The
National Cutting Horse Association crowns twelve
new
World Champions
(
Fort Worth
,
TX
) - After a year’s worth of hauling horses to countless weekend shows, 12 new
National Cutting Horse Association World Champions were crowned Saturday night
following the fourth and final round of the Mercuria/NCHA World Championship
Finals. The event was held in
conjunction with the Borden Milk/NCHA World Championship Futurity in
Fort Worth
,
Texas
.
After
the four-round work-off of the Open and Non Pro divisions, Bet Hesa Cat, ridden
by Austin Shepard was named this year’s Open champion.
2012 Horse of the Year Don’t Look Twice, ridden by Phil Rapp for Waco
Bend Ranch, took the Open Reserve Championship after winning three of the four
go-rounds along with the fifth non-working go.
Nampa
,
Idaho
cutter Dan Hansen and his gelding Woody Be Lucky came out on top of the Non Pro
division.
Dan
Hansen and Woody Be Lucky earned more than $111,000 throughout the point year,
placing them at the top of the Non Pro going into the finals.
The pair won two rounds, was reserve in another, and by the end of the
finals Dan Hansen’s earnings exceeded $134,000, breaking the NCHA record set
in 2008. Hansen and Woody Be Lucky
made quite a showing at several of Mercuria/NCHA’s World Series of Cutting
stops in 2011. They won at the
Houston Livestock Show, Idaho Futurity, and the El Rancho Futurity.
Bet
Hesa Cat and Austin Shepard came into the finals with more than $78,000 from the
point year, and a $40,000 spread between them and the next highest money earner,
Dont Look Twice. By the end of the
finals, Bet Hesa Cat racked up another $13,000 for a grand total of $91,821
along with an Open World Championship title.
Bet Hesa Cat was also recognized as the champion stallion while the
champion mare went to Don’t Look Twice who earned $29,000 for her four winning
rounds and one reserve at the finals.
Bet
Hesa Cat and Hansen were honored at a World Finals Party following their final
round alongside their fellow top 15 finishers as well as the top 15 finishers
from the other 10 NCHA-sanctioned classes. The
following are the champions from each of those classes.
Junior
Youth – Matthew Dedden,
Burlington
,
Ky.
Senior
Youth – Alexis Stephas,
Chattanooga
,
Tenn.
$3,000
Novice – Zack and Blue, owned by
Parri and Jerry Longworth, Cave Creek, Ariz., ridden by Al Dunning, Scottsdale,
Ariz.
$10,000
Novice – Wood She B Tuff, owned by
Laurie Gosney,
Fort McDowell
,
Ariz.
, ridden by Mike Wood,
Scottsdale
,
Ariz.
$15,000
Amateur – Rose Hayes,
Santa Rosa
,
Calif.
$50,000
Amateur – Doogie Wilson,
Las Vegas
,
N.M.
$2,000
Limit Rider – Cliff Mills,
Rayville
,
La.
$5,000
Novice Horse Non Pro – Crossing Red
River owned by Roger Booth ridden by David Booth, both of
Acton
,
Calif.
$15,000
Novice Horse Non Pro – Tiana Rey
owned by Dan and Karen Hansen
$35,000
Non Pro – John Claudon,
Whitesboro
,
Texas
For
a complete list of standings in each class, visit www.nchacutting.com/ag/shows/world_standings.php.
The
sport of cutting has roots in Western ranching traditions, where good horses
were a necessity for everyday ranch work and cattle handling. The National
Cutting Horse Association was formed in 1946 by a group of cowboys and ranchers,
who wanted to promote cutting competition, standardize rules and preserve the
cutting horses’ Western heritage.
Today,
the Fort Worth-based NCHA represents more than 20,000
people and oversees more than 2,200 NCHA-approved
shows with more than $42 million in total prize
money awarded annually.
For more information about the NCHA and the sport of cutting, please call
(817) 244-6188 or log on to www.nchacutting.com.
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