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NEWS RELEASE
To the News editor 13/3/2009
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New
cutting horse event Competing in an
inaugural cutting horse event for women only at Moss Vale, NSW, in April
will be 35 women from three states. A total of 41
entries have been received in the women’s Cutting for Cancer equine
show, with some of the 35 women riding two or three horses each. It will be the
first official cutting horse event for women only in Australia since the
early 1980s. The event will aid
raising funds for the McGrath Foundation. Competitors in the
inaugural event will include top riders like Donna Murphy, of Tamworth,
whose life-time earnings from cutting horse events in the National
Cutting Horse Association total $88,000. This time she will be riding
Gifted Acres. The national youth
champion cutting horse rider of 2004, Alexis Wilson, 17, of Albury, will
compete on Built Like a Roc. Dru O’Keefe, 19,
of Shepparton, riding Catmandee, will be another promising young
competitor in the inaugural event. She has won many youth titles. The "Ladies
Cutting" event on April 7 will be one of four cattle cutting events
for men and women riders at the show. Between 25 and 30
riders will compete in each of the three open events. Southern Cross
Cutting Club Inc, an affiliate of the National Cutting Horse Association
of Australia, will conduct the show at Moss Vale Showground, in the
Southern Highlands, on April 7 and 8, 2009. In the feature
cutting event for women only, women and girls will compete with each
other under the rules of the National Cutting Horse Association. Organisers say
guaranteed prize money totalling $12,000 has attracted many competitors
from NSW, Queensland and Victoria to compete in Cutting for Cancer. Prizes will be:
open event, $4,000; ladies event, $1,000; novice, $3,000; and open
non-professional, $4,000. The committee is
staging the spectacular event to showcase and promote the sport of
cutting to the general public and raise money for charity. The
show will raise money for the McGrath Foundation to provide much needed
funds for breast cancer nurses throughout rural and regional Australia
and for educating young women to be breast aware. Following the
ladies event on the Tuesday, competitors and sponsors will attend a
cocktail party at Scottish Arms Hotel in Bowral. During the evening, an
auction will be held to raise money for the foundation. Cutting for Cancer
will be held at Moss Vale two days before the Schmidt Arena cutting
horse program to be held at the Sydney Royal Easter Show during the
Easter weekend. Southern Cross
Cutting Club conducts shows and training events at Cootamundra, Wagga
Wagga, Tumut, Cowra, Orange, Kangaroo Valley, Harden, Camden, Bribaree
and many other towns in NSW. COMPETITORS Competitors in the
inaugural women’s cattle cutting event are listed below under riders,
their home towns and horses: - JULIE BOWERMAN,
KOORAWATHA, CALVA STAR; GILLIAN GRANT,
ILLABO, WOODMAN; GILLIAN GRANT, W/DEEN
SMART HOLLYDAY; GILLIAN GRANT,
CANDY LENA; MOLLIE AGOSTINO, NO
CATTLE HIRE, TOPFIELD WHAT A DANCER; DRU O'KEEFE,
SHEPPARTON, CATMANDEE;
JULIE SHEEDY, GLEN
INNES, PEPPYS LEGEND; JULIE SHEEDY,
PRETTY BOY DUALLY; MAGGIE MASON, DURAL,
TOO SPECIAL;
BLAIR FORREST,
DOUGLAS PARK, RBS ACCIDENTAL SAPPHIRE; DONNA MURPHY,
TAMWORTH, GIFTED ACRES; DONNA MURPHY,
PARRAWEENA PEP TALK; TRACEY MCCLURG,
TAMWORTH, TASSAS STORMY ROSE; CHRIS BAUMANN,
WERRIS CREEK, SHAMELESS OAK; ALEXIS WILSON,
ALBURY, BUILT LIKE A ROC; SALLY BONELLO,
BERRIMA, SELIGMAN SPIN;
BELINDA CLARK,
COWRA, PRIDE OF LAWSON; KANDEE THORN,
COOTAMUNDRA, ACRES ROSA; SUSANNAH RANDELL,
BENALLA, PEPPYS GOLD FINGER; SUSANNAH RANDELL,
TINKS HARMONY; HEATHER WILKS,
HUNTER VALLEY, SPINNERS SCORPION; MANDY KOVIC, HUNTER
VALLEY, HIGHBROW MAJORETTE; PENNY LOW,
BRAIDWOOD, BANUMAN AVON LINKS; JANIE VICKERY,
BECTIVE/TAMWORTH, W/DEEN SAN SMART; JANIE VICKERY,
LECTRO SCOOTA; KERRIE DARBY,
CENTRAL COAST, PEPPYS STINGER; LOUISE SCHILLER,
WAGGA WAGGA, SMART TASSA LENA; KIM CAMPBELL,
TABLETOP/ALBURY, SWEET SMOKIN
HOOTCH; KIM CAMPBELL, TINKS
JEWEL; MARY WEBB, BLACK
SPRINGS, BANK FULO CD'S; DAWN WEBB, BLACK
SPRINGS, GEORGIA BANKS;
SUE MAKANUCHA,
UPPER BEACONSFIELD (VIC), SENORITAS RUBY; BIANCA KEFFORD,
TOOLAMBA (VIC), FLIGHT O'LENA; BIANCA KEFFORD, SON
OFA LENA; PAULINE STUART FOX,
WINDERADEEN/COLLECTOR, INTRACATOLENA; NATASHA BACKHOUSE,
WINDERADEEN/COLLECTOR, ANNLEE SMART LOOKIN; JULIE JONES,
SEYMOUR (VIC), STYLISH STEVEN; NICOLE MOORE,
PLAYIN WITH PEPTO; BELINDA CLARK,
COWRA, WORTH HER SALT; BROOKE WHITTY,
COWRA, TAMAR TINK; ROBYN MCCOSKER,
BOONAH (QLD), HICKABOONSMAL; TARA PHILLIPS,
MELBOURNE, CASSIDY OAK;
RENEE RYAN,
RICHMOND, COOPERS BETS;
CHARMAINE LEHMAN,
DURAL, OLYMPIC GOLD. Sponsors of the
inaugural women’s cutting horse event include: Ray White Rural;
Illawarra Equine Centre; Retford Equine Veterinary Clinic; Silver Pines
Veterinary Clinic; Oxley Building; Werai Park; Tru Class Quarter Horses;
Auberjean, Mittagong; Bald Ridge Outfitters; David Wilkinson Fencing;
Delta Quarter Horse Stud; Donoghoe Cutting Horses; Eyewear Co; Fine
Taste Bowral; Highlands Tip Trips; Intimo Lingerie; JRD Sports Media, www.horse2horse.com.au
; Mavericks Saddlery; Metaqua; Michelle Ann Fashions, Mornington (Vic);
National Cutting Horse Association; Prestige Auto Traders; Priefert;
Professional Cutters Assoc; Quality Hotel Powerhouse, Tamworth; Ranchman
Saddlery; Sara Jac Quarter Horses; Springwood Cellars; Scottish Arms
Hotel; Thenford Earthmoving; The Manning Motel; and The Old Cheese
Factory. For more
information browse www.ncha.com.au
or www.mcgrathfoundation.com
or email Sally Bonello, show secretary, Southern Cross Cutting Club Inc,
at bonello@ekit.com . Sally, who has been
involved with cattle cutting for 30 years, will be among the competitors
in the inaugural event. #end Photos for web or print reproduction: http://www.wbpublicity.com.au/SCCC/scccphotos.htm Caption: Woman rider competing
in cutting horse event in Australia. Media contacts:
Sally Bonello, secretary, Southern Cross Cutting Club Inc, phone 02
48771077 or 0408483911, email bonello@ekit.com
; or Wal Baker, publicist, 02 94167111, wal@wb-pr.com
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