For Immediate Release

It was Skip Queen’s night. It didn’t matter that the first horse in the finals rode out of the herd and scored a 0. It didn’t matter that the 4^th horse worked before a score of 210 was even marked, or that by the time he showed deep in the cutting, the highest marking score was 214.

Working 8th in the 10-horse limited non-professional finals, Queen found 3 exceptional cows for TYS Twister DG Queen. Riding deep into the herd, he quickly brought out a Charolais willing to test TYS Twister DG cutting expertise. Working only a short time, Queen returned to the herd to cut his 2^nd cow with a minute of cutting time left, and then finished the run with 3^rd cow that challenged TYS Twister DG Queen in the middle of the arena. The run allowed him to ride away with a championship earning score of 219, a rousing 5 points ahead of his nearest competitor.

Meredith McCullar riding Shorty Quichic won the reserve championship with a score of 214.The Limited Non professional division is a cutting within the non professional go rounds, and a non pro must have earned less than $100,000 to participate. The 49 competitors were after a final purse of $22,320. Queen took home a first place check for $3,404 while McCullar pocked $3,243 for his 2^nd place run.

The NCHA Summer Cutting Spectacular is now in its last weekend of activity at the Fort Worth Will Rogers Coliseum. Daily go-rounds are free beginning each morning at 8:00 a.m. The ticketed finals performances on July 29 and July 30 are only $5.00 for general admission and $8.00 for reserved seating.

For more information on the NCHA and The Summer Spectacular, call (817) 244-6188 or visit the NCHA website at www.nchacutting.com.