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Danny
Moore and Wild Conversion wins 2010
AQHA High Point Open Cutting Horse
Wild Conversion, a 2005 sorrel American
Quarter Horse gelding, owned by Tim and Carla Brady of Pipe
Creek, TX, is the 2010 High Point Open Cutting Horse of
the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). Wild Conversion,
also known as “Boon”, is sired by Wild Thing
DNA (by Smart Little Lena) and out of Dancin Lil Acre (by
Bob Acre Doc). This award was also known in the past as
the AQHA “Honor Roll Champion”. Wild Conversion
is also AQHA’s 2010 High Point Junior Cutting Horse,
an award for horses 5 years and under.
Boon was purchased on Valentine’s Day in 2009 at the
annual San Antonio Select Quarter Horse Sale, part of the
San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo. The horse was presented
there by Mr. Lance Shields, who had ridden the colt for
60 days, for the late Joice Heim of Gainesville Texas, the
breeder of the flashy gelding.
At home in Pipe Creek, Tim and Carla rode Boon for several
weeks and became quite impressed with his ability. At this
point and on advice of East Texas horseman Mack Alexander,
they turned to cutting horse trainer Danny Moore, of Moore
Quarter Horses in Spring Branch, TX, to evaluate Boon’s
ability as a cutting horse prospect. “As it turned
out, Danny Moore proved to be the best trainer and rider
for this horse--they just fit”, said Tim Brady. “Their
compatibility and determination pushed one another to excellence.”
In a matter of months, Boon competed at his first AQHA cutting
show in San Antonio at The Rose Palace, a two day, double-judged
event sponsored by the Guadalupe Valley Quarter Horse Breeders
Association. When the dust finally settled and the points
were tallied, Boon had qualified for the AQHA’s 2009
World Show in Oklahoma City in the Junior Cutting competition.
This was to be just the beginning.
In February 2010, again at the San Antonio Livestock Show
and Rodeo, but this time not as a sale entry, Wild Conversion
was there to compete in the AQHA Junior Cutting competition.
Finishing in a disappointing third place, many there were
convinced that Boon’s run could have won the event.
For this showing Boon accumulated one-half of an AQHA point,
which would eventually become the most important one-half
point of 2010.
At this point, Tim, Carla, Danny, and Danny’s son
Clay Moore, put together a plan for Boon to make a run at
a world title, the AQHA’s 2010 High Point Open Cutting
Horse award. Weeks turned into months and wins were very
tough to come by at the AQHA “cuttings” in South
and Central Texas cutting horse country. But, Boon and Danny
stayed consistent in their runs and the AQHA points started
adding up.
During the middle of the summer Tim, Danny, Clay and Boon
found themselves out of South Texas and competing in Stephenville
and Fort Worth, in their quest for this AQHA world title.
By this time Boon had accumulated enough points to have
a real legitimate shot at winning this title. The other
cutting horses contending for this same award were from
California, Arizona, Kentucky and Indiana and all of them
were taking their turn at winning at cutting shows in their
own areas.
Summer had turned into autumn and the run at the 2010 High
Point Open Cutting Horse title was now turning into a two
horse race. Boon’s points stood him just behind a
superb cutting horse from California, a red roan son of
Yellow Roan of Texas, named Wyammy Matt Boon. Wyammy Matt
Boon, a classy AQHA stallion, was being ridden by the capable
trainer Art Grunig, and leading the points race by a substantial
margin.
The show season was winding down for 2010 and it looked
as though Boon might not be able to accumulate enough points
to catch Wyammy Matt Boon. Wild Conversion had five shows
left under five different judges and his task was to win
them all. The pressure was on—Boon and Danny had to
win five shows in a row to get the title. Danny, as Boon’s
rider, stayed consistent and was focused on the difficult
task of cutting the right kind of cattle, which is no guarantee
in itself. Danny kept Boon in top form and the two proceeded
to win first place at the last five remaining shows. With
these amazing five wins, Boon was able to take the lead
and win AQHA’s 2010 High Point Open Cutting Horse
award with 39 ½ points. The stylish stallion from
California had 39 points. It turned out that the one-half
point earned at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo
earlier in the year gave Boon his margin of victory.
Boon’s other accomplishments in 2010 include earning
the AQHA Register of Merit in Cutting, qualifying for the
2010 AQHA World Show, winning the 2010 High Point Cutting
Horse award in the Guadalupe Valley Quarter Horse Breeders
Association, the 2010 High Point Cutting Horse award in
the Alamo Quarter Horse Breeders Association and Stephenville’s
2010 Quarter Horse Capital / Lone Star Circuit Cutting Championship.
With a total of 46 ½ AQHA points, accumulated in
2009 and 2010, Boon is well on his way to earning the 50
points needed to be awarded the AQHA Superior Cutting Horse
title. In addition, Boon is a National Cutting Horse Association
(NCHA) money earner. In 2011, Boon will compete in AQHA’s
Senior Cutting events and also at NCHA cutting competitions.
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