Digital Update Breaking News n Out ‘N’ About Photo Gallery NCHA Review Panel n The Equi-Stat Statistics Upholds Suspension n The Winning Riders Pete Branch, one of two can- didates in this year’s National n What’s In A Name Cutting Horse Association vice president-elect race, has been We e k o f Ap r i l 20, 2009 q u a rterhorsene w s .c o m suspended by the NCHA and he might not be able to participate in the election. After a Monday, April 20, appeal hearing at the PNCHA office in Fort Worth, an Storm Cat appointed board including seven former NCHA presidents.... to breed top cutter k F Overbr oo k Read more at quarterhorsenews.com. ith the 2009 Kentucky Derby set for Saturday, May 2, it’s interest- Get the Latest ing to note that one of the cutting Online now at W a r m industry’s top owners has two breeding con- tracts with Thoroughbred racing’s greatest sire. Storm Cat is Thoroughbred racing’s greatest sire with Buffalo Ranch plans to use one of its contracts more than $115 million in offspring earnings. to breed either Hicappoo, its 1994 NCHA Horse n NCHA Super Stakes Third Cutting and Boyd Rice score a of the Year, or Playboys Mom, dam of 1999 “The procedure has been applied successfully to tremendous 230 to win the Open while NCHA Horse of the Year Playin Stylish, to many American Quarter Horse stallions, but this Megan Miller and Itawththanapuddycat Storm Cat, racing’s all-time leading stallion. The represents the first attempt at using the procedure win the Non-Pro. breedings are possible because of a special fertil- with a Thoroughbred stallion,” Varner said. n Nati onal Reining ity procedure that isolates high-quality sperm for Storm Cat’s deceased son, Hennessy, is the sire Breeders Classic use in artificial insemination, which is extending of Uptown Miami, a Thoroughbred stallion in Cromed Out Mercedes and Andrea Storm Cat’s breeding career to Quarter Horse Colorado who bred Quarter Horse mares for a Fappani take the Open title with a 232 mares. $10,000 breeding fee in 2008. Hennessy sired two score while Jose Vazquez and Wound By Juice win the Non-Pro. “We believe this is a tremendous opportunity to stakes winners from five Quarter Horse mares. get those genetics,” said Buffalo Ranch President Storm Cat’s stud fee of $20,000 per live foal n NC HA Super Stakes Sale Shane Plummer. “We’re very excited about it.” is one of the highest breeding fees in the Quarter There were 191 horses auctioned for $2.4 million, with 83 percent changing The ranch, owned by David and Debby Horse industry, but it is far less expensive than the hands for a $10,727 average. Check out Plummer, breeds and trains world-class cutting $300,000 he commanded in 2008 after six seasons the story and results. horses. It has two facilities – the original 300-acre of breeding at $500,000. Part of the fee will go to ranch in Farmington, Utah, and an 80-acre facil- the Texas A&M program. ity it opened this year near Fort Worth, Texas. Buffalo Ranch is part-owner of Woodford Cat, Subscribe now Storm Cat, a 1983 stallion whose get have a Thoroughbred stallion by Tale Of The Cat to Quarter Horse earned more than $115 million, was pensioned (TB) out of Conquistas Jessica (TB) by Boundary News and you’ll get from breeding last spring because of reduced (TB). Tale Of The Cat is a Storm Cat son. The the June 1 issue. In fertility. The stallion, by Storm Bird (TB) out of ranch was searching for an outcross stallion when there you’ll get enjoy full coverage of the NCHA Super Terlingua (TB) by Secretariat (TB), has spent it purchased Woodford Cat from ClassicStar in Stakes and NRCHA Hackamore his entire breeding career at Overbrook Farm in Kentucky in December 2005. Classic. It also features the Tack Lexington, Ky. “We bred five mares to Woodford Cat and and Equipment section, which has After consulting with Dr. Dickson Varner, Pin we’re very happy with what we got,” Plummer the stories of Roo Hide saddles, Oak Stud chair and head of Stallion Reproductive said. artisan Denice Langley and cus- Studies at Texas A&M University, Storm Cat’s Approximately a year and a half ago, Buffalo tom bits from Cow Horse Supply. advisers decided to proceed with the method, Ranch sold half-interest in Woodford Cat to which Varner oversees. The Jockey Club prohibits Grao Forte ranch in Brazil, where he is now the use of artificial insemination. breeding barrel-racing horses.—RO Digital Update Digital Update Out ‘N’ About It’s Puppy Love! NCHA Jake Stroud’s new puppy is snug Super Stakes as a bug in a rug.
Matt Budge’s nephew, J.T. Statter, gives ole gray a spin in the loping area.
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World’s Greatest! The lucky winner receives a new Sean Ryon (Below) This statue of “Midnight,” which between the years 1923-1933 saddle, stamped with achievement. was known as the “World’s Greatest Bucking Horse,” is part of the memorabilia at the Will Rogers Coliseum that adds to the prestigious name and history of the facility.
Hanging out on a bench and letting his horse graze is… who would have thought… Will Rogers, namesake to the Coliseum.
(Left) Trey Bell’s Custom Jewelry Design booth houses many old bits and spurs that Bell collects from all over the country.
WHAT A PERSONALITY! BA Lights Out, by Hit The Lights out of BA Little Smartie by Little Tequilla Lena, has been a pleasure for this 2008 filly’s owners, WOW! (Below) The Spoonful Million Dollar Bonus has Scott and Christina Zwiefel, to raise. been a hot topic at the NCHA shows. el P ho t o gr aph y CZ w ie f el Send your favorite new foal photo to [email protected]. Send your j-peg color photo, along with the name of the pictured foal, foal’s sire and dam, plus the name of the owner and Next Page city and state he or she lives in. The Makings of a
ith eyes the size of sau- cers, nostrils flaring and lath- 1981 NCHA Futurity Champion Stallion. Wered with sweat, a lively and Fillinic’s bloodlines can be traced to seemingly high-strung mare stood beside a Ward’s four Snaffle Bit Futurity champi- huge hole she had dug while tied to a fence. ons: Sugarnic (1972), Sugar Remedy (1981), The makings of an outlaw? No, a wild-eyed,Legend Smokinic (1986) and Reminics Pep (1998). P ho t o gr aph y F o rd’s energetic mare named Fillinic, who one day Sugarnic and Sugar Remedy are the first and would become a legendary cow horse per- only mother and daughter to have won the former and producer. California Reined Cow Horse Snaffle Bit It comes as no surprise that the individual Futurity Open Championship.—TL who had the instinctive foresight to recognize the 4-year-old mare’s potential greatness was none other than legendary horseman and (Top right) Fillinic and the late Greg National Reined Cow Horse Association Ward in 1966 at a Fresno, Calif., Hall of Fame inductee Greg Ward. The part- horse show nership and bond the two developed would forever change the cow horse world. (Right) The Ward family, pictured at H o rse man Wester n Ward, highly regarded by his fellow com- the 1981 CRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity petitors and friends and often referred to with two Fillinic granddaughters: (left to right) Spring Remedy, ridden as “the Master” and “the real deal,” died at by Wende Ward; Laura Ward, stand- age 63 of cancer in December 1998. Just ing next to Sugar Remedy and Greg
two months prior to his death, Ward won Ward, who won the event; Amy Ward, pho t o his fourth and final NRCHA Snaffle Bit standing in front of Home Remedy, by
Futurity Championship, riding a homebred Doc’s Remedy, and John Ward. stallion and Fillinic descendant, Remincs TOP 20 WARD RANCH-BRED PERFORMERS (1975-2009) Pep. Fillinic is said to be the founder of the Rank Horse SIRE DAM Earnings Ward Ranch dynasty. When the mare died 1 MASTER REMEDY Doc’s Remedy Wininic $194,508 at age 26 in 1983, the Ward family lovingly 2 JUST MISTER DUAL Just Plain Colonel Miss Dual Doc $144,199 buried her in the front yard of their Ward 3 REMINICS PEP Reminic Peppy Remedy $136,589 Ranch, located near Tulare, Calif. 4 BLACK PEARL Smart Little Pepinic Sugar Babes Taffy $120,203 Sired by a little known stallion named 5 MISS PLAIN PLAIN Just Plain Colonel Miss Master Blaster $97,687 Arizona Junie and out of a half-Thorough- 6 DUAL PEPPY Peppy San Badger Miss Dual Doc $86,061 bred mare named Alouette by Master Boss, 7 REMINIC Doc’s Remedy Fillinic $79,951 Fillinic scored a number of stock horse wins during her show career, including the 1966 8 NICILENA Just Plain Colonel Quickinici Lena $68,245 California Reined Cow Horse Association 9 MASTER CHECKS Master Remedy Bueno Chex Kaweah $65,201 Open Bridle Championship, the Open 10 SWEET REMEDY Doc’s Remedy Springinic $63,720 Hackamore Championship (twice) and the 11 JUST PLAIN PICI Just Plain Colonel Pic I Dual $57,718 Open Bridle Championship at the Grand 12 MISS SMOKIN IT Smart Little Pepinic Miss Smoking Leo $52,064 National Horse Show held at the Cow Palace 13 MISS PLAIN DUAL Just Plain Colonel Miss Dual Doc $52,001 in San Francisco. 14 MAGIC REMINIC Reminics Pep Spring Plain $51,531 Fillinic produced 10 foals, with six of them 15 FILLYNIC Dual Doc Fillinic $50,614 (all fillies) sired by the great race-bred stal- 16 BOOGERNIC Reminic Bet She’s A Booger $47,868 lion Sugar Vandy, a son of Sugar Bars. Four of the six (Sugarnic, Springinic, Wininic and 17 MISTER SMOKING Mister Dual Pep Miss Smoking Leo $46,147 Picinic), were champion cow horse perform- 18 MISTER DUAL PEP Peppy San Badger Miss Dual Doc $43,929 ers. One of Fillinic’s most recognized per- 19 SMART FROSTY NIC Smart Little Pepinic Miss Frosty Doc $43,495 formers, Reminic, by Docs’ Remedy, was the 20 PLAIN SPRING REMEDY Just Plain Colonel Spring Remedy $43,357 Digital Update The Winning Riders from... NRBC
(Above) Andrea Fappani celebrates his Open victory on Cromed Out Mercedes with his sons, Jeremy and Luca. (Right) Non-Pro Champion Jose Vazquez is interviewed by Lee Schneider for Wide World of Horses. (Upper left) Robert Chown (center) interviews Sebastian Petroll (left) and Deon Locke, who shared the Open Level 1 and Limited Open Championship. (Left) Marco Ricotta and Hollywoodstinseltown emerged victorious in the Intermediate Open. NCHA Super Stakes (Left) Non-Pro Champions Megan Miller and Itawtathenapuddycat
Non-Pro Reserve Champion rider Lindy Ashlock with her husband, Wesley Ashlock Super Stakes Open Reserve Champion Beau Galyean hugs his wife, Ashley
Super Stakes Champion Third Cutting’s owners, Carl and Shawnea Smith
(Left) As the winning 230 comes up on the board, Boyd Rice gets a congratulatory handshake from his friend and herd helper Lloyd Cox. The Sire of the Future! BOONSMAL CEE LENA has it all! Don Shugart Don
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