REGAINING THE LOSS OF A SEASON Their last show of the season was also the first, in what was the craziest year in the history of the Northern Alberta Reined Cow Horse Club. By Jessica Cline • Photos by Wildwood Imagery
Heza Duallin For Cash, owned by 7P Ranch, and sired by Heza Diamond Spark, rode by Dale Clearwater garnered the Stallion Incentive cheque.
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ewind to December 2019. The Northern Alberta Reined Cow Horse Club (NARCHC) ran their annual stallion auction to raise money for much needed club functions such as youth clinics, advertising, and member givebacks, as well as pumping funds back into their fledgling Stallion Incentive Payout. The board worked hard to present 26 stallions who offered something for everyone. There were a diverse mix of disciplines from rope horse sires, to upper crust cow horse and cutting stallions, and those located
in both Canada and the United States. The aim was to offer a sire to everyone so as to grow the support for the club at all levels. The auction had been steadily gaining steam since its inception in 2015, and married the concepts of club growth and breeder incentive. It had grown to be the largest stallion incentive in Canada, reaching every corner of the club, as well as giving back to the stallion owner and the highest money earning offspring. The first ever Stallion Incentive cheque was presented at this year’s event to Rider Dale Clearwater of Hanley, SK,
who piloted Heza Duallin For Cash, owned by 7P Ranch, and sired by Heza Diamond Spark. This gritty show horse ‘earned money each time he was showed, and just kept getting better and better‘ according to Clearwater. He was sent to the Saskatchewan trainer in August of his two-year-old year, after being started by Owner Jesse Thompson. The entry received $1,227 to Clearwater and a custom Robin Hay Snaffle, while 7P Ranch garnered $732 for the Stallion owner portion. Fast forward to March 2020. The very successful stallion auction had recently
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