"1999 National Breeders Cup"
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The 3nd Annual Breeders Cup was opened each
night with Dale Esther, President of NBC, carrying the United States flag. This
year’s Breeders Cup exceeded last years' purse with $118,000 given away in money and
prizes. Prizes were donated by our Corporate sponsors. The first place Open
Breeders Cup and Amateur Breeders Cup winners received the use of a Featherlite
Trailer for one year. The reserve winners of both Open and Amateur Breeder
Cup received a saddle from Ortho-Flex Saddles located at Nevada, Mo. and
presented by Mr. Len Brown |
Attendance exceeded last year with people coming from all
over the United States and great support from the Lebanon area. In attendance on
Saturday night was a large group of young people from a Riding Academy, most of this
group had never seen a foxtrotter.
We were thrilled by the caliber of horses and
riders participating in the 3 day event. From this writer's viewpoint and the roar
of applause from the audience, the show receives an all around #1 rating. If this
show set a standard for future Breeders Cup Shows...the officers and board of both NAB
& NBC have lots of work ahead to make next year's show even better and continue
this trend.
The two year old classes were filled with
excellent horses! A few of these horses went out the gate without receiving a
ribbon...most in attendance that we talked with agreed that it would be nice to take home
any one of these horses. Breeders, amateurs and trainers are to be congratulated on
a job well done.
If you missed the three year old classes, you
missed the best performance classes ever to be held in our breed! The amateur 3 year
old class had to be split to accommodate all the entries. The first ever 4
year old Breeders Cup class was down in number but made up for this factor with the best
of the best competing for the blue. In the 3 and 4 year old classes we are seeing
several of our Breeders Cup Stallions competing in the show ring -- in the future we will
see these stallions competing against their offspring in senior division. That will
be exciting!
Friday and Saturday night brought surprises to the audience with the
Farkus family showing up again this year totally disrupting the show. Due to an
injury, the Farkus family had to leave quickly. We heard through the grape vine that
the injury was minor and all is well at the Farkus house. A member of the family
showed up unexpectedly on Saturday night to model a beautiful horse taking home a blue
ribbon! More details and pictures to come.
The Annual Business Meeting was held on Saturday at 1:00 PM with the
election of officers. After a brief discussion of business the meeting was adjourned
so the board could get ready for the Model classes.
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to put
on this show and all the volunteers who gave their time to help during the three day
event. You are greatly appreciated!
Special thanks to the Exhibitors for
their participation and support. During the three day show we experienced one of the
worst heat waves Missouri has had in recent years, so we know it was hot and dusty working
your horses in the outside arena. Any moisture that was put on the outdoor arena
was dried up fast by the sweltering sun. We attempted to help with this problem by
keeping the indoor arena open extended hours so everyone could work their horses in more
comfortable conditions. Thanks for helping make the 1999 Breeders Cup a
SUCCESS!
Support our Corporate Sponsors and Associate Members
... Let them know how much you Appreciate them!
Ground Source
B & D Truck Plaza
Beauty Mart
Bruce & Gland Mott
Jackson's Used Cars
Mercantile Bank
Crow Paint & Glass, Inc.
Fordland Auto Sales
Dr. Steve Allyn
Dennis Hanks Chevrolet-Olds
Danny’s IGA
Lowell & Trudy Pascoe
Missouri Carbide Inc.
Lee Hackler
Danner Funeral Home |
Always
Flower & Plants
Palmer Motors
Quality Ford, Inc
S & H Farm Supply, Inc
Jolley Excavating
Sassafras Equine Services
Karen Graddy
Southeast Mo. Trailer Sales
Noble Hudson & Sons
O'Bannon Bank
Top Craft Bodyworks
Ozark's Coca-Cola - Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.
SW Credit Union
Super 8 Motel
Bill's Farm & Home |
Click links to view complete results for 1999 Breeders Cup
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1999
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