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Digital Update Breaking News n Out ‘N’ About Photo Gallery Super Stakes Action n The Doc O'Lena Factor The Borden Milk/National Cutting n The Focal Point: Brian Dygert Horse Association Super Stakes Classic is in full swing, and on n Dog Days at the NRBC Monday evening, Oh Cay Felix and Craig Thompson, Buffalo, n Retro Perspective: Green Gold Texas, topped the Classic Open WEEK OF APRIL 6, 2009 QUARTERHORSENEWS.COM with a 227.5. In the Classic Limited Open, Short Scootin Tand Dan Popeck, Lipan, Texas, won with a 225. Norda Berger, Houston, Texas, and High Classed Cutting horse, JPB bested the field with a 215 in the Super Stakes Limited Non- Pro. Today, the Classic Non-Pro backhoe, addiction! finals is on the schedule, with 25 riders vying for the top title. See “We call her the mother of all; she’s our queen,” the QHN Web site for full Super The cutting connection Nora said. “We try to get two a year. She’s in real Stakes coverage. begins in a variety of ways good shape and we don’t want to push her.” The mare had a High Brow CD embryo GET THE LATEST for horse enthusiasts. flushed this spring at Brazos Valley Equine, then ONLINE NOW AT went home with Flynn, Lipan, Texas. She has five In the case of Peter and Nora Stent, Woodside, money-earners with total money of $439,700. Calif., and Alexa Stent, their married daughter “We have bred her to great studs. We never have who lives in Ada, Mich., it was the purchase of a bred her to the same stud twice,” she said. n cutting horse and a backhoe. In addition to Alexa, the Stents have a married NCHA VP ELECTION “I bought my husband a cutting horse and a The NCHA apparently will not make son, Shane [Kristin is his wife], who has a 4-year- any changes regarding its vice presi- backhoe for his 50th birthday; it’s been downhill old daughter, Annie, and lives in Woodside, dent elect race until it rules on an since then,” Nora said at the Bonanza Cutting, Calif. appeal by candidate Pete Branch. where one of their horses tied for the 5/6-Year- Alexa is married to Jason Currie, who is in the Old Open title. abrasive finishing business, and has a son, Tucker, n NRHA EUROPEAN That was 17 years ago. They still have the FUTURITY 4, and a daughter, Charlie, 2. backhoe and the cutting horse, a Doc O’Lena Peter Stent is a venture capitalist and is involved The first NRHA European Futurity gelding named Dun For Now. had 16 countries represented, and in wildlife and waterfowl restoration projects in it was Sail On Top Whizard and “Both are retired,” Nora said of the horse and California.—REE Bernard Fonck who won the Open her husband. “We have a ranch in Northern Championship. California between Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen. My husband rides him when we go up n ON THE SPOT there. That’s where they hold the McArthur In the past, present and future, Cutting and that’s where Alexa started riding Appaloosa horses are making their cutting horses.” mark in the cutting, reining and reined cow horse arenas. Stent said she meets her daughter on the road about 12 times a year and noted, “I get the grand- children and she gets the horses.” SUBSCRIBE NOW Peter and Nora Stent downsized their opera- to Quarter Horse News tion when their stallion, Docs Stylish Oak, and you’ll receive the passed away several years ago. May 15 issue. You’ll They now are raising their own broodmares get the Annual Junior by breeding Bowmans Little Jewel, now 13, to Sire Statistics and full a variety of outstanding stallions for two foals coverage of the National Reining a year. Stylish Little Bow (Docs Stylish Oak x Breeders Classic and NRCHA Stakes, Bowmans Little Jewel x Bowmans Fancy) was plus an update on equine clones. ridden by Eddie Flynn to a tie in the 5/6-Year- Alexa Stent (right), with her daughter and son, Charlie Old Open at the Bonanza. and Tucker, and her mom, Nora Digital Update Digital Update Digital Update Out ‘N’ About The Doc O’Lena hen it comes to putting a dent in Doc O’Lena the performance Factor horse world, no Whorse in contemporary times Australian trainer Todd Graham has his boots shined by Leslie Albanese. comes close to Doc O’Lena. (Above) He’s in the pedigrees of thou- Photographer Don sands of winning horses, and Shugart came out of his blood flows rich in the retirement to help cutting, reined cow horse and Suzanne Forrest at reining arenas. Doc O’Lena SUZANN the Super Stakes was by Doc Bar and he was D when the first go- ON born in 1967, one of only E F rounds of the Limited S Q H O two foals out of the legendary HN UGAR Non-Pro classes RREST Poco Lena. FILE PHOTO were held in the Watt Watch closely! Clay McCullar, Kory Pounds, Phil Hanson and Clint Allen He and his full brother, T Arena, a short dis- observe the cattle before it’s their turn in the arena. tance from the Will Dry Doc, won back-to-back (Left) Red White And Boon and Mary Jo Milner (Right) Little Pepto Gal Rogers Coliseum. NCHA Futurities – Dry Doc and Matt Gaines in 1970 with Buster Welch (Left) Get ’em while and Doc O’Lena in 1971 Doc O’Lena’s Leading Doc O’Lena’s Leading Maternal with Shorty Freeman. Doc Super Stakes they’re fresh! Mike Paternal Grandget Grandget Hurst keeps the O’Lena won the two rounds, (Below) Ahhhh! Catlyn Burchell with Equine Sports concession at Will semifinals and finals of the Rank Horse Gender Earnings Rank Horse Gender Earnings Therapy welcomes competitors to the horse spa. Here Rogers stocked with NCHA Futurity – an incred- she uses the MG-33 to deliver magnetic therapy on a 1 RED WHITE AND BOON G $922,063 1 LITTLE PEPTO GAL M $523,055 baked potatoes. ible accomplishment that has horse following his run in the show pen. 2 SISTER CD G $710,436 2 DUALLY LENA G $395,616 yet to be matched. (Hes A 3 SMART PEPPY LENA (PT) G $494,314 3 MH BODEES STARLENA M $342,071 Peptospoonful came close 4 JUSTA SMART PEANUT M $417,739 4 OLENA DUALLY S $302,022 in 2001 when he and Brad 5 SMART PLAY G $410,688 5 TAPT TWICE M $285,226 Vaughn won the two rounds 6 SOME KINDA MEMORIES M $378,671 6 PLAY LIKE A LENA M $274,718 and semifinals, but finished 7 SMART LITTLE SENOR G $362,933 7 PLAYBOYS RUBY M $268,441 Now that’s a COW-boy! Chris Hathorn brings eighth in the finals.) 8 JIGGIN LITTLE LENA G $343,452 8 DANDYOLENA G $268,030 one of many loads of cattle for the show. Doc O’Lena’s first foals 9 QUEJANAISALENA S $338,204 9 PLAYBOY OLENA G $250,825 arrived in 1971 and through 10 ROSIES LENA G $308,608 10 AMANDO PEPPY G $250,070 (Left) Dog Daisy Duke helps Jen Seago and 1993, he fathered 1,314 off- 11 ITS JUST ABOUT ME S $302,349 11 JUST PLAYIN SMART S $240,626 Donna Jay run the practice pen. spring, of which 705 have won 12 PLAYIN N FANCY SMART M $301,160 12 PLAYBOYS HABIT G $240,091 $15 million. He is still No. 7 13 COMMANDICATE G $296,328 13 MR SKYLINE PEPPY S $239,552 on the list of leading cutting 14 SMART WHITTLE WENA M $293,455 14 MERADAS SUNSET G $234,891 sires. Smart Little Lena was 15 BOWMANS FANCY M $287,243 15 SPOONFUL OF CHEERIOS G $231,760 “I may be little, but I’m tough!” his most successful foal with (Left) Little Uno, by Dun It Big out of Que Uno 16 GINS SOLANO G $280,329 16 PEPPY LENA SAN S $224,190 $743,275 in total winnings on 17 LB COWTOWN TWIST G $272,348 17 LEANIN NITA M $222,454 by Smart Little Uno, is owned by Gary and his record. Tap O Lena is sec- Gloria Reed of Double G Farms in Trinity, Ala. 18 SMART LIL SCOOT S $266,425 18 BOBS SMART CHANCE M $219,890 ond with $502,145. 19 SMART WAR LENA G $264,044 19 CHRISTYS ACRE S $209,918 Although he died in 1995, 20 SMART LIKE TACHITA S $243,690 20 CAT T MASTERSON S $200,187 “Look at me, I’m star quality!” Doc O’Lena is still very much (Right) This March 2009 colt, sired by Straight 21 BISCA JEWELENA M $239,615 21 DUAL MUD FLAPS S $200,027 To Texas and out of Hallmarks Be Bee by SR alive and well in today’s show 22 PASTELS SMART LENA S $237,137 22 SPL ALTISIMO M $192,904 Hallmarked, is owned by Josh Simpson. and sale rings. Looking at 23 LITTLE JANEY LENA M $234,855 23 MERADAS ROCKALENA M $191,630 grandget, they have posted 24 CD LIGHTS S $233,383 24 LIL FAYE REY M $182,815 Send your favorite new foal photo to $147 million in the show pen. 25 BAYOU SHORTY (DNA) G $231,500 25 SHINING N SASSY M $179,527 [email protected]. His paternal grandget includes 26 QUANAHBOB G $226,980 26 BARBS KING COLONEL G $178,797 7,083 horses that have won 27 CLASSICAL CD M $226,002 27 LENA GALLO S $178,598 Send your jpeg color photo, along with the $106 million, while 2,063 Doc 28 SHESA SMARTY LENA M $224,005 28 LUCINDAS CATOLENA M $176,086 name of the foal pictured, foal’s sire O’Lena maternal grandget 29 PLAYIN CDS G $223,931 29 WHOLLY CATS M $173,846 Paul Hansma and his dog, Flea, hang out and dam, plus the name of the owner and have earned $41 million.