It was a repeat performance in the second leg of the Premier Paint Sires 3-Year-Old Limited Horse Limited Rider Western Pleasure Class, presented by InStride Edition, as Jenna Hyde rode Can I Get Your Number to victory in the eight-entry event held at the Color On The Coast Carolina-Virginia Joint Show Series APHA Show in Williamston, North Carolina tonight, taking home $8,868.90.

Hyde and Can I Get Your Number, a 2011 chestnut overo gelding sired by A Sudden Surprise and out of She Made It Sweet, also won the first leg of the program in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 26. They took home $8,985.20 for their win there.

Only 3-year-olds sired by a stallion enrolled in the program are eligible to compete. Horses may not have earned more than $5,000 or 25 points prior to Jan. 1 of this year or have placed in the top three in any Western Pleasure class at the American Paint Horse Association World Championship Show. All of the exhibitors must be limited riders based on lifetime earnings and world show placings.
“I can’t believe it,” Hyde said after the results were announced. “I had a great ride.”

Can I Get Your Number is owned by Joe Hansen of Anna, Texas, He purchased the colt as a weanling and showed him to an APHA World Championship title in Amateur Yearling Longe Line in 2012.
Adam Mathis and Shesa Hotrodin Gal, a 2011 mare by Hes A Cool Hotrod and owned by Linda Williams, were Reserve Champions earning $4,294.80.
“It was a great ride” Mathis said. “I was real happy with it. Katie is just as sweet as she can be. She is like a big puppy dog, just real easy to be around.”

Jamie Foutty and Kasino Kasanova won $814.82 for placing eighth in the class and a $1,250 bonus for being the highest placing non-pro exhibitor.
Alan Fisher, of Eastover, North Carolina, was called in to join John Boxell, Sandy Curl and Elizabeth Baker to officiate over the class. Placings included oral reasons from Boxell and Curl.

Both had Can I Get Your Number placed first and Shesa Hotrodin Gal second.

“I picked the top two right from the start,” Boxell said. “The young lady (Hyde) stood out. She moved her horse forward at a flat footed walk and initiated her gaits as soon as they were asked.”

Boxell said the second place horse was a little better the first direction than the second.

“For me, I would like to see him let off the brake a little more and push forward,” he explained.
Curl also said she had a top pair picked out early.
“As the class went on she (Hyde) just got stronger and stronger, the self-carriage, cadence, everything we look for was there.”

Guest judge Alan Fisher had some encouraging words about the Premier Paint Sires program.

“I think we need something in this industry that is going to get the breeders involved and I know the breeders want to see their babies out there being successful,” he said. “I think this program is geared toward highlighting that stallion owner and I think that will do nothing but great things for the industry.”

With limited horses and riders at the center of the program, many say they believe it represents the future of the industry.

“I love it,” Mathis said. “It gives me an opportunity as a limited rider to show in an aspect that maybe I wouldn’t be allowed to in other ways.”

JR Wenger Custom Saddles and Tack, official saddle maker of the Premier Paint Sires, is awarding a new work saddle to the overall champion who shows at all three shows. The final leg of this year’s program will be held in Des Moines, Iowa in September.
Hyde plans to be there.

“This is a phenomenal program,” she said. “It’s really neat for our stallion owners. We get to hit three different horse shows, so it brings different people from different parts of the country an opportunity to do it. It’s great for limited riders and limited horses.”

Mike Hachtel, who along with Claire Binkowski developed the Premier Paint Sires said there is a lot of interest in the program.

“This is one of the best things to come to the Paint horse industry in a long time,” he said.

Hachtel said he believes there are still many good things to come in the future.

“We could see more events or maybe even more stallions nominated,” he added.

JR Wenger Custom Saddles and Tack also awards a $1,000 gift certificate toward the purchase of a saddle to one exhibitor at each of the three shows. Amanda Reed was the lucky winner in Williamston.

Complete results, including payouts are listed below. Checks were issued to participants before they left the arena.

1st – $8,868.90 – Can I Get Your Number. Ridden by Jenna Hyde for Joe Hansen. Sired by A Sudden Surprise

2nd – $4,294.80 – Shesa Hotrodin Gal. Ridden by Adam Mathis for Linda Williams. Sired by Hes A Cool Hotrod

3rd – $2,989.80 – Awesome Cowboy Magic. Ridden by Jim Pelton for Kristi Hurley. Sired by Magic Ninety Nine

4th – $1,902.30 – An Amazing End. Ridden by David Kirk for Linda Smit. Sired by Gentlemen Send Roses

5th – $1,249.80 – U Cant Stop My Shine. Ridden by Amanda Reed for Lindsay Bixler. Sired by Scenic Rio Krymsun

6th – $814.82 – A Scenic Irishman. Ridden by Cody Campbell for Holly Ebelberger. Sired by A Scenic Impulse

7th – $814.82 – Rosey Leaguer. Ridden by Emily Cavenaugh for Dawn Yurkiewicz. Sired by Gentlemen Send Roses

8th – $814.82 – Kasino Kasanova. Ridden and owned by Jamie Foutty.