Lyn Anderson & Smart Time Tuck win NRCHA Hackamore Classic
June 12, 2002—Veteran champion Lyn Anderson claimed top honors at the
National Reined Cow Horse Association 2002 Hackamore Classic on Smart Time
Tuck. The event was held in Winnemucca, Nevada May 10-12.
Smart Time Tuck, owned by Kathryn Schaefer of Aromas,
California, was solid throughout the event, marking 146.5 in the herd work,
147 in the rein work and 147.5 in the cow work to best the field of
exhibitors and earn $6,659.
Anderson was pleased with the performance of the 5
year-old-gelding by Senors Lil Brudder and out of Smoke Time Tuck 1985. “His
maturity level was so much higher at Winnemucca,” she commented. She has
ridden the horse to a string of wins and top finishes in recent months –
including the Hackamore title at the 2001 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity and the
Reserve Championship at the NRCHA Hackamore Stakes. But it was not until the
Classic that he felt, in her words, “comfortable with the speed down the
fence.”
If it was a good show for Anderson, it was a great one
for Tish Wilhite of Clovis, California, who trains with her. Wilhite won the
Hackamore Classic Non Pro Championship on Tequila Slide, marking 142 in the
herd, 142 in the rein work and 144 in the cow work. That netted $3,906 for
Wilhite, who managed a clean sweep in the Non Pro divisions, earning another
$951 for winning the $50,000 Non Pro title and $1620 for the Amateur win.
Eric Freitas became the Non Pro Reserve Champion on
Shiners Hickory. Bubba Petty earned the $50,000 Non Pro Reserve title on
Dual N Dolly, and Flo Huston rode her way to the Amateur Reserve
Championship on A Rainy Day Plan.
The Limited Open title went to Kevin Stallings on NMSU
Truckin Chex, owned by Craig Reay and Kevin Stallings. Their marks of 144
in the herd, 143 in the rein work and 146 in the cow work gave them a 433
total and earned $1,309.50. The Reserve title went to Jaime Beamer on Jean
Yuen’s Ginger Play Hickory, with a 432.5 total.
The Hackamore Classic Open Reserve Championship went to
Jon Roeser on Smart As Jerry, owned by Irene Harris, with a total score of
437. Jon earned $5,470.55 for the top finish.
Roeser also earned the All Around Championship,
collecting $1,650 on Chex Out This Remedy. On the way to the win, he marked
146.5 in the herd, 140 in the rein work and 141.5 in the cow work. He
finished the competition with a second place finish in the roping, scoring
142, and that was enough to clinch the win.
The Reserve All Around title went to Peppys Hot Chic,
ridden by Russell Dilday for Fredric Marrs.
The National Reined Cow Horse Association's Hackamore
Classic is one of the organization’s premiere events and this was it’s first
year to be held in Winnemucca, Nevada at the new Humboldt County Events
Center, a $5 million facility that opened in late November.
Lyn Anderson praised both the facility and the
community. “The arena was great, and so were the people. Winnemucca was one
of the friendliest places we’ve ever been. The entire community seemed very
supportive of our event.”
Sponsors for the Hackamore Classic were the Winnemucca
Convention & Visitors Authority, Bayer Corporation, Cinch, Inc., Flowmaster,
MD Barns, Platinum Performance, Inc., Purina Mills, Inc., Skyline
Silversmiths, Sundowner Trailers, Winners Hotel of Winnemucca and the
Humboldt County Events Center.
