{"id":17494,"date":"2020-03-10T10:03:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=17494"},"modified":"2020-03-10T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:09:11","slug":"riding-bama-jelly-austin-shepard-wins-record-10th-eastern-nationals-open-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=17494","title":{"rendered":"Riding Bama Jelly, Austin Shepard wins record 10th Eastern Nationals Open title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bama Jelly, ridden by Austin Shepard. Seth Petit photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bama Jelly, by Bamacat, scored 228 points on Monday, March\n9, in Jackson, Miss., to win the 2019 NCHA Eastern Nationals Open Championship  under Austin Shepard. Ichi Sangria, by Cat\nIchi, scored 225 with Guy Woods to claim the reserve championship, while Looks\nHalreycious, by Halreycious, scored 223 points with Bill Pierce for third\nplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his past record and three high-profile 2019 Open Finals mounts, Shepard rated as an odds-on favorite coming into the Finals. An all-time leading NCHA Hall of Fame earner of over $8.2 million, Shepard had won a record nine NCHA Eastern Nationals Open championships prior to this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s event, including last year<\/a>, when he claimed the title on Dual Reyish LTE $386,617, by Hottish. This year, Shepard \u00c2\u00a0and Dual Reyish scored 221.5, to place fourth. Last year’s Open reserve champion<\/a> Sir Long Legs LTE $383,546, by High Brow Cat, was Shepard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s third 2019 Eastern Open Finals mount, and won the qualifying go-round with 225 points, but lost to a cow in the Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five-year-old stallion Bama Jelly LTE $162,488 is owned by\nhis breeder Madalyn Colgrove, Boligee, Ala., who showed him earlier this year\nto place third in the Ike Hamilton Non-Pro 5\/6 Classic. Bamacat LTE $351,360,\nBama Jelly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sire, was bred by Austin and Stacy Shepard; his dam is the Nitas\nWood daughter Wood She Be Neat LTE $27,600, who Madalyn Colgrove showed\nsuccessfully in Amateur and Non-Pro limited age event competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Bama Jelly, Shepard also showed CR Dualin Out\nTuff LTE $90,256 last week to win the 2019 Eastern Nationals $5,000 Novice\nFinals and to split third and fourth in the $25,000 Novice Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ichi Sangria, ridden by Guy Woods. Seth Petit photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Guy Woods and 10-year-old Ichi Sangria LTE $173,712, bred\nand owned by EE Ranches, Whitesboro, Tex., placed third in last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NCHA\nEastern Nationals Open. Together, Woods and Ichi Sangria have won four NCHA\nEastern championship titles and placed in 10 more; they have also placed in\nfive NCHA Western Nationals finals. Woods, the NCHA Open Hall of Fame earner of\nover $2.7 million, has won 13 NCHA Eastern Nationals titles riding for EE\nRanches, including the Open championship on Scratchin, the dam of Ichi Sangria.\nWoods also scored 221.5 points to place fifth in Friday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s $25,000 Novice Finals\nriding 4-year-old Blu Laney Bird LTE $10,160, by Once In A Blu Boon, which was\nwon by Looks Halreycious LTE $114,753 and rider Bill Pierce, for J3 Cutting\nHorses, Kentwood, La. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looks Halreycious LTE $114,753, owned J3 Cutting Horses,\nKentwood, La., won the 2019 NCHA Eastern Nationals $25,000 Novice championship last\nFriday with Bill Pierce, and was also an NCHA Eastern Nationals Open finalist\nlast year, under Pierce. The 11-year-old gelding was bred by Three Trees Ranch and\nis out of 1999 NCHA Open Derby champion Smart Lookin Hi Brow $216,395.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCHA Open Hall of Fame earner of $1,166,888, Bill Pierce\nhas won or placed in 34 NCHA Eastern National division finals, including last\nyear, when he showed Dual Smart Dee Jay LTE $56,785, owned by Linda Polk, to\nwin the Eastern Nationals $5,000 Novice, and this year, where in addition to\nLooks Halreycious, he showed Dual Smart Dee Jay, by Dual Smart Rey, to place in\nthe $25,000 Novice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2019 NCHA Eastern National Championships<\/a> continue through Saturday, March 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Austin Shepard’s Eastern Nationals Open Champions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year<\/strong><\/td>\nHorse<\/strong><\/td>\nBreeding<\/strong><\/td>\nOwner<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nBAMA JELLY<\/td>\nBamacat x Wood She Be Neat<\/td>\nMadalyn Colgrove<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nDUAL REYISH<\/td>\nHottish x A Little Reylena<\/td>\nBilly Wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nMK REY GIRL<\/td>\nDual Rey x Runnin Mate<\/td>\nAustin & Stacy Shepard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nDELUXE CHECKS<\/td>\nIm Countin Checks x Caatrina Starlight<\/td>\nAmanda & Rhein Standish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nCAT SHEREE<\/td>\nHigh Brow CD x Nurse Sheree<\/td>\nPlantation Farms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nPLAYIN AT THE MALL<\/td>\nPlaydox x Poosmal<\/td>\nBuster Quirk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nSMART PISTOLERO<\/td>\nPlaygun x Smart And CD<\/td>\nJosh Hamilton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nWIDOWS INTENTIONS<\/td>\nWidows Freckles x Intend To Do<\/td>\nJim Langdale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nUNO DOS SEVENTYSEVEN<\/td>\nPeppy San Badger x Doc’s Serendipity<\/td>\nJim Johnson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nWIDOWS FRECKLES<\/td>\nFreckles Playboy x The Widow Wilson<\/td>\nRobert & Debbie Middleton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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