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YEARLING GELDINGS 'BIG TIME' WIN FOR GERRI LEIGH PRATT. BY TONYA RATLIFF-GARRISON, FIELD EDITOR Big Time Secret is no longer a secret. The chestnut yearling won at the All American Quarter Horse Congress this year and then took his first world championship title with Ross Roark at the lead. The Journal caught up with owner Gerri Leigh Pratt shortly after she had her championship photo taken with the yearling but she asked if she could delay the interview because she was rushing back out to the arena to watch her other horse, The Krymsun Kruzer, in the junior pleasure driving finals. It was after that class that the Journal found an elated Gerri Leigh in the makeup pen celebrating her world championship win with Big Time Secret and a reserve world championship win with The Krymsun Kruzer. Q. Congratulations, Gerri Leigh. Can you tell me about Big Time Secret? GERRI LEIGH: He’s a wonderful, wonderful horse. I got him as a weanling. We showed him at the Congress, and he won the Congress, and then we came out here and we won here. Q. What do you like so much about him? GERRI LEIGH: He’s just a real pretty gelding, and I thought it would be fun to show a gelding since I’ve just been showing mares. Q. What’s next for him? GERRI LEIGH: We’ll continue showing him unless someone buys him. Q. Your trainer is Ross Roark? GERRI LEIGH: Yes, he is. Ross always does a really good job. If it wasn’t for Ross, we wouldn’t be able to show. Q. It must have been a thrill to win both a world championship and a reserve world championship back-to-back? GERRI LEIGH: It was unbelievable. The Krymsun Kruzer is a very, very green horse. He was a western pleasure horse and just started in the pleasure driving. Q. Who would you like to thank? GERRI LEIGH: Ross and my entire little team, and that includes a lot. That’s the riders and the halter; they kind of all go together. If one is riding, the halter guys come and watch, and if the halter is going on, the riders come and watch. So it’s kind of fun. Fun Fact: Although Big Time Secret has a very sweet personality, Gerri Leigh said he can be a “mischievous little boy. Just like a little kid. But he’s a lot of fun.” WINNER STATS Horse name: Big Time Secret Total class entries: 18
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