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Affiliate News: Colorado Reined
Koch “Strykes” for Open Derby win at the Sagebrush.
By Bonnie Wheatley, courtesy of CRCA Photographs by Performance Horse Photography
Cow horse competitors flocked to the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo, Colorado, for the Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association’s $44,400-added Sagebrush show, held April 20-24. CRCA directors, show staff and cattle crew all worked together to ensure that the show rolled smoothly, and determined competitors who traveled from throughout Colorado and other states rose to the challenge.
OPEN DERBY CHAMPIONS
Besting the field of 33 Open Derby entrants was topranked National Reined Cow Horse Association professional Matt Koch of Elizabeth, Colorado, riding Sargent Stryker (Metallic Cat x Cajuns Little Uno x Smart Little Uno) for owner R. Jeffrey Simpson of Kirkland, Arizona. Koch and Sargent Stryker’s composite score of 444 was worth $4,781.70. The horse also banked another $689.92 as the Open Novice Horse Derby Champion and $540.75 as the 4-year-old Incentive Open winner.
Koch split reserve honors riding La Veta, Colorado, based XIT Ranch’s Smart Lookin Secrets (WR This Cats Smart x Secrets Blue Angel x One Time Pepto) with Jay McLaughlin and Tee Boone (Once In A Blu Boon x Skeets My Bro x Docs Curious Cat), owned by JT and Sandra Neal III. Each team accumulated a total of 440.5 on three runs, worth $3,430.35 each. Koch hit paydirt in the Open Derby and was second in the Open Novice Derby aggregate with MPH Voodoo Badger, owned by David Mize, also placing on SJR Diamonds Justify for San Juan Ranch. In the Intermediate Open Derby, Marietta, Oklahoma, trainer Ashley Deacon and The Royalty (One Time Royalty x Diamonds With Style x Playin Stylish) bested the field of 23, earning $1,164.24 for their 434 composite score. The Royalty is owned by Lucinda R. David. Second was Khrome (Smooth As A Cat x Flo Dancing With Rey x Dual Rey), ridden by Kyle Trahern to a 430 for owner SneedPool Cattle Co. Inc. The win was worth $914.76. The Limited Open Derby winner was Hesa Silver Cat (Bet Hesa Cat x Miss Hickory Hill x Doc’s Hickory), ridden by Wes Housler to a 429.50 for $831.60. Hesa Silver Cat is owned by Lesley L. Marshall. SJR SumKindaRockstar (Smooth As A Cat x Sumkinda Pinkcadilac x Peptoboonsmal) and Debbie Crafton were second with a 428.50 to earn $693. Canadian trainer Marcha Duvenage made the trek from Idaho with Anne Reynolds to earn the Level 1 Open Derby title Bredon Clark swept the Open Derby divisions aboard CR Hes A Tuff riding Got The Money Hunny One. (Reyzin The Cash x Charmed For
Sure x Smart Little Lena), owned by Marcha and Mark Duvenage, to a 425 worth $562.63. JR Dual Cat and Matt Matusio were Reserve with a 423.50 composite to earn $675.15 for owners Jesse and Renate Gariner.
NON PRO DERBY CHAMPIONS
Topping the Non Pro Derby was Nicole Westfall of Calhan, Colorado, riding home-raised stallion Cat Like (Bet Hesa Cat x Smart N Katsi x Smart Little Pepinic), owned by her parents, Desiree and Jeff Westfall. The duo scored a 433.5 composite and earned $861.32 (not counting go-round earnings). Banking $717.76 for reserve in the Non Pro Derby was Cutter McLaughlin, of Amarillo, Texas, riding Jay and Wendy McLaughlin’s SCR King Of The Road (Sannman x SCR Crackin Light x Boonlight Dancer) to a 430.
Topping the Intermediate Non Pro Derby was Karey Louthan of Elbert, Colorado, riding Surely This Time (Surely A Pepto x Its That Time Again x A Chic In Time) to a 426.5 for $441.70. BOXO Opus Magnum (WR This Cats Smart x Opus Chic x Smart Chic Olena), owned by Box O Quarter Horses and ridden by Jecca Ostrander, was reserve for $331.27 with a 422. Louthan also topped the 4-year-old Incentive Non Pro with Surely This Time for $342.30, while Ostrander and BOXO Opus Magnum won the Select Non Pro Derby.
The Limited Non Pro Derby champion was Mitch Guerrieri, who scored a composite of 420 to earn $220.85 aboard Ruby White And Boon, owned by Guerrieri and Stacy Weisbach. Megan Ciana was second aboard NoShowJonez (Travelin Jonez x Shiner Pine x Sparkuptheballeus), owned by Dean Rand and Megan Ciana, with a 416.50.
In the Level 1 Non Pro Derby it was Kelly Valdez riding Smart Sided, owned by Robert and Betty Lou Valdez, to a 411.5 for $596.40. Sipping Coors Light (Light N
Lena x Smart Leo Cat x WR This Cats Smart), owned and ridden by Miriam Altman, was reserve with a 401 to earn $397.60. The Non Pro Boxing Derby champion was Lori FramptonCrafton aboard One Smart N Timely (One Time Pepto x Ima Smart Response x Smart Little Lena), owned by Debbie Crafton. Frampton-Crafton’s cumulative score of 419 earned $684.60, while reserve champ Jared Nicole Westfall piloted the home-raised roan stallion Cat Like to Melton earned $513.45 riding the Non Pro Derby win. Sista Jackson(Brother Jackson x Hickorys One Time x One Time Pepto), owned by Jared and Crystal Melton, to a 415. OPEN AND NON PRO BRIDLE SPECTACULAR CHAMPIONS Logicality, owned and ridden by Debbie Crafton, of Fowler, Colorado, won the Open Bridle Spectacular championship and $966 in earnings thanks to her composite score of 433. Logicality was bred by Anne Reynolds and Lori Frampton-Crafton aboard One Smart N Timely earned the is sired by Magicality and out Non Pro Boxing Derby Championship. of Boonlight Angel. Bet Shesa Pepto (Bet Hesa Cat x Lil Miss Pepto x Peptoboonsmal) and Ashley Deacon teamed up for reserve with their 423 to earn $805 for owners Cody and Katharine Clements. Earning $533.75 for first in the Non Pro Bridle Spectacular was Meg Ralston, of Silt, Colorado, riding Seven S Tuff Boots (Blind Sided x My Boots Are Tuff x Woody Be Tuff) to a composite of 430. Reserve honors went to Jecca Ostrander of Gordon, Nebraska, aboard her Box O Quarter Horses’ 2014 stallion Opus Cat Olena (WR This Cats Smart x Opus Chic x Smart Chic Olena). The duo rode to a 429 for $320.25. The 2021 NRCHA Affiliate of the Year, the CRCA is always innovating to deliver the best horse show experience possible to members in their region. For more information, visit coloradoreinedcowhorse.com.
