Bayer Select World - Cont from page 7
QuarterHorse
2-YEAR-OLD MARES
In her red-and-copper suit,
Gypsy O'Neal caught every eye as
she led The Secret Surprise into the
2-year-old mares class. Gypsy and
"Roanie" matched smartly, a look
that was improved when she walked
out carrying a complementary gold
trophy for first place. Gypsy was de-
lighted to win, of course, but the day
was even more special because it
was the first time that her 95 year old
mother saw her win a world cham-
pionship.
Gypsy O'Neal also won the 2009
Select world title in the yearling
geldings with Elegal.
CUTTING
Skip Hames of Weatherford, has
been riding horses all his life and has
been into cutting since the late 1980s.
However, he earned his first AQHA
cutting world championship at the
2009 Bayer Select World Champi-
onship Show on September 5. "I am
excited as can be," he said. His daugh-
ter, April Widman, was on hand to
help. Riding 11th in the draw, Skip and
his gelding, Cat Of Monte Cristo, had
a 214 to beat, scored by Carol
Williamson and Mr San Olen.
“I was glad that I was deep in the
herd today; the cattle were a little bit
quick this morning. I wasn’t too nerv-
by Christine Hamilton
ous when I finally got to going, but at
class, western pleasure, and I even did a
the beginning I was feeling a little
little bit of jumping. Which I wasn’t real
nervous. The cows folded around me
thrilled about,” he recalls. ”I didn’t enjoy
really nice, and it was real easy to
the jumping,” he states again with more
make my first cut. My first cow was a
emphasis. “I did go into some roping, and
little soft but I felt comfortable and my
… I rode bulls for several years. ... There
horse was really taking hold and every-
was a short time in there where my wife
thing was good. Right then I knew we
(Debbie) got me out of bull riding and I
were going to have a pretty good run,”
got into barrel racing, and I didn’t like
explains Skip of his smooth start.
that,” as he recalls other horse events
“My second cow, I didn’t quite
found and discarded. “I went right into
push it out as far as I wanted to, but we
cutting, and I’ve been cutting ever since.
ended up having a real nice work on
We started cutting, I believe it was 1987.”
him,” he further explains. “We got
On winning his first world champi-
done with her, and I went in for my
onship? “I am excited as can be. I haven’t
third cow and I had a lot of time left. I
absorbed it all yet; it’s pretty amazing. I’m
was a little bit worried that the cows
really thrilled and I’m happy for my horse
might run because I took a bunch out
and I’m happy for me. And thankful to my
there and I didn’t want to run too hard,”
wife for letting me do it as long as she has,
he recalls of trying to keep the run to-
and to my daughter for helping me. It just
gether. “I took a little bit of time mak- feels great.” w
ing my cut, but I made my third cut and Other SouthWest Winners
the cow was good enough to give me a
Rodger Coday and Irish Whiskey Mix
good score. It was a good run.”
won a three-way rope-off for first place
Three cows and a big breath later,
to win the tie-down roping.
he rode out with a 219 and the world
Linda Gordon and FG A Tru Fella won
championship.
the 2009 Select world championship in
Skip did not always show cutting
aged stallions.
horses. “My dad was a roper years ago.
Sharon Orstad won the barrel racing
for the second year in a row.
He had a lot of AQHA horses and he
was an AQHA judge years ago. He
Bill Lawless with Uno Blackie and
Bobby Gray with Gandy Prescription
started me doing things like halter, trail
won the trophy for ranch sorting.
October 2009 SouthWest Horse Trader 13
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