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