December 14, 2002
Hagans Playgirl / Roy Carter announce their presence in Futurity Open Semi-Finals
Pair marks 227 points and leads group of 28 into the Finals
(Fort Worth, TX) – Roy Carter could not have planned a better run in the 2002 Chevy Trucks /
National Cutting Horse Association World Championship Futurity Open Semi-Finals.
Carter rode three-year-old Hagans Playgirl for 227 points in the all-important Open Semi-Final round
tonight. Hagans Playgirl is a Freckles Playboy mare out of Smart Hagan, by Smart Little Lena. She is
owned by Pergrine Farms in Sugar Land, Texas. Carter and Hagans Playgirl were the high scorers of
the night when all 70 horses had their turn in the herd.
The next highest score of 223 points was marked by Tag Rice riding Chiquita Pistol, owned by
Wallace Dorman of Oakwood, Texas. Chiquita Pistol is a Smart Little Pistol mare out of Miss Chiquita
Tari, by Pay Twentyone.
Twenty-eight horses scored the 215.5 points or greater in this evening’s Semi-Finals that were
required for the opportunity to compete in tomorrow evening’s Open Finals. This year the Open
Futurity class began with 589 entries. The Open division is traditionally the largest of the five during
the Futurity will be vying for $1,607,064 in class prize money. The record-breaking total of 1,468
entries paid up for the 2002 Chevy Trucks / NCHA World Championship Futurity speak to the
important role the Western lifestyle plays in the lives of NCHA members. Cutting is more than a hobby
-- it is a business and a way of life.
The Open Finals will be broadcast live on DISH Network through Cowboy TV, and they will also be
accessible through NCHA’s website at www.nchacutting.com. The Finals begin at 6:30 pm Central
Time in the historic Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Futurity will pay out $2,777,597 through the course of 19 days, November 27 - December 15,
2002 at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas. It will be the very first showing of
these three-year-old cutting horses, and the stakes are high. With well over $2.7 million up for grabs,
competition is fierce and the action is spectacular.
The show and its accompanying activities will run for 19 days, culminating on December 15 with the
Open Futurity Finals. In addition to world-class cutting, the NCHA also hosts the Flowmaster presents
the Kick-off to the Chevy Trucks World Championship Futurity, the Cowboy Christmas Extravaganza
trade and gift show, nine cutting horse sales, a Cowboy Santa, and a celebrity cutting.