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Cattlemen’s Non-Pro Derby Ends with Co-Champions

tuned-up-to-driveMary Ann Rapp and Tuned Up To Drive were last year's NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Reserve Champions. • Hart PhotosA week's worth of cutting competition at The Cattlemen's Derby in Graham, Texas, wrapped up March 8 with five finals on the schedule. The first order of the day was the Non-Pro Derby finals. The field in the Non-Pro Derby division for 4-year-olds started with 39 entries, and it took a 214 to make it back into the 12-horse finals.

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Austria’s Premier Reining Event Set For Aug. 19-21

AustriaRHALogoFrom Aug. 19-22, 2015, the H&D Schulz Quarter Horses facility in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, will host again one of the most prestigious reining events of Europe: the $80,000-added Austrian Reining Horse Association (ARHA) Futurity and National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Show.

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SG Frozen Enterprize Named Cactus Classic Derby Open Champion

AQHAW01 SGFrozenEnterprize AFappani 14KCM smallSG Frozen Enterprize and Andrea Fappani at the 2014 AQHA World Show • Photo by KC MontgomeryThe Cactus Reining Classic, one of three premier reining events on the west coast that make up the Trifecta of Reining, was held March 4-8 at the WestWorld of Scottsdale in Arizona. There was a full slate of classes, including American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) World Show qualifying classes.

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Armando Costa Neto Tops The Cattlemen’s Classic Non-Pro

PowWowPepArmando Costa Neto & Pow Wow PepRiding into the herd as the first draw of the 14-horse finals in The Cattlemen’s Classic Non-Pro on March 7, Armando Costa Neto chose fleshy cows and set the bar high for his fellow competitors – including himself.

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Sweet Lil Amanda Tastes Victory Again

SweetLilAmandaMatt Miller, pictured with his wife, Megan, and Sweet Lil AmandaChris and Tracy Brengard’s Sweet Lil Amanda (High Brow CD x Amanda Stargun x Playgun) and Matt Miller were the 23rd team to work in the 24-horse finals at The Cattlemen’s Derby Open finals, held March 5 in Graham, Texas. The 4-year-old mare marked a 215 in the first go and a 217 in the second, but she saved her best for last, leaving the pen with a 225.