Mica Motes and SL Jaybird won the NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro Classic on April 9, following a win in the Super Stakes Classic Non-Pro Limited 0n April 7, with respective scores of 219 and 224.

Motes and her gelding had qualified for the Non-Pro Finals with a 218-point win in the Wild Card round and SL Jaybird also won the Open Wild Card under Winston Hansma. Altogether, the 6-year-old son of Smart Little Jerry performed nine times in seven days and earned $33,000, to boost his career earnings past $250,000.

“He loves it so much, you know that every time you go out there, he’s going to try his hardest,” said Motes, 21, who purchased SL Jaybird as a 4-year-old, on the recommendation of Hansma, who is her stepfather. Hansma rode the gelding as reserve champion of the 2007 NCHA Super Stakes Classic.

Elizabeth Queen, on Sister CD, and Kyle Manion, riding Im Countin Checks, each scored 216.5 points to tie for the reserve championship. This was Queen’s third Super Stakes title. She was reserve champion in 1999 and 2003 on Wildcat Wilson and Zee Dualy, respectively.

Sister CD had won the Super Stakes Classic Open on Tuesday with Elizabeth’s husband, Skip. Last night’s win was the 6-year-old CD Olena son’s fifth Super Stakes title. In addition to this year’s wins, he also claimed Non-Pro championships with Skip in 2006 and 2007, and the 2006 Open Gelding, under Paul Hansma. Sister CD has earnings of more than $560,000.

Manion, a former Super Stakes reserve champion on Smart Peppy Quixote in the 1996 Non-Pro Classic, also placed third in the 2006 Super Stakes Non-Pro Classic riding Smooth As A Cat.

Im Countin Checks, by Smart Lil Ricochet, split 3/4 in the Open finals under Matt Gaines, who has ridden the stallion to earn seven championships and reserves, since he placed third in the 2005 NCHA Futurity. Im Countin Checks has earned nearly $400,000.

The NCHA Super Stakes continues through April 20 at Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth.