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Down Under, Weatherford, going to have a really good shot at An it; this is a really special win.” Texas, trainer Clint Allen The mare Ducks Dux Awesome Itopped the field of 145 (Sophisticated Catt x Dashing Get the Latest Online at 3-year-olds to win the Australian Duckling x Docs Spinifex) is the NCHA Tamarang Futurity Open product of owner and trainer Cutting in on Ducks Dux. They marked a John Brekelmans’ Gracemere, n Champion Times Two final-round score of 152 and Queensland, mare-oriented breed- Olena Oak and California trainer ing program. The Futurity title collected $75,000. Ron Emmons returned to the was what Brekelmans, who also Magnificent 7 All Around Stock “I had a really good feel- finished eighth/ninth in the Horse Championship to defend ing about her,” Allen said. “She Holmes Cutting Horses Futurity worked well before the finals. The Non-Pro on Precious Duck their title at the Western States cows in the set before us were (Sophisticated Catt [IS] x Ducks Horse Expo in Sacramento, Calif. really good, and they were run- Playtime x Playboy Roy [IMP]), had n ning in the same type of cows From Hide to Headstall in mind when he opted to match Matt Bessler of leading leather OZ his “duck” mares with the young tannery Wicket and Craig dis- stallion Sophisticated Catt. cusses the tanning process and “He’s got a great dam line, Australian how the economy, both nationally and Gordon Evans, the agent [in Futurity Open and internationally, has affected Australia] for Sophisticated Catt, Champion the trade. Ducks he just about lives next door to Dux with me, so it all worked out – it was n Competitive Edge owner John fate I suppose,” Breklemans said. Quarter Horse News columnist Brekelmans An earner of $176,124, Anna Mitchell offers a number of (left) and Brekelmans humbly stated that trainer Clint useful suggestions for how you he knew Ducks Dux was too good can make the best out of a bad Allen of a horse for him to ride in the situation. — Photo by Open, so he jumped at the chance Lisa Hewitt to have Allen show her. n QHN News Desk “There’s no way in the world I Get the latest from the horse and would have shown her to win that,” agriculture industries. Find out Brekelmans said of the pair of 76s why medication is cited as the that Allen marked in the finals. reason for horse racing’s decline The Reserve Championship went in the U.S., and see how far the to Aaron Wheatley, Victoria, and severe drought has spread in the the Tri Star Quarter Horses-owned southern United States. Also, get RBH Shes Pretty Stylish (Peptos the latest information about the Stylish Oak [IMP] x RBH Just equine herpesvirus. Dreamin x Tassa Lena [IMP]) with a score of 150. Wheatley also fin- ished third, fourth and 11th and See the Action Video CCentralentral was the only trainer to get all his Watch cutting, reining horses to the finals. —BKC and reined cow horse championship runs at quarterhorsenews.com. Digital Update Out ‘N’ About HAPPY MOMENT Kirsten Zuraek and Connie Glavis agree that girls just want to have fun. BABY BUCKAROO Conner Galligan, born April 20, has his first ride in his new saddle, a gift from Galligan Performance Horses clients. His dad, Ollie, and mom, Gillian, supervised. CoaST TO coaST (above right) Antony De Lorenzis, visiting from Italy, competed in the Non-Pro Shootout, then gave a ride to Aurora Nicolazzi, daughter of reining professional Ricki Nicolazzi. Best in the West Golden moments were captured at the West Coast Reining TIME OUT In the afternoon heat, exhibitor Joe Stone takes a nap and gives his wife, Horse Association Best in the West affiliate show, June Bobby, time to do some texting. BUILT for TWO (above right) Susan Collins, Martinez, 9-12, in Rancho Murieta, Calif. —Photos by John O’Hara Calif., bikes with her 6-month-old Jack Russell Terrier, “Ally.” RUN DOWN Olivia Evans and Fifty Fifty Chance warm up before the WCRHA Non-Pro Shootout. BIG DEPOSIT (right) Gina Hunter, Level 2 Limited Non- Pro winner, shows off her nearly $2,000 check to Cam Essick’s phone. THE NON Pro’s Non-Pros Shine TOP 10 No. Non-Pro/City Earnings In 1997, 1 Bobby Pidgeon $75,940 Bobby Pidgeon Germantown, TN and Patty La Dual were 4-Year-Old 2 Tommy Manion $70,949 Champions at Aubrey, TX The Non Pro. 3 Cindy Love $55,300 Sunset, TX 4 Julie Hansma $52,828 Weatherford, TX 5 Monty Johnson $45,776 Amarillo, TX 6 Frank Merrill $42,855 Purcell, OK 7 Gil Galyean $36,917 Purcell, OK 8 Mary Ann Rapp $35,579 Weatherford, TX verybody craves a moment in the spot- taken home prize money. The biggest winner in light, and The Non Pro Plus The Open the show’s history is Bobby Pidgeon, Germantown, 9 Mary Jo Milner $35,033 Eprovides that chance to a deserving sec- Tenn. Pidgeon, the owner of Bar H Ranche, Soutlake, TX tor of the cutting industry. The event empha- Equi-Stat’s No. 2 all-time cutting breeder, earned 10 Bucki James $34,056 sizes non-pros and amateurs, giving them the $75,940 at the show and still holds the No. 1 spot, Purcell, OK priority and the big headlines. even though he hasn’t competed since 2005. The Non Pro, a brainchild of Monty Johnson, Pidgeon’s top horse at the event is 1985 stallion 4-Year-Old division and $6,242 in 1997 with a was held in Amarillo, Texas, from 1985 through Dual Pep (Peppy San Badger x Miss Dual Doc x 222 finals score, and she was third the next year 1993; then it moved to Oklahoma City. In 2006, Doc’s Remedy), Equi-Stat’s No. 5 all-time cut- as a 5-year-old. the show added limited-age Open divisions to ting sire. The pair first competed at the show in Tommy Manion, Aubrey, Texas, also a long- its featured 4- and 5/6-Year-Old Non-Pro divi- 1989 and earned $1,277 in the go-rounds. The time patron of the show, is second after Pidgeon. sions in order to become National Cutting Horse next year, they were the 5/6-Year-Old Reserve He’s won $70,949 at The Non-Pro, and his leading Association-approved, but the non-pros remain Champions with a 220.5 score in the finals and horse is 1986 gelding Smartolena (Smart Little the featured players. earned $5,883. As a 6-year-old, Dual Pep and Lena x Jay Moss x Rey Jay). Smartolena earned Longtime show producer Della Hillerman Pidgeon won third place and $3,302, which con- $18,724 at The Non Pro. In 1990, he was second expects a good turnout at this year’s event, which tributed to his eventual $3807,384 in lifetime in both go-rounds and won the 4-Year-Old finals is the first major NCHA-approved show to take earnings. for a $6,647 total paycheck. The next year, he won place since the mid-May cancellation of cutting With $9,762 won at The Non Pro, Patty La again, earning the 5/6-Year-Old Championship events due to an outbreak of equine herpesvirus. Dual (Dual Pep x OH Barriers Pat x Barrier’s and $7,258. His near-perfect record at the show While the event often provides a venue for Bert) is Pidgeon’s second-highest money-earner at was completed in 1992 with 5/6-Year-Old Reserve first-time winners, many repeat competitors have show. The 1993 mare, bred by Pidgeon, won the Championship and $4,819. —EH Equi-Stat, a division of Cowboy Publishing Group and Quarter (High Brow Cat x One Time (Topsail Whiz x Easter Cabin Soon by Smart Little Lena) by Easter Gentleman) Horse News, compiles and researches money earned within equine (High Brow Cat x performance events and then enters this information into its database Some Kinda Playgirl by Stud Fee: $1,500 Standing at Waggoner Ranch Freckles Playboy) for use in producing statistical reports.