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Heart of the Rockies Show Set for Colorado Springs


The 17th annual Heart of the Rockies Texas Longhorn Show is set for June 16 at Latigo Trails arena near Colorado Springs. The Mountain States Texas Longhorn Association will once again welcome all ITLA and TLBAA registered cattle and participants affiliated with any association-or none. The MSTLA show is the biggest, in number of entries and exhibitors, in the region. Judging the ITLA qualifying show will be Gary Bruch of Strong City, KS.

Bruch, Gary
MSTLA's 2012 Open Show
Judge Gary Bruch  
"Our show committee always looks for highly qualified judges from various parts of the country, and Gary Bruch is just that--a highly respected Longhorn breeder and judge. That's why we're so happy to have him as our judge for this year's show," said Clyde Peek, who with his wife Ginny serves as co-chair for Heart of the Rockies.

Gary is a charter member and past president of ITLA, and is a Qualified ITLA judge. He is also a retired vocational agriculture teacher. Gary and his wife, Brenda, have spent their lives ranching and raising cattle in the Flint Hills.

In addition to the ITLA qualifying show, the Heart of the Rockies also includes a heifer futurity and a Trailblazers division for new breeders (those owning Texas Longhorns for less than six years).

The futurity has a $75 entry fee with a $250 grand prize and $125 second prize pay-out. The Trailblazer classes provide an extra chance to win for those new to the business, and those entries can also compete in the regular open classes, which have entry fees ranging from $30 to $40.

The judge for this year's heifer futurity and Trailblazer classes is Dave "Nik" Nikodym of Newcastle, Oklahoma. Nik and his wife, Kim, are Naval veterans who are devoted to raising Texas Longhorn cattle at their Commanders Place Longhorns, located about 20 minutes south of Oklahoma City.

The Saturday show will begin with the heifer futurity and Trailblazer division at 11 a.m. The Latigo Trails Equestrian Center is at 13710 Halleluiah Trail, to the northeast of Colorado Springs in the Black Forest. Entries are due May 31.

For more information go to: www.mstla.org; the show secretaries are John and Darlene Nelson, Cloverbloom Ranch, 51361 Weld Co. Rd. 17, Wellington, CO 80549; 970-897-2444.