Some of these quality progeny include ‘ Lethal Lotus ’, ‘ Angel Spin ’, ‘ Colonel Johnson ’, A Little Red Colonel ’, ‘ Colonel Reylated ’, ‘ Stylish Deseray ’, ‘ This Cats Destiny ’, ‘ Uno Pepto Tempo ’, ‘ High Destinction ’, and ‘ Cuttabar Designer Cat ’ which is owned by Tri-Star QHS , she is the highest money earner of Destiny and was 2019 NCHA High Point mare . ‘ Driving Me Crazy ’ was finalled by Fred in the Open Futurity and she was sold to long time friends Graham & Trish Lamey . ‘ Looks Lika Cat ’ has produced two NCHA Futurity Finalists , ‘ This Ones Timeless ’ was sold at the 2021 Nutrien Equine Sale for $ 85,000 . Angel Spin ( Docs Spinifex X Colonels Destiny Q-24898 ) is Curly ’ s sister . ‘ Always gave her all .’
Angel has produced nine progeny , one of which is the gelding This Catifex ( WR This Cats Smart ). Bred by Fred & Kim the gelding was gifted to Nikki as a Christmas present , she nicknamed him ‘ Sue ’ after the Johnny Cash song . Nikki and Guy trained him and finalled in the NCHA Non Pro Futurity before selling him to Dean and Julie Jones who went on to win the Goondiwindi and Victorian Non Pro Futurity in 2015 . Sarah Crawford also rode him to victory in the Ladies Pink Cutting in 2017 .
At the end of his aged events they sold him on to Mark and Shelly Ruff , who had since purchased his mother Angel Spin and sister Angel Reys . Sue commenced his Campdrafting career and headed off to Paradise Lagoons in 2019 , he finalled in the Mort & Co Open having run a 91 and 90 , and an 88 in the final round saw him share top spot with Peter O ’ Neill . They went in for a run off where he placed 2nd . In 2020 with Pete O ’ Neill holding the reins ‘ Sue ’ took home the Condamine Bell .
Fred has had some great achievements over the years , winning Futurities , Derby ’ s and Championships ; he was inducted into the NCHA Riders Hall of Fame in 1997 and recently won the Tri Star 5 / 6 / 7 year old Open with ‘ High Destinction ’. Kim has won National Titles in Trail Riding and Hunter under Saddle , but they both agree there ’ s nothing more satisfying than seeing their home bred horses go on and perform with success .
Their family are an important part of their lives , as are their lifelong friendships they have made along the way . Graham & Trish Lamey , Bernie & Murray
Pullin , Martin and Leanne
Moran along with many others who have supported them along the way .
Fred believes Graham Amos is one of the greatest horsemen in the Cutting Industry . He also admires fellow trainers who have spent time with him that have gone on to be world known trainers such as John Mitchell and Sean Flynn . Fred also spent time with
Matlock Rose , Buster Welch and Shorty Freeman all whom he admired greatly and has incorporated their training methods into his .
Kim has a great deal of respect for horse trainers such as Ian Francis , Pauline Stewart - Fox and Nancy Cahill whom all possess tremendous horsemanship skills . Nancy was the coach of the USA team for the Youth World Cup and Kim was the Manager for the Australian team when their paths crossed many times . “ Her clinics are amazing ,” says Kim .
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Nikki winning the Classic with a son of “ This Cats Destiny Q-68048 ” Guy on Uno Tiempo Pepto Q-82059 - Open NCHA Futurity Finalist
2021 AQHA YEARBOOK ~ MAY / JUNE ISSUE