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Reining NRBC Cont from page 8 Sternberg and the 5-year-old

gelding had also qualified for the Non Pro finals, and finished in fifth place, worth an additional $13,547. With a score of 222, Javier Melo

and his horse Imasugared Pepto tied Ruben Pacheco Cuevas and his horse Sugar Chics Gunnit for the Reserve title. Each received a check for $6,980. Imasugaredpepto is a 5-year-old

gelding by Imasmartpepto out of Sugarmans Belle, while Sugar Chics Gunnit is a 6-year-old stallion by Gunner out of Sugar Chics Dunnit. It's been seven years since

Harper Conner has shown at the NRBC, but he made his return in spectacular fashion, winning both the Limited Non Pro and Non Pro Level 1. "It was time. I had three back

operations and was out of the busi- ness, but I got healed up and this was my first hoorah back," he explained. Conner was riding his home-

bred mare Sparkling Bells, by A Sparkling Vintage out of Cowboys Belle Bar. Their score of 220 re- sulted not only in the two Champi- onships, but also a sixth place finish in the Intermediate Non Pro and a sixteenth place finish in the Non Pro. All total, the pair won $13,091. Anne Reynolds made her

NRBC debut with a finals berth in all five Non Pro divisions. With a score of 218 on her horse Shiney

And Verysmart, by Very Smart Remedy out of Shirley Shine, Reynolds finished as the Reserve Champion for both the Limited and Level 1 Non Pro division. Reynolds and Shiney And Verysmart took home $10,109. With a score of 222.5, former

NRBC Champion Jose Vazquez claimed the Non Pro Prime Time Championship. Vazquez and his 5- year-old homebred stallion, Moon- shine Juice, won $1,725. The pair also qualified for the Non Pro finals, finishing in a seventh-place tie, worth an additional $9,314. Moonshine Juice is by

Vazquez's stallion Smart Like Juice, and out of the Blue Hen mare Wind Her Up Shiner. Lance Griffin took Non Pro

Prime Time reserve honors and $1,050 with a 221.5 on his horse Kachina Tag Olena. Kachina Tag Olena is a 5-year-old stallion by Griffin's

stallion

Whiz N Tag Chex out of Kachina Oak Olena. Griffin also tied for eleventh in the Non Pro, collect- ing an additional $4,657.

NRBC Open The NRBC

Open Finals were held Saturday, April 21. The field of 33 finalists posted high

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score after high score - in fact, the average of all the scored runs in the finals was over 223!

Shawn Flar-

ida claimed his fourth NRBC Open title on Spooks Gotta Whiz, a 5-year- old stallion by Spooks Gotta Gun out of Pret- tywhizpretty-

does. Flarida and Spooks Gotta Whiz laid down a 236 to win the Open title. During the awards cere- mony, Flarida was presented with an oversized check for $75,000. The Reserve Championship

and $56,000 went to Andrea Fap- pani and Tinker With Guns, who finished the finals with a 233.5. Tin- ker With Guns, a 6-year-old stallion by Gunner out of Tinker Nic, is owned by Rancho Oso Rio. Tanya Jenkins and No Wimpy

Cowboys ran away with the NRBC Intermediate Open Championship, winning the title by 5.5 points! Jenkins and her

flashy

palomino gelding Wimpys Little Step out of Dunnits Cowgirl were a crowd favorite. For the Intermedi- ate Open Championship, Jenkins took home a check for $30,612. She collected an additional $37,000 for placing third in the Open. Jimmy Van Der Hoeven and

Spooks Eclipse took Reserve hon- ors in the Intermediate Open with a score of 227.5, collecting $18,633. Spooks Eclipse, by Smart Spook out of Chex Drive, is owned by Casey Hinton. Van Der Hoeven also won the

Championship of the Limited and Level 1 Open divisions, the Reserve Championship of the Intermediate Open, and seventh place in the Open Level 4 winning over $57,000 by the time all the checks were collected. Marco Formentin and Spooks

Gotta Run, by Spooks Gotta Gun out of Prettywhizprettydoes, took Reserve honors in the Limited Open division with a score of 226.5. Spooks Gotta Run, a 4-year- old stallion, is owned by Michael Jeffcoat, who collected $7,331. The Level 1 Limited Open Re-

serve and $1,050 went to Ben Bal- dus and Dainty Little Step, who marked a 224. Dainty Little Step, a 6-year-old mare by Wimpys Little Step out Tucks Little Poco, is owned by the WT Waggoner Es- tate.

With a score of 225, Scott Mc-

Cutcheon and MC Gunner took the NRBC Open Prime Time title. Mc- Cutcheon was riding the 4-year-old stallion for long-time friend and customer Jack Covington. MC Gunner is by Gunner, and out of Mi Mega. Jamie Bissell earned the Open

Prime Time Reserve on West Coast Willie, a 6-year-old stallion by West Coast Whiz out of Cinderella Solano. The pair marked a 222.5 to win $1,350 for owner John Jack- son.

For information on the NRBC, visit www.nrbc.com. w

NCHA Super Stakes Cont from page 8

Adams Non-Pro Champion Dustin Adams and Hottish

came out of the gate and lapped the field with a 227-point NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro record win, as second to work in the Finals. “I was just trying to focus on

doing my job,” said Adams. “He is so strong physically that he’s hard to ride. It was a matter of me trying to sit in the middle of him because his legs were going everywhere.” Hottish, sired by Spots Hot and

bred by Gail Holmes, was trained for Adams and his wife, Deena, by Lloyd Cox. The Super Stakes was Adams’ first show aboard the horse. “This is my second non-pro title here and they’re awfully hard

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