{"id":2822,"date":"2009-12-14T22:53:09","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2009-12-15T04:33:39","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T21:33:39","slug":"talented-american-paint-horse-wins-nrha-open-futurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/talented-american-paint-horse-wins-nrha-open-futurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Talented American Paint Horse wins NRHA open futurity"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT WORTH, TEXAS<\/strong>\u2014A\u00a0talented American Paint Horse stallion, Gunnatrashya, captured the National\u00a0Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Open Futurity title in\u00a0Oklahoma City recently,\u00a0outscoring over 400 horses entered in the open division of this event,\u00a0according to NRHA officials. The Paint stallion won with an\u00a0outstanding score\u00a0of 228.5, earning $125,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n

This is only the second time in history that an American\u00a0Paint Horse has won this prestigious event. Gunnatrashya now joins RR Star, who\u00a0won the event in\u00a02001.<\/p>\n

Going into the finals, Gunnatrashya was trailing by a close\u00a0margin of 1.5 points for second place behind Kaystein after the opening two\u00a0rounds. But after an\u00a0outstanding finals performance, Gunnatrashya clenched the\u00a0win.<\/p>\n

Gunnatrashya is owned by Arcese Quarter Horses USA in\u00a0Weatherford, Texas, and was ridden to the victory by top NRHA rider Shawn\u00a0Flarida of Springfield,\u00a0Ohio. The 3-year-old solid sorrel stallion is a registered\u00a0Paint Horse sired by Colonels Smokingun, known simply as \u201cGunner\u201d in the\u00a0reining world. Gunner is the\u00a0first million-dollar Paint sire in NRHA history,\u00a0as well as the highest-earning Paint Horse performer in NRHA history.
\nThe colt is out of Natrasha who is by Trashadeous.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been one\u00a0of my favorites all year long,\u201d said Flarida. \u201c I knew when we were done that\u00a0he had performed really well. I knew my horse was as good\u00a0as he could be, and I\u00a0didn\u2019t make any mistakes. This horse is just really special, so much feel and\u00a0talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Archese Quarter Horses USA purchased the horse in May 2009,\u00a0sight unseen, from Bill Horn and John Dorminy according to Flarida. John and\u00a0Katarina\u00a0Dorminy of Fitzgerald, Ga. bred this horse and own the dam. Katarina\u00a0Dorminy shows in the Non-Pro division of NRHA. Eleuterio Archese is from Italy\u00a0where\u00a0he is in the transportation business, and has a farm in Weatherford,\u00a0Texas. He is a long-time client of Flarida and he has been around the reining\u00a0horse\u00a0industry for many years and is a NRHA Hall of Fame owner. He owned horses\u00a0that won the NRHA Futurity and Derby with Wimpys Little Chick and the NRHA\u00a0Derby with Walla Walla Whiz, which Flarida rode for him as well.<\/p>\n

There were close to 1,600 total horses entered to compete in\u00a0this event, their second-highest entries to date according to NRHA officials.\u00a0Several other\u00a0Paint Horses were finalists and leaders in their divisions at the\u00a0NRHA Futurity.<\/p>\n

Open Futurity Paint Horse finalists included:<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>\u2022 Berryinfinitesurprise,\u00a0owned by Steve and Dori Schwartzenberger<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span>\u2022 Whodini\u00a0PT, owned by the Haverty Ranch<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span>\u2022 Colonelsmokinpep,\u00a0owned by Stacey Jones<\/span><\/div>\n

Paint Horse division leaders included:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>\u2022 A\u00a0Gal With A Gun, Non-Pro, owned by Jana Simons<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span>\u2022 Busta\u00a0Move Bubbagun, Open Level 1 and 2, owned by Sarrah Day<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span>\u2022 Crystal\u00a0Lena, Youth Non-Pro, owned by Jordan Donnelly<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span>\u2022 Taris\u00a0Little Lilly, NAAC Intermediate, owned by Julie Boer<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span>\u2022 Nuff\u00a0Gun, Non-Pro Gelding, owned by Bill Bradley<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n


\nGunnatrashya\u2019s winning run is posted online at <\/span>http:\/\/www.nrhafuturity.com<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

More About APHA<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, American Paint Horses are being registered at\u00a0APHA\u2019s Fort Worth, Texas, headquarters at a rate of more than 35,000 horses\u00a0each year. APHA\u00a0has registered more than 958,000 horses in 59 nations and\u00a0territories since it was founded 47 years ago, and now serves approximately\u00a085,000 active\u00a0members around the world. APHA, a non-profit organization, prides\u00a0itself on community involvement and educating the public about the beauty and\u00a0talent\u00a0of the breed. Among its many activities, APHA works to preserve bloodlines\u00a0and maintain the outstanding characteristics of Paint Horses. For more\u00a0information, visit the Association\u2019s Web\u00a0site at apha.com<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\nor call (817)\u00a0834-2742.<\/span><\/p>\n


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FORT WORTH, TEXAS\u2014A\u00a0talented American Paint Horse stallion, Gunnatrashya, captured the National\u00a0Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Open Futurity title in\u00a0Oklahoma City recently,\u00a0outscoring over 400 horses entered in the open division of this event,\u00a0according to NRHA officials. The Paint stallion won with an\u00a0outstanding score\u00a0of 228.5, earning $125,000 in prize money. This is only the second time in history […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2824,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2822\/revisions\/2824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}