NRHA Finals

LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER: SHAWN FLARIDA WINS 2007 NRHA OPEN FUTURITY CHAMPIONSHIP ON ARCESE QUARTER HORSES USA’S WIMPYS LITTLE CHIC

They saved the best for last Saturday night at the 2007 NRHA Open Futurity Finals. The final rider, NRHA Two Million Dollar Rider and NRHA Professional Shawn Flarida, scored a 231.5 to win the Open Futurity Championship on Wimpys Little Chic, owned by Arcese Quarter Horses USA, of Weatherford, TX. Flarida has won the Open Futurity Championship four times; tonight’s win was déjà vu. In 2002, Flarida won the NRHA Open Futurity Championship on Wimpys Little Chic’s sire, Wimpys Little Step, owned by Mark Schols of College Grove, TN. Congratulations to Shawn Flarida and Wimpys Little Chic.

MARCY VER MEER WINS 2007 NRHA OPEN FUTURITY RESERVE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ELITE TRAILER INTERMEDIATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

In a run that brought cheers and thunderous applause, Marcy Ver Meer scored a 230 on Gunners Special Nite, owned by Bar Double C Ranch. Ver Meer, of Cave Creek, AZ, took home the Open Futurity Reserve Championship and the Elite Trailer Intermediate Open Futurity Championship honors with the flashy stallion that resembles his father – NRHA’s newest Million Dollar Sire - Gunner. Congratulations to Marcy Ver Meer and Gunners Special Nite.


I hear there was quite a bit of controversy over this, but those are the results. I have to admit that I am glad to see the Wimpy filly win it instead of the Wimpy colt Shawn Flarida showed as well (that won at Congress). I just like to shake things up sometimes, and can be contrary, so it makes me happy to see No Sweep of major events, I don't care who the horse is.

McCutcheon Goes from Consolation Round to Become 2007 Cinch NRHA Non Pro Futurity ChampionNRHA

Million Dollar Rider Mandy McCutcheon came from the Cinch NRHA Non Pro Futurity Consolation Round to win the Non Pro Futurity Championship. McCutcheon is the first and only Non Pro to reach the million dollar rider status. She advanced three horses to the Cinch NRHA Non Pro Futurity finals. Click here to see the complete results from the 2007 Cinch NRHA Non Pro Futurity Finals, Friday, November 30.

Bad day at the show

Well crap--Lemon Twist Nic zeroed on the second go in OKC. I missed the run as my computer was not handling the webcast well at all, so if anyone saw it, let me know what happened.

I am so disappointed, but what can you do?

Good thing there are two more just like her coming up behind her in 08 and 09.

Happenings at the NRHA Futurity

While we were disappointed to no longer own Genuine Appeal when she should be showing at the 2007 NRHA Futurity, we are not without connection to it altogether.

Sly's maternal sister, Lemon Twist Sandy, is owned by Tim McQuay. He has consigned her to the Market Place sale on Friday. She is in foal to Reminic N Dun It, for a full sibling to Lemon Twist Nic.

Lemon Twist Nic scored a 220 in the first go of the show this week. Let's cross our fingers that the second run (which should happen this afternoon) goes as well or better, and gets us in the finals!

Here are the details of Lemon Twist Sandy

Hip No. 2163 Consigned by McQuay Stables
Lemon Twist Sandy

1994 Red Dun Mare
BRED TO REMINIC N DUNIT

NOTES: Dam of LEMON TWIST NIC, the 2007 One Hot Reining Intermediate Open
Futurity Champion. She sells last BRED March 10, 2007 to REMINIC N DUNIT.

PRODUCE RECORD:
1999 Ms Dualin Arrow, f. by Lost Innocence.
2000 Sandy Footprints, f. by Footworks Finest.
2003 Fine Twist Pepper, f. by Footworks Finest.
2004 Lemon Twist Nic, f. by Reminic N Dunit. $3,284 at 3, 2007: One Hot
Reining Intermediate Open Futurity Champion and Open Futurity Reserve
Champion; 5th, Tulsa Classic Intermediate Open Futurity.
2006 Twist Of Nic, f. by Reminic N Dunit.
2007 Dunnit In The Sand, f. by Reminic N Dunit.

By DOC O LENA TWIST (1988). $109,067: NCHA Bronze Award;

Abilene Spectacular 5/6-Year-Old Non-Pro Co-Champion; Champion

of the Abilene Western 5/6-Year-Old $50,000 Non-Pro, Steamboat

Springs Limited Open Classic; 3rd, NCHA Open Classic, etc. Out of

PEPPYMINT TWIST ($221,625: NCHA Open Derby Co-Champion).

An Equi-Stat All-Time Leading Cutting Sire, siring the earners of

over $1,000,000, including LB COWTOWN TWIST ($289,134:

NCHA Open Classic/Challenge Champion; Music City Open Classic

Co-Reserve Champion), LB TEXAS TWIST ($175,383:AQHA World

Champion Amateur Cutting Horse; NCHA Limited Non-Pro

Futurity Reserve Champion), FRITZS DOC FINALE ($92,600).

1st dam

Double Play Sandy, by High Brow Hickory. Dam of 8 other foals.

2nd dam
Double Play Doc, by Freckles Playboy. NRHA earner of $1,469.

Dam of–
Little Lenas Double (Smart Little Lena). $2,708:NCHA COA.
Twice A Pep (Dual Pep). $1,574: 6th, PCCHA Spring $50,000

Amateur Derby.
Pattys Escapades (High Brow Hickory). Dam of–
Slik Dun Doc. $9,365: NCHA Certificate of Ability.
Slik Hick. $9,413: 3rd,Wyoming CHA Spring Open Classic.
Smart Slik Doc. $3,964 cutting/RCH: finalist in the Nebraska Open Futurity;
5th, Cowboy Cutting Classic Futurity; Double Diamond RCH Limited
Open Derby Champion, 3rd Open; Blue Sky RCH Derby Champion.

3rd dam

Doc’s Colusa, by Doc Bar. Earner of $1,321 and 15 AQHA

points: AQHA ROM; NCHA Certificate of Ability. Sister to

DOC T BAR ($30,877: NCHA Silver Award), Doc’s Mother

Goose (granddam of FRECKLES FOX FIRE, $65,430: NCHA

Novice Non-Pro World Champion), Doc’s Loblolly (dam of
BADGER SAN DOC, $171,512: NCHA Non-Pro Super Stakes

Co-Reserve Champion; granddam of CLAYS LITTLE PEPPY,

$209,770: NCHA Breeders Open Champion; NCHA Open Super

Stakes Reserve Champion; SMART SUGAR BADGER, $176,107;

SMART LITTLE BADGER, $159,344;

SHEYSSMARTLITTLELENA, $98,762; SMARTLITTLESCAMP,
$42,273 and 271 AQHA points). Dam of 3 money-earners,

including–
Freckles Colusa (Freckles Playboy). $3,064: semi-finalist in the

NCHA Open

I like this because it shows the versatility of this family of horses. Sly's sire is pure cutting, as is his bottom side, but this shows that they can cut and rein, and do anything else put to them.

Go LEMON TWIST NIC !!!!!!!!