Amanda Smith of Okotoks, Alberta, and Whirl N Play marked 220 to win the $15,000 Novice Non-Pro finals at the 6666 Ranch NCHA Western National Championships in Reno, Nevada, Saturday.

Smith, who had posted the second top score in the go-round, was also a finalist in the same class with Whirl N Play last year.

Bred by Carl Gerwien’s Willow Spring Ranch, Whirl N Play is a 9-year-old mare by CD Whirl out of Playful Little Lana, who in turn was out of Smart Little Lana, an NCHA Futurity finalist from Smart Little Lena’s first crop of foals.

Whirl N Play’s win will take her career earnings over $45,000. She has been a two-time finalist in Mercuria NCHA World Series of Cutting events.

David Booth took the $15,000 Novice Non-Pro reserve championship with a 217 on Crossing Red River, an 8-year-old son of Hes A Peptospoonful that has earned over $135,000.