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2007 IN FULL **THANKS TO ALL OUR CLIENTS AND OUR TEAM FOR MAKING 2007 A GREAT SUCCESS** NRHA FUTURITY 2007 This year saw us again very well situated in Barn 6 at the futurity and we had a good show. Mike made the finals on Hilldale Farm's Helluva Chex and only just missed the finals on Mike and Nathalie's and Greenway Stable's Rio Good Wrangler. He went on to add just over $6000 to Helluva Chex's earnings in the finals. This horse will be shown in 2008 in the non pro by Jessicah Keller. Nathalie had a great show on her mare Mark Me Big who she only got to ride just before the show and did very well. This big stopping mare made the Ltd Non Pro finals and then went on to get 4th in the finals earning a little over $3200 - well done Nathalie! We had plenty of visitors at the show, both local and international and it was great to see everyone. We are very much looking forward to working with our clients in 2008 and showing in the Derbies early next year.
NOVEMBER 2007
After Congress, Mike and Nathalie went back on the road along with assistant trainers Peter DeFreitas and Brandon Naples headed for Murfreesboro, Tenneessee. Peter was a close 2nd by 1/2 point in the Ltd Open Derby on Trudy Brooks' daughter of Rooster, Smart Little Cielo. Brandon showed Crownroyal BH for British owner Dave Evans in the Ltd Open Futurity and scored 144 1/2 to take 1st place and win a bronze trophy! Peter showed Gunners Crome Son for owners Henk and Karolien Hendrikse and placed 3rd in the Ltd Open The team are now headed to Ardmore, Oklahoma for the SWRHA futurity show - watch this space!
SEPTEMBER 2007 ~ We had 2 shows in September, the first being the Tradition in Ohio and the 2nd being the Southeastern Affilaite Finals in Clemson, South Carolina. Mike showed the fancy colt MDS Chromed Velvet for Dave and Joanne Hodges having a good run to place 4th in the Open Futurity. Peter DeFreitas showed Priscilla Jacquard's Dunit Little Star to 2nd in the Ltd open and 4th in the Intermediate Open - well done.
JULY 2007 ~ Mike and Nathalie along with Peter and Brandon showed in Perry Georgia for the Dorminy Plantation Futurity. Mike was just one place out of the money with Karolien Hendrikse's horse Gunners Crome Son and very close behind were his other two 3 year olds Chex This Action and MDS Chromed Velvet. Nathalie was reserve in the Ltd Non Pro Futurity with Rio Good Wrangler and Wrangler has now won just under $2000 with just 2 shows - we can't way to see them show in Tulsa :-)
Mike showed the very fancy
stud
Helluva Chex, owned by Hilldale Farm and sired by Nu Chex To Cash. He had
an outstanding run to score 227 and win the Open Futurity with a paycheck of
over $5500. Peter DeFreitas also won the Ltd Open Futurity with the aptly owned
Double Run Farm's Wimpys Full Brother and Nathalie won the Ltd Non Pro Futurity
with the attractive buckskin stud
In the ancillary classes, Brandon Naples was co-champion in the Ltd Open with Chris Neeld's Baroom Jazz, and Martin won the Ltd Open on Sunday with Darlene Jazz again owned by Chris Neeld. Mike won the Open with Elizabeth Cosper's Lil Ruf Whiz Qhiz and Teresa Ebersberger was 2nd in the ancillary Intermediate with her own Dun Feelin Surprise. Peter was also 2nd in the Intermediate Open with Jerry Clayton's nice mare Vickie Del Cielo and our very own top horseshoer DJ Stox won the hi-point Green Reiner and a nice belt buckle with his new gelding ReinMe In. Congratulations all owners and riders for an outstanding weekend
JUNE 2007
~ Mike rode Philippe and Catherine Castel's mare Gunners Doll to 4th in the
Open Carolina Classic
Peter DeFreitas got 2nd in the Ltd ABI Derby with Jerry Clayton's mare Vickie Del Cielo and Mike also won the Novice Open with Calvin Burger's Boomin Frecklena. Martin again won the Ltd Open with Chris Neeld's Darlene Jazz. Well done to everyone! MAY 2007 ~ Mike and his assistants headed west again this time for the NRHA Derby in Oklahoma City. The Great Guntini did it again and qualified for the NRHA Open Derby finals amongst some very strong competition. He also did well in the finals and added more more money to his record bringing his NRHA earnings to over $125,000!! Guntini will be rested and standing at stud for the rest of this season. Peter DeFreitas had a great run on Lynn Anderson's Topsail Whiz stud Whizle Fritz. He was Reserve Champion in the ltd Open Derby - way to go Pete!
APRIL 2007 ~ The Great Guntini and Mike headed to the NRBC, Houston, Texas where Mike had a good first go-round to qualify for the finals of the Open Classic. The finals were very deep with the best 4, 5 and 6 year olds from all over the country competing for first prize of $75,000. Mike had a great ride with some huge turns and stops and finished joint 9th on Guntini earning $24,500 for his efforts - well done and thanks to John and Julie Faulkner for allowing Mike to show this great horse. MARCH 2007~ Mike rode Philippe and Catherine Castel's 4 year old mare Gunnners Doll to 6th place in the Wimpys Little Step Derby - well done to both of them. Mike then went on to the Gordyville Breeders Classic and won money with both Gunners Doll and Whizle Fritz. Peter DeFreitas placed well with Calvin Burger's Mr Boomerjac mare Boomin Frecklena. JANUARY 2007 ~ Mike starts off the year well by getting 2nd with John Faulkner's The Great Guntini at the Bill Horn Shootout Derby. 2nd place paid $10,000 and a saddle so congratulations to owner John and his flashy 4 year old APHA stallion. This was a very tough event with many good Derby horses being shown including Smart Spook, Einsteins Revolution, Spooks Rey Jay etc. Mike scored a 225 1/2 to get 2nd and was very pleased with his horse's performance. Einsteins Revolution won the event with a 226 1/2 The Great Guntini will stand for the first time at stud in 2007 for an introductory fee of $2000.
Mike's assistant Peter DeFreitas rode 3 horses in the open futurity and had good runs on his own mare, Magnum Jag and Mary Jane Simpson's Nu Chexy. He did an excellent job with the big stopping gelding DRF Colonel Badger owned by Double Run Farm. He scored 216 twice to get 4th place in the Ltd Open Futurity and a paycheck of over $3000! Well done Peter! Melony Jackson rode her own mare, Lil Ruf Whiz Quiz in the Non Pro futurity and made it back to the finals in the Intermediate division. She had a good run in the finals on this big stopping mare to get Intermediate Non Pro Reserve Co-Champion earning a paycheck of over $10,700! Congratulations to Eilzabeth Cosper on your purchase of this sweet mare. Brandon Naples also rode and placed Jim O Neil's mare Smartys Centerfold in the Rookie Professional Affiliate Championships - well done to him and good luck to Scott Langford with your new purchase! CLICK HERE FOR 2006 INCLUDING FINALISTS AT CONGRESS AND 3RD IN THE NRHA FUTURITY CLICK HERE FOR 2005 INCLUDING FINALISTS AT CONGRESS AND 2 FINALISTS IN THE NRHA FUTURITY CLICK HERE FOR 2004 INCLUDING 2 WINS AT CONGRESS AND 3RD PLACE AT THE NRHA FUTURITY IN OKLAHOMA CLICK HERE FOR FALL 2003 INCLUDING A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ABOARD PRETTY ROYAL BH
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We
had the last local show of the year in Williamston, NC for the SERHA Fall
Classic and ABI Futurity. Mike showed Einsteins Revolution for trainer Ruben Van
Dorp owned by Wagner and Van Dorp. He rode him in the Novice Horse Open and the
Open class taking 1st place in both making "Junior" the first horse to earn over
$300,000 NRHA. This was an awesome event and great to see Mike show this
outstanding stallion. Thanks to Ruben and Melissa for allowing Mike to show him
and for entertaining us all weekend! Mike also won the Novice Open class on
Sunday with Jimmy Pierce's Hollywood Aces. Watch for Mike and Aces at shows next
year. Peter DeFreitas did very well on Monica Watson's Wimpys Full Brother
taking reserve in the Ltd Open ABI futurity and also on Johnny and Trudy Brooks'
Smart Little Cielo placing top 5 in both Ltd Open and the very competitive Nov
horse Open class. Martin showed Chris Neeld Leslie's Darlene Jazz for the last
time as this mare is due to foal in 2008 and he was 3rd in the Ltd Open. Chris
flew down for the show from Price Edward Island, Canada and showed her own
Smarty Pep Whiskey for the first time. She had 2 great rides and looked awesome
in the showpen. We are looking forward to seeing her show Whiskey next year
OCTOBER 2007 Mike and Nathalie had a great Congress with Mike making
it back to the finals on Hilldale Farm's Helluva Chex and Nathalie making it
back to the Non Pro finals on Rio Good Wrangler placing 3rd in the Ltd from her
go-round run. Helluva Chex had a great run in the finals to mark 224 and place
5th overall. Nathalie also had an awesome run in her finals to mark 215 1/2
among some very tough competition to get 5th place overall. Mike also placed in
the big Open class aboard Elizabeth Cosper's Lil Ruf Whiz Quiz. Martin earnt
money in the Ltd open Futurity on Susan Damerell's mare Darlene Enterprise and
he also placed in the ancillary Ltd Open class on Chris Neeld's mare Darlene
Jazz. Incidentally, both of these mares are out of the same dam Darlene Jac.
Congratulations to everyone for a great show and we also enjoyed the shopping!
The second show of September saw Brandon Naples showing Christine Neeld's
Baroom Jazz in the affiliate finals for the Ltd Open and the Rookie
professional. Brandon has an awesome run on "Bazz" to get 1st place and
bring
home 2 pewter trophies and 2 bronzes plus a huge amount of other prizes - we are
all proud of them both. Teresa Ebersberger also rode her own Dun Feelin Surprise
to 1st place in the Intermediate Non Pro and she has consequently sold "Bear".
We are looking forward to hearing about Bear in his new home. 
AUGUST 2007 ~ Mike rode 2 horses, Helluva Chex and Wimpys
Little Stepson in the Open Futurity at Tulsa, Oklahoma along with Peter
Defreitas on Wimpys Full brother, Nathalie on Rio Good Wrangler, Victor Gilson
on Coyote Secret Spirit and Melony Jackson no BH Whizin Ona Melody. The open
futurity had 130 horses entered and the Non pro had 49 so the competition was
strong. This made warming up very interesting as the show was also hosting the
Affiliate classes and apparently there were over 1000 horses at the show
altogether. Mike had a great run on Helluva Chex to score 220.5 and take 4th
place in the Open Futurity. Nathalie also had a good run and ended 3rd in the
Ltd Non Pro futurity as well as placing in the other Non Pro divisions on her
fancy stud, Rio Good Wrangler. Peter finished 6th in the Ltd Open on Wimpys Full
Brother and Melony placed in the Non Pro and Intermediate Non Pro with her mare.
Next stop is Congress for most of these horses so we are looking forward top
that greatly!
The first futurity of the year was the Double Run Farm Futurity held at
Williamston, NC and it was a great show for everyone....we brought home several
bronze trophies and saddles ! What a great show!
Rio Good Wrangler - this meant a total of 3
trophy saddles and 3 Lawson Bronzes - well done everyone!!! Not to be finished
here, Victor Gilson also won the Non pro Gelding Incentive with his own Coyotes
Secret Spirit ( a 3 year gelding he purchased out of one of our own broodmares
Derby after qualifying for the finals and had a great run.
She also got 2nd in the Open ABI. She won over $6000.00at the show and her
earnings are now close to $15,000 with limited showing. She is an outstanding
little mare.
Later
in May, the whole team went to the Blue Ridge Reining Horse
Association show in Williamston. Mike was 2nd in the Open on Calvin Burger's Boomin Frecklena, Martin won the Ltd Open with Chria Neeld's adorable mare
Darlene Jazz and he then went on to win the Ltd Open Derby with Cyndi Ruben's
nice 4 year old mare Che Bellarima. 
NOVEMBER
2006 Mike and the majority of the team attended the 2006 NRHA Futurity in
Oklahoma City. Mike had 3 Gunners to ride, The Great Guntini owned by John and
Julie Faulkner, Gunners Doll owned by Philippe and Catherine Castel and Miss
Gunny owned by Tom and Sherry Sumpter. The first go went well for all 3 horses
scoring 223.5, 220.5 and 219 respectively. The Great Guntini had a good second go
putting him into the Open Finals on Saturday night. A small bobble by Gunners
Doll put her just out of the finals and Miss Gunny just missed the finals by
just 1/2
point. The Great Guntini had an awesome run in the finals with huge stops and
turnarounds and some very fancy circles. He scored 225 1/2 to get 3rd place and
over $76,000! Congratulations to owners John and Julie Faulkner .This horse is
now being offered for sale but will be shown at major events until sold.