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Unlimited Amateur Finals

Dec 12, 2020, 21:19 PM by Sally Harrison

Charles Russell Bushaw and Hawk Falcon claimed the Unltd. Am Title

Bushaw claims McAlister Assets Unlimited Amateur title

Charles Russell Bushaw on Hawk Falcon. Seth Petit photo.

Charles Russell Bushaw, Weatherford, Tex., scored 219 points on Friday, December 11, to win $28,679 as the 2020 NCHA Futurity McAlister Assets Amateur Unlimited champion. Bushaw was aboard the Hottish colt Hawk Falcon, who he also showed to qualify for the Non-Pro Limited Semi-Finals.

Ken Schultz, Sacramento, Calif., posted 217 points for the reserve championship and $25,702 riding Meytallic, by Metallic Cat, and Kristen York, Saratoga, Wyo., scored 216 points to place third and win $15,226 on Smart Smilen Rey. Ken Schultz and Meytallic had also won the Unlimited Amateur Semi-Finals with 218.5 points, on Monday.

The NCHA earner of $128,219, Charles Russell Bushaw won the 2018 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Limited championship on Wood You See LTE $45,168, by Woody Be Tuff, and was a finalist in this year’s NCHA Senior Youth Finals riding Peptotoodie LTE $169,823, by Peptotime.

Hawk Falcon, owned and bred by Crown Ranch LP, Weatherford, Tex., is out of the Choice Acres daughter La Femme Nikita LTE $122,141, who won the 2007 NCHA Non-Pro World Finals with Traci Burgess. La Femme Nikita is the dam of five NCHA earners of $106,177, including La Déjà Vu LTE $55,131, by Cat Ichi.

Ken Schultz, earner of $375,129, has placed in the NCHA Futurity finals seven times, including in the Non-Pro, the Non-Pro Limited, the Amateur Unlimited, and the Amateur. Last year he showed the Dual Rey gelding TF Reysin Chex LTE $27,680 as an Amateur Unlimited finalist, and in 2018, he rode both Rockin Those Tricks LTE $57,724, by Rockin W, and Calvin Baloo LTE $107,532, by Lil Catbaloo, as Non-Pro Limited and Amateur Unlimited finalists.

Meytallic is the oldest foal out of the Dual Rey daughter Reys Of Starlight LTE $127,054, who was shown by Schultz in nine major limited age event finals, including the 2016 NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro Classic; Schultz and Reys Of Starlight also placed fourth in the 2019 NCHA World Finals.

Kristen York, the NCHA earner of $123,357, was an NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Limited finalist in 2019 riding Smoother Than U LTE $12,386, by Woody Be Tuff. Smart Smilen Rey, York’s 2020 finalist is a full brother to DBL Smart LTE $76,721, by Dual Smart Rey out of This Cats Smilen, by WR This Cats Smart.

To read more from Sally Harrison, visit her blog at sallyharrison.com.