Matt Gaines and Special Nu Baby marked 224 today to lead a field of 11 to Wednesday evenings finals of the $25,000-added Mercuria Energy NCHA World Series of Cutting Open finals at the Battle in the Saddle in Oklahoma City. Wood’s wife, Tara, led the Non-Pro qualifiers earlier in the day.

Owned by Gary and Shannon Barker, Special Nu Baby is out of  $405,000 earner Nu I Wood. She will be joined by her half-sister, Special Nu Kitty, ridden by R.L. Chartier for Wrigley Ranches. Chartier also qualified SL Jaybird for the finals.

224.0 SPECIAL NU BABY, 2006 (DUAL REY x NU I WOOD)
LTE: $170,025 O: GARY & SHANNON BARKER R: MATT GAINES

223.0 CATS ROYAL JEWEL, 2002 (HIGH BROW CAT x LENAS JEWELETTE)
LTE: $206,728 O: ROBT & CONNIE RUST R: ROBERT RUST

220.0 SPECIAL NU KITTY, 2004 (HIGH BROW CAT x NU I WOOD)
LTE: $193,059 O: WRIGLEY RANCHES R: R L CHARTIER

219.0 SL JAYBIRD, 2002 (SMART LITTLE JERRY x PEYOTE BIRD)
LTE: $297,020 O: MICA CHARTIER R: R L CHARTIER

218.5 DUAL R SMOKIN, 2005 (DUAL REY x SMOKIN PEPTO)
LTE: $71,296 O: DANIEL JAEGGI R: CHUBBY TURNER

218.0 DMAC SPOON CITY, 2004 (HES A PEPTOSPOONFUL x PRETTY BO BUNNY)
LTE: $3,048 O: DAVID & STACIE MCDAVID R: JASON CLARK

217.5 BOON TOO SUEN, 2005 (PEPTOBOONSMAL x MERADAS LITTLE SUE)
LTE: $178,831 O: GARY ROSENBACH R: KOBIE WOOD

217.5 HIGH STYLE ROYAL, 2005 (CD ROYAL x SR HIGH STYLE)
LTE: $49,597 O: THERON CHAPMAN R: RUSS WESTFALL

217.5 JUSTA LIL FRECK, 2003 (BOBS FRECKLE x JUSTA LIL TOMBOY)
LTE: $98,584 O: MISSY ROSENBERG R: STEVE OEHLHOF

217.5 MS PEPPY CAT, 2002 (HIGH BROW CAT x MS PEPPY DOC)
LTE: $210,611 O: LONNIE & BARBARA ALLSUP R: PETE BRANCH

217.0 SWEET ABRA, 2003 (ABRAKADABRACRE x THE BETTER CHOICE)
LTE: $96,219 O: ALVIN FULTS R: BEAU GALYEAN