October 9, 2001

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San Joe Playboy tops Congress cutting

Huge Ohio Quarter Horse Association show draws 668 cutters

(Fort Worth, TX) — The Ohio Quarter Horse Association's All-American Quarter Horse Congress celebrates its 35^th year in 2001. The annual horse show and convention is underway in Columbus, Ohio, from October 1-21.

Since 1967, the Quarter Horse Congress has grown to be the world's largest single-breed horse show, and the third largest convention in the United States. To say that the horse world meets in Ohio every fall would be an understatement.

More than 15,300 horse show entries were taken this year for the 200 plus classes offered during the 22-day show.

The 16 NCHA-approved weekend and limited age classes took place October 1-7 at the Ohio Expo Center with 668 entries and $194, 922 paid out.

The limited age portion of the show drew 228 entries with $46,000 added. William Holley's three-year-old stallion, San Joe Playboy, marked 222 points under the direction of Summerton, South Carolina, trainer Dawn Graham to win the Open Futurity finals. Non-Pro Futurity rider Mike Egger, Danville, Indiana, progressed safely through two qualifying rounds before stepping up with 217 points in the finals riding his stallion, Quixote Jose.

Mares procured the top spots at the Maturity level. Open Maturity winner Scootin Playboy, a palomino mare owned by Lawrence Ray Johnson, Grant Township, Michigan, and ridden by Randy Chartier came to the front with a 222-point effort in the third go. Non-Pro rider Billy Sapp, Columbia, Missouri, won the first round as well as the finals of the Maturity aboard Stylin Little Sue, the Paint mare he and Larry Bylo have shown extensively in the Missouri area.

Peppys Royal Satin was Kevin Miller's ride to a win at the All American Quarter Horse Congress cutting in the Open Classic. Mike Teel, who lives in Columbia, Missouri, owns the six-year-old mare. Kelle Chartier, wife of trainer Randy Chartier, made the trip from Michigan to Ohio a family affair by winning the Non-Pro Classic on her five-year-old mare, Goldies April Star.

The high score of the Congress cutting came from Williamston, Michigan, cutter Ronald Barrow. Barrow marked a 225 in the any age Non-Pro class riding Smart Tempra Tantrum. The any age Open winner was Randy Chartier on Tom Harper's horse, Hickorys Hot Shot.

Debbie Hubbert, Gainesville, Texas, took first place in two classes. She rode Smart Little Smokee to win the any age $50,000 Amateur and the $20,000 Non-Pro.

Other winners were Gary Frazer and Bob Bea Badger in the $10,000 Amateur, Joe Schlegel and Sugars Too High in the $10,000 Novice, Buddy Pate and Miss Genuine Ote in the $3,000 Novice, Doc Holladay and Play Red in the $10,000 Novice Non-Pro, Rob Foster and Doc Pers Dodger in the $2,000 Limit Rider, and Kelle Earnheart and Zipa Freckles in the Youth.

The National Cutting Horse Association approves over 1,400 shows every year for their 14,000 members with more than $25 million in total purse money. The 2001 NCHA World Championship Futurity, scheduled to take place November 27 - December 16, will pay an estimated $3 million and guarantees a $200,000 check to the winner of the Open Futurity. Call the NCHA for details or visit our website at www.nchacutting.com.