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Crawley, Medows, and McCutcheon Siblings Named 2018 USEF Reining National Champions at Tulsa Reining Classic

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | Sep 1, 2018, 6:30 PM

Lexington, Ky. – The 2018 USEF Reining National Championships made for an exciting evening of competition on Friday, August 31, at the Tulsa Reining Classic in Tulsa, Okla. The Adequan® $10,000 Added USEF Open Reining National Championship presented by Markel Insurance and along with the 13 & Under, 14-18, or 19-21 divisions of the $15,000 Added USEF Youth Reining National Championship crowned new national champions.

Josh Crawley and Spin N Wimp (Waltenberry)

Josh Crawley (Whitesboro, Texas) and Spin N Wimp clinched the Adequan® $10,000 Added USEF Open Reining National Championship presented by Markel Insurance. Crawley and Denise Severson-Hobbs’s 11-year-old Quarter Horse gelding were the first to go in the open division and held the lead from the start. They earned the top score of 219.0 to claim their first open national champion title.

“It felt really good to get that horse in there and put all the parts together for a smooth run,” Crawley explained. “My horse was so good in there. He is really big stopper, so four stops in that pattern set us up well. His honesty stood out to me; he did what I asked and had no mistakes.”

Shane Brown (Elbert, Colo.) and Give Me Starbucks, Kelly Rainford’s eight-year-old Quarter Horse mare, were close behind on a score of 218.0 and collected the reserve champion title.

Twenty-one-year-old Jack Medows (Cuba, Mo.) won in the 19-21 division of the $15,000 Added USEF Youth Reining National Championship with Surprizentheprincess, his nine-year-old Quarter Horse mare, on a score of 199.0.

Podium for the $15,000 Added USEF Youth National Championship (Waltenberry)

Eighteen-year-old Cade McCutcheon and REF Sturgis won back-to-back titles in the 14-18 division of the $15,000 Added USEF Youth Reining National Championship. McCutcheon (Aubrey, Texas) and Anne-Marie Burns’s six-year-old Quarter Horse gelding scored 218.5 to take home top honors. Dani Latimer (Marietta, Okla.) and Sparklin Nite, Elaine Latimer’s six-year-old Quarter Horse gelding, were the reserve champions with a score of 215.5.

Twelve-year-old Carlee McCutcheon (Aubrey, Texas) was the reserve champion in last year’s 13 & Under division, but went one better in 2018. McCutcheon (Aubrey, Texas) and Katy Dun It, Shawn L. Stratman’s nine-year-old Quarter Horse mare, garnered a score of 211.5 to win the 13 & Under division of the $15,000 Added USEF Youth Reining National Championship. Raeanna Thayn (Tioga, Texas) and Coded N Color, Robert and Robin Thayn’s four-year-old Quarter Horse were the reserve champions with a score of 204.5.

View the open results and the youth results.

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