In a field of 138 horse-and-rider combinations, NRHA Million Dollar Rider Arnaud Girinon of France, based in Belgium, topped the first go round of the 3-year-old $270,563-Added Level (L)4 Open Futurity.Aboard GP Sunrise At Six, the French professional delivered an outstanding performance, posting a score of 225. The stallion (NRHA $6 Million Sire Inferno Sixty Six x Lil Sunrise Surprise) is owned by Lior Raz and was bred by Golden Paint Ranch. Girinon and his mount also claimed the 2026 NRHA Belgium 3-Year-Old L4 Open Futurity Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Full Girinon interview here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Polish NRHA Professional Lukasz Czechowicz tied for the top score of 219 in the $73,125-Added L3 division<\/strong> aboard TR Loving Me Is Easy (NRHA $18 Million Sire Gunnatrashya x Whizzen For Chex) and TR Here She Comes (NRHA $16 Million Sire Gunner x Taris Designer Genes). Both mares are co-owned by Czechowicz and Dor Cohen and were bred by Tamarack Ranch LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the $36,562-Added L2<\/strong> and Prime Time Open<\/strong> divisions, Italy\u2019s Nicola Cordioli rode his own stallion, Dont Spookmychickens (NRHA $16 Million Sire Spooks Gotta Whiz x PC Jaba Coffee Dok), bred by Egle Pagani, to the lead with a score of 217.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Topping the $17,550-Added L1 division<\/strong> was Bruno Granzoto Da Silva aboard Fashionqueen (Lil Smokeing Gun x Cash N No Chex), owned by Austria\u2019s Schlager & Nestleberger Partnership. The mare was bred by Relex Reiners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Tuesday, November 10, the second go-round will see competitors vie for a spot in the seeded Finals on Saturday, November 14. Based on their combined scores from the two go-rounds, the top 20 horse-and-rider combinations (plus ties) in each of the L4, L3, and L2 divisions, the top 15 in L1, and the top two in Prime Time Open will qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n $187,200-Added GD Performance Horses 3-Year-Old IRHA\/IRHBA\/NRHA Non Pro Futurity Qualifier: Youth 13 & Under Champions Determined<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The qualifier not only determined who would advance to the Finals on Friday, November 13, the Youth 13 & Under Champion<\/strong> was crowned. Emanuel Gebert scored a 216.5 aboard I Shine For My Mom (Gunners Chic Magnet x Shiney Step N Cool), a gelding bred and owned by his mother, Angelika, to claim the Championship. The 13-year-old German rider, who boasts over $115,600 in NRHA Lifetime Earnings (LTE), and his mount arrived in Cremona with the NRHA Germany Breeders 3-Year-Old L4 Non Pro Futurity Championship under their belts and now sit in second place in the qualifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Full Gebert interview here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Martina Menicucci and her own JS Woody Gun (AT Ale Wood x Baby One Gun Cody), a double-registered AQHA\/APHA stallion bred by Mirko Tartufi, claimed Reserve honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n $99,450-Added L4 (38 Entries)<\/strong> Austria\u2019s Anna-Maria Zehetbauer topped the division aboard SS Ice Breaker (NRHA $5 Million Sire SG Frozen Enterprize x I Am Shocked), owned by Zeidelhof Reining Horses and bred by Silver Spurs Equine, with a score of 217.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anna-Maria Zehetbauer talks to us about her lead in the L4 riding SS Ice Breaker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n $51,188-Added L3 (42 Entries)<\/strong> Italy\u2019s Fabio De Iulio led the division aboard Sugarmatic (Sugar Little Step x Captain Customatic), owned by De Iulio and bred by Angelucci Quarter Horses, with a score of 216.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n $21,937-Added L2 (49 Entries)<\/strong> Spain\u2019s Andreu Nogue Puig topped the division aboard his own Mr Tricky (Tricked Out Spook x Rietta Shines), bred by Fausto Di Gregorio, with a score of 213.<\/p>\n\n\n\n $14,625-Added L1 (25 Entries)<\/strong> Italy\u2019s Stefano Carpentieri led the division aboard his own DC Tinker With Wimpy (Tinker With Dreams x ES Pepita Wimpy), bred by Daniele Cometti, with a score of 212.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prime Time Non Pro (9 Entries)<\/strong> Italy\u2019s David Roux topped the division aboard Spooks Gotta Roses (NRHA $16 Million Sire Spooks Gotta Whiz x Electra Stop Ruff), owned by Coline Devault and bred by Roux, with a score of 209.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Youth 14\u201318 (12 Entries)<\/strong> Italy\u2019s Martina Zeni led the division aboard RZ Remin The Force (Maytheforcebewhizyou x Rubia Del Zerilo), owned and bred by Luca Zeni, with a score of 213.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The week at CremonaFiere will kick off with the $82,368-Added Quarter Dream IRHA\/IRHBA\/NRHA 4-Year-Old Non Pro Futurity<\/strong>, where 76 horse-and-rider combinations will vie for a spot in the Finals on Friday, November 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n View the full event schedule here<\/a> and explore the Official Show Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Highlight:<\/strong> The ACME<\/strong> Prospects, Show Horses and Stallion Presentation, organized in collaboration with 5 Star Equine Sales<\/strong>, will showcase an impressive lineup of equine prospects. 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