Results for the last day of the 2015 Cattlemens Derby and Classic were posted Tuesday, March 10 and reaffirmed a gender trend established in the first three finals of the seven-day event. In the final tally, 16 mares had earned all but one of the 17 champion and reserve champion titles from all the posted working finals.
Pickin Up Strangers, winner of the Amateur Derby, was the lone male champion of the Cattlemens Derby and Classic. The High Brow Cat son earned 217 points under Cody Erwin; Shari Mohl was reserve champion with 214 points aboard the Smooth As A Cat daughter Done With Grace.
Tuned Up To Drive, ridden by Mary Ann Rapp, and Post Card From Paris, with Luis Dearmas, tied with 218 points each, as co-champions of the Cattlemens Non-Pro Derby. Tuned Up To Drive is a daughter of Hydrive Cat, while Post Card From Paris is by Light N Lena. Smooth Miss Trona, shown by Ryder Carpenter, earned 217 points, the Non-Pro Derby’s second-highest score.
Lisa Bankston and Deb Harold claimed champion and reserve titles with 216 and 215.5 points, respectively, in the Derby Unlimited Amateur divsion. Bankston rode the CD Lights daughter Hya Lights Me Now, and Herold was aboard the Metallic Cat daughter Lethal Kitty.
John Brengard won the 5/6 Amateur championship with 217 points aboard his 6-year-old Smooth As A Cat daughter, Smooth As A Huntress. Julie Sheedy claimed reserve with 215.5 points on Sweetallic, a 5-year-old daughter of Metallic Cat.
Jody Radomske posted 221 points, the second-highest score from all the finals divisions, to win the 5/6 Unlimited Amateur, on 6-year-old Shesa Spoonful A Fun, by Hes A Peptospoonful, while Eddie Young and 5-year-old Daratrcocoaspreview, by TR Dual Rey, scored 218.5 points for reserve.
Check here for complete results.