NRCHA/ERCHA Hackamore Classic Champions crowned
Markus Schopfer rides Anna Lil Peptos to Hackamore Classic Open Championship and Loris Raffagnato took the Championship honors in the Non Pro division.
It was an emotional win, and another milestone on a long and sometimes painful comeback journey for Markus Schopfer, Turin, Italy, who ride his 4-year-old mare, Anna Lil Peptos (Peptos Lil Bingo x Cathleena Enterprise) to the European Reined Cow Horse Association Hackamore Classic Open Championship on Sunday, June 15 in Padova, Italy at the beautiful facility Ca’ Masiero Ranch.
Schopfer guided Anna Lil Peptos to a total 213 score (72 herd/69 rein/72 cow), earning $1,230. The Hackamore Classic title also came with a big ribbon from the ERCHA; a cooler from Reny Coperte; and a big bronze trophy offered by ERCHA.
Anna Lil Peptos is particularly special to Markus Schopfer; her father has played a significant role in his competitive career and his personal life. In 2008, Schopfer rode Peptos Lil Bingo to the NRCHA World Championship Show in Stephenville.
Anna Lil Peptos’s dam, Cathleena Enterprise out of ARC Desert Storm, was a fantastic cutting horse. He thanked his herd help. Schopfer also credited his friends Massimo Milano for agreeing to sell Anna Lil Peptos to him in trade.
The Hackamore Classic Open Reserve Champion was again Markus Schopfer, who guided this time Dry Serenade (Gallo Del Cielo x Nitas Last Dry) to a total 211 score (70 herd/71 rein/70 cow). The 2008 mare is owned by Jeronimo Bruno. The Reserve placing came wtih a $816 check.
Serena Bagnara Wins Hackamore Classic Limited Open Championship
Riding Big Bag Of Snapple (Mr Snapple x Little Bag Of Rubies), a 2008 mare who belongs to her customer Loris Raffagnato, won the Hackamore Classic Limited Open Championship with a 202.5 composite score (69 herd/69.5 rein/65 cow). Bagnara collected also a third place in the Hackamore Classic Open.
Christoph Seiler riding Doctor Steady by Smart Little Steady, cremello gelding owned by Seiler QH, took the second place in the Hackamore Classic Limited Open division and also a fourth place in the Open ranking, thanks to a total score of197.5 (67 herd/67.5 rein/63 cow).
Loris Raffagnato Wins Hackamore Classic Non Pro and Limited Non Pro Championship
Loris Raffagnato, Vicenza, Italy, claimed the Hackamore Classic Non Pro and Limited Non Pro Championship on his 5-year-old mare, Big Bag Of Snapple (Mr Snapple x Little Bag Of Rubies), scoring a 207.5 composite score (69 herd/69.5 rein/69 cow).
“The fence work was really fun,” the horseman said. “I enjoy it very much, and I would like to thank my trainer Serena Bagnara for the great job she did with my horse.”
Reserve championship honors in both the classes went to the Swiss rider Eliane Gfeller riding her Ima Tips Chic Olena, 5-years-old appaloosa mare. Posting a total score of 198 (66 herd/68 rein/64 cow).
Gfeller bought this mare just two weeks ago, and she rode her a few times, her trainer Christoph Seiler fixed a few things before the show, and she is very happy about her horse.
Thank you, ERCHA 2013 Sponsors:
Americana, Andrea Fasani, Az. Agricola Simone Porporato, Ca’ Masiero Ranch, Didier Michalak, Easy Custom, El Cuero, Equità, FM Spa, Histoire d’Or, Hotel Ansitz, Markus Schopfer, Massimo Milano, Maurizio Di Simone, Nevio Lepre, Quarter Dream, Reny, Roman Hossmann, Salone del cavallo americano, Seiler Quarter Horses, Buenonic Chex, Custom Blackberry, Docs Shining Rose, Double R Chant, Dualin For Me, Gunstar, Hollywood Gun Dunnit, Ml Great Spirit, More Than Stylish, Mr Colonel Smart, Mr Snapple, Needy Times, Ot Taris San Peppy, Peptos Lil Bingo, Rs Little Red Jaba, Sailin Ruf, Spanish Snapper, Spat Split And White, Spooks Dox, Spooks Smokin Cat, Steadys Dude, Trr Royal Sun O Lena, Wheeling Cal Bar
