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old cow horse, byWRThis Cats Smart out of Smoke Time Tuck, also won the Intermediate Open Championship and $2,240. Tuckers Smart Cat is owned by David Archer of Clovis, California. Ron Emmons rode Chic N Fried Oak
E, by Olena Oak and out of High Time Playboy, to win the Intermediate Open Reserve Championship with a 432. Owners Nichole Scott and Mel Smith, of Dunnigan, California, collected $1,792 for the win.
NRCHA Celebration Of Champions NRCHAWorld Championship Show World's Greatest Horseman Circle Y Ranch Derby
Boyd Rice Wins 2011 NRCHA Circle Y Ranch Derby on Boonie Tunes The final leg of the 2011 National
Reined Cow Horse Association Circle Y Ranch Derby was completed mid-day Monday, January 31. The CircleY Ranch is one-third of the Celebration of Champions, which also hosts the NRCHA World Championship Show and the World’s Greatest Horseman.
Open Champion Prior to the cow work of the Derby,
Boyd Rice and Boonie Toons were sitting in second place – 5.5 points behind the leaders. With a little luck and a cow work that resulted in a 147, the Spearman, Texas,
trainer and the Peptoboonsmal stallion, out of Shiney Tari, won the Open Championship and the accompanying check for $9,212. “He was good in the cut- ting.We cut some soft cattle but he worked well,” noted Rice, who has won nearly $3 million in National Cutting Horse Association competition. “He was the best he’s ever been in the rein work, and we were a 147.5. The cow didn’t run as hard as he could, but my horse was just perfect and gave it everything he had.”
Intermediate Open Although Rice and Boonie Tunes won
the title, Madera, California, trainer Lyn Anderson and Tuckers Smart Cat didn’t make it easy, marking a 151 in the cow work to come within a point of the champi- onship with a 440. However, along with winning $7,369 for the Reserve Championship, Anderson and the 4-year-
Limited Open John Swales and CD Ben were the
Limited Open Champions with a compos- ite score of 428. Swales and CD Ben, owned by Mary Reti of Elnora, Alberta, Canada, will return to Canada nearly $5,000 richer, thanks to also placing in both the Intermediate Open and Open divisions. Kelby Phillips and One Time Tonite, by One Time Pepto and out of Shortys Rooster, were the Limited Open Derby Reserve Champions with a 427.5.
Novice Horse Open NRCHA Hall of Famer Doug
Williamson won the Novice Horse Open title on Moon Me Pepto, owned by Barbara Hastings. That win netted $2,266, and they took home an additional $4,066 for a fourth place tie in the Open division. It’s actually the first show for the 5-year-old cow horse, by Peptoboonsmal and out of Lenas Sissy Moon. Moon Me Pepto was injured as a 3- year-old, and unable to be shown his Futurity or first Derby year. Finishing as the Novice Horse Open
Reserve Champion was Robbie Boyce and Smart Little Dillon, who finished the Derby with a 426. The reserve title netted Sherman Living Trust, of Sheridan, Wyoming, $1,813. Smart Little Dillon is by Matt Dillon Dun It out of Little Suzana. Clint Swales Wins 2010 NRCHA
Limited Open Hackamore World Championship on Twice The Bet Clint Swales, of High River, Alberta, is the 2010 National Reined Cow Horse Association Limited Open Hackamore World Champion. He piloted his horse, Twice The Bet, to the win with a 434.5. Roy Rich won the Limited Open
Hackamore Reserve Championship with Half Time Report, owned by Barbara Hastings of Glendale, California. Rich and Half Time Report, by A Chic In Time and out of Hustlin Tips, scored a 428.5, collect- ing $3,102. Christina Allen and Smart Chic Dot
ComWin 2010 Limited Open BridleWorld Championship! Smart Chic Dot Com is one busy horse! He qualified for the Finals at the National Reined Cow Horse Association World Championship Show presented by John Deere in three events. In the $5K Non Pro Limited owner Kris Troxel rode him to a fifth place tie. The 11- year-old cow horse came back in the very next class – the Limited Open Bridle - with trainer Christina Allen to win the World Championship!
Boyd Rice and Boonie Tunes Tucker Clark piloted Peppy Prize
Freckle to the Limited Open Bridle Reserve Championship for Rogers Heaven Sent Ranch of Tucson, Arizona. Clark and Peppys Prize Freckle, by Smart Peppy Lena out of Freckles Prize, marked a 424. Jay McLaughlin and Genuine
MasterpieceWin 2010 NRCHA Open Two Rein World Championship Gainesville, Texas, trainer Jay McLaughlin rode Genuine Masterpiece to the Open Two Rein World Championship with a 436.5 total score, earning $3,892. Genuine Masterpiece, owned by Wagonhound Land and Livestock of Douglas,Wyoming, is by Shining Spark and out of Kings Masterpiece. Jake Telford and Kiss My Shiny Lips
won the Open Two Rein Reserve Championship – just two points behind McLaughlin with a 434.5. Doug Williamson and Hes Wright On
Are 2010 NRCHA Open Bridle World Champions Doug Williamson of Bakersfield, California, won the Open BridleWorld Championship on Hes Wright On. Their scores of 222 in the reinwork and 226 in the cow work proved impossible to beat, resulting in an $8,300 payday. “We were out for redemption. I didn’t want any- one to think there was a maybe – I was planning to stick it to them,” said Williamson, who had missed making the finals of theWorld’s Greatest Horseman. “I had a good cow and knew he was good in the rein work. He did great. I got a reprieve and I’ll be a lot happier driving home.” Hes Wright On is owned by Gardiner Quarter Horses of Ashland, Kansas. Robert Chown and Mr Dual
Brooksinic captured the Open Bridle Reserve Championship with a 437.5. Ron Ralls and Solano Cat Win 2010
NRCHA Open Hackamore World Championship Jay McLaughlin and Shiney N Sporty had the lead with a 437, and it looked like they would finish as Champions. But Ron Ralls and Solano Cat had other ideas, and marked a 215.5 in the rein work and a crowd-pleasing 225 in the fence work – resulting in a 440.5 total. McLaughlin and Shiney N Sporty fin-
ished as the Reserve World Champions, winning $6,793.
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