Riding Tachitas Cat, Margot Hazell of Livermore, California, marked 221.5 to lead nine qualifiers for the Non-Pro finals of the Mercuria Energy NCHA World Series of Cutting at the Reno Rodeo today. Hall of Fame trainer Gavin Jordan also qualified Tachitas Cat for the Open finals. Jordan also qualified Jalinda Covey’s Tomcat Chex for the Open finals and those were the only two horses to make both the Open and Non-Pro finals.

Tachitas Cat is a 9-year-old High Brow Cat gelding that has earned a big part of  his $173,000 after graduating from limited age competition.

Here’s a look at the Mercuria Energy NCHA World Series Non-Pro finalists at the Reno Rodeo:

221.5 TACHITAS CAT, 2001 (HIGH BROW CAT x TACHITAS LAST)
LTE: $173,454 O: MARGOT HAZELL R: MARGOT HAZELL

221.0 JEEPS POSI TRACTION, 2000 (GENUINE JEEP x STARSTRUCK DB)
LTE: $312,736 O: RUSS & JANET WESTFALL R: JANET WESTFALL

219.5 SPECTACULAR PLAYBOY, 2000 (FRECKLES PLAYBOY x NITA LIL LENA)
LTE: $141,892 O: ROGER & ELIZABETH BOOTH R: DAVID BOOTH

219.0 TOMCAT CHEX, 2002 (HIGH BROW CAT x MISS REED CHEX)
LTE: $113,512 O: RICK & JALINDA COVEY R: JALINDA COVEY

218.0 DUAL R SMOKIN, 2005 (DUAL REY x SMOKIN PEPTO)
LTE: $69,437 O: DANIEL JAEGGI R: CONSTANCE JAEGGI

218.0 DULCES JOKER, 2005 (DULCES SMART LENA x MISS JOKER TANQUERY)
LTE: $67,744 O: JIM & MARY JO MILNER R: MARY JO MILNER

217.5 LIL DULCE LU, 2004 (DULCES SMART LENA x MISS HAULIN HICKORY)
LTE: $74,115 O: CAROL WARD R: CAROL WARD

217.5 LITTLE PROUD PEPTO, 2003 (PEPTOBOONSMAL x LITTLE PROUD MARY)
LTE: $47,377 O: REATA CUTTING HORSES R: CHARLES ROVEN

217.5 MS MIMOSA, 2001 (FRECKLES PLAYBOY x MS PEPPY DOC)
LTE: $161,303 O: REATA CUTTING HORSES R: STEPHANIE HAYMES-ROVEN