{"id":14645,"date":"2018-03-12T11:02:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=14645"},"modified":"2018-03-12T11:02:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T16:02:03","slug":"lance-cooper-wins-cattlemens-non-pro-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=14645","title":{"rendered":"Lance Cooper wins Cattlemens Non-Pro Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lance Cooper on Zen And Tonic. Hart Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cattlemens Derby and Classic – March 11, 2018 \u2013 Graham. Texas<\/em><\/p>\n

Lance Cooper, Weatherford, Tex., scored 222 points on Zen And Tonic to win the Cattlemen’s Non-Pro Derby. Lee Holsey, Lovelady, Tex., took reserve with 218 points, and Nadine Payne, Overbrook, Okla., and Regan Plendl, Kingsley, Iowa each scored 217 to split third and fourth.<\/p>\n

This was the third major 2018 win for 17-year-old Cooper and Zen And Tonic, who claimed the Abilene Spectacular Non-Pro and Arbuckle Mountain Non-Pro championships, as well as the reserve championship of the Bonanza Non-Pro. \u00a0In addition, the pair earned the top payout in the Non-Pro Limited division of each event, as well as in the Ike Hamilton, where they also placed fifth in the Non-Pro Finals.<\/p>\n

Last December in Fort Worth, Cooper won NCHA World Finals Senior Youth on Light N Lily, then won the NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Limited championship and placed eleventh in the Non-Pro Finals on Zen And Tonic. Together Cooper and Zen And Tonic, by High Brow CD, have earned $87,484.<\/p>\n

Lee Holsey showed the Smooth As A Cat daughter Smooth Lil Cowtown LTE $68,532, who was reserve champion of the NCHA Futurity Non-Pro under Brandon Westfall and an open semi-finalist with Russ Westfall. Last year, Holsey won the 4-Year-Old Non-Pro Limited divisions of the Pacific Coast Derby and the Ike Hamilton Futurity aboard Cowtown Lucy, and the Cattlemen’s 5\/6 Non-Pro Limited on Laureyna.<\/p>\n

Riding Cats Lightning Rey, by NRR Cat King Cole, Regan Plendl, in addition to her Non-Pro Finals earnings, also collected first-place money in the Non-Pro Gelding and Novice divisions, and placed second in the Non-Pro Limited. Regan won the 2017 Arbuckle Mountain 4-Year-Old Non-Pro on Mr Metallic Rey and the 2016 NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro on Mr Kenli.<\/p>\n

Nadine Payne, winner of 21 non-pro titles, including the 2014 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro, on Great Expectations, and the 2016 NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro, on Velvets Revolver, showed Peaceful EZ Feeling, the Lizzys Gotta Player daughter that she showed to win the non-pro championships of the 2017 Southern Futurity and the Brazos Bash, and placed second with in the Cotton Stakes Non-Pro.<\/p>\n

For complete results from The Cattlemens Derby & Classic: http:\/\/www.cattlemens-cutting.com\/schedule.html<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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