With the first finals of the National Cutting Horse Association’s Summer Spectacular coming up Monday, here’s a look at the leading riders of NCHA limited age event finalists for the 2007 calendar year. These standings are based on Open, Non-Pro, Amateur, Limited, Novice and Senior classes for major events held January 1 through June 20. A total of 498 individual riders have made the finals in those events. The top 30 riders (plus ties) are listed.
Rider | Total Finalists | Champions | Reserves | 3rd + |
Rapp, Phil | 31 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
Cox, Lloyd | 23 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
Shepard, Austin | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
Allen, Clint | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
Bushaw, Chad | 21 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Queen, Skip | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
Hanson, Phil | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
Gaines, Matt | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
Galyean, Wesley | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
Wheatley, Aaron | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Wagner, Roger | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
McLamb, JB | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Miller, Matt | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
Adams, Dustin | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Hansma, Paul | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
Hansma, Julie | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Rapp, Mary Ann | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Queen, Elizabeth | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Mitchell, John | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Rice, Boyd | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Galyean, Beau | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Kratzer, John | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Smith, Tim | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Thompson, Craig | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Rice, Tag | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Diehl, Curry | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Adams, Deena | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Shepard, Stacy | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Marvin, Tommy | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Vangilder, Jim | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Clark, Jason | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Mitchell, Brad | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |