PG . 19
LETHAL LENA Q-31697 LETHAL LENA Q-31697 REINING
' PAM IS A VERY WELL-KNOWN BREEDER WHO JUST LOVED LETHAL LENA Q-31697 , A SIRE WHO ’ S BEEN GONE NOW FOR AROUND THREE YEARS '
Prada ’ s Dam : MCV CATS DUALIN DARLIN Q-68336
‘ I bought MCV Cats Dualin Darlin at a stud dispersal sale , held out past Geelong in Victoria ,’ Pam recalls . ‘ There were a lot of people there , and my daughter and I had flown up to attend that sale and were originally looking to purchase her dam , Malena ’ s Dualin Darlin , but MCV Cats Dualin Darlin came up first and we liked her . She ’ d been broken in and we bought her , took her home and proceeded to start her for cutting . Unfortunately however , she wasn ’ t suitable , due to the way she ’ d been broken in , and that was not the mare ’ s fault at all . Because I ’ d also bought a couple of other horses at the sale , I did miss out on buying her dam in the end .’
Prada ’ s Full Sister : BECCY ’ S MERADA Q-92884
Prada ’ s full sister is a mare bred and owned by Pam Drew . Beccy ’ s Merada was the talented cutting horse that Phil Dawson showed to win the 2018 NCHA Open Derby , scoring a 224 , for another memorable run for Pam .
' Following that win ,’ Pam says . ‘ We never did much with Beccy in her Classic year , as she ’ d an accident , although we ’ re not sure where it happened . Even though we gave her a good 3 months off , she was never really sound after that , and I think it may have been her stifle joint . That brought me to the decision to just breed with her . She had been so successful , and I think it ’ s far better to quit when they ’ re on top of their game . I don ’ t believe in trying to take horses back into competition when they ’ re not up to it , and maybe risk making them less . I ’ ve had Open horses and I don ’ t run them in any event other than the Open Aged events . Whilst my daughter is a Non Pro competitor , she knows she doesn ’ t get to ride them until they at least get to their Classic years .
This year was the first year we didn ’ t have a horse in the NCHA Cutting Futurity . However , I do have a Futurity horse being prepared for 2024 . She ’ s actually by NRR Cat King Cole , and when I was looking at some of his 2yo ’ s , her included , I found out her registered name was Beccy Cole . While she ’ s no relation to Beccy ’ s Merada , I did think that was a very good omen . Incidentally , MCV Cats Dualin Darlin is due to foal this year to NRR Cat King Cole , so we do have that to look forward to !’
AQHA JULY / AUGUST ISSUE 2023