{"id":498,"date":"2008-04-09T18:15:22","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T23:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=498"},"modified":"2008-04-09T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T00:24:03","slug":"queen-trumps-ncha-super-stakes-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"Queen trumps NCHA Super Stakes Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skip Queen, winner of the 2006 NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro and the 2007 Super Stakes Classic Non-Pro on Sister CD, by CD Olena, made his debut as an apprentice trainer with a gritty 223-point win in last night\u2019s Super Stakes Open Classic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t been so nervous in I don\u2019t know how long,\u201d said Queen, who collected $62,643 for the win. Fifteen years ago, he won his first check – $375 – on a horse named Son Ofa Sister.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was feeling a lot of pressure ever since I made the Finals,\u201d said Queen, referring to his previous Super Stakes wins on Sister CD. \u201cIt was like coming into the ninth inning with a no-hitter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Queen worked third from last in the last set, with Halreycious and Lloyd Cox, eventual reserve champions, on the board as leaders with 219.5. His first two cows pressed his horse hard. Sister CD held his ground, but Queen blew a stirrup on the second cow.<\/p>\n

\u201cHalf the ride I was without a stirrup,\u201d he said. \u201cI was really struggling to keep up with him and stay in position. Then we were able to chip a third cow and end on a high note.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows when it\u2019s on the line,\u201d Queen added. \u201cEvery time the money is on the line, he comes loaded.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bred by Bar H Ranche out of Little Baby Sister, by Dual Pep, Sister CD was trained by Paul Hansma, who won the 2006 NCHA Super Stakes Gelding championship with him, as well as the Abilene Spectacular and Breeders Invitational that same year, and was reserve on him in the 2006 NCHA Derby.<\/p>\n

Last night\u2019s win was Sister CD\u2019s eleventh major victory, including four unprecedented wins in the NCHA Super Stakes, and boosted his earnings to more than $540,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t have written it any better than to win the Non-Pros and then the Open like this,\u201d said Queen. \u201cThat earns him a permanent place on our farm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Queen, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Elliott and Katherine, live in Lipan, TX, where Skip maintains a training facility for their horses, as well as for those of outside clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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