{"id":10449,"date":"2013-08-02T08:50:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=10449"},"modified":"2013-08-02T08:59:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T13:59:14","slug":"barlow-and-mr-connerey-claim-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=10449","title":{"rendered":"Barlow and Mr Connerey claim the day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Glenn Barlow and Mr Connerey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Glenn Barlow, a fourth generation rancher from Gillette, Wyo., claimed an eleventh hour victory yesterday\u00c2\u00a0 on homebred Mr Connerey with a 223-point performance, as the last rider in the NCHA Derby Non-Pro Gelding Finals.<\/p>\n

Hope Mitchell held reserve with 222 points on Smooth Mitch,\u00c2\u00a0 who she had shown earlier in the day to win the NCHA Derby Non-Pro Semi-Finals with 220 points.<\/p>\n

“We kind of cut what was left and it worked,” said Barlow. “I’ve never really gotten him shown in the finals until today, but he’s been a really good horse for me.”<\/p>\n

Barlow bred and trained the gelded son of Dual Rey and showed him in the NCHA Futurity as a Non-Pro, Non-Pro Limited, and Amateur finalist.<\/p>\n

At the same time, he placed in the Futurity Non-Pro Limited and the Amateur Finals on Mr Connerey’s twin from the same flush, Nurserey Rhyme, who he\u00c2\u00a0 has since sold.<\/p>\n

“I always dreamed about coming down here and I was getting older and thought I’d better come here before I die,” said Barlow. “And that dream came true.”<\/p>\n

Smooth Mitch turned out to be a dream come true, as well, for Hope Mitchell, who purchased the gelding named for and trained by her husband John Mitchell, less than a week ago.<\/p>\n

“The running joke in our family is that one day I’ll actually get to own and ride a John Mitchell-trained horse because until now, I’d never been to the herd on one,” said Hope, an NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame Rider with over $1.5 million in earnings.<\/p>\n

Smooth Mitch was bred by Lois Hastings, who owned him in partnership with her parents, Tom and JoAnn Tudor, Granbury, Tex.<\/p>\n

John Mitchell and Smooth Mitch claimed both the NCHA Super Stakes Open Gelding and the Super Stakes Novice\u00c2\u00a0 championships for the Tudors.<\/p>\n

“He’s very similar to Smooth Asa Zee (earner of over $400,000 sired by Smooth As A Cat), who I was riding as a two-year-old, when the Tudor’s asked me what I thought would make a good cross for their daughter’s Dual Pep mare,” said John. “So I recommended Smooth As A Cat.<\/p>\n

“(Smooth Asa Zee) and this horse are very similar. This horse is quick, reads a cow good, and stops great just like Smooth Asa Zee. And he has the same balance and brains.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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