12/14/2023
We had a ๐๐๐๐ victory for the ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ last week!
Team member Ryann Packard, riding RPX Enterprise owned horse, ๐๐๐๐ณ๐ฒ ๐
๐๐๐๐ฒ, earned the title of ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!
There are so many to thank, starting with the late Jay Todd. Jay was a dear friend, a trusted advisor and mentor. Jay loved his family more than anything and we shared the love of our children riding good horses. When Ryann told me about this waspy, little gelding she liked I had reservations. I called Jay and in true Jay fashion, he laughed and talked me through it. Unfortunately, he passed away the next day. I canโt help but think he was all over that coliseum Thursday night. I could literally hear his laugh when they posted her score. So thank you Jayโฆ.ill miss my trusted friend.
Next , thank you to Cullen Chartier and Macall Banner for loving Ryann as much as I do. The joy on Macallโs face in one of the pics says it all. Thank you for preparing Dragon perfectly each round. The fist bumps, the loveโฆ.exceptional. Thank you Marcus Spencer for you and Cullenโs expertise on such an exceptional horse.
Thank you R.L. Chartier , Casey Green and Clay Johnson for the help in the show pen. What a great group of helpers. The excitement and joy on each face in the pics were priceless.
Thank you to all the behind the scenes people that keep it all going. A crew of vets, farriers and team. Thank you Pete Evans for working on him ever day to help him feel his best. I know Iโll unintentionally miss someone and donโt want to as each person plays such a blg role in the totality of this. Thank you to everyone that text, called and cheered. ๐ซถ๐ป
Lastly, thank you Ryann. You make cutting fun. I remember the little girl that slept w her Breyer horses stacked neatly on her bed. All the horses that came before this one that taught you so much. You amaze me with full time college, full time job and the extra work you put into cutting. Iโd love to post pics of you so little cutting up but Iโll save those.
Just a special thanks to our people that love and cheer us on in this crazy life. We definitely had the wildest cheering section with the most heart โค๏ธ
I gotta say when Ryann told me a month before the futurity she wanted to change his name to Weezy F Babyโฆ.i was less than thrilled. I thought how will we ever sell a horse with a terrible nameโฆand you canโt just give that name to any horse. He better be special. He proved that. I guess youโll be seeing more rapper names in our program, lol.
Special thanks to Billy Wolf as well for all his support and encouragement ! Go !!
2023 NCHA NON PRO FUTURITY
CHAMPIONS
Photos courtesy of National Cutting Horse Association Performance Horse Central