Kyle Dougherty showed his wife’s horse, Slow Southern Drawl, in the Pre-Madness NSBA Three Year Old Limited Rider Western Pleasure Futurity, and walked away the champion, earning $894.37 for the win.
“We call her Maybelline,” Kyle said. “She’s by Its A Southern Thing and out of an RL Best Of Sudden mare, RL Sweet And Sudden. Ken and Traci McDavitt bred her. We bought her at the AQHA World Show last year from Charles and Angie Cannizzaro.”
Maybelline had a “Cover Girl” look that attracted the Doughertys. “We loved her looks, and she has a really great personality,” Kyle said. “She’s a very kind mare. Now that we’ve had her a while, I really like her. She just sets back and does her job, and she’s very consistent. This is just her third horse show. I love that she’s able to go and do Trail and then come back and do the Western Pleasure well.”
Kyle and Ty have All Around plans for Maybelline. “She’s going to be Ty’s next All Around horse,” Kyle explained. “I’m already showing her here at the Madness in Green/Level 1 Junior Trail, and I’m planning to show her in the Three Year Old Trail classes this year.”
The top five placings in the class included:
Champions - Slow Southern Drawl, Kyle Dougherty for Ty Paris Dougherty, $894.38
Reserve champions - Candi Cane, Lola Knight for Pinnacle Quarter Horses LLC, $695.63
Third - Haygirlhey, Brooke Granzow, $397.50
Fourth - Made To Bee Happy, Bobby Dean for Cathy Schaeffer
Fifth - What You Wanna Do, Carly Veldman Parks for Mr. and Mrs. William Wilkes
The Pre-Madness concluded on Sunday, May 5, and the show series has an off day on Monday, May 6. The Madness AQHA and NSBA show will begin on Tuesday with Pleasure Driving, Showmanship, Halter, Equitation and Hunter Under Saddle as well as two NSBA classes: the $1,000 Added Three Year Old Open Hunter Under Saddle Futurity and the $2,500 Added Maturity $5,000 Limited Horse Western Pleasure. To view complete show results, please visit the Horse Show Tracker app.
