That grit carried the two of them through all four runs in Amarillo.
Boatwright and Little Miss Metallic opened the Pre-Futurity Heading with a 224.23 in Round 1, followed by a 224.47 in Round 2. Their 221.52 in the third round brought their three-head total to 670.22 heading into the Intermediate finals.
They didn’t cash a long round check, but three solid runs kept them in the hunt for the Intermediate title. Boatwright said the long rounds came down to good cattle and good starts.
“Kind of the same deal,” Boatwright said. “We just drew really good steers and got good starts on them—she was good all week.”
The finals were more of the same.
“It went really good today,” Boatwright said. “She was very good in the box, and I really drew a good steer and got a good start, and it all set up very well.”
That 229.22 was the mare’s best score of the week, and it was enough to win it.
When asked what makes her score well in a judged setting, Boatwright kept it short.
“I’m not really sure,” Boatwright said. “I guess that she stands in the corner very well, and she runs and rates. I mean, she just does all the aspects that you need to.”
Boatwright trains horses full time in Georgia, and he sees events like the Old West as a chance to measure his program against everybody else’s.
“It’s a great opportunity just to get to train horses back home and then come show them off and see how they’re doing and see what everybody thinks about it,” Boatwright said.
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