Day: March 25, 2012

Paints stick it to the competition at 2012 Cactus Reining Classic

Two American Paint Horses were the top winners at the 2012 Cactus Reining Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, on March 10. In a field of 69 competitors in the Conquistador Whiz $42,000 Open Derby, $2 million National Reining Horse Association rider Andrea Fappani guided Rancho Oso Rio’s Tinker With Guns to mark a 230.5, winning the Open Level 4 Derby championship title for a second year. The 2006 chestnut solid Paint-bred stallion added $8,536 to his NRHA lifetime earnings of $228,570. “He’s so special—not because he can mark a 229 or 230, but because he can do it

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