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On Monday, • Horse Rescue: Is It Getting Better? the Cutting finals wrapped up To Win, YouL ove • The PROfile: Young Trainers No Playin’ Gotta with Billy Emerson from Texas The Process AroundINESS WHEN BUDGE in Cutting, Reining and Reined riding Stylish Lizzorro to the MATT Jodhpurs IT WAS ALL BUS ISH AND INSTYL IP AT THE MR PLAY CHAMPIONSH To Jeans CLAIMED THE PAGE 32 THE SADDLE T BATTLE IN win with ... Midyear Cutting Statistics Cow Horse Leading Horses, Riders, Owners & Breeders / $3.99 / AUGUST 15, 2011 NUMBER 17 VOLUME 33, QUARTERHORSENEWS.COM Read more at WEEK OF AUGUST 29, 2011 QUARTERHORSENEWS.COM quarterhorsenews.com. J.B. McLamb/Cyndy Dvorak Cyndy Dvorak (in red dress), with husband, Tommy, family members Get the Latest Online at Benefits and friends. —Photo by Julie Hansma severe infection in the other, said n Cowtown Classic undraising efforts to aid Brazos Bash Show Manager Chris Reiners and spectators gathered National Cutting Horse Benedict, who’s among J.B’s many in Fort Worth, Texas, last week friends. for the NRHA Cowtown Classic. Association Riders Hall “Anytime anybody’s needed Texan Casey Deary and A Fof Fame member J.B. help, he’s been there,” Benedict Bueno Chic marked a 222 for the McLamb and Cyndy Dvorak, the said. “J.B. has always been one of Novice Horse Derby Level 4 Open wife of cutting trainer Tommy the first people to the cutting and Championship. Dvorak, will continue at the one of the last ones to leave.” n Governmental Supervision ends the final day of the show. More information on fundrais- Sept. 23-Oct. 5 Brazos Bash Julie Dvorak Hansma, wife of In Katie’s Blog, she cites two ing efforts for McLamb and Dvorak articles outlining the elimination cutting in Weatherford, Texas. Weatherford, Texas, trainer Paul is available at quarterhorsenews. Hansma, is Cyndy Dvorak’s sister- by government officials of several The J.B. Bash, a live auc- com.—MT horses at the recent Tennessee in-law. Cyndy is a great wife and tion presented by Friends of J.B. Walking Horse National mother and a courageous woman, J.B. McLamb, McLamb – Ben Emison, Danny Celebration. Then Katie asks: Hansma said. pictured while Miller and Jim Ware – with all helping other What if our industry was subject “She also dealt with breast proceeds benefiting McLamb, will cutters at a to the same USDA inspection stan- cancer [four years ago],” take place at the Brazos Bash Fort Worth dards as the Tennessee Walking Hansma said. “After she was on Saturday, Sept. 24, start- event. Horse industry? treated, she went back to school ing at 7 p.m. at Silverado Arena and became a registered nurse. I n AQHA Ranching Heritage in Weatherford. Donated items thought that was incredible.” The AQHA has released more include breedings to several A-list details about its new Ranching McLamb, the 2010 Zane stallions. Heritage Breeders and Ranching Schulte Memorial Award In the past, Horsemen For Christ Heritage Challenge Program. The recipient at December’s NCHA has conducted silent auctions at first Ranching Heritage Challenge Futurity in Fort Worth, the Brazos Bash to help fund its is Jan. 13, 2012, as part of the Fort underwent double-knee operations. This year, it decided to Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. replacement surgery early donate half the proceeds to Dvorak. this year. The recovery n From The News Desk A registered nurse with two daugh- process went well with Check out what’s going on inside ters, Madison, 11, and Alyssa, 10, one knee, but McLamb and outside the performance horse Dvorak has been diagnosed with suffered a arena. Read about the USDA’s cancer. new livestock tracking proposal, The Horsemen For Christ silent which pickup trucks are stolen auction starts the first day of most and find out about the Brazos Bash and two trainers who are also master fishermen. See the Action Video CCentralentral Watch World’s Richest Stock Horse Champions Topsails Rien Maker and Russell Dilday. Digital Update Out ‘N’ About Cow Horse & Wine The National Stock Horse Association Futurity and Derby and the World’s Richest Stock Horse competition were held Aug. 15-21 in Paso Robles, Calif. LUCK OF BEAUTIFUL CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY The THE DRAW Paso Robles Event Center sits in the middle of beautiful Mark Luis drew Central Coast wine country. first for the World’s Richest Stock Horse competition. HOW CAN YOU BEAT THAT? National Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductee Sandy Collier expounds on the great- YOU DID WHAT? ” Jake Gorrell (aboard the horse), ness of her run to eventual champion Russell Dilday who won the NSHA Futurity Open, says, “How much?” during the World’s Richest Stock Horse competition. ON THE JOB Warren Wilson and Carolyn Read after his wife, Sonia, holding their son, Chet, purchased of the California Horsetrader enjoy a wine tasting the high-selling horse, 10-year-old gelding Paid By A at the Paso Robles Event Center. Starlett, for $23,000 during the NSHA Horse Sale. CHECKIN OUT THE “GRUB” Folks enjoyed some barbecue and wine before the World’s Richest Stock Horse draw party. GOOD JOB, COWBOY Tucker Robinson shows his cowboy beginnings during the calf branding. MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS WONDERFUL Doug Williamson, who took Reserve in the World’s Richest Stock Horse competition, enjoys a photo moment with his niece, Sandra Critzer. 2011 NRCHA FUTURITY Sires With 4 Or More Offspring Stallion # Performers Stallion # Performers Shining Spark 16 Playgun 5 Nic It In The Bud 12 Reminics Pep 5 WR This Cats Smart 12 Smart Little Pepinic 5 Dual Rey 11 Smooth As A Cat 5 Very Smart Remedy 11 CD Lights 4 One Time Pepto 9 CD Olena 4 Shining Spark —Photo by Cappy Jackson (Right) Playguns Desire —Photo by Veda Peptoboonsmal 8 Dulces Smart Lena 4 Smokums Prize 8 Hes A Peptospoonful 4 Shiners Lena Doc 7 Just Plain Colonel 4 Nu Circle N Cash 6 Lenas Wright On 4 Futurity Time! Cat Ichi 5 Playin Stylish 4 Chic Please 5 Smart Chic Olena 4 ummer’s about over and it’s time to ed by at least two foals, and 83 stallions are colt owned by Bill and Carole Smith and rid- pull out the schoolbooks, welcome father to just one foal entered in this year’s den by Jay McLaughlin; and the other one is Scooler temperatures and gear up for big reined cow horse event. Shiners Redwood, a gelding owned by Carol the new futurity season. Major association Shining Spark is the shining example of Rose and H. B. Bartlett DVM, being ridden by futurity action gets underway in just a few how it’s done right. This stallion is the reined Sarah Winters. weeks at the National Reined Cow Horse cow horse industry’s leading sire with $3.7 Playguns Desire is one heck of an impres- Association Futurity. Held in Reno, Nev., million earned by his babies. His leader ros- sive cutting mare. She is a 1997 Playgun this exciting show takes place at the Reno ter is topped by: Smart Shinetta ($130,977), mare out of Genuine Desire, and she has Livestock Events Center, Sept. 19-Oct. 2. Shine Smartly ($128,850), Shine Like Hail $124,902 on her Equi-Stat record. As a dam, According to draws posted online, there are ($114,379), Lil Miss Shiney Chex ($107,305), Playguns Desire has four money-earning 510 entries in the Futurity, plus there’s a full Shiners Nickle ($106,767) and Spark N offspring that have won close to $400,000. slate of ancillary classes featuring hundreds Loulena ($104,729). Her best is Reys Desire (by Dual Rey), a stal- more world-class horses and riders. Quarter This year, Shining Spark has 16 offspring lion with $308,296 on his cutting record, Horse News took a look at the sire numbers entered in the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity. including winning the 2010 NCHA Super for the 3-year-old classes, and there are 142 There are a number of great mares in on this Stakes plus finishing sixth in the 2009 NCHA stallions with foals competing at this year’s promising deal, including two full siblings Futurity with Lee Francois. Earlier this year, NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity. Sixteen of those out of Playguns Desire that are competing the pair won the Classic/Challenge at the have five or more offspring, 59 are represent- in the Open. One is Wyo Sparking Shines, a NCHA Super Stakes. —KT 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. These performance events Standing at Waggoner Ranch include cutting, reining, reined cow horse as well as barrel racing, Stud Fee: $2,000 pleasure horse and ranch versatility.