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season. “I never dwelled on the standings. I decided
to let the chips fall where they may and ended up squeaking by,” says David. This upcoming year David is focused on showing his aged-event horses, but plans to continue show- ing Red in the non-pro division when he has a chance. David would especially like to thank his father. “I could have never done it without the sup- port of numerous people, but my Dad is the one person who really helped me. It is neat to follow in my Dad’s footsteps and join him as a World Champion.”
Junior Youth At eleven years old, Brandon Westfall has
cutting bred into his blood. His father, Russ Westfall, is a cutting horse trainer located in Los Olivos, California, and his mother, Janet, is a NCHA Non Pro Hall of Fame rider. Brandon has been riding his entire life and started cutting at the young age of six. He started out showing his trusty gelding, “Jasper”, but a year ago his parents pur- chased Smartest PeanutYet, a nine year old Smart Little Lena gelding, who quickly became Brandon’s favorite. Brandon finds “Peanut” fun and easy to show, but really enjoys his “crazy and cute personality”. On the weekend circuit, Brandon graciously shares Peanut with his dad and mom. He is especially proud of his mother who won the Non Pro Mercuria Cutting in Idaho this fall with an impressive score of 232. At the start of the year, Brandon set out
showing in order to qualify for the PCCHA Latigo Canyon Ranch Youth Invitational. By the end of the year, he found himself in a race for the year- end championship that came down to the last show of the year, where he finished up the JuniorYouth Champion by a mere two points. Brandon admits that he was really nervous about the race being so close, but always kept his dad’s advice to “cut clean in the middle and just have fun” in mind when he walked down to the herd. Brandon did not only meet his original goal to qualify for theYouth Invitational, but rode Peanut to the win with a score of 219. His other memo- rable win for the year was the scholarship cutting in Crested Butte, Colorado, over the summer. This was his favorite show because it was “really pret- ty and had a big youth class”. He also said, “I like winning scholarship money because it will help me go to college. I don’t know what I want to go to college for but I have a lot of time to figure that out.” With his natural talent and support from his successful parents, it is sure that Brandon will col- lect more scholarship money along with numerous championships in the upcoming years.
Senior Youth Racking up over 80 points, rider Ryan
Denair finished his youth career with a bang. At the beginning of the year when Ryan found him- self leading the senior youth standings he said, “I just had to keep going. It is an addiction.” Ryan maintained his lead the entire year
while riding numerous horses. His own horse was seriously injured, but thanks to some great friends, he always had a horse to ride to the herd. Ryan spent most of the year showing Smart Sugar Freckles owned by Helen Heathcock. His close friend, Chuck Purinton, also shared Justa Swingin Summer with him. Aboard this horse Ryan was able to mark his first 75 during the spring El Rancho cutting. “I cannot emphasize enough about how
thankful I am to have these great friends and to have rode their great horses,” comments Ryan.
Ryan’s favorite show of the year was the
PCCHA Derby. He had recently purchased the gelding, Sweet Pepto Lena, to be his new rope horse. Knowing that the horse had been a cutter- turned-turnback horse, he thought he would take a chance and show him for fun. Despite all odds, Ryan marked a 218.5 to win the youth scholarship cutting. Ryan laughs, “It was funny to win on a turnback horse that I bought as a roper.Winning on a horse that nobody liked made it the most amazing show of all”. Currently attending CSU Fresno as an
Agriculture Business major, Ryan plans to have a career in the agricultural industry while keeping cutting a large part of his life as a hobby.
Youth Rookie of the Year The PCCHAYouth Rookie of theYear award
is presented to the Junior or Senior Youth who earns the most points during the year and starts out with less than $500 in lifetime earnings and less than 30 PCCHA Youth points. Earning 29 points in the Senior Division, seventeen-year-old Stephanie Payne from Queen Creek, Arizona, was named theYouth Rookie of theYear. Stephanie has been riding horses her entire
life, but started showing cutting horses just two years ago. Stephanie’s family competes in a wide array of equine events from trail riding to jumping to roping. A family friend, Kathy Maynard, intro- duced Stephanie to cutting and she immediately fell in love with the sport. She loves that “cutting is different every time and nothing is ever set in stone”. Two years ago, Stephanie purchased her
twenty-three-year-old mare, Taffy Made of Sugar, as her first cutting horse. Stephanie fondly talks about how special “Taffy” is. “Taffy never gives up. She is very tough. In fact, if she does lose a cow, she gets very upset and tries that much hard- er the next time.” Along with showing cutting horses at the
Arizona Cutting Horse Association events, she competes in High School Rodeo, too. This year she was third at state and went on to finish 33rd at the National Finals Rodeo. With her rookie year behind her, Stephanie plans to continue competing and showing Taffy this year.
The Bob Kennedy Hes A Missouri Doc Award The HesA Missouri DocAward was formed
to honor horses that were dominant and showed durability at the PCCHA weekend cuttings. This year the committee met to reformulate the selec- tion criteria in order to preserve the prestige and original purpose of the award. The selection crite- ria now includes a minimum placing of three championships for the year-end in any class and must be won in different show seasons, be a top ten finalist from other years, and must have a two- thirds majority vote from the committee members. This year the committee made the decision
to go back in history and induct horses from earli- er years that deserved to win the award. Each horse met the criteria and is known as showing outstanding ability, achievements and longevity in the cutting pen. The horses that received the award where Sandhill Charlie, Fizzabar, Docs Lupine Lynx, She Za Rimbo, Splash A Lena, Tinkas Broadway Sis and Smokin Spook Rio. Congratulations to all of these well deserving horses.
the Cutter CUTTER COLUMN Necessary Information for the Competitive Cutter….
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