{"id":18441,"date":"2020-12-04T23:30:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T04:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=18441"},"modified":"2020-12-22T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T17:10:08","slug":"hydie-mcalister-tops-day-3-of-amateur-go-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=18441","title":{"rendered":"Hydie McAlister tops Day 3 of Amateur go-round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hydie McAlister on Dual Smart Scoot. Ted Petit Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Amateur Unlimited contender Hydie McAlister, Hempstead, Tex., showed her Dual Smart Rey gelding, Dual Smart Scoot, to the 219-point high score for Friday, December 4, the third day of the 2020 NCHA Futurity Amateur\/Amateur Unlimited go-round. Dual Smart Scoot had placed ninth in the Open Limited Finals with Garrett Hampton, on November 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bobby Kay Davis<\/a>, the high-scoring rider with 219.5 points after three days of competition as an Unlimited entry riding on Just U N Me Baby, showed her Metallic Cat gelding again on Friday, to score 218.5 points as an Amateur entry. While Julie McBurney<\/a>, a leading contender with 219 points as an Unlimited entry on Wednesday with Fifty Shadz Of Rey, scored 218 points on Friday riding Jensie, by Bet Hesa Cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlimited Amateur entry John Brengard, Paragould, Ark., posted Friday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s third-highest score, 217.5 points, aboard Huntin Smooth Cash, by Reyzin The Cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hydie McAlister, NCHA earner of $163,494 and a successful Amateur and Non-Pro limited age event finalist, placed fourth in the 2014 NCHA Derby Unlimited Amateur and fifth in the Non-Pro Limited on Amens Smooth Freckle LTE $39,703, by Smooth As A Cat. She also showed Kual CD LTE $101,954, by High Brow CD, to place third in the 2014 NCHA Derby Amateur and ninth in the Amateur Unlimited. McAlister was an NCHA Futurity Unlimited Amateur Semi-Finalist in 2018, as well, aboard Short Kit Kat, by Kit Kat Sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dual Smart Scoot, bred by Michelle Bishop, is out of Smart Lil Trav, an unshown full sister to Travs Scooter LTE $221,566, winner of the 2006 NCHA Non-Pro Futurity and reserve champion of the 2007 NCHA Non-Pro Derby under Matt Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Brengard, the NCHA earner of $238,850, was a 2014 NCHA Futurity Amateur finalist aboard Shez Dualin CD LTE $44,331, by High Brow CD. He also won the 2014 NCHA Classic Challenge Amateur Unlimited, as well as two other major Amateur championships on Smooth As A Huntress LTE $90,277. Smooth As A Huntress is the dam of Huntin Smooth Cash, as well as Reyzin Benjamins, a 2020 NCHA Futurity Open Limited finalist<\/a> (10 tie) with Tyler Merrill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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