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Custom Smart Olena & Andrea Fappani Win Reining By The Bay Derby
Written by Pat Feuerstein (photos by John O'Hara)   
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Custom Smart Olena and Andrea Fappani
Custom Smart Olena (Custom Crome x A Darn Smart Chic x Smart Chic Olena), ridden by Andrea Fappani for Steve Simon, Marietta, Okla., scored a 230.5 to win the $30,000-added Derby Open held at the Reining By The Bay, July 20-25, Woodside, Calif. That good score added $8,635 to the 2005 sorrel stallion’s resumé.

There was a tie for second between Wimpys Little Buddy (Wimpys Little Step x All That’s Dun x Hollywood Dun It) ridden by Martin Muehlstatter for Kim Dooley, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Star For The Chicks (Smart Starbuck x Dun It By Chick x Hollywood Dun It), ridden by Randy Paul for Rancho Oso Rio, Scottsdale, Ariz. Both horses scored a 230 and earned $5,444.

Wimpys Little Buddy earned a stand alone victory in the $10,000-added Intermediate Open division and a check for $3,460. With a score of 225.5, Great Red Chex (Great Red Pine x Pines Polly Chex x Great Pine Jr), ridden by Sean Mc Burney for Day Creek Ranch LLC, Simi Valley, Calif., was second and earned $2,491. Great Red Chex won the $3,000-added Limited Open and another check for $1,022. UB A Stylin Peppy (Lil Ruf Peppy x UB Stylin With Me x Lean With Me), ridden by Ricky Nicolazzi for Piras Cows & Horses USA, scored a 223.5 for the Limited Open Reserve title and $803.

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Skeets Little Annie and Rick Christen
Rick Christen, Whitehouse, Ohio, won the $15,000-added Derby Non-Pro on his Skeets Little Annie (Skeets Peppy x Oaks Little Annie x Doc’s Oak). They scored a 225. Christen, who is coached by NRHA Professional Dan Huss, Scottsdale, Ariz., also won the $5,000-added Intermediate Non-Pro and $2,000-added Prime Time earning an additional $2,517.

Kim Dooley, Scottsdale, Ariz., took her 2010 NRHA Derby Non-Pro Champion, Custom Country (Custom Crome x JJM Sunny Delight x Bar Money Sunny), to the Non-Pro Reserve Championship with a score of 223 that earned $3,231. Custom Country is owned by Kim’s dad, Tom Dooley.

There was a tie for second place in the Intermediate Non-Pro between George Lawrence riding his This Chicsdundreamin (Magnum Chic Dream x Hermosa Dun It x Hollywood Dun It) and Marni Lopez riding her A Smart Whiz (West Coast Whiz x A Poco Smart Chic x Smart Chic Olena). Both riders scored a 222 and earned $958.

Marc Gordon, riding Dox Steppin Out (Wimpys Little Step x Dox Rosie O Grady x Doc O’Lena) owned by Marc and Kathy Gordon, Elgin, Ill., scored a 220.5 to win the $3,000-added Limited Non-Pro, the $2,000-added Level 1 and Reserve in the Prime Time  divisions earning a total of $2,341.

Scott Nicolaides, Valley Village, Calif., riding his Flip N Yankee (Rowdy Yankee x Flip Cee Cody x Flips Red Oak) scored a 220 for Reserve in the Limited Non Pro and earned $662. Royal Worbets was the Level 1 Reserve Champion on Berry Shiney (Shining Spark x Custom Red Berry x Custom Crom) owned by Rafter D Reiners, Inc., Pritchard, BC, Canada. Worbets scored a 219.5 and earned $494.

The $10,000-added Futurity Open was won by Sweet N Custom (Custom Crome x Sweet BH x Be Aech Enterprise) ridden by Andrea Fappani for Amanda Brumley, Cave Creek, Ariz. They scored a 148 and earned $3,401.

Gunners Oak (Colonels Smoking Gun [Gunner] x Doc Oaks Charm x Doc’s Oak), ridden by Martin Muehlstatter for Tom Dooley, Scottsdale, Ariz., was second with a score of 147 that earned $2,878.

Rick Christen won the $1,000-added Futurity Non-Pro on Starlite N Peppy (Skeets Peppy x Starlite N Oak x Doc’s Oak) with a score of 142 that earned $555. Shannon McCarty was the Reserve Champion on Gangsta Gal (Gangster Chic x Primos Bar Gal x Primo Pony) owned by Cheryl Spitser Schuyler, Solvang, Calif. McCarty scored a 141 and earned $431.