best I can,” Walker explained. “He does his job and it is more fun for me to show him than nerve wracking. That was probably our best herd work we’ve ever had. He was so pure in the rein work and stopped huge. He was right there with the cow. I was ecstatic with him!” Walker plans to enter all NRCHA premier events in 2022 to complete her
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Nick Dowers rode Clinton Marshall’s stallion Santiago Time (One Time Pepto x Reymanising x Dual Rey) to a 660.5 (H:216.5/R:221.5/C:222.5) to earn the reserve spot and take home $10,365.
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final Youth year. She earned $480 with this win. “I’m hoping to repeat any and all the titles we’ve picked up again this year!” she said. The Reserve Champion title went to Lannie-Jo Lisac and 2013 mare Lookslikelucktome (Smart Boons x Dual Lookin Pep x Dual Pep), bred by Kevin and Sydney Knight and owned by Timothy and Katherine Miller. The pair scored a 440.5 (H:144/R:147.5/C:149) and earned $400.
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Shadd Parkinson rode 2014 gelding Metal Storm (Metallic Cat x Cowstruck x Smart Little Lena), bred by Reata Cutting Horses LLC and owned by Bronwyn McCormick, to a 656.5 (H:217.5/R:217.5/C:221.5) and earned $2,700.
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CD Highlights (High Brow CD x Go Little Starlight x Grays Starlight), a 2012 stallion bred by John McCoy and owned by Linda Katz, and Randy Paul rode to the Reserve Champion title with a 656 (H:215.5/R:217.5/C:223) to earn $2,160 and take home $10,365.
Julie Gibbons and 2017 mare GAR Sweet Tea (Bamacat x PG Selena x Playgun), bred by Mark and Eva Gardiner, rode to 438.5 (H:144/R:145.5/C:149) to earn the title and also $4,500.
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Katherine DeHaan, DVM, and her 2015 gelding Smooth Dera Max (Smooth As A Cat x Dera Dually x Dual Pep), bred by Dana or Harry DeHaan, took the Reserve Champion title and earned $4,288 with a composite 437 (H:147/R:144.5/C:145.5).
Laney Fjelstad and 2006 gelding Mini Mes Mercedes (Mini Me Merada x Spooks Hickory x Olenas Command), bred by Deborah Jean Powers and owned by Addison Fjelstad, rode to a 432.5 (H:141/R:144/C:147.5) and earned $3,600.
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Catelyn Walker rode Playin Motown (Mr Playinstylish x Mo Flo x Mr Peponita Flo) to a 442 (H: 146/R:148/C:148) to earn the win and $480.
Caleb Cushing rode 2011 gelding Good Time (One Time Pepto x Dual Nurse x Dual Pep), bred by Cindy Smith and owned by Corey or Kristen Cushing, to the win with a 436.5 (H:143/R:145/C:148.5 ) and earned $600.
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Lannie-Jo Lisac and 2013 mare Lookslikelucktome (Smart Boons x Dual Lookin Pep x Dual Pep), bred by Kevin and Sydney Knight and owned by Timothy and Katherine Miller. The pair scored a 440.5 (H:144/R:147.5/C:149) and earned $400.
Cole Hawk and 2006 mare Miss Montana Smarts (Cowboy Smarts x Lois Montana x Mister Dual Pep), bred by Jim Babcock and owned by Hawk Family Trust, rode to a 432.5 (H:145/R:142/C:145.5) and earned $450.
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azardouz Material and Erin Taormino know how to win big in Las Vegas. The pair nabbed the 2021 National Reined Cow Horse Association Stallion Stakes Derby Champion title, then came back this year to earn the Open Two Rein Spectacular Champion win at the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes. For Taormino, it’s not a gamble to enter “Skeeter” since it is a sure bet the horse will do his job. “He is such a special individual,” she said. “I wholeheartedly feel like the older
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he gets the better he gets and the more he comes into his own. He is a good-minded horse and gives everything you ask. I feel so lucky to have him. He is a once-in-alifetime type of horse, I feel like.” In February, the 2016 stallion sired by Metallic Cat and out of Scooters Daisy Dukes, bred by Taylor Carbo and owned by Linda Mars, earned the 2021 NRCHA World Champion Open Hackamore title. The red roan is on a roll. This win added $5,500 to his earnings with a 446 score (H:146/R:148/C:152).
“He knows his job so well. Going from the hackamore to the two-rein, I took him to confidence-building smaller schooling shows to feel the adjustment from two hands to one-handed,” Taormino explained. “At home I started working him one-handed, straight up in the bridle and took things as they came. My goal was to season him and build his confidence during that adjustment phase. “Especially down the fence with all the variables, you don’t know how a horse is going to handle it or react, especially
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owned by Kit and Charlie Moncrief, to a 438.5 (H:146/R:145/C:147.5) and earned $4,125. With the same composite score of 438.5 (H:144/R:143/C:151.5), Clayton Edsall rode 2016 stallion Heza Rowdy Cat (Bet Hesa Cat x Dear Little Boon Bar x Boon Bar), bred by Clyde Wilmott and owned by Kim Basterrechea, to earn $4,125.
NON PRO TWO REIN
Catelyn Walker’s good luck continued to hold in Vegas at the 2022 Teton Ridle Stallion Stakes as she and her 2016 gelding Frat Cat (WR This Cats Smart x TAMU A Dualin Reina x Aggies Twelfth Man), bred by Texas A&M University Department of Animal Science, won their
first two-rein event together, the Non Pro Two Rein Spectacular. “I’ve show in Non Pro Derbies but never much in the horse show classes, and this was my first Non Pro Spectacular. It was pretty cool! I was nervous showing this,” Walker, an NRCHA Youth, said. “ ‘Fraser’ is always there for me and fun to show, but I wanted to put him in a position to go and do his best.” With a composite 439 (H:145/ R:147.5/C:146.5) the pair earned $2,828 for the win. “My rein work was really good and he was pretty pure,” she said of their runs. “He waits on me to ask him to run down and always stops huge. Our cow was good and he was right there with it.
Riding in her first two-rein event, Catelyn Walker piloted Frat Cat to the win.
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OPEN TWO REIN SPECTACULAR RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE)
Boyd Rice piloted 2016 stallion Fabulous Fletch (Royal Fletch x Little Smart Ginger x Smart Little Lena), bred and owned by Kit and Charlie Moncrief, to tie with a 438.5 (H:146/R:145/C:147.5) and earned $4,125.
We drew the perfect cow for him—the faster the cow the more he likes it! A cow that turns and looks at him gets him pretty bright [eyed]. The herd work shaped up exactly like I was hoping; he was a rock star.” This is the first horse that Walker has ridden in multiple stages of traditional reined cow horse training. “It’s really cool to show him through the snaffle and then he was really good in the hackamore, and now, he’s fun in the [two-rein] and bridle,” she explained. “This is my first two-rein horse and it’s been a blast—I’ve always wanted to show it!” The win gives Walker a boost for the remaining show year. She rides with NRCHA professional Ben Baldus and expressed her thanks to him for always supporting her. “Ben and Cameron Baldus and the whole Baldus crew are always helping me, and my parents are always so supportive allowing me to do this,” she said. “My friends cheer me on. It’s nice to have such a great support system!” The Non Pro Two Rein Spectacular Reserve Champion title went to Mark Broeckel and his 2016 gelding CR Dees Be Tuff (Woody Be Tuff x CR Dees Boon Meow x Peptoboonsmal), bred by Center Ranch. The pair scored a composite 435.5 (H:144/R:146.5/C:145) to earn $2,222.
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OPEN TWO REIN SPECTACULAR RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE)
With the same composite score of 438.5 (H:144/R:143/C:151.5), Clayton Edsall rode 2016 stallion Heza Rowdy Cat (Bet Hesa Cat x Dear Little Boon Bar x Boon Bar), bred by Clyde Wilmott and owned by Kim Basterrechea, to earn $4,125.
NON PRO TWO REIN SPECTACULAR RESERVE CHAMPION
Mark Broeckel and his 2016 gelding CR Dees Be Tuff (Woody Be Tuff x CR Dees Boon Meow x Peptoboonsmal) scored a composite 435.5 (H:144/R:146.5/C:145) to earn $2,222.
$32,000
in
CHROME CASH ADDED MONEY
at 2022 NRCHA and APHA cow horse events! If your AQHA horse has as little as two inches of solid white hair in the qualifying area OR if your horse has an APHA registered parent, you may be eligible for APHA registration. APHA registration is all you need to enter the CHROME CASH class at participating events.
2022 CHROME CASH Participating Events (as of 4/15/22)
$2,000 ADDED
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NRCHA Western Derby June 1–12, Scottsdale, AZ
APHA World Show June 24–July 10, Fort Worth, TX
Sponsored by War Ponies Elite Cowhorses, owned by Joey & LeeAnn Slipher
Sponsored by APHA and Texas Paint Horse Breeders Association
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NRCHA Eastern Derby July, Cordova, TN
NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity October 6–22, Fort Worth, TX
Sponsored by War Ponies Elite Cowhorses, owned by Joey & LeeAnn Slipher
Sponsored by War Ponies Elite Cowhorses, owned by Joey & LeeAnn Slipher
A few APHA-registered sires & dams include: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Stevie Rey Von Metallic Rebel Smooth As A Cat Smooth Talkin Style Catty Hawk Reyzin The Cash Badboonarising One Time Royalty Hydrive Cat Rusty Blue Metallic Once You Go Black Quejanaisalena Mecom Blue Metallic Rey Mink Dual Reyish Metallic Cattack
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Magnetik Playboy Niki Sixx Metallic Masterpiece Mc Cowhammer Metallic Malice Gunnatrashya Check Yer Metal Lincoln The Reyl Mccoy Dealnwithacoolcat Ruby Tuesday Dna Sadie The Cat Hissy Cat Purdy Bet Shes Twice As Smooth
Enter the CHROME CASH class thru the participating show office. For more information on CHROME CASH events, how to register your horse & to obtain a list of APHA registered performance stallions visit
www.apha.com/programs/chromecash or contact Sunny Bates at sbates@apha.com or (817) 219-7985.
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IG WINNERS IN VEGAS Compiled by Lillian Kent | Photos by Primo Morales
Large classes and tough competitors vied for horse show titles at the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 24 through April 2. OPEN BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE)
OPEN BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE) The Open Bridle Reserve Champion race was a dead heat, with Bet Lucky 13 (Bet Hesa Cat x Miss Lucky Starlight x Grays Starlight) and Todd Crawford shimmying their way into the standings with a 441 (R:222/C:219), earning $3,225. The 2013 stallion was bred by James Eakin and is owned by Robert and Allysn Light.
The Clinton Marshallowned gelding High Stressin Cat (WR This Cats Smart x Playguns Melody x Playgun) and Nick Dowers scored a 441 (R:222/C:219) and tied for the Open Bridle Reserve Championship. Bred by Wagonhound Land and Livestock LLC, High Stressin Cat earned $3,225 for the feat.
OPEN BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE)
OPEN BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE), INTERMEDIATE OPEN BRIDLE CHAMPION Luke Jones and Mr Comin In Hot (Mr Playinstylish x Lil Sally Cat x High Brow Cat) put together a 218 rein work and 223 cow work for a 441 composite and $3,225 in earnings. The 2015 gelding is bred and owned by Kit and Charlie Moncrief.
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SJR Smooth Lil Oak (Smooth As A Cat x Shiners Little Oak x Shining Spark), bred by San Juan Ranch, and Kyle Noyce scored a composite of 441 (R:220.5/C:220.5). The 2016 gelding is owned by Janie DvorakCompton and earned $4,225 for the two open titles.
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LIMITED OPEN BRIDLE CHAMPION
LIMITED OPEN BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION
RR Cat Benatar (Reys Dual Badger x High Brow Cat Lady x High Brow Cat) and Caitlyn Showalter scored a 417 (R:205.5/C:211.5). The 2016 mare earned $1,500 for breeder and owner Roy A Rich Inc.
NON PRO BRIDLE CHAMPION, INTERMEDIATE NON PRO BRIDLE CHAMPION, LIMITED NON PRO BRIDLE CHAMPION Thecrowdlovesme (Smart Chic Olena x Shine Smartly x Shining Spark) and owner Lindsay Wadhams earned three champion titles for a total of $6,381. The 2008 stallion, bred by Walter Greeman and Tammy Hays, marked a 147 in the reining and a 150 in the cow work for a 297 composite.
Starlights Sweet Cat (Highbrows Jaggededge x Tuf N Sweet x Starlight N Montana) and Portia McCutchan earned $1,125 for owner Lori Selingmann with their Reserve Championship. Bred by Karla Grimes, the 2013 gelding marked a 417 (R:212/C:201.5) with McCutchan.
LIMITED NON PRO BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION, SELECT NON PRO BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION Randy Gamble and his 2016 gelding Flint Mccullough (Smart Boons x Smart Dueling Chic x Smart Chic Olena) earned $1,720 between their two Reserve Championships. The Linda McMahonbred gelding marked a 293 (R:147/C:146) to achieve the titles.
YOUTH COW HORSE 13 & UNDER
NON PRO BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE), INTERMEDIATE NON PRO BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE), SELECT NON PRO BRIDLE CHAMPION Perfect Light Time (CD Lights x BBR Perfect Timin x A Chic In Time) and owner Tracy Adams garnered three titles together, earning $3,097 with their 293 (R:145/C:148) composite. The 2011 gelding was bred by Piras Cows and Horses USA.
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Riley Friesen and Peggy Cummins bredand-owned gelding Sweethearts Legacy (Cats Moonshine x A Docs Sweetheart x A Docs Special) navigated to a 279 (R:140/C:139), good for the Youth Cow Horse 13 & Under Championship.
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NON PRO HACKAMORE CHAMPION
NON PRO HACKAMORE RESERVE CHAMPION Charlene Meeks and Play Sally Play (Play Dual Rey x KF Peptos Sally x Peptos Stylish Oak), scored a 142 in the reining and 145.5 in the cow for a 287.5 composite. The 2017 mare bred by Jennifer Anderson and owned by Scot and Charlene Meeks added $1,292 to her lifetime earnings.
Tylor Todd her gelding and Voodoo Whiskey (Shiners Voodoo Dr x Whiskey On Wheels x Paddys Irish Whiskey) earned a Reserve Championship together with a score of 284.5 (R:139/C:145.5). The Ricky Dusin-bred horse earned $969 for the feat.
OPEN HACKAMORE CHAMPION, INTERMEDIATE OPEN HACKAMORE CHAMPION Michael Vipham and his 2017 mare JP Royal Tinker Bell (JP Colonel Blackcatt x JP Jodie Starlight x Wranglers Starlight) scored a 291 (R:145/C:146) together for two Open Championships. The Van Norman Quarter Horses Inc.-bred mare earned $3,090 for the effort.
OPEN HACKAMORE RESERVE CHAMPION The Open Hackamore Reserve Championship went to Mik Jagger (Metallic Cat x Reds Instant Magic x Abrakadabracre) and Clayton Edsall, who marked a 290.5 (R:146/C:144.5) and earned $2,088 for owner Paul George Poor. The 2017 stallion was bred by Fults Ranch Ltd.
LIMITED OPEN HACKAMORE CHAMPION
INTERMEDIATE OPEN HACKAMORE RESERVE CHAMPION
Cayley Wilson and 2018 stallion CR Dainty N Tuff (Woody Be Tuff x Dainty Dual Rey x Dual Rey) put together a composite of 290 (R:145.5/C:144.5), earning $400 for owner Lee Ann McDaniel.
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Hickorys Lucky Time (Hickory Holly Time x Travalenas Luckylegs x Travalena) and Craig Cowley earned $1,100 for their score of 283.5 (R:141/C:142.5). The 2017 mare was bred by Alan and Kay Needle, and is owned by Craig and Rosie Cowley.
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LIMITED OPEN HACKAMORE RESERVE CHAMPION
Braden Johns and VE One Hired Gun (Hired Gun x One Autumn Breeze x One Time Pepto) got it done for breeder and owner Vera Earl Ranch Inc., marking a 283 (R:141/C:142) and earning $825.
INTERMEDIATE NON PRO BOXING CHAMPION, LIMITED NON PRO BOXING CHAMPION, SELECT NON PRO BOXING RESERVE CHAMPION DT Whiskey Shine (Paddys Irish Whiskey x Smart Shinealo x Smart Shiner) and owner Tammy Lynne Penn achieved three titles together, scoring a 288.5 (R:142/C:146.5) and earning $1,607. The 2012 gelding was bred by Canyon Horse Sales LLC.
LIMITED NON PRO BOXING RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE) Once In A Rey Boon (Once In A Blu Boon x Dual Reys Ms Bobbi x Dual Rey) and Taylee Albritton tied for the Reserve Championship, scoring a 288 (R:142.5/C:145.5) and earning $293. Once In A Rey Boon is owned by the Hawk Family Trust and was bred by Sarah and Judd Sherman.
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NON PRO BOXING CHAMPION
Miss R Smokin (Dual R Smokin x Meradas Little Miss x Meradas Money Talks) marked a 294.5 (R:145/C:149.5) for owner and rider Chelly Mae Mack, earning $1,600. The 2016 mare was bred by G2 Performance Horses.
INTERMEDIATE NON PRO BOXING RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE) Jennifer Blake and her mare Lenas Twist Of Sugar (Dun It With A Twist x Sugar Lena Hickory x Cody Hickory) put together a 286.5 (R:141/C:143) for the Reserve Championship. The 2006 mare, bred by Gayle and Sue Makin, earned $586 for the effort.
LIMITED NON PRO BOXING RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE)
Mr Shiney Lights (CD Lights x Lil Miss Shiney Chex x Shining Spark), bred by Lee Smith, carried owner Renee Berry to a Reserve Co-Championship, marking a 288 (R:145/C:143) and earning $293.
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SELECT NON PRO BOXING CHAMPION
OPEN TWO REIN CHAMPION
Hazardouz Material (Metallic Cat x Scooters Daisy Dukes x Dual Smart Rey) and Erin Taormino bested the field with a score of 300 (R:148/C:152), earning $2,620 for owner Linda Mars. The 2016 stallion was bred by Taylor Carbo. Traci White navigated Ima Prizcee Hickory (Cee Mr Hickory x Nu Prize x Smokums Prize) to the Select Non Pro Boxing Championship, earning $463. The 2015 gelding scored a 289.5 (R:144/C:145.5) for the win.
OPEN TWO REIN RESERVE CHAMPION
Clayton Edsall rode Kim Basterrechea’s 2016 stallion Heza Rowdy Cat (Bet Hesa Cat x Dear Little Boon Bar x Boon Bar) to a Reserve Championship, scoring a 294.5 (R:142/C:151.5) and earning $2,096.
NON PRO BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE), INTERMEDIATE NON PRO BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE), YOUTH COW HORSE CHAMPION Garnering a total of $3,030, Lannie-Jo Lisac and Lookslikelucktome (Smart Boons x Dual Lookin Pep x Dual Pep) brought home three Champion and Reserve titles, scoring a 293 (R: 145.5/C: 147.5) in the Bridle class and a 296.5 (R:147.5/C:149) in the Youth Cow Horse. The 2013 mare is owned by Timothy and Kathy Miller, and was bred by Kevin and Sydney Knight.
YOUTH COW HORSE RESERVE CHAMPION
BOX DRIVE CHAMPION
A score of 296 (R: 148/C: 148) nabbed Playin Motown (Mr Playinstylish x Mo Flo x Mr Peponita Flo) and owner-rider Catelyn Walker the Reserve Championship, worth $144.
NON PRO BOXING CHAMPION RESERVE CHAMPION Monica Duflock and her mare Oh Cay Meriah (Light N Lena x Meradas Oh Cay x Freckles Merada) pulled off the Box Drive win with a substantial 294.5 (R:144/C:150.5). The 2009 mare was bred by Billy Martin, and earned $1,281 for the Championship.
Julie Gibbons piloted her 2017 mare Gar Sweet Tea (Bamacat x PG Selena x Playgun) to a Reserve Championship, scoring a 294.5 (R:145.5/C:149) and earning $1,280.
INTERMEDIATE NON PRO BOXING RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE)
Cole Hawk and Miss Montana Smarts (Cowboy Smarts x Lois Montana x Mister Dual Pep), bred by Jim Babcock, tied for the Reserve Championship, marking a 286.5 (R:141.5/C:145) and earning $586. Miss Montana Smarts is owned by the Hawk Family Trust.
NON PRO BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE), INTERMEDIATE NON PRO BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION (TIE)
Lindsey James and her gelding Maximum Spoonful (Hes A Peptospoonful x PG Maxine x Playgun), bred by Anderson Cattle Company, earned two Reserve Championships worth $2,857 with a score of 293 (R:146.5/C:146.5).
NON PRO TWO REIN CHAMPION
Catelyn Walker and her 2016 gelding Frat Cat (WR This Cats Smart x TAMU A Dualin Reina x Aggies Twelfth Man) earned the Non Pro Two Rein Championship with a score of 294 (R:147/C:146.5). The TAMU Dept of Animal Science-bred gelding earned Walker $1,563.
BOX DRIVE RESERVE CHAMPION
NON PRO TWO REIN RESERVE CHAMPION Ice Wynnd Fire (Peptoboonsmal x Fancy Frostina x Smart Little Lena), bred by Tommy Manion, and owner Delinda Jokela earned $1,025 with their 292 (R:145/C:147) composite.
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Scoring a 291.5 (R:146.5/C:146.5), CR Dees Be Tuff and owner Mark Broeckel grabbed the Reserve Championship and $1,250 in winnings. A 2016 gelding, CR Dees Be Tuff (Woody Be Tuff x CR Dees Boon Meow x Peptoboonsmal) was bred the Center Ranch.
OPEN BRIDLE CHAMPION
The Open Bridle Championship went to top The Run For A Million Qualifier Nick Dowers and Santiago Time (One Time Pepto x Reymansing x Dual Rey), bred by Matthews Cutting Horses LLC. Dowers and the 2014 gelding marked a 444 (R:221.5/C:222.5) for owner Clinton Marshall, earning $5,700.
INTERMEDIATE OPEN BRIDLE RESERVE CHAMPION
The Linda Katz-owned stallion CD Highlights (High Brow CD X Go Little Starlight x Grays Starlight) and Randy Paul earned $800 for their Intermediate Open Bridle Reserve Championship. The 2012 stallion was bred by John McCoy, and marked a 440.5 (R:217.5/C:223) for the Reserve title.
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HE FIRST CUT By Callie McCarthy-Boevers & Kate Bradley Byars • Photos by Primo Morales
Eight riders punched a ticket to The Run For A Million Cow Work Challenge at the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes qualifier.
T
he first qualifier for the 2022 The Run For A Million Cow Work Challenge brought out the big guns under the bright lights of Las Vegas, Nevada, at the 2022 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes. In early 2022, the National Reined Cow Horse Association announced 16 riders will be invited to The Run For A Million Cow Horse Challenge from two qualifiers: the first at the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes and the second at the DT Horses Western Derby. Out of an 83-horse field, it took a 440 composite score to earn an invitation to the cow horse event, which will be held August 17-20. Nick Dowers, of Dyer, Nevada, rode Santiago Time (One Time Pepto x Reymanising x Dual Rey), owned by Clinton Marshall, to top the field with a 444 and secured a check for $8,835. Dowers, who competed in the inaugural event in 2021, entered three bridle horses in the pursuit of a qualification. “My goal was to get qualified; that was the plan. All the prize money throughout all three classes was a bonus,” he said. “[The Run For A Million] is one of the biggest events. As an event, it is one everyone wants to see. We were a part
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of it last year, and I definitely wanted to be part of the spectacle this year. It is so big for our sport, just like the World’s Greatest [Horseman] Finals, you want to be in there.” As the last set wound down, there was one horse and rider team that could bump the seventh- and eighth-place horses into a tie, and Shawn Hays rode MoonshineAndTwoAdvil to a score that did just that. Justin Wright and Scooter Kat (Kit Kat Sugar x Scooters Daisy Dukes x Dual Smart Rey), owned by Eric Freitas, and Phillip Ralls on Sarah Davis’ gelding Short N Catt (Sophisticated Catt x Shortys Sugar Sue x Shorty Lena) made the event exciting as the two faced a runoff to decide the final eighth hole. Ralls and Short N Catt secured the final spot. The eight riders qualified for The Run For A Million are: Dowers; Todd Crawford from Blanchard, Oklahoma; Luke Jones from Allerton, Iowa; Kyle Noyce of Blanchard, Oklahoma; Corey Cushing of Scottsdale, Arizona; Randy Paul from Los Alamos, California; Shawn Hays of Weatherford, Texas; and Phillip Ralls from Paso Robles, California. “It was a thrill to have so many great bridle horses in our arena vying for a
spot at The Run For A Million,” said Anna Morrison, NRCHA executive director. “It’s exciting to see the recognition that events like this put on the finished bridle horse, the ultimate goal of reined cow horse sport.” Dowers echoed those thoughts as he expressed both excitement and thanks for the chance to take part in the event. “As soon as people give cow horse a chance, and see it live, they’re hooked,” he said. “The more people can see it, the more people we bring to the sport. That is what NRCHA has done the last couple of years, getting the promotion, the Cowboy Channel, that is the difference. Our sport is trending because it is out there, and people can see it is so exciting and so hard; the ball is rolling in the right direction.” An additional eight qualifiers will be invited from the qualifier at the DT Horses Western Derby in Scottsdale, Arizona, June 1-12. The rider can choose to compete on the horse he qualified on or enter another mount. Follow nrcha.com and the NRCHA social media channels for updates on this event, including horse-rider combination announcements.
The Run For A Million Qualified Riders
1. NICK DOWERS, Dyer, Nevada
2. TODD CRAWFORD, Blanchard, Oklahoma
3. LUKE JONES, Allerton, Iowa
4. KYLE NOYCE, Blanchard, Oklahoma
5. COREY CUSHING, Scottsdale, Arizona
6. RANDY PAUL, Los Alamos, California
7. SHAWN HAYS, Weatherford, Texas
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Margaret Ore PO Box 1604 East Helena, MT 59635 Phone: 406-227-7019 Email: more@mt.net Website: www.montanareinedcowhorse.com 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 Jacob Partridge 996 Flickner Rd. Arkport, N.Y. 14807 Phone: 585-738-1057 Email: jpartridge996@gmail.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
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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
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Lane Arnold PO Box 1053 Canyon, TX 79015 Phone: 806-341-0941 Email: panhandlecowhorse@gmail.com Website: www.panhandlecowhorse.com
Christy McSweeny 33175 Temecula Pkwy Ste A, 754 Temecula, CA 92592 Phone: 714-785-1333 5 Email: smal4joy@gmail.com Website: ltht@airenetworks.com
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Jill Swanhorst P.O. Box 55 Alzada, MT 59311 Phone: 605-484-5788 Email: Jswanhorst5278@gmail.com Website: www.sdrcha.com
Larry Westmoreland PO Box 143 Tickfaw, LA 70466 Phone: 985-320-5058 Email: srcowha@gmail.com Website: www.srchala.com
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Tina McCleary 5819 Michael Rd Sanger, TX 76266 Phone: 979-218-0633 Email: southtexasrcha@gmail.com Website: www.strcha.org
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
Volunteer Ranch Horse Association Tammy Bledsoe 1110 Black Ridge Road Lynnville, TN 38472 Phone: 931-638-0804 Email: tammy.bledsoe@gmail.com Website: www.volrha.com
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MARS EQUESTRIAN..................................................................77 MATTHEWS CUTTING HORSES LLC ...........................................53 METALLIC REBEL......................................................................23 MILLER INTERNATIONAL ........................................................... 3 MONCRIEF QUARTER HORSES ..................................................63 NOBLE PANELS AND GATES .....................................................BC NUTRENA FEED DIVISION .........................................................68 OKLAHOMA EQUINE HOSPITAL ...............................................115 PLANTATION FARMS ................................................................43 PLATINUM PERFORMANCE, INC ...............................................89 PULSE VETERINARY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC................................119 QUARTER HORSE NEWS.........................................................138 RICATO SUAVE LLC ...................................................................57 RIOS OF MERCEDES .................................................................. 5 ROBERTSON RANCHES.............................................................90 ROCKING BS RANCH ................................................................41 ROCKING P RANCH .............................................................IFC-1
ROLLZ ROYCE ...........................................................................29 SAMI FINE JEWELRY ..............................................................135 SAN JUAN RANCH / SANTA CRUZ ...........................................117 SANTA LUCIA PRESERVE ........................................................IBC SDM QUARTER HORSES ..................................................... 12-13 SERVI, BEVERLY .......................................................................47 SHORTY’S CABOY HATTERY.......................................................69 SJ RANCH..............................................................................127 SKYBAND RANCH...................................................................139 SRCHA...................................................................................141 THE SADDLE HOUSE ...............................................................124 TR9 RANCH................................................................ 6-7, 20-21 TRES OSOS PERFORMANCE HORSES/ MISS ELLIE LLC ............121 TRIPLE D RANCHES..................................................................72 WAGONHOUND LAND AND LIVESTOCK .....................................37 WESTERN BLOODSTOCK .................................................... 24-25 WESTERN LEGACY CO. .............................................................85 XIT RANCH.............................................................................123
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