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Teresa Padgett, Gainesville, Tex., scored 218.5 points on Sunday, December 6, in Fort Worth, Tex., to win the Semi-Finals of the 2020 NCHA Futurity Limited Non-Pro. Blake Heid, Fort Worth, Tex., and Gentry Gonsalves, Millsap, Tex., tied with 218 points. Riders with scores of 212 or higher in the Semis qualified for the Limited Non-Pro Finals to be held on Wednesday, December 9.

Teresa Padgett, the earner of $185,509, has been an NCHA Futurity Limited Non-Pro finalist six times. She was reserve champion in 2010 riding Boonlight Fishin LTE $22,872, by Boonlight Dancer, and in 2019, she tied for fifth riding Tigeronagoldleash LTE $24,157, by Cats Merada, and Only Live Once LTE $9,748, by Once In A Blu Boon. She was also a finalist in 2017 riding Booger Money LTE $24,990, by KTZ Rey Of Cash, and in 2013 on Very Good Bourbon LTE $57,620, by Very Good Remedy.

This year Padgett is showing Dripping N Finesse, by Once In A Blu Boon, who will become the sixth NCHA Futurity Limited Non-Pro finalist bred by Padgett out of Miss Docs Command, an unshown daughter of Miss N Command. Padgett and Dripping N Finesse, who scored 220 points in first go-round competition, missed qualifying for the Non-Pro Semi-Finals by just one-half of a point.

Blake Heid, the earner of $166,797, has also been an NCHA Futurity finalist six times, including as a Limited Non-Pro, Unlimited Amateur, and Amateur rider. In 2018, he won the Amateur championship and the Gelding division riding Nothing Comes Easy LTE $54,935, by Kit Kat Sugar. Last year, he showed Jane Blu Boon LTE $11,861, by Once In A Blu Boon, in both the Limited Non-Pro and the Unlimited Amateur Finals.

Heid’s 2020 Limited Non-Pro mount, Betcha Like Me Now, by Reyzin The Cash, is a three-quarter brother to Dual Prime Time LTE $157,382, out of Prime Time Kat LTE $127,428, who is also the dam of Sweet Lil Prime Time LTE $92,342, by Sweet Lil Pepto. Prime Time Kat, in turn, is a three-quarter sister to Arosesuchaclatter LTE $323,079, by Smooth As A Cat.

Gentry Gonsalves, the earner of $86,293, placed fifth in last year’s NCHA Futurity Limited Non-Pro and was a Non-Pro Semi-Finalist, as well, riding Royal Beach LTE $15,352, by One Time Royalty.

Gonsalves’ 2020 Limited Non-Pro mount Glitteracrownroyal, a mare also sired by One Time Royalty, was bred by Susan Hearst out of the Dual Smart Rey daughter Glitter Done LTE $46,259, who won three NCHA World Series championships under Adan Banuelos. Glitter Done is a three-quarter sister to Im Hal On Heels LTE $114,713, by Halreycious.

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