After being haunted with rain the last couple of years, the 2008 DCHA Futurity & Pleasure Show saw plenty of sunshine. The Benefit Stallion Service Auction Weanling Futurity Class had 19 participants, all hoping for a piece of what was probably the largest payout in the history of the show. The judge had a tough time, as the class was filled with many quality weanlings to choose from. Placings were as follows:
1) A Fancy Celebri Te, owned by Sunset Sands, sired by Klassy Celebri Te. $1,444.00
2) Echo The Dream, owners Jeff & Karla Born, sired by Awesome Sight. $992.00
3) Elusive Tequila, owners Jeff & Karla Born, sired by Awesome Sight. $772.00
4) I’m Cools Candy, owner Donna La Costa, sired by Cool Indifference. $451.00
5) Klassy, owner Dan Gruenwald, sired by Farenheit. $361.00
6) Menominee Wind Chill, owners Richard & Dee Corning, sired by Menominee Wind.
$225.00
7) AKA As Original As They Come, owner Amber Dreyer, sire Kid Oh’s Seventh Heaven.
$180.00
8) Speedy Two Spark, owner Rosemary Steffen, Sire Cool Indifference. $135.00
The Open Weanling Futurity Class had 20 entries, again all quality babies. Since there were 20 entries, payout went to 7th place.
1) Going DZ For You, owners Jeff & Karla Born, sired by DZ Over You. $261.00
2) A Fancy Celebri Te, owned by Sunset Sands, sired by Klassy Celebri Te. $184.00
3) Echo The Dream, owners Jeff & Karla Born, sired by Awesome Sight. $130.00
4) Elusive Tequila, owners Jeff & Karla Born, sired by Awesome Sight. $77.00
5) Klassy, owner Dan Gruenwald, sired by Farenheit. $61.00
6) He’s A Golden Cowboy, owner Therese Voight, sired by Zips Super Cowboy. $38.00
7)Tribute To Intense, owner Amber Dreyer, sired by Skip Intense. $15.00
The Open Yearling Longe Line Futurity had 3 very nice entries.
1) Downtown Hustler, shown by Kim Kluz, $83.00
2) Just Zip By Jack, shown by Laura Jagfeld, $49.00
3) A Iron Rebel, shown by Nola Burkhardt. $33.00
The Open 2 & 3 Year Old Walk-Trot Futurity also had 3 entries.
1) Snap to A Awe, shown by Aimee Thompson, $99.00
2) A Plain Pixy, shown by Carol Klamrowski, $75.00
3) We Zip O Scotch, shown by Judy Oakes, $39.00
Congratulations to the winners, and all who participated in the show! In 2009, DCHA will be doing things a bit differently. The 2009 Benefit SSA Catalog will hopefully be on our website, making it accessible for more people, and saving the cost of printing so many copies. Diane Sackett has been the mastermind behind the monumental task of organizing the Catalog these past nine years, next year she will have a few helpers. The Benefit SSA Weanling Futurity Class will not change, but all the Open Futurity Classes will become Stakes classes, so there will be no pre-entries to worry about, you can just enter the day of the show. We are hoping this will encourage more entries in those classes.
Thanks to all who have participated & supported the Open Futurities over the years. A big thank you goes to Jenny Juliuson, who has taken care of all of the paperwork that goes with the Open Futurities for the last 12+ years, and I think Dick Thomas did it for the first 1 or 2 years before that.
DCHA would like to thank our Open Futurity sponsors, the Mayville Animal Clinic, Sackett Equine Services, Nutrena, and Brandt Blanket Company, and also the Wisconsin State Horse Council, who is a major sponsor for the Benfit SSA Weanling Futurity, among others. And let’s not forget the Stallion owners for their generosity, they are the foundation of our Benefit Futurity.
So mark your calendars for the 2009 Benefit Stallion Service Auction & Tack Swap, it will be held February 8th, at the Juneau Community Center in Juneau, WI. For more information, e-mail Lori Helmer at helmer@powerweb.net, phone 1-920-382-0277, and watch the Wisconsin Horseman’s News for upcoming information.
