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There was high anticipation with three 91’s as top scores leading into the 4CYTE Charlie Maher Memorial Young Guns.
Number 9 in the draw was James Moorhead riding STYLE N BLUES owned by EM & TL Moorhead.

James came into the final round with a respectable 89 points, but it was clear from the first peg that this run was going to be something special. Judge Bruce McNaughton thought so too, scoring James a 66 outside, which gave him a 92 point run, the highest of the whole Young Gun Competition.

James hails from the Nothern Tablelands of NSW at Glencoe and the Moorhead family are long time vendors of the Nutrien Sale, who also have one horse in this years sale at Lot 572. A great win considering this is James last year in the Young Guns.
We thank Ellerston Pastoral Company for their valued support of this draft and long time donation of cattle for the Young Guns.

Thank you also to 4CYTE for their generous sponsorship. The Charlie Maher Memorial Campdraft is a special event, named after one of the founders of the Classic, in Charlie Maher, who was an important mentor for so many young people.

Photo Credit Ropes N Spurs Photography

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Eagle Hustler and Troy Clarke has made their presence felt in the first round of the Dalgety Animal Health Stallion Shootout.

Scoring a 90 the nutrient graduate Eagle Hustler (Hazelwood Conman) was purchased in 2016 for $22,000 by the Sadler and Clarke syndicate. This combination also have a handy 177 points heading into the Open final.

There are three 89 points on the board as well, they are held by Coolum Quartz and Ben Newbury owned by the Newbury family, Sorta Smooth and David Thorn owned by Tracey and Kirk Nicholson and Pete Comiskey and Breks Duckyeah.

The Martins Stock Haulage Open second round didn’t disappoint with so big runs on the board leading into the finals.

Round winners include a massive 92 points by Matt Holz and Bulla Tamborine (Hazelwood Conman). A classic graduate, this combination are no stranger to success at the event with them winning the event in 2015.

Taroom competitor Kylie Graham added a 91 points to her campaign aboard Moore Mello and Charters Towers man Will Durkin on the beautiful Hazelwood Conspiracy (Hazelwood Conman) mare another Nutrien graduate owed by Evan and Kim Acton also put up a 91.

At the conclusion of the second round we look to the event leaders heading into Wednesday nights final.

Ben Hall has continued his dominance adding an 89 to his first round 90 aboard he and mothers Chris Hall’s RS Chisum mare Chisums Cash. Chisums Cash is another classic graduate purchased from the 2017 sale from Corey and Trudi Holden.

Not to be outdone Will Durkin aboard his family’s home bred mare Durkins Jewel (Hazelwood Conman) repeated Bens scores with an 89 of his own to see both competitors on equal lead with a 179.

Times Up (One Time Peoto) and Hugh Miles are again in a commanding position leading into the Open final with the combination posting a 178, just one point from the lead. The Peter Schumac owned stud has been amazingly consistent in this event being the runner up in the 2022 and 2021 Open event.

Bulla Tamborine and Matt Holz also hold a 178 going into the final.

The Martins Stock Haulage Open final is set to be a cracker with only 6 points separating the 25 finalists of Australia’s best horsemen and women.

Full Results https://www.nutrienequine.com.au/nec23-competition-results/

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Marquee event Nutrien Classic first round has been completed yesterday with more combinations been added to the leader board.

There are currently 40 competitors through to the final of which they needed a score of 168 or higher.

Mondays Round Two saw 5 impressive 90s from these young horses.

Riding for owners M&A Clarke was Robbie White on RANDY TIME. The TIMES UP out of RAUNCHY LENA, gelding sold in 2022 by Mitch & Anna Hoy for $30,00 Head Stockman at Kalala Station.

Dave Thorn – ONE STYLISH JEWEL (Thorm & OJ Syndicate) OSP out of DESTINYS FANCY JEWEL, gelding sold in 2022 by Cameron Parker and put through by Matt Moffat.

Dan Condon – HELLOFA HIGH SPIN (Jack Mann) SMOOTH AS A CAT out of HELLS A COMIN, stallion sold by Willinga Park in 2022 and put through by Hughie Miles. 3rd in the Maiden at Armidale.

Troy Palmer – WILLINGAPARK IMPRESSIVE REBEL (Binnia PH) ID out of GLEN LEE CELINE. Sold in 2021 by Willinga Park. 3rd in the Classic Challenge at Coonamble in 2022. Also excelled in the show ring, placed in the National Futurity Series at the 2021 ASH National Show.

Will Edwards – BINNIA HIDEOUT. 10th in the Classic and =5th in the Gelding Dash for Cash last year. Gelding bought as a 2yo in the 2021 Classic. ID out of BINNIA HEIDI.

2023 NUTRIEN EQUINE CLASSIC LEADERBOARD

Here is a snapshot of the leader board after two round;

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1. 179 JASON COMISKEY DASH Owned by Jason Comiskey

2. 179 DAVID THORN ONE STYLISH JEWEL Owned by DJ and KM THORN and OJ syndicate

3. 178 ROBERT LEACH PEELVALE TRUCE Owned by Lowly pastoral

4. 178 BEN HALL SANDYTATE NAVITI STYLE Owned by Carrigan Bradley Syndicate

5. 178 TROY PALMER WILLINGAPARK IMPRESSIVE REBEL Owned by Binnia Performance Horses

6. 177 MATTHEW CLARKE ONE STYLISH SHORTY Owned by Ryan Gundersen

7. 177 WARWICK LAWRENCE KITTY LONG STOCKINGS Owned by JK Barnett & RA Roberts

8. 177 MARK BUTTSWORTH BRANCHVALE METAL ALLOY Owned by Rodger Grant

9. 177 WILL DURKIN WIREGRASS BENTLEY Owned by Nash Killalea

10. 176 WILL EDWARDS BINNIA HIDEOUT Owned by Will Edwards

4CYTE Charlie Maher Memorial Young Guns first round is now complete with plenty of big scores on the board.

As in previous years it has been fabulous watching the up and coming riders aboard some exceptional and well know horses.

This year didn’t disappoint three riders now sitting with an 91 after the first round. Austen Elias riding BINNA MILAN, owned by Wyatt Young, Anna Paton riding HAZELWOOD CONSPIRACY, owned by Kim & Evan Acton and Toby Coulthard rding FIG owned by Ken Boulton.

A score of 88 or better has been required for tonight’s final.  Stay tuned for action-packed night seeing NCCA Championship Rnd 1, Stallion shootout Rnd 2, Gelding draft, and the 4CYTE Charlie Maher Memorial Young Guns Final capping off the night.

Full Results https://www.nutrienequine.com.au/nec23-competition-results/

Full Webcast Rewatch https://www.nutrienequine.com.au/nec23-webcasts/

📣📣📣 Mark Buttsworth aboard Branchvale Metal Alloy has taken out a nail biting final Prydes EasiFeed Challenge final tonight in the AELEC main arena. 

🐴 BRANCHVALE METAL ALLOY was purchased by Rodger Grant from Koobah Performance Horses, in 2020 from Merle Potter, EMDEE Enterprises from Gin Gin ins QLD,  as a 5yo Stallion who is by METALLIC CAT out of REYS LITTLE HOTTIE for $126,000 which was the Top Price horse of the sale.

Hearing from the rider Mark, “Great event, I’d like to thank Rodger for believing in me and buying this horse, he is very special”

🥇 1st place and $8000 first prizemoney as well as the beautiful new Navaho Trailer made for one very ecstatic owner in Rodger Grant. “Buttsy talked me into this horse a few years ago and he won at Cloncurry, a lot of Futurites as well and he has a big future, thank you to Nutrien, and good on you boys”

🙌 Also coming home with the felt was Kathryn Hengstberger riding TWO BENEFICIAL, winning the Young Guns Challenge final.

Kathryn purchased the mare by BENIAH out of MISSY TWO in 2020 for $19,000 from Brydie Hughes.

With a huge crowd in attendance, Challenge finals night is always a big one at the Classic with this year being no different. 

Nutrien would like to congratulate the winners, placegetters, and connections and take the opportunity to thank major long-time sponsors @prydeseasifeed  and Navaho Trailers for their ongoing support of this event. 

📸 photo credit @jothieme.photography 

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Full Results https://www.nutrienequine.com.au/nec23-competition-results/

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Daylight start for round two of the Martins Stock Haulage with all outside scores advancing the to second round.

Today’s top scorers included Laura MacIntosh riding her own horse, CONWAY scoring 89 points. Joining Laura in the 89 club today was Barry Johnson riding HOPE, owned by Barry & Kimberly Johnson and Adam Sadler riding RELDAS FRECKLED ACRES, owned by Adam & Ali Sadler.We have 3 people are tied leading into Wednesdays final, Peter Black riding SPINAGAIN, Ty Withers riding ROOSTER and Ben Hall riding CHISUMS CASH with $10,000 first place prizemoney up for grabs, the pressure will be on.

There was 13 in the runoff for the 2023 Martins Stock Haulage Open Campdraft Cutout but eventually won by Kath Southern ‘Mia’ with a cracking cutout.

Every year we look forward to this final and 2023 will be no exception.

Full Results https://www.nutrienequine.com.au/nec23-competition-results/

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The marquee event continued today with runs 101-200 .

Joining Rob Leach on the leader board from the first 100 runs with a 90 point score was Jason Comiskey riding ‘Dash’ METALLIC DASH owned by Jason Comiskey.

Jason bought the METALLIC CAT gelding out of the 2021 Nutrien Classic Sale for $38,000 from Tom Williamson. Dash is a 4-year gelding out of the impressive mare MOORE KHARMA. MOORE KHARMA is a multiple Campdraft/cutout winner herself, including Paradise Lagoons Supergirl Open, Warwick finalist and Landmark Open Cutout winner.

More 89’s hit the leaderboard as well including Warwick Lawrence riding KITTY LONG STOCKINGS for owners JK Barnett and RA Roberts. Darrin Jones riding TRUE BLUE (SAMAL ALAN) for owners Lindsay and Belinda Hindle and Ben Hall staying in form with also 89 points riding SANDYTATE NAVITI STYLE for owners Carrigan Bradley Syndicate.

The Classic attracts entries from across Australia, it had proven to be the nursery for premium performance genetics with spectators today treated to the very best Australian and Imported genetics. It is the ultimate follow up incentive campdraft for those vendors showcasing their breeding through the Nutrien Classic Campdrafts.

The final third of the first round will run tomorrow Sunday 29^th with round two kicking off Monday 30^th.

Photo Credit: Jo Thieme Photography

Full Results https://www.nutrienequine.com.au/nec23-competition-results/

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The 4CYTE Charlie Maher Memorial Young Guns past winners list reads as the emerging industry standout horse persons with this year being no exception.

Well known veteran Bruce McNaughton presided over the 1^st round which will be completed tomorrow Sunday 29^th.

So the leader board looks like this with our first 91 of the competition is Toby Coulthard riding his own horse FIG is leading the first half of the first round.

Just one point behind on 90 points are competitors Sharni Bechaz riding ALAMO, owned by Ken Boulton and Lane Bowman riding REFLEX owned by Peter Boulton.

The competition was HOT with another 7 competitors sitting at 89, we look forward to the second half of first round will no doubt add to this as it develops later tomorrow.

Thank you again to Ellerston Pastoral Company, the Packer Family and their committed team for the beautiful line of cattle for these youngsters to draft.

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