Martina Annovazzi & Highbrow Time lead the Americana 2019 European Championship National Cutting Horse Association Open Go Round

Augsburg, September 3 - A tight battle between 34 top-class horse-rider-combinations boiled down to 11 horses making it to the final of the prestigious even with 142 being the bubble score. Laying down a great run, Martina Annovazzi and Highbrow Time (High Brow CD x One Time Soon) closed with a 150!

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The Italian Dream

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Photo Courtesy © www.cuttinghorsecentral.com

We have talked before about breeders in this industry and how it adds something extra special to the whole experience when you can show a horse that you have raised.  It is something completely warm and fuzzy when you watch them grow up each day, saddle them for the first time, and, finally, get to walk them into that perfect Will Roger’s sand.  Think about taking it a step further though, think about doing all of those things, then on top of that shipping your very special horse overseas.  This is the story for our first horse highlight.  The Salvatori family’s great horse Twisted Red Faye.

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Nadine Payne wins NCHA Derby Non-Pro title

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Photos Courtesy by NCHA/Ted Petit Photography

Working ninth in the 11-horse first set of the Metallic Cat NCHA Derby Non-Pro Finals, where 217 was the high score by four points, Nadine Payne and Blu Velvet, by Once In A Blue Boon, took control and served up a 221-point challenge. Langston Pattillo and Shesa Tuff Teaspoon, by Woody Be Tuff, came close with 220.5 points, deep in the second set, to earn the reserve championship, while Ty Moore and Scantly Clad, by Metallic Cat, placed third with 220 points.

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Good show for Ali and Sabrina Boon

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Photos Courtesy by NCHA/Ted Petit Photography

Ali Good, Ringling, Okla., scored 218 points on Saturday, July 3, to win the NCHA Derby Non-Pro Limited aboard Sabrina Boon, by Boon A Little. Rebecca Sheehan, Weatherford, Tex., was reserve championship with 216.5 points on Counting Starz, by Smooth As A Cat, and Laura Bennett placed third with 214 points on Tictac Sugar, by Kit Kat Sugar. 

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Pedro Ornelas and The Kwack Shack claim Derby Open Ltd.

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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.

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Little and Trenary Classic Challenge Amateur co-champions

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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.

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Youth World Finals 1st Round, Cowan and Polk take the lead during the first round.

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Photos Courtesy by NCHA/Ted Petit Photography

Makayla Cowan of Ardmore, Okla. marked 218 on Brinking Lights to lead the first round of the Holy Cow Performance Horses Senior Youth World Finals. She came into the World Finals tied for 11th place in the World Standings. She and Brinking Lights won the Senior Youth championship at The Non-Pro Cutting this year, and were champions of that show’s $15,000 Amateur class last year.

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Salvatori and Patillo dominant in Amateur go-round

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Photos Courtesy by NCHA/Ted Petit Photography

 

Langston Pattillo, St. Elmo, Ill., the NCHA earner of $310,122, won the McAlister Assets NCHA Derby Amateur Unlimited go-round competition with 221 points on Zinging Some Reys. While Marco Salvatori, Modena, Italy, the earner of $78,067, scored 219 points on Twisted Red Faye to win the Rios of Mercedes Amateur go-round. His score also ranked second among entrants in the Unlimited Amateur go-round. And Barnwell Ramsey, Huntersville, N.C., the NCHA earner of $219,867, scored 218 points aboard Reyzn Checks to qualify for the finals of both divisions, as well.

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