Laney Rey Too, ridden by Guy Woods for EE Ranches, scored 223 points to win the AQHA World Show Junior Cutting in a rousing tie-breaker with Third Cutting, NCHA’s leading active 5-year-old performer.

The two horses tied with 221 points in the finals, but Third Cutting, under Boyd Rice for Carl and Shawnea Smith, lost a cow in the work-off.

After placing 12th in the 2008 NCHA Futurity and claiming reserve in the Augusta Futurity, Laney Rey Too was forced to retire from competition for a year to recover from an injury.

“We didn’t think we were going to be able to ride her again,” said Woods, who explained that the Dual Rey daughter had injured a rear fetlock during the 2009 Breeders Invitational. But Laney Rey Too eventually responded to stem cell therapy and Woods started fitting her for a return to competition.

“Since the (2010) Super Stakes, I’ve shown the wheels off of her, just trying to catch up with the maturity level on her,” he said.

The last foal of the great producer Laney Doc, Laney Rey Too was orphaned at birth.

“They brought her to me when she was a weanling and said that she definitely had a mind of her own,” Wood recalled. “We started her late because she was so little. But she’s a quality mare. She’s got that hook to the cow and that grit like Laney Doc put on every one of them.”

Laney Rey Too is one of seven Laney Doc foals that have earned $100,000 or more, including Cat Ichi ($238,691), who was the leading NCHA Freshman Sire of 2009. Laney Doc’s 17 NCHA money earners, all but one bred by EE Ranches, have amassed $1,344,819 for an average of $79,107.

Torini Ichi, sired by Cat Ichi, placed fifth in the AQHA Junior Cutting, as well, under Dell Bell for Pat and Lisa Taylor.

The 2010 AQHA World Championship Show runs through Saturday, November 20 in Oklahoma City.