Jake is pictured here (center) with Russell Dilday (left) and Howard Erinberg (right).

He’s only six years old, but Smooth N Cash has won over $100,000 in reined cow horse competition. On Saturday night at the National Reined Cow Horse Association Hackamore Classic, the young cow horse added another entry to his resume – an Open Bridle Spectacular Championship! The win came with a check for $5,040.
At the reins was his longtime trainer, Jake Gorrell. The pair began the show with a 147 in the herd work – the part of competition where the stallion, by Smooth As A Cat out of Dox Gavacash, excels. “He’s the best in the herd work. He just did his typical go. He’s really expressive, and everyone loves him in the herd work,” noted Gorrell.
In the rein work, the pair marked a 143.5, and followed that with a 149 in the fence work. “I knew there were people close to us, and he’s still a little green, so I just wanted to keep him soft and clean in the rein work,” Gorrell explained. “We drew a hard cow in the fence work. It’s not often you ride a horse this young that you can expose so much. I boxed the cow for a minute and was about to go down the fence, and it came at us. I never had a horse that I could be so confident on – I pushed him up and knocked it in the neck and pushed it back. He showed true grit tonight – he’s the best horse I’ve ever swung a leg over.”
Smooth N Cash was a finalist at the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, the NRCHA Stakes, the NRCHA Derby, and most recently, the NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman competition.

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]]> http://gorrellperformancehorses.com/spotlight/news-events/2010-nrcha-snaffle-bit-futurity-success-for-gorrell-performance-horses/feed/ 0 http://gorrellperformancehorses.com/spotlight/news-events/nsha-snaffle-bit-futurity-horse-show-and-sale/ http://gorrellperformancehorses.com/spotlight/news-events/nsha-snaffle-bit-futurity-horse-show-and-sale/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:01:02 +0000 admin http://gorrellperformancehorses.com/spotlight/?p=181 Jake Gorrell had an amazing presence at this year’s NSHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, Horse Show, and Sale.

He was the Open Champion at the 2010 NSHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Show riding Playin Ace High owned by Mike and Linda Silveira.

Jake also won the Open Hackamore on Smooth and Cash owned by Roloff Ranch.

To top it off, he rode the high-selling horse through the sale, Tax Man, purchased by Mike and Terri Durham from Jim Putnam

Jake wishes to thank all his clients and supporters of the NSHA!

Congratulations to Mike and Terri Durham who bought the high-selling horse, Tax Man, in the 2 yr old sale from Jim Putnam.