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Jan. 1, 2009
HORSETRADER Quarter Horse
Cutting Horse
■ Morgan Cromer, Bearly Nuf Taz
win PCCHA Open Futurity Finals
■ Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Assoc.
Standouts
inducts Ross and Carol Jenkins,
Carolyn Reynolds, Stu Gildred
into PCCHA Hall of Fame
Special to the Horsetrader
to a third place at Fort Klamath this
P
ASO ROBLES — Morgan Cromer summer in the Northwest Futurity.
and Bearly Nuf Taz were the stars
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home the championship for owners just like her: real mature, real level.
John and Brenda Stephenson of San This mare is real consistent. That just
Juan Ranch in Shandon, Calif. It was goes to show how much that (trait)
among the highlight competitions at pays off. She’s an easy mare to work,
the PCCHA Futurity and Stakes held just an easy mare to get along with.”
at Paso Robles Event Center. Cromer, 25, received her start in
Originally on her way to the reined the cutting business working for
cow horse show pen, Bearly Nuf Taz trainer Russ Westfall, where she spent
made an early career change during over five years. She had spent her
her 2-year-old year and wound up in childhood showing hunters and
Cromer’s barn. jumpers, since her mother was a
“I got her in the middle of her 2- trainer in the business, then in high
year-old year. She came from Ted school spent a few summers riding
Robinson’s (program),” Cromer with Scott Weis and Westfall. She
explained. “They said she was a little ended up taking her first job out of
hot for the cow horse deal, and high school working for Westfall.
(wanted me to) try her on a cow and She won two major cutting
see if I like her.” futurities in 2005, and then in 2007
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inducts five new members
Bearly Nuf Taz is by Pepto Taz and than 44,000 acres of grassland in the She needs that to get serious, so it was
out of Bearly Nuf Cash, by Miss N state’s coastal mountain range. The good for her. That third cow wasn’t
Cash. The Stephensons, who watched ranch produces Gelbvieh beef cattle really a pick, but it was one we liked.” P
ASO ROBLES — The Pacific
Coast Cutting Horse Association
inducted five new members into
their mare’s big win live on the and its horses have earned more than Cromer, who rode three of her five the PCCHA Hall of Fame: Ross and
Internet while in Hong Kong, $111,000 in the past seven years futurity entries to finalist positions Carol Jenkins, Carolyn Reynolds, and
purchased her and her dam from Don mostly from reined cow horse shows. throughout the preliminaries, was Stu Gildred. The induction ceremony
Lester, the owner of Pepto Taz. The Stephensons’ emphasis remains fourth out in the draw on Bearly Nuf was held Nov. 1, 2008 as one of the
Biotechnology scientists by profession, on breeding, raising and training Taz. She wasn’t sure the 219 they many events during the PCCHA
the Stephensons are primarily reined cow horses, and they also enjoy earned would hold out. Futurity and Stakes.
involved in the reined cow horse cutting and reining. The San Juan “I thought it was a pretty clean
industry. “They’ve tried a few cutters Ranch performance horse program is run, and I liked it a lot and it was a ■ Ross and Carol Jenkins
here and there, trying to change a few managed by Jennifer Westfall. nice run at the beginning. But there
over from cow horses; but this is the During her final go at the PCCHA were still a lot of nice horses to go and
first one they’ve had from a 3-year-old Futurity Open, Cromer said: “The cows (the score) was definitely threatened I
f you have ever hauled your cutter
to Southern California, you become
very aware that Ross and Carol
(year),” Cromer said. “I hope to ride a we wanted to cut were just there. The by a few of them,” Cromer said. “I just Jenkins of Brawley, Calif., hold the
lot of horses for them.” yellow-horned cow I really liked was went on to focus on showing my other eternal promotional flame for getting
Bearly Nuf Taz’s owners, John and on top. Andrew (Coates) and Scott horses, too. Cattle got a little tough things done in that part of cutting
Brenda Stephenson of Shandon, Calif., (Weis) just put it up there and it was down at the bottom (of the draw). It country. The hosts of the Butterspur
have been horse owners and breeders easy to get cut. That cow was a really was a little tough after the fifth or Feedlot cutting events, Ross and Carol
for the past six years. They own San good start. The second cow got a little sixth (draw) to get anything you liked.”
Juan Ranch, which includes more tough, but she kind of needed that. Cromer aboard Bearly Nuf Taz rode Please see PCCHA, Page 77
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