{"id":4828,"date":"2010-07-19T00:08:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T05:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=4828"},"modified":"2010-07-23T08:05:59","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T13:05:59","slug":"230-point-hay-day-for-third-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=4828","title":{"rendered":"230-point hay day for Third Cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boyd Rice on Third Cutting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Third Cutting and Boyd Rice cut a wide swath in the NCHA record books yesterday with 230 points in the Summer Spectacular Open Classic Challenge.<\/p>\n

It was the fourth consecutive win for the pair in Will Rogers Coliseum (beginning with the 2009 Super Stakes) and the second time they have scored 230 points – NCHA records on both counts.<\/p>\n

Special Nu Kitty and R.L. Chartier marked 225 points, a winning score in past years, for the reserve championship.<\/p>\n

“He was the best he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ever been, dead-on the whole time,” said Rice, who is still recuperating from a broken leg, as a result of a riding accident three days after the Super Stakes.<\/p>\n

“That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a special fit,” said owner Carl Smith of Third Cutting and Rice. “If it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Boyd, we just wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have done it.”<\/p>\n

Third Cutting placed eighth in the 2008 NCHA Futurity, then never looked back.<\/p>\n

“I can hold my breath for a solid two and a half minutes now,” said Smith, who originally purchased Third Cutting for a non-pro mount.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Smith\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wife, Shawnea, and their 18-year-old twin daughters went sky diving.<\/p>\n

“There are two things I will never do,” said Smith. “One is sky dive and the other is ride Third Cutting. But Boyd and Third Cutting, they both like to go fast, so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s perfect.<\/p>\n

“We love to watch them. The louder they holler, the better (Third Cutting) seems to like it.”<\/p>\n

Cutting fans will be happy to know that the Smith\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plan are for their 5-year-old Boonlight Dancer son to continue his show career in Fort Worth with Rice next year, even though he is already in demand for the 2011 breeding season.<\/p>\n

“We bred 85 mares to him this year,” said Smith. “And Special Nu Kitty and Rey Down Sally are (among the mares that are) going to breed to him next year.”<\/p>\n

Special Nu Kitty, owned by Wrigley Ranches, has the distinction of marking the highest score (227 points) in the history of the NCHA Futurity first and second go-rounds.<\/p>\n

Rey Down Sally, ridden for Iron Rose Ranch by Gary Gonsalves, placed third in yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s finals with 221 points.
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