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Gracelyn Jacobs & Wild Card Jackson


Youth riders made their pres- ence known in three divisions. Gracelyn Jacobs of Montgomery, Tex., and her gelding Wild Card Jackson bred by L.A. Waters Quar- ter Horses, a Zoetis AQHA Ranch- ing Heritage Breeder, topped the Youth division. The Limited Youth division went to Bryan, Tex., na- tive Madison Miller on Cee Hick- ory Doc. Catelyn Walker of Prairie Grove, Ark., earned the Novice Youth All Around title on Do It Classy, a mare bred by the W.T. Waggoner Estate, also a Zoetis AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder. The newly formed National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance is comprised of six ranch/stock horse associations – East Coast Stock Horse Association, National Ver- satility Ranch Horse Association, Oklahoma Stock Horse Associa- tion, Stock Horse of Texas, Western States Versatility Ranch Horse As- sociation and the American Quarter Horse Association. To qualify for the 2019 NR- National Championship


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Bart Holowath & Smart Lookin Nurse


in the rein work and 216.5 down the fence, taking a permanent lead in the Limited Open Finals and winning a paycheck of more than $4,000. “She’s been a great mare for me. She is su-


per consistent and easy to train and good to show,” Dillman said. “She is super cow smart.”


The Derby Non-Pros Making frequent appearances in Non Pro Fi-


nals, Bart Holowath and Smart Lookin Nurse (WR This Cats Smart x NurseWare x Dual Rey) cap- tured two titles, the Non Pro and Intermediate Non Pro Derby Championships, with an overall score of 653.5 (219 herd / 215.5 rein / 219 cow). With dual wins, come dual prizes, along with a win check totaling more than $11,000. Holowath, Cayley, Alberta, and his 2013


gelding “Finn” have been partners since the horse’s three-year-old year. “This horse is a great horse. He knows his maneuvers. He knows what to do,”Holowath said. “I just have to keep up with him.”


If you are an owner, rider, or fan of reined cow horses, you have experienced the roller coast- er of emotions that come with the sport. Non-Pro competitor LaDona Emmons is no exception to this rule, after spending the past week experienc- ing the peaks and valleys the reined cow horse has to offer.


It all came down to the cow work for Emmons


and Hey Nicci (Nic It In The Bud x Sugartime 691 x Docs Hickory). Topping the preliminary chart of the Non Pro divisions after two preliminary events, Emmons and “Nicci” ran into some tough luck in the fence work, leaving her to wonder if she was tough enough for this sport. “When I got back in the Novice Finals, it made me happy that


LaDonna Emmons & Hey Nicci


I could at least try and go down the fence one more time. Today it felt really good, we got it set up right and for me it was really good,” Emmons said. It was the opportunity to go down the fence one more time that lead Emmons and her 2013 mare to the 2018 NRCHA Derby Novice Non Pro Championship title and earnings exceeding $1,500. The pair marked a 213 in the herd work, a 215.5 in the rein work and a big 220.5 down the fence for a composite of 649, sealing the win.


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Mark Blake & Hot Hollywood Whizky


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