Ryder Carpenter and Hangem Cat nailed a 221-point performance last night to upset Isidro Sigala and Sofie Rey, who set the standard with 220 points in the first set of the Super Stakes Classic Amateur Finals.

It was the first major win for 17-year-old Carpenter, who placed sixth in the 2008 NCHA Amateur Derby, but has previously shown primarily on weekends.

“He went and hit some big time stops,” said Carpenter of Hangem High’s performance. “I haven’t shown him a lot, but he was really good for me here.”

Ryder’s mother, Penny Cogdell Carpenter, daughter of Billy Cogdell, breeder of NCHA Futurity champion Shania Cee, purchased Hangem Cat in November 2010 from Jeremy Landry.

The 2005 gelded son of High Brow Cat had been trained and shown as a major 4 and 5-year-old money earner by Wesley Galyean.

Ryder’s friend, Taylor Carbo, showed Hangem High late in his campaign as 2010 NCHA Senior Youth World Champion, and Jeremy Barwick showed the gelding as reserve champion of the 2011 Bonanza Open.

Ryder’s Super Stakes winner’s payout of $5,078 boosted Hangem Cat’s official NCHA lifetime earnings to $200,354.

Isidro Sigala and his 5-year-old Dual Rey daughter Sofie Rey won two major amatuer championships in 2010 — the Breeders Invitational and the Southern Futurity, prior to last night’s event.

“My mare was really good and stopped the cows,” said Sigala.

Trainer Lee Francois, who just won the 2011 NCHA Super Stakes Classic on Reys Desire, placed as a finalist on Sophie Rey for Sigala in the 2011 Abilene Spectacular Open.