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Capps outscores competitors to win Super Stakes Amateur Finals

Fort Worth, TX (April 8, 2001)-- David Capps and his gelding Thing Ama Bob scored a 222 and outscored Kenny McLean and Hangem High Playgirl by four and a half points to win the Champion title of the 2001 NCHA Super Stakes Amateur division at Will Roger Memorial Coliseum. Capps owns radio stations in Eastern Oregon and shares his time between a ranch in Oregon and one in Milsap, Texas. The Capps, Thing Ama Bob connection increased their lifetime earning by more than $4,000 when they took their top place in the Amateur Finals competition. This win increased Thing Ama Bob's lifetime earnings to more than $17,000, it also pushed Capps' winnings to over $57,000 in lifetime earning as a NCHA competitor.

The team of Kenny McLean and Hangem High Playgirl of Point Clear, Alabama took the Reserve Champion place by a narrow half-point margin in front of Billy Atwood and Young Boogie Man. McLean and his wife Jana have owned Hangem High Playgirl throughout her career, earning more than $39,000 in her lifetime. This Reserve placing pushes McLean's lifetime earning to over $60,000. The Kosciusko, Mississippi combination of Billy Atwood and Young Boogie Man, finished third with a 117, two points in front of Salena Hickory and Clay McCullar of Baird, Texas. The Amateur division of the NCHA Super Stakes began with 96 original entries on Thursday, April 5. Through the second go-round, the group was narrowed to 26 for the finals competition.

The NCHA Super Stakes continues with daily go-rounds through April 14 and offers a purse of over 1.8 million. The NCHA Super Stakes showcases 4-year-olds and the Super Stakes Classic encompasses 5 and 6-year olds. Only horses sired by stallions subscribed to the NCHA Super Stakes program may compete in the event.

The sport of cutting has roots in Western ranching traditions, where good horses were a necessity for everyday ranch work and cattle handling. "Cutting" horses specialized in their ability to separate or "cut" one cow from a herd of others, for branding, doctoring or shipping. The National Cutting Horse Association was formed in 1946 by a group of cowboys and ranchers, who wanted to promote cutting competitions, have standardize rules and preserve the cutting horse's Western heritage. Today, the Fort Worth based NCHA represents more than 12,000 members in 22 countries and oversees more than 1,400 NCHA-approved shows with more than $22 million in total prize money awarded annually.

For more information, please contact Judy Mayes at 817-244-6188, or visit the NCHA website at www.nchacutting.com.