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What’s Inside ■ Out 'N' About: Snaffle Snapshots ■ Equi-Stat: Lifetime Statistics ■ FYI: Selling Your Online ■ In the Know: 2015 AHP American Student Award Contest Horsewoman’s Challenge he first American Horsewoman’s Challenge was T held Oct. 3-5 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla., with the top 10 finishers splitting a purse $28,000. Contestants had six

months to train a young horse for Gary Reynolds Media GaryReynoldsMedia.com Group,

the cross-discipline competition that Gary Reynolds Media GaryReynoldsMedia.com Group, Obbie Schlom, her mount, Radar, and included Cowboy , Ranch Jerusha Steinert and Mesabi Warrior Brahman-cross steer, Stover and Versatility, and Liberty classes. audience favorite. Ranked eighth Stover. Radar ponyed and performed Three days of preliminary compe- going into the finals, Catalino’s sim- with Stover, then Stover performed tition led up to the Freestyle finals, ple-but-amazing routine of horse/ with Radar at Liberty with the which was judged based on the human partnership and willingness performance highlight being when fast-paced Extreme Cowboy Race, in enthralled the crowd. The highlight Radar side-passed over Stover, who which the competitors did not know was Catalino and her mustang geld- was lying on the ground. the course obstacles until an hour ing, Ace Of Spades, jumping an The Liberty, and Ranch and Trail before the race began. upright, overturned garbage can divisions were won by Schlom with Jerusha Steinert, of St. Paul, dead-on center, multiple times. scores of 69.75 and 115.9, respec- Minn., a , teacher, Steinert positioned herself as tively. Marcia Moore Harrison, of fine artist and mother of a 2-year- Grand Champion, with her Freestyle Potlatch, Idaho, won the Cowboy old, was ranked fourth going into score of 27. There was a three-way Dressage with a 227.25 score. the clean-slate finals. Steinert’s tie for the Reserve with Catalino, Plans call for entries to be Freestyle presentation was drawn Obbie Schlom, of Canyon, Texas, accepted for the 2015 American from fantasy fiction and expressed and Mary Kitzmiller, of Kemp, Horsewoman’s Challenge begin- her artistic side while demonstrat- Texas, all garnering scores of 26, ning Nov. 1, 2014, with the new ing her incredible relationship which resulted in an audience tie- eight-month training period starting with her Mesabi Warrior, a breaker. Through their applause and Feb. 1, 2015. More information on Nakota horse from the Nakota Horse enthusiastic yelling, Catalino clearly the challenge and how to enter are Conservancy. Her bareback perfor- came out on top, with Schlom available at: mance combined elements of medi- and Kitzmiller finishing third and www.horsewomanschallenge.com. ★ eval , Garrocha, bridleless fourth, respectively. riding and Liberty. Schlom’s Freestyle per- The youngest competitor in the formance featured Radar, contest, Hannah Catalino, 19, of a , and Schlom’s Cardwell, Mont., proved to be the Brahman-cross steer, Out ‘n' About Snaffle Bit Snapshots This year’s National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Snaffle Bit Futurity, held Sept. 22-Oct. 4, was a party for all ages. 2112 Montgomery Street Fort Worth, Texas 76107 (817) 737-6397 • Fax 737-9266

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Group Publisher Patty Tiberg Editor Stacy Pigott Senior Managing Editor Teri Lee LUCKY NUMBERS Estelle Roitblat wished for lucky Marketing Manager Amanda Johnson numbers as she drew her horse Call Me Mitch’s posi- Digital Content Sonny Williams tions in the Open finals. Manager WHO’S LUCKY The Ward Ranch-donated raffle filly, Senior Graphic Artist Holly Tarquinio Cute Little Pepinic (Smart Little Pepinic x Mister Im Cute x Mister Dual Pep), showed off her moves to Editorial

Kelsey Pecsek spectators before the drawing on Open finals night. Managing Editor Kelsey Pecsek Associate Editor Amber Hodge Associate Editor Brandyl Brooks Associate Editor Jordan Henderson Editorial Coordinator Nina Rosenbeck Kelsey Pecsek Advertising Account Executive Karen Barnhart Account Executive Mary Jane Carpenter A SPECIAL TEAM Lynne Wurzer, overwhelmed Sales Customer Diana Buettner with joy, shared a hug and a few words with Corey Service Manager Cushing after he piloted her horse to the Futurity Advertising Coordinator Ellen Harris Open title. Advertising Coordinator Lindsey Missel Equi-Stat LOOKIN’ FOR GOLD They say there’s a lot of money Director / GM QHN Temple Read to be found in Reno, and the kids were determined Assistant Director Donna Timmons Stacy Pigott to discover it. Statistician Tysh Franklin Statistician Donna Carlisle Statistician Kim Glass Stacy Pigott

A Publication of MCC Magazines, LLC a division of Morris Communications Company, LLC 735 Broad St., Augusta, GA 30901 controller...... Scott Ferguson Creative Director...... Bill Greenlaw Director of digital operations...... Jason Doyle Sr. Digital Strategist...... Cory Wiese Morris Communications Company, LLC MILLION-DOLLAR MAN Boyd Rice, chairman and ceo...... S. Morris III the first rider to win more than $1 president...... Will S. Morris IV million in both and cow You horse competition, accepted his f t Tu b e NRCHA Million-Dollar Rider tro- phy from executive director, Jay Winborn. RED CARPET ENTRY Open riders from all over the country dream of ALL CONTENTS COPYRIGHT 2014 earning a spot on the red carpet in Reno. QUARTER HORSE NEWS / QHN Insider

It’s Worth Knowing Information You Won’t Get Anywhere Else Equi-Stat Lifetime Reining Statistics

It’s Worth Waltenberry Waltenberry Knowing Since 1985 Equi-Stat has been the performance ’s pre- mier statistical database producing statistics on multiple disciplines.

Mandy McCutcheon, riding Always Gotyer Gunsup

Statistics You Won’t Stat’s leading non-pro rider, Mandy Get Anywhere Else McCutcheon, who was also a mem- ber of this year’s winning U.S. ★ Cutting Wimpys Little Chic and Shawn Flarida Team, and earned the bronze medal ★ Reining in the Individual competition. hese charts include partial list- Topsail Whiz clearly ranks No. ★ Reined Cow Horse ings of the top , riders, 1 on the sires chart with his off- Towners, breeders, sires, dams spring having earned a whopping ★ and grandsires to be published in the $10,399,368. The other four stal- upcoming Equi-Stat Lifetime Reining lions rank close to one another, only ★ Barrel Statistics. The statistics, which thousands of dollars apart. Note, the ★ include earnings between the years top four are deceased. and much more of 1988 through June 30, 2014, will The top five dams rank very close be published in the Nov. 15 issue of to one another as well. Leading dam Quarter Horse News. Taris Little Vintage’ first foal, Hollywood Online The leading all ages/all division Vintage, was ridden by Dell Hendricks horse, Wimpys Little Chic, was rid- to win the 1999 NRHA Futurity Open den by leading all ages/all division Championship. Hollywood Jac 86 sits www.equistat.com rider Shawn Flarida. He rode the atop the list of leading parternal grand- [email protected] to win the NRHA Futurity sires, with his son, Hollywood Dun It, 817-737-6397 Open Championship in 2007, and ranked second and also ranks first on also rode her sire, Wimpys Little the maternal grandsire chart. Step, to win the 2002 National The statistical review includes Reining Horse Association Futurity the earnings of the reining indus- Open. Flarida, the industry’s only try’s leading horses, riders, own- Five Million Dollar Rider, was a ers, breeders, sires, grandsires and member of the gold medal U.S. dams. All earnings were calculated Reining Team, and also won the using information recorded in the Individual gold medal astride Equi-Stat database. Spooks Gotta Whiz (the fifth-ranked Note: The money attributed to a horse in the lifetime statistics) at the horse in the statistical review is the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian amount of money that particular Games in Normandy, France. Equi- horse won and is in no way related

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Top Horses (All Ages/All Divisions) Top Owners (All Ages/All Divisions) Top Dams (All Ages/All Divisions) 1) Wimpys Little Chic (04M)...... $539,244 1) Arcese Quarter Horses, Weatherford, TX...... $2,410,243 1) Taris Little Vintage...... $709,735 2) KR Lil Conquistador (02G)...... $462,211 2) Rancho Oso Rio LLC, Scottsdale, AZ...... $1,935,919 2) Collena Chic Olena...... $692,405 3) Smart Spook (01S)...... $405,650 3) Lance Griffin, DeWinton, AB...... $1,883,403 3) Miss Tinseltown...... $674,342 4) RC Fancy Step (04G)...... $363,138 4) McQuay Inc., Tioga, TX...... $1,710,221 4) Princess In Diamonds...... $654,399 5) Spooks Gotta Whiz (07S)...... $354,366 5) Rosanne Sternberg, Aubrey, TX...... $1,576,399 5) Shirleys Folly...... $619,543

Top Riders (All Ages/All Divisions) Top Breeders (All Ages/All Divisions) Top Paternal Grandsires (All Ages/All Divisions) 1) Shawn Flarida, Springfield, OH...... $5,411,281 1) Bob Loomis Quarter Horses Inc., Marietta, OK...... $4,473,543 1. Hollywood Jac 86...... $14,070,919 2) Andrea Fappani, Scottsdale, AZ...... $3,740,395 2) Steve Simon, Marietta, OK...... $2,630,341 2. Smart Little Lena...... $13,669,072 3) Tim McQuay, Tioga, TX...... $3,073,879 3) Lance Griffin, DeWinton, AB...... $1,972,160 3. Peppy San Badger...... $13,254,797 4) Craig Schmersal, Overbrook, OK...... $2,990,537 4) Carol Rose, Gainesville, TX...... 1,863,558 4. Smart Chic Olena...... $12,208,311 5) Mandy McCutcheon, Aubrey, TX...... $2,137,851 5) Rancho Oso Rio LLC, Scottsdale, AZ...... $1,775,583 5. Topsail Cody...... $11,223,809

Top Non-Pro Riders Top Sires (All Ages/All Divisions) Top Maternal Grandsires (All Ages/All Divisions) 1) Mandy McCutcheon, Aubrey, TX...... $2,026,530 1) Topsail Whiz...... $10,399,368 1. Hollywood Dun It...... $10,021,215 2. Jose Vazquez, Chicago, IL...... $796,429 2) Hollywood Dun It...... $6,897,045 2. Smart Chic Olena...... $7,144,788 3. James Morgan, DVM, Pilot Point, TX...... $634,837 3) Smart Chic Olena...... $6,657,786 3. Shining Spark...... $6,144,371 4. Kelle Smith, Marietta, OK...... $589,386 4) Colonels Smoking Gun [Gunner]...... $6,542,837 4. Hollywood Jac 86...... $4,022,946 5. Samantha Griffin Burns, Ardmore, OK...... $586,270 5) Wimpys Little Step...... $6,472,097 5. Topsail Cody...... $4,003,137 Cheryl Cody John Brasseaux John Brasseaux QHN File Photo

Topsail Whiz Taris Little Vintage Hollywood Jac 86, pictured with Hollywood Dun It Richard Greenberg

to who actually received the money. that particular rider rode between 1985 by Morris Communications Also, the money attributed to a rider 1988 and June 30, 2014. Corp., parent company of Cowboy is not the earnings of the rider, but Equi-Stat, a division of Cowboy Publishing Group and Quarter rather monies awarded to all horses Publishing Group, was formed in Horse News. ★

Since 1985 Equi-Stat has been the performance horse industry’s premier statistical database, producing statistics on multiple disciplines including cutting, reining, reined cow horse, western pleasure, and more! Online Purchasing Available • www.equistat.com FYI

Selling Horses Online

nline horse sales are becom- traveling to find the perfect horse. a horse’s talents and abilities before ing more popular in the Today, consumers have every- ever meeting it. performance industry, but thing at their fingertips, including The geographic advantages of proper promotion is key. One their next show horse or top breed- searching for horses online are obvi- Osingle search on YouTube for “horse ing prospect, and many are buy- ous for buyers. Yet, the sellers are for sale” may garner 12,000 or more ing based on what they see on the coming out ahead, as well, by reach- results. Narrow that search down Internet. Sellers that aren’t on board ing a different market and possibly to “reining horse for sale,” “cut- with online marketing trends are at new bracket of what someone might ting horse for sale” and “reined cow a big disadvantage when it comes to be willing to pay. horse for sale” and more than 5,000 the audience they’re reaching. hits still light up the computer In the past, many buyers would Do’s and don’ts screen. shy away from the thought of buying Posting a classified ad online is Online marketing of performance a horse off the Internet. The prac- pretty simple, but there are some horses is the industry’s present and tice was previously associated with key points to remember. future. Long gone are the days when scams and misrepresentations of prospective horse buyers had to the horse. But, times have changed. · Post quality pictures choose between settling for horses From online photos, descriptions Quality photographs are essential in their area or dedicating months, and videos, prospective buyers are in marketing a horse online. As soon sometimes years, of searching and able to obtain a solid perspective of as a prospective buyer clicks on an

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· Upload a video A clean, pretty photograph that gives a buyer a good portrayal of the horse’s conformation will help peak interest. Many horses are being purchased online “sight it’s important to maximize efforts Many performance horses can be unseen,” meaning that the buyer geared toward traffic to that “open caliber,” but accommodate a won’t see them in person until site. YouTube, which has spent mil- non-pro rider just the same. Most they’re delivered to their home and lions of dollars on very sophisticated classified ads will prompt a seller have already been paid for. Because search engines, can help with that. to enter basic information such as of this, videos are a key tool in mar- If you put a search word on YouTube the horse’s age, breed and height. keting sale horses. Being able to see as opposed to an embedded search Taking the time to enter things like how a horse performs, as well as word on your website, YouTube will the registration number or their their natural gaits, helps make the find it a lot faster. extended pedigree, as well as a final decision on purchasing. The idea of taking and uploading detailed show record instead of “X” Thanks to a friendly website videos may sound like a daunting amount of earnings, will help a pro- known as YouTube, videos can be task, but it’s actually quite simple. spective buyer remember the horse. uploaded easily and are able to Individuals with basic computer It is recommended to have the reach thousands. Marketing your skills can purchase an inexpensive horse’s vet records faxed or emailed horse on YouTube can be very, very camcorder and editing software, or so that they are on- should any effective, especially if you’re using even hire someone to do it for them questions arise. Also, include the the keywords properly and tagging for approximately $50 per horse horse’s training history. A horse’s your horse. It is recommended to depending on the company. background and foundation are enter keywords that associate with important to many potential buyers. a sale horse, such as “Wimpys Little · Be descriptive Include specific names of trainers Step” and “Xtra Quarter Horses” When adding a description about the horse spent time with. Be pre- for a reining horse sired by Wimpys a particular horse, it’s important to pared for those interested to con- Little Step. disclose vital information, such as tact the trainers and let them know The promotion of sale horses is a appearance, any soundness issues, ahead of time that they can expect big advantage for equine profession- show records, etc., as well as the that. als that have their own website, but type of rider the horse would suit. —Jessica Harms In The Know

2015 AHP Student Award Contest Do you know a student with a passion for horses and publishing? The 2015 American Horse Publications’ (AHP) Student Award Contest recognizes the talents of students by awarding up to three $750 travel awards to attend the AHP Annual Seminar in San , I think of myself Texas, on June 18-20, 2015. the same as Travel award winners will have an oppor- cate for the annual seminar, and a critique of anyone else, but tunity to meet leading equine publishing their resume. The AHP Student Award Contest professionals and discuss career possibilities is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada I try to keep good during the three days of educational ses- only. thoughts. I try to sions and related activities. One travel award Student award applicants are required do the right thing. winner will be selected at the seminar as the to send a completed application form plus 2015 Student Award winner and receive a additional information by Jan. 23, 2015. I try to keep myself $1,000 cash award. Additional cash awards Eligible students may access guidelines and on the straight and may be awarded at the discretion of the the application at the AHP website at http:// narrow, and make judges. www.americanhorsepubs.org/students/stu- Students are eligible to enter the con- dent_award/. good choices for test if they are a high school senior or an For 2015 Student Award Contest guidelines my customers and undergraduate college student during the or more information on AHP and its pro- my horses. 2014-2015 year, with at least one semester grams, visit our web site at www.american- before graduation at the time of applica- horsepubs.org or contact Judy Lincoln, AHP, tion. All qualified applicants will receive a 49 Spinnaker Circle, South Daytona, FL 32119; complimentary student annual membership, 386 -760-7743 (phone) / 386-760-7728 (fax); —Corey Cushing, of Scottsdale, a complimentary student registration certifi- or email [email protected] ★ Ariz., following his National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity Open win, riding Good Time, owned by Lynne Wurzer.     

            

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QHN_CoverPrint_ForSaleAd.indd 1 5/6/13 8:54:52 AM 135415_XX_25.indd 1 11/7/13 10:50:49 AM hubby Turner, of Weatherford, Texas, in the is pictured in July 1983 with Docs CDrip Dry (Dry Doc x War Leo Missie x Day War Leo), a 1979 mare bred by McQuerry Trailers, of Fort Worth, Texas, and owned at the time by George and Christine Stout, of Naperville, Ill. Turner and the mare are shown accepting their and buckle awards for winning the com- bined KKK, Northwest Cutting Horse Association (NWCHA) and Oregon Cutting Horse Association (OCHA) Cutting Maturity Open. Thirty-one years later, Turner, an Equi-Stat Elite $2 Million Rider, is still prov- ing he’s a serious contender. He recently claimed the Mercuria/ NCHA World Series of Cutting Open Championship at the All American Quartr Horse Congress, held in Columbis, Ohio, astride One Time Choice (One Time Pepto x Hickory Choice x SR Instant Choice), the 2013 NCHA

Char Open World Champion, owned by J Five Horse Ranch, of Weatherford, Chubby Turner and Docs Drip Dry Texas. Turner, whose legal name is Eugene, was christened with his nickname by the doctor who delivered him at his grandmother’s rural southeast Oklahoma home in 1948. The doctor told Turner’s dad, Harold, that the baby was a boy and added, “He’s a chubby little thing.” Turner said, “I was Chubby from then on.” His love for the sport began at age 14, when Turner's father made him hop off his motor scooter and climb aboard a cutting horse. “I was hooked right there,” See the Action Turner said. “After that horse made its first move, I thought, ‘I have to do this.’” Turner, who grew up near Bethany, Okla., turned pro when he turned 21, and started his career showing against such cutting legends as Matlock Rose, whom Turner credits with teaching him more about showing a horse than anyone, Pat Patterson, Buster Welch and Shorty Freeman. With the exception of a brief period of time between 1970- 71, when he worked as a manager for a Quarter opera- tion, Turner has made his living in the cutting horse arena. ★

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Video courtesy of Good Time carried Corey Cushing to the 2014 National Equine Promotion Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship.