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Contributed by Laura Cannon Elite Barrelnanza ‘s


November 14-17 event at Waco’s Extraco Event Center paid out $130,684! Big win- ners included Brooke Rix (OH French Hat/11-14- Warmup-1D/16.012), Lon- don


Rich/Open-Race-


Gorham


(Firefly/TQHA-Open-1D & Open-Race-1/15.764), and Sophie Palmer (JL Jamaican Me


2/15.88). Oklahoma Stock Horse


Jessica MacNaughton graduated from Sam Houston State University on December 14 with a BS degree in Animal Science and a minor in Equine Science.


Association hosted Nuttin’ But Cuttin’ Ranch Horse Shows in Gainesville last year, with the last being November 15-17. Year-end HPs were Clay West (Open/Xtra Smart Jazz), Amanda Romine (Non-Pro/Dirty Dinero), Laura Cazzola (Ltd-Non-Pro/MH Time To Play), Anne Hutchinson (Green- Horse/Elans Hank), Jessie Shortes (Novice/Havana Puddy Cat), and Maddie Coberly (Youth/Whip N Rey Rey).


Lost Horizon Ranch, Bryan, hosted its final 2019 show November 16,


resulting in HPs Cole Hibbard (8&U), Kylie Viator (9-13), Lyssa Gutierrez (14-18), and Mariann Balcar (19&O). Since then, an end-of-year advance- entry drawing was held, and Cole Hibbard won that! fmi, www.losthorizon- ranch.org.


South LA Team Sorting Associationhosted its 2019 finals competition


November 15-17 at Port Allen Arena. They ran over 400 teams and over $30,000 was paid out in awards, prizes and money. Finals class winners in- cluded Kira Calvert/Mason Taylor (Youth), Theresa Guidry/Clay Hebert (#6- HC-Ranch), Wiley Lindsey/Shane Boudreaux (#10-HC-Ranch), Chris Brian/Anne Marie Soileau (Progressive-Jackpot), Charlie Richardson/Shane Boudreaux/Jeffery Barnes (#15-HC-3-man-2-gate), Trenton Moore/Renee Free/Joseph Zito (Shoot-Out), and Bill Mayfield/ Charlotte Blanchard/An- drew Zito (#14-Team Penning). SLTSA kicks off the 2020 season on Janu- ary 4 at Port Allen Arena. fmi, www.sltsa.com.


Greater Houston QHA’s November 16 performance and ranch


horse showwas held at Still Creek Arena in Bryan. Ranch HPs were Taylor Stone (13&U), Alyssa Sahualla (14-18), and Tracy Johnson (19&O). Per- formance HPs were Teagan Kallus (WT13&U), Jamie Boiles (WT19&O), Elizabeth Eckman (13&U), Reese Nelson (14-18), and Heather Caudle (19&O). 2020 open all-breed show dates include March 28 (Ranch/Lonestar Cowboy Church, Montgomery), May 30 (Performance/Brazos Valley Expo, Bryan), September 26 (Ranch/LCC, Montgomery), and October 24 (Perfor- mance, Still Creek Ranch, Bryan). fmi, www.ghqha.org.


The inaugural Road to the Horse Collegiate Colt Starting Challenge 18 SouthWest Horse Trader January 2020


Jewel New, showing Zan Reminic, was overall jr division show series champion for The


Dressage in the Hill Country Holiday Classic, at Dripping Springs Ranch Park.


teams were announced on November 18. Texas Tech,


North Central Texas College, and West Texas &M University were invited to compete, due to success at the 2019 Stock Horse of Texas World Cham- pionship Show in October. Competition will be held February 5-6 at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.


Wrangler and the AQHA have worked together to promote educational


outreach for the horse industry. Each year they create a 24-person team, Team Wrangler, to promote the Quarter Horse. For 2020-2021, team includes C.R. Bradley (TX), Ricky Ramirez (TX), G.R. Carter, Jr. (OK), Clay Logan (TX), Tommy Brian Bucker (TX), and Chuck Briggs (TX). At the 2019 Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show, Wrangler donated $20,000 to the AQHF scholarship fund, to help provide scholarships to children of AQHA Professional Horsemen.


National Reining Horse Association announced 5 sires that had re-


cently reached new million-dollar milestones. Smart Chic Olena became an NRHA Seven Million Dollar Sire. Magnum Chic Dream and Smart Spook reached NRHA Six Million Dollar sire status. Smart Like Juice reached the NRHA Four Million Dollar mark, and Spooks Gotta Whiz became an NRHA Two Million Dollar Sire.


Arkansas Ranch and Stock Horse Association’s 2019 year-end HPs


were Laura Frazier (All-Age/Peppys Cody Quixote), Jered Davis (Am/Chan- tilly Boon), Jennifer Davis (Nov-Am/Miss Bonita Spin), Josie Mansfield (Youth/FS Montana Jac A Nic), and Brianna Keeling (Nov-Youth/Shakin With Walla). 2020 show dates include March 27-28, May 30-31, September 26-27, and October 24-25, all at Searcy’s White County Fairgrounds and in- cluding AQHA, NRCHA, and AQHA VRH classes. fmi, www.arkstocko- rse.org.


NavaRio Ranch Horse Productions ended its 3-show fall series No-


vember 23 at Burleson County Fairgrounds, Caldwell. Series HPs included Gracie Daniels (WT-Y/In Yer Wildest Dream), J.T. Danielicki (Y/Highbrow CD Bobcat), J Docs Catalena (Green-Horse/Jeremy Dull), Courtney Powers Continued on page 20


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