{"id":15674,"date":"2018-12-01T20:32:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T01:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=15674"},"modified":"2018-12-01T21:24:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T02:24:46","slug":"hesa-belle-cat-sweeps-world-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=15674","title":{"rendered":"Hesa Belle Cat sweeps World Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hesa Belle Cat, ridden by Mike Wood. Hart Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, December 1<\/em>
\nHesa Belle Cat, ridden by Mike Wood for Butlin Ranches of Edmonton, Alberta, won both working rounds, and the pencil finals in the $5,000 Novice at the Mercuria NCHA World Finals in Fort Worth Saturday. In addition to his World Finals win, he sealed the deal on the 2018 World Championship.<\/p>\n

Hesa Belle Cat<\/strong> put together scores of 224 \/ 225 \/ 449 to earn $4,593 for the show title. He earned $58,442 for the year-end World Championship. Earlier in the week, Wood, an NCHA Hall of Fame Rider, won both the World Finals and the World Championship in the $25,000 Novice with Little Jackson Cat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bred by River Bend Ranch, Hesa Belle Cat is a 7-year-old gelding by High Brow Cat out of RBR Lady Belle, by Shorty Lena. RBR Lady Belle won multiple major aged-events and earned $98,000. Hesa Belle Cat, who also qualified for the $5,000 Novice Non-Pro at the World Finals with Linda Butlin, has now earned more than $169,000.<\/p>\n

The Reserve World Champion, with earnings of $42,742, is Thiskittywearsacrown<\/strong>, a 5-year-old WR This Cats Smart x CDs Masterpiece mare owned by Michelle LeMaster and shown by Gavin Jordan.<\/p>\n

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Kathy Bro on Superfly. Hart Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Mercuria NCHA World Finals went down to the wire in the $50,000 Amateur division, with Kathy Bro of Roosevelt, Utah prevailing on Superfly.<\/p>\n

Bro won the first round with a 222.5, and came back with a 218.5 on Saturday for a cumulative score of 441. But Mia Webster and What About Blue posted a 221, the same score they had in Round 1, to win the second round and the non-working finals.<\/p>\n

However, Bro had earned $3,981 at the show, to win the World Finals by just $92 over Webster.<\/p>\n

An NCHA earner of $131,000, Kathy Bro<\/strong> finished the point year in 12th place in the World Standings, and moved up to eighth at the World Finals. Bro was an Amateur and Unlimited Amateur finalist with Dual N Gritty earlier this year at the Pacific Coast Derby.<\/p>\n

Superfly was bred by Dave and Georgia Husby by Smooth As A Cat out of Lenas Horn. The 6-year-old gelding has won Limited Open championships with Hayden Upton at the NCHA Super Stakes Classic, Cotton Stakes and Brazos Bash.<\/p>\n

Susan Dunne<\/strong> of Clinton, North Carolina, won the World Championship with earnings of $38,572. Dunne, who won the $15,000 Amateur championship at the NCHA Eastern Nationals in 2012, is an NCHA earner of $113,366. She rode One More Time Darlin, her One Time Pepto gelding, at the World Finals. She also rode Hal Raiser during the regular point year.<\/p>\n

Mia Webster<\/strong> of Portland, Ore., earned the Reserve World Championship, showing What About Blue, a High Brow CD gelding, at the World Finals. She moved up a notch in the standings at the World Finals to earn $30,778 for the year. She also rode What Daddy Don Know during the point year.<\/p>\n

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Amanda Smith on Im Short And Smooth. Hart Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the $25,000 Novice Non-Pro, Dawn Chapman<\/strong>, riding her $25,000 Novice World Champion Little Jackson Cat, marked 221 to lead the second round on Saturday, but first-round leader Amanda Smith<\/strong> of Wembley, Alberta emerged with the top cumulative score of 437 and $3,861 for the World Finals championship.<\/p>\n

Smith, an NCHA earner of $133,000, won the $15,000 Novice Non-Pro championship at the NCHA Western Nationals in 2012 with Whirl N Play. She won the 7-Up championship at last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Calgary Futurity with Im Short And Smooth.<\/p>\n

Im Short And Smooth was bred by Pine Island Ranch. The 10-year-old gelding is by Smooth As A Cat out of Chiquita Shorty, by Shorty Lena. He was an NCHA Futurity Open finalist with Michael Cooper in 2011, and he has earned more than $138,000.<\/p>\n

Amanda Smith ranked ninth in the World Standings coming into the World Finals, and she wound up in fifth place.<\/p>\n

Priscilla Wilson<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0of Unadilla, Georgia and Yadayadayadatime won the World Championship with total earnings of $25,829. Wilson, an NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame inductee, earned checks at 37 shows with Yadayadayadatime during the point year.<\/p>\n

The 6-year-old gelding was bred by Vick Pannell by One Time Pepto out of Rio CD Yadayadayada. He’s a half-brother to NCHA Futurity Open reserve champion Yadacat, with earnings of $107,000.<\/p>\n

LHR Who Dat Cat, ridden by Emily Clark<\/strong> of Bend, Ore., took the Reserve World Championship with earnings of $24,028. Bred by Bobbie Howe, LHR Who Dat Cat is an 8-year-old gelding by High Brow Cat out of Rey Jay Play, with earnings of more than $86,000.<\/p>\n

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Dannica Percevich on Wild Haired Lilly. Hart Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dannica Percevich<\/strong> of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, swept every round of the World Finals and won the World Championship in the $15,000 Amateur division.<\/p>\n

She strung together scores of 225 \/ 222\/ 447 to earn $2,820 at the show, and $17,745 for the year.<\/p>\n

Percevich is an NCHA earner of $54,000. She won the NCHA Denver Nationals last year in the $50,000 Amateur on Imasmoothlittlecat, and this week she secured the Reserve World Champion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s title in the $35,000 Non-Pro.<\/p>\n

Wild Haired Lilly is a 10-year-old mare bred by Pat Fitzgerald by Wild Haired Cat out of Lilly Mate, by Smart Mate. She has earned more than $62,000. Percevich also rode Imasmoothlittlecat during the regular point year.<\/p>\n

Madison Melasky<\/strong> of\u00c2\u00a0 Groesbeck, Tex., earned $11,305 for the year to take the Reserve World Championship. She rode Two Time Dual at the World Finals, but rode Smartys Star during the regular point year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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