UPDATE: Big Winners at 2016 Little Futurity Include Pope, Willis, Roberts, Green, Ochs, Mathis, Miller and More!
It’s a beautiful day in Raleigh!
UPDATE:
Day 3 Champions-
NSBA Non Pro 3 and Over $7,500 Limited Horse Western Pleasure Slot-
Champion- Hillary Roberts/Scoot Over ($9,248)
Reserve- Nancy Wilkerson-Ditty/Extremely Good Stuff
3- Sharnai Thompson/The Born Legacy
4- RR A Moonlite Stoll/Liz Long
5- Certainly Classic/Susan Scott
6- She’s So Posh/Kerk Sanders
7- Iresistable Touch/Jamie Oakly
8- My Daddys Lazy/Lindsay Stevenson
9/10- VS Code Me Lucky/Melissa Wilkes, Suddenly A Cowgirl/Steve Niblett
Winehurst NSBA $10,000 Limited Horse Western Pleasure
Champion- KM Weknowsheshot/Casey Willis
Reserve-Certainly Classie/Kenny Lakins
Heart Of Stone Western Pleasure
Overall Champion- Cool Poco Dot/Cleve Wells
Youth Champion- Momma Knows Best/Deanna Green
Amateur Champion- Kari Craft/James Deen Daydream
Maturity Limited Open Western Pleasure
Champion-Suddenly Moonlite/Dustin Milsap
Reserve- Good Ride Girl/Alan Fisher and Touched Softly/Lauren Louw (tie)
2-Year-Old Western Pleasure
Champion- RV Wonit Lopin Lazy/Justin Arrington
Reserve- Her Little Secret/Rebecca Smiecnski
Maturity Limited Open Hunter Under Saddle
Champion- Was Meant To Be/Sandra Morgan
Reserve- Initials Only/Allison Parker
3-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure
Champion- KM Suddenly So Easy/Casey Willis
Reserve- Available By Invitation/Kenny Lakins
Maturity Intermediate Non Pro Western Pleasure
Champion- OHK Goodbars Krymsun/Richard Carr
Reserve- Hot Lopin Goodbar/Ray Arnona
3-Year-Old Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle
Champion- Sarah Nimigan/Like A Boss
Reserve- Al Fool Ya/ Haley Hine
Small Fry Western Pleasure
Champion- Nature Investment/Addison Hubbard
Reserve- He’s Suddenly Handsome/Emma Gore
Maturity $2,500 Limited Horse Western Pleasure
Champion- Best Of Sudden/Brian Cox
Reserve- Best On The Rocks/Taft Dickerson
3-Year-Old Limited Open Western Pleasure
Champion- Lexus Made Lady/Cody Parrish
Reserve- VS Code Me Lucky/Nick Mayabb
All Age Novice Non Pro Western Pleasure
Champion- A Wish Right Now/Stacy Keller
Reserve- Best of Midnight/Makenzie Maas
Maturity $5,000 Limited Horse Western Pleasure
Champion- Show Gurl/Denton Debuhr
Reserve- MM Emma Dressy/Paul Thurston
Youth Western Pleasure
Champion- Deanna Green/Momma Knows Best
Reserve- One Good Diva/Riley Preston
Maturity Limited Non Pro Western Pleasure
Champion- UR Certainly Invited/Amy Smith
Reserve- Bestseatnthehouse/Kylee Wiseman
3-Year-Old Limited Open Hunter Under Saddle
Champion-Dreamin To Extreme/Joy Wheeler
Reserve- Al Hunt You Down/Jennifer Reams
Green Western Pleasure
Champion- Best On The Rocks/Taft Dickerson
Reserve- Just Call Me Lazy/Ty Hornick
3-Year-Old Intermediate Western Pleasure-
Champion- Special N I Know It/Adam Mathis
Reserve- VS Code Me Lucky/Nick Mayabb
NC Resident Hunter Under Saddle
Champion- Red Carpet Rita/Melanie Thurston
2-Year-Old Open Hunter Under Saddle
Champion- Me and My Assets/Allison Clark
Reserve- Sleepin/Keith Miller and Al Be Jamun/Katy Jo Zuidema (tie)
By: Brittany Bevis
The 2016 Little Futurity is in its third and final day during the 2016 Tar Heel Triple Classic that’s currently taking place at the Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Tar Heel Triple Classic began June 9th with the NCQHYA Show and will continue through the 18th with the NCQHA Jamboree.
Dan Trein, Gayle Lampinen, Jessica Gilliam, and Rhonda Replogle judged the first four sets of points during the circuit, and Terry Thompson, Brad Kearns, David Fairchild, Daren Wright, April Devitt, and Valerie Kearns will judge the last six sets of points during the Jamboree.
The Little Futurity is celebrating its 12th year in 2016 with judges Jeff Allen, Rhonda Replogle, Terry Thompson, David Fairchild, Jonathan Meilleur, and Jessica Gilliam officiating.
Winning the first slot class last night, the NSBA Southern Oaks 3 and 4-Year-Old $1,000 Novice Horse Western Pleasure with $25,000 added, was Shane Pope aboard Vital Signs Are Stable for owner Cathy Corrigan Frank. The Reserve Champion was Casey Willis aboard KM Weknowsheshot for owner Masterson Farms, LLC. These two horse and rider pairs tied for the win and split the purse with $8,460 going to each.
Third was Cody Parrish with Lexus Made Lazy. Fourth was Shannon Curl with Ready Set Lope. Fifth was Angie Cannizzaro with Inviting Inthe Dark. Sixth was Kenny Lakins with Extremely Good Stuff. Seventh was Jeff Long with Moonlightin. Eighth was Brian Baker with My Daddys Lazy. Ninth was Maggie Grandquist with The Born Legacy. Tenth was Dawn Baker with Make It Rain.
Special events on tap for today are the Pony Walk Trot, for exhibitors 7 and under; the Heart of Stone Western Pleasure, where all entry fees will be donated to the Heart of Stone Foundation in honor of the late Stone Pope; the Winehurst Farms NSBA $10,000 Limited Horse Maturity Western Pleasure, and the NSBA Little Futurity Non Pro 3 and Over $7,500 Limited Horse Western Pleasure slot class with $20,000 added.
Stay tuned as we await complete results from the show secretary. Click on the links below to view preliminary results and fun photos from around the rings at the show.
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