SWRHA Futurity
SALGADO WINS SWRHA FUTURITY
Fernando Salgado & Stars And Sparks
The Southwest Reining Horse Associa- tion Billingsley Ford Open Futurity was held Saturday, October 27, at the Hardy Murphy Coliseum in Ardmore, Oklahoma. This year, the Futurity featured a record number of en- tries - 112! That’s up from 75 in 2017. “We were thrilled to see the increase in Open entries this year,” said Cheryl Cody, President of Pro Management, Inc., which manages the event. “We know there are many places for our exhibitors to compete, and we’re glad they joined us here in Ardmore.” With top riders from across the country
converging in southern Oklahoma for a last- chance run through before the NRHA Futurity in Oklahoma City, it was Fernando Salgado of Aubrey who topped the leaderboard. Salgado was riding Stars And Sparks, by
A Sparkling Vintage out of Belle Starr Dun It, owned by Oldenburg Farm LLC. Salgado, who works for Tom and Mandy McCutcheon, had his eye on the talented mare long before he ever got to ride her. “I always saw Tom riding her and she looked really nice, and one day he came to me and said he thought I should ride her since I’m in the Level 3, and they wanted to put some earnings on her to be a broodmare one day. I was very, very happy,” he recalled. “At the beginning of this week I schooled
her, and didn’t plan to show her here, but Man- dy said I was going to. She thought I was ready and that it was best for the mare and me to get ready for Oklahoma City. She entered us with- out me knowing it.” He added, “It ended up working. I love that mare. She fits me really well!”
Salgado actually won the SWRHA Fu- turity two years ago with the same score, and then went to Oklahoma City and made the Lev- el 4 finals. “I hope I can do it again this year!
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This show is really important. It’s our test drive for the futurity and it pays so well. It lets us know where we need to work more,” he said. In addition to checks totaling $25,988, the win (and the win of the Level 3 Open) came with an SWRHA Golf Cart and a saddle spon- sored by Scottsdale Western World. Yonathan Baruch finished second with
Ready N Willing (Walla Walla Whiz x Dainty Dunit), owned by Rodion Cantacuzene. They also finished Reserve in Level 3, for earnings totaling $10,416.
The Other Champions
Ann Salmon piloted Tinseltown Joe to win the Open Level 2 with a 220, earning $3,695. The pair also placed in the Level 3, worth an additional $3,280. It was a special win for Salmon, who raised the young stallion. “We raised him, my husband started him, and I have been riding him ever since. A very good friend of ours, Dr. John McCarroll, owns him, so it’s a real family project,” she said with a laugh.
Salmon noted that Tinseltown Joe, by Hollywoodstinseltown out of Joe Cat Jac, was a little bit of a late bloomer, but that changed around August. “He didn’t know if he really wanted to be a reiner, but one day he just woke up and said, ‘This is easy!’ and he’s been a dream ever since. With a score of 216.5, Max Fontana and
Wimpysred Gaylena held on to win the Open Level 1 Championship and the reserve title for the Level 2. It was the first big win for the pair, who won $4,126. “I’m very happy. I was a lit- tle nervous, but she was really good today. It was our second to to show, and she was very comfortable through all the maneuvers,” Fon- tana said.
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Mandy McCutcheon & Whizzenintothenite
Wimpysred Gaylena, a mare by CFR
Centenario Wimpy out of Baby Red Gaylena, is owned by Mary Scott Brown of San Angelo. There was a three-way tie for reserve in the Level 1 between Lee Deacon and Benz Special Nite (Gunners Special Nite x Best By Benz), Joe Schmidt and Gunna Cash Ya (Lil Joe Cash x Gunners Blonde Chic), and Marie Kleiner and Xtra Voodoo Shine (Shiners Voo- doo Dr x Xtra Vintage Step). All marked a 216 to win $911.
The Non-Pros The OE Nutraceuticals Non Pro Futurity
was held Friday, October 26. Mandy McCutch- eon and Ms Whiz Dunit won the SWRHA Level 4 Non Pro Futurity in 2013. This year, McCutcheon returned on Ms Whiz Dunit’s foal Whizzenintothenite to win this year’s champi- onship with a 220. “He’s by Gunners Special Nite and we
raised him. There are definitely a lot of similar- ities between him and his dam - they both have a lot of personality,” McCutcheon recalled. “He was good everywhere. I think I had a lit- tle turn penalty one way, but other than that he was really pretty solid the whole way.” McCutcheon has only shown Whizzen- intothenite one other time, and the result was less than stellar. “It didn’t go great. I feel bet- ter about the (NRHA) futurity after this,” she said. The Championship came with a check for $5,411. The McCutcheon’s also accepted the SWRHA Golf Cart for Turnabout Farm, owner of Gunners Special Nite.
Mandy actually rode one of Cade’s horses,
Cody Vintage, for the first time at the SWRHA Futurity, and won the Reserve title with him. “Cade’s been showing him all year and doing all the training on him. He did a great job get-
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