NCHA Super Stakes


Beau Galyean & Stevie Ray Von


Kobie Wood & Cool N Hot


Wood Takes Super Stakes Win The Lucas Oil National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Super


Stakes is the first Triple Crown cutting of the year. The event held in Fort Worth, Texas, March 29-April 22, welcomed 2,167 entries and paid out $3,211,847.


Nothing but kind words was heard following the award of the 2018 Super Stakes Open Champion to Cool N Hot and Kobie Wood. By Hot- tish, out of Donas Cool Cat (LTE $315,104), by High Brow Cat, the duo scored 227 points for the title and a payday of $69,250. Woods is a five time NCHA Open World Champion, a NCHA Horse of the Year Rider and a 1993 NCHA Hall of Fame Rider Inductee.


Beau Galyean showed Rollz Royce, sired by Dual Smart Rey and out of Show Biz Kitty, for Thomas Guinn, Philadelphia, MS, earning the reserve with 222.5 points and a check for $60,629. The win in the Super Stakes Limited Open went to 17-year-old Lance Cooper of Weatherford and Zen And Tonic. Sired by High Brow CD and out of Dual Citizen by Dual Pep, the 4-year-old mare marked a 223 for the title and a check for $7,175. Merlott (Dual Rey x Uno Tassa Mia x Smart Little Uno), owned


by Jose Sigala, of Weatherford, finished as the Limited Open Reserve after marking a 217 with Garrett Hampton, of Rogersville, MO. They pocketed $6,469.


There is a possibility for a NCHA Non-Pro Triple Crown when


Chad Bushaw, Weatherford, and Bittersweet rode to tie for the win in the Super Stakes Non-Pro. The duo previously won the 2017 NCHA Fu- turity Non-Pro Championship. Posting a 222-point mark in the first set of the finals, it held the lead until Megan Miller, Poolville, and Carolena Reyn tied it in the second set after dominating in the go-rounds. Bittersweet is by Metallic Cat and out of the Dual Rey daughter


Miss Sea Rey. Carolena Reyn is by Dual Smart Rey and out of Carolena Moon. Each champion earned $36,415.


Whitney Hall, Commanche, OK, scored 219.5 points riding Lucky Nedd Pepper to place third earning $30,879. Bred and owned by Whit- ney’s parents Shannon and Ronda Hall and sired by Smart Little Lena, Lucky Nedd Pepper is out of the Peptoboonsmal daughter Royal Red Pepto.


Back in the winner’s circle once again was Lance Cooper, 17, who


scored 224 points on Zen And Tonic, owned by his parents, Michael and Jennifer Cooper, to claim the Super Stakes Non-Pro Limited. This was


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his second championship in less than a week and earned him an addition- al $9,987. The mare also carried Cooper to the 2017 Limited Non-Pro Futurity Co Championship. Alexa Dahl, Weatherford, who held the lead before Cooper’s run,


claimed reserve with 218.5 points on Playsomethingsmooth (Smooth As A Cat x Play Corn x Playgun) LTE $4,342 and took home a check for $9,421.


Another cutting team continued their winning streak from the


futurity. That would be Rocky Davis, Alberta, Canada, and Redneck Creyzy. The 4-year-old gelding (Dual Rey x Xquizit Cat x High Brow Cat), marked a 222 early in the first set of the Super Stakes Unlimited Amateur, and had to wait until the class ended to see if it held. The win earned him a check for $13,232. He also pulled checks in the Gelding and Senior classes. Taking the Reserve spot was Traci Shehady, of Poolville, who rode her homebred mare You Cant Buy Love (Cats Gotta Diamond x Biscuit Love x Smart Aristocrat) to a score of 217 for a $12,639 check. Nelson Vivas, Redland, FL, scored 216 points on Playboy is Smooth to win the 2018 NCHA Super Stakes Amateur Finals. By Smooth As A Cat and out of Mary Has Freckles, the pair earned $12,825. Taking the reserve with a score of 214.5 was John Rockey, of Palm- dale, CA, riding Dureyngo Kid (Reys Dual Badger x Hissy Cat x High Brow Cat). The pair earned $11,491.


The Super Stakes Classic It looked like Kattalyst, bred by Alvin and Becky Fults and owned


by the Ten/27 Ranch of Denham Springs, LA, was the horse to beat in the Super Stakes Classic Open. Shown by Adan Banuelos, the 6-year-old Metallic Cat daughter and out of Hottness scored 226 points late in the first set of cattle and the score was holding until the 28th horse in the 29 horse final walked into the herd. Then the NCHA Record books were rewritten. Beau Galyean rode Stevie Rey Von to a 231-point score that not only won the class but also was the highest score ever marked in the Super Stakes Classic and tied the Triple Crown all-time record. The 6-year-old stallion (Metallic Cat X Miss Ella Rey) purchased by Alvin and Becky Fults of Amarillo in February, earned $26,216 for the win. Kattalyst’s, reserve title with Adan Banuelos earned $23,576. Brent Erickson and Reyefied (Dual Rey x Shes A Smooth Cat),


scored 221 points to win the NCHA Super Stakes Classic Open Limited and earned $9,976. Dacole Investment Co of Reno, NV owns the 5-year- old gelding.


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