{"id":13849,"date":"2017-07-24T20:36:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T01:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=13849"},"modified":"2017-07-24T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T02:05:18","slug":"williamsons-winning-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=13849","title":{"rendered":"Williamson’s winning ways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Howard Williamson got his first major win in Will Rogers Coliseum in the NCHA Classic Challenge on Miz Savanah Ichi. Hart Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 63, Joe Howard Williamson has been the king of the weekend shows for decades, winning three NCHA Non-Pro World Championships, and taking his place in the Non-Pro Hall of Fame with $1.2 million in earnings.<\/p>\n

On Monday, July 24, he broke new ground with a half-point win in the NCHA Non-Pro Classic Challenge. It was his first major win in Will Rogers Coliseum, and his estimated paycheck of $16,567 is his biggest ever for a single run. He’s also the second oldest rider, after Bob Kingsley (65 in 2004) to win the Classic Challenge.<\/p>\n

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Joe Howard Williamson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After setting the top cumulative score (218 \/ 218.5 \/ 436.5) in the go-rounds, Williamson marked 221.5\u00a0 as the second rider in the second set of the finals. Kristen Galyean marked 221 on Button Down Supercat later in the set for the reserve honors.<\/p>\n

Miz Savanah Ichi was bred by Jo Ellard’s EE Ranches, by Cat Ichi out of Snicker Roo, by SR Instant Choice. The 6-year-old mare’s sire and dam both go back to Ellard’s foundation mare, $1.4 million producer Laney Doc.<\/p>\n

The 2017 NCHA Classic Challenge Open champion Ichis My Choice, is also by Cat Ichi.<\/p>\n

Snicker Roo has produced earners of more than $400,000, including Rue Du Ichi ($177,000), winner of the Mercuria NCHA World Series at Calgary Stampede Non-Pro this month; and Ichi La Roo ($113,000).<\/p>\n

Miz Savanah Ichi was a multiple novice and open finalist at the NCHA Eastern and Western National Championships under EE Ranches trainer Guy Woods before Williamson bought the mare.<\/p>\n

Williamson, a rancher from Wichita Falls, Texas, was NCHA Non-Pro World Champion in 1999, 2004 and 2006 and Reserve World Champion in 2013.<\/p>\n

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Reserve champion Kristen Galyean on Button Down Supercat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NCHA Classic Challenge reserve champion Kristen Galyean has previously won the NCHA Non-Pro Super Stakes on ZR One (2014), NCHA Non-Pro and Limited Non-Pro Derby on Harley (2010). The Non-Pro Hall of Famer was making her first major event finals with Button Down Supercat, an earner of $264,000 with Galyean’s husband, Wesley, and with previous owner Steven Feiner.<\/p>\n

Button Down Supercat is a 6-year-old mare by Dual Rey out of NCHA Futurity champion Highbrow Supercat. She was bred by Paul Dean’s Cross Timbers Cutting Horses. The mare won open championships in the Breeders Invitational Classic and Bonanza Classic with Wesley Galyean.<\/p>\n

Nadine Payne marked 220 for third place on Velvets Revolver, the WR This Cats Smart gelding she rode to win the 2016 NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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