Colonels Shining Gun Honored as NRHA Million Dollar Sire

Photo by Veronika Photography
Photo by Veronika Photography

In 2010, a flashy young colt burst onto the reining scene. By National Reining Horse Association Thirteen Million Dollar Sire Gunner, and out of Shining Little Peach (by Shining Spark), Colonels Shining Gun was poised to do great things. In early November, the stallion, affectionately known as Jojo, added another line to his resume when he became a Million Dollar Sire. While he’s now known for his prepotency, he proved his prowess in the show pen early on.

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The €150,000-added DeNiroBootCo IRHA Derby: Lendi & One Mr JJ Take the Open Championship

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Lendi and One Mr JJ Score Big to Win the Level 4 Open Championship

Cremona, April 17—Provided by Simona Diale/International Horse Press—An amazing IRHA Open Derby Finals presented by DeNiroBootCo closed the successful event held in Cremona, Italy.
With 70 Open Finalists vying for the Derby and Superstakes Championships, the oval CremonaFiere Arena offered a great group of horses and riders with NRHA Million Dollar Rider Gennaro Lendi and One Mr JJ performing to a 230.5 which led them to the €45,000-added Level 4 Open Championship title.

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Italian Gennaro Lendi Joins NRHA Million Dollar Rider Lineup

Photo © Oliviero Toscani
Photo © Oliviero Toscani

Gennaro Lendi recorded his first earnings in the National Reining Horse Association in May 2004, when he won the Non Pro class at the Italian Reining Horse Association Derby on OT Taris High. Less than two decades later, Lendi joined the elite list of riders who have won more than one million dollars in competition.
Recent wins at the 2020 European Futurity, the Austrian Futurity, the German Breeders Futurity, the IRHA Maturity, and ARTA Futurity propelled him past that milestone.
“As I got closer to the million, it became all the more stressful as I wanted to surpass that mark as fast as I could. I put pressure on myself – especially after the pandemic stopped our shows – and it affected my performance in the show pen,” Lendi admitted.

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2021 NRHA GERMANY BREEDERS FUTURITY: Mirko Midili Rides GD Peptos Olena Blue to Top the NRHA Germany Breeders 4-year-old Open Futurity as Gennaro Lendi Unofficially Becomes NRHA’s Newest Million Dollar Rider

Photo by NRHA Germany Breeders Futurity Official Photographer and IHP Media Partner Tom Hautmann
Photo by NRHA Germany Breeders Futurity Official Photographer and IHP Media Partner Tom Hautmann

October, 24—Provided by International Horse Press— The 2021 NRHA Germany Breeders 4-year-old Open Futurity Finals concluded the week-long show at the Pferdesportzentrum Ostbayernhalle in Kreuth, Germany. 146 riders aboard 235 horses met to compete during the whole week and the best horse-rider combinations returned on Saturday for the 4-year-old Non Pro and Open Finals.

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