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Pretty In The Pink
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Pretty In The Pink/Cox crash
Suncoast
Lloyd Cox By Robert Eubanks Photo by
Midge Ames
Tension so thick that it can't be
cut with a knife often is felt by
parents as they watch their children
perform in a contest. It also can be
that way with a horse a person has
raised, a situation experienced by
Betsy Mecom, Brenham, Texas, as she
watched Pretty In the Pink (DNA) and
Lloyd Cox crash the party for their
second straight Futurity title Oct.
6-17 at the Suncoast Futurity in Las
Vegas, Nev.
Boons Farm N Popcorn (DNA), owned by
Dean Sanders, Anderson, Texas, and
ridden by Faron Hightower, and
Little Jack Smart, owned by Chip and
Susan Hanley, Minden, Nev., and
ridden by Tom Long, had scored 220s
and appeared headed to a work-off
until Pretty In The Pink (DNA) and
Cox worked last in the 25-horse
finals.
The mare, which had won the Brazos
Bash at Silverado on the Brazos near
Weatherford, Texas, less than a
month earlier, scored a 220.5 to
earn the title and $20,325.88. It
was the biggest of three victories
posted by Peptoboonsmal offspring at
the Suncoast Futurity, Derby and
Classic. I'm still in shock; I can't
believe it Mecom said as she
prepared to fly to the PCCHA
Futurity in Burbank, Calif.
Mecom said Pretty In The Pink (DNA)
felt good as she loped her down, but
when she handed the reins to Cox, he
said, Betsy, there is not much out
there.
The cattle had been tough and I
thought that maybe there would be a
work-off; I didn't know if I could
put a big run together or not, the
36-year-old Cox said.
He said there were several cattle
they had picked and they were able
to cut two of them. They finished up
with a rerun cow.
The first cow had stayed up on top
and didn't look too bad, but other
people didn't cut it Cox said. It
wouldn't drive out, but it really
wasn't that bad. There wasn't too
much move to it, but the mare did
her thing. The second cow made her
run and stop and the third was a
rerun. I At the end of the run,
Mecom said she got off her perch on
the fence, stared at the scoreboard
and started crying when the 220.5
score appeared.
Cox admonished her to wait, saying
the run would be reviewed.
Then, when the word came down that
it was for real, she said, it still
didn't believe it. Its different
when you raise them. I almost
fainted, then I started crying and I
hugged Lloyd. I'm still in shock. I
Pretty In The Pink (DNA) is by
Peptoboonsmal out of Daisy Duke
(DNA) by Smart And Trouble. Boons
Farm N Popcorn (DNA), which is by CD
Olena out of Royal Red Peppy, earned
$15,830.30. Little Jack Smart, by
Smart Little Jerry out of Boons
Pinup, earned $16,330.30. The other
two big wins by Peptoboonsmal foals
were in the Futurity Non-Pro and
Derby Open. Dustin Adams, 21,
Logandale, Nev., took the Futurity
Non-Pro with a 222 on Timely Boon,
topping Mark Broeckel, Orland,
Calif., who had a 219.5 on
Celenalena. Pepto Taz (DNA), owned
by Don Lester, Canby, Ore., and
ridden by Randy Cherry, marked a 226
to win the Derby Open by 3 1/2
points over Stylish Play Lena, owned
by Linda Holmes, Longmont, Colo.,
and ridden by Cox. Sandy Bonelli,
Petaluma, Calif., narrowly missed a
spill on her second cut, but
captured the Non-Pro Derby with a
227 on her great stallion, Soula
Jule Star. She won by 3 1/2 points
over Alycia Bellenfant, DeLeon,
Texas, riding Sallie B Badge and
Lach Perks, Rockford, Ill., riding
Stella Starlight.
In the 5/6-year-old Classic, the
Open was captured by Bueno Chex
Dually, owned by Dick Brown,
Tallulah, La., and ridden by Paul
Hansma to a 225, while Mary Ann
Rapp, Weatherford, Texas, won the
Non-Pro with a 227 on Cats Full
Measure.
In Amateur competition, Debbie Day,
Reno, Nev., won the Derby with a 221
on Jazz A Lee, Donna Lu Campbell,
Hazen, Nev., won the Classic with a
220 on Dream Acre Doc and Tom
DeRegt, Carmel, Calif., took the
$50,000 Amateur Any Age with a 226
on Big Gun (PT).
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