{"id":13179,"date":"2017-03-04T09:38:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=13179"},"modified":"2017-03-04T09:38:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:38:51","slug":"2017-houston-mercuria-ncha-world-series-of-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=13179","title":{"rendered":"2017 Houston Mercuria NCHA World Series of Cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"
Steve Oehlhof on Suen You Will See.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Suen You Will See LTE $139,986, shown by Steve Oehlhof, scored 224 points on Friday to top a go-round field of 40 horses and\u00a0qualify for Saturday\u2019s 12-horse Houston Mercuria NCHA World Series of Cutting Open Finals. Lil Rattler LTE $331,922, under Wesley Galyean, and Wood U N Me Baby LTE $112,533, with Matt Gaines, finished second and third with scores of 223 and 221, respectively.<\/p>\n

Owned by Ken Sitton, Freeport, Tex., 6-year-old Suen You Will See, by Boon Too Suen, most recently an Augusta Futurity 5\/6-Year-Old Open finalist with Oehlhof, was the 2016 Southern Futurity 5\/6-Year-Old Open champion and West Texas 5\/6-Year-Old Open reserve champion.<\/p>\n

Steve Oehlhof is an NCHA Hall of Fame rider with lifetime earnings of $1,416,506.<\/p>\n

Lil Rattler LTE $331,922, shown by Wesley Galyean, has won or placed in 25 major NCHA open and\/or non-pro finals. The 8-year-old Dual Rey daughter, out of 2005 NCHA Futurity champion Highbrow Supercat, was non-pro champion of the 2014 and the 2015 NCHA Super Stakes 5\/6 Classic with her owner, Steven Feiner, Aspen, Colo.<\/p>\n

Wesley Galyean, an NCHA Hall of Fame Rider and lifetime earner of $3.5 million, won the 2004 NCHA Futurity on Spots Hot and the 2013 NCHA Super Stakes aboard Hes A Hot Cat.<\/p>\n

Six-year-old Wood U N Me Baby LTE $112,533, shown by Matt Gaines and sired by Nitas Wood, is a full sister to Woodys Baby, a finalist in Saturday\u2019s Mercuria NCHA World Series Non-Pro Finals with April Widman. Wood U N Me Baby is owned by Bobbie Kay Davis, Templeton, Calif.<\/p>\n

Matt Gaines, an NCHA Hall of Fame Rider with lifetime earnings of $7.9 million, has six previous Mercuria NCHA World Series wins and most recently claimed the 2016 NCHA Futurity Open championship riding Second Spot.<\/p>\n

Three of tonight\u2019s open finalists also qualified for the Non-Pro Finals. Cool Cat Dual Rey LTE $167,354, will be shown in the Non-Pro by Marley Wood, Stephenville, Tex., and in the Open by Marley\u2019s father, Kobie Wood; Twistful Thinking LTE $240,587, will be shown in the Non-Pro by Cade Shepard, Summerdale, Ala., and in the Open by Cade\u2019s father, Austin Shepard; and Let Georgie Do It LTE $123,991, will be shown in the Non-Pro by John Rockey, Palmdale, Calif., and in the Open by Kody Porterfield.<\/p>\n

Austin Shepard and Phil Rapp were the only rider’s to each qualify with two horses for the Open Finals. In addition to Twistful Thinking, Shepard also qualified Deluxe Checks LTE $129,279, owned by Amanda Standish, Baton Rouge, La. Rapp, with nine previous Mercuria wins, qualified with Reyzin $402,035, last year’s Mercuria NCHA World Finals champion, owned by Gale Force QHs, Conway, S.C., and with his own horse, Dont Stopp Believin LTE $213,931.<\/p>\n

Non-Pro Finalists
\n<\/strong>Texas A&M student Marley Wood marked 222.5 points to top 42 contenders in the Non-Pro go-round, where seven riders earned scores of 220 or higher and 15 advanced to the Saturday\u2019s Non-Pro Finals.<\/p>\n

Marley Wood\u2019s mount, Cool Cat Dual Rey LTE $167,354, reflects the horsepower of the final\u2019s field, with earners of over $2.4 million, including Pepto Boom LTE $288,202, shown by Marley\u2019s sister, Lane. Marley and Lane\u2019s father, five-time NCHA world champion Kobie Wood, also qualified Cool Cat Dual Rey for Saturday\u2019s Houston Mercuria NCHA World Series of Cutting Open Finals.<\/p>\n

Cool Cat Dual Rey, by Dual Rey, was bred by Marley and Lane\u2019s mother, Paula Wood, and is half-brother to Donas Suen Boon, who carried Paula to win the 2012 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro championship.<\/p>\n

Lauren Middleton, Weatherford, Tex., placed second to Marley Wood in the go-round with 222 points on Sweet Reyvenge LTE $98,997. \u00a0An NCHA Hall of Fame Non-Pro Rider with lifetime earnings of $576,997, Middleton won the 2010 and 2011 Mercuria Congress NCHA World Series on Cees Little Poo.<\/p>\n

April Widman, Weatherford, Tex., and Judy Rogers, Rockdale, Tex., tied for third with 221 points in the go-round. Widman rode the Nitas Wood gelding Woodys Baby LTE $255,163, who carried her to the 2016 NCHA World Non-Pro Reserve Championship, as well as reserve in last year\u2019s West Texas Futurity Non-Pro NCHA Mercuria World Series.<\/p>\n

Rogers and Spoonfulla Cat LTE $221,624, by Hes A Peptospoonful, claimed the reserve champion title in the 2016 Mercuria NCHA Non-Pro NCHA World Finals. Rogers is also a two-time NCHA Classic Challenge Non-Pro Limited champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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