1998 National Breeders Championship
Performance
Two Year Old – Open
Patriots Twister, Justin Dampier for Wayne & Helen Jones
Prince Jester, Geno Middleton for Larry & Keith Robbins
Two Year Old – Amateur
Patriot’s Classy Dame, Sharon Jolley for Sharon & Karen Jolley
Murphys Hot Dam WW, owned & shown by Rick Ward
Model
Yearling Model – Open
Velvet’s Eliminator, Johnny Miller for Miller Ranch
Tri-Mi Dealers’ Choice, Wade Hightower for Larry Graham
Yearling Model – Amateur
Rowdy’s High Standard D, owned & shown by Bob Delcour
Cadillac’s Hot Shot, Beth Ross for Jimmy & Beth Ross
Three Year Old – Open
Royal Ace M, Geno Middleton for Geno & Julie Middleton
Cast Iron Camelot H, Megan Pettit for Dennis & Janice Handel
Three Year Old – Amateur
Sensations Missouri Girl, owned and shown by Ron Bowers
Country Kate D, owned and shown by Willa Danner
About the 1998 National Breeders Championship
1998 Breeders Championship
The 2nd Annual Breeders Cup is now in the history books of the Missouri Fox Trotters. Dale Esther, President of NBC, opened the show each night carrying the United States flag. This year’s Breeders Cup had the largest purse in the history of our breed with almost $96,000 given away in money and prizes. Prizes were donated by our great sponsors. The first place Open Breeders Cup and Amateur Breeders Cup winners received the use of a Featherlite Trailer for one year. These beautiful trailers were presented by : Mr. Jim Mann, dealer for Featherlite Trailers, and owner of Southeast Mo Trailer Sales in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
The reserve winners of both Open and Amateur Breeder Cup received a Missouri Fox Trotter Saddle from Ortho-Flex Saddles located at Nevada, Mo. and was presented by Mr. Len Brown. The barrel racing classes drew a large number of entries with added prize money given by Purina Mill, Inc. Additional prizes for winners included 50 – 100 lbs of feed with a drawing for 500 lbs of Purina feed given to a lucky winner from those in attendance…all total, a trailer load of feed was given away!
The three day show went smoothly due to the efforts of many people who were willing to give their time and efforts (meaning long hours), including the exhibitors who showed their horses in front of large audiences each night with Saturday night being filled almost to capacity.
The Lebanon area was very supportive in helping make this show a success. We would like to thank the local spectators who not only enjoyed the beautiful Cowan Civic Center and it’s air conditioning, but got to see very competitive horses and exhibitors.
A “Presentation of Fox Trotters” was help during a luncheon for the Lebanon Arts Guild on Saturday morning. Janet Esther presented our breed from the first foxtrotters to the present day show horse. Great detail was given as to how and when the Fox Trotting Horse came into Lebanon area….I’ll let Janet tell this in her own words. Thanks, Janet! Go to Janet’s article: “Fox Trotters Entertain Arts Council”
Note of Appreciation
A great big thanks to each and everyone that worked so hard to make the Breeders Cup very successful. All the board members spent long hours on this project and several volunteers worked at numerous jobs during the show.
| Ron and Marilyn Morris Jim and Genie Wood Ray Wilson Vic and Alice Rowden Mike and Amy Rutledge Jill Wilson Dineen Johnson Tanga Thompson Patty Donley Janet Esther Cathy Williams Jan Alford | Glenn Mongomery Harold Moore Jerry Jackson Carl Davis Melody Struemph Charles Hightower Bill Jameson Nicole Johnson Chelsea Kapper Linda Owens Missy Morgan Eva Morgan |
Sponsors for the 1998 Show
| Alford Stables Noble Hudson & Sons PFI Hugh Palmer Motor Co. Acme Fence Beauty Mart Southern Sunrise Supporters Loren Keene & Associates Wall to Wall Jolley Excavation | Breech Regional Medical Center Mid Missouri Credit Union Lindsay Chevrolet, Inc./Quality Ford Page Printing True Friends Pet & Livestock Feeds Bill’s Farm & Home Super 8 Motel J & S Builders Bumgarner & Sons Construction |
GarlandsBetty Lynn Pam Zastipoul Beverly Berry |
