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Crispy Kreme claimed his second title at the 7 Ranch NCHA World Finals on Saturday, December 5 when he and Hall of Fame Rider Mike Wood earned $4,593 to win the $5,000 Novice World title. Earlier in the show, owner Dawn Chapman of Chandler, Ariz. had won the $5,000 Novice Non-Pro Reserve World title on him.

In all, winners were established Saturday in the $50,000 Amateur, $25,000 Novice Non-Pro and $15,000 Amateur, as well as the $5,000 Novice, after two rounds and a non-working finals, ahead of the Featured Open and Non-Pro finale on Saturday night.

 

Crispy Kreme swept the $5,000 Novice division, winning all three rounds with scores of 227-228-455, as well as taking the World Championship with earnings for the year of $40,329. It’s the fifth Novice World Championship for Wood.

Crispy Kreme is a 7-year-old gelding bred by D & D Quarter Horses by Metallic Cat out of My Other Toys A Car. He brought earnings of more than $155,000, mostly in Non-Pro and Amateur competition to the World Finals. He’ll leave the World Finals with earnings of more than $164,000.

Smokin Smooth Dually, a 7-year-old son of Smooth As A Cat, shown by Tosten Peterson for Scott Wardley of Okotoks, Alberta, placed second in the show after finishing second in each round.

The Reserve World Championship went to Smashing Reys, a 6-year-old Dual Rey mare shown by Casey Crouch for James and Heather Todd of Corsicana, Tex.

Jim Vangilder of Weatherford, Tex. swept the World Finals with scores of 229-228-457 to earn $4,593 for the show championship in the $50,000 Amateur on Metallic Legacy. He also moved into the Reserve World Championship for the division’s year-end tally.

Metallic Legacy is a 5-year-old mare by Metallic Cat out of Docs Stylish Legacy. She was reserve champion of the Pacific Coast Futurity with Gary Gonsalves in 2018, and has earned more than $108,000 with her World Finals check.

Vangilder, 74, was inducted into the NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame in 2006, and built an enviable breeding program before taking an extended break from competition.

Alisha Southworth of Weatherford, Tex. and Metallic Maria Rey, by Metallic Cat, placed second in the World Finals with earnings of $3,216.

The World Championship went to Justin Rockey of Lancaster, Calif., with a total of $41,341 for the year. He rode to the herd in 37 shows prior to the World Finals, riding Dureyngo Kid and Metallic Tax.

 

Etch N Sketch and Jessica Pounds of Lipan, Tex. scored 229 in the second round of the $25,000 Novice Non-Pro to earn $3,736 and the show championship.

Pounds put together scores of 220.5-229-449.5 for the win on the 6-year-old Kit Kat Sugar gelding. Etch N Sketch was bred by Double Dove Ranch out of Reychell Rey, a daughter of $2 million producer Stylish Play Lena. She rode Etch N Sketch to the finals of the NCHA Futurity and Derby and the Breeders Invitational.

Betchalou, ridden by Julie Clarke of Bend, Ore., placed second in the World Finals with earnings of $3,124. The 7-year-old gelding is by Bet Hesa Cat.

Emma Rey, ridden by Amanda Smith of Wembley, Alberta, earned $981 in the World Finals to win the World Championship by just $61.01 over Highbrow Nadine, shown by Terry Moore of Valdosta, Georgia.

Emma Rey went to the herd 42 times before the World Finals, earning a total of $25,306. The 7-year-old mare bred by Cows & Horses, Etc. is by Dual Rey out of Frecklesareinstyle.

 

Pegeen Anderson of Buckley, Wash. and Ticking Time Bomb won the second round and pencil finals to win the World Finals in the $15,000 Amateur with $2,388 in show earnings. They strung together scores of 216-220.5-436.5.

Ticking Time Bomb is a 15-year-old gelding bred by Nick and Gayle Karanges by Peptotime out of Stylish Amanda, making him a half-brother to Open World Finals contestant Mamas Stylish Sophie.

First-round winner Tia Harari of Scottsdale, Ariz. finished second in the World Finals and won the World Championship with show earnings of $1,692 on her 13-year-old WR This Cats Smart gelding Smart Lookin Cat. She piled up $9,584 for the year.

Brian Moore, also of Scottsdale, took the Reserve World Championship with $9,335 on Rio Tazzy, and Tonz More Fun. Rio Tazzy, his World Finals mount, is a 15-year-old Pepto Taz gelding.

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