Reining


Jimmy van der Hoeven and Guaranteed A Magnum Win Level 4 Open at NRHA Derby


The 2019 National Reining Horse Asso-


ciation Derby presented by Markel Insurance provided a week of thrills and excitement for exhibitors, owners, sponsors, and spectators, escalating to a crescendo on Open finals night, Saturday, June 22. The Jim Norick Colise- um at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds was filled with an enthusiastic reining crowd that watched climbing scores and outstanding per- formances. Riders posted one massive score after


another, making memories with every run. Several times it looked as if a winner had been decided, but then another rider would raise the bar.


Draw 29, Guaranteed A Magnum, by


Magnum With A Dream out of Guaranteed By Amos, had lifetime earnings just under $200,000 prior to the finals. In fact, he and rider Jimmy van der Hoeven won the event in 2018, entering the arena as the reigning cham- pions.


“Casey (Hinton) and I talked it over be-


fore we walked in. It goes through your mind that you need to stay calm. Casey told me to ‘Ride what your horse can do. That’s what they do, and don’t try to do more than that,’” Van der Hoeven shared. “Those were the words I heard when I walked in, but it’s hard when people are screaming and you know what the horses before you did. Staying calm in that is not easy.” Still, Van der Hoeven and Guaranteed A Magnum stayed the course through seeming- ly never-ending stops, impeccable spins, and flashy circles. The cheers of the already loud crowd reached deafening levels when the score – a 231.5 – was announced.


Along with a check for $57,000, Van der


Hoeven was presented with a year’s use of a gooseneck trailer from CINCH trailers and a plethora of prizes. Guaranteed A Magnum’s nominator Heather Hochstatter will receive a check for $3,000. Van der Hoeven began riding Guaranteed


A Magnum, now owned by Chad and Molly Cherry, at the end of the horse’s four-year- old year in 2017. The next year, they finished fourth at the NRBC before winning the Der- by for the first time. They went on to win the


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Jimmy van der Hoeven & Guaranteed A Magnum


Junior Reining Championship at the AQHA World Championship Show.


They returned to the NRBC in 2019 to


place third prior to heading to the Derby. “He’s really special. What he has done in the past year is pretty special. He keeps getting better, too. This is the highest he’s ever marked, and it’s the highest I’ve ever marked,” Van der Ho- even shared. “I know when I go in there he’s not going to let me down. I never have to wor- ry about him.” Van der Hoeven trains out of Casey and


Kathy Hinton’s barn in Whitesboro, Texas. “I thank the whole team. Casey and Kathy are real special to me. Casey is a great coach and trainer. I also thank all the people who work at home, and my brother Roy van der Hoeven,” he said.


Craig Schmersal piloted No Smoking


Required to a 231 to win the Level 4 Open Reserve Championship, worth $40,544. No Smoking Required, by Gunner out of Icing Re- quired, is owned by the Wranglen Partnership. Nominator Carluccio Orsi will receive $2,133.


McCutcheon Wins Open Levels 3 and 2 It was Cade McCutcheon’s first time to


show in the NRHA Open Derby, and the young trainer made the most of it, qualifying all three of his entries back to the Open Level 4 finals. He finished as the Open Level 3 and Level 2 Champion on Shes Got Good Guns, by Gunner out of A Bueno Poco Dunit. McCutcheon and Shes Got Good Guns


marked a 227.5, which also ranked them eighth in place of the Open Level 4. The night’s earn- ings totaled $39,592 for McCutcheon, with nominator/owner Roxanne Koepsell receiving an additional $2,083. “She was awesome. She’s very honest in the show pen and I know I can trust her. She


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Cade McCutcheon & Shes Got Good Guns


was there for me every step of the way,” Mc- Cutcheon said. “She’s a really good mare, and I’m just lucky to have her.” With the high temperatures and humidity,


McCutcheon had a game plan. “I did as much of nothing as I could. She was tired anyway, so I didn’t do anything hard between the go-round and the finals,” he said.


If his horse felt slightly fatigued, Mc-


Cutcheon did, too, as his first two entries were relatively close together. “I was pretty tired af- ter my second one, but my mom brought me a snack,” he said with a laugh. “Actually, it’s easy to get hyped up and not tired when you get to ride one like this.”


McCutcheon, who began riding as a pro- fessional in January, added, “I thank my par- ents and my grandparents and everyone at the barn. Joe Schmidt, Fernando Salgado – there are just a lot of people to thank. I also thank Roxanne Koepsell, who has been awesome. She’s always been there for me.” Perhaps one of Cade’s most exciting ac- complishments of the night was being one half of the first father-son duo to qualify for the Level 4 finals at the same time. Cade’s father Tom also qualified for the Level 4 finals on Dun With Guns. Finishing second in the Open Level 3 was


Trevor Dare and Xtra Dun Step, by Wimpys Little Step out of All Thats Dun. The pair marked a 225, also finishing 13th in the Level 4. The win netted owned Silver Spurs Equine a check for $20,269, and nominator Ixtul Quar- ter Horses received $1,066. Reserve in the Open Level 2 went to Lo-


rinaldo Gomes and Snip O One, who finished the finals with a 224.5. That score was also good for third in the Level 3, and fifteenth in the Level 4. All totaled, Snip O One, owned by Sarah Nimigan, won $20,863. Snip O One, by


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