SHOW SEASON RESULTS
2010 Show season off to a good start

Edinburgh, Indiana July 24 and 25, 2010
Congratulations Cheryl, Ellen, and Michelle!

Michelle Merkley, of Peoria, Illinois recently moved her horses, Tango and Tucker, to RC Performance Horses.  Michelle has ridden in reining clinics with Ron and in 2009 purchased Tucker (Smart Jazz Man by Smart Like Juice) from us.  Michelle has been having a great show season in 2010 including showing at the ARHA World Show this past June in Tennessee.  She continued her winning ways with a first place finish on Tucker in the All Age Senior Ranch Riding.  Way to go Michelle!
Ron showed Tucker to a second place finish in the $500 Added All Age Ranch Reining.  Ron and Tango took second in the All Age Ranch Cutting.

Ellen Milligan of Hillsboro, Indiana had a fantastic weekend.  In April, Ellen brought her gelding, "T", to RC Performance Horses for a tune-up.  Their show season got off to a rough start at New Castle, but Ellen was determined to do better and boy did she!  They placed first in Amateur Horsemanship and second of seventeen in the Amateur Ranch Riding. Good job Ellen!  All those transitions and turns on the haunches paid off.

Cheryl Bluett and her young gelding, Frankie, had a marvelous outing in only their second horse show.  On Saturday they placed third in the Amateur Ranch Riding.
On Sunday they started with a second in the Amateur Ranch Trail and followed up with a second in the All Age Junior Ranch Riding.  They finished the day placing third in the Amateur Horsemanship.  What a great start to this young horses show career.

Tipton County 4H Fair, Tipton, Indiana July 18 & 19
Jessica St. Peters, of Atlanta, Indiana, had numerous wins with her pony, Hurricane, and her mare, Jazzy, in gaming and performance at the Tipton Fair.

Montgomery County 4H Fair, Crawfordsville, Indiana July 17, 2010
Savannah Dice, of Crawfordsville, won Grand Champion Western Mare at the Montgomery County 4H Fair.

Jessica and Savannah have both been taking lessons from Ron at RC Performance Horses for the past five years.  They both have developed into very accomplished young riders and we congratulate them on their recent performances.

New Castle, Indiana May 15 & 16, 2010
RC Performance Horses showed well at the first 2010 IRHA ranch horse show.
Ron showed Blue Boy Fritz (Paco) owned by Dan Bell of Frankfort, Indiana.  In their first show together they placed second of eleven in All Age (Open) Ranch Reining.  They came back to win the Jackpot Ranch Reining.  Other placings included 6 of 16 in All Age Senior Ranch Riding, 6th in AA Ranch Cutting, 7th in AA Ranch Trail, and 5th in Jackpot Ranch Trail.
Cheryl had a very successful outing with her new three year old gelding, HAR Hesa Fancy Texan, which she purchased in March from Tim & Miriam Farrell, of Lafayette, Indiana.  The Amateur Ranch Riding was a strong class of 26 exhibitors.  Having made the cut, they returned to finish ninth in the workoff.  Cheryl and "Frankie" also placed well in the Amateur Ranch Reining, finishing fourth of ten.

Almosta Kid earns ARHA titles
Almosta Kid earned her ARHA Champion title in 2009.  She completed her Register of Merit (ROM) in
Conformation and in Ranch Reining.
 

Saturday, January 16th, the Indiana Ranch Horse Association held it's annual membership meeting and awards banquet at the
Henry Co. Fairgrounds. 2009 Year end awards earned by RC Performance Horses include:
Almosta Kid
Class Champion All Age Four and Over Mares, All Age Reining,
Tied All Age Ranch Reining
2009 ALL AGE RESERVE HIGH POINT CHAMPION

Smart Jazz Man
Class Champion All Age Ranch Riding,
Tied All Age Ranch Reining
Smart Jazz Man is now owned by Michelle Merkley of Peoria, Illinois


Rochester, Indiana Sep 26 & 27
RON & ALMOSTA KID EARN ALL AGE WEEKEND HIGH POINT.
"Mae"concluded her 2009 ranch horse show season with a first in Four and Over Mares and GRAND CHAMPION MARE. She also was first in All Age Ranch Horse Trail. Showing how versatile a ranch horse can be, she was 4th of 19 entries in All Age Ranch Cutting, and second in both Barrels and Poles. She also placed in Ranch Reining and Reining. After eight years of showing in AQHA, NRHA, and ARHA shows it is time to pull the shoes, leave the blankets off and grow some hair!

In other news from Rochester, Ron rode Smart Jazz Man for Michelle Merkley to a third place finish in both the Reining and Jackpot Ranch Reining.

Also, He Art A Pine Bar, ("T"), owned by Troy and Ellen Milligan of Hillsboro, Indiana, was shown in his first ranch horse show. Ron and "T" were second out of 22 horses in the Open Adult Walk Trot and finished 7th of 14 in the All Age Ranch Reining.

Berrin Springs, Michigan, Aug 1 & 2
Almosta Kid gives a solid performance at the ARHA show held at the Berrien County Youth Fairgrounds. She placed first in All Age Ranch Reining, All Age Reining, and All Age Ranch Trail.
Smart Jazz Man places 4th of 18 in All Age 4 & Over Geldings and 2nd in All Age Ranch Reining.

Edinburg, Indiana July 25 & 26

Ron rode Smart Jazz Man to first place in the All Age (Open) Senior Ranch Riding class at the ARHA show in Edinburgh, Indiana. They placed first out of sixteen horses under judge David Terrell of Tennessee. In addition, they took first place money in the Jackpot Ranch Reining, third in All Age Four and Over Geldings, and fourth in All Age Ranch Reining.

Riding Almosta Kid, Ron placed third in All Age Ranch Reining and third in All Age Reining.