NRCHA Celebration of Champions Kelby Phillips
2018 World's Greatest Horseman
2018 World's Greatest Horseman Kelby Phillips, riding Hickory Holly Time for owner DT Horses.
After nine days of non stop reined
cow horse action in Fort Worth, Texas, the National Reined Cow Horse Association Celebration of Champions wrapped up on Saturday, February 17 with the DT Horses World’s Greatest Horseman Finals in front of a sellout crowd at the Will Rogers Me- morial Center. A showdown developed halfway
through the very first event, the herd work. Draw five, Kelby Phillips, riding Hickory Holly Time (One Time Pepto x Hickorys Holly Cee x Doc’s Hickory), jumped up, and marked the high score, a 220. Then, the very next to go, Phillip Ralls and Call Me Mitch (Metallic Cat x Miss Hickory Hill x Doc’s Hickory), earned a 220.5.
These two continued neck-and-neck at the top of the leader board after the second event, the rein work. Kelby and Hickory Holly Time were first to go, earning a 222.5 from the judges. Then draw two was Phillip Ralls and Call Me Mitch, just a point be-
hind, with a 221.5
The third event, the steer stopping, is notorious for shaking things up but the two leaders continued on a roll. Kelby gained an advantage when he scored 224.5 – but Phillip remained a huge threat with his steer stopping score of 221.
Going into the fence work, Kelby and
Hickory Holly Time had a four-point ad- vantage. They were second in the draw, and earned a 223.5 from the judges. However, Phillip and Call Me Mitch were last to go down the fence and still had a shot. While this team had the high fence work score of the World’s Greatest Finals – a 225 – it was not quite enough to take over the lead. Phillip and Call Me Mitch finish as Reserve – and Kelby Phillips celebrated his first World’s Greatest Horseman Championship. The DT Horses World’s Greatest Horseman title came with a $40,000 pay- check, which elevated Hickory Holly Time’s lifetime earnings past the $200,000 mark. Phillips also collected a custom ring from Sami Fine Jewelry; a custom saddle from Martin Saddlery, Gist buck- le and CR Morrison Trophy sponsored by DT Horses; and a ton of other loot.
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Reserve World's Greatest Horseman Phillip Ralls, rode Call Me Mitch, owned by Estelle Roitblat.
April 2018 SouthWest Horse Trader 13
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