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The
National Cutting Horse Association Announces the Champions of the 2009 Summer
Cutting Spectacular. The
National Cutting Horse Association’s 21-day Summer Cutting Spectacular
concluded August 2. The
event, that was presented by Great American Insurance, began July 13 and more
than 1,700 participants sought after their share of the $2.1 million purse. The
show was broken between a Classic/Challenge competition for five and 6-year-old
horses and a Seven
of the 24 Derby Open finalists scored more than 220 points, but it was the duo
of Third Cutting and Boyd Rice, Spearman, Texas, who claimed their second
consecutive major NCHA Triple Crown event. Third
Cutting and Rice broke the “We were trying to win,” said Rice, who drew ninth to work in the second set. “We wanted (the cows) to move fast and it worked. When I turned around for my third cow, it was right there on top. My horse was about out of air, but he’ll give you everything he’s got.” NCHA
Futurity champions Metallic Cat and Beau Galyean, Then Dont Look Twice, owned by Louis and Corliss Baldwin, came loaded for cow under Phil Rapp, as the twelfth and last to work in the first set. “It was one of the best runs I’ve had,” said Rapp, cutting’s all-time leading NCHA money earner with nearly $6.4 million. “I couldn’t ask that mare to do any better. She was fantastic.” Between
the runs of Don’t Look Twice and Third Cutting, two horses scored 220 points:
Derby Semi-Finals winner Nurse Connie with Paul Hansma, Desires
Katrina and Darren Simpkins, Third
Cutting, a Boonlight Dancer son owned by Carl and Shawnea Smith, Don’t Look Twice, by High Brow Cat, is fourth generation Rapp breeding, out of Tapt Twice, daughter of Phil’s great champion Tap O Lena. Open champion of both the Augusta Futurity and the Bonanza Derby, Don’t Look Twice has earned more than $190,000. Billy
Martin, “I
love that horse so much,” said Martin of his mount, “He just put it all together and was everywhere he needed to be,” Martin added. “He made it easy for me.” Although Martin has earned more than $550,000 in NCHA competition and won other major events, this was his first win at a major event in Will Rogers Coliseum. “I can’t think of a better place to win a cutting,” said Martin, whose first show in Fort Worth was the 1970 NCHA Futurity (won by Doc O’Lena), where he placed fourth in the Non-Pro division aboard Hollywood Socks. Viki
Williamson, a flight attendant for Delta Airlines from Argyle, “I was trying to stay calm, but I had that first cow picked and wanted to get him out there,” said Williamson, who bred Meradas Gotta Gun out of her first cutting horse, Young Guns Katie. Whitt
Bell, Junior
Youth Hunter
Hightower, 13, Morgan Mill, “I was kind of born into it,” said Hightower of his cutting background. His father is trainer Faron Hightower, who rode 15-year-old TRS Travelin Badger in limited age events. “My dad usually gives me something to work on (after each run). I don’t think perfection exists, so there’s always something to improve on.” Alex
Morris, Senior
Youth Kay
Parker, “I remember the first time I worked him, I didn’t expect him to move that fast and with such big moves,” said 15-year-old Parker who has been showing for four years. Sister
CD, by CD Olena, owned by Skip and Elizabeth Queen, “I’ve ridden that horse fifty times and I never marked a 229,” said Queen. Harris
Shepard, Summer Dale, Classic
Challenge Open With dual scores of 222 points, Al Poocino, ridden by Paul Hansma and Thomas E Hughes ridden by Austin Shepard claimed the Classic Challenge Open Championships. Homegrown Al Poocino, by Dual Pep, gave Paul Hansma his first win in the Classic Challenge, although the Weatherford trainer has won the NCHA Derby twice - on Rockin By Choice in 2005, and on Al Poocino’s maternal granddam, Hicapoo, in 1994. “He’s got a smooth style and a lot of sweep and reach,” added Hansma who drew last to work in the first set. 6-year-old
Thomas E Hughes and Austin Shepard, “The only advantage that Paul and I had being that deep in those cattle was that a lot of cows that we thought were good (but weren’t) were already eliminated,” said Shepard, who bought Thomas E Hughes at four and sold him to Don and Kathy Boone of West Columbia, Texas, last fall. The
High Brow Cat son was trained by Shepard’s father, Sam, and has now earned
over $265,000 under Sam, “He’s been a really good horse,” said Shepard. “He’s smart and athletic, but the main thing is that he’s so honest and wants to help.” Roger
Wagner, Classic
Challenge Non-Pro Michelle
Anderson, “I
was very proud of him,” said Chad
Bushaw and April Widman, both from Classic
Challenge Amateur Carly
Chiarelli, 13, Basalt, “You never know what’s going to show up on the scoreboard,” said Chiarelli. “My horse was really going over there and stopping his butt in the dirt and my helpers just kept me going. Carly’s
father, Eugene, bred Lil Peppys Advantage, and Tim Denton, Contance Jaeggi on board Starcat Merada and Hardy Rogers riding Joys Indian Pep tied for reserve with scores of 218. Jaeggi,
18, is here from her native “We don’t have much cutting at home,” said Jaeggi, who rides with trainer and current NCHA president Chubby Turner. “I’d like to cut more and step up to the next level.” John
Deere Clay
Johnson, “It
was controlled and felt really good,” said Johnson, who showed the Dual Rey
daughter for Joan Dee Haun, Johnson, 30, who grew up in the Texas Panhandle, got his start in cutting at Strawn Valley Ranch with trainer Craig Thompson and later worked for Bubba Matlock.
He
currently manages Bettina Mathis’s cutting operation in John
Deere Classic Challenge Open Nurse
Fletch and John Kirby, “I
got a good draw and the cows we liked ended up being in good spots,” said
Kirby, who rides the 6-year-old gelded son of Royal Fletch for Seth Wooten, Wooten, CEO of a family-owned construction business, purchased Nurse Fletch at three from Center Ranch. Kirby also rode the gelding as champion of the 2007 Music City Futurity Open Lt, and Wooten has shown him as an amateur finalist in several events and is entered to ride him this week in the Classic Challenge Amateur division. Cat A Tonic and Dick Gaines placed second with 213 points in the John Deere Division for Mane Chance LLC. The
National Cutting Horse Association has more than 21,000 members across the For additional show results or information about the NCHA, please call 817-244-6188 or log on to www.nchacutting.com.
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