{"id":9952,"date":"2013-02-25T21:59:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T02:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=9952"},"modified":"2013-03-07T23:12:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T04:12:43","slug":"arc-ruby-playgunia-wins-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=9952","title":{"rendered":"ARC Ruby Playgunia wins in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Arc<\/a>
Matt Budge on Arc Ruby Playgunia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Matt Budge marked 229 on Arc Ruby Playgunia to win the Mercuria NCHA World Series of Cutting Open<\/a> finals at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo this evening.<\/p>\n

Mississippi Cat, currently first in the NCHA World Standings, finished second with a 222.5.<\/p>\n

Bred by Arcese Quarter Horses USA, and owned by Terry Green’s Jackpot Ranch, Arc Ruby Playgunia is a 7-year-old gray mare is by Playgun out of Ruby Bagonia, a daughter of $1.5 million-producer Playboys Ruby.<\/p>\n

Budge won last year’s Abilene Spectacular 5\/6-year-old on her, and also made the finals of the Super Stakes Classic and the NCHA Classic Challenge.<\/p>\n

In Houston, she posted a 221, the sixth highest score in the go-round behind Ronnie Rice’s 225 on Center Ranch’s Jewel Bars Cat.<\/p>\n

\"Brandon<\/a>
Brandon Dufurrena on Nievas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Brandon Dufurrena of Gainesville, Texas marked 226 on Nievas for a four-point win over Crystal Lehrmann and So Sweet Santana in the Non-Pro division<\/a>. Dufurrena qualified a day earlier in the middle of the pack with a 217.5, behind Sammy Broussard’s pace-setting 222 on Mr Dagwood.<\/p>\n

Nievas, a 6-year-old mare by Cats Merada out of Smart Little Boogie, has earned more than $224,000. Dufurrena, the 2012 NCHA Non-Pro World Champion, has won with her at El Rancho Futurity, the Southern Futurity, Idaho Futurity, as well as the Limited Non-Pro at the NCHA Derby.<\/p>\n

“She’s bright on a cow like her mom, but this mare has a little better stop, but her mama and her both have the same way of trapping a cow,” Dufurrena said. “They both are really smart on a cow and they both have the way of drawing a cow to them.”<\/p>\n

Between his second in the Non-Pro and his third with Russ Carroll in the Open, Crystal Lehrmann’s So Sweet Santana was the evening’s top money earner, taking home over $12,000. The 9-year-old by Short Of Santana has career earnings of mre than $126,000.<\/p>\n

See the results<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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