{"id":18332,"date":"2020-11-29T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=18332"},"modified":"2020-11-29T22:54:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T03:54:15","slug":"the-last-shall-be-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=18332","title":{"rendered":"The last shall be first"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mamas-stylish-sophie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mamas-stylish-sophie.jpg 535w, https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mamas-stylish-sophie-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><figcaption>Mamas Stylish Sophie, ridden by Chris Hanson. Seth Petit photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamas Stylish Sophie came into the NCHA Open World Finals &#8220;on the bubble,&#8221; so to speak, as the 15th-ranked horse in the World Standings. But her 228-point win with Chris Hanson in the first round of the NCHA World Finals in Fort Worth&#8217;s Watt Arena on November 28, earned $6,035 and shot her into the Top 10 for the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hott Nu Cowboy, ridden by Cullen Chartier, placed second in the round with a 226, while  Little Jackson Cat&#8217;s 225 under Mike Wood gave him third in the round, but nudged him into a $38 lead in the World Standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamas Stylish Sophie LTE $130,733 is owned by German Lugo of Gainesville, Tex. and was bred by Mama&#8217;s Ranch. She&#8217;s a 6-year-old by Dual Rey out of Stylish Amanda LTE $109,648. Stylish Amanda has produced earners of $633,451 including LHR Royal Flush LTE $161,415, One Flashy Style LTE $81,381 and Super Stakes reserve champ Creepy Crawler LTE $74,971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanson and Mamas Stylish Sophie won last year&#8217;s Waco Texas Classic and have been finalists in seven other major Open aged events. Chris Hanson is the NCHA Hall of Fame earner of $1,174,830. He&#8217;s shown four Top 15 horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hott Nu Cowboy is owned by Circle R Cutting Horses and was bred by Wrigley Ranches by Hottish out of Special Nu Kitty LTE $301,268. Special Nu Kitty has produced earners of $525,566, including Special Nu Boon LTE $188,246, who placed third in the NCHA Futurity under Michael Cooper. Special Nu Kitty is a half-sister to 2015 NCHA World Champion Special Nu Baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Little Jackson Cat LTE $296,165, now holding a narrow lead in the World Standings, is owned by Dawn Chapman and was bred by Kenneth Jackson by High Brow Cat out of Rey To Play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 10-year-old mare was an NCHA Derby and Super Stakes finalist and went on to be $25,000 Novice World Champion in 2018 with Mike Wood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mamas Stylish Sophie came into the NCHA Open World Finals &#8220;on the bubble,&#8221; so 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-18332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cutting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18332","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=18332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18337,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18332\/revisions\/18337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}