{"id":6150,"date":"2010-11-24T10:31:56","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T15:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2010-11-25T09:24:42","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T14:24:42","slug":"grit-and-grace-lives-up-to-her-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=6150","title":{"rendered":"Grit And Grace lives up to her name"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Chris<\/a>
Chris Bates with Grit And Grace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cattle seemed testier on Tuesday than the first two days of the Open go-round, especially in the fifth bunch, where six horses lost cows \u00e2\u20ac\u201d four in succession at the 2010 Borden Milk NCHA Futurity in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was scary watching the first few,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Chris Bates, who drew seventh in the sixth bunch aboard Grit And Grace for Iron Rose Ranch.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We were a little indecisive going in there, but we cut what we wanted, until the last cow, and she shaped up good and we went with her.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Grit And Grace earned 219 points, the day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s high score and the second-highest score from three days of competition. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cowy and stops good and is easy to get along with. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m lucky I got the chance to climb on a good horse and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m lucky to work for Gary.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Bates went to work for trainer Gary Gonsalves in Millsap, TX, six months ago. It was Gonsalves who trained 2009 NCHA Futurity champion Rockin W for Walton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rocking W Ranch; Tony Piggott showed the colt in the Futurity. Sired by One Time Pepto, Grit And Grace is out of Justa Smart Peanut, the 2002 NCHA Futurity Open reserve champion under Faron Hightower.<\/p>\n

Sweet Lil Cat 007<\/h3>\n

Sweet Lil Cat 007, who scored 218 points under Roy Carter, has a license to feel at home in Will Rogers Coliseum. Her full brother, High Brow CD, won the 2007 NCHA Futurity with Austin Shepard, for Arthur Noble.<\/p>\n

Bob Wendel, High Brow CD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s breeder, also bred Sweet Lil Cat 007. The mare is now owned by John and Nancy McCoy, Houston, TX, who purchased her as a yearling and asked Austin Shepard to train her.<\/p>\n

Carter was catch-riding for Shepard. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was really excited,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Carter. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is the first time I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve caught for Austin. His horses are awesome.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Carter traveled to Shepard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s home in Alabama to get accustomed to Sweet Lil Cat 007, and he met Shepard in Sulpher Springs, TX just before this show, to ride the mare again.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I feel fortunate to be able to show a mare like this,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Carter, who has ties to Sweet Lil Cat 007\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s female family. He showed the stallion Smart Lil Scoot, a full brother to her maternal granddam, Sweet Lil Lena, who has produced eight NCHA money earners with average earnings of $83,123, including Pepto Taz, Sweet Little CD, and Sweet Lil Boo.<\/p>\n

Suepercat<\/h3>\n

Suepercat and Russ Miller set a target with 217 points in the first of yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seven bunches. The score held top rank until Grit And Grace\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s performance
\nmidway through the sixth bunch.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He works hard and the cow is important to him,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Miller of Suepercat, a son of High Brow Cat. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The cattle had me a little bit worried because earlier they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look at the horses. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But my help had their eye on some that worked for us.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Miller trained Suepercat for Frank and Belinda Vandersloot, who bred him out of NCHA Horse of the Year and 3-time NCHA world champion Meradas Little Sue, an all-time leading producer of the earners of $998,000.<\/p>\n

The Vandersloots have consigned a half-sister to Suepercat, by High Brow CD, to the Western Bloodstock Invitational Yearling Sale, to be held in John Justin Arena, on Tuesday, December 7.<\/p>\n

Lil Miss Priss<\/h3>\n

Lil Miss Priss, bred, trained and shown by her owner, Tom Shelly, Los Olivos, CA, was one of seven horses to score 216.5 points on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just like her name \u00e2\u20ac\u201d she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sweetheart,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Shelly, who owned the mare\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sire, Peptozone, as well as her dam, Smart Hickorys Lena.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Her mama was a nice mare,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But she broke her pelvis and I never got to show her.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Shelly showed Peptozone, by Peptoboonsmal, as a semi-finalist in the 2002 NCHA Futurity, but didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t continue on with him in major shows, and eventually
\nsold the horse, but retained some breedings.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never had a bad day yet and she tries every time,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Shelly of Lil Miss Priss. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s real cow smart; she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do anything extra, but she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always hanging in there.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Shelly shows mainly on the West Coast, but he owned and trained Fannys Oskar, who tied as reserve champion of the 1982 NCHA Futurity with Chubby Turner.<\/p>\n

The 1982 NCHA Futurity is most often remembered as the event that launched Smart Little Lena\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brilliant career. It was also the only Futurity with three reserve champions.<\/p>\n

They were: Fannys Oskar with Turner; Sugs Gay Lady with Pat Patterson for Ware Ranch; and Taris Catalyst with Dell Bell for Spook Stream, all of whom tied with 223 points. Smart Little Lena won the event with 225 points \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in the first of his Triple Crown victories. Docs Sugs Lady placed as reserve champion to Smart Little Lena in the 1983 Super Stakes; and Smart Little Lena tied Peppymint Twist, ridden by Buster Welch, for the championship of the NCHA Derby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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