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****** NON-PRO $10K NOVICE DERBY CHAMPIONS ******
Hydualin Cat’s week
started off with disappointment, when the
Smooth As A Cat son
missed the cutoff for
the Derby Open finals
Tuesday by half a point.
But the week got better when he and Ronnie Rice won the $10K
Novice Open Derby
Championship
on
Wednesday, then hit a
career high Friday for
owner Russ DeCordova when the pair won
the top $10K Novice
Non-Pro Derby title.
DeCordova and his
gelding marked a 218 in
Ford Truck Arena right
after Lauren Crouch
and Pretty Girl Cat
posted a 217.5 to take
Reserve. “I’ve never
had a horse have a
week like this,” said the
cattle company owner
whose $18,092 reward
yesterday pushed his
cutting career earnings
to $170,000. The latest
victory, combined with
his gelding’s win on
Wednesday, catapulted the gelding’s lifetime earnings to approximately $40,000.
They were $5,000 at the beginning of the
week. “Hydualin Cat had a real high score
[of 217] in the first go round of the $10,000
Novice Open, so we knew he could do it,”
DeCordova said. “And with Ronnie riding
him in the Open finals, it’s not over yet.”
Rice and the gelding out of Hydualin Dolly
by Dual Pep will compete today in the Derby Open finals from the 15th slot in the 23team field. “He’s been a good horse from
the get-go,” said Rice, who calls the horse
“Rusty,” after DeCordova, his best friend.
Drawing eighth out of 10, DeCordova
and Hydualin Cat had to cut leftover
cattle. “We had a couple of more picked,
but those calfs presented themselves well,
so we stepped up and cut them,” he explained. “My horse handled them real well.
They probably weren’t the best cattle to
cut, but that late in the draw, that’s what
we did. The run felt really good. He was
running and stopping real hard.
The faster they get and the harder
they stop, the better he likes it.”
The Buffalo, Texas, cutter met Rice
when he worked for him in Oklahoma when DeCordova was in high
school. Rice was training horses and
DeCordova rode colts and cleaned
stalls. After Rice moved to Texas,
they continued to stay in touch.
“We never lost contact; we’ve
been real close,” DeCordova said.
Cordova, who owns DeCordova Cattle Co. in Groesbeck,
Texas, purchased Hydualin Cat
at the NCHA Futurity sale as
a stallion. “We gelded him two
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months before the Futurity, and he’s
gotten better and better ever since,”
he said. “I’d say he’s peaked now.”
The Derby Non Pro $10,000 title is a
personal best for DeCordova, who has
had victories at Houston and the Abilene
Spectacular. “This is the biggest win I’ve
ever had,” he said, “without a doubt.”
Lauryn Crouch, whose husband, Allen, is an accomplished cutting horse
trainer, is more comfortable helping
her spouse behind the scenes than as
a competitor. But with her Reserve in
the Derby Non-Pro $10K Novice, that
might change. After some tough luck at
the NCHA and Augusta Futurities, Lauryn’s confidence in the show pen was a
little shaky, but Allen knew she could
compete successfully and asked her to
enter Pretty Girl Cat in the B.I. “We got
her as a yearling, and Allen has trained
* * * TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY * * *
HOW MANY CATTLE WERE USED
AT THIS YEAR‛S BREEDER‛S INVITATIONAL?
Answer on page 6
her since Day 1,” Lauryn said. The
couple lives in Noxapoter, Miss. “He
bought her for me last July because
he thought we would fit each other.”
She calls the Pretty Boy Cat daughter out of Weekiva Star by Hickoryote “Mustang Sally” because the
mare was so little when Allen got her,
but she had a big mane. After she
and the mare made the Derby $10K
Novice Non Pro finals, Allen told
Lauryn to just enjoy herself in the
pen, which she did – up to a point.
“He told me to go in there and just
have fun cutting because I get very
nervous,” she recalled. “I cut the
first cow my help wanted me to cut
and then I turned around and J.B.
[McLamb] called a cow to cut, and I
didn’t hear what he said. They told
me to keep driving up, and I kept
telling them to tell me something. Finally at the last second, when I was
starting to panic, they told me which
cow to cut. I finished up on a cow
they hadn’t picked for me, but I was
very tickled with my horse. She has a
really big motor, and is a lot of fun.”
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KRISTEN GALYEAN & HARLEY EARN LTD. NON-PRO DERBY CHAMPIONSHIP
ARMANDO COSTA NETO & AROSESUCHACLATTER TAKE RESERVE TITLE
When Kristen Galyean rode to the herd
during the second go of the Non-Pro Derby,
she didn’t know that the score she was about
to mark would crown her and her horse
Harley the Limited Non-Pro Champions. In
fact, she didn’t know she’d won the class at
all until well after the round was complete.
“I didn’t know, but I’m glad it worked out
that way,” she said of the schedule that
originally had a finals listed to take place on
Saturday for the Limited Non-Pro. “I had
no idea, but I was very excited. It’s our first
major win so that was really exciting and big
news for us.”
This is the second show for Galyean and
Harley and the two have proven to be top
contenders, even in the Non-Pro by leading
the composite scores with a 434.5.
The two cut to a 218 in the first go to lead the
round and finished off today with a
solid 216.
“I was really comfortable going
down there today with him,” she
said of her performance in the
second go. “That set of cows seemed
pretty tough, but Wes found some
good ones that didn’t run me over.
My horse was really good. It was
just kind of a soft run. We didn’t
have any mistakes. I was thrilled.”
Galyean showed the gelding for
the first time at the NCHA Super
Stakes and said he was really good
for her then, but her nerves got the
best of her and she was penalized
for a hot quit. This time around,
however, Kristen said she was able
to relax.
“Here, I was just like, ‘I’m going
to have fun and not worry about
it and just enjoy getting to show a
horse like that,’ and it worked out
better, she said.
For Kristen, the caliber that
Harley brings to the table is that of
an Open horse. He was trained by
her husband, Wes, and made the
Open finals with him at the NCHA
Futurity last year.
As Galyean was getting geared
up the Non-Pro finals, she said
that each run made her feel more
comfortable with the gelding.
“Just getting through two solid
runs and just getting to know my
horse, I think that was a huge
confidence booster for me and my
horse,” she said. “He’s so fun to
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Armado Costa Neto and Arosesuchaclatter earned the Limited Non-Pro
Reserve Championship on Friday.
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JESSICA POUNDS & REYS DREAMGIRL WIN 2ND ROUND OF NON-PRO DERBY
JILL PIGGOTT & TALK N SMOOTH TOP $10K NOVICE 2ND ROUND
Of all the horses that
Kory Pounds has
trained, he probably
wouldn’t have put
his money on Reys
Dreamgirl to carry
his wife Jessica to the
Non-Pro finals at the
Breeder’s Invitational, not at this time last
year, anyway. In fact,
in the summer of last
year, the then 3-yearold mare was being introduced to cattle for the first time and there
were no expectations coming from Kory or
Jessica. They bought the mare for a mere
$7,500 because she was bred well, but really
never expected her to turn into a show horse.
“We got her home and rode her,” Jessica
said of when they bought the mare. “She was
good, but she was just broke. She had never
been worked on a cow, as far as I know. Kory
spent most of the summer just riding her.”
In September, Jessica told Kory that she
had already been paying on a non-pro slot
at the event, and she thought she would
hang onto it. “He was like, ‘Well, you’re mare’s not going to be ready,”
Jessica recalled of the conversation. Still, Kory continued on with Reys
Dreamgirl, and she kept getting better and better. As NCHA Futurity
time rolled around, they decided to go ahead and enter her. “I marked
a 216 the first go and a 213 and 216 in the semis and made the finals,”
she said. “It was the first time I’d made the finals at the Futurity.”
Although the pair lost a cow in the finals, the Pounds were quite pleased
with her success. Now, Reys Dreamgirl has earned more than $20,000
prior to the B.I. and has a Cats Quixote Jack on the way that Kory is
pretty excited about. “She feels better every time you show her,” said Jessica. “For
me it’s easy because she’s so cowy. I have
more confidence on her than my 5-year-old
and I don’t know why. It’s weird. I don’t
have any expectations. I just go show her.”
Jessica and the horse marked a 218 in Friday’s Non-Pro second go to top the scores of
the day in that and the Limited Non-Pro.
In the $10K Novice, Jill Piggott and Talk N
Smooth cut to a 216 to top the scores of the
class in the second go. Piggott raised the horse
and his mother, but because he got hurt just
before the Futurity last year, this was the first
time she’d been able to show him. Piggott
and her husband Tony won about $150,000
on the gelding’s grandmother, Whisper Of A
Playgirl. They later sold the horse, but kept
one filly and that Whispering Acres, Talk N
Smooth’s dam. For their first trip out, Piggott said she was thrilled with their run in
(Right) Jill Piggot rode Talk N Smooth to the top of the second
the second go. “I just felt like I needed to
round in the $10K Novice division of the Non-Pro Derby on Friday.
stay clean and cut my cows good,” she said.
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DEAN HOLDEN AND GREG COALSON NAB
WILDCARD
SLOTS
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They aren’t going to Disney World, but two horses are
going somewhere even better – the B.I. Derby Non Pro
finals to be held today. After posting the highest scores
in the Derby Non Pro Wild Card on Friday, Willys The
Boss, ridden by Dean Holden, and Daisy Dots, piloted by
Greg Coalson, will fill the last two slots of the big event.
Holden and his CD Lights stallion marked a blistering
219.5 score from the ninth slot in the 11-team field. Two
horses later, Coalson and Daisy Dots, his Quejanaisalena
mare, posted a 217. “That was nerve-racking!” an elated Holden
said with a big grin. “This is one of the wildest runs we’ve ever
had. Our favorites [cows] mostly got cut, but the ones we cut were
three of the better cattle left. My second cow was really tough. It
got right up under my neck [during] the first move and looked
like it was going to get away. This horse has such a zipper speed
he got right up there ahead of that cow. He just whipped across
the pen. He likes a moving cow, but they make me nervous.”
The Australian native, who lives with his wife, Charra Clark,
in Marietta, Okla., trained the horse out of Willy N Tivio Babe
himself. He was immediately impressed when he first saw Wil(Cont. on next page)
(“Ltd. Non-Pro” Cont. from page 4 )
show. I feel like I’m getting to know him better.”
Because Harley is out of the first foal crop by
Spots Hot, a stallion Wes showed to more than
$500,000 in winnings, he’s even more special to
the Galyean family. Harley is out of Cattilion,
a High Brow Cat mare that unfortunately died
earlier this year as a result of colic. She earned
more than $150,000 during her show career.
A former Western Pleasure competitor, Galyean
had never ridden a cutting horse until she met
Wesley. The first time she showed one was at
the 2008 NCHA Futurity where she made the
Limited Non-Pro finals. “It was really fun.
I had no clue what I was doing. I didn’t even
really know the rules,” she said with a laugh.
Now that she’s becoming more familiar with
what the judges are looking for, she said her
biggest struggle has been learning to read the
cows. “I’ve never been around cows until I met
Wesley, so just recognizing them and studying
them, knowing if they’re acting bad as you’re
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stepping to them - I’m still very novice at that and that’s the main
thing that I want to get better at. Just being able to make those split
decisions without Wesley or Jody telling me,” she said. “I feel like
every time I go down there I learn something new. I have a lot to learn
still and I’m just enjoying that journey.” The Oklahoma cowgirl is
catching on pretty fast. Her win in the Limited Non-Pro pushed her
NCHA earnings to more than $80,000.
Armondo Costo Neta earned the Limited Non-Pro Reserve
Championship on a horse that left her mark at the NCHA Futurity
last year. Arosesuchaclatter (Smooth As A Cat x Mates Irish Rose x
Smart Mate), trained by Bart Nichols, not only finished fifth in the
Open finals at the big event with Nichols, but also made the NonPro and Limited Non-Pro finals there with Costa. Prior to the B.I.,
this handy little mare had already earned more than $215,000, which
also included Reserve titles with Costa at the Cattleman’s Derby and
Tunica Futurity earlier this year.
In Tulsa, the two marked a 216.5 each trip out in the go rounds to
secure a spot in Saturday’s Non-Pro finals.
* TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY *
ANSWER: 6060 CATTLE WERE USED FOR
THIS YEAR‛S BREEDER‛S INVITATIONAL
* OPEN DERBY CALCUTTA *
(“Wildcard” Cont. from previous page)
lys The Boss as a 2-year-old at a sale in Shawnee, Okla.
The stallion’s sire, CD Lights, has more than $200,000
in lifetime earnings. “When I went to look at some other
horses, I saw him and just fell in love with him,” Holden
said. “He’d only been started a little bit, but I liked his
looks – he was really strong and mature for a young horse.”
The team is fresh off a victory at the NCHA Super
Stakes in April, where they were the $10,000 Novice
Non-Pro Champions. Holden and Willys Boss were semifinalists at the NCHA Non-Pro Futurity after the stallion had been sidelined with an injury for a month.
After the Wild Card, he thanked his help – Bill Riddle,
Michael Cooper, and Sean and Eddie Flynn – for their
sound advice before his run. “I had wound myself up,
thinking I was going to really have to sling some sand,” he
explained. “They said, ‘No, you have enough horse. Just
slow yourself down and cut some good cattle. Just cut real
clean.’ My horse can really scoot across the pen, so if you
use him too hard you can get him into trouble because
he’s so quick. I couldn’t believe he held that cow. I was
holding my breath and just tried to stay on top of him.”
After drawing late in almost every run he’s made on Daisy
Dots, Coalson could hardly believe he drew last in the Wild
Card, as well. “When they started calling out the draw
and called me out last, I thought, ‘Oh, my word! Here
we go again!’ At least, I knew what it was going to take
to go to the finals,” he said. By the time their run came
around, there were only about two cows left that were
worthy of cutting. Holden and Daisy Dots cut them first,
and then took whatever cow they could to finish up the
run. “The little mare was really good. The second cow really took hold of her and let me stop it,” he said. “She’s
just a little cow pony. She really needs something to get
ahold of and ride strong, so it worked out really well.”
THE B.I. DAILY EDITOR ~ Sheri Forrest
Contributing Writers: Jessica Robbins Harms
Rebecca Overton
EMAIL: [email protected]
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