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Justin Chalmers

Aug 2, 2017, 23:36 PM by Sally Harrison

HC Herd Boss

Justin Chalmers and HC Herd Boss, owned by Eddie and Barbara Young, San Angelo, Tex., scored 225 points for an unassailable win in the NCHA Derby Limited Open, on Wednesday, August 2. Brett McGlothlin and his own horse, Somethingtobelievein, earned the reserve championship with 219 points, and Kody Porterfield scored 216.5 points for third place on Santallico Cat, owned by Greg and Shelly Coalson, Weatherford, Tex.

Justin Chalmers, the NCHA earner of $33,436, also showed HC Herd Boss to win the 2017 Abilene Spectacular Limited Open championship, and placed third with the gelding in the Cattlemen’s Derby Limited Open. hc-herd-boss

HC Herd Boss LTE $14,539 was bred by Eddie and Barbara Young, who also own his sire, Herding Cats. HC Herd Boss is one of four performers, all of them 4-year-olds, sired by Herding Cats. HC Tailgate Date LTE $59,612 has placed in four major 4-year-old events under Wes Ashlock, including the NCHA Super Stakes. Herding Instincts LTE $25,720 won the 2017 NCHA Super Stakes Unlimited Amateur, Unlimited Amateur Senior, and Unlimited Amateur Gelding with Gary Rosenbach, while Eddie Young showed Herding Reys LTE $20,586 as reserve champion of the NCHA Super Stakes Unlimited Amateur and Unlimited Amateur Senior.

Chalmers and HC Herd Boss have also qualified for the NCHA Derby Open Semi-Finals to be held on Saturday, August 5.