NRCHA/ERCHA Prefuturity Champions crowned
Markus Schopfer rides Anna Lil Peptos to Prefuturity Open Championship and Giovanni Campanaro and RH Diamond Cat took the Championship honors in the Limited Open 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 Prefuturity Open Championship on Sunday, July 28th in Travagliato, Italy at the beautiful facility Palacittà.
Schopfer guided Anna Lil Peptos to a total 213.5 score (71 herd/69 rein/73.5 cow). The Prefuturity Open 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 Prefuturity Open Reserve Champion was again Markus Schopfer, who guided this time Dry Serenade (Gallo Del Cielo x Nitas Last Dry) to a total 213.5 score (71 herd/69.5 rein/73 cow). The 2008 mare is owned by Jeronimo Bruno.
Giovanni Campanaro Wins Prefuturity Limited Open Championship
Riding RH Diamond Cat (WR This Cat Smart x Mariah Diamond), a 2010 stallion who belongs to his customer Giovanni Lagaren, won the Prefuturity Limited Open Championship with a 206.5 composite score (69 herd/65 rein/72.5 cow). Campanaro collected also a fourth place in the Prefuturity Open division.
Domenico Galimi riding Smart Roosterina by Ricochet Rooster, chestnut mare owned by Maurizio Visentin, took the second place in the Prefuturity Limited Open division and also a sixth place in the Open ranking, thanks to a total score of 202 (68.5 herd/67.5 rein/66 cow).
Thank you, ERCHA 2013 Sponsors:
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