NRHA Futurity


Jason Vanlandingham & A Vintage Smoke


Mike McEntire & Pale Face Whiz


Tish Fappani & Icecube


The NRHA Futurity NP The competition in the 2018


COOL AS ICE 2018 NRHA OPEN FUTURITY CHAMPION A Smoking Run leads to the The 2018 National Rein-


ing Horse Association (NRHA) Open Futurity Finals featured a field 70 horses deep across the four levels and prime time di- vision. At the end of the night after the last score had been an- nounced, NRHA Million Dol- lar Rider Jason Vanlandingham, riding A Vintage Smoke for owner Diane Mesmer, secured the title of NRHA Open Level (L)4 Futurity Champion. A Vintage Smoke, nominated by Karl Hapcic,


nessed the second largest purse in the event's history with nearly $1.5 million awarded. Additionally, there was an 8% increase in horses entered (399) and 14% increase in total entries (1,124).


RECORD-SETTING PAYOUT The 2018 NRHA Open Futurity


McEntire’s second draw, wit-


Pale Face Whiz, slid to a score of 222 ½ earning the duo the title of Open L3 Champion and Open Prime Time Cham- pion, as well as more than $87,000 in owner and nomi- nator earnings. The sorrel stal-


is by A Sparkling Vintage and out of Lady Smoke Peppy. “I had been struggling with some things this week. I thought my turns went as good as they could be. In the warm up pen, he was really locked in and gave me a ton of confidence,” said Vanland- ingham. He went on to add, “I went for it all and ran him through the gate as hard as we could run, and he swallowed that first stop up.” A Vintage Smoke earned $142,500 for his owner and $7,500 for his nominator.


Isnt She Perfect and rider Kole Price took home the L4 Open Reserve. Isnt She Perfect is by Walla Walla Whiz and out of Miss Silver Gun. She is owned by Amy Meadows and nominated by Tamarack Ranch LLC. The owner’s and nomina- tor’s share of the purse was $130,352 and $6,518, respectively. Winning the L3 Open division, Prime Time Open, and Prime Time Reserve was Mike McEn- tire aboard two similar named horses. McEntire rode his first draw, Pale Faced Whiz (Pale Face Dunnit x Ms Maggie Whiz), for owners A4L- Equine to a score of 218 ½ to win the title of Prime Time Open Reserve and a top ten finish in the L3 Open division. Pale Faced Whiz is nominated by Ginger Schmersal.


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lion is by Pale Face Dunnit and out of Lady Naski- ia Whiz. He is nominated by Everett Wiggins and owned by Everett and Karen Wiggins. “It felt good; the horse has been so good all week. He has stayed real solid,” said McEntire when asked about his run on Pale Face Whiz.


Earning the L3 Reserve was Vintage Jewels and Dell Hendricks. Vintage Jewels, owned by Kristi Clark, is by A Sparkling Vintage and out of Jewels Lil Sparkle and nominated by Todd Vernon. Riding to the L2 and L1 Open Futurity Cham-


pionship was Austin Lee Roush and Gunna Stop (Gunnatrashya x Stop Little Sister) owned by Al- exandria Gokey and nominated by Toyon Ranch LLC. “I felt pretty confident. Both of my horses rode good for the whole horse show. I was ready to show today,” said Roush when asked about his run. Tying for the L2 Reserve was Smokin Pale- face (Pale Face Dunnit x Lost In Tinseltown) with Brent Naylor, and Mr Royal Hollywood (Holly- woodstinseltown x Cee Miss Hollywood) with Cody Sapergia. Smokin Paleface is owned and nominated by Tim Anderson. Mr Royal Hollywood is owned by George and Carol Bell and nominated by George. Tinker This and Thiago Sobral earned the


L1 Open Reserve for owners Mary Beth and Tim Ruckman. Tinker This is by Tinker With Guns and out of Tejons Finally Dunit and nominated by Sil- ver Spurs Equine. w


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National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Cinch Non Pro Futurity was hot, but Tish Fappani kept her cool de- spite a three-way runoff for the cham- pionship. Fappani claimed her third Level (L)4 Non Pro Championship tonight aboard Icecube, a red dun stal- lion by SG Frozen Enterprize and out of Taris Designer Genes, nominated by Andrea Fappani and owned by Andrea and Tish Fappani.


Fappani, who actually prefers to


go earlier in the draw, drew up second to last in the second section of the fi- nals tonight. As she entered the arena, Samantha Smith riding Neverthoughti- would and Madison Steed aboard Into The Nite were in a two-way tie with a 222 ½. After the completion of her run, Continued on page 13


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has taken an interest in giving back to the sport. She is involved with the Pin Oak Charity Show, and she has served on several boards and committees. Robin Parsky, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, is the recipient of the Mrs A.C. Randolph Owners Legacy Award. The Jane Marshall Dillon Award went to Ann Grenci, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Maya Aryal, 15, Fairfax, VA, is


the USHJA Youth Leadership Award recipient. Lauren Sanderson, 18, Kens- ington, NH, is the USHJA Nominee for US Equestrian Youth Sportsman’s Award. Liz Soroka, Sag Harbor, NY, and


Anderson Burney, Sacramen- to, CA, are the recipients of the Vital Horse Show Staff Award East and West, respectively. w


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