TWO REIN SPECTACULAR

Smart Chic An Tari came back from rehab with a scorching cow run as she won the Open Two Rein Spectacular with NRCHA Million Dollar Rider Sarah Dawson aboard at the 2023 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes.

“The last horse show she was shown at was as a 4-year-old in the Hackamore Classic,” Dawson said. “And then she got hurt, so we’ve been having a really long rehab process. It was super exciting for her to come back as strong as she did, because she’s an outstanding mare.”

In the herd work, Dawson and Smart Chic An Tari (Smart Chic Olena x Shiney Tari x Shining Spark) marked a 146, with a 146.5 in the reined work. The cow score of 150 was the highest in the class, for a composite of 442.5.

“Those cows were a little tricky,” Dawson said. “They were heifers, and they were real fast and did not have a lot of feel. The good thing about that mare is she’s very fast and she needs a fast cow to show off how dynamic she is. It was the perfect storm for her. The cow stayed fast through the whole run. It tried her real hard when it came out in the boxing, and we got two big turns each way. It circled up fast, and it just made it for one of those high degree-of-difficulty runs.”

Smart Chic An Tari had promising competitions when she was 3 and 4 until injury took her out of the show pen for a while.

“She’s always been an outstanding individual,” Dawson said. “She won the prelims at the Snaffle Bit

Futurity as a 3-year-old. She made all the Derby finals as a 4-year-old, and it was super unfortunate that she had to miss her 5-year-old year.”

Dawson and her husband, Chris Dawson, rehabbed the mare and were eager to see her back in action. She had been in the Dawson’s program since her 2-yearold year. The Stallion Stakes was the first show where Smart Chic An Tari was shown in the two-rein for money.

“She was outstanding,” Dawson said. “These tworein horses, you just never know what they’re going to do the first time one-handed. I was super thrilled with her. She was just fantastic and just took that bridle really good and didn’t really give me many green spots, especially on a cow. For the first time showing one-handed, she was just fantastic.”

The check for first place was for $6,500 to breeders and owners Aaron Ranch. The 2017 mare already has foals on the ground.

“[Aaron Ranch was] excited – just like us,” Dawson said. “We were so excited to see this mare back in the show pen. We’re super happy for them. Looking forward into the future, it’s really neat for them to have an amazing mare to add to their broodmare band.”

Smart Chic An Tari will compete in the bridle when her two-rein career is over.

“She’s a very gritty mare,” Dawson said. “She does everything so cool. She can stop a 1 and she can turn a 1, and she’s extremely smart on a cow. She’s one of the horses that doesn’t come along every day. The ultimate goal is to have a great bridle horse.”

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Non Pro Two Rein Spectacular

Chantz Stewart had the privilege of introducing Shineyy to two-rein competition, and that introduction paid off for both of them at the 2023 Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes in the Non Pro Two Rein Spectacular. Stewart has had Shineyy, a 2017 mare (Shiners Voodoo Dr x Little Lady Steps x Wimpys Little Step) bred by Xtra Quarter Horses LLC, since the mare was 4.

The judges marked her a 136 in the herd work, a 144.5 in the rein work and 145.5 in the cow work.

“The cattle were pretty tough, but I got through the herd work, and thankfully, my horse showed up for me down the fence,” Stewart said.

Her composite score of 426 was a halfpoint higher than Reserve Champion Tylor Todd, who was also on a Shiners Voodoo Dr-sired horse. Stewart began riding two-rein with the coaching of the late Sam Rose, then Jimmie Paul and Jim Paul Sr. Most recently, Stewart had been riding with Doug Williamson. She really liked the sport, she said, once she became accustomed to having so many reins in her hand. Shineyy is her third two-rein horse, and she did most of the training herself at her family’s Stewart Ranch in Cave Creek, Arizona.

“[In competition], I always take it class by class, day by day,” Stewart said. “I’ve had a lot of good luck on that mare here lately, and she has stayed true and honest.”

Shineyy has presence, Stewart said, and their partnership clicked in Las Vegas. Shineyy originally had a different registered name, which Stewart changed because she prefers one-word registered names. The mare came with the barn name “Taylor,” for the singer Taylor Swift.

“I didn’t change it,” Stewart said. “I don’t change barn names!”

For the win, Stewart took home a check for $2,280. Todd’s second-place finish was good for $1,900. The class purse was $7,600.