{"id":17502,"date":"2020-03-11T10:08:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T15:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=17502"},"modified":"2020-03-11T10:08:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T15:08:55","slug":"joseph-gavin-mesalam-wins-15000-amateur-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=17502","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Gavin Mesalam wins $15,000 Amateur championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crystal-blue-boon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crystal-blue-boon.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/crystal-blue-boon-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption>Joseph Gavin Mesalam on Crystal Blue Boon. Seth Petit photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Gavin Mesalam, riding Crystal Blue Boon, scored 223\npoints on Tuesday, March 12, to win the 2019 NCHA Eastern National $15,000\nAmateur championship. Tyler Grace Green claimed the reserve title with 219\npoints aboard Charm Checks, while Chase Lackey and Scott Skinkis tied with\n216.5 points to split third and fourth riding Cowgirl Catsanova and Lil Pep In\nTime, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Gavin Mesalam, Versailles, Ky., is the NCHA earner of\n$3,177, and this is his second time to show in the NCHA Eastern Nationals. Last\nyear the NYCHA competitor placed third in the Junior Youth and eleventh in the\n$2,000 Limited Rider, on Stylish Import LTE $50,864, by Lizzys Gotta Player. Crystal\nBlue Boon LTE $55,675, his 2019 mount, is a 16-year-old gelding by Pepto Jack\nout of Crystal Acre, by Christys Acre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/charm-checks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/charm-checks.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/charm-checks-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption>Tyler Grace Green on Charm Checks. Seth Petit photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the fifth year for Tyler Grace Green, an NYCHA\ncompetitor from Bishop, Ga., and the NCHA earner of $19,856, to show in the NCHA\nEastern Nationals. Last year, she placed in the finals of the $35,000 Non-Pro\nand the Senior Youth riding Smart Widow LTE $29,678, by Widows Freckles. Her\n2019 mount, 10-year-old Charm Checks, LTE $10,343, by Im Countin Checks, also\ncarried her as a finalist in the 2017 Eastern Nationals $15,000 Amateur and the\nSenior Youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase Lackey, Burlington, N.C., the NCHA earner of $26,729, placed\nin the Augusta Futurity 5\/6 Classic Amateur Limited and Amateur Intermediate\nearlier this year, showing Streyght Drive LTE $9,047, by Hydrive Cat. Last\nyear, Lackey was an NCHA Eastern Nationals $15,000 Amateur finalist riding\nStellas Lil Scoot LTE $107,286, by Smart Lil Scoot. Cowgirl Catsanova LTE\n$32,495, Lackey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2019 Eastern Nationals entry, is a 10-year-old daughter of\nCowboy Cattylac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott Skinkis LTE $1,751, Brillion, Wis., the NCHA earner of\n$1,751 and a first-time NCHA Eastern Nationals finalist, rode the 10-year-old One\nTime Pepto daughter Lil Pep In Time LTE $111,016, who had been a successful Non-Pro\nand Amateur limited-age event competitor with Wade Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nchacutting.com\/events\/eastern\">2019 NCHA Eastern National Championships<\/a> continue through Saturday, March 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Gavin Mesalam, riding Crystal Blue Boon, scored 223 points on Tuesday, March 12, to&#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-17502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cutting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17502","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=17502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17507,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17502\/revisions\/17507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}