The Cowboy States Reining Horse Association hosted our 3rd annual 3-day event with the Energy City Classic & Derby, which was held at the Cam-Plex in Gillette, Wyoming on June 4-6, 2010. It was proven that this event keeps getting better each year in that we had more than doubled this show with over 350 entries from Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho!  The CSRHA hosted a wonderful, warm Meet and Greet party on Friday night which was well attended by all.

We had a wide selection of classes ranging from the NRHA Open to the CSRHA’s 2-Handed Green as Grass classes, so there was something for every level of competitor! We also had a Youth 10 & Under Short Stirrup class which was created by the NRHA to give our youngest riders a chance to participate in reining!

The stands were full on Saturday night during the NRHA 4, 5, & 6 Year Old Open Derby, which was won by Jarvis Anderson on board Im So Hollywood, owned by Rick and Sue Coyne from Stevensville, Montana. There was a tie for second place with Cody Halford on Little Chex 499 owned by Rodney Westrum of Williston, North Dakota and Nathan Ivie riding Moonshine N Juice owned by Brenton Hatch of Spanish Fork, Utah. Third place went to Chex DriftinOnCenter owned and ridden by Dean R. Johnson of Vale, South Dakota. The fourth place tie was earned by Eduardo Ribeiro on Unos Shining Jewel owned by Shield H Quarter Horses of Riverton, Wyoming and John Hindman on Cool Wimp, owned by Greg B. Slaughter of Vale, South Dakota. More results and photographs will be posted on our website,  Facebook and in the next issue of “The Wrangler” so stay tuned!  

Peggy Peterson was the big winner from the raffle ticket fund raiser to win the custom made cowboy hat from Roger’s Western Hats. Mike Schmitz won the $175 Wal-Mart gift card; Andy Hawkins won the $100 gift card from Cabela’s; and Mike Manley won the $50 cash!  Our silent auction was a big success as well with four large tables overflowing with great items on which to bid.  

We certainly saw all our organizing, planning, blood, sweat, and tears pay off this year!  We hope our reining trainers, competitors, fans, volunteers, officers, and board members were happy with how things developed over the weekend.  Take a moment to let us know how we did - we can always use the encouragement!

The CSRHA Cody Fun Day was just that…………..FUN, FUN, FUN.  The weather even cooperated.  First of all CSRHA would like to thank Drs. Frank and Catherine Schmidt for donating their beautiful facility and to judge Nathan Ivie from Spanish Fork, UT for donating his time and talent to judge this fund raising Fun Day show.  And a great big thanks to all the participants and volunteers that made this a truly FUN weekend.  Also, thank you to Sharon with Cabin Fever Catering for providing the tasty pulled pork and brisket lunch plates.  The proceeds from this show will help enable CSRHA to produce our high quality NRHA reining show, “The CSRHA Energy City Classic and Derby”, in Gillette, WY, June 4-6, 2010.  For more information on this show, please visit our web site at www.cowboystatesreiners.com.  

The format for this Fun Day was slightly different this year.  It was a two day show, so on Saturday you could ride the specified pattern in your class and get critiqued and scored throughout your ride.  Almost like a personal one on one lesson with a trainer during your pattern.  After Saturday’s show, Nate stayed for questions & answers and  helped with riders and their horses.  He even rode a horse or two.   Then on Sunday riders would come back and ride for a score using what they had learned the day before.  All in all it was a great show, great format and everyone had a great time.  

 This year, a fancy new show headstall was donated for the “Newbie” (a class for a home trained rider that has no earnings in reining) accumulating the highest combined score from the Newbie classes over both days.  The recipient of that award was Jan Britton and her gelding Dusty from Absarokee, MT.  Both are home trained.  Good goin’ Jan.  We saw a lot of new faces in the show pen who joined us to see what reining is all about.  To break up the “seriousness?” of a reining show, we highlighted Sunday’s show with an Egg & Spoon competition.  Riders are given one spoon and one egg and may only use one hand on the spoon.  They are then asked to walk trot and lope as in a pleasure class and the last one with the egg intact is the winner.  Congrats to Gary Cooper of Cody in this winner take all class.  

 Thank you all for joining us and supporting CSRHA. 

ATTENTION HORSE SHOW PARTICIPANTS

Wyoming requires all out of state equine have a current health an negative Coggins

Green Valley Ranch has generously donated a 2009 sorrel filly by Master Snapper for the 2010 raffle held during the NRHA Futurity Finals, Dec. 4.  Tickets are $10 each which is not a big price to pay for this beautiful filly.  To see the flyer on this filly please go to our "Shows & Events" link and click on save event for 2010 NRHyA Raffle.

If you are interested in buying tickets please contact Joanie Broadbent at (307) 587-9626 or Kristy Wheeler at (307) 587-6328. 

NRHA horse competition licenses can now be processed at NRHA shows. There is important information you need to know to take advantage of this service.

Exhibitors/owners must have the appropriate paperwork. The horse’s registration papers must have the same owner(s) listed as on the competition license application and the owner(s) must be current NRHA members. For grade horses, 4 color photos (photos will not be returned) must accompany the competition license application.

The fees are:

• Cost for a competition license for renewing members is $30 plus a $30 rush fee for a total of $60.
• Cost for a competition license for new members/associate members is $30. There is no rush fee.

Competition license transfers can also be processed at NRHA shows. The original competition license must be used to send to NRHA. A temporary competition license will be given at the show. The new owner(s) must be a current NRHA member. If the original competition license is not available the individual(s) must contact the NRHA office for an affidavit before the show.

The fees are:

• Cost for current NRHA members/previous members is $25 plus a $30 rush fee for a total of $55.
• Cost for new members/associate members is $25. There is no rush fee.

As this is a new service please let the show secretary at the NRHA show know you have competition license applications or transfers to process as soon as possible.

NRHA membership and Non Pro applications can be processed at NRHA shows. A reminder to Non Pro exhibitors that if their NRHA membership has expired for more than one year they will need to complete another Non Pro application form along with a $25 payment.

If you have any questions you can contact Jessica Johnson at NRHA. She can be reached at 405-946-7400 or jjohnson@nrha.com.

 Gail Berghorn is president of Show Secretaries, Inc. She has managed horse shows for over fifteen years and is a certified AQHA & NRHA show secretary. Gail recently became a certified NRHA Show Steward. Contact her at 813-426-5707  or gail@showsecretaries.com for more information.