NRCHA Celebration of Champions Lyn Anderson and Tuckers Smart Cat
began the National Reined Cow Horse Association Celebration of Champions with an Open Reserve Championship in the Circle Y Ranch Derby. Less than a week later, they claimed the NRCHA Open Hackamore World Championship! Anderson was riding Tuckers Smart
Cat for David and Barbara Archer, and the win garnered $8,527. Archer purchased Tuckers Smart Cat as a yearling at the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales in Reno, Nevada. Two years later, Anderson piloted him to the Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Finals. “He was a little immature, like I said, but two weeks before the futu- rity he hit a new level of maturity. This horse is probably the cowiest I have ever ridden.” Zane Davis and Reymanator (Dual Rey
x Savannah Hickory) and Jeremy Meador and Smart Remedy Olena (Very Smart Remedy x Peppys T Bar) tied for the Open Hackamore Reserve World Championship. Each finished with a score of 438.5, and took home $6,117. Jay McLaughlin Piloted Shiney Sushi
to NRCHA Open Bridle World Championship. When Jay McLaughlin qualified Shiney Sushi for the Open Bridle finals of
the National Reined Cow Horse Association World Championship Show, he and owner Carol Rose made a decision: if the 7-year-old cow horse won the World Championship, she would be retired. On Saturday, February 4, the flashy
palomino mare left the show pen for the last time. She bested the field, which included some of the most prolific equine athletes in the industry by 2.5 points with a 436 – winning $8,106. Justin Warneke and Heza Diamond
Spark took reserve honors in the Open Bridle with a score of 433.5. The win added $6,485 to the Diamond J Star stal- lion’s lifetime earnings, which exceed $70,000. Many championship teams have been
together for years. They’ve learned each other’s intricacies and know each other’s
strengths and weaknesses. Brandi Scheer and Who Could Be Smarter didn’t have that luxury – but they still took home the National Reined Cow Horse Association Limited Open Bridle World Championship on Friday, February 3, with a score of 434. Who Could Be Smarter, by Smart Chic
Olena out of Blue Docs Badger, was pur- chased by owner Barbara Biddix barely six months ago from Don Murphy to be shown in the Non Pro Limited. The 9-year-old gelding had been qualified for the NRCHA World Championship Show by Adam Johnson. In the Limited Open Bridle, Roy Rich
and Half Time Report also had a score of 434 – but NRCHA rules dictate that in the case of a tie for the title, the exhibitor with the high cow work score wins. Regardless, the pair still had a large payday – to the tune of $2,898. Chase Trahern, of Walsh, Colorado,
won the National Reined Cow Horse Association Limited Open Hackamore World Championship with a score of 440 – 7.5 points higher than the reserve champi- on! While Trahern and his horse, Smart Little Laredo, had a respectable rein work score, they took a commanding lead after an impressive cow work that resulted in a score of 224! Ashley Taylor, piloted Shining
Diamond Rose to the Limited Open Hackamore Reserve World Championship. The pair had a total score of 432.5. In 2010, Roy Rich and Half Time
Report won the National Reined Cow Horse Association Limited Open Hackamore Reserve World Championship. Fast forward one year to February 2, where the pair took home top honors in the Open Two Rein. Earning the Reserve Championship
with a 437 was Jake Telford and Sheza Roo, owned by Holy Cow Performance Horses. Penny Youngblood didn’t just sponsor
the Circle Y Ranch Derby at the National Reined Cow Horse Association Celebration of Champions – she filled another role as an owner! Her horse, Savannahboonsmal, claimed the Limited Open Championship with Benton Bland at the reins. Bland and Savannahboonsmal
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finished the Derby with a 427. Winston Hansma and Mylights also
had a 427 composite, but NRCHA rules dictate that in the event of a tie, the Championship goes to the entry with the higher cow work, so Hansma and Mylights took home the Reserve title. Kelby Phillips and Diamond J Starlite
went into the cow work of the National Reined Cow Horse Association’s Circle Y Ranch Derby with a four-point advantage in the Level 1 Limited Open. They not only held on to that lead, they increased it to 7.5 points, and won the Championship with a 434.5!
Leon Lewis and Playin With Pick took
reserve honors in the Level 1 Limited Open with a 427 composite. The $5K Novice Horse Open division
at National Reined Cow Horse Association premier events is open to horses with less than $5,000 in NRCHA earnings. At the Circle Y Ranch Derby, Corey Cushing and Four Or Five Times won the title with a 437.5. A scant half-point separated first and
second place, and Doug Williamson and ARC Sailing Chic took the reserve title with a 437. Williamson and ARC Sailing Chic, owned by Barbara Hastings of Glendale, California, won $1,813. Going into the final leg of competition
of the National Reined Cow Horse Association Circle Y Ranch Derby, Shawn Hays felt some trepidation. He had just seen Lyn Anderson and Tuckers Smart Cat take over the Open division lead with an impressive 152 in the cow work for a 444 composite. “I didn’t know if we could be the 150 that we needed to win, just because it’s so hard to get cattle that mark that high,” he said of the score he’d need to mark on CGS Starscommand to win the title. “But we drew a good cow down the fence, and he’s always good there.” Hays and the 5-year-old cow horse marked a 151. That resulted in two championships – the Open and Intermediate Open! The two wins were worth $14,213. Anderson and Tuckers Smart Cat, who
won $2,465 for the high cow work score, took home the Open Reserve Championship.
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