Kylie Rice, Weatherford, Tex., and Lindy Ashlock, Abilene, Tex., tied with 219 points on Monday, the last day of NCHA Futurity Non-Pro first round competition, to share the second-highest score for the go-round with earlier days’ high scoring riders Megan Miller and Lance Cooper. Kristen Galyean, Claremore, Okla., and Ryan Rapp, Weatherford, Tex.,each earned 216.5 points, the day’s third-highest score. Armando Costa Neto, who showed Rosita Bela on Sunday, scored 220 points to top the go-round.
Rice showed the Woody Be Tuff daughter Fadie Lou, a full sister to CR Tuff Lucy LTE $354,635, out of Lucindas Catolena LTE $170,241, by High Brow Cat. CR Tuff Lucy was shown by Kylie’s brother-in-law, trainer Tarin Rice, to place fourth in the 2014 NCHA Futurity and reserve in the 2015 NCHA Derby.
Kylie Rice, the NCHA earner of $406,819, placed tenth in the 2014 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro aboard Master Mate, and won the 2013 Mercuria NCHA World Finals with Dual Lights LTE $156,645, by CD Lights.
This year, Rice’s presence has been felt on the Mercuria NCHA World Series circuit, where she showed Snap Crackle Cat LTE $189,856, by High Brow Cat, as reserve champion of the Idaho event, and placed third at the PCCHA Derby World Series, as well as the World Series Mane Event.
Lindy Ashlock will be honored as the owner and rider of In Reyverse $87,653, the 2017 NCHA Non-Pro Horse of the Year, on Wednesday evening, December 6, during Western Bloodstock’s Select Yearling Sale and Gala. Ashlock and her 4-year-old Dual Rey gelding claimed Non-Pro championships this year in the NCHA Super Stakes, the El Rancho Futurity and the PCCHA Derby, as well as reserve at Arbuckle Mountain.
High Time Pepto, Ashlock’s 2017 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro mount, is by One Time Pepto and out of High Brow Queen LTE $81,214, by High Brow Cat. Ashlock, a member of the NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame, is the earner of $1,440,766.
Kristen Galyean, an NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame member and earner of $664,440, showed Metallic Mania, a red roan gelding sired by Metallic Cat and purchased by her husband, NCHA Hall of Fame trainer Wesley Galyean, at the 2015 NCHA Futurity Sales. Out of Purdy Aristocrat LTE $100,403, by Smart Aristocrat, Metallic Mania is a three-quarter brother to Cat Of Monte Cristo LTE $120,637, by High Brow Cat, and Pur Tee LTE $111,943, by Cat T Masterson.
Ryan Rapp and Manteco Moe, by Hydrive Cat, are also Limited Non-Pro contenders, who scored 217.5 points on Sunday.