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TOP PERFORMING A Star PATERNAL GRANDGET MATERNAL GRANDGET Horse/YOB/Pedigree Money Event Horse/YOB/Pedigree Money Event 1 RR Star (PT) $258,959 RN 1 Smart Spook $381,426 RN Still 98S (Like A Diamond [PT] x RL Miss Kitty x Nu Cash) 01S (Smart Chic Olena x Sugarplum Spook) 2 Starbucks Sidekick $193,206 RN 2 Wood I Never $364,478 CT 00G (Smart Starbuck x Dun It For Chex x Hollywood Dun It) 03M (Zack T Wood x Curly Gray Hair) 3 Docs Soula $144,315 WC 3 Jeeps Posi Traction $321,854 CT Shines 03S (Soula Jule Star x Docs Hickory Nut x Doc’s Hickory) 00S (Genuine Jeep x Starstruck DB) M A MIDGE 4 RD Bud Light $137,204 CT 4 Spookys Cash $291,410 CT 02S (Tamalight x Misholena x Smart Little Calboy) 97M (Miss N Cash x San Starlight) 5 Guaranteeya Julestar $136,108 CT 5 Kittens $283,708 CT ES 03G (Soula Jule Star x Raks Guarnteeya x Doc’s Tamarak) 02M (High Brow Cat x Starlights Liz) 6 Spooks Gotta Whiz $133,847 RN 6 Wood Ya Wanna $283,335 CT 07S (Spooks Gotta Gun x Prettywhizprettydoes x Topsail Whiz) 00G (Zack T Wood x Curly Gray Hair) ou only have JEFF KIRK 7 RU Missing Diamonds (PT) $129,252 RN 7 Spookys Smart Pants $258,027 CT Yto look as far as the finals 01S (Like A Diamond [PT] x Missy Olena [PT] Smart Chic Olena) 99M (Smart Aristocrat x San Starlight) 8 CD Lights $233,383 CT of this year’s National Reining BRIDE 8 Smarty Starlight $128,474 RN Horse Association Futurity, Dec. 03S (Bueno Starlight x Miss Catalyst 296 x Taris Catalyst) 99S (CD Olena x Delights Of My Life) 9 Starbucks Jazz $101,763 RN 9 Smart Like Dusty $175,953 CT 4-5, to see that the 1984 stallion 03S (Smart Starbuck x Flipped Out Jazz x Colonel Flip) 95M (Smart Little Lena x Lil Star Dusty) Grays Starlight is still making an 10 I Ben Thinking $101,763 CT 10 Kitty Catalac $165,211 CT impact on the Western performance 03G (Soula Jule Star x Fancy Handle x Dual Pep) 00M (High Brow Cat x Marias Starlight) 11 Spookys Cat Deville $156,355 CT horse industry. (Top left) Grays Starlight (Top right) 11 Laredo Montana $91,126 CT Shawn Flarida on Smart Spook, Grays 05S (Light N Lena x Little Memory Maker x Peppy San Badger) 03G (High Brow Cat x San Starlight) Both the Level 4 Open and Non- Starlight’s leading maternal grandget 12 Ifitaintgotthatswing (PT) $87,033 CT 12 Spookys Catmando $152,439 CT 98M (Like A Diamond [PT] x Solano Sally x Doc’s Solana) 01S (High Brow Cat x San Starlight) Pro Champions were grandget of 13 Gimme Major Bucks $86,126 RN 13 Cattilion $150,392 CT the legendary horse. In the Open Champion Stella Starlight 03G (Smart Starbuck x Majors Serendipity x Major Bonanza) 01M (High Brow Cat x Staraleno) division, Spooks Gotta Whiz, by ($304,920). Grays Starlight stands 14 Gypsy Red Light $76,410 CT 14 Cats Ruby $150,281 CT 04G (Starlights Gypsy x Red Acre x Bob Acre Doc) 04M (High Brow Cat x Rubys Rhapsody) as Equi-Stat’s No. 15 all-time cut- Grays Starlight’s No. 4-earning rein- 15 Gunnin For Diamonds (PT) $66,664 RN 15 CD Stars $147,086 CT ing offspring, Spooks Gotta Gun ting sire, No. 3 reined cow horse sire 03S (Mr Gun Starlight x Hearts Of Diamonds x Doc O Dynamite) 01S (CD Olena x Starry Eyed Freckles) ($81,638), rode to top honors with and No. 16 reining sire. Jordan Larson. Spooks Gotta Gun Grays Starlight’s paternal and has produced four reining perform- maternal grandget continue to prove brought to you by ers with earnings of $155,825. his genetic horsepower. On the The Futurity Non-Pro Champion, paternal side, 2001 NRHA Futurity ridden by Tish Fappani, was Litn Open Champion RR Star (PT) Up Conquistador, out of 1996 Grays leads the way with $258,959. The Starlight daughter Aleena Starlight, 1998 stallion is by Like A Diamond who’s produced four reining per- (PT), who has produced 145 per- formers with $1.3 million earned.