SHORT-GO:

The same stunning weather and a packed house were in place on Wednesday, November 4 for the Short-Go and the final battle of the top 20 contenders. The ABBI staff breezed through the 20 finalists and when the two-go tussle was over U 7042 Pure Smoke’s second 90 point performance for Cody Ohl and Ken & Tex Beshears gave the brazen bovine a 180.50 point total, the 2009 Futurity World Champion crown and a cool $100,000.

“The second day, boy the pressure was on. I thought I’d had a bit too much flank in him the first day, so I backed off some. Unfortunately when he was in the chute he had a bit of a bow standing there and I missed his flank by a few inches. At about 3 seconds I thought I saw him weaken some, but he was still really good,” said Ohl.

Walker Bucking Stock Breeders’ black and white spotted bull 701 90 Proof, added an 87.75 point out in the short-go to his long-go marking for a total of 177.25. The combined total earned 90 Proof the Reserve World Champion title and $32,824.24.
D&H Cattle Co. & Margy Haines’ 58T Flyin’ Train put up a second score of 87 points for a total of 177 points on two, a third place finish and a check for $19,694.54.

S729 Twist N Shout from Shippy & Lesko was 88.25 in the finals bringing his two-out total to 175.75. The two outs found him occupying fourth when the dust settled and netted $14,223.84 for the bull’s owners.

Chumley, Long & Samford’s -22 Party All the Time was marked 87.25 in the short-go for a total of 175.50 on his two outs. These two markings put him fifth by a quarter-point and paid his owners $12,035.55. The same trio scooped up an additional $10,941.41 for 24-7 Ice Cream Paint Job’s sixth place finish who had a two-go total of 175.

Mike Rawson’s A79 Yard Bird crowed into seventh and plucked $9,847.27 for his 174 point total while 675 Alternator stirred up another $8,753 for owner Cody Ohl for his 172.50 point total. Mike Rawson doubled-back with Straw Boss for a ninth and tenth place split with Show Sports & Lenehan’s Shakey Waters. Each bull had a total of 172.25 yielding both owners $7,111.

D&H & Flinn’s 77 Jughead’s 171 point total was good enough for eleventh place and traveling companion Buckin’ Machine from D&H/Buck/Shores was 170.75 for a twelfth place finish. Lightning C’s MS 789 punched out 170.50 for 13th, Ohl & Tillman’s Little White Out laid down 170.25 for 14th and CR Bucking Bulls’ Wild One zipped up 15th with his 170 point total. Completing the super-competent field was Time Bandit in 16th place from Ravenscroft/Boyd-Floyd with 169.50, Bryan Smith’s Plumb Nuts with 163 for 17th, Whitehead & Tilley’s S8 in 18th with 160.50,4C’s & Barker’s Black Ice with 160 in 19th and AM Bucking Bulls’ Lil Moody in 20th with 156 points.

ABBI’s General Manager Andee Lamoreaux had much to be proud of at the close of the contest and expressed her feelings on the event, our industry and future competitions.

“The futurity competition at the ABBI Futurity Finals was a enormous success. It will take some planning and creativity to better this event for next year, but our goal is always to improve. The weather and the setting were perfect-blue skies and palm trees. The calves were absolutely amazing and I think the industry is finally starting to grow into itself. These young athletes are really starting to shine as the breeders are giving more attention to the training, conditioning, health and nutrition of their young bulls. I can’t wait to see next year’s freshman class of bulls in the Classics-It’s going to really be exciting.”