{"id":15996,"date":"2019-03-08T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T23:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=15996"},"modified":"2019-03-08T18:20:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T23:20:01","slug":"heidi-denis-claims-15000-amateur-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=15996","title":{"rendered":"Heidi Denis claims $15,000 Amateur championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dualin-pepto-rio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dualin-pepto-rio.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dualin-pepto-rio-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption>Heidi Denis on Dualin Pepto Rio. Seth Petit Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The third time was the charm for NCHA Eastern Nationals\n$15,000 Amateur champion Heidi Denis, Geneva, Fla. Denis, the NCHA earner of\n$27,821, and her 11-year-old mare, Dualin Pepto Rio, had been Eastern Nationals\n$15,000 Amateur finalists in 2017 and 2018, but staked their claim to the 2019 title\nwith a 221 point win on Friday, in Jackson, Miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denis and Dualin Pepto Rio made their first mark together at\nJackson in 2016, when they placed fifth in the $35,000 Non-Pro finals; and the\nfollowing year, they were third in the same division. On Monday, March 11, they\nwill compete in the $35,000 Non-Pro go-round, with an eye toward the finals,\nlater the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sired by Pepto Rio Playboy, Dualin Pepto Rio LTE $33,774 was\nbred by Tim Brewer, who showed her dam, DPS Lenas Lucinda LTE $70,987, successfully\nas an amateur, non-pro and open limited age event finalist. DPS Lenas Lucinda\nis the dam of 13 NCHA earners of $352,966, including Dualin Pepto Rio\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s full\nbrother, CR Lucys Playboy LTE $95,802.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stellas-lil-scoot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stellas-lil-scoot.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stellas-lil-scoot-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption>Chase Lackey on Stellas Lil Scoot. Seth Petit Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase Lackey, Burlington, N.C., scored 219 points on 13-year-old Stellas Lil Scoot LTE $103,572, to earn the $15,000 Amateur reserve championship. Lackey, the NCHA earner of $18,172, had been a 2017 Eastern National $15,000 Amateur finalist riding Gun Metal Blue LTE $31,200, by Metallic Cat, and last year, placed third in the $2,000 Rider finals aboard Bright Little Boon LTE $27,822, by Bet On Me 498. He also placed ninth in the 2018 NCHA $15,000 Amateur World Finals and ranked 14th<sup>h<\/sup> in the $15,000 Amateur World standings, riding Stellas Lil Scoot; and showed Carnevale Cat LTE $12,884, by Smooth As A Cat, to place in the finals of the 2018 NCHA Super Stakes Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stellas Lil Scoot, by Smart Lil Scoot, was bred by Lach Perks out of his 2000 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro champion Stella Starlight LTE $292,408. Stellas Lil Scoot was a successful non-pro limited age event competitor at four with Dustin Adams, and as a 5- and 6-year-old with Sherry Graham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant Martin, Hensley, Ark., scored 216 points for third place riding 10-year-old Cats Playtime LTE $12,298, by Smooth As A Cat. Martin, the NCHA earner of $32,019, won last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Eastern Nationals $15,000 Amateur riding TR Reyn Dancer LTE $15,333, by TR Dual Rey, and also placed sixth in the NCHA Futurity Amateur finals on CD Stylish Catt, by Sophisticated Catt. Earlier this year, Martin and CD Stylish Catt LTE $11,316, placed seventh in both the Ike Hamilton Futurity and Arbuckle Mountain 4-Year-Old finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third time was the charm for NCHA Eastern Nationals $15,000 Amateur champion Heidi Denis,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cutting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15996"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16001,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15996\/revisions\/16001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}