{"id":17286,"date":"2020-01-12T10:37:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T15:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=17286"},"modified":"2020-01-12T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T15:37:24","slug":"abilene-spectacular-non-pro-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=17286","title":{"rendered":"Abilene Spectacular Non-Pro champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The 2020 Abilene Spectacular concluded on Saturday, January\n11 with the 5\/6-Year-Old Non-Pro Finals, won by Paula Wood, Stephenville, Tex.,\nwith 222.5 points, on Cool N Hot. Kylie Rice, Weatherford, Tex., scored 221 points\nas reserve champion on Miss Kitty Russel, while Nadine Payne, Overbrook, Okla.,\nplaced third with 218.5 riding Blu Velvet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paula Wood is the NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame earner of\n$2,530,895, as well as an NCHA Non-Pro World Champion and a past NCHA Non-Pro Futurity,\nSuper Stakes, and Derby champion. Wood won her first Abilene Spectacular\nNon-Pro championship showing My Blue Hagan LTE $333,113, in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six-year-old Cool N Hot LTE $342,691, bred by Paula Wood and\nsired by Hottish, was the 2018 NCHA Open Horse of the Year under Paula\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\nhusband, Kobie Wood. Cool N Hot\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dam, Donas Cool Cat LTE $315,104, is the producer\nof 14 NCHA earners of $1.2 million, including the Boon Too Suen daughter Donas\nSuen Boon, LTE $425,911, bred and shown by Paula to win the 2012 NCHA Non-Pro\nFuturity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kylie Rice, the NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame earner of $551,431,\nshowed Guantanamo Rey LTE $14,078, by Dual Rey, as a finalist in the 2019 NCHA\nNon-Pro Futurity, as well as Jae Zee LTE $15,546, in the Futurity Non-Pro\nSemi-Finals. Jae Zee, half-brother to 2018 NCHA Open Futurity champion Crey Zee\nLTE $300,801, shown by Kylie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s husband, Tatum Rice, also placed fourth and won\nthe Gelding division with Tatum in the Abilene Spectacular 4-Year-Old Open.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five-year-old Miss Kitty Russel LTE $31,333, by High Brow\nCat, was a 2018 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Semi-Finalist with Kylie Rice and a 2019\nNCHA Open Super Stakes finalist under Tatum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nadine Payne is the NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame earner of $639,574. This past summer, Payne won the NCHA Non-Pro Derby on 5-year-old Blu Velvet LTE $64,471, a Once In A Blue Boon daughter, who carried Payne to place third in the NCHA Non-Pro Super Stakes, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Payne had claimed three previous Abilene Spectacular championships.\nShe won the 2016 Non-Pro 5\/6-Year-Old Finals on Dizzy Lizzy Girl LTE $271,654,\nwho also carried her as the Non-Pro 4-Year-Old Limited champion in 2014 and the\n5\/6-Year-Old Limited champion in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Abilene Spectacular 4-Year-Old Non-Pro Finals, also held on Saturday, January 11, prior to the 5\/6 Non-Pro Classic, was won by Lance Cooper, Weatherford, Tex., with 224 points on Wiskeemakesmefriskee. Austin Adams, Springtown, Tex., scored 219 points as reserve champion on One Blu Fox, while Lindy Ashlock, Abilene, Texas, placed third with 218.5 riding CR Tuff Low Brow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lance Cooper, the NCHA Hall of Fame earner of $234,042, won\nthe 2018 Abilene Spectacular Non-Pro 4-Year-Old Derby, as well as the Non-Pro\nLimited on Zen And Tonic LTE $133,638, who he had also shown to win the 2017\nNCHA Futurity Non-Pro Limited. This past summer, Cooper showed Special Nu Boon\nLTE $160,264, by Boon Too Suen, as NCHA Summer Spectacular Senior Youth\nchampion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the winner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s share of $9,000 in the Non-Pro\nFinals, Cooper and Wiskeemakesmefriskee also earned $1,078 in the Gelding\ndivision, and $1,347 in the Novice division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin Adams, the NCHA earner of $440,713, had shown One Blu\nFox LTE 33,212, by Once In A Blu Boon, to place fourth in the 2019 NCHA Non-Pro\nFuturity. Earlier in the year, Adams had also shown Royalty And Cats LTE\n$70,385, by One Time Royalty, to place seventh in the NCHA Non-Pro Derby and\ntenth in the NCHA Non-Pro Super Stakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindy Ashlock, the NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame earner of\n$1,696,620, is a three-time Abilene Spectacular Non-Pro champion. Her first win\ncame in the 2011 5\/6-Year-Old Classic, riding Rey Nounce LTE $116,134, by Dual\nRey. Ashlock  later won the 2015 Non-Pro\nClassic on Little Miss One Time LTE $257,436, by One Time Pepto, and the 2016\nDerby with Smooth Kwackin Cat LTE $82,498, by Smooth As A Cat. She also showed\nIn Reyverse LTE $107,084, by Dual Rey, to earn the title of 2017 NCHA Non-Pro\nHorse of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2020 Abilene Spectacular gave Ashlock\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mount, CR Tuff\nLow Brow, by Woody Be Tuff, her first paycheck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> for complete results from the 2020 Abilene Spectacular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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