WHAt’s Online: TACK TALK | HEALTH MATTERS | WHAt’s NEW | SUBSCRIBE TO QHN | SHOP LD SERIE S NCHA WOR MERCURIA/ LD CUP YOUTH WOR Cutters Take The LOOKING BACK International Youth Stage In Canada CURVE LEARNING Reining And The World Meet In Texas Business Sense Equestrian Games For Horsemen Digital Update The Complete Source for the Performance Horse Industry Week of August 18, 2014 F a m i l y Fun The Swales family wins big at the Calgary Stampede. WHAt’s INSIDE ■ Out 'N' About: West Texas Futurity ■ Equi-Stat: ICHA Futurity & Aged Event ■ FYI: Clearing Cobwebs / $3.9 9 / AUGUST 15, 2014 VOLUME 36, NUMBER 16 NEWS.COM The Professionals QUARTERHORSE ■ TAHC Welcomes Horse Team Arabian Reining formance year- lings within the Breeders Classic next few years. ext month will mark a major The ARBC also turnaround for Arabian and has developed NHalf-Arabian reining horses an annual youth and their riders, breeders and own- scholarship pro- ers. They will have an opportunity to gram. It is offer- display their talents during the debut ing $30,000 in of the Arabian Reining Breeders scholarships for Classic (ARBC), to be held during the youth at two High Roller Reining Classic (HRRC), ARBC-approved Sept. 13-20 at the South Point events – the 2014 Equestrian Center in Las Vegas. HRRC and the While it has been said that some 2015 Scottsdale trainers look down on showing Arabian an Arabian reining horse, Equi- Horse Show. Stat Elite $3 Million Rider Andrea Osteen Schatzberg Scholarship Fappani disagrees. “The truth is Arabian reiner All Maxed Out RA and Andrea Fappani determination is that a good horse is a good horse,” based on finan- Fappani said. “I will take a big mat is patterned after the National cial need, academic achievement, string of Quarter Horses to the High Reining Breeders Classic, with stal- writing and communication skills, Roller Reining Classic and at least lion and foal enrollments, soon to be community service, ARBC involve- one Arabian horse, possibly three, followed by a stallion service auc- ment and references. for the ARBC. tion. ARBC stallion and foal enroll- In an effort to encourage Arabian "The Arabians are not so different ments begin this year. Currently, and Half-Arabian participation at from other reining breeds. They are ARBC stallion nominations are even- both the HRRC and the Scottsdale perhaps more easily distracted, but ly divided between purebred Arabian All-Arabian Show, the ARBC will quicker to learn. You have to think and Quarter Horse stallions. Stallion host a high-point competition that about what you are doing with an owners who enroll their stallions offers a total of $40,000 ($10,000 in Arabian. They are very sensitive and this year will have their offspring eli- each category) to the trainer, breed- their feelings are easily hurt. They gible for enrollment this fall. er, amateur and sire of the two top won’t be bullied into working. They The HRRC will also feature an futurity money-earners at the two are challenging and they take a bit inaugural West Coast Breeders shows. For more information, go to longer to mature, but I like them.” Select Sale on Sept. 20. The sale has www.arabianreiningbreedersclassic. The National Reining Horse multiple levels of incentives for con- com.★ Association-approved, $77,000- signers, buyers, stallion owners and added ARBC Futurity for 4- and those who purchase 5-year-old Arabians and Half- stallion services, and it Arabians is scheduled to be held will be open to Arabian Wednesday, Sept. 17. The ARBC for- and Half-Arabian per- OUT ‘N' ABOUT West Texas Hospitality Contestants and their families enjoyed West Texas hospitality during the Aug. 10-18 West Texas Futurity, held at the Tri-State Fairgrounds in Amarillo. Several 2112 Montgomery Street hundred cutters, families, helpers and show staff also enjoyed a dinner of prime rib, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 baked potato, salad, banana pudding and ice-cold beer and sodas during Thursday (817) 737-6397 • Fax 737-9266 evening’s party, hosted by Metallic Cat owners Alvin and Becky Fults. Editorial FAX (817) 737-9455 Photos by Cathy Martindale Advertising FAX (817) 737-9633 Group Publisher Patty Tiberg Editor Stacy Pigott Managing Editor Teri Lee Marketing Manager Amanda Johnson Digital Content Sonny Williams Manager Senior Graphic Artist Holly Tarquinio GOOD TIMES (From left) Cheryl Callis, Donna Curtis and Editorial ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH GRANDMA Halee Rice, Sue Vinson enjoyed visiting while eating dinner. Features Editor Kelsey Pecsek wife of trainer Boyd Rice, cuddles her 8-week-old Associate Editor Amber Hodge granddaughter, Charly, while Charly’s dad, Tarin, Associate Editor Brandyl Brooks shows. Editorial Coordinator Nina Rosenbeck Advertising Account Executive Karen Barnhart Account Executive Mary Jane Carpenter Sales Customer Diana Buettner Service Manager Advertising Coordinator Ellen Harris Advertising Coordinator Lindsey Missel Equi-Stat Director / GM QHN Temple Read Assistant Director Donna Timmons Statistician Tysh Franklin COME AND GET IT! Don Statistician Donna Carlisle Johnson (right) of the Coors ORGANIZERS Becky and Alvin Statistician Kim Glass Cowboy Club and party cook, Fults (center) discuss party details POPULAR SITE The slide at the bouncy helped pass out plates to at their ranch south of Amarillo. castle was a big hit with the youngsters. hungry partiers. A Publication of MCC Magazines, LLC WHEN THINGS a division of Morris Communications Company, LLC DON’T GO WELL 735 Broad St., Augusta, GA 30901 Show secretary CONTROLLER Scott Ferguson Cheryl Callis kept CReatIVE DIRectOR Bill Greenlaw this doll and sign DIRectOR OF DIGItal Jason Doyle OPERatIONS on her desk all Morris Communications Company, LLC week – not sure cHAIRmaN AND CEO William S. Morris III how much use PRESIDENT Will S. Morris IV it got. You f t Tu b e EASY DOES IT Kennedy Clearman, 1, navigates the deep arena dirt with some help from her dad, Klay. 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It’s Worth Knowing Information You Won’t Get Anywhere Else Idaho Cutting Horse Association Futurity & Aged Event & Aged Event ICHA Futurity & Aged Event (1983-2013) Cam Essick It’s Worth Year Entries Added Payout 1983 115 $2,500 $37,600 Knowing 1984 162 $2,951 $52,020 1985 82 $2,000 $31,099 Since 1985 Equi-Stat has been the 1987 125 n/a $60,139 performance horse industry’s pre- 1988 121 $16,000 $58,012 mier statistical database producing 1989 115 $17,000 $57,245 statistics on multiple disciplines. High Brow Cat 1990 123 $15,991 $59,041 1991 95 $12,700 $45,210 utters are gearing up for the 1992 114 $3,500 $21,824 annual Idaho Cutting Horse 1993 72 $10,000 $28,889 CAssociation (ICHA) Futurity & 1994 113 $10,000 $41,752 Statistics You Won’t Aged Event to be held Aug. 30-Sept. 1995 161 $19,999 $65,861 8 in Nampa. Also to be held is a 1996 165 $25,000 $75,815 Get Anywhere Else Mercuria/National Cutting Horse 1997 209 $35,050 $101,328 Association (NCHA) World Series of ★ Cutting Cutting, scheduled for Friday and 1998 300 $38,000 $116,095 ★ Reining Saturday, Aug. 30-31. 1999 212 $35,000 $106,099 The show’s debut was in 1983 2000 496 $38,200 $163,216 ★ Reined Cow Horse when it drew 115 entries who com- 2001 475 $50,000 $199,777 peted for a $37,600 purse. The 2002 592 $75,000 $327,953 ★ Western Pleasure show’s 29-year history reflects 9,086 2003 587 $109,999 $365,935 ★ total entries with $1,670,891 in 2004 555 $115,001 $363,626 Barrel Racing added monies and a total distribut- 2005 631 $125,000 $451,239 ★ and much more ed purse of $5,784,891. (Note: Equi- 2006 792 $128,000 $549,161 Stat records do not include an event 2007 518 $180,000 $470,656 in 1986.) 2008 486 $130,000 $396,630 Russ Miller, 58, of St. Anthony, 2009 369 $84,000 $230,044 Purchase Online Idaho, is the event's leading open rider. Miller, a former bull rider who 2010 400 $84,000 $284,125 began cutting in the mid-1980s, has 2011 460 $100,000 $352,259 www.equistat.com ridden 44 horses to the pay window 2012 573 $103,000 $327,907 2013 588 $103,000 $344,326 [email protected] for total earnings of $372,082. He 817-737-6397 has won the Futurity six times, the TOTALS 9,806 $1,670,891 $5,784,891 Derby eight times and the Classic seven times. Miller’s high-dollar Smart Sug, Shes Smooth N Smart, earner is Kittens (High Brow Cat x Catnaps, Bodee Me Up, Wild At Starlights Liz x Grays Starlight), a Dawn, Pouncin and Times Sneakin 2007 mare bred by Flying V Ranch, Up Onu. of Val Verde, Calif., who Miller rode Former Idaho resident Dan to win the 2006 Derby and 2008 Hansen, 63, of Weatherford, Texas, Classic on, and who he has rid- is ranked No. 1 on the Top 10 Non- den to show earnings of $21,285. Pro Riders chart with total event Miller has ridden eight other horses earnings of $85,763.