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Wednesday May 19, 2010
The Official Publication of THE BREEDER’S INVITATIONAL
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*************** Isidro Sigala & Sofie Rey ****************
Top Preliminary Round of Amateur Derby!
When Isidro Sigala got up
yesterday
morning
before
competing in the first-go draw of
the Breeder’s Invitational Derby
Amateur, he told a friend, “Let’s
go, man! I’m going to win!” The
Venezuelan cutter was as good
as his word, marking a blistering
219 with his Dual Rey mare,
Sofie Rey, from the 33rd slot to
lead the field of 66 horses in the
preliminary round of this year’s
Amateur Derby.
Sigala,
who
resides
in
Weatherford, Texas with his
brother, Francisco, began cutting
last year after living on his
family’s ranch in Barquisimeto,
Venezuela. He purchased Sofie
Rey, out of Safari Fever by
Playin Safari, last October from
her breeder Jan Mapes Artistry
of Kim, Colorado.
His trainer, Lee Francois, helped
him select the cattle for his eye-
catching run that no one came close
to matching in the Ford Truck
Arena. “I was a little bit nervous
on my first cow, but my mare was
really good,” said Isidro. “But after
that, I felt more relaxed and she cut
the second and third cows really
good, too.”
Sigala and the mare first showed
their potential as a team at the 2009
NCHA Futurity, where they were
Amateur finalists as well as semifinalists in the Limited Non-Pro.
So far this year, Sofie Rey has been
a finalist in almost every show in
which she has competed, including
the Bonanza this past February,
where she and Sigala finished third
with a 216. Sofie Rey is a thoughtful
horse, her owner explained. “For
me, I think Dual Reys are a little
nervous. I think she thinks before
she moves, and she’s really cowy,”
he said.
Sigala is a student at Texas
Christian University, where he
is studying English and would
like to earn a master’s degree in
business administration. Four
years ago, he began attending the
NCHA Futurity sales to purchase
horses for his family’s ranch. His
father, Jose Ignacio Sigala, who is
also a businessman, occasionally
competes in cutting.
The younger Sigala says he was
attracted to cutting because of the
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TODAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Open Classic/Challenge - 2nd Go
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Amateur Classic/Challenge - Go
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OPEN CL/CH - FINALS
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Non-Pro Classic/Challenge - 1st Go
AMATEUR DERBY - FINALS
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MEET YOUR VENDORS....
Read Jewelers
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Jim Edwards Bits
Read Jewelers has been in
business for more than 25
years creating custom fine
jewelry and accessories.
Read Jewelers is a proud
sponsor of the Breeder’s Invitational and provider of
Champion prizes. With a store in Decatur, Texas and a dedicated
“on-the-road” vendor team, Reads Jewelers proudly serves the cutting horse industry. Read Jewelers is located on the upper level of
the arena.
Sean Ryon
Sean Ryon is a very familiar name in the cutting pen. As a third-generation saddle maker,
Sean Ryon can build a
saddle to suit or has an
ample supply of stock
ready to go. They also
offer quality tack and accessories, as well as Cinch and Cruel Girl
clothing, Lucchese boots and more.
Slick Rock Designs
Slick Rock Designs provides a wide
array of custom leather designs, all
derived from the great state of Texas.
Also available are slate and wood tables, hand-crafted from materials dating back 100 years or more. Slick Rock
Designs also offers original Western art
and other home
décor. Their booth is located on the
lower level exhibit hall.
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thrill when a horse cuts a cow from the herd. “I like the feel of the
adrenaline when the horse is cutting the cow,” he said. The 219
he and Sofie Rey posted on May 18 was the 25-year-old cutter’s
personal best. Before that, his highest score was a 216 in the
NCHA Futurity Limited Non-Pro and the Bonanza Amateur.
What would he like to mark in the Derby Amateur finals today?
“A 222!” he responded without a moment’s hesitation. If yesterday
was any indication of his cutting skill and accuracy in predictions,
Sigala will be successful today, as well.
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A SHOW TO REMEMBER for this Vendor
If your faith in mankind has become a little jaded, you might want
to ponder what happened to Shirley Magnusson on May 17.
The first day of the Breeder’s Invitational began like many others
for Shirley, whose custom jewelry and hand-painted clothing and
accessory business, Slice Of Country, is a frequent vendor at horse
shows at Expo Square.
When Shirley arrived at the Ford Truck Arena at 8:30 Monday
morning, she laid her purse holding the money bag for her business
on the floor outside her booth while she prepared for the day. After
she removed the sheets that covered her merchandise, she went to
get the money bag, but it wasn’t there. “I tried not to panic,” said
Shirley, who lives in Eufaula, Oklahoma. “I said, ‘OK, trust in the
man above. I must have put it somewhere.’” She looked under her
tables again and went outside to check her van. After searching the
booth four more times, distress crept in.
When Ginger Turner, who was working in the show office across
from Shirley’s booth, saw how worried she was, she called the
security officers, who came and talked with Shirley about her loss.
The brown money bag contained about $250 in cash and – more
important to Shirley – a check from a valued customer. “I wasn’t
concerned about the $250 because I had taken the rest of the
money out the night before,” Shirley explained. “I wasn’t worried
about the cash so much as this good customer because she’s so
sweet. I didn’t want to mess up her bank account. That’s when it
really hit me.”
After she called the customer and reported the loss to her bank,
Shirley tried to put the incident behind her and continue the day. “I
kept thinking, ‘Don’t let this ruin the show. You’ve done everything
you can do,’” she said.
About an hour later, Colleen Holt, wife of announcer Tom Holt,
told Shirley her husband wanted to see her at the announcer’s
stand. When Shirley arrived at the post, Tom asked her how her
day was going. “Not so hot,” Shirley said. After she told Tom about
the missing money bag, he told her (in his very own “Tom Holt”
manner) to open a box near the stand, and when she did, the brown
money bag was inside. Then Shirley began to cry.
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Billy White and his grandsons, Vince (far right) and Brandon Allard
(at left with friend Tonia Linda) found and returned vendor Shirley
Magnusson’s money bag to her.
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FOUR 220 SCORES DELIVERED IN 1ST ROUND OF OPEN CLASSIC/CHALLENGE
The horses and riders of the Classic/Challenge Open jumpstarted the 2010 Breeder’s Invitational in style this year,
with four teams posting the first-go high score of 220 after
two days of the preliminary round.
Gary Gonsalves - who accomplished the score twice - marked
his first 220 Monday on Rey Down Sally; then repeated the
success yesterday aboard Spookys Smart Rey. Both horses
are owned by Tom Bailey’s Iron Rose Ranch, Carbondale,
Co. Spookys Smarty Rey (Dual Rey x Spookys Smarty Pants
x Smart Aristocrat) missed showing most of his 4-year-old
year due to an injury, but the gelding came back strong as a
5-year-old, carrying Gonsalves to an Open Championship at the Bonanza
Cutting earlier this year.
Although Gary has picked
up Champion rights for
the past two years at the
Breeder’s
Invitational,
both on Rey Down Sally
(Dual Rey x Solano Sally x
Doc’s Solano), the Millsap,
Texas, trainer said he’s not
trying to defend any titles.
“I’m just trying to advance right now,” he humbly stated following his
second 220 run. “I just go
show.”
And with a total of eight
horses in one class, Gonsalves had ample opportunity to do just that, managing to get six mounts back
to the second go-round
today.
“This is about the most horses I’ve had to show in about five
years,” he said of the trailer loads he brought to Tulsa. “I
think it’s a good little string.”
The newly-formed partnership between Lee Francois and
MC Chiquita Catolena (High Brow Cat x Smart Tarita x
Smart Little Lena) caught the attention of the judges on
Monday when the pair marked their own 220 to tie the lead
in this first round of Open Classic/Challenge competition.
Finally, the fourth 220 was had in the last set of the first
round yesterday by Boon Too Suen and Kobie Wood, who
said it was a “make-or-break” kind of run when their first
cow didn’t want to quit. But with a mount like Boon Too
Suen, earner of more than $166,500, underneath him, Kobie
had the horsepower he needed.
“It makes you nervous when you don’t think you can get
off that cow,” Wood recalled of his first cut. “You’re trying
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Gary Gonsalves (right),
Lee Francois (top left),
and Kobie Wood (bottom
left) all delivered 220 runs
in the first round of the
Open Classic/Challenge.
to push that cow away
and not run up on top
of it without getting
out of position.”
Boon Too Suen (Peptoboonsmal x Meradas
Little Sue x Freckles
Merada) owned by Gary Rosenbach, Greenwich, Conn.,
has been spending plenty of time in the show pen with the
Wood family, which consists of Kobie, his wife Paula, and
daughters, Lane and Marley. Lane is currently hauling
for a NCHA Junior Youth World title and is taking the
whole family along for the ride.
The first round high score in the Limited division was
earned on Monday by Bet On Merada and TJ Good with
a 217.5 for owner Jackson Land and Cattle. The mare by
Bet On Me 498 and out of Meradas Missie, by Freckles
Merada, has missed some time in the arena due to an injury as a 2-year-old, but is now proving to have the credentials of a top-notch show horse. She recently secured
a slot in the Open Wild Card round at the NCHA Super
Stakes and carried Good to the Limited Open finals at the
event.
(“...To Remember”...Cont. from Page 3)
Tom explained that Billy White, a cutting horse owner
from Odessa, Texas, and his two grandsons, Brandon and
Vince Allard, found the money bag near Shirley’s van in
the parking lot on their way to the stalls. Brandon was
competing in the first round of the Open Classic/Challenge,
and Vince will show in the Amateur Classic/Challenge.
Brandon saw the bag first as they drove to their stalls. “It
was right in the middle of the road, so we turned the car
around and picked it up,” he said. “I couldn’t believe no
one had seen it.” While his grandsons went to prepare their
horses, Billy took the bag to the announcer’s stand. “When
I left my checkbook in a grocery store, the clerks were kind
enough to return it. You panic when you find out you’ve
lost something valuable,” he said. “We knew whoever had
lost this must be panicking, so we wanted to return it as
soon as possible so the person wouldn’t worry, too.”
When Shirley met the family, she gave them a candle on
which she had painted a cutter and his horse. This was the
first time Billy and his grandsons, who also live in Odessa,
have competed at the BI. “It’s good to know there are still
good people out there,” said Shirley. “With all the evil in
the world, this is something I’m going to remember for a
long time.”