{"id":3573,"date":"2010-03-11T22:47:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T03:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2010-03-27T09:38:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T14:38:32","slug":"jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=3573","title":{"rendered":"Dees Mr Charles wins $10,000 Novice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sam Shepard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dees Mr Charles and Sam Shepard scored 221.5 points yesterday to win the $10,000 Novice Eastern National championship for Edley and Sue Hixson of Deridder, LA. Snazzy Easter Bunny, ridden for Mike and Libby Bowman by Austin Shepard, was reserve champion with 220 points.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to return the favor because he\u2019s done it to me on several occasions,\u201d said a smiling Sam Shepard about the win over his son, Austin.<\/p>\n

Snazzy Easter Bunny had won the go-round handily with 224 points. But Sam Shepard knew that Dees Mr Charles, open gelding champion of the NCHA Super Stakes, was up to the task in the finals, if he cut the right cattle.<\/p>\n

By the time Dees Mr Charles rode to the herd, as the 13th draw in the last set of cattle, Shepard wondered if there were any \u201cmoney\u201d cows left to cut.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cattle were getting really scarce at that point,\u201d said Shepard. \u201cOur favorite had just been cut and of the other two, my help liked one, but didn\u2019t like the one that I liked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cut the one that everybody liked first and it was a pretty good cow. Then the one that I liked was standing there chewing her cud, so I thought I\u2019d give her a try.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second cow worked so well that Shepard held her until the buzzer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that point, I didn\u2019t know anything else to cut,\u201d he said. \u201cWith 20 seconds left, Austin started yelling, \u2018Stay hooked. Don\u2019t quit.\u2019 And it helped me make up my mind to stay with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five-year-old Dees Mr Charles, by Its Just About Me, was reserve champion of the 2009 Southern Futurity under Shepard and has earned over $70,000.<\/p>\n

Snazzy Easter Bunny scored 220 points for reserve to push her lifetime earnings to over $140,000.<\/p>\n

The 6-year-old daughter of Smart Sugar Badger was bred by the Bowmans, who live in Simpsonville, KY.<\/p>\n

Libby Bowman showed her to win the 2008 Southern Futurity Amatuer division, and Austin Shepard rode her as reserve champion of the 2009 Tunica Classic and placed third with her in the 2010 Augusta Classic.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe showed a lot of talent early on and she\u2019s got a lot of grit to her,\u201d said Mike Bowman, who showed the mare\u2019s mother, Oh Cay Shez Snazzy, as fifth place finalist in the 2002 NCHA Eastern National Championships, where Zeke Entz rode her as reserve champion of the $10,000 Novice. Oh Cay Shez Snazzy earned $95,000 during her career.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe consider ourselves pretty dang lucky for small-time breeders,\u201d said Bowman, who noted that a recipient mare presented them with Snazzy\u00a0Easter Bunny\u2019s first foal, a High Brow CD colt, just seven days ago.<\/p>\n

Banner year<\/h3>\n

The NCHA Eastern National Championships, presented by 6666 Ranch of Guthrie, TX, has returned to Jackson, MS, marking the largest turnout in the\u00a0event\u2019s 25-year history.<\/p>\n

A record 1,128 contestants will compete for more that $450,000. Entries are up 24% from last year\u2019s total of 909.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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