Ken Schultz, Sacramento, Calif., showed the Metallic Cat daughter Meytallic on Monday, December 7 to win the McAlister Assets Unlimited Amateur Semi-Finals with 218.5 points. Julie McBurney, Burbank, Calif., was second with 218 points on Fifty Shadz Of Rey, by Dual Rey, while Christina Huntley, Houston, Tex., and Michael Kemna, Valley View, Tex., tied for third riding Barr Down, by Smooth As A Cat, and Teles Where You Itch, by Cat Ichi, respectively.
Ken Schultz, the earner of $375,129, has placed in the NCHA Futurity finals seven times, including in the Non-Pro, the Non-Pro Limited, the Amateur Unlimited, and the Amateur. Last year he showed the Dual Rey gelding TF Reysin Chex LTE $27,680, by Dual Rey, as an Amateur Unlimited finalist, and in 2018, he rode Rockin Those Tricks LTE $57,724, by Rockin W, as a Non-Pro Limited and Amateur Unlimited finalist, as well as Calvin Baloo LTE $107,532, by Lil Catbaloo, in the same finals.
Meytallic is the oldest foal out of the Dual Rey daughter Reys Of Starlight LTE $127,054, who was shown by Schultz in nine major limited age event finals, including the 2016 NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro Classic. In addition, Schultz and Reys Of Starlight also placed fourth in the 2019 NCHA World Finals.
Julie McBurney, the earner of $247,316, has been an NCHA Futurity finalist twice – as a Non-Pro in 2012, showing Spoonevous LTE $29,162, by Hes A Peptospoonful, and as a Limited Non-Pro in 2015 on Caticus LTE $6,131, by WR This Cats Smart.
Fifty Shadz Of Rey was bred by Iron Rose Ranch, Carbondale, Colo., out of Spookys Cash LTE $284,313, the dam of earners of $710,313, including successful 2020 freshman sire Reyzin The Cash LTE $274,376.
McBurney also qualified for the 2020 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Semi-Finals on her Bet Hesa Cat gelding Jensie, who she bred out of Spoonevous.
Christina Huntley, the earner of $104,124, placed third in the 2018 NCHA Futurity Amateur Finals riding Double Cat Flash LTE $67,391, by High Brow CD, and was a finalist in the 2017 and 2016 Amateur Finals riding Dibz LTE $8,539, by Woody Be Tuff, and HR Cats Starlight LTE $251,139, by High Brow Cat, respectively.
Barr Down, Huntley’s 2020 mount, is out of the One Time Pepto daughter Chiquita Pepto LTE $32,711, dam of earners $234,820 and is, in turn, out of NCHA Triple Crown champion Chiquita Pistol LTE $545,000, winner of the NCHA Futurity, Derby and Super Stakes and dam of earners of $234,820.