January, 2001 Features
Features Index

Arizona Sun Country Circuit - WestWorld - Scottsdale - 2001 Performances o January 26-29 from 7:30 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. o Includes: Open, Amateur, Novice Amateur, Youth, and Novice Youth events! 6 arenas all day - Split/Combined. o January 30 Off day - Exhibitors' Party. o January 31-February 3 from 7:30 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. o Open, Amateur, Novice Amateur - 5 arenas performing all day, Split/Combined. Hotels and Accomodations 2001 Arizona Sun Country Circuit o COUNTRY INN & SUITES Host Hotel 10801 N. 89 place Scottsdale, Az. 85260 (480) 314-1200 Rate- $99 & $119 o FAIRFIELD INN 13440 N. Scottsdale Rd. Scottsdale, Az. 85254 (480) 483-0042 Rate $99 o SIERRA SUITES HOTEL 110660 N. 69th St. Scottsdale, AZ. 85254 (480) 483-1333 Rate $79.00 o SLEEP INN Bell & Scottsdale Rd. (480) 998-9211 Rate $95 o SCOTTSDALE LINKS RESORT Across Pima Rd. At WestWorld 480-563-0500 Rate $149-$225 Judges - 2001 Arizona Sun Country Circuit o Jan. 26 - Jan. 29 Joe Carter Jim Dudley Cliff Kelmer Larry Little Neil Sebring Chris Baldwin Wayne Jordan Dave Wolfe Russ Smith Jon Barry o Jan. 31 - Feb 3 Andy Rees Joe Hayes Kim Myers Bill Enk Jeffrey Pait Lynn Palm Randy Fowler Chris Jeters


KICK UP YOUR HEELS AT TURF On January 13th, 2001, Arizona State Horsemen's Association will host its Annual President's Dinner at Turf Paradise. This new location will add a touch of class to this already festive event. The people at Turf Paradise have planned a full day of entertainment for all of our clubs and their Presidents. If your club is a current member of ASHA, there will be a race named after your club, and your group can get their picture taken in the Winners Circle afterwards. Turf will be offering barn tours starting at 4 p.m. on that Saturday. Every ASHA member throughout the state can get into Turf for free that day; contact us for your free pass. We will be sending invitations and free Grandstand passes to all our members in late December. The passes and information will be sent to all Club Presidents. Along with a free Day at the track, later in the day, the President's Dinner will be held. This year the Presidents dinner will be a formal western wear affair, we will gather atop Turf Paradise in the Directors Suite . Starting at 6:00 PM we will have a no host bar with live entertainment and at 7:00 pm. Turf chefs will serve one of the finest meals you'll ever have at an event like this. After dinner we will be presenting the 2000 Horsemen and Horsewomen of the year awards along with many other surprises. Once again Peggy Malone will be performing her western revue and if you haven't heard her sing I'd come just to see her. This is going to be a wonderful evening, tickets for this dinner will be sent out to all our clubs so if you'd like to attend contact your clubs president or call me personally at 602-843-0986 or at 1-800-427-5442.

Adopt Wild Horses & Burros in Apace Junction The Bureau of Land Management is bringing wild horses and burros to the East Valley, in hopes of finding them good adoptive homes. An opportunity to see and adopt these living legends will take place during Lost Dutchman Days, February 23rd-24th, at the Apache Junction Rodeo Grounds. The site is located on 1590 E. Lost Dutchman Boulevard, north of Highway 60, about 40 miles east of Phoenix. An "open house" will be held on Friday, February 23rd, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., to meet previous adopters and their mustangs and burros, and a seminar about adopting will begin at 1 p.m. On Saturday, February 24th, a silent bid auction will be held to adopt the animals available. To register for bidding, adopters must complete an application and be approved by BLM. Registration for bidding may be done on Friday, from 12 noon to 5 p.m., and on Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.. Silent bids will be received during the auction from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday. The site will remain open Saturday until 4 pm., for adoption of animals remaining after the auction, and for adopters to pick up and transport their animals home. Silent bids open with the minimum adoption fee of $125 per animal and continue as high as adopters wish to bid. This allows adopters to acquire the animals of their choice for the amount they wish to pay. Payment is made immediately after bids are announced and can be made with cash, check or major credit card. The adoption application is available from BLM in the booklet So you'd like to adopt. The booklet also provides adoption details and requirements for the program. Basically, each wild horse and burro will need a corral, shade, feed, water, and transportation home from the adoption site. Mustangs and burros are gathered from public lands in the west devastated by recent wildfires and in areas with overpopulated herds. The animals vary in age, color, and breed, all are in good health. Prior to being offered for adoption, they are thoroughly inspected by veterinarians, Coggins tested and given equine vaccinations. Adopters will receive a complete package with medical and other records for their animal. To request an adoption application and information, contact the BLM in Phoenix (623) 580-5500, and Kingman (520) 692-4400, or toll-free at 1-888-213-2582.

Scottsdale Jaycee's Parada Del Sol Rodeo Celebration Moves to WestWorld of Scottsdale The 48th Annual Scottsdale Jaycee's Parada del Sol Rodeo finds a new home at WestWorld of Scottsdale. After 15 years of hosting the rodeo at Rawhide, the Jaycees relocate their PRCA/Coors Shoot Out rodeo performances to the Equidome Arena at WestWorld of Scottsdale. The celebration will be moved to February 9th, 10th and 11th, one week later than previous years. "After hard consideration, long hours of planning and careful thought, the Scottsdale Jaycees decided it would be in our best interest to relocate to WestWorld of Scottsdale," Doug Petersen, 2001 Parada del Sol Boss stated. "There are several benefits to our move. We no longer have direct competition with the Phoenix Open and through our agreement with WestWorld, we will be able to raise more money to give back to the community." The World's largest horse drawn parade in Old Town Scottsdale kicks off the Parada del Sol Trails End Celebration on Saturday, February 3, 2001. Other traditional and family focused events take place this week as well. There will be five rodeo performances Friday - Sunday at WestWorld. The Friday and Saturday night performances will be followed by a country music concert featuring local and national acts. Rodeo tickets go on sale in December 2000. For more information and ticket pricing contact Lacy Hill at 602-628-9982.

Arizona Honors an NCHA World Champion! Badgers Candy Man with Lee Ann & Dave Uthoff Arizona once again is honored to have a National Cutting Horse Association World Champion in the $10,000 Amateur division. Lee Ann Uthoff of Wickenburg, AZ will be in the record books of the NCHA forever more for being the champion in the $10,000 Am in 2000! Lee began cutting when her husband Wickenburg dentist Dave Uthoff introduced her to this great horse sport about 10 years ago. She and Dave started cutting in Montana and that is where Lee found her prized gelding Badgers Candy Man at a show in Big Timber, MT. At the time he was owned by Claudia Van Winkle and shown by Julie Roddy. Lee told her husband to go check out this 'awesome' gelding in the show pen. Lee found out that 'Badger' had been the highest selling horse at the NCHA Two-Year Old Sale held during the World Futurity in Ft. Worth. He had been purchased by the famed Bar H Ranch and was trained by Pat Earnhardt. Bobby Pidgeon rode him in the NCHA Non Pro Futurity in 1989 and was third overall. That was when Ms. Van Winkle bought him. Needless to say, Lee had good taste in cutting horses and convinced Dave to purchase Badger. However Lee admits that he was a little more horse than she could handle as a beginner, so Dave showed him for the years that followed. They eventually moved to Arizona and brought their show horses with them to cut in Arizona cattle country. Lee took a break from cutting two years ago, meanwhile enjoying just riding her horses on their small ranch in Wickenburg. Dave continued showing in Arizona on Badger and had success more often than not. Lee says that Dave wanted her to get back into cutting at a competitive level for 2000 and even enticed her by purchasing a living quarters trailer to relax in during the many hours between classes. The biggest enticement was when Dave offered Badger as her show horse. Lee couldn't pass up the opportunity to show her favorite horse and had planned to simply do well at the Arizona Cutting Horse Association shows at the Pinal Feedlot. They started last January off doing just that. Since Arizona is approved as an NCHA affiliate as well, she was soon in the top of the national standings. Dave encouraged his wife to continue and go for a title bigger than an Arizona Champ. So Lee got a plan and went for it! She left the comfort of her living quarters trailer and spent time on the road with most of the other haulers. In fact while showing in California, she stayed at Jack Hitchings' Training Stables and was treated like one of the family. Jack's daughter and wife would awaken Lee at 5:00 am to start warming up horses for Jack to work when she wasn't showing. Lee said it made sense to stay in CA in between the big show circuits rather than coming home for two days only to leave once again. Even though the hospitality was great, she missed her family(Dave and 13 yr. old son Aaron) very much. Lee held the lead for the world most of the year and then fell a little behind in the Fall of 2000. She realized that she must go to TX to compete during their busy show season to maintain her edge. So she and Vicky Lynn of CA traveled and competed against one another, however their support of each other remained at the forefront. Lee admits to being a little intimidated by the TX crowd, but soon realized the environment was warm and friendly just like home. They stayed with the Kemp's while in TX and learned a lot from the world champion couple, Jimmy and Terrye. Lee's favorite memory of her year in hauling was of showing in Brawley at the San Diego Cutting Horse Association in her very last class of the year this past November. She won the class that day and knew she had also taken the world. When asked if she would do it again, Lee responded like this, 'You know ignorance really is bliss. Now that I know what it takes to go down that road, I don't think I could do it again....at least not for a few years." As for Badger, he too is to be commended for a great year and show career; he broke the $100,000 barrier and did it the hard way--weekends! Lee and Badger will be showing again this season in the $50,000 Amateur Div. She is also excited about a new gelding, Nesterote that she will campaign in Arizona in the $10,000 Novice Horse/Non Pro Rider. Dave will also be competing on his new horse, a Freckles Playboy gelding. Their son Aaron is probably the most naturally talented rider of the family having only competed in cutting a few times, but earned big scores with little effort. However, he will be competing on his gasoline-powered horse, his motorcycle at competitions in Arizona this coming year. Best of luck to the Uthoff family and we are proud of your great success, Lee!

Clinic for Competitive Trail Riding Interested in Competitive Trail Riding but don't know anything about it? Here is a perfect clinic for you and your horses. On February 3 and February 10 a two part clinic will be held to introduce you to the great sport of NATRC. All aspects of attending a sanctioned NATRC ride will be covered; from conditioning your horse to the practice of safe trail riding and everything in between that will help you get ready for the Estrella Mt. Ride in March. The clinic fee of $75 includes membership in the North American Trail Ride Conference. Register early as space is limited. For more info. Contact: Karen Kafka at (480) 895-6201.


Special Event Working Cow Horse & Team Roping
Guy Walters & David Avery, USTRC team roping champions 1995
The Arizona Quarter Horse Association will sponsor this show, to be held on January 20th, at the beautiful Diamondtree Ranch in Cave Creek. The facility is located on 53rd Street, just North of Dynamite Blvd. The day will feature two shows, the first starts at 9 a.m., and the second is slated to start at 1 p.m.. Classes featured at both shows will be youth, novice amateur, amateur and all ages team roping, with heading and heeling to be judged. The working cow horse classes will offer youth, novice amateur, amateur, junior and senior divisions.
All classes will be conducted under the rules and regulations as set forth in the current Official Handbook of the AQHA. All owners and exhibitors are responsible for knowing these rules. Classes will be run in the order listed.
Entries for this show will close on January 12, 2001. A post entry fee of $25.00 per horse will be charged for entries postmarked after closing date. Photocopies of AQHA papers, current AQHA Amateur and Youth cards to accompany each entry.
All riders and handlers must have a current, individual AQHA or AJQHA membership. If exhibitor does not have a current membership card, a application form will be available to fill out and pay the appropriate fees.
The schedule of entry fees are as follows; Youth classes $10.00, Amateur classes $12.00, Open classes $15.00, Cattle charge $15.00 and an optional $10.00 can be paid into the jackpot on any class. There is a $1.00 per horse fee added to each entry to cover the fee that is transferred to the AQHA for their mandatory drug testing program. An additional $1.00 per horse fee will be charged to each exhibitor, this fee is to cover the assessment charged by the AzQHA to fund year-end awards.
The jackpots are offered in all classes, the cost is $10.00 per class. Roping paybacks are based on time, working cow horse paybacks are based on judges placing in the class. Payback on 5 or less entries - winner takes all, 6 to 10 entries - 60%/40%, over 10 entries in the jackpot - 40%/30%/20%/10%. Premium checks will be mailed 10 days after the close of the show. Payback checks are to be negotiated within 30 days of the date of issue.
Prizes will be awarded to first through sixth place.
For entry information contact Erin McDonald at 4041 S. Kay Drive, Tucson, AZ 85735, or call her at (520) 930-1668 or (520) 270-9231, or call club secretary Connie Hay at (623) 869-8037.

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