{"id":18445,"date":"2020-12-05T20:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T01:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=18445"},"modified":"2020-12-22T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T17:09:28","slug":"champions-emerge-at-world-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=18445","title":{"rendered":"Champions emerge at World Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Crispy Kreme claimed his second victory at the 7 Ranch NCHA World Finals on Saturday, December 5 when he and Hall of Fame Rider Mike Wood earned $4,593 to win the $5,000 Novice title. Earlier in the show, owner Dawn Chapman of Chandler, Ariz. had won the $5,000 Novice Non-Pro on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all, winners were established Saturday in the $50,000 Amateur, $25,000 Novice Non-Pro and $15,000 Amateur, as well as the $5,000 Novice, after two rounds and a non-working finals, ahead of the Featured Open and Non-Pro finale on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crispy Kreme, ridden by Mike Wood. Seth Petit photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Crispy Kreme<\/strong> swept the $5,000 Novice division, winning all three rounds with scores of 227-228-455, as well as taking the World Championship with earnings for the year of $40,329. It’s the fifth Novice World Championship for Wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crispy Kreme<\/strong> is a 7-year-old gelding bred by D & D Quarter Horses by Metallic Cat out of My Other Toys A Car. He brought earnings of more than $155,000, mostly in Non-Pro and Amateur competition to the World Finals. He’ll leave the World Finals with earnings of more than $164,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smokin Smooth Dually<\/strong>, a 7-year-old son of Smooth As A Cat, shown by Tosten Peterson for Scott Wardley of Okotoks, Alberta, placed second in the show after finishing second in each round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Reserve World Championship went to Smashing Reys<\/strong>, a 6-year-old Dual Rey mare shown by Casey Crouch for James and Heather Todd of Corsicana, Tex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jim Vangilder on Metallic Legacy. Seth Petit photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jim Vangilder <\/strong>of Weatherford, Tex. swept the World Finals with scores of 229-228-457 to earn $4,593 for the show championship in the $50,000 Amateur on Metallic Legacy. He also moved into the Reserve World Championship for the division’s year-end tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metallic Legacy is a 5-year-old mare by Metallic Cat out of Docs Stylish Legacy. She was reserve champion of the Pacific Coast Futurity with Gary Gonsalves in 2018, and has earned more than $108,000 with her World Finals check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vangilder, 74, was inducted into the NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame in 2006, and built an enviable breeding program before taking an extended break from competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alisha Southworth<\/strong> of Weatherford, Tex. and Metallic Maria Rey, by Metallic Cat, placed second in the World Finals with earnings of $3,216.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The World Championship went to Justin Rockey<\/strong> of Lancaster, Calif., with a total of $41,341 for the year. He rode to the herd in 37 shows prior to the World Finals, riding Dureyngo Kid and Metallic Tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Etch N Sketch, ridden by Jessica Pounds. Seth Petit photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Etch N Sketch <\/strong>and Jessica Pounds of Lipan, Tex. scored 229 in the second round of the $25,000 Novice Non-Pro to earn $3,736 and the show championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pounds put together scores of 220.5-229-449.5 for the win on the 6-year-old Kit Kat Sugar gelding. Etch N Sketch was bred by Double Dove Ranch out of Reychell Rey, a daughter of $2 million producer Stylish Play Lena. She rode Etch N Sketch to the finals of the NCHA Futurity and Derby and the Breeders Invitational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betchalou<\/strong>, ridden by Julie Clarke of Bend, Ore., placed second in the World Finals with earnings of $3,124. The 7-year-old gelding is by Bet Hesa Cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma Rey<\/strong>, ridden by Amanda Smith of Wembley, Alberta, earned $981 in the World Finals to win the World Championship by just $61.01 over Highbrow Nadine<\/strong>, shown by Terry Moore of Valdosta, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma Rey went to the herd 42 times before the World Finals, earning a total of $25,306. The 7-year-old mare bred by Cows & Horses, Etc. is by Dual Rey out of Frecklesareinstyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pegeen Anderson on Ticking Time Bomb. Seth Petit photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pegeen Anderson<\/strong> of Buckley, Wash. and Ticking Time Bomb won the second round and pencil finals to win the World Finals in the $15,000 Amateur with $2,388 in show earnings. They strung together scores of 216-220.5-436.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ticking Time Bomb is a 15-year-old gelding bred by Nick and Gayle Karanges by Peptotime out of Stylish Amanda, making him a half-brother to Open World Finals contestant Mamas Stylish Sophie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First-round winner Tia Harari<\/strong> of Scottsdale, Ariz. finished second in the World Finals and won the World Championship with show earnings of $1,692 on her 13-year-old WR This Cats Smart gelding Smart Lookin Cat. She piled up $9,584 for the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Moore,<\/strong> also of Scottsdale, took the Reserve World Championship with $9,335 on Rio Tazzy, and Tonz More Fun. Rio Tazzy, his World Finals mount, is a 15-year-old Pepto Taz gelding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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