{"id":9688,"date":"2012-12-08T06:29:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T11:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=9688"},"modified":"2012-12-08T06:35:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T11:35:03","slug":"paula-wood-leads-non-pros-with-222-in-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=9688","title":{"rendered":"Paula Wood leads Non-Pros with 222 in Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lane, Kobie and Paula Wood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier in the week, Janet Westfall, Los Olivos, Calif., won the first go-round of Non-Pro competition with 221 points on homegrown Reckless Child, by CD Royal. Yesterday, Paula Wood, Stephenville, Tex., launched the second go-round with 222 points on Donas Suen Boon.<\/p>\n

“I don’t get to ride her very much,” said Paula, after her lockdown performance. “That’s (Kobie’s) horse.”<\/p>\n

Kobie, Paula’s husband, trained Donas Suen Boon and showed her last week to qualify for the Open Semi-finals on Friday, December 14.<\/p>\n

“To raise them and show them is pretty special,” said Paula, who showed Donas Suen Boon’s dam, Donas Cool Cat, to win the 2006 NCHA Non-Pro World Finals. Trained and also shown by Kobie, Donas Cool Cat, by High Brow Cat, earned over $315,100.<\/p>\n

Boon Too Suen, Donas Suen Boon’s sire, was another Kobie Wood-trained horse, who earned nearly $250,000.<\/p>\n

Paula also earned a cumulative score of 428 points yesterday on One Time Dona, a One Time Pepto daughter out of Donas Cool Cat.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Lane Wood, 16, Kobie and Paula’s daughter, won the NCHA<\/p>\n

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Sandra McBride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paula Wood and Sandra McBride are currently tied with the high cumulative of 434 points from the Non-Pro go-rounds.<\/p>\n

McBride, Azle, Tex., usually raises and trains her own Futurity mounts. But just as she was beginning to have doubts about the prospects for her 2012 three-year-old, Billy Martin, Millsap, Tex., brought Cactis Jack to her attention.<\/p>\n

“Billy said he had a gelding he\u00c2\u00a0 raised that he thought would really fit me,” said McBride. “I like a horse that has big sweepy moves and I bought him from Billy in March.<\/p>\n

“He has really come together and feels solid, and he has a cool way of moving. He wasn’t difficult to train, but he did take a lot of work.<\/p>\n

“Matt Budge has helped me a lot with this horse. He advises me on my training techniques and has helped me to become a better trainer of my own horses.”<\/p>\n

Jill Peacock, Wichita Falls, Tex., scored 217 points on Friday to secure a 433.5-point cumulative going to the Non-Pro Semi-Finals on Wednesday, December 12.<\/p>\n

“I haven’t owned him two months,” said Peacock of her mount, One Gone Cat, by WR This Cats Smart, bred by Kathleen Moore, Madill, Okla.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been real nervous because I know he is such a nice horse. It’s good to have one like that, but it also adds pressure. But he’s so easy to ride and tries to help me every time.<\/p>\n

“Rowdy Larson trained him and he’s done such a good job.”<\/p>\n

Larson qualified One Gone Cat for the Open Semi-Finals, as well.<\/p>\n

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Jill Peacock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peacock showed the stallion Woody Be Tuff, now owned by Center Ranch, as a Non-Pro semi-finalist in the 2004 NCHA Futurity.<\/p>\n

“I’ve brought a lot of good horses here,” said Peacock. “But I was a little green, myself. When I had Woody Be Tuff I was scared to death. He was the first young horse that I had ever shown here. I would give anything to have him now.<\/p>\n

“But we’ve had a blast with One Gone Cat and if we don’t advance any further, we’ve had a good show.”<\/p>\n

Larson also showed One Gone Cat to tie for tenth place in the John Deere Open Limited Division last weekend, where he earned $7,461.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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