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ARTICLE BY: LYN HOFFMANN © 2020 V PHOTOS BY: KEN ANDERSON EQUINE PHOTOGRAPHY,
OZ SHOTZ SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY & THE HORSEMANS WAY PHOTOGRAPHY
2019 AUSTRALIAN
GOLD BUCKLE
REINING FUTURITY
NPH
BE A
Q-91426
September 13th, 2019, the night of
the Australian Gold Buckle Open
Reining Futurity, won’t be forgotten
any time soon. Master trainer,
Warren Backhouse, and Shane
Sainsbury, one of the best Non-Pro
Reiners in the business, had each
run the same top score of 142.5 in
the Open Futurity. In making his
own decision to run-off for
the win, Warren’s words to his
support team were simply;
‘Go & get my chaps’.
arren’s mount, NPH Gunner Be A
Goodnite Q-91426, had previously
won the Qld State Show Futurity,
while Shane’s filly, Reddy Set
Gunner, had won both the Victorian
and NSW Futurity. The pressure was on for these
two horses and their riders to deliver again. The
agreed to run-off for the title pitted a colt against
a filly, remarkably, each sired by the phenomenal
US stallion, Gunners Special Nite, and each with
superstar futures ahead.
It was an amazingly memorable moment delivering a
nail-biting finish, with both young horses in spectacular
form, and delivering their best for their riders. It was by
just half a point that gave NPH Gunner Be A Goodnite
Q-91426 the upper hand, securing the 2019 Australian
Gold Buckle Open Futurity for ecstatic owners, Dave
and Jane Manchon, from Trinity Ranch, in Tamworth.
The story of NPH Gunner Be A Goodnite Q-91426 reining
career began when breeders, Dennis and Erin Neylon, of
Neylon Performance Horses, presented the colt to 2yo
specialist, David Manchon, to start under saddle.
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