Latest News August 2010: Sox (Annie's recipient mare) has produced a lovely red roan filly by Peptos Stylish Oak. (see photos below)

Despite injury, colic and breeding committments (one embryo transferred) Annie managed to win 3 titles this show year gone by: The high-point snafflebit title with the BRCC and the PVCC, as well as another runner-up area 5 snafflebit cutting title.

		Lolly 10 hours old
Lolly 3 days old

We bought "Annie" from Reg & Betty Campion in 2004 as a fully trained reining horse with an NRHA State Title to her name (trained and shown by Glen Wyse). The plan was for her to go reining with Barbara, but within weeks she was passed on to Stefan, who very quickly discovered her enormous cutting potential. She spent 3 months with Steve Elks working cattle in early 2005. Since then she has been trained by Stefan - mostly on the mechanical cow.  By January 2006 "Annie" was awarded the "High-Point Beginner Horse of 2005" by the Big River Cutting Club, 12 months after first working a cow. By the end of 2006 she has managed to place at every  show (bar one) she attended since commencing her cutting training. In September 2006 she placed in the NCHA Rookies class at the Bonalbo "State Of Origin" show.By December 2006 she earned her owner the "High-Point Beginner Rider of 2006". In the process she placed in the Rookies class at the Bonalbo "State Of Origin" show, making her one of the very few dual NCHA and NRHA money earners in Australian History. In 2007 Annie took a break from cutting to go reining, which was cut short (only 1 show) due to the outbreak of Equine Influenza. With no shows on the horizon she was put in foal to our stallion "Poco Blue Moon". In 2008 she returned to cutting at only 2 shows (5 months pregnant) for 3 wins and a second place, to earn the title of Runner-Up Snafflebit Champion (Area 5) for 2008. In October she foaled a beautiful red roan colt. In 2009 Annie had a slow start, but her campaign for the National High-Point Snaflbit title was cut short after only 5 shows. First an stone bruise meant that she missed the three best-paying cuttings in our area. Just when she recovered from this injury, she suffered a twisted colon and almost died. After she recovered we decided to breed her to Peptos Stylish Oak, and flush an embryo from her to have 2 foals. The embryo transfer was succesful, but it got too late to breed her, and we took her home. She has managed to win the Open Cutting and Open Senior Reining on the same day in May 2006 at the North Coast Western Riders Club. She was awarded Champion Quarterhorse, won the Senior Horse Reining and her first (and only) ever Senior Horse Trail in May 2007. She has scored as high as 73 1/2 in cutting and 78 in reining.

Annie with foal by Poco Blue Moon - 2008

Sire Line: Docs Spinifex (imp/dec), first winner of the NCHA (AUS) triple crown,  lte $29,000+. He is the all-time #1 leading sire, #1 paternal grand-sire and #1 maternal grand-sire of cutting horses in Australia. He has produced progeny earning over $4 million in cutting, almost three times the amount earned by the next most successful sire, Docs Freckles Oak (imp), his half brother. Doc's Spinifex has produced 10 NCHA futurity champions, 11 NCHA Derby champions, as well as NRHA futurity champions, campdraft and challenge champions. He is also the sire of One Hell Ofa Spin (lte $145,000+), and One Moore Spin (lte $110,000+), the 2 all-time leading cutting horses in Australia. One Hell Ofa Spin is also the only winner of the quadruple-crown of the modern era (Futurity, Derby, Classic/Challenge x 2). One Moore Spin also equalled the world record cutting score of 232 to win the 2001 Gold Cup.

He is by Docs Oak, NCHA (US) Hall of Fame, a top ten all-time leading sire of cutting horses, out of the imported mare Roanies Lynx by Docs Lynx, another all-time leading cutting sire in the US
 

Docs Spinifex* - legend	Walla Richelle - NRHA money earner (with Annie at foot) 1999	Annie's maternal grand-Uncle, Super Shine (half brother to Skipa Bill)

Dam Line: Skipa Spin is out of Walla Richelle (dec), NRHA m/e, who earned over 60 AQHA points, AQHA ROM Youth Reining and $260+ in NRHA earnings against her name. She was mostly ridden by Youth riders and only produced 4 foals.
She was by Skipa Bill who has earned over 200 AQHA points and achieved 12 AQHA awards, including an ROM in Working Cowhorse & Reining. Whilst Skipa Bill became an outstanding reining horse, his full brother Luminate specialised in cutting, earning over $4000 in NCHA competitions and over 250 AQHA points and also 12 awards. Another brother Super Shine finalled at the Moonbi futurity and placed 3rd at the NCHA futurity.
Skipa Bill was by Bill's Shine (imp) (ROM cutting & reining) who in turn was by Hollywood Bill, 3rd in the NCHA (US) futurity, a son of Hollywood Gold.
Walla Richelle's dam was Lolita, who produced 16 foals, 14 of which went on to earn AQHA points - in actual fact over 2,000 AQHA points in total.
Her sire was Bronze Savage (iiu), who's sire My Barbarian was an AQHA champion son of the legendary Three Bars. Bronze Savage was imported in utero of Chocolate Susie, dam of superior cutting horse Commanders Leo (by Commanders Boy*).

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PEDIGREE:

				Lightning Bar by Three Bars
			Doc Bar	Dandy Doll
		Docs Oak		Poco Tivio by Poco Bueno
		NCHA (US) HOF	Susies Bay	Susie L
	Docs Spinifex *			Doc Bar
	NCHA  + AQHA Hall Of Fame		Docs Lynx	Jameen Tivio
	NCHA Triple Crown Winner	Roanies Lynx *		Ottawa Star
	#1 all-time leading sire		Roan Star Cindy	Cindy Ace
Skipa Spin	NCHA lte $29,000+
1999 mare				Hollywood Bill by Hollywood Gold
AQHA Q-44163			Bill's Shine *	Miss Jo Kenney
NRHA 876		Skipa Bill	ROM Reining & Cutting	Leozan by Leo
NCHA 3340		228 AQHA pts, 12 Awards QH Performance Champion	Skipa Lou*	Moss Panchita
	Walla Richelle	full brother to Luminate	dam of Superior Cutting Horse Luminate	My Barbarian by Three Bars
	63 AQHA pts		Bronze Savage (iiu)	Chocolate Susie *
	ROM Youth Reining	Lolita		dam of "Commanders Leo", superior cutting horse
	NRHA lte: $260.00+	producer of 14 AQHA pts earning progeny	Bonita (FM)

DOB: 16.10.1999
COLOUR: sorrel
MARKINGS: star & strip conjoined, snip, n/s hind half pastern


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ACHIEVEMENTS:

NRHA Money Earnings to date: $475
 

• State Reining Champion 2004 NSWRHA State Show: Open Snaffle Bit/Hackamore
• winnings & placings in Snaffle Bit/Hackamore + Novice Horse NRHA events
• =3rd2004 VRHA Futurity & Derby Show: Open Snaffle Bit/Hackamore Reining

 

NCHA lifetime earnings to date: $ 395

Cutting Earnings Pre 2009 (NCHA Snafflebit Cutting & other): $ 637

Runner-Up area 5 Snafflebit Cutter of 2008 - NCHA

High Point Beginner Rider (for Stefan) of 2006 - Big River Cutting Club
High Point Beginner Cutting Horse of 2005 - Big River Cutting Club

 

Grafton June 2007	Copmanhurst May 2009

  

AQHA achievements	Points	Awards
Cutting	24	ROM Performance
Reining	9	ROM Cutting
Halter	5.5
TOTAL	38.5

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