2010 Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Preliminary Scores

2010 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity (Reno, NV) — 09/20/2010 OPEN COMPOSITE Place Horse Sire Dam Rider Owner Herd Rein Cow Total on 3 1 – 2 Playin Ace High Playin Stylish Gold Cloud Miss Gorrell;Jake Silveira;Mike & Linda 212.5 218.0 222.0 652.5 1 – 2 Dom Dualuise Dual Rey Smart Little XX Ralls;Phillip Larson;Chris 220.5 218.0 214.0 652.5 3 No …

Jake Gorrell tied as leader in open prelims at Snaffle Bit Futurity

Meet Jake and Sonia Gorrell from Hanford Ca. Jake easily made the NRCHA open snaffle bit futurity finals on Playin Ace High owned by Mike and Linda Silveira. He tied for first place in the open preliminaries. Visit Jake Gorrell’s website designed by Jayne Wayne Design: www.gorrellperformancehorses.com

Love the Apple Store!

Who doesn’t love the Apple Store? The business services team are my personal IT department. You can speak to a ‘genius’ who speak Jayne-ese. Alex in the SLO branch is my hero! Most importantly, Chuy has a fan club there.

It’s 2010 World Championship Snaffle Bit Futurity Time

Watch for new posts covering the 2010 Snaffle Bit Futurity! Chuy and I will be traveling there this week. Update: If you’re just now catching up with the news, Tucker Robinson is the 2010 Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion! Tucker Robinson, son of 7-time Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion Ted Robinson, won the biggest event in the cow horse industry–making Ted and …

PCCHA Futurity Open Champions

Congratulations to Tim Smith and Flo Like A Cat (Cats Merada x Flo N Ethyl x Mr Peponita Flo), owned by Bill Smith. Tim and Flo Like A Cat were first to go in the first of two sets. They scored an impressive 222 which shot them to the top where they stayed after 20 more finalists tried to unseat …

Horse of the Year, Metallic Cat

2009 PCCHA Cutting Stakes finalist and Horse of the Year, Metallic Cat (High Brow Cat x Shers Shadow), ridden by Beau Galyean, went head-to-head all year against Dont Look Twice (High Brow Cat x Tapt Twice x Dual Pep) ridden by Phil Rapp. Metallic Cat secured the Horse of the Year position after the South Point show in Las Vegas …

Phil Rapp & Dont Look Twice

Phil Rapp and Dont Look Twice (High Brow Cat x Tapt Twice x Dual Pep) captured the Open 2009 PCCHA Stakes Championship. Their winning run can be seen here: Click image to view Congratulations!

2009 PCCHA Futurity & Stakes Results, Paso

The PCCHA Futurity and Stakes, hosted by Golden Hills Auto Center, was held in Paso Robles, CA October 22nd – November 1st. This show is considered by those in the cutting horse industry as a ‘must attend’ event drawing cutters from all over the United States. The two-week long show culminated on Halloween night, Saturday, Ocober 31st with the finals …

Matt Sargood – NCHA Million Dollar Earner

Australian born cutting horse trainer, Matt Sargood (seen here with Chuy), has been training cutting horses since 1992. This year, he reached one-million dollars in NCHA earnings and has been recognized as one the top two fastest-rising trainers in the NCHA. At one point, he was Equistat’s the second-highest money-earning riders in California–behind Tim Smith. In 2004, he was a …

Pepto Taz Owners

I had the pleasure of sitting next to the owners of Pepto Taz at the NRCHA Select Sale. They were selling a few of their Pepto Taz two-year old’s. During that time, I learned that Netha and Don Lester of Canby Oregon are quite possibly the nicest people on the planet. Here is Netha Lester holding Chuy. Their stallion Pepto …

Chuy

Prior to the reveal of Chuy the Chiweenie, I used a puppet named Ollie the Border Collie to capture the inner child of clients and horse show contestants for the purpose of this blog. Now that my newest member of the Jayne Wayne Design team, Chuy, has arrived, Ollie is taking a vacation from the spotlight. Chuy is a rescue …

Bob Avila 2009 Snaffle Bit Futurity

Bob Avila is pictured here at the barn party he hosted for the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity. He appears to be having an intimate moment with Chuy. I have to thank Bob for being such a great sport. Bob had a great 2009 year including winning the 2009 NSHA World’s Richest Stockhorse competition in September, where the best bridle horses …