Wins $63K at Old Fort Days

MAY 28, 2013 Volume 7: Issue 21 In this issue... • Barrel Bash, pg 11 • BRN4D Finals, pg 14 • Cloverdale Rodeo, pg 22 • CC5D, pg 24 • Cervi Youth Championships, pg 30 • Pro Rodeos, pg 33 fast horses, fast news • OFD Horse Sale Results, pg 34 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Bugni Strikes Again; Wins $63K at Old Fort Days By Julie Mankin Considering that you can earn a $62,584 check just for one run, the First Down Dash “World’s Richest Futurity” is almost like a 4-year-old slot race. The Dash Ta Fame si 105 difference is that anybody can enter to qualify – as long as they do it si 113 Sudden Fame five months ahead of time. si 98 The Old Fort Days Futurity in Fort Smith, Ark., on May 18-25 this Eddie Stinson si 111 year drew 484 entries, and 136 of those scratched because they got Sixarun hurt, sick, sold or just backed out. To enter, owners had to put the Casino Lights si 106 $720 entry fees up in December (no late entries are allowed, period). si 99 And trainers had to spend almost 20 weeks worrying about Fort Ease On Down Smith’s notoriously tricky pen. BT Buddy Stinson si 103 They do it every year because the money is phenomenal and the 2009 Bay Colt futurity pays 40 places; the derby 20. Plus, any rider who doesn’t make Tolltac the top 40 in the futurity or the top 20 in the derby can enter a com- Even the Score si 113 bined Consolation 4D race. Two other changes were implemented si 89 in the finals this year. Organizers held a random draw for position Go A Mite (instead of making the fastest qualifiers run last on the ground), and Scored Big Time si 100 raked every three runners. He’s A Goer But back to the tricky part. Miss Mulvey si 93 “There are two alleys right and left of center, so you have to run si 90 in a little too far to the left or a little too far to the right with a person Missy Red Bee Rider: Mark Bugni; Owner: Bridget Thomas; si 88 standing in the middle of the alley. And the third barrel is in the Breeder: C R Hebert middle of nowhere with daylight out the end of the arena,” said Mark Bugni, in his third year competing at Fort Smith. “Sometimes the best $28,163. horses in the country don’t even make it to the finals. Every futurity Thomas was in town to watch, and had helped hand-walk Fast rider I know calls this one a crap shoot.” Eddy the day before the trials when an ulcer flair-up had him in such Bugni said luck is a big factor on a colt at Fort Smith – and mental colicky distress that a vet had to administer oil and Bugni dosed him strategy. His plan paid off in the form of that fat $62,584 check with Ulcergard. Their efforts did the trick. for Bridget Thomas, who owns BT Buddy Stinson (“Fast Eddy”). Had Fort Smith been a two-header, Boutin would have cleaned up Ironically, fresh off a huge $20,000 win at the BBR slot race in April, because he also had the fastest time of the trials (16.682). Incidentally, Bugni wasn’t aiming quite that high in Fort Smith. VF Lil Red Design also earned $3,657 for first in Future Fortunes “You can only win so many, and against the caliber we’re running bonus money. against, I knew it wasn’t likely I’d win,” he said. “I just wanted to leave The futurity/derby Consolation Race was won by Becky Dixon’s with a substantial paycheck.” 5-year-old Dash Ta Fame/Runaway Winner gelding. With Troy In the trials, Bugni had been careful to give Fast Eddy a sound ap- Crumrine at the reins, they smoked the field by more than four-tenths proach to the first barrel, enough speed to clock in the top 40, and a of a second with the fastest time recorded all week – a 16.359 – significant rein-check to avoid shooting by the third barrel. It took a worth $4,540. 17.348 to make it back. Bugni’s 17.0 landed him in 10th place, and he As for Bugni, he’s putting together a Crumrine-worthy personal drew the 18th running position in the finals. best in earnings this season. “This time, I asked him to run a little harder and he smoked first “Everything I’ve been winning hasn’t been BFA-sanctioned,” said and slid a little around second. I didn’t want to blow it all at third, so I Bugni. “But I think as a rider I’m leading the nation as far as money brought him back stronger at that one and actually caused more of a won. I should be just under $300,000 since Dec. 1.” bobble by doing that,” he explained. “But it sweetly paid off.” Fast Eddy will get a nice break in the pasture now and will only hit Fast Eddy’s time of 16.725 edged that of Stephan Boutin on VF a few local shows before the fall futurity run kicks off in August. Lil Red Design – a Designer Red filly out of a Dash Ta Fame mare – “We’ll get our 3-year-olds out and concentrate on them; exhibition by just five one-hundredths, giving Boutin the second-place check of OFD Futurity Continued on Page 4 2013 Barrel Racing Babies 4/7 Foal by Stylin Beau Jesse-Spratts Six Oh, Lil Easy Cash, owned by Carpe Diem Barrel 4/5 Colt by Wonders Pal-Nine Fifty Five, 2/5 Filly by BHR Frenchies Socks-Set A Horses, Madras, OR owned by Angel and Chris Miller, Micanopy, Fire, Bullys On Fire, owned by Debbie Se- FL marge, Alachua, FL 4/25 Foal by MRH Fancy Money-BB Ole Butterfly, Ole Heart Throb, owned by 3/16 Foal by Genuine Strawfly-Buds and 4/3 Colt by Ima Firefighter-Shake Em Up Bridgeman Land & Livestock Rapid City, Blossoms, owned by James Hrabovsky & Te, Streakin Sixes, owned by Walz Perfor- Manitoba, Canada LeAnn Nalls, Victoria, TX mance Horses, Ainsworth, NE Added Money for Paints at the 2013 BFA World Championship During the 2013 BFA World Championships December 9-14, 2013 $1,350, 3rd-$1,000, 4th-$650, 5th- $350. the Paint Barrel Racing Incentive Program (PBRIP) has introduced a The PBRIP enrollment forms are available on the APHA bar- new $5,000 incentive for the BFA Juvenile. 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The information provided in the Barrel Racing Report is believed to be accurate. The Barrel Racing Report will not be responsible for mistakes. However, we would like to correct any that we may have. Please give us a call or email us at [email protected]. Barrel Racing Report May 28, 2013 Page 2 Barrel Racing Report May 28, 2013 Page 3 OFD Futurity Continued From Page 1 them and see who the superstars will be and who isn’t going to make 6 Incendiary Ivory, Leslie Willis, Jason / Leslie Willis, 17.063, 16.941, it,” said Bugni, who weeds through just six or seven colts a season. $10,482.75 “A lot of trainers pick through ten to twenty 3-year-olds, but I like to 09 br. g. Ivory James-Miss Kamikaze, Hennessy spend more time on fewer of them. If you can give me five, I feel I 6 Famous Moon Star, Jolene Montgomery, Robin Weaver, 17.000, can pull two out that will be top 1D horses.” 16.941, $10,482.75 Speaking of talented colts, the Old Fort Days Futurity also held its 09 s. m. Dash Ta Fame-A Moon Dash, Better Judgement first sidepot for graduates of its annual horse sale.

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