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A Few of My Students
and Favorite Horses

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Here are a few of the students I've taught at my training stable. Most of them had no experience in reining, cutting or working cow horse prior to entering my lesson program. I'm very proud of them for what they've accomplished.

Congratulations to Steve Litzky and Melissa Norris on your 2006 Hi-Point Awards. Good job.


Fiina Ugrin-Jolley
Ft. Bragg, CA

Winner of the 2004 Non Pro Championship saddle of the NCCHA. She also won silver belt buckles for two other championships. She accomplished this after having a brain tumor removed a few months prior to show season.

Fiina also was the winner of the 2002 year-end Hi-Point Saddle for VCHA.

Fiina is a school teacher by profession and in the last three years has won numerous year-end and class championships. Great effort, Fiina. You really deserve credit.
 


Virginia Sorensen
Sebastopol, CA

Winner of the 2001year-end Hi-Point Saddle for VCHA. Virginia is a Western artist and didn't start learning to rein or cut until she was 62.

Virginia at age 65, winning a cutting class. She also has competed at reining too. If Virginia can learn do all this at 65, maybe you can too!
 


Mary Maxeiner
Sebastopol, CA

Winner of the 2000 year-end Hi-Point Saddle for VCHA. Mary is the assistant District Attorney for Sonoma county. Mary rides with a very painful "bad back" but still  prevailed to win the championship saddle and a few buckles too.
 


Rich Farrar
Redwood City, CA

Non-pro and Limited Reining Champion. Rich is a computer tech and in his first year of comp-etition, won two reining championships and the Limited Working Cow Horse of the WCHA.
 


Kathleen Feickert
Cotati, CA

Non-pro Working Cow Horse Champion. Also, top 5 year-end in Reining. Kathy won these titles her first year showing. A very fast learner, she does well in cutting competition too.
 


Lori Frugoli
Novato, CA

Top 5 year-end championship in Non-pro and Limited Working Cow Horse and Reining of the WCHA. Very good for Lori's first year.
 


Melanie Ferdinand
Petaluma, CA

Top 5 year-end championship in Non-pro and Limited Working Cow Horse and Reining of the WCHA. Darn good for her first year. Melanie has also won a Championship Horse Trailer in Team Penning.
 


bullet Jim Eddings
Athens, TX

Jim was a fast learner. He won a silver, class championship buckle the very first time he showed a cutting horse. His first show was also his last show. Said he wanted to quit while he was ahead :)
Jim owned World Champion Cutting Horse, Handle Bar Doc.
 


bullet Gary & Mickey Goodfried
Flint, TX

They both placed in their very first cutting class after taking only 12 lessons. Very good students. They also own the NCHA Futurity Champion, Dainty's Playgirl.


bullet Stacey Powers
Petaluma, CA

Stacey won second in a big reining class the very first time she showed a reining horse. She also won the very first time she showed a cutting horse. After that, she won several year-end championships in cutting.


bullet Lindsey Dutton
Santa Rosa, CA

Perhaps the most naturally talented rider I've ever had as a student. At age 12 & 13 years old she won several championships.


 

Here are a few of my favorite horses
that I've trained and shown.

bullet Cal Filly Bar, owned by Sheila Smith. AQHA Superior Cutting Champion. When I was just getting started as a professional trainer, this mare was my first good horse. She got me to the winners circle in a lot of shows and put me on the map. After her show career, she was bred to Montana Doc and produced Millie Montana. I started Millie's training, then Joe Suiter went on to show her and win the NCHA Futurity.
bullet Scootum Over Tesa, owned by Tania Ugrin. WCHA Open Working Cow Horse Champion. This paint mare did well at the APHA shows also.
bullet Freckle Olena, owned by John Tollett. Reserve Champion Nevada Spectacular Futurity. This filly was one of the most solid futurity horses I've ever shown.
bullet I'm An Alibi, owned by Robert Dolcini. Finalist of two west coast futurities. I loved this filly. She was so graceful and moved like a ballerina. I'll always remember her because she put me in the finals of my very first aged events.
bullet Handle Bars Fling, owned by Jim Eddings. Finalist at several Texas Derbys and a Semi-Finalist in the NCHA Derby. Fling was maybe the most honest and reliable horse I've ever ridden. I really enjoyed showing her.
bullet Nap O’Lena, owned by Richard Farrar. WCHA Open Reining Champion. Nap was a very consistent and honest reining horse. He carried me and his owner to several championships.
bullet Willy A Dell, owned by Bill Bachelor. Champion of two Pacific coast Cutting Derbys and a finalist at several other aged events. This mare had a great personality. I could always count on her to do her best.
bullet Home Remedy, owned by Ken Earp.  NCHA and PCCHA  top ten world champion novice horse. He also was a finalist in two aged events.
bullet Cal’s Condor, owned by Pete Mattioli. Aged event finalist and multiple PCCHA Champion. I picked Condor out of a herd of  2-year-olds. He looked like a miniature Percheron but there was something about him I really liked.
bullet Mollie Montana, owned by Sheila Smith. Pacific Coast Cutting Stakes Classic Champion. This mare is the full sister to Millie Montana, NCHA Futurity Champion.

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