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VOLUME 33, NUMBERNEWS.COM 11 QUARTERHORSE Director Jeff Hooper a few We e k o f Ju n e 13, 2011 quarterhorsene w s .c o m questions... Read more at n a quick trip to the land for our set, so I thought we were quarterhorsenews.com. 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 ’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

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Baby buckaroo Conner Galligan, born April 20, has his first ride in his new , 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 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

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For more information about Equi-Stat and what it might do Mowery Stallion Station ranch 940/495-3773 for you, visit equistat.com. “Horsemen Since 1849” www.waggonerranch.com Digital Update In The clouds of steam rising from as well as a list of emer- FYI... How under the hood. gency phone numbers and Know What to do: Pull over your auto club identification and keep the engine run- number. Carry emergency to Handle ning. This will take a load flares, warning triangles, off the engine while allowing ropes, halters and a On-The-Road the fan to continue pulling saddle and in case cool air through the radia- you have to ride for help. tor. If the engine has stalled Prevention: Keep your rig Emergencies because it overheated, wait in top shape, and inspect it The best way to for it to cool before restart- thoroughly before each trip. handle a trailering ing it. Don’t remove the Let someone know before- emergency is to radiator cap until the engine hand when you’re leaving has cooled down for at least and when you expect to prevent it from 15 minutes. While you are arrive. That way, if you have happening in the waiting, look for leaks in the trouble and can’t get help, first place. But, radiator or hoses. Turn the someone will come looking when the unex- engine off if the water-pump for you. pected happens, belt is broken or if coolant is leaking from a hole in the 4. Hot Brakes: Overheated you need to know radiator or a hose. Either brakes are useless. An acrid what to do and make repairs or call for help. chemical odor is often your Back-to-Back what not to do. What you need: First, first clue that your brakes you’ll need plenty of are heating up, and the 1. Tire Failer There are two patience. Make sure you cause is usually a driver rid- types of flat tires: passive have a thick glove or rag to ing the brake pedal. Smoke flats that happen while your grasp the radiator cap so in your mirror could indicate Olena Oak and Ron Emmons vehicle is parked, and blow- you won’t be scalded. You’ll that a trailer brake is stuck. —Photo by Kathy Higgins outs that scare the dick- also need water and/or What to do: As soon as ens out of you while going radiator coolant, and con- you smell brake odor or see down the road. If a blowout tainers to fill with water at smoke, pull over and stop. Olena Oak and California trainer occurs, take your foot off the a rest area or from a nearby Check the parking brake to Ron Emmons once again proved their cow accelerator, concentrate on creek, pond, puddle or other make sure you didn’t leave horse mettle by returning to the Magnificent source. it engaged. If you press on keeping the vehicle under 7 All Around Championship to control and brake gently. Prevention: Check the brake pedal and noth- Proceed slowly to the near- engine belts, hoses and ing happens, don’t panic. capture the event title for the second year in est safe place to pull over. radiator coolant level before Downshift one or more a row. The duo showed in four events – herd Unload your horses if you every trip. Keep the front of gears. Reach down to the work, reined work, fence work and steer the radiator free of bugs and trailer brake controller and can safely do so. stopping – and bested an elite field of 12 What you need: Make debris. squeeze the lever to apply sure you have one spare tire the trailer brakes. If they entries. in good condition – inflated 3. Mechanical Breakdown can’t slow you down enough The event was held in conjunction with the properly, on a wheel that fits Older trucks, before elec- to pull over and stop, gently Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento, your truck – and one spare tronic ignition, were much apply your parking brake on a wheel that fits your more conducive to roadside without locking the rear Calif., and was sponsored by Western Horseman trailer. repair. Many of today’s wheels. magazine. Prevention: Both under- trucks need specialized tools What you need: A good Olena Oak (Smart Chic Olena x Fritzs Oak E just to change a fan belt, sense of smell and a clear inflating and overloading Doakie x Doc’s Oak), a 2003 stallion, is owned tires create excessive heat let alone deal with ignition head will serve you well, which can cause blowouts. problems. Major break- as well as patience to let by Mel Smith and Nichole Scott. Since his show That’s why you should prop- downs – a broken spring or the brakes cool once you’ve career began in 2005, the sorrel stallion, nick- erly inflate your tires. Buy axel, burned out wheel bear- stopped. named “Ernie,” has accumulated $222,557 in an accurate tire-pressure ing, broken hitch – require Prevention: Keep brakes gauge and use it to check professional help. in good condition and adjust Equi-Stat earnings. Emmons now has more your tires when they’re cold What to do: Get your them before your trip. If you than $750,000 on his Equi-Stat record after this (before more than a rig off the road if possible. If don’t know how to do this, win. mile). along the road, set up a flare take your rig to a mechanic. Hes Wright On (Lenas Wright On x Shesa or reflective triangle 100 feet On downgrades, keep brakes 2. Overheating You’ll know behind your vehicle to warn cool by shifting to a lower Lota Nic x Reminic), a 2003 stallion owned by your engine is overheating other motorists of your pres- gear and using your engine Gardiner Quarter Horses, was ridden by Doug by the temperature gauge ence. to control your speed.— Williamson for the Reserve Championship. on the dashboard, by the What you need: It’s Richard Klimesh and coolant warning light or by smart to have a cell phone, Cherry Hill —SW In The Know

Back-to-Back Digital Update “ Knight Snuck A Ride On “Bob” Slate River Ranch owner Glade We both agreed immediately Knight didn’t buy Bob Acre Doc, not to go for the runoff. My horse was the horse he calls the ranch’s “first great for me from day one all the way real superstar” until early 2001, when the chestnut stallion was to the finals. We really didn’t think it already 20. was fair to ask for more. “Bob,” a career earner of $418,926 — 2011 Italian Reining Derby Co-Champion rider Sylvia as a cutter, hadn’t Bob Acre Doc, Rzepka, who rode Dreams And Prizes to tie for the win competed since 1995. “with Bernard Fonck and Sail On Top Whizard shown here with He’d been too busy trainer Sam with his successful Wilson, was the new career as one of National Cutting the sport’s all-time Horse Association’s top sires. That’s why 1991 Open World Knight bought the Champion and a career winner of horse. But Bob’s new $418,926. —Photo by owner couldn’t resist Midge Ames riding him once. “One time when nobody was around, I went out with him and got some cows. And he was dynamite,” Knight said. “It was right after we bought him. He gave me a good ride. At least I can say I rode Bob Acre Doc.” Bob Acre Doc died unexpectedly later that same year, at age 20, after completing one standout season as a sire for Slate River Ranch. —MT

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Six-month-old Carson Gilliam sports his first West Coast Reining Horse Association cap at the Best in the West in Rancho Murieta, Calif. — Photo by John O’Hara ALL CONTENTS COPYRIGHT 2010 QUARTER HORSE NEWS / QHN Insider Digital Update Retro Perspective Return on Investment 1 Ranking of Quistador through public performance (Conquistador Whiz x Miss N horse sales that had their show Becky x Okie Paul Quixote) on debuts in 2010). the QHN’s Sale Report Card for $100,000 Amount Quistador the Class of 2010 (horses sold sold for at the 2009 Markel Insurance/NRHA Futurity Prospect Sale. The stallion was consigned by Ron Thompson and purchased by Gus and Gaynia Revenberg. 3 Placing of Quistador and Shawn Flarida in the Open division at the 2010 National Reining Horse Association Futurity. Lifetime earnings $128,050 (Left) Quistador and Shawn Flarida of Quistador. —Photo by Primo Morales

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