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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. |
| 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.