{"id":10411,"date":"2013-07-25T06:53:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T11:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=10411"},"modified":"2013-07-25T07:40:28","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T12:40:28","slug":"tieperman-dedden-share-amateur-derby-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=10411","title":{"rendered":"Tieperman, Dedden share Amateur Derby title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert Tieperman and Sugar Fatz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dual scores of 217 points earned Robert Tieperman, Jewett, Tex., and Matthew Dedden, Edmond, Okla., co-champion’s titles in\u00c2\u00a0 the Rios of Mercedes Amateur Derby Finals, the first of four amateur showdowns on Wednesday’s schedule.<\/p>\n

Tieperman rode Sugar Fatz, who carried him as Reserve Amateur champion\u00c2\u00a0 and Reserve Amateur Unlimited. champion in the NCHA Super Stakes.<\/p>\n

“He’s gotten so much stronger just in the last two months,” said Tieperman of his Smart Sugar Badger gelding, trained by Craig Thompson. “I really had a strong mindset coming into this one. He is just so much fun to show.”<\/p>\n

Tieperman and Sugar Fatz also claimed the Amateur reserve title at the Tunica Futurity and placed sixth in the Amateur unlimited.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/a>Matthew Dedden, 15, admitted to feeling more nervous in the go-round than in the finals.<\/p>\n

“This is my first time to show here in a limited age event, so it’s pretty special to win it the first time,” he said. “I just wanted to make it to the finals and not mess anything up.”<\/p>\n

Dedden rode Cats Miller Time, by High Brow Cat, a gelding trained by Tommy Marvin that Dedden purchased last month at The Non Pro Cutting.<\/p>\n

I’ve been cutting since I was eight,” said Dedden, who placed third in 2012 NCHA Junior Youth World standings. “I started on a beginner horse and worked my way up and now it’s my life.”<\/p>\n

Amateur Classic Challenge Champion and Reserve<\/h3>\n
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Gary Rosenbach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gary Rosenbach, Vail, CO, nailed the Amateur Classic championship with 218 points on six-year-old Tapt Out, who he had shown as reserve champion of the 2013 NCHA Super Stakes Amateur Classic.<\/p>\n

In addition, Rosenbach split 12\/13 with 211 points in the same set of yesterday’s Amateur Classic finals on SDP Locked N Loaded, where he also showed Bet Harolds A Cat for just the second time and lost a cow.<\/p>\n

“I like how smart and gritty he is,” said Rosenbach of Tapt Out, a gelded son of Smart Little Lena and half-brother to all-time winning mare Dont Look Twice.<\/p>\n

Tapt Out was trained by Ryon Emerton and has earned over $100,000 under Rosenbach and Michael Cooper, resident trainer for Rosenbach’s Rose Valley Ranch.<\/p>\n

Taylor Carbo and his six-year-old stallion Moms Stilish Cat set the bar with 217 points early in the first set of the Amateur Classic Challenge to come through with the reserve championship.<\/p>\n

Last year the duo won the event, then followed with a reserve in the Brazos Bash Amateur Classic.<\/p>\n

This year they won the NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro Ltd; took reserve in the Bonanza Amateur Unlimited and the Abilene Spectacular Non-Pro Ltd; and won the Bonanza Ltd. In addition, Jeremy Barwick, Carbo’s mentor and trainer, was reserve champion with Moms Stilish Cat in the Abilene Spectacular Open.<\/p>\n

“I am very fortunate,” said Carbo. “I have a great team and it’s been fun.<\/p>\n

“This stud is something special. He’s got a big stop and he’s so snakey across a cow. Everytime we go down there he gives 100 percent. It’s fun every time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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