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Pedro Ornelas and The Kwack Shack claim Derby Open Ltd.

Photos Courtesy by NCHA/Ted Petit Photography
Photos Courtesy by NCHA/Ted Petit Photography

Pedro Ornelas, riding The Kwack Shack for Anderson Cattle Company, Victoria, Tex., scored 222 points on Wednesday to win the Derby Open Limited championship, of the Metallic Cat NCHA Summer Spectacular. Rodrigo Taboga was reserve champion with 220.5 points on Beau and Aslhey Galyean’s gelding The Dewd, and placed third with 218 points on Rocky Mountain Blues, owned by Selena Orchard Barbosa, Paso Robles, Calif.

It’s all about NRHA European Derby Finals in Kreuth!

Photos by ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design
Photos by ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design

The third day at the Ostbayernhalle in Kreuth, where the 2019 edition of the National Reining Horse Association Derby is being held, hosted a fierce battle in the show arena. The second section of the €115.000-added Open Derby, counting 84 entries, determined the finalists which make their way directly to the finals. A second chance will be offered to those eligible for the Open Consolation which will be held on Tuesday, July 30. The complete list of Non Pro Derby finalists was also determined today as riders eligible for the Non Pro Consolation performed for a ticket to the finals which will be held on Friday, August 2.

The Second Day of Competition Determines the NRHA European Derby Non Pro Finalists

Photo Courtesy ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design
Photo Courtesy ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design

Sunday in Kreuth determined the 2019 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) European Derby Non Pro finalists with Edoardo Bernardelli of Italy firmly holding on to the top score in the €20.000-added Level (L)4 and €15.000-added L3 go round. Bernardelli and his Whiz Wild West (Spark N Whiz x West Coast Oak), fresh off their Italian Reining Horse Association (IRHA) L3 Non Pro Derby Championship, had performed to a 217.5 to lead the two levels on the first day of competition. The 6-year-old gelding, bred and nominated by Mattia Camisi, boasts over $167,000 NRHA Lifetime Earnings (LTE).

NRHA European Derby – Day 1

Photos by ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design
Photos by ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design

The 2019 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) European Derby opened the doors to competition today at the Ostbbayernhalle in Kreuth. The ninth edition of the event, open to 5-6-7-8-year-old horses enrolled in the NRHA Nomination Program, welcomed the first section of the €49.000-added Non Pro Derby qualifier counting 100 entries as well as the first of the full-slate of NRHA ancillary classes.

Little and Trenary Classic Challenge Amateur co-champions

Photos Courtesy by NCHA/Ted Petit Photography
Photos Courtesy by NCHA/Ted Petit Photography

Jacob Little, Carter, Okla., and Bridget Trenary, Memphis, Tenn., tied with 219 points as Amateur co-champions of the Rios of Mercedes Classic Challenge during the Metallic Cat NCHA Summer Spectacular. Little was riding Bet Hes Amazing, by Bet Hesa Cat, while Trenary was aboard Brenda Rreys, by Dual Rey. Taylor Worley, Newkirk, Okla., riding Blizkat, by Metallic Cat, and Amy Roberts, Canyon, Tex., aboard Timeless Metallic, by Metallic Cat, tied with a 217.5 points.

The ERCHA Pre Futurity Turns Eighteen!

Photos @Dead Or Alive
Photos @Dead Or Alive

Travagliato, July 26 — Provided by Simona Diale — The European Reined Cow Horse Association (ERCHA) is proud to announce that the ERCHA/NRCHA Pre Futurity, a competition open to 3-, and 4-year-old horses shown in a snaffle bit or hackamore, is celebrating its eighteenth edition at the Palacittá facility located in Travagliato, Italy.