A Central Coast local and long-time cow horse show participant, Jim Carollo, was a finalist in the 2009 Intermediate Non Pro Futurity on his horse Im Miss Be Haven by Ill Be Smart. Jim and his wife, JoAnn Carollo have been raising, training, and showing some of the highest-quality cow horses for many years. Visit Jayne Wayne Equine Design
Shining Lil Nic NRCHA Champion
You know you’re having a good year when you win both the NRCHA Open Two-rein and the Open Bridle class. That’s what happened to Kevin Stallings riding Shining Lil Nic and owners Janiejill & Bill Tointon of Boulder Colorado. Congratulations! Visit Jayne Wayne Equine Design
Todd Bergen & Ron Ralls
Two-time World’s Greatest Horseman, Ron Ralls (pictured here with Chuy), had a spectacular fence work on Solano Cat by High Brow Cat at the 2009 NRCHA Horse Show, Hackamore class, scoring a 218.5. That, in combination with his 215 reined work had him leading the class until Tod Bergen (also pictured here with Chuy) and Nics Black Diamond unseated them …
Champions Zane Davis and Raymanator
The 2009 Open Snaffle Bit Futurity Finals was anything but boring, and not won until the very last finalist finished his fence work. All riders, scores, winnings, and owners are listed in the previous post below. Here’s a recap of the excitement from the stands. Todd Bergen drew up first in the fence work finals riding Smart Luck. They were …
NRCHA 2009 SBF Open Finals Scores
Horse Sire Dam Rider Owner Total on 3 Reymanator Dual Rey Savannah Hickory Davis;Zane Semanik;John 652.5 Shiners Nickle Shining Spark Shesa Lota Nic Crawford;Todd Cannon;Michelle 646.5 Picka Patcha Pepto Peptoboonsmal Patches Of Blue Rice;Boyd Larry Hall Cutting Horses Flp 646.5 Very Smart Smoke Very Smart Remedy Lil Brown Freckle Ralls;Phillip Baxley;Billie Jo 643.5 Shiney Senorita Shining Spark Tarizana Crawford;Todd Gardiner; …
Carol Roberts, NRCHA Champion
Carol Roberts claimed the Intermediate Non Pro Championship on I’ll Be A Superstar, her 5-year-old mare, by I’ll Be Smart and out of a Grays Starlight mare. They started the weekend marking a 148 in the herd work. As a 3 year old, “Star” had some lameness problems that proved difficult to diagnose–even with the best of veterinary care. Having …
Ron Ralls Returns
Ron Ralls, former Central Coast trainer, now resident of Gainsville Texas and Two-time Champion of the NRCHA’s World’s Greatest Horseman competition, is pictured here as one of many participants at the NRCHA’s Hackamore Classic this weekend in Paso Robles. This past September, Ron and Solano Cat (High Brow Cat x Smartest Solano x Smart Little Lena) were featured on the …
The Gorrell’s and friends
I met up with the Gorrell’s today as well as their two life-long friends, Gay and Jody Tyndall. What a fun group they were! Jake is a reined cow horse trainer who has already made his mark on the industry, and Sonia is an accomplished barrel horse trainer. They need help keeping their web site updated as great things are …
Smart Zanolena Stallion Ad
Lesley and Matt Day of Hooker Creek Ranch are the owners of NRCHA World Champion Stallion, Smart Zanolena. They have been instrumental to the success of the NRCHA. Matt Day was inducted into the NRCHA Hall of Merit at the NRCHA Futurity Banquet last night. Congratulations to both Matt and Lesley Day!
2008 NSHA ‘World’s Richest’
The National Stock Horse Association’s (NSHA) “Pre-futurity” is quite an event! You’ve never been to a reined cow horse event until you’ve seen the World’s Richest Horseman. I watched from the “Skybar.” What a party! Great music, delicious food, fun people, and one amazing horse show. Congratulations to this year’s World’s Richest Horseman: Russell Dilday (seen here with Ollie and …
Tucker Robinson and Days Zanolena
Lesley and Matt Day (of Hooker Creek Ranch), owners of Days Zanolena and her sire Smart Zanolena, were thrilled to hear that Tucker Robinson had another great victory–this time at the Stallion Stakes. I was honored they asked me to create the ad for them which is to run in the Quarter Horse News, the Performance Horse, Cascade Horseman, and …
Stallion Stakes Fun & Results
Joanne and Jim Corollo, and Branden Stabler take a moment for a photo with Ollie! Joanne and Jim Corollo, Branden Stabler, and Debbie Sanguinetti taking a moment for a photo op with Ollie. Click Here to view the complete results for the NRCHA Stallion Stakes finals complete results.
The NRCHA Stallion Stakes 2008
The adventures of “Ollie the Border Collie” began in Nampa Idaho at the NRCHA Stallion Stakes. Here were some of the nice people who took a break from riding to smile for the camera with Ollie. Reined cow horse people are some of the nicest horse-show people out there–as witness by their willingness to take time to be silly. Smokey …