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elcome to the June Issue of SouthWest Horse Trader. It was a very busy month and our pages are diverse in content including the Show Jumping Classic, the NRBC, the KY Land Rover 3-Day Event and The Ruby Buckle. We’ve also have some cool side pieces on product and company highlights. The most exciting thing about 2021 is that the horse shows are coming back. The Appaloosa Horse Club will be celebrating their 73rd Annual National Horse Show in July!.

Preparations are in full swing for the return of the Appaloosa Horse Club’s (ApHC) National Appaloosa Show and World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show to Tulsa Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In a new format designed with competitors in mind, the show will run July 26–August 1.

Also new for 2021, the National Show will award national points under each judge to count toward year-end and lifetime awards. Qualification is not a requirement to enter. Nearly 50 high-point and specialty awards will be awarded over the seven-day show, including two three-horse gooseneck aluminum Sundowner Trailers for one year’s use sponsored

by Twin Cities South Trailer Sales, LLC, and four trophy saddles donated by Elite Custom Saddles.

The Appaloosa Youth Association (AYA) is planning a variety of fun activities including an exhibitor party at the on-grounds water park, Safari Joe’s H2O, a boot scramble, egg toss, wheelbarrow

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Friday, July 30, the newest Appaloosa Breyer Model Horse, Chocolatey will be on grounds for a meet and greet!

Show attendees are invited to take a selfie with him and be entered to win one of his Breyer models. Kids will also be able to paint their own Breyer Model Horses, generously donated by Breyer.

Show entries will be open in the coming weeks on www.appaloosa.com and by fax or mail, with hard-copy pre-entries due July 2, and online entries due July 7. Stall reservations are due July 2 to receive preferred stabling. Exhibitors are encouraged to read the Premium Book and all show rules prior to entering. The Premium Book can be viewed at: www.appaloosa.com/national-show.

Now in its 73rd year, the National Appaloosa Show is the longest-running, single-breed horse show in the nation. The first National Show was held in 1948 in Lewiston, Idaho. ApHC founder George Hatley set out to provide an avenue for elite competition that would add value to the horses and provide a colorful venue to expose the breed to broader audiences. Over the decades the show has been expanded to include multiple levels, ages, and new disciplines, but remains a premiere event and vibrant gathering of the Appaloosa community.w

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The Show Jumping Classic was held at the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Ft Worth May 20-24, and the big crowd was very happy to have the Texas-sized roofs over the rings with all the rain.

In the Will Rogers Coliseum (main Hunter ring), competition got off to a good start with Colleen Brombach riding Allison Dodds’ Call Me Cool to victory in The USHJA Green Incentive. Second was Carlee McCutcheon on Explanation and third was Bob Brawley riding Oyster Bay owned by Equestrian Closet LLC. The Texas Performance Stake saw Carlee McCutcheon pilot her MTM Personal Assistant to the top spot. Second was Sterling Kincannon and Biloxi and third was Carlee McCutcheon riding KT Hedwich for Michael Kirby.

The $5000 Texas Green Hunter Stake where Natalee Haggan piloted Kaitlyn Arnold’s MTM Crumble to the top spot. Sterling Kincannon rode Hands Up for Jana Carlee McCutcheon & Rodes to take second and Nada Wise riding Layla for MTM Personal Assistant Kirby McCool was third.

Friday was busy with 31 entries competing over Lynn Mullins hunter course in the $5,000 USHJA Na- Klas-Kristoff Kudlinski & tional Derby. Sterling Kincannon rode Biloxi to the blue NKH Cento ribbon for Jana Rodes. The red ribbon went home with Blue Belynda Bond riding Santana for Gesture LLC and third was Carlee McCutcheon on MTM Personal Assistant.

Over in the John Justin Arena (main jumper ring), the $7,500 Welcome Stake was held with hometown gal Erin Davis-Heineking piloting Cilus R to take the first place award for Heineking Show Stable. Natalee Haggan rode MTM Cravitz to second with Carlee McCutcheon on MTM Fortunate jumped into third.

The EMO $5,000 Jumper Classic on Friday saw Happy Comly riding Derby CSH for Comly Sport Horses take the top spot. Second went to Colleen Acosta on Himini for Caacosta LLC and third was Ava Myers and Chico P for Myers Family Investments.

Friday evening concluded with the $5,000 Horse/Dog Relay class that is great fun to watch. Kirsten Collins rode Emony M owned by Dapple LLC to take home the blue in the horse portion of the class. Happy Comly rode Easy Jumper Z to second and Hallie Rush and Keeping Tabs nabbed third. A big thank you to all the agility dogs and their handlers that came to help with the fun class.

The feature class was the $35,000 Grand Prix of Ft Worth. Marina Azevedo designed a challenging course that saw four horse/rider combinations return for the jump off. Klas-Kristoff Kudlinski bested the field aboard NKH Cento Blue with a clean and fast round to take home the blue ribbon. Natalee Haggan, just coming off training of her first lead line victory took second on MTM’s Cravitz for MTM Farm. Third was Cilius R and Erin Davis-Heineking and Happy Comly rounded off the jump off with Clock-Wise CSH for Comly Sport Horses.

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his first stop on the run-in Finals pattern. “I ran in and stopped, and it felt good because she’s a great stopper. It felt amazing.”

The charismatic horseman, a Houston-area native, stepped up in response to performing in front of a hometown crowd, but says he knew he had to achieve a flawless performance in order to win the ultra-competitive Level 3 Open. He was pleasantly surprised to finish fifth in the Level 4 for $22,500. “I knew I could, but it feels good to pull it off once in a while,” he said. “The hardest part is staying focused enough just to get it done.”

Eduardo Salgado and Isnt She Dreamy achieved a score of 219.5 to tie for the Level 2 Limited Open Classic championship. Owned

by Renata Lemann, the five-year-old mare is by NRHA $6 Million Sire Magnum Chic Dream and out of Miss Silver Gun. “The run, I thought it was perfect,” said Salgado. “She is stopping so good. She gave it all to me tonight. “I have ridden her for two years. The mare wasn’t shown much before this. This is the first show to show hard, and I love her. She was amazing.”

Also marking a 219.5 in the Finals, was Leo Kellerman and Blazed By Magnum claiming the co-champion Level 2 Limited Open win, which paid 6,866. The NRBC is Kellerman’s Level 3 Open Classic Champions Gunny second show with the 2016 stallion owned by Mathison and Shes Reddy On Line stepped up Gunny Mathison & in response to the electric atmosphere at this Shes Reddy On Line evening’s NRBC Open Classic Finals. Mathison and the 2016 mare, sired by Shine On Line and out of Guns R Reddy, owned and bred by Mary Jansma, were awarded $21,875 and a plethora of first-class awards thanks to their 225 score.

“I saw all the people in the crowd, and it just changes your perspective,” Mathison said of the increased confidence he felt after hitting Smoke (A Sparkling Vintage x Lady Smoke Peppy x Mr Dual Pep) entered this evening’s Finals with the chance at becoming a two-time NRBC Open Classic Champion—and pulled it off. Ridden by NRHA $2 Million Dollar Rider Jason Vanlandingham, A Vintage Smoke set the pace at draw No. 26 with a masterful 228.5 performance that held through the 34-horse field.

Making a statement with their run-in entrance and endless sliding stop, A Vintage Smoke and Vanlandingham had the audience on the edge of their seats until the end. “Any time I go through the gate on that horse, the crowd is great,” said Vanlandingham. “And it was no exception tonight. They were behind us the whole way. When you have a special horse—and I heard them with Dany tonight, too—the crowd can really step up and I think the horses feed off of that energy. Definitely the great horses, they step their game another level when the crowd is that involved.”

A Vintage Smoke is owned by Diane Messmer of Colorado and was bred by Karl and Debbie Hapcic. The six-year-old black stallion added $62,500 tonight to his NRHA lifetime earnings coming into NRBC of $393,761.

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An intense week of competition at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas, culminated Saturday, April 25. That’s when the top horses and riders from across the country competed in the Open Finals of the 2021 National Reining Breeders Classic, which kicked off April 18.

Dany Tremblay and Jason Vanlandingham both piloted their horses to scores of 228.5, tying for the win of the Open Level 4. With several more major events on the books for 2021, the two professionals elected to stay as Co-Champions.

As the first horse out in the final set of Saturday night’s adrenaline-charged NRBC Open Classic Finals, Tinker With Dreams and Dany Tremblay held the approval of the crowd from start to finish to secure a dream win. The 7-year-old stallion sired by Tinker With Guns and out of This Chicsdundreamin is owned by Shane and Kalicia Walters of Diamond Dub Quarter Horses and was bred by Rhodes River Ranch.

Tremblay and Tinker With Guns, aka “Cilantro,” were awarded $62,500 to add to the stallion’s NRHA lifetime earnings coming into the NRBC of $194,000. Tremblay says the elite equine athlete absolutely rose to this prestigious occasion. “The last couple of days we really tuned up and he knew what we were here to do. He went into that pen and it was like he knew exactly what we were doing. He knows the sound of the crowd and he’s just a show horse,” said Tremblay.

Tremblay, a two-time NRBC Open Level 3 Champion, who has also won a Level 4 Reserve Championship, says it’s a great feeling to earn the ultimate crown. “I’m glad that I did it with Shane and Kalicia,” he said. “They are great customers. They are awesome.”

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Before now, in the 43-year history of the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by MARS Equestrian™ (LRK3DE), only Michael Jung had won three times in a row. On Sunday, world #1 Oliver Townend (GBR) made his mark when the two-time defending champion jumped clear under pressure to add to his Oliver Townend & Ballaghmor Class record a third consecutive CCI5*-L victory at the Kentucky Horse Park and sixth place is so special to us,” Townend said.

Boyd Martin (USA) was sitting seccareer Five Star win. It was also the second Five Star victory for Ballaghmor Class, ond after cross-country with his and the owned by Karyn Shuter, Angela Hislop Turner family’s On Cue and needed a clear round to hold his placing. A rail at and Val Ryan.

The scores were incredibly close the first element of a double combination before show jumping, with the top eight off a tight turn dashed his hopes of putting all within a rail of the lead.

Townend’s day had an unhapBoyd Martin & On Cue py start, when eighth place Cooley Master Class was spun from the final horse inspection.

By the time Townend entered the Rolex Arena for his show jumping round aboard Ballaghmor Class, he was faced with needing a fault-free round to win. A successful effort and finishing score of 27.3 earned Townend a $50,000 pay day and one-year lease on a 2021 the pressure on Townend for the win, but Land Rover Discovery.

“I had a plan and just went in and did with a fourth-place finish on a final score it,” Townend said. “[Ballaghmor Class] of 31.8, Martin won the Land Rover/USEF was jumping exceptionally which makes CCI5*-L Eventing National Championmy job very, very easy. My biggest con- ship Presented by MARS Equestrian™ for cern is, I find it easy to have time penalties the second time in a row. In 2019 he won with him. He’s a big jumper and actually the National Championship with Tsetserquite slow in the way he does things. It’s leg TSF. This year he piloted the 15-yearvery easy to get stuck in gear. My biggest old mare On Cue to a National Champion thing was to have a good strong pace, don’t title in her Five Star debut.

“I’m absolutely thrilled with On Cue. be caught on time, and just try and get him When you bring a horse to this level for in the position to clear the fences.”

Typically, the Rolex Arena is packed the first time you don’t know quite what to with fans on the final day of competi- expect,” Martin said. “She’s unbelievable tion. Spectators were absent this year, but though. She gave everything she had this Townend felt there was still an atmosphere weekend and exceeded my expectations. I thought it would be my other horse Tsetto contend with.

“The stadium itself is the most special serleg that would have done better, but she stadium in the world for eventing. When really stepped up and tried her absolute you go in that stadium, whether it’s full to guts out. I would have loved to jump clear the brim or it’s completely empty, for me today but having one pole down with this there is still a very strong aura because this company here is still respectable.”

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by Holy Cow Performance Horses, Texas, LLC. After marking a 214.5 in the prelims, Kellerman called harder on the son of NRHA $6 Million Sire Magnum Chic Dream out of Blazed

By Commander. “He was good both times [gos], we just ran a little faster this time.”

The first-time NRBC Open finalist is enjoying the ride. “I really love it, it’s really fun. He’s a really special horse. He’s a big stopper and really good minded,” Kellerman said.

Capturing the NRBC Level 1 Open Classic win was Lucio Pontes Casalecchi riding Ruffed Up Spooks for owner Ixtul Quarter Horses, LLC. Ruffed Up Spooks and Casalecchi marked a 217.5 to win the division. Ruffed Up Spooks, sired by NRHA $2 Million Sire Spooks Gotta Gun and out of All Ruffed Up, is a 2016 stallion that was bred

by Silver Spurs Equine.

Casalecchi and Ruffed Up Spooks also made the Level 2 Finals.

“I think he gave me everything he had,” Casalecchi said of the horse’s effort in the Finals. “He stopped really big, and it was all good.

Ruffed Up Spooks is a five-year-old now and is a real consistent horse.

I love him. I have been riding him for one year.”

Casalecchi is looking forward to the upcoming NRHA Derby and said he plans to stick the same winning strategy he employed here at NRBC. Emerging as the winner of the Open Classic Development Division with a score of 221 to earn $9,606 was NRHA $6 Million Rider Shawn Flarida and Americas Got Talent. Americas Got Talent, by NRHA $12 Million Sire Wimpys Little Step and out of Americasnextgunmodel, is a 2017 stallion owned by Marie H Whitmarsh and bred

by Arcese Quarter Horses USA. Americas Got Talent came to Flarida’s program in January. “He has an enormous amount of talent. This is the first time I’ve ever shown him. He circles amazing. What a fun horse,” said Flarida.

Flarida kept his win Shawn Flarida streak running hot when he & Americas topped the Prime Time Open Got Talent Classic aboard Shine Colt Shine with a 222. The fiveyear-old stallion is sired by Shine Chic Shine out of Gunners Miss Oak and is owned

by Gaynia Revenberg and bred by Amabile & Strusiner.

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KY 3-Day Event - Cont from page 10 The New Zealand power couple Tim and Jonelle Price placed second and third, respectively. They were also the only individuals in the competition to finish on their dressage scores with two out of five horses entered between them.

Tim and Xavier Faer moved up from equal 11th after dressage to finish second on 28.2 with no jumping or time penalties to add all week.

Jonelle had three horses in the competition and finished with two in the top ten. She placed third on 30.7 with Grovine de Reve, adding just 0.4 time penalties in show jumping. She and her longtime partner Classic Moet finished on their dressage score of 35.2 for seventh place.

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Alyssa Phillips and Oskar Win the Kentucky CCI4*-S The last time Alyssa Phillips won at the Kentucky Horse Park, she won the 2011 FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championship at age 14. That was one year before her dad passed away. On Sunday, Phillips won at Kentucky again, this time taking home the Kentucky CCI4*-S title riding her and Julie Phillips’ Holsteiner gelding Oskar.

“My dad was definitely here in the stadium today, just like he was in 2011,” Phillips said.

Phillips and Oskar were tied for 15th after dressage on a score of 32.3. They added 5.6 time penalties but no jumping penalties on a testing cross-country track Saturday.

“I was getting nervous [watching the cross-country live stream] but I ride a lot better under pressure,” Phillips said. “I went out to the warmup and my trainer Jennie Brannigan told me, ‘You know your horse, ride the plan, be aggressive.’ That’s how I went out of the start box. I wasn’t looking at my watch. I was focused on getting to the next jump and seeing the distance because the rain was in my eyes. He jumped fantastic and got home quick.”

Their cross-country performance put them second going into the final phase on a score of 37.9. They produced one of only five fault-free show jumping rounds to put the pressure on the leader, who ultimately pulled a rail, giving Phillips her first Four Star win.

“The season I’ve had has been pretty amazing,” she said. “The win this weekend really topped everything off.”

Tamie Smith and Ruth Bley’s EnVogue were leading the way after the first two phases, but an unlucky rail plus 1.2 time penalties saw them finish second on 40.2.

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The Ruby Buckle Barrel Race & Breakaway is open to anyone riding a horse sired by one of the 150 Ruby Buckle stallions. The stallion owners are the heart of the program and the best way to showcase the world-class equine genetics that they have to offer is to give competitors of all skill levels races with huge payouts and a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Our events are tailored so that contestants have the opportunity to network with stallion owners.

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FUTURITY AVERAGE CHAMPION 1D AVERAGE CHAMPION Hallie Hanssen, $50,299 Ms Walla Walla, THE KANDYMAN Owner: All-In Barrel Horses LLC Breeder: Tom & Barb Westover

When the curtain closed on the Level 4 Non Pro Classic Finals, it was NRHA $2 Million Rider Mandy McCutcheon and JLosa scoring a 224.5 to cinch the championship and $30,000. JLosa, by Arlosa Whiz and out Spook N Jessie, is owned by Mandy and her husband Tom McCutcheon.

“I bought her last fall from Fred Thomsson and Josefine Spangfors,” Mandy said. “They did all the work on her; I’m just getting to enjoy the glory. I tried for a long time to buy her.”

JLosa made a special first impression on Mandy. “Her stop is what caught my eye and I just watched her the whole time Josefine had her. I loved the look in her eye. It looked like the thoughts in her mind would be good thoughts.”

After showing JLosa at the Cactus Classic in the Open, Mandy said she gained valuable experience and adjusted a few things accordingly. “I used that run really to learn how to show her,” she said. Her changes paid big dividends by the time they arrived at NRBC. Unofficially, McCutcheon is nearing NRBC earnings of $700,000.

This year marks her eighth NRBC Non Pro Classic championship, but Mandy said it’s especially meaningful considering her daughter Carlee’s success in the Finals. “That part was amazing. That put it right over the top for me,” she said of Carlee earning dual Non Pro championships.

In the time leading up to NRBC there was some horse-swapping amongst the McCutcheon ladies, but the final decisions regarding horse and rider pairings were good ones. “Cade said, ‘Mom, you’ve got to give her Dununzio [Dun With Guns].’ Her big brother was looking out for her,” Mandy said. “She had three horses in the finals today and she showed every single one of them so smart. She showed each horse to its ability and I couldn’t be more proud of her.”

While a little horse trading is customary among the McCutcheons, Mandy said with a smile, “I’m not sharing JLosa. For now, momma’s keeping her. That’s the plan anyway.”

Luca Fappani and Icecube rode to the reserve spot.

The Other Champions Keeping the winning trend going strong in her family was Carlee McCutcheon, 15, of Aubrey, who won the Level 3 and Level 2 Non Pro Classic championships. Carlee rode Dun With Guns to a 218.5 to earn a combined $18,500. By NRHA $4 Million Dollar Sire Gunners Special Nite and out of Belle Star Dunn It, Dun With Guns is owned by Carlee’s parents, Tom and Mandy McCutcheon, and was bred by Turnabout Farm, Inc. McCutcheon, who has been in Katy, Texas, since January attending Continued on page 19

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Horseman’s Association of Texoma’s April 9-10 show at Hopkins County Civic Center in Sulphur Springs paid out over $1,600 in cash and prizes.

HPs were Karli Rayburn (Youth/IzzyLegendary), Jessica Myer (Adult/Jewel), and Ross Daniel (W-T/Cowboy Hugs).

South Louisiana Team Sorting Association’s April 17 event in New Roads resulted in winners Nadine Kirk/ Suppose To Be Black carried Thomas Bray & Jadeyn Garret to a total of 4 big wins at Kerry Simon (#6), Brianna the 2021 Polly Hollar Bluebonnet Stakes.

Clack/Riley William (Youth), Jeffery Barnes/Chad Campbell (#10-HC-Ranch), Jill Yost, Jeff Ray, and Nicole Creamer were Charlotte Blanchard/Anne Marie Soileau (All- lucky raffle winners. The next show is schedLevels-Ranch), and Germany Harden/Justin uled for August 21-22 and at Claremore Exp. Martin/Joseph Zito (#15-3Man-2Gate). fmi, www.oklahomabuckskin.org.

South Texas Horse Show Series hostThe AQHA Side Pot at Better Bared its second show of the season April 17 in rel Races World Finals, held April 21-25 in Sinton. HPs were Cassidy Flores (WT-10&U), Oklahoma City, drew almost 600 entries and Maria Gonzales (WT-18&U), Allan Hughes made more than $40K available to contestants.

(WT-19&O), Jessania Saenz (Y-18&U), Zan Big winners included Randee Prindle (1st go/ Koch (Adult-19-39), and Linda Ford (Adult- AQHA 1D Open/Red Man Jones), Devin 40&O). Breezin Past Clouds, shown by Allan Young (2nd go/AQHA 1D Open/Jettin To Docs Samantha Hughes, was grand champion gelding, and Bar), and Sharin Hall (AQHA-Futurity Smith IncenKays Miss Kiss, shown by Reese Garcia, was tive/Hello Stella). grand champion mare.

The Texas Festival, hosted in Waco April OK Buckskin HA’s Bloomin Blowout 21-25, was presented by Texas Amateur QHA Buckle Show, held April 17-18 in Tulsa, cele- and Big Country QHA. It offered 6 judges and brated OBHA’s 40th anniversary with one of the 2 special events and included the Texas Amalargest shows in years! Halter class numbers teur Championship Show plus The Texas Feswere amazing! ABRA HPs included Leesa tival scholarship opportunities. At the show, Hogan (Amateur/Rascals Whiz Kid), Dusty Team AQHA recognized Don Moore’s retireMoore (WT-Amateur/Kickin Some Assets), ment after over 40 years of service in show and Madison Harrison (Youth/Too Hot For management for the Quarter Horse industry.

Excuses). All-breed HPs were Kelly ManciAmong the many circuit champions were Ashnelli (Adult/Singin Sadie Sue), Miranda lee Acker, Addie Allen, Courtney Hammit, and Ruleford (Ranch-Adult/Magnums Shining Liz Marmor.

Rey), Casence Coates (WT-Youth-10&U/ 3 Amigos CHA’s April 23-25 event in LF Black Gold), Charli Dupree (RanchGonzales resulted lots of fun and fine horses Youth-10&U/SLJ Ruf Like Juice), Emily plus HP awards for CR Tuff Doc Olena (Open/ Yost (11-18/Ima Western Sensation), and KenBeverly Moore/Sydney Hoyt), Johnny Test dal Sheppard (Ranch- 11-18/SS Goldschlager). ($50K-Amateur/Keith Mesker), Smooth Dual16

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in Cat ($25K-Novice/VP Cutting Horses/Bryant Slaughter), Lil Woody Cut ($25K-N-NP/ Marcy Blanchard), Smoothy Jones ($35K/Bren Bull), Metro Fletch ($2K-LR/Colton Miller), Wiley Temptress ($5K-Nov/David Kuhl/Shane Carlon), and Mamas Royal Smoothie (Youth/ Carson Ray).

National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance’s Collegiate Championship Show was held April 23-24 in Amarillo. When the dust settled, champions included Sidney Dunkel (non-pro), Trey Mitchell (ltd), and Jarett Haydon (novice). Two division champion collegiate teams won the use of a Hughes Ranch trailer for a year, and they were Texas Tech (Div-1) and Clarendon (Div-2). Reserve champion teams each received a Cow-Trac system, and they were WTAMU (Div-1) and NCTC (Div-2).

Louisiana Stock Horse Association’s April 24 event in New Roads was blessed with good weather. HPs included Tanner Trahan (Open/Sally), Mark Sunday (Non-Pro/Buggz), Darrell Butler (Jr-Horse/Leroy), Cathryn Dionne (Amateur/Ms Whizzen Rey), Tara Carney (Novice/Bucks Tough Duke), Emma Grace Marangos (14-18/Rays Shining Star), and Audrey Moody (13&U/Cowgirl Sioux).

NM Paint Horse Association’s Spring Salsa all-breed show, held April 24-25 in Stanley, offered ranch classes Saturday and traditional horse show classes Sunday. Saturday’s cutting entries were big! HPs received certificates that they could use to “purchase” the awards they chose, and the champions were Heidi Tucker (13&U/Chips At The Bar), Jenna Mendez (14-18/Surenuffskippen), Mariah Montoya (Amateur-WT/Zippos Lacy Pine), Jessie James (Amateur/Gunna Let It Shine), Renee Carter (Rookie Rider/Rockin Step), Time For A Tommy Gun (Green-Horse/Amanda Saul), and Quizenart (Open/Janice Mendez/ Jenna Mendez).

AR Barrel Racing Association’s April 25 event in Sheridan resulted in pole bending winners Brooklyn (Pony/30.659), Blaine Hawley (Buckaroo/25.153), Hayley McCauley (Jr/23.541), Cassidy Henry (Sr/23.570), Kaylyn Howell (Nov-Horse/18.389), and Kim Willis (Nov-Rider/23.054). For barrels, winners were Brooklyn Campbell (Pony/21.513), Sky Maddox (Buckaroo/17.222), Hayley McCauley (Jr-17.853), and Mary Kay Palmer (Sr/17.812).

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51D AVERAGE CHAMPION Get the Gift of Better Breathing Jackie Crawford, $7,164 Equine Asthma can be a stealth disease.

Peppin Up My Step, PRIME TALENT It’s caused by inflammation in the lungs and/ Owner: Jackie Crawford or upper respiratory tract. By the time comBreeder: Copper Spring Ranch NM LLC mon first symptoms arise, like a mild occasional cough, the inflammation is already there. It’s the body’s response to irritation, often from the many inhalable particles floating in the horse’s breathing zone, even in the best-kept barns.

Earlier symptoms include an otherwise fit horse falling of their game for no appar2D AVERAGE CHAMPION 4 ent reason. That was the case for Miss Aries, Brooke Howell, $4,132 a 9-year-old Quarter Horse barrel racer in Mr Sassy Frenchman, FRENCHMANS GUY training with Veronica Swales.

Owner: Bill & Debbie Myers; Breeder: Speed LLC “In the beginning of the run, she started really strong, then, as the run progressed, she got slower, and you could tell she was not able to breathe as well.” Veronica had worked with the mare since she was a 2-year-old and campaigned her through her Derby Futurity without any respiratory chal33D AVERAGE CHAMPION lenges. “She’d never had anything like this, Stacie Boudrie, $14,376 and I don’t know what happened to cause French Streakofgrace, it,” Veronica shares.

FRENCH STREAKTOVEGAS Out of Breath, then A Bit of Blood Owner/Breeder: Ryan & Stacie Boudrie 3FUTURITY AVERAGE CHAMPION 3D AVERAGE CHAMPION Loni Kay Lester, $8,839 Gunnin Thru Traffic, TRAFFIC GUY Owner/Breeder: Kirk Johnston 2D FUTURITY AVERAGE CHAMPION4 Molly Hamilton, $2,002 Troobadour, Bet Hesa Cat Owner: Jody Green Breeder: Casey & Codie Green

Veronica and her horses had recently moved to Texas, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where she is part of the Swales Western Performance Horse family legacy.

It’s common for changes in weather and airborne allergens to trigger asthma symptoms in horses that had not previously exhibited them.

The next symptom was a similar sense of being out-of-breath at lower levels of exertion. “She was in running shape, but she started to show the same signs during our lope circles that are part of her regular exercise.” Barrel racers rank with flat racing

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NRBC NP Classic the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show with her hunter/jumpers, shifted gears into reining with ease as she prepared in the week leading up to NRBC. “Pin Oak started in January, so I haven’t ridden many reiners since then. I just have to focus as much as I can and switch over,” she said.

Of her performance in the Finals, Carlee said her parents told her to go have fun, and that is exactly what she did. “It was a lot of fun. My horse was with me every step.

He’s super smart and honest, and I just trust him.”

Shelby Clausen & Gotta Connection rode to the Reserve Championship in both the Level 3 and Level 2.

Sixteen-year-old Anna Layne Harris from Sheridan, AR, made her first NRBC count when she captured the Level 1 Non Pro Classic Championship riding Ready N Willing with a 215.5 in the Finals. The 2015 gelding sired by NRHA $3 Million Sire Walla Walla Whiz and out of Dainty Dunit is owned by Delaina Harris and was bred by Arcese Quarter Horses USA. “I didn’t know what to think coming in, but I was really excited that everything went smooth. Overall, I was just happy that he performed,” Harris said.

Harris, who rides with Yonathan Baruch, invested a lot of time and miles into preparing for the NRBC. “We drive every weekend to Texas, it’s about four hours [one way] so we drive about eight hours to go ride. We went to Tulsa not long ago and cruised him through and it was really smooth. We watched the videos and saw what we could fix and just went in thinking of how to avoid any mistakes.”

Harris said her horse handled the run-

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in pattern for the NRBC Finals with confidence. “I had run very few run-in patterns, so I was very excited to get to do that. He was really free and his circles were really good. I was nervous about the turns, but he got through it good.”

Paige Vernon riding Magnum Starlight and Rebecca Asmussen riding Four Oh One K took the Co-Reserve Championship in the Level 1.

The Champions of the Prime Time Non Pro was Shaunda Rai Blinzler and Tagin Stiletto Chics with a 219. By NRHA $4 Million Sire Gunners Special Nite and out of the mare Stiletto Tag, Tagin Stiletto Chics was bred by Jennifer Marley.

Blinzler of Scottsdale, AZ, acquired Tagin Stiletto Chics, aka “Duke,” right before Christmas and has been working to form a partnership that proved to be fruitful at NRBC. “He’s a lot of fun, he’s super honest. I’ve just tried to learn him because I literally haven’t had much time with him.

It’s been a crash course in learning,” she laughed.

Of her Finals performance, Blinzler said, “He ran in really good. I’ve been having a little bit of trouble with my spins, but I felt like I got through it good and the rest of the run he was really pure and really honest.

There’s just not much more you can ask of them than that.”

Blinzler, a former NRBC Level 4 Non Pro Champion, estimates that she showed at her first NRBC in 2007 but said she hasn’t had a derby horse in several years and is happy to be back with a good one. “It was amazing,” she said. “It feels really good to be back [at NRBC]. It’s fun to be back and to see all of these people again.”

Kelle Smith rode her Exit 21 to take the reserve title in the Prime Time.

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Road to the Horse Releases Expanded Event Schedule

Road to the Horse 2021 returned to its Texas roots where a sold-out crowd in Fort Worth witnessed the magic of the industry’s most prestigious colt starting competition. There is a charm to the historical Cowtown Coliseum that no modern facility can match. Not only was Road to the Horse founded in that location in 2003, but the history that lives inside the building is unrivaled. To stay connected to its Texas heritage while continuing to serve its dedicated fan base, Road to the Horse is proud to announce an expanded event schedule that will allow both a return to the Kentucky Horse Park and an additional event to be held in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2022.

Road to the Horse 2022 will return to the Alltech Arena on March 2427, 2022, where championship competitors will compete for the $100,000 purse. The Kentucky Horse Park has hosted the popular event since 2013, with the space and amenities to host more fans, more horsemanship action and more vendors.

Due to popular demand, Road to the Horse will separate the Wild Card Competition from the championship event, bringing the Wild Card Competition to Fort Worth, Texas, in September 2022. The separation of the Wild Card competition from the championship event will expand opportunities for up-and-coming competitors, and allow the championship event to feature additional clinics, demonstrations, and entertainment. A total of six Wild Cards will be selected to compete in Texas, where the winner will receive an invitation to compete at Road to the Horse 2023.

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Cowgirl Corner A Rodeo Family’s Support Lifetime friend, Sherri Mell pictured with Rylee Howton at one of her college rodeos this season. Rylee commutes from the Favor Family home and Ranch in Georgewest to A&M Kingsville

By Sherri Mell, 2X Hall of Fame Cowgirl Back in 1985, a young boy approached me at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo, Appaloosa Division. His name was George Favor and he was in High School and had an Appaloosa Horse named Apple Doll.

He wanted to teach more events to his little white mare with black spots all over her body.

Little did the Favor family know that day, horses would become a lifetime family pastime. George had the hired hand of the family, by the name of Bobby, haul him to my house only a few miles away several times a week and we would practice games events: roping, steer daubing, jumping, etc. You name it. We did it! Over the years, George was my traveling partner to Appaloosa Shows, making several Regional, National, and World Shows with me while he was a kid. He went with me to Houston, San Antonio, Dallas State Fair, Ft. Worth and Waco multiple times. His showed his first National show on Apple Doll and she tried her very best for him, but George knew he needed a better horse. He came home from that National show, that was either held in Ohio or Illinois at the time, with winning on his mind.

His mindset hasn’t changed since that day!

With his parents, George, Sr, and Barbara, he went on to purchase a wonderful Appaloosa Mare named PCWs Lacy Linda and later, Candy Bar Charge. His first Appaloosa National Championship came in 1994 with Lacy in the most exciting Rope Race Event. When George was declared the winner in Oklahoma City that day, I jumped over the wall and ran up to Lacy and George to congratulate them and give him a hug. Then I thought to myself, oh no, what if I get him disqualified because I just did that, so I ran back to the wall, and somehow got back into the stands! George also won Champion Games Horse of the Appaloosa National Show on Lacy.

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ing over on a regular basis riding my gelding, Fair N Square, by Fair Bars (the only Appaloosa out of Fair Bars, brother to Sugar Bars).

I still remember the day like it was yesterday when Krystal was competing in her first roping at the Appaloosa Horse show in Waco.

She was very small, and luckily, she drew a calf that just loped around in circles. She was swinging that rope it seemed like minutes finally throwing and catching it! When awards were being handed out at the end of the year, it turns out that class was the only Youth Breakaway for the whole year, so she won the Yearend Youth Breakaway roping and beat George!

George always made sure that Krystal was well mounted, usually better than him.

He was always searching for better horses for them to have. Sometimes, they would borrow a couple of mine. At the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in the Joe and Harry Coliseum, George, Krystal, and I would all be running against each other in the Appaloosa Nez Percé Stake Race, a featured Rodeo event during the performance. I would be on Dubs Charge, Krystal would be on Sugar Peake “Lotta”, and George would be on Wild Willy Bar. All these horses were by my Sugar Bars Stallion, Double or Nothin. Once, we all even dressed up and rode in the Nez Percé Costume Class (Heritage).

Over time, Krystal and George developed a winning string of horses. Their Mom and Dad were always in the middle of everything they did and financially somehow supported their horse enthusiastic kids. Many times, they would all sleep in a tack stall to be there to support!

In 2004, they took Laced With X, out of their mare, Lacy, and Ure Darn Tootin, a bottle baby that had lost its Dam, to the World show where they won a Championship and a Reserve Championship in the Appaloosa Games Horse Association Events. Krystal also won the Poles

L - R George Favor with Laced with X and Krystal Favor with Ure Darn Tootin, a bottle baby who had lost its Mom. and received a saddle and a bronze trophy.

Krystal went on to win the State 4-H Timed Horse Championship aboard her Appaloosa, Candy Bar Charge that George had found. She also made the TX State High School Rodeo finals riding an Appaloosa as well.

The Next Generation Then came Rylee Howton, daughter of Krystal and Magoo Howton. Rylee was the apple of both George Sr and Jr. The pony and horse buying continued. Whatever it took for Rylee to win, they were all in. Rylee and her horses were well trained and taken care of like the Queen’s horses. Following in her mother and uncle’s footsteps, Rylee grew up in the horse show, playday and rodeo world. And like her mother, she was highly successful in 4-H raising sheep, cattle and showing horses. Her family is right there with her at every event.

During High School, Rylee was a member of FFA, FCCLA, TxHSRA and played basketball, softball, and volleyball. She made the TxHSRA State finals all four years while attending George West High School. She dabbles a little bit in roping, as well. After graduating High School, she now attends Texas A&M University with multiple scholarships. Just finishing up her first year, she will be returning to the Rodeo Team there for her second year.

Look for Rylee this summer at the Bluebonnet Barrel Racing Association (BBRA) and a few Open Rodeos in Texas including Lester Meier Rodeos where her mother also grew up competing.

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L to R Mom, Krystal Favor Ruiz, Kylie Ruiz and sister Rylee Howton. Kylie was able to feel how it is to run with the big girls, as this year the SALE Jr Rodeo was held in the Joe and Harry Coliseum, where the PRCA Rodeo was held each night! ter of Krystal and Londie Ruiz, who is just finishing up 2nd grade. She is just as wrapped up in this crazy barrel racing horse crazy world as the rest of the family! Krystal is now finding out what it is like to give as well as receive. You will see Krystal leading Kylie in to make her run and tighten her cinch, a role played by brother, George in her early show years.

It's All About Family The Favors pull up to the show or rodeo in a big tractor trailer rig with multiple horses. Rylee usually has her 3 to run and Kylie usually has 2. They go together as one large family. While Kylie is just starting out in the Youth age group, Rylee has bought her WPRA Permit and is running wiping the Pros. I can’t say how proud of this young lady I am being a Gold Card member in the WPRA myself! Watch out, Rodeo World, these two girls are here to stay! With the family ring side cheering her along, watch for Kylie to follow in her big sister’s success.

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Chiro Corner Contributed by Dr. Jennifer Schuckman

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When Home Was a Hole in the Ground

This 1888 half-dugout from the Matador Ranch is characteristic of an early prairie dwelling built with walls of stone and cottonwood logs. Located at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, the half-dugout was disassembled at its original location in Dickens County, moved to Lubbock for restoration and dedicated in 1972 as part of the center's historic park.

Not long ago I drove north with my friend to see the Panhandle ranch that had been in her husband’s family since the late 1870s.

Her husband had died, their children were busy with city life and my friend was grieving over selling a ranch she could no longer manage.

She took me to the ranch house and then we walked to a small building barely larger than an old outhouse. “This must be the well house,” I thought. Then she opened the door and we started down the steps into the dugout where her husband’s grandmother had given birth to seven children.

John Anderson and his wife once lived in that one-room hole in the ground, and they stayed there long enough to birth seven children and make enough money to build a two-story house. Today their great-grandchildren live in beautiful homes and have successful careers in large urban areas. Someone else owns the dugout.

When Horace Greeley said, “Go West, young man,” he forgot to say, “It’s not going to be easy.”

Most dugouts were constructed between 1875 and 1900, a time period that saw the demise of the buffalo and the displacement of western Native American tribes.

At their peak, the Comanche numbered 40,000 and their horse populations exceeded 100,000. Even as late as the mid-1870s, military expeditions observed bison herds 50 miles long. Sometimes wagon trains would be held up for days waiting for a buffalo herd to pass.

The United States only covered more than 512 million acres of land in 1783 at the formal end of the war for American independence.

By 1860, the nation had acquired more than 1.4 billion additional acres, much of it in the public domain.

As Americans began moving westward across the Great Plains to make their claim on that land, something happened that had never occurred in the development of the nation. They were moving across a vast grassland that had no timber for houses, few springs for water and no fuel for warmth.

Dr. Brewster Higley VI was a homesteader in Kansas in 1872 Continued on page 32

I see you over there checking out the latest bag of the “best” horse supplement at the feed store! As Horse owners we spend a LOT of time going over feed tags, reading up about feed additives, mulling over what type of hay is best, being picky about where our alfalfa is grown and then we go and eat a fast-food quarter-pounder with fries as we drive to the barn.

What is it that makes us focus on getting the best for our animals and neglect our own bodies? We all fall into the trap of being too busy to cook while hustling - I may be guilty of eating fast food while I write this. The truth is, I function at my best during weeks when I prepare healthy meals in advance, drink plenty of water, and sleep for at least seven hours a night.

Think of your day-to-day meal habits. Those meal habits are your diet.

Your diet is the overall whole of what you eat daily, not just a fad of foods to eat or not eat. When we start to think about our day to day and week to week diet, we can balance our basic nutrient needs. Then we can start to add in vitamins, minerals, protein, or fiber as needed to fill the gaps in that dies.

There is no amount of supplements that will help us function at our best if we are eating fast food for every meal. Yet for most of us, it is not realistic to cooking dinner seven nights a week. Knowing my days are busy, I take time one afternoon per weekend to prepare healthy, balanced meals for the week.

Throughout the week you can also making bigger meals or cook multiple meals so there are leftovers to eat for lunch or dinner the next day. When we take time to eat healthy, we see better results with weight maintenance, sleep, alertness, and daily function. What we use for fuel in our bodies determines how well our body functions. You can put gas in a diesel engine, but it won’t run well. Similarly, you can put high-fat and high-sugar foods into your body, but it won’t run well.

Years of research has shown eating healthy can reduce your risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and other chronic diseases. Meal prepping for when you are at home and on the road will increase your success eating your medicine as food now instead of as pharmaceuticals later.

Not all food is created equal! Some foods are packed with the nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that our bodies love. These nutrient dense “super foods” keep our bodies healthy, strong and improve our quality of life. Here are some ways you can jump start a healthy way of looking at food: eating whole foods that are unprocessed as the majority of your diet (fruits, veggies and meat that is uncooked before you take it home). Avoid candy bars, soda (pop/coke) and fast food as much as possible! Eat super foods like blueberries, avocados, salmon (or other fish), eggs, broccoli, oatmeal, nuts, or greek yogurt.

When you incorporate super foods, whole vegetables, whole fruits, and quality protein into your base diet we can start to look at supplements to fill the gaps. Look in the August issue for a break down the best supplements! w

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Whole Lotta Lena and Riley Dublin Haven Hundl won her first buckle Ron Clark and Reindeer won Jeffery Barnes and Chad Campwon the open reining at North TX as 10&U HP at Brazos Co 4-H Eq the $750 Novice Rider circuit bell won the SLTSA #10-HCArabian HC's Mayfest Challenge. Club's Open Buckle Horse Show award at Lazy J Saddle Series Ranch Class April 17.

Bits & Spurs - Cont from page 25 Texas Pony of the Americas Club hosted a great weekend show May 1-2 at Sulphur Springs! HPs were Declan Bruton (leadline/ Al Capony), Stella Boren (18&U-WT/Super Impulsive), Kayleigh Jenner (9&U/Santee Grand), Hannah Sipes (10-13/Ruby Bright), Avery Newsom (14-18/Pal Justa Gigalo), and Tommy Tomlin (19&O/CHR Color Me Cool).

The Benefit for Janee’ Ornelos, held May 2 at Parker County Arena in Weatherford, paid out $28,854. Karlee Kalberer won the Open 1D on VF Fancy Lace with a time 15.605. The fantastic silent auction raised almost $29K! The Arabian Horse Association of NM hosted the Zia Classic May 7-9 at Hipico Santa Fe, offering Arabian and all-breed training classes in all divisions. There was a large turnout and all 4 arenas were used. Despite some rain and much wind, the show ran smoothly and everyone seemed delighted to be showing.

Brazos County 4-H Equestrian Club’s 47th annual Open Buckle Horse Show, held May 8 at Still Creek Ranch, resulted in HPS Haven Hundl (10&U), Grace Moravec (13&U), Sabine Lazo (14-18), and Jennifer Deden (19&O).

Barrel Racing Association of Texas hosted BRAT Attack Races 1 and 2 May 8-9 at Somervell Expo, Glen Rose, and paid out over $30K. Open 1D were Natalie Zuccone (5-8/ Technistones/14.881) and Becky Dillard (5-9/ Wow Shes Hot/14.954).

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ation recently recognized SMU’s McKenzie Lantz as Western Coach of the Year, and Baylor University with the Sportsmanship Award.

NCEA Riders of the Year included Rachel Davis (Baylor/Flat), Taylor St. Jacques (Auburn/ Fences), Nya Kerns (SMU/Horsemanship), and Dani Latimer (SMU/Reining).

Texas Appaloosa Horse Club’s Bluebonnet Show, held May 10-16 at Taylor County Expo in Abilene, offered 4 sets of ApHC points and was also an NSBA special event.

Turnout was good, and there were many 2- and 3-point classes. Halter was a huge hit. HPs included Ima Bright Star (Games/Tina Jackson/ Aron Jackson), Cael Jackson (WT-10&U/Oops I Flashedem), Taylor Kennedy (Novice-Youth/ Lil Louie Loper), Annika Jo Hanson (NonPro Ranch Horse/Leapin In The Weeds/), Dun Jacked My Heart (Open Ranch/Dryden Family/Jim Jirkovsky), Saul Good (Western Horse/ Candace Krebs/Linda Long), Faith Dantona (Non-Pro/Roan Star & A Slow Ride), Karen Lewis (Masters), and Megan Holtmeyer (35&O/I’m Vicki Vale).

Texas A&M University Ranch Horse Team celebrated the graduation of 6 of its members May 14-16, including Carly Fronckowiak (BS/Ag Systems Management), Emalee Hoffman (BS/Animal Science), Jarrett Haydon (BS/Ag Systems Management), Kaleb Vandervort (BS/Animal Science), Katie Wright (BS/ Animal Science), and Sylvia Nelson (BS/Animal Science).

Lone Star Steer Ropers Association hosted a show May 15-16 in Cisco, resulting in HPs Don Ed Eddleman (A-Division), Ryan Le-

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fevere (B-Division), and Skyler Flake (C-Division). The next LSSRA event is July 3 in Llano. fmi, www.lonestarsteerroping.com.

Fults Ranch’s Absolute Reduction Sale is scheduled for August 19, at the Ranch in Amarillo. Included will be offspring of NCHA’s leading all-time living sire, Metallic Cat (LTE $4M). fmi, westernblookdstock.net.

Braggin' Rights Scott Reinartz, Aubrey, was AQHA 2020 All-Around Amateur and Select Amateur when AQHA finalized 2020 show leaders in late April.

Kyle Leleux, Kirbyville, and Bentley’s time of 14.434 won top money at the Wild West Promotions April 22 event in Cleburne.

Colleen Johnson, Navasota, was recognized with the Rising Star Award at the 2020 Century 21 Beal awards luncheon in late April.

Lucas Sad, Burleson, won the Open 1D with 16.740 on Paperboy at the Cowboy Legacy Barrel Race in Cleburne April 23.

Landry Bobo, Hallsville, won her first NCHA check April 24, on Metallic Rebel in the youth class at Lone Star Cutters’ event in Buffalo.

Varr Heaton, originally from Montana but now from Brenham, where he showed a cutting horse for the first time April 24 at the American South Texas CHA event. He won the $1K-Novice Rider division with a 71 on Bruce Randermann’s Sylvester Stallone!

Dexter Goodman and Cody Bush, both Continued on page 36

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The 1888 Matador Half-Dugout at the NRHC in Lubbock has been restored as a classic example of dugouts. when he wrote the classic Western folk song, “Oh Give Me a Home.” His home was a dugout. Today the song is officially the state song of Kansas.

Pioneers on the Great Plains usually built a dugout first, scooping out a hole in the ground. If they could find a small sloping hill, they would build a half-dugout using the embankment as side walls and blocking the front with a wall of cut sod or poles from scrub cedars or cottonwoods.

Roofs were often made of hides, sod or thatch.

If the frontiersman lived near a stream, he hauled water to his home in barrels; if not, he collected rainwater in cisterns or dug wells by hand. On higher tablelands, water lay 200 or 300 feet below the surface.

Well-drilling machinery wasn’t commonly available to pioneer families

Haygain - Cont from page 17 horses and eventers in needing every bit of breath to perform at their peak.

During a stretch when the mare was back with her owner, another symptom emerged: a small trickle of blood from the nose. Miss Aries returned to the Brock, Texas, facility where Veronica and her husband Clay Volmer base their training stable of barrel racers, and reined cow horses.

Blood in the nostrils can indicate bleeding from the lungs, but an endoscopic exam found no evidence of that in Miss Aries. Broken blood vessels in the nose, from straining to breathe, were determined to be the source and Equine Asthma was the diagnosis.

Using a metered dose inhaler, aka a “puffer,” medication was administered to open up the mare’s airways and reduce inflammation. That helped get the condition under control, Veronica reports. But those are not treatments suitable for long term use. Bronchodilators open up the airways but doing that so effectively also allows more particles in, perpetuating the cycle of inflammation. Steroids counteract that effect for short term use.

Happily, a Haygain High Temperature Hay Steamer arrived shortly into Miss Aries’ treatment. “We actually saw an improvement pretty quick after we started that,” Veronica says. It helped with her breathing and the mare seemed to recover her appetite, which had decreased during the corticosteroid treatments.

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until the 1880s.

To cook or keep warm, some homesteaders were able to obtain timber to burn for fuel while others depended on dried buffalo and cow “chips” (manure). On the Llano Estacado, finding timber would probably mean digging up the roots of mesquite trees.

The 1888 Matador Half-Dugout at the National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) in Lubbock, Texas, has been restored as a classic example of dugouts that served as both homes and bunkhouses during the westward movement of the nation’s growth.

The NRHC half-dugout was built about 50 feet from the family home of J.C. Davis in Dickens County, Texas. He intended it as a place where his four boys could sleep. After the boys were grown, Davis traded the property to the Matador Ranch, where it became one of 17 line camps across the 900,000-acre ranch.

In the winter when the chuck wagon was brought in, as many as nine cowboys shared the space. The cowboys left carvings, drawings and bullet holes in the red clay walls. The bullet holes were the result of lighting the first fire of winter in the fireplace. The cowboys would stand with their six-shooters in hand and pick off the rattlesnakes escaping from the heat.

The greatest abominations to dugout life were the rattlesnakes, centipedes, scorpions, stinging lizards and tarantulas. Snakes might appear at any time, and cowboys tell tales of wolves and skunks running into dugouts and people running out.

At the National Ranching Heritage Center, we tell the ranching story like it happened — hard times, great sacrifice and great gains. w cow horse star who developed an out-of-the-blue cough. It started as occasional coughs while at rest, then progressed to debilitating coughs while at work. Veronica called the vet immediately, again resulting in an Equine Asthma diagnosis.

CD Smart Brat was started on Ventipulim syrup and steamed hay concurrently. Ventipulmin is a common prescription for managing horses with airway obstruction. Even though it was effective, Veronica prefers alternatives because the medications can make horses hot. “Everybody has a different opinion about it, but if I feel better not using it.”

Fortunately, the steamed hay was enough to make CD Smart Brat’s cough disappear, she reports. Haygain Hay Steaming eliminates up to 99% of the dust, mold, bacteria and other allergens found even in hay of good nutrient content. Removing these from hay removes a substantial source of respirable airway irritants that cause the coughing and other Equine Asthma symptoms.

Shortly after receiving the hay steamer in March, Veronica and Clay shipped off to Las Vegas for the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Stallion Stakes. The Haygain HG 600 Hay Steamer went, too. “It was easy to wheel up into the trailer and to set up and use at the end of our row of stalls,” Veronica reports.

At first pass, the thermally-sealed Haygain chest could be mistaken for a gear trunk in the show aisle. But once the enticing smell of fresh steamed hay floated out after the steaming cycle, passersby realized it was something very different. Veronica was happy to share her horses’ positive experience with steamed hay’s benefits.

“We love it!”

The next major show for Veronica, Clay, and crew is the NRCHA DT Horses Western Derby in Scottsdale, AZ, June 2-13. And they won’t be leaving home without their Haygain Hay Steamer. w

Contraband Detection A dog handling team from the Sniffing out Contraband from Center for Conservation Biolo- rescued animal shelters, New research will allow detection without gy at the University of Washington goes through a training Wasser said. The opening containers for inspection exercise. (Photo courtesy of Contributed by Kay Ledbetter, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Conservation Sam Wasser, Ph.D.) Canine Program Shipping containers crisscrossing the s t a r t looks for dogs world and stopping at ports and borders to en- ed with that have a strong ter the U.S. for transport across the nation may s m a l l e r drive to play with soon have to pass the “sniff” test. containa ball, which is Specially trained dogs are at the center ers and used to incentivof a new project by the Cross-Border Threat are workize and reward Screening and Supply Chain Defense, CBTS, ing to detecting targets Center of Excellence, working in conjunction scale up and reinforce with the Center for Conservation Biology and to samtraining. Dogs learn to associate detection of their Conservation Canines program at the ples from shipping containers.

University of Washington.

“We have to determine not only if the target odor with receipt of a ball. They then Greg Pompelli, Ph.D., director of the Tex- dogs are effective, but how can they be gener- transfer that skill to detect the target odor vacuas A&M AgriLife-led CBTS, Bryan-College ally used or specifically used and what can be umed onto the odor capture material.

The dogs for this project were initially Station, said the problem today is that trans- accomplished,” Pompelli said. “We know there national criminal organizations are capitaliz- are a lot of canine units out there already. We trained on sea cucumber and African elephant ing on the difficulty and expense of detecting know the process has to be credible – if you ivory as the two ends of the spectrum to decontainerized contraband once in transit, due open the container and there is illegal contra- termine the dogs’ limits of detection using this to huge increases in the volume of containers band, that there was probable cause for a legal method. The dogs will move in year two to the detection of high-value and more rare timber shipped worldwide and pressure to keep com- case that will be built.” species. merce moving.

The science behind the sniff test The idea, Manley Lillibridge said, is not to This past year, Pompelli said CBTS fundtry to look at every single container in the port. ed a range of projects, including a two-year Pompelli said a key part of the research project designed by Sam Wasser, Ph.D., di- project is developing an apparatus that draws Ultimately, the vision is to have the targeted rector of the Center for Conservation Biology air from the outside vents at the top of each knowledge of when contraband may be comat the University of Washington, to develop a shipping container, through a canister contain- ing through the port and then without breaking low-cost method using dogs to detect contra- ing an inexpensive odor-collection material the seal, be able to sample the containers as they are stacked. After samples are captured, band in shipping containers, without breaking that captures the contraband scent. customs seals. The dogs are trained to detect Manley Lillibridge said in an effort to in- the sealed canisters containing the scent-conthe contraband scent in air samples vacuumed crease the efficiency of their sampling devise, taining pads will be taken to a nearby site and from shipping containers.

Wasser’s team began collaborating with Igor presented in sequence to detection dogs trained If successful, this method will allow Novosselov, Ph.D., a University of Washington to alert to specific contraband scents. agents to search containers for contraband aerosol scientist in the Department of MechanDisrupting the trafficking of contraband ranging from ivory to drugs to timber with ical Engineering who is being funded by anothminimal disruption to port operations and pro- er DHS Center of Excellence – Awareness and Manley Lillibridge said the ultimate goal vide criminal investigators with another tool to Localization of Explosives-Related Threats, is not to create a new set of border teams utifight illegal imports, Pompelli said. lizing dogs, but to transfer this technology to ALERT. The new device mimics how a dog smells existing canine programs worldwide, allowing Detection without breaking customs seals by stirring the air and uses a vacuum strong for searching containers for contraband with “Right now, detection programs require enough to survey a larger cargo container. They minimal disruption to port operations.

“The project is aimed at being another the containers to be open to determine if they are using gas chromatography-mass spectrominclude contraband,” Pompelli said. “But this etry to determine how long to draw air from the tool to disrupt the network of trans-criminal orproject allows an operator to draw an air sam- container based on the signal strength captured ganizations that are making a profit on a wide variety of trafficking contraband,” Manley Lilple from a container and bring it back to the by the apparatus over time. libridge said. “Most important is being able to dog to determine if there is something of conTraining the dogs preserve the chain of custody and follow the cern.”

Heather Manley Lillibridge, Ph.D., CBTS The dogs at the Center for Conservation container to make the legal case further down executive director, Bryan-College Station, said Biology’s Conservation Canine Program are the road.”

Additionally, she said, part of the vision is the project will soon be entering its second year. uniquely trained and can even detect whale to extend the program across the world to preResearchers are in the process of testing the scat in the middle of the ocean. accuracy and sensitivity of the dogs in detecRemarkably, all of the center’s dogs are vent contraband from ever reaching the U.S w tion rates on various types of contraband. They June 2021 SouthWest Horse Trader

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Competitive Trail News In The SouthWest

POLE CANYON RANCH CTR BEAUTY PLEASES ALL

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PLAN NOW FOR COOL WEATHER COMPETITIONS

Summertime and the living is easy.

And the time to plan for fall competitive trail events. The fall season kicks off with the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) Unicorn Hunt in Kennard, TX on Labor Day weekend.

The trails are single and double track through the Davy Crockett National Forest, and while it can be hot, there is plenty of water and shade to enjoy.

The North American Trail Ride Conference (NATRC) fall season begins with the Grasslands Gamble CTR in Decatur, TX on September 11-12. This lovely barefoot friendly ride is followed by the Fall Frolic at Lazy F in Smiley, TX on September 25-26, Without a Trace in Athens, TX on October 9-10 and Bell Cow CTR in Chandler, OK on November 6-7.

The Trail Challenge Club’s (TTCC) Pony Pilots is September 11 at a new location in Fort Hood, TX. The websites and Facebook pages of the organizations publish the full fall calendars or call Elaine Swiss for more information on 830-825-3032. w

Kelly Queen & Halcon

The Fort Worth Dressage Club (FWDC) is a club devoted to dressage and dressage activities for its members. We work throughout the year to provide educational opportunities and fun activities for our members.

FWDC usually holds monthly meetings at Szechuan Chinese Restaurant off Bryant Irving the 4th Monday of every Kathy month at 6:30 PM. Right Stanek on now we are doing Zoom Fame meetings.

Our website is www. fortworthdressageclub.com Please check out our website, we have pictures of members and activities.

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HELMETS: A MATTER OF SAFETY

by Laurie Oehlerking

All equestrians, novices and professionals alike, understand the inherent risks of riding and handling equines. Safety is essential. A recent riding incident caused me to assess my safety protocols and my adherence to them.

I confess that I am not a consistent helmet wearer. When I’m on horses with whom I have a strong partnership, I often forgo the helmet. Why? I have many excuses, but my favorite is that I don’t like the way it looks; my cowboy hat looks way better in pictures. I’ve had friends tell me that they don’t need to wear a helmet because their horse would never do anything stupid. Well, my horse didn’t do anything stupid, and I still ended up unexpectedly flying Equine Air Express. Was I hurt? No, because I was wearing my helmet. The landing wasn’t pretty—more of a three-point bounce-along affair that started with my head. I had an angry headache most of the next day, but that was it. So, lesson learned (and new helmet ordered)!

I am now committed to wearing a helmet every time I mount up.

I encourage all riders to do the same. That cowboy hat may look good, Teresa Galliher & but it won’t protect you in an unplanned dismount. Don’t risk it! w Vet Kerri Riddick

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Riders and volunteers alike proclaimed the Pole Canyon Ranch trails in Quitaque, TX as some of the most beautiful and challenging ones they have experienced in the region at NATRC’s competition there on May 1-2.

Competitors traveled from Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma to enjoy the campground amenities and experience the 50+ miles of marked trail in the event. “We are so pleased to share this part of the country with the NATRC family,” said Becky Rogers, ride manager.

Hannah Clark from Colorado took top honors in the Open Division, Kelly Queen of Oklahoma won the Competitive Pleasure division and Chrissy Knight of Texas earned first place in the Novice division. w

be in October. After our Zoom presentation many members expressed interest in FWDC hosting Kim Gentry, who is an expert on finding the correct and best fitting bit for your horse. More info to come.

FWDC is also planning a Zoom saddle fitting clinic with Shea Stewart. Shea is well known in our area and has helped many of us fitting our saddles to make our horses comfortable.

We are also planning a pool party in August.

FWDC sends out group e-mails to members to keep them informed of club activities and other dressage events in the community.

Let me know if you would like a dressage event you would like to get the word out to other dressage enthusiast.

Please stay safe and well!

Join FWDC and learn more about the wonderful sport of dressage. We welcome all levels of riders on all FWDC donates to Wings of Hope breeds of horses! w

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of Carthage, were $60K richer after the winning the #11.5 Shootout average at the USTRC Finals in Fort Worth April 26May 2. They turned 4 head in 29.69, with a smoking 7.58 in the short round!

Courtney Leiber Kiser, Gainesville, graduated from Texas A&M at Commerce April 30, receiving a Master’s Degree of Educational Leadership.

Calyn Halvorson, Guthrie, OK, graduated summa cum laude from Northern Oklahoma College in Enid May 1. He was listed on the President’s Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA and received the Academic Athlete of the Year Award.

Mason Griffin, Pioneer, LA, won the $5K-Novice class May 1 at the Central Mississippi CHA event in Forest, riding Belfast Smooth, owned by Bill Paxton Farms. That boosted Mason’s NCHA Lifetime Earnings to over $100K! Suppose To Be Black, owned by Chris and Kim Garrett, Fulshear, had a busy and successful 2021 Polly Hollar Bluebonnet Stakes in Brenham! First Thomas Bray rode the gelding to win both the Open Classic and Open Classic Limited, and the next day Jadeyn Garrett and the gelding won the Non-Pro Classic plus the Non-Pro Classic Limited!

Blazing Jet Olena, a barrel racing sire owned by Jeff and Andrea Busby, Millsap, recently crossed the $4 Million producer mark. fmi, Busby Quarter Horses, www. busbyquarterhorse.com.

Macy Blackwell, Loranger, LA, graduated Cum Laude from Loranger High School on May 5. She is the daughter of Sally and Rawhide Blackwell and plans to attend Southeastern Louisiana University in the fall.

Ron Clark, Skiatook, OK, joined NCHA at the Lazy J Saddle Series May 7-8 event in Stillwater. He and his mare, Reindeer, earned the circuit award for the $750 Novice Rider class, with the highest 2-day total score.

Whole Lotta Lena, owned by Cassady West, and ridden by Riley Dublin, Whitney, won the open reining champion-

ship at North Texas Arabian Horse Club’s Mayfest Challenge, held May 7-9 at Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth.

Blake Thompson, Pilot Point, won the $2K Limited class, with a 72 on EE Ranches’ Smokin Cat A Rey, at Jared Lesh Cutting’s May 8 show in Whitesboro.

Stephanie Tropia, Magnolia, and NLF Newsflash won the $10K 1.35m Jumper Classic at the Great Southwest Roundup in Katy May 8.

Hannah Blaeser, La Mesa, NM, graduated with honors from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales on May 15, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology and Communication Disorders.

Lloyd Cox, Marietta, OK, earned just over $33K at the Breeders Invitational in Tulsa May 15, boosting him to become NCHA’s first-ever 10 Million Dollar Rider!

Toddy Pitard, El Dorado, AR, is the newly elected NCHA Vice-President, starting June 4. An NCHA member since 2004, he has been involved in nearly every aspect of the industry, including owning horses, competing, breeding, and judging.

Stacey Johnson, Patrick McKenzie, John Seeger, and Reyna Taylor were recently chosen to represent Team Texas at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, to be held in Orlando, FL, June 5-12, 2022.

Their regular home team is Stable Strides Farm in Flower Mound, and it is to their benefit that they are familiar with working as a team. They have three major shows coming up, and after that, their lessons will change to riding different horses each lesson, in preparation for drawing horses from a hat.

Losses Milt Bradford, 69, Weatherford, died of cancer May 1. He joined NCHA in 1983 and still maintained his active membership.

Through the years he was involved in many facets of the horse industry. For decades he was very active in horse sales. He and partners Ben Emison and Jim Ward operated Western Bloodstock, the premier sale company of the cutting horse industry, until they sold it in 2013. In recent years, he was successful as a real estate agent. w

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OREGAN TIMOTHY Breakfast of Champions. In stock year-round. No need to hunt hay.

Three string bales. Highly digestible.

Builds no fat around the diaphragm, so it enhances endurance. Also builds muscle and a shiny coat.

Excellent for foundered and colicky horses. Improves foaling ease by 40%. No minimum. Only at Hay USA, 1714 Blair Drive, Weatherford, TX 75086. 817-599-0200 Tues-Sat 10-6. HayUSA.net.

Giant Bermuda From California.

In stock year round. No need to hunt hay. Easily digested. Clean, peagreen and soft. Food, not filler.

3-string bales, 17 flakes/bale. One bale feeds equivalent of 2 3/4 bales of coastal. No Minimum Only at Hay USA. 1714 Blair Drive, Weatherford, TX 75086. 817-599-0200 Tues-Sat 10-6. HayUSA.net.

HEALTH & NUTRITION FEATURE August Issue Deadline July 10. $250 Full Page ads in this section.

Reserve at 713-562-8846 or www.swhorsetrader.com HORSE SHOEING San Antonio andSurrounding Areas.

Call Mike Torres, 210-430-9399.

HORSE SHOEING JOSH HUNT AFA Certified Farrier. Serving Lubbock & the Greater South Plains Area. 806-263-4025 flyingvequine@gmail.com THE TRAINING ISSUE JULY Issue Deadline Junel 10. $250 Full Page ads in this section.

Reserve at 713-562-8846. www.swhorsetrader.com TXLAND.COM Land * Lifestyle * Legacy Jacobs Properties 936-597-3301

CALIFORNIA ALFALFA In stock year-round. No need to hunt hay. Clean, leafy & green. 3-string bales, 120-140 pounds average.

Guaranteed from the Golden State.

We only buy from the West Coast for your horse’s safety from the blister beatle. No Minimum. Buy from the people you can trust.

Hay USA. 1714 Blair Drive, Weatherford, TX 75086. 817-599-0200 Tues-Sat 10-6. HayUSA.net.

UPCOMING ISSUES * July: Training Issue * August: Health & Nutrition * September: The Youth Issue * October: The Amateur Issue Small Business Incentive Pricing Association/Event Pricing * $250 Full Page Color * $150 Half Page Color Limited space, Order early!

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1 month $40 * 3 months $115 6 months $200 * 12 Months $400

NM-1985 Timber Frame on 30 Irrig Acres

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AL Paints

For Sale: Roping & Riding Mares and Colts.

2 /1 w/Douglas Fir Timber. 3/4” Oak Flooring. Brick For Sale: DISPERSAL of broodmares & stallions.

Breeding: APHA Homozygous Stallions & AQHA Some homoygous. Cutting breeding. floor Kitchen. 9” Walls & Ceilings (great insulation).

281.659.5397cell * 281.432.7673 barn Les @ Sterling Farms Outbuildings & Corrals for Livestock. Frost Free Waalpaints@msn.com * alpaints.com Rockdale, Texas * 512.428.4994 ter Hydrants. Irrig 40 acre lease avail. Elk Permits.

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