{"id":16289,"date":"2019-05-19T12:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T17:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=16289"},"modified":"2019-05-19T13:24:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T18:24:49","slug":"breeders-invitational-in-full-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=16289","title":{"rendered":"Breeders Invitational in full swing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The 2019 Breeders Invitational, in Tulsa, Okla., which began on May 11, moves into its second week of competition on Sunday, May 19, with the first day of 4-year-old Open go-rounds. Following is a breakdown of the 5\/6 Classic\/Challenge competition, which concluded on Saturday, May 18, with Non-Pro Limited, as well as Amateur and Amateur Unlimited Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classic\/Challenge Open Finals<\/strong>
Im Quintan Checks, shown by John Sanislow, won the Classic\/Challenge champion title and $21,377 with 222 points, in a tie-breaking workoff, after he and Hott Heels, ridden by Lloyd Cox, tied with 225 points. Crafty With Cows, under R.L. Chartier, scored 224 points for third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five-year-old gelding Im Quintan Checks LTE $133,887 was\nbred by Circle Y Ranch, owner of his sire, Im Countin Checks LTE $509,642, as\nwell as his dam, Quintan Blue LTE $594,637, producer of earners of over $1.1\nmillion. Quintan Blue won the 2007 Breeders Invitational Classic\/Challenge Open\nunder Roger Wagner, and Im Countin Checks was reserve champion of the 2006\nBreeders Invitational Open with Matt Gaines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Breeders Invitational represents 5-year-old Im Quintan Checks’ first limited age event finals in 2019. He was a finalist in five major events in 2018, including a fourth-place finish in the NCHA Super Stakes. He was also a finalist in the 2017 NCHA Futurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five-year-old gelding Hott Heels LTE $72,846, by Hottish, was bred by Jackie Davidson out of Miss Peptonstilettos LTE $84,809,  and is owned by Julie Jarma, who showed him to place in Friday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic\/Challenge Non-Pro Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crafty With Cows LTE $383,168, by High Brow CD, was shown by\nR.L. Chartier for Carol Ward, who is also the 6-year-old gelding\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s breeder. Crafty\nWith Cows launched his career under Chartier, when he placed third in the 2016\nNCHA Futurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classic\/Challenge Non-Pro Finals<\/strong>
Elizabeth Quirk scored 222 points to win the Classic\/Challenge Non-Pro Finals on Catillac Reys LTE $154,755, by Metallic Cat, while Jessica Pounds scored 219 points for the reserve champion title, riding Etch N Sketch LTE $47,930, by Kit Kat Sugar. Greg Coalson, NCHA Non-Pro earner of over $1.8 million, placed third with 218 points on Juana Bet LTE $46,995, by Bet Hesa Cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bred by Michelle Cannon, 5-year-old Catillac Reys is a full\nbrother, out of Tootsie Rey LTE $200,876, to Chrome Catillac LTE $100,193. Adan\nBanuelos, who showed Catillac Reys as reserve champion of the 2018 NCHA Derby,\nalso showed the gelding as a finalist in this week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic\/Challenge Open\nFinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Quirk, the NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame earner of\n$905,333, won the 2017 Breeders Invitational Non-Pro Novice division on\nHolmeboy LTE $65,692, by Metallic Cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five-year-old Etch N Sketch was a 2017 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro\nfinalist with Jessica Pounds, who also showed the gelding as Non-Pro reserve\nchampion of the 2018 Waco Texas Futurity. Pounds, the NCHA earner of $323,962,\nwon the 2016 Breeders Invitational Non-Pro Novice division riding Brown Bear\nLTE $38,665, by One Time Pepto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classic\/Challenge Amateur Finals<\/strong>
Taylor Worley, the NCHA earner of $54,672 from Newkirk, Okla., won the Classic\/Challenge Amateur with 219 points aboard Bliztkat LTE $88,795, by Metallic Cat. Worley was reserve champion of the 2018 Breeders Invitational riding My Pinky Promise LTE $8,814, by High Brow CD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tina Lattanzio, San Clemente, Calif., the NCHA earner of\n$32,451, scored 218 points to tie with Jack Kelly for reserve. Lattanzio was\nriding Smooth Movez LTE $31,721, by Im Countin Checks, while Kelly, Weatherford,\nTex., the earner of $86,127, was aboard Sugar Wrush LTE $32,780, by Gold Wrush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classic\/Challenge Amateur Unlimited Finals<\/strong>
Langston Pattillo, St. Elmo, Ill., won the Classic\/Challenge Amateur Unlimited Finals with 225 points. Stacie McDavid, Fort Worth, Tex., and Reyly Plendl, Kingsley, Iowa, placed second and third, with 219.5 and 219 points, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Langston Pattillo, the NCHA earner of $284,897, was aboard the\nHigh Brow CD gelding High Stylin CD LTE $184,630, who Pattillo also showed as\n2018 Breeders Invitational Classic\/Challenge Amateur champion. Earlier this\nyear, Pattillo and his gelding won the Bonanza Classic Non-Pro championship and\ntook reserve in the NCHA Super Stakes Classic Amateur Unlimited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stacie McDavid, the NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame earner of\n$1,057,065, showed DMAC Piccolo Pete LTE $161,395, a 6-year-old daughter of WR\nThis Cats Smart. McDavid and DMAC Piccolo Pete also were reserve champions of\nthe 2018 Classic\/Challenge Amateur Unlimited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reyly Plendl, the NCHA earner of $212,885, was aboard 6-year-old Mr Metallic Rey LTE $148,883, by Metallic Cat. Plendl showed the gelding earlier this year as reserve champion of the Cattlemen’s Non-Pro Classic\/Challenge and champion of the Cattlemen’s Classic\/Challenge Amateur Unlimited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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