{"id":8175,"date":"2011-09-23T08:38:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T13:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=8175"},"modified":"2011-09-23T09:12:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T14:12:28","slug":"ncha-futurity-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=8175","title":{"rendered":"NCHA Futurity Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sheila and Buster Welch and Lindy Burch. Photo by Alan Gold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Buster and Sheila Welch were in Fort Worth on Thursday to reminisce about the NCHA Futurity<\/a>, which celebrates its 50th edition from November 21 through December 10, at Will Rogers Memorial Center.<\/p>\n

Buster won the first Futurity in 1962 and four more within the next 15 years, a record that has never been equaled – Money’s Glo in 1962; Chickasha Glo in 1963; Rey Jay’s Pete in 1966; Dry Doc in 1971; and Peppy San Badger in 1977.<\/p>\n

Here are a few highlights from Lindy Burch’s interview with Buster and Sheila for an upcoming NCHA video – Lindy was the first woman to win the NCHA Futurity:<\/p>\n

Buster: I won $3,800 in the first Futurity. Back then that would by you a four-door loaded Mercury.<\/em><\/p>\n

Buster: I think King was one of the earliest (sires) that bred cow into Quarter Horses.<\/em><\/p>\n

Buster: Every one of the horses that I won the Futurity on would have been competitive today.<\/em><\/p>\n

Buster: There is very little difference in top horses, but that little difference is what counts.
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\nBuster: You don’t win the Futurity without you’re horseback.<\/em><\/p>\n

Buster: Like everything with livestock and horses, it’s all about the “feel.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Sheila: I’d just get on them and show. I didn’t know their weaknesses and they didn’t know mine. If Buster trained one for himself, when I got on them, I felt like I could do anything. <\/em>(Sheila won all three rounds of the NCHA World Finals on Peppy San Badger)<\/p>\n

Sheila: I never saw (Buster) hurt a horse.<\/em><\/p>\n

Buster: When I’m riding a good horse today working cattle, I feel like I’m on the A Team.
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\nFor an in depth history of the NCHA Futurity and the individual champions, see my latest book, available for pre-order<\/a> before the Futurity – “Cutting Horse Gold: 50 Years of the NCHA Futurity.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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