2 - The Ranch Sorter***************************************************************************************July - August 2012 What’s Inside . . .
RSNC Finals Coverage ......................... 5-11, 14-18 Mounds, OK Event ........................................ 20-21 Gillette, WY Event ...............................................23 Sacramento, CA Event .........................................24 Dry Fork Sorting, UT Event ...............................26 Falcon Ridge, NY Event ......................................27 Klamath Falls, OR Event ....................................28 Scotia, NE Event...................................................29 Cedar Rapids, SD Event ......................................31 Upcoming Events .................................................32 State Championship Points ..................... 34-35, 37 Charleston, ME Event .........................................36 Williamsburg, IA Event .......................................38
Special Condolences are expressed by all RSNC members to 2 of our fellow members who suffered non-competition accidents during the week of our Finals. Both Tony Gibbs and Chris Lebrecht each broke a leg that resulted in major surgeries. Their recovery will be long and slow and I would like to ask that your continued prayers and thoughts be with them. We look forward to seeing them back with our extended family of friends and sorters as soon as possible.
Dave Wolfe Published by the
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www.rsnc.us Dave Wolfe, RSNC President
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“ Letter From The President
OMG, I have never seen so many contestants on horses in one arena in my life!” That seemed to be the most popular statement of the week and was expressed by Bill Allen of the State Fair, Don Treadway of AQHA, RFD TV staff and Quarter Horse News writers. The second statement by most was, “This will be the story of the entire equine industry.”
There has never been an equine sport to gain so much growth in such a short period of time than has RSNC. Don Treadway, the Vice President of the American Quarter Horse Association, was kind enough to welcome RSNC contestants at our producer dinner and said that he reported to the AQHA Executive Board that attendance at the Battle in the Saddle was up and that the Ranch Sorting had over 6,000 teams. An Executive board member emailed back and said surely you meant 600 teams?
It was simply that unbelievable! An amazing 6,056 teams competed over the six days and with 2nd 3rd and 4th go’s there were over 7,989 runs! Thanks to the amazing 42 person staff of RSNC and many volunteers, it all flowed flawlessly which was even more amazing. There were no all-nighters and very few late nights. I could not be more proud of the dedicated team of workers that tackled this event with the determination and dedication needed to keep everyone happy and keep the show moving at the most professional level possible. It would have been so easy to have mass confusion and a total disaster with so many teams and contestants lining up to ride but the attention to detail and scheduling predictions and planning were absolutely perfect. My hat is off the entire RSNC team because you just made Ranch Sorting the sport of the future!
It was almost breath taking to walk into the Performance Arena on Tuesday and see the sea of horses and hats that were there to compete. The intensity and excitement level could be felt all week long as contestants worked their way through the crowd to take their turns in the sorting arenas. Every good run made was cheered by the crowd and it made contestants ride harder than ever before.
I ordered more cattle than originally planned to accommodate the massive growth and the cattle were superb throughout. We made the decision at the last minute to run the arenas individually rather than alternate which gained us over two hours less of competition each day. That made the difference and absorbed the overflow of teams allowing for timely finish times all week long. It took everyone willing to adjust to the challenge and more staff, but it sure paid off.
Most exciting was the growth in team count from the bottom up. Every division had increases but the biggest increase was the #1 Beginner Class. Last year we had 154 teams and this year we had 420 teams making a 272% increase. The rookie class was almost as good. When you have so many new contestants entering a sport it is a positive sign of the future of the sport. Many of those contestants will improve and move right on up the ladder to make competition bigger at all levels. Overall there were almost 50% more teams than last year!
A new year is starting, so please be sure to go invite a friend to join RSNC. It will get both you and them a free membership and will continue to add to the excitement. We had over 7,000 viewers watching the finals on our Website and we had 142 new members sign up on the RSNC Website for the first time. That put us over 16,000 members in our organization! With 16,000 of you out there each bringing in one new member, just think where we will be next year!
Congratulations to all of the winners and thank you for making Ranch Sorting shine so bright! P.S. By very popular demand, the Turtle Races will be back next year!!!!
Sincerely,
Dave Wolfe President RSNC
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