Western Bloodstock Super Stakes Sale
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The Open Derby Championships were kept all in the family….the Galyean family, that is. The Reserve title, earned by Hangem Cat and Wes Galyean was had with a 224 score that held tough through one and a half sets. Hangem Cat, by Highbrow Cat out of Hangem High Playboy, by Freckles Playboy is owned by Steve Feiner, Los Angeles. The horse was gelded during his three-year-old year because, according to Wes, his mind needed to be more on the cow. “He’s always been a great athlete,” he said. “He slowly started getting better, and then in August really started to pick up. He was always real fast and wanted to make big moves. The more we worked him and the longer the year got, the ....
Dustin Adams, 29, Dublin, TX and Marmolaker grabbed the Non-Pro Derby Championship by hanging tough in the final round and claiming the $31,579 prize for their 219 performance that surpassed all other runs. By Laker Doc and out of Marmolena, by Smart Little Lena, Marmolaker was a 3-year-old acquisition for Adams who bought the horse from EE Ranches right before the first round of the Non-Pro Futurity this past December. Dustin, who comes from a rodeo background, has enjoyed a highly successful cutting career, having amassed over $2.5m in the show pen. His experience has developed his eye for a good horse. “I had seen the horse at some pre-works and really liked him. Jo Ellard did me right selling me this horse. Guy (Woods) sure ....
Gainesville, TX non-pro Brandon Dufurrena guided Jazz And Taz to the Limited Non-Pro Derby title when the pair delivered their 214 run Saturday afternoon that couldn’t be topped. The 23 year-old previous High School Rodeo All-Around Champion has clearly brought his winning ways to the cutting pen. Jazz And Taz is a Pepto Taz mare out of Smart Easter Chic by Smart Chic Olena. Brandon showed his homegrown mare to a Limited Non-Pro Finals at the NCHA Futurity. Having started her himself, Dufurrena says he’s confident her ability. “Our first two cows were really ....
For Julie Wrigley, it was an especially good birthday this year when she captured the Senior Division Championship of the Non-Pro Derby with a 219 in the final’s that presented her with the winner’s payout of $5,472. Riding A Little Bossy, a gelding by CD Lights out of Pistol Smart, by Smart Little Lena, purchased from Winston Hansma, Julie topped the Senior Final’s round with a 219 during what was only the second time she has shown the horse. Wrigley Ranches resident trainer, R.L. Chartier, showed A Little Bossy to a finalist slot at the NCHA Super Stakes. “I think we relaxed today,” Julie explained. “We had gotten through the Non-Pro and I’m learning how to ride him. The way I think about this riding and showing is that if I can learn something new each time, it is a very successful show. On him, it was learning how to sit my stops and let him sit under me and not think he has .... 


Showing CD Olena Peppy at the Western Nationals was an afterthought for Norman Clark, Dos Palos, Calif., who won the 2008 NCHA $10,000 Novice Non-Pro World Finals on the gelding and finished third in the World standings. “I knew he was a good horse, but I didn’t know he was this good,” said Clark, 67, who won the Non-Pro title with 219 points and the $10,000 Novice Non-Pro with 222 points. “Historically, he’s been better every day. Today, I thought he was better than yesterday, but he had to go to the corner to stop one cow and it subtracted a little.” When Clark retired from his contracting business in 2005, he purchased the 2001 son of CD Olena as a weekend mount, on the recommendation of Chubby Turner. The first time he showed the horse, he won the Pacific Coast Non-Pro Gelding Limited division, was reserve of the Non-Pro Gelding division of the same event, and placed fourth in the Non- Pro finals.
Preston Skaar, Menan, Idaho, was Non-Pro reserve champion on Stylish Windy, by To Stylish Hickory. “We’ve had exceptional luck with him here at Ogden,” said Skaar, who has ridden the 7- year-old gelding to win over $95,000 and 17 championships.
My Sporty Shorty, had already carried Strain’s son, Colton, 13, as a finalist in the Junior Youth, but had plenty left for Jon. “Being second, I had pretty much any cow that I wanted to cut and my horse worked really good,” said Strain, a general contractor from Black Forest, near Colorado Springs, Colo. Strain, 49, showed cutting horses as a youth, then gave the sport up for 25 years, while he team roped. “I’ve just been cutting for four years,” he noted. “But we’ve been fortunate to have good horses and the ability to go show.
Pleased with her performance in the first set of the $3,000 Novice Non-Pro finals, Sandy Hansma headed to the barn during the cattle change to bathe her horse, Took To Lookin. “I’m kind of choked up,” said Hansma, who learned she had won the event shortly before the awards ceremony. “I didn’t realize they had reviewed my score.” Hansma’s score had registered 216 points on the board, one point below Jon Strain, who had immediately preceded her on My Sporty Shorty. But a judges’ review and adjustment gave Hansma the win with a mark of 219. Jon Strain’s 11-year-old gelding, 
Sherry Knight, Littleton, Colo., a Top 10 finalist last year, placed as reserve champion with 216 points aboard 9-year-old Mates Irish Rose, the earner of over $150,000 in limited age event competition. “I was focused on getting cut clean and getting up (out of the herd),” said Knight, a former trick rider who, as a stay at home mom, discovered cutting four years ago.
Kathy Burton, Castaic, Calif., 2008 $20,000 Non-Pro World Champion, scored 219 points riding Telerada on May 7, to claim the title of $20,000 Non-Pro Championship. “It’s been beyond my imagination,” said Burton, a freelance graphic designer. “To win the World was big, but to win this on top of it is a dream come true.”
Kimberly Gustafson, Lacrosse, Wash., a friend of Havens’, who rides in the same region and barn, scored 216 points to split second and third with Jessica Devries, Okotoks, Alberta. “It’s wonderful to be able to share this with one of your best friends,” said Havens, who has been showing for less than two years. “I felt confident and calm. I guess that’s due to the good help that picked my cows for me.” Gustafson had qualified for the Western Nationals twice before, but this was her first time to obtain the finals. “I love my horse,” Gustafson said. “I’ve nearly sold him several times, but Tim (Johnson, Gustafson and Haven’s trainer) and I are both showing him this season. He’s an amazing horse. Jessica Devries, last year’s Western Nationals $10,000 Amateur champion, drew first to show in the finals. “I was a little stressed going in, being the first one,” Devries admitted. “I just wanted to make a good solid run and give them something to run at.”
Michelle Havens, Clarkston, Wash., had two things on her mind when she rode into the arena for the finals of the $10,000 Amateur. “Squeeze and sit,” said Havens, an elementary school teacher from Clarkston, Wash. “I knew if I didn’t sit that my horse wouldn’t stop.” Havens claimed the division title May 6 with 217 points, riding Cats Playboy Spot, a 6- year-old American Quarter Horse trained by Kenny Pugh from Walla Walla, Wash. It was Havens first time to show in the Western Nationals. 

Darrel Scow, Sandy, Utah, was reserve to Chiarelli with 218 points on HR Play Lena, by HR Hickory Player. “This is a top payday for me,” said Scow, who owns and operates a water rights consulting firm. “The run felt good and I had excellent help. It’s a team sport. You can’t do it without good help.”
A broken wrist proved to be just a minor annoyance for Carly Chiarelli, 13, Basalt, Colo., who claimed the Junior Youth championship and came back to win the $50,000 Amateur with 222 points. Both wins were aboard 6-year-old Lil Peppys Advantage, by Hickorys Advantage.
Robert Tregemba, Castle Rock, Colo., an executive with Qwest Communications, began cutting in 2008 with the objective of earning at least one dollar in NCHA competition. “It’s beyond my wildest imagination that I would actually get second place,” said Tregemba, who scored 215 points on Short Of Wood for the reserve championship. Tregemba, a Kansas native, rode horses on a limited basis as a boy, but hadn’t ridden for 30 years, until his son Adam became interested in horses. Adam is now a trainer in Fort Lupton, Colo.


