He rode her mama, Dark Jasmine, to a Quarter Horse Congress Championship and tonight Steve Reams, of Ellerbe, North Carolina, piloted The Dark Impulse, sired by RL Best Of Sudden, to a win in the Hylton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure Slot Class at the Spring Breakout/Dave Higgins Memorial Show in Lexington, Virginia.

The 2014 brown mare is owned by Susan Simms and earned $25,000 for the victory in the class. A total of 18 entered and 17 showed in the class judged by Greg Wheat, Jennifer Thompson, Rick Baker and Andrea Simons. The total purse for the class was $73,400 plus $5,000 in bonus money to the highest placing Limited and Intermediate riders.

“First and foremost, all the honor and glory to God because without him none of this would be possible,” Reams said after the placings were announced. “She’s a very special daughter of Dark Jasmine. Donnie and Taft Dickerson started her and put a lot of time in on her before I got her.”

Reams also gave thanks to Dark Jasmine’s owner Sue Ostrander for breeding The Dark Impulse; her owner, Susan Simms, for giving him the opportunity to ride her; and his family for all their love and support.

“I prepared her just like I did her momma before the Congress,” he revealed. “I let her sleep.”

Reams said he thinks the best thing about The Dark Impulse is her profile.

“She’s just so pretty on the rail,” he said.

Reams said The Dark Impulse will continue to be shown in Novice Horse events at all the major shows this year.

The Hyton Maiden 3-Year-Old & Over Western Pleasure class is made possible by the generous financial support of Cecilia Hylton, of Hylton Quarter Horses in Gainesville, Virginia. She introduced the class at the Reichert Celebration and moved it to her home state in 2011. It has been the highest paying Western Pleasure futurity class in the nation for the past several years.

Reserve Champion was Made My Way, a 2014 bay gelding by Machine Made and out of Promote Miss Chip, owned by the Clifford family and shown by Cody Parrish.,

Complete results from the class:

Champion – $25,000 – The Dark Impulse, 2014 brown mare, sired by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Dark Jasmine, owned by Susan Simms and shown by Steve Reams.

Reserve – $12,100 – Made My Way, 2014 bay gelding, sired by Machine Made and out of Promote Miss Chip, owned by the Clifford Family and shown by Cody Parrish.

3^rd – $8,224 – Bettin The Goods, 2015 brown stallion, sired by Keeping It Good and out of Bettin With My Heart, owned by William & Lisa Wilkes and shown by Kenny Lakins.

4^th – $5,808 – Slow Ya Roll, 2015 bay stallion, sired by VS Flatline and out of Potentially Rita, owned by Cheryl Mullikin and shown by Wade Black.

5^th – $4,598 – Zip N Machine, 2014 chestnut gelding, sired by Machine Made and out of Made Ina Zip, owned by Adrienne Evans and shown by Bret Parrish.

6^th – $3,872 (plus $2,500 bonus for highest placing Limited rider) – Ima Blazin Hot Chip, 2014 sorrel gelding, sired by Blazing Hot and out of Chip Appeal, owned by Tanya Hartman and shown by Jake Hartman.

7^th – $3,388 – RR Lookin Like Magic, 2015 sorrel mare, sired by Only In The Moonlite and out of Cool Lookin Lady, owned by Loretta Magnuson and shown by Gil Galyean.

8^th – $2,904 – Made To Slay, 2015 bay gelding, sired by Machine Made and out of Southwestern Jewel, owned by Cameron Crenwelge and shown by Jason English.

9^th – $2,420 – Looking Presidential, 2015 sorrel gelding, sired by Presidential Order and out of Flashy Looking Lady, owned by Ruth Pottner and shown by Taft Dickerson.

10^th – $1,936 (plus $2,500 bonus for highest placing Intermediate rider) – Heza Code Red, 2013 red roan gelding, sired by VS Code Red and out of Chips Cat A Lac, owned Tina Hykes and shown by Jim Chafin.

11^th – $1,640 – TalkinBouTonite, 2015 sorrel mare, sired by Nite Moves and out of Weretalkinradical, owned by Danny & Emma Desmond and shown by Ray Carmean.

12^th – $1,500 – I Am Ur Huckleberry, 2015 bay stallion, sired by Lazy Loper out of Chexme Out Willy Good, owned by Rande Pittman & Terry Jackson and shown by Rande Pittman.