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The Non-Pros


Friday’s competition featured the $105,000 added 2010 Cinch®


/ NRHA Non


Pro Futurity Finals. This championship event welcomed back 59 non pros to com- pete in a clean-slate format for more than $430,000 in cash and prizes, a variety of prizes from NRHA Corporate Partners and the coveted NRHA Futurity titles. Tish Fappani of San Marcos, CA, pi-


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cessful bid was $3,734. The top selling horse was Hip No. 48—Zippos Last


Dream. The 13-year-old Quarter Horse mare in foal to APHA Breeders’ Trust stallion Scenic Rio Krymsun was consigned by Richard Estling and purchased for $17,500 by Spencer & Tina Wooddell of Flemington, WV. The sale catalog and complete sale results can be


viewed at www.aphaworldshow.com/fall. Socials, Shopping & Sponsors


Exhibitors at the Fall World Show were treated to com-


plimentary food and beverages by four groups during the course of the show: the Amateur Welcome Reception was sponsored by Ron & JoAnna Shelly; and exhibitor socials were sponsored by corporate sponsor Purina Mills; World Show sponsor Platinum Performance; and Rodrock Ranches, home of A Scenic Impulse. The socials, which were held on the John Justin Arena concourse, were fun for everyone in attendance and offered a variety of food selec- tions prepared by Coburn’s Catering. The Colors of the Season Gift Show was open daily in


the Brown-Lupton exhibit hall with approximately 50 ven- dors and a wide assortment of items ranging from art to tack to jewelry and as large as tractors and trailers. Overall, the 2010 World Championship Paint Horse


Show series hosted 4,048 entries by 1,535 registered Amer- ican Paint Horses. The APHA World Shows are non-quali- fying events through 2011. All registered American Paint Horses are welcome. In 2011, the Summer World Champi- onship Show will become the Youth World Championship Show; and all Open & Amateur classes will take place dur- ing the Fall World Championship Show. Full results, class entry listings, daily news highlights, and winner photos visit www.aphaworldshow.com/fall. w


loted her gelding Litn Up Conquistador to a 221 to claim the Level 4 Non Pro Futu- rity championship by a decisive, 6.5-point margin. Fappani earned over $43,000 for the win aboard her gelding by NRHA Mil- lion Dollar Sire Conquistador Whiz and out of Aleena Starlight. In addition to over $43,000 in prize money, Fappani won the use of a Cimarron trophy trailer, Bob’s Custom Saddle, Montana Silversmiths tro- phy buckle, and a variety of gift certificates from NRHA Corporate Partners. The reserve championship was


awarded to Josiane Gauthier who marked a 214.5 aboard her father Francois Gau- thier’s gelding Timber Finest (Boggies Timber Jack x Taris Finest).Gauthier is


Prime Time Non Pro Futurity championship. Wiederholt’s mare is by NRHA Million Dollar Sire Magnum Chic Dream and out of Co- rona Nita.


In Other Action The Youth Non Pro


from Lucama, NC, and will take home over $33,000. In the Level 3 Division, Veronica St-


Onge piloted Chexy In Jewels to a score of 214 and the Futurity championship. The Bueno Chexinic mare out of Hot Holly- wood Jewels is co-owned by Veronica and her husband Patrice St-Onge of Gainesville, TX. St-Onge also placed third in the Level 4 Futurity, earning over $43,000 for their efforts. Ryan Humphrey, Whitesboro, TX,


earned the Level 2 Non Pro Futurity cham- pionship and Level 1 Non Pro Fu- turity Reserve Championship after marking a 212.5 with Wimpys Golden Gunner. Humphrey earned over $13,500 on the Wimpys Little Step Mare owned by Dragoon Creek Quarter Horses of Whites- boro.


The Level 1 Non Pro Futurity


championship was determined by a run-off score after Humphrey and Michael McGee tied in the finals with a 212.5. McGee and his stal- lion Baylite Bandit (Bay Starlite x Peppy Nancy Lena) won the run- off by a 4.5-point margin and took over $5,200 back to their home in Broken Bow, OK. Charles Wiederholt and One Last Corona scored a 213 and the


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Futurity championship, determined by the go- round score, goes to Jaci Marley. The fifteen- year-old from Plain- view, TX, marked a 214 aboard her mare Grace-


ful Guns during the go-round. The pair also made the top ten of the Level 1 and 2 Non Pro Futurity, earning over $5,500. Each year, NRHA recognizes the


highest scoring first time exhibitor in the Non Pro go round with a championship buckle. In addition, the Non Pro rider’s trainer receives a check for $5,000. This year’s winner is Marley and her trainer NRHA Professional Josh Visser of Whitesboro. In the Adequan®


Championship


Arena, 76 rookie reiners competed for the NRHA Rookie of the Year title. Nick Kingston Schmersal, a 15-year-old from Overbrook, OK, championed the event with a score of 217.5 aboard Blazing In Black. His father Craig Schmersal owns the eight-year-old mare. The South Central Region won the


2010 Adequan NAAC Team Champi- onship award presented by SmartPak. Representatives were presented with a $2,500 check for their region. All mem- bers of the team will receive customized trophy jackets courtesy of SmartPak. The Sale Arena also saw a lot of ac-


tion during Saturday’s NRHA/Markel Fu- turity Prospect Sale. The high-seller, Splashin In The Wave, was sold to Au- gustine and Gaynia Revenberg of Ontario, Canada, to the tune of $200,000. Hickory Creek Ranch and Craig Schmersal con- signed the two-year-old colt by Tidal Wave Jack and out of Star CD (by CD Olena). The 2010 NRHA / Markel In-


surance Marketplace Sale held on Friday had Gross Sales of $632,900. The High Seller was Hip #2036 Cute Chics Dig Me, a 2009 Sorrel Colt by Smart Chic Olena and out of Roost- ers Cute Wilson by Gallo Del Cielo. Consigned by Vic Clark the colt sold for $22,000. Relive the excitement at


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