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LHS Smooth Jamie May, a mare
who carried Phil Hanson to a pair of
prior limited-age titles, teamed with
Hanson to mark a 227 in the NCHA
Summer Spectacular Derby Open
finals, giving the horse and rider their
first Fort Worth wins.
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On Oct. 14, the public has the
opportunity to purchase several
stellar broodmares, stallions and
training stock in the Buffalo Ranch
Dispersal Sale in Texas. The operation is selling all horses except three
stallions and a few young horses.
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Each raffle colt comes with a
paid entry to the following year’s
NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, in
the new owner’s choice one division. According to the NRCHA,
in just the past decade, income
from the raffle colt has been six
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F
inals day at the National
Reined Cow Horse
Association Snaffle Bit
Futurity in Reno, Nev., wouldn’t
be complete without the drawing
for the raffle colt, donated annually by the Ward Ranch.
For more than 20 years, the
Kingsburg, Calif., ranch has contributed a royally-bred 2-yearold from its historic reined cow
horse breeding program. Built
in 1972 by the late Greg Ward,
a member of the NRCHA Hall
of Fame, the Ward Ranch has
raised numerous champions,
many of them descended from
the famous mare, Fillinic.
Getdownmagicbrown, the 2007 raffle
colt, puts in an honest day’s work in
Idaho.
figures. Part of the revenue goes
into the NRCHA 2-Year-Old
Select Sale Purse, an incentive
program which pays the highestscoring sale horse at the Futurity
the following year.
“The NRCHA appreciates the
contribution and support of the
Ward Ranch with this worthwhile program,” said NRCHA
President Kathy Gould. “We
look forward to another exciting
drawing this year!”
The raffle horses go to their
new homes already well-started under saddle. In the closing
moments of ticket sales before
the drawing on Open finals day,
it is customary to see the raffle
colt loping around the show
arena during breaks in the competition. Several raffle alumni
have returned to Reno as 3-yearolds to claim their own Futurity
paychecks.
The most successful was Gypsy
Reminic (Reminic x Tontos
Gypsy Bar x Tonto Bars Folly),
the 1988 raffle filly. She became
the 1989 Futurity Open Reserve
Champion with Ted Robinson
aboard. Gypsy Reminic has
$37,406 in cow horse money,
according to Equi-Stat. She also
went on to produce 10 performing foals that have earned nearly
$75,000 in cutting, cow horse
and reining events. —SD
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Find out what the Southwest
Reining Horse Association is doing
to raise money for Rein In Cancer.
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Check out the latest news from
around the equine and agriculture
industries. Read about U.S. lawmakers who want to end mustang gathers for good, and find out about the
passage of the Horse Transportation
Safety Act in the House Committee.
See the full results of the NCHA
Summer Spectacular and find out
more about the EPA’s plan to regulate farm dust.
Master N Pep
(Reminics Pep x
Master N Peppy x
Master Remedy), the
2010 NRCHA raffle
colt, comes with a
winning pedigree.
His sire, Reminics
Pep, was the 1998
NRCHA Futurity Open
Champion and earned
more than $136,000.
Want to own this colt?
You can buy unlimited
raffle tickets at $10
each, by contacting
the NRCHA.
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Out ‘N’ about
Golden State
Memories
Reiners and their families always have a
great time at the annual Reining By The
Bay event. Photographer John O’Hara
shared some “victory” shots and other
candid photos that he took during the
six-day reining, held July 20-25 at The
Horse Park in Woodside, Calif.
THIS IS WHAT I SAW Trainer Shawn Church
explains to Shelie Hartman what she and her
horse, Bueno Sixty Six, did during their run.
QUALITY FAMILY TIME Trainer Ollie Galligan
with his two sisters, Morgan and Sarah
Pickney.
BEST FRIENDS
Open Futurity and
Derby Champion
rider Andrea
Fappani’s son, Luca,
and Aurora, Ricky
Nicolazzi’s daughter,
who were born just
seven days apart, are
great friends, just as
their fathers are.
HAPPY COMPETITOR Kelly Trammell
receives a congratulatory hug from her mom,
Carolyn, after her run on Hagans Sugarman.
CATCH RIDER
IT’S OK! Romina Santucci reaches for her mother, Mila,
after gritting through a challenging moment (successfully
staying on when the horse she was riding became startled).
IT’S ALL ABOUT
SPORTSMANSHIP Vicki Diaz
(mounted on her horse) applaudes
fellow contestant Bonnie Garcia
as she completes her run on Just
Shining.
Brian “Scott” Nicolaides
and Flip N Yankee,
owned by Michael
Boyle, give Nicolaides’
corgi “a lift.”
VIP
PASSENGERS
Rachel Fingerle
with her dogs
Yeager (German
shepard) and
Rowdy.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
(Below) Casey Deary
during an interview for
the Equestrian Life
publication.
EXCITED ISN’T
THE WORD FOR
IT Marni Lopez
was estatic following her run
on A Smart Whiz.
They tied for second in the Derby
Intermediate
Non-Pro.
THE COOLEST PLACE TO BE The wash rack at Woodside, not a bunch of reiner horses, but polo ponies instead.
NRHA
Derby
VIPs
N
ow open to 4-, 5-, and
6-year-old reining
horses, the NRHA
Derby started out as a
Maturity for 4-year-olds only. The first
NRHA Derby was held in Raleigh,
N.C., in 1980. The event moved to St.
Paul, Minn., in 1985, then to its present
home in Oklahoma City in 1994.
Great Kelind Miss, ridden by John
Amabile for Richard Greenberg, won
the first NRHA Derby and earned
$3,784. Gunnatrashya, ridden by Shawn
Flarida for Arcese Quarter Horses, won
the 2010 NRHA Derby and earned
$50,000. According to Equi-Stat,
since 1988 the NRHA Derby has paid
out $4,921,154 to its open riders. An
elite group of NRHA Derby VIPs has
earned the lion’s share of paychecks:
$2,369,912.
Shawn Flarida, Springfield, Ohio,
won his first Derby in 2005 (Smart
Spook). He was second in 2006 (KR Lil
Conquistador) and has won every Derby
since. He is Equi-Stat’s leading Derby
money-earner. Flarida’s top three Derby
money-earners are: Wimpys Little Chic
($93,511) owned by Arcese Quarter
Horses USA, Weatherford, Texas; KR
Lil Conquistador ($84,728) owned by
Cheree Kirkbride, Ocala, Fla.; and RC
Fancy Step ($68,015) owned by Buffalo
Ranch, Fort Worth, Texas.
Tim McQuay, Tioga, Texas, earned
Shawn Flarida (left)
Tim McQuay (center)
Duane Latimer (right)
Top NRHA Derby Riders
his first NRHA Derby paycheck in
1984 and his first Derby win in 1987
(Hollywood Dun It). He sits second
on Equi-Stat’s list of top Derby moneyearners with his 2003 Derby Champion,
RR Star, owned by Lundin Farm, Del
Norte, Colo., listed as his No. 1 moneyearner ($50,160).
Duane Latimer, Ardmore, Okla.,
won back-to-back NRHA Derbies
in 1999 (Topgun Whiz) and 2000
(Conquistador Whiz), but, according to
Equi-Stat, his top Derby money-earner
is Lucy Van Swearingen’s Remin Whiz
($38,744). This horse was a 2002 Derby
finalist who went on to place third in the
2003 event.
Craig Schmersal, Overbrook, Okla.,
took advantage of the opportunity to
show a good Derby horse three years in
a row. Commanders Nic, owned by the
Commanders Nic Partnership, is his top
Derby money-earner ($104,946). He
was second in the 2003 NRHA Derby,
won the event in 2004 and was a top 10
finalist in 2005.
Andrea Fappani, San Marcos, Calif.,
has 15 Derby money-earners to his
credit. Big Chex To Cash, owned by
the 23 Partnership, is No. 1 ($40,673)
followed by NQH Little Jac ($39,142),
now owned by Molly and Tom St.
Hilaire, Yamhill, Ore., and Tinsel Jac
($39,066), owned by the Tinsel Jac
Partners, Guadalajara, Mexico. —PF
1
SHAWN FLARIDA, SPRINGFIELD OHIO
$472,751
2
TIM MCQUAY, TIOGA, TEXAS
$289,154
3
DUANE LATIMER, ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA
$264,195
4
CRAIG SCHMERSAL, OVERBROOK, OKLAHOMA
$252,671
5
ANDREA FAPPANI, SAN MARCOS, CALIFORNIA
$243,357
6
TODD BERGEN, EAGLE POINT, OREGON
$209,785
7
BRENT WRIGHT, OTTAWA, KANSAS
$200,929
8
DELL HENDRICKS, TIOGA, TEXAS
$175,196
9
RANDY PAUL, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
$141,054
10
TOM MCCUTCHEON, AUBREY, TEXAS
$120,820
Sunday, September 26, 2010
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Poco Bueno
Sale held in Electra, Texas
at the Waggoner Ranch
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Qualified
to Coach
Discuss Goals
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Determine Your Goals
Looking for the right youth trainer may seem
daunting, but Griffith and Williamson suggest
several places to begin the search, including
national equine organizations and local affiliates.
Most horse associations have youth divisions that offer scholarships and provide
youth the opportunity to meet new friends,
excel in the horse industry and learn valuable leadership skills. The American
Quarter Horse Association, American Paint
Horse Association, National Cutting Horse
Association and National Reining Horse
Association can all be accessed easily by the
Internet, or you can call the respective youth
coordinator to get an overview of an association’s youth program. Youth associations are
typically run (in whole or in part) by an elected
board of youth directors, and these young gogetters are usually happy to help.
Also, check the Internet or your local club’s
publication to review the national or state
youth standings within your discipline. Once
you see which youth are competing and winning, you can call them and ask which trainers
they recommend and why. Talk to the parents
and the youths to get both perspectives.
Recognize Character and Ability
There are many great horse trainers out
there. But just because someone can train
horses doesn’t mean they can effectively
work with youth. Being a youth trainer isn’t
just about teaching kids to ride horses. It also
entails teaching them about life. So get to
know the person first, then get to know their
training program.
“Find out what this trainer’s philosophy is,”
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Finding the right youth trainer
isn’t always easy, but it doesn’t
have to be hit or miss.
Horsemanship skills alone don’t
make a good youth trainer. Use
these tips to find an effective
coach and a positive influence for
your young rider.
As parents, horsemen and teachers, Richard “Ollie” Griffith, from
Ohio, and Joe Howard Williamson,
from Texas, have years of experience working with kids, and both
have some useful suggestions for
finding the right youth trainer.
in the Know
Griffith says. “Ask about their experience with
kids, their professional accomplishments, their
youths’ accomplishments.”
Williamson agrees wholeheartedly. “Find
out what drives that person. How do their own
kids act? I don’t think anyone’s perfect, but
there are some things you can only find out by
talking to people and being with them.”
And personal questions shouldn’t be considered off limits. “Ethics, morals and safety
are the most important things,” Griffith says.
“They’re unbelievably important, so make sure
you get to know them.”
The amount of influence a horse trainer can
have on an impressionable youth is extensive.
Championships are rarely won without adequate planning and preparation. This is why
it’s important to share your child’s goals with
the prospective trainer. Discuss realistic goals,
outline the work involved and be upfront about
the youth’s ability. Additionally, the young person should have a say and be involved in the
whole process.
It goes without saying that some adolescents have their own reality, believing they
can do anything. Maybe they can, in time and
with training. But in the meantime, parents and
trainers would do well to help youths set reasonable goals.
It’s Still Business
As satisfying as it is to watch proudly as
your child becomes a competent rider and
competitor, it’s a given that you’ll be footing
the bill at the end of the month. So don’t forget that you’re still doing business.
Many of today’s youth have schedules that
are jam-packed with academic and extracurricular activities. And we all know that horses
take a lot of time and energy, and trainers
don’t work for free. Allocations for time and
money should be defined at the start. Be honest about what you and your child’s schedules
allow, and how much money you’re willing to
spend. Make sure that you understand the
details of the trainer’s contract, even if it’s
verbal.
You can avoid a lot of confusion by discussing fees, services and billing issues up front,
including things like day fees, travel expenses
and payment schedules for horses in training.
Don’t wonder – ask. Better yet, ask for a printed copy of all fees and services. After all, while
the relationship between you and your trainer
may be friendly and casual, in the end it’s still
business. —Amy Oberdorf
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Smart Spook
is one of the
stallions whose
get will be
featured in the
Select Reining
Champions
Production
Sale.
he Select Reining Champions
Production Sale will be held for the
first time on Sept. 11, 2010, at the
Hartman Equine Reproduction Center,
(formerly the Polo Ranch) in Marietta,
Okla. The sale will feature yearlings, 2-yearolds, and broodmares that are either by or
in foal to the following champion stallions:
Custom Crome, Custom Pistol, Custom
Legend, Smart Spook, Tinsel Nic, Smart
Like Juice, Whiz N Tag Chex and Einsteins
Revolution.
Some of the featured breeders include
Steve Simon, Rosanne Sternberg, Lance
Griffin and Jose Vazquez.
A need arose with the loss of NRHA’s
annual Derby sale as an outlet for reining
horses that need to be marketed. It seems
some like-minded breeders came up with an
idea to help the industry meet that need.
“People didn’t have access to foals by stallions listed for this sale,” said Steve Simon
of Steve Simon Reining Horses. “We want
greater exposure for these stallions, they have
produced good babies, and we hope to bring
them together where people can come pick
one out.”
With great hope for a successful sale,
the group sought a region rich with reining professionals and a well-known facility
to host the event, and Hartman Equine
Reproduction Center fit the bill.
For information on the sale, call Steve
Simon at 580-276-5134 or Sean Pulley at
940-368-6999. —JS
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A Friendly Partnership
Stephanie
Haymes Roven
thought that her
friend, Lindy Burch,
was making a mis
mistake a few years ago
as she considered
selling 1991 mare
Cowstruck.
Lindy Burch and
roven, Los Olivos,
Stephanie Hayes Roven
Calif., decided to strike
a deal with burch, owner and operator of
Oxbow ranch, Weatherford, texas.
“i said why don’t we [Stephanie and her
husband, movie producer Chuck roven] buy
her and we’ll keep her in the family,” roven
recalled. “i told Lindy, ‘We’ll own her, but
you’ll take care of her, and we’ll both get
embryos out of her.’”
Cowstruck (Smart Little Lena x Clarks
Little Fanny x Clark’s Doc bar) produced
im Catman (High brow Cat x Cowstruck x
Smart Little Lena). the 2006 gelding, owned
by the rovens and bred by Oxbow ranch,
ranked as 2010’s top-earning horse through
June. Cowstruck also ranked as 2010’s
top midyear Dam, according to Equi-Stat
records. —MT
“
Sweet Abra is really the reason I’m in
Amarillo. Without Sweet Abra, Alvin and I
would have never hooked up and he would
have never stayed in cutting and never
won the [NCHA] Futurity.
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—Beau Galyean on Sweet Abra, who won the
World Series of Cutting in Oklahoma City, and owner Alvin Fults
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Retro Perspective
Who Done It!
$6 Million Milestone in offspring
NRHA reining earnings that Hollywood
Dun It recently surpassed.
665 Number of Hollywood Dun It
foals that have earned reining money,
according to Equi-Stat.
DiStributeD by FeAture tHiS SyNDiCAte
683 Total Hollywood foals that have
won show money in the multiple disciplines of reining, cutting and reined
cow horse.
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$164,237 Total won by Matt Dillon
Dun It, the most successful cross-over
foal by Hollywood Dun It. This stallion
has earnings of: reining/$115,112,
cow horse/$49,011 and cutting/$114.
Hollywoodstineseltown, the horse Tim McQuay will show at the
World Equestrian Games, has more than $170,000 in earnings and
is currently the most successful offspring of Hollywood Dun It.
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