Youth Cutting
Faith Farris & Quite The Fat Cat
NYCHA World Finals & Scholarships
Contributed Courtesy of NCHA
The NCHA Summer Spectacu- lar marks the end of one show season and the beginning of another for Youth competitors. The 2017 High Brow CD NYCHA Junior and Senior World Fi- nals were held on Friday, July 28. Ryan Rapp, 16, Weatherford, TX
Youth Spotlight: Faith Farris
Faith Farris is a 13-year-old 8th grader at Grace Christian Acad- emy, Weatherford, TX. She lives in Midway, TX, and competes in cutting horse events in the National Cutting Horse Association and the American Quarter Horse Youth As- sociation.
Why horses? When I was 5,
I saw my dad working a cutting horse and wanted to try it. I’ve been hooked ever since.
Moment you will always
remember? Winning the 2017 AQHYA World Championship in cutting!
Favorite horse? Quite the Fat
Cat. We call him Ben. Favorite event? Cutting, of
course!
Role model(s)? My parents. Dad is very supportive, and no mat- ter how well or how badly I do, he is still there for me and ready for the next show. My mom is my best cheerleader. I hope I can be as sup- portive for my kids one day.
Future plans with horses? I plan to continue cutting. I have a 3-year-old that I want start showing in aged events.
Career path you are consid-
ering? I don’t know yet. I think it’s too early to decide.
Advice you’d like to give others with horses? Have fun! w
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came into the NYCHA Senior World Finals as the unbeatable point leader and built on his base with go-round scores of 220, 221 and 219. Ryan ended the year as 2017 NYCHA Senior World Champion with 190 points. His mount for the finals was 7-year-old Im Reydioactive LTE $121,280, sired by Dual Rey and owned by his par- ents, Phil and Mary Ann Rapp. Lance Cooper, 18, Weatherford, was the un-
defeated 2017 NYCHA Senior Youth World Finals champion. He won all three go-rounds, with scores of 227, 223 and 227 points, had the aggregate high score of 677 points, and moved up in year-end stand- ings from 5/7 to fourth place. Lance, the NCHA earner of $91,600, showed 10-year-old Light N Lily LTE $279,652, sired by Light N Lena and owned by Billy Martin. Christina Huntley, Houston, is the 2017 NY-
CHA Senior Youth Reserve Champion. Christina showed 12-year-old Smart Frosty Cat LTE $185,007, sired by Smooth As A Cat and owned by E.J. Hunt- ley, in the Senior Youth World Finals, where she scored 222 points and earned the fourth-highest ag- gregate in the second go-round. Jade Mitchell, Weatherford, won the 2017
High Brow CD NYCHA Junior World Finals with go-round scores of 217.5, 224 and 220 points for an aggregate of 661.5 points. Jade showed 7-year-old Junie Wood LTE $524,171, sired by Nitas Wood and owned by Glade Knight. Charles Russell Bushaw, Weatherford, had an
aggregate of 647.5, the second-highest from the Ju- nior Youth World Finals, with go-round scores of 225, 201 and 221.5 points. Charles showed 8-year- old Peptotoodie LTE $157,887, sired by Peptotime and owned by his parents, Chad and Amie Bushaw. Ryann Packard, Sun City, KS, on MK Lollie
Pop, finished the year as 2017 Junior Youth World Champion. Ryann showed Sir Stylish Lizzy LTE $217,929, sired by Lizzys Gotta Player and owned by RPX Enterprises, in the Junior World Finals, where she earned an aggregate of 610 points. Faith Farris, Midway, who scored 220 points in
the first go-round of the Junior Youth World Finals on her own horse 12-year-old Quite The Fat Cat LTE
September 2017
Lance Cooper & Light N Lily
Madison Flynn & Cat Man Blue
$244,700, by Mr Peppy Freckles, finished her year as 2017 Junior Youth World Reserve Champion.
Senior Scholarship
The heat was on in the 2017 Senior Youth Scholarship Cutting Finals, on Friday, July 28. In the first go-round, Kenli Marvin, Lauren Oehlhof and Regan Plendl posted scores of 220, 221 and 222, respectively and in ascending order, as the tension mounted.
In the end, it was Case Robertson, Farwell, who won the day. Showing midway through the last set, Robertson posted 224.5 points on Little Rey Whirlacat. Regan Plendl, Kingsley, IA, with 222 on Twistful Thinking, claimed the reserve champion- ship, and Lauren Oehlhof, Norman, OK placed third with 221 points on Suen You Will See.
Junior Scholarship
After setting the pace in the qualifying round with a 226, Madison Flynn and Cat Man Blue came back in the finals with a 223 for a two-point win over Emma Grace Rapp on Reyzin in the NYCHA Youth Scholarship Cutting in Fort Worth’s Will Rogers Coliseum.
Flynn, an 11-year-old from Weatherford is the daughter of Hall of Fame Rider Sean and Ashley Flynn. For most of the year, Madison has been rid- ing her own horse, Santana Gay, but she marked a 75 on Cat Man Blue when she teamed up with him at a weekend show in April. Owned by Lazy M Cattle Co., Cat Man Blue is a 10-year-old stallion by High Brow Cat out of $594,000 earner Quintan Blue. Emma Grace Rapp placed second in the Junior Scholarship Cutting with a 221 on Reyzin, the horse her mother, Mary Ann Rapp, rode to be 2013 NCHA Non-Pro Horse of the Year. Rezyin was bred by Phil and Mary Ann Rapp by High Brow CD out of Miss Reycine. The NCHA Hall of Fame Horse has earned more than $411,000 and is owned by Gale Force Quarter Horses of Conway, SC. Brody Magby, 11, of Wilburton, OK, finished third in the Junior Youth Scholarship Cutting with a 220, riding Little Moria Kittens, an EBR Kitty Hawk mare owned by Browne’s Bar XL Ranch. w
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