{"id":9347,"date":"2012-07-29T11:46:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T16:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=9347"},"modified":"2012-07-29T11:46:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-29T16:46:43","slug":"hottish-hottest-with-228-in-ncha-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=9347","title":{"rendered":"Hottish hottest with 228 in NCHA Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo by Alan Gold<\/figcaption><\/figure>Nothing is perfect in life or the cutting horse world, but Hottish and Lloyd Cox came within a whisker of every rider\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dream of the perfect run on Saturday night, at the NCHA Derby in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

Their 228-point score was half-a-point under the Derby record set by Third Cutting and Boyd Rice in 2009, and it tied the score of Triple Crown champion Chiquita Pistol in 2003.<\/p>\n

Cox already holds the NCHA Futurity record with his 230-point win aboard One Time Royalty in the 2010 NCHA Futurity.<\/p>\n

But scores in the stratosphere of cutting are relative.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153If he starts doing any more, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to have to get somebody else to ride him,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Cox, with smile and a nod to Hottish\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s smooth and polished control of whatever is dealt him.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Some horses stop that hard, but you aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sure if they will be able to handle it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Cox. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But the harder he stops, the better he gets.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Owner Dustin Adams, Dublin, Tex., won the NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro with Hottish, after Cox and the colt struck out in the second go-round and Adams bought a non-pro slot.<\/p>\n

Last night, Adams was a finalist in the NCHA Derby Non-Pro with two mounts: Smooth Sneakin (8\/10) and Cats Ridin Dirty (16th).<\/p>\n

Hottish, by Spots Hot, is the fifth foal out of Stylish Play Lena to earn $100,000 or more. Stylish Play Lena earned $264,474 under Cox; Hottish has unofficial NCHA earnings of $185,000.<\/p>\n

Spoonfulla Cat, by Hes A Peptospoonful, scored 223 points with Jonathan Rogers for the NCHA Derby reserve title. Rogers also placed (12\/13) on Little Kitty Sista. Both horses are owned by Robert and Carrie Tiemann, Pflugerville, Tex.
\nBet on Bushaw<\/p>\n

Chad Bushaw and iron horse Bet On A Cat won the NCHA Derby Non-Pro with 222 points, in the lost hole of the first set of the finals.<\/p>\n

One set later, Bet On A Cat scored 219 points under Tom Dvorak to place fifth in one of the toughest Derby Open finals in recent memory. It was the gelding\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eleventh performance during the 20-day show and his fifth finals run.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He keeps getting stronger and smarter, but he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been the same good horse every trip, whether Tommy shows him or I show him,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Bushaw, who won the Breeders Invitational Non-Pro with the gelding in June.<\/p>\n

Dvorak and Bet On A Cat were champions of the NCHA Super Stakes John Deere Division in May.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a long time since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a horse like this,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Bushaw, who won the 2001 NCHA Non-Pro Futurity on Jerryoes and the 2008 NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro on Cats Ruby.<\/p>\n

Steve Anderson, Victoria, Tex., was reserve champion of the NCHA Derby Non-Pro with 218.5 points aboard Smooth N Cattacular, by Smooth As a Cat.<\/p>\n

For complete results, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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