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Miss Fortunes Fool leads the BFA World Championship futurity standings by well over 100 points! She also leads the XL Pro futurity standings for 2007 and sits in the number 2 spot for the AQHA High Point barrel horse in the nation. Miss Fortunes Fool was Reserve Champion at the Cornhusker Breeders Futurity, Broken Bow, NE., and drew big checks at the Cornhusker Open Futurity and at the Indiana BFA Barrel Futurity, Edinburg, IN. All Chicks Dig Me and Pete Oen won 3rd in the Cornhusker Open Futurity, Broken Bow, NE., Mr Smokin Rancher won the AQHBA Sr Barrel Racing Circuit, San Antonio, TX. Also with Pete. Watch for our AQHA World Show Qualifiers…Famous Ed, Miss Fortunes Fool, Sandman 1988, Rare Flame, Rarer than You Think and Cathrine Zevi Jones. Congratulations 2007 NBHA Youth Reserve World Champion Madison Montchal, IA and 2007 NBHA Mid South National 1D Champion Jason Martin and Juma Gem!!!! Congratulations to Amy Crawford and Pace the 2007 Ward Company Rodeo Association year end and finals champion!! Also congratulations to our other finalists and finals money winners Lindsey Riddle, Stacy Graves, Payton Hill and Cheyenne Raney. 8 year old Cody Hugle wins the 2007 Eufaula Junior Rodeo All Around Championship Buckle!!! Texan Taryn Wade wins the Lone Star High School Rodeo Association Finals again!!!
Famous Ed wins Tulsa Holiday AQHA Jr Barrel Racing Circuit with LG qualifying for the 2007 AQHA World Championship. Speedhorse Gold Cup futurity finalists Miss Fortunes Fool owned by Heath Boucher and Scoot On Fire owned by Terry Riddle. What Fame back in action after a 7 month layoff places deep in the 1D then won round 2 of the Tulsa Holiday AQHA Circuit Sr Barrel Race. Miss Fortunes Fool wins round 1 at the West Virginia BFA Futurity posting the fastest time of the entire event 5th in round 2 and 3rd in the average. Miss Fortunes Fool currently leads the 2007 BFA Futurity World Championship Futurity Standings and also leads the 2007 XL World Tour Futurity Standings. Dianne Bennetts Fe Fes Firewater was the 2d average saddle winner at the West Virginia BFA Futurity with LG. Stacy Graves wins Norman, OK Ward Rodeo on Rolling Snow Jet, and wins 2nd at Henryetta, Ok and Poteau, Ok Ward Rodeos riding Raid The Badlands.12 year old Cheyenne Raney leads the 2007 Ward Rodeo Company Open Standings riding Docs Mahogany Star. 11 year old Payton Hill won the Holdenville, OK. Ward Company Rodeo riding Ladybug Meyers and won the Finley, OK Rodeo riding Toady Posttime!! Patricia Raney took 2nd riding Camelot Flit and Lindsey Stockton was 3rd riding Scoot On Fire. Taylor Bills rode Snoop Baby Snoop to 3rd place on Friday nights Finley, Ok rodeo. Madison Montchal blazed a trail through Rapid City, SD barrel bash with Playing With Effort and new mount Una Bug!!! Taryn Wade won the Lone Star High School Rodeo Finals for the 3rd year in a row riding Hesa Son Of Sis. Summer Cooper placed both Goldilochs Ta Fame and All Chicks Dig Me at the Marshall, TX Shootout. Rachael Reichenberg riding Real Special Dash and James Lord riding Hollys Sonecho were both All American Youth barrel race finalists. Pete Oen and All Chicks Dig Me and Miss Fortunes Fool and LG both drew 1d checks at the Drysdales NBHA Super Show, Tulsa, OK.

19 FINALISTS from the GRAVES RANCH at the BBR World Finals in OKC! Congrats to Jason Martin riding Juma Gem wins the BBR 2D World Championship. Rachel Reichenberg wins the BBR 3D World title on Dashing Mistafier. Lance Graves wins the Forth Worth Stock Show on Don't Question My Fame and takes second on Miss Fortunes Fool. Lance Graves wins Run for the Bucks Memphis Futurity on Miss Fortunes Fool owned by Heith Boucher. Lance Graves & Miss Fortunes Fool win the Southern Rebel Futurity and the Central MS Futurity! Ready to be a winner? Click here to see horses for sale.

Lance Graves wins the Forth Worth Stock Show on Don't Question My Fame and takes second on Miss Fortunes Fool.

19 FINALISTS from the GRAVES RANCH at the BBR World Finals in OKC! Congrats to Jason Martin riding Juma Gem wins the BBR 2D World Championship. Rachel Reichenberg wins the BBR 3D World title on Don't Question My Fame.

Lance Graves wins Run for the Bucks Memphis Futurity on Miss Fortunes Fool owned by Heith Boucher. Lance Graves & Miss Fortunes Fool win the Southern Rebel Futurity and the Central MS Futurity!

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Lance Graves & Miss Fortunes Fool win the Central MS Futurity - placing 2nd in the 1st go, and winning the 2nd go! Lance & Top To A Lady finish 7th in the 1D of the 1st go in the Futurity.

Lance Graves & Miss Fortunes Fool win the Southern Rebel Futurity - winning both go-rounds and the average! Lance Graves & Fame And Effort win the 2D Futurity Average. Pete Oen & DDF Vin Van Go place in the 2D Average as well! Scoot On Fire also places in the 2D Average. Top To A Lady & Lance Graves place in the 1D of the 1st go in the Futurity.

Lance Graves & Miss Fortunes Fool win the 2nd go of the Clack-A-Drome Futurity.

2006 News Updates

2006 NBHA World Show finalists from the Graves Ranch JD Kneece, Pelion, SC riding Straight Talkin Champus and Andre' Dohrn, Beech Island, SC riding Cruize Ta Fame

James Graves owned Dashing Mistafier and ridden by Lance named AQHA Reserve World Champion Junior Barrel horse!!! Other Graves Ranch Aqha World Show Finalists include What Fame with the 3rd fastest qualifing time in the Sr Barrels, Justin Time for Fame owned by Kelly Parker and ridden by Pete Oen 9th Junior barrels. Charlie Edwards, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada finalists in Sr Barrels on both Sandman 1988 and Rare Flame!!

Debbie McCormick’s DONTQUESTIONMYFAME was reserve champion of the 2006 Show Me Slot Futurity in Columbia, Mo. She and Lance also won the Saturday Go Round 1d Double BB Championship Race by 2 tenths over Mesa Leavitt and 407 entries!!! Lance also placed World Champion gelding, What Fame in the race. Pete Oen rode Rare Hawaiian to 5th in the Show Me Slot Futurity and placed open horse Sanettas Prince as well. Student 9 year old Madison Montchal placed new gelding and BFA World Champion Futurity horse, Playing With Effort in the 1D on Fridays Race. Check out the full page article on Madison in the December Barrel Horse News!! 11 year old Payton Hill also drew checks on her mare Hemps Misty Charger! Great runs were also turned in by Graves ranch clients Debbie Nelson on LT Candy Bar, Amanda Pritchett riding Frenchmans Striker, Brandi Shipley riding Deloys Delight!!!!

Congratulations truck winners at the World Barrel Racing Productions Finals riding former Graves Ranch horses, Ashton Elder and Incedible Miss Yankee and Alisha Robertson on Ryans Bar Breeze!!!!! Congratulations to Summer Cooper riding Nonstop Tears and Brandi Shipley riding Deloys Delight both placing in the Bikini Barrel Race!!

New futurity season strikes up and Lance rode Heath Boucher's “Miss Fortunes Fool” to the Run For The Bucks Futurity Championship in Memphis, Tn. The pair swept both gos and won the average by over 5 tenths, a saddle, buckle, 2 impact gel pads and over $6,000!! Lance also placed James Graves’ Merris Jump Ta Fame.

The 2006 BFA World Championship saw Miss Fortunes Fool and Lance win the 2nd go and 3rd in the average in the Juvenile for over $5,000. Lance also placed 11th in the average of the Juvenile on Merris Jump Ta Fame!!! DONTQUESTIONMYFAME placed deep in the 2nd round of the futurity and made the finals. Congratulations to Mary Beth Ogle riding Famous Ed on Fortune Five slot for reserve champion in the 2006 Pro Tour for a $25,000 win!!! Mary Beth bought Ed from the Graves Ranch Sight unseen!!!!! Clay Sewalt was a derby finalist on the former Graves Ranch owned KR Silver Spur!!! Huge congratulations to 2006 BFA Reserve Futurity World Champion, Bo Hill and Silver Creek Dash!!! What a great year on the former Graves Ranch owned filly. Madison Montchal and Playing With Effort won 4th in the 1d at BFA Youth World Champion race. Also Payton Hill won 4th in the 2d riding Dollys Red Dee Bar!!! Rachael Reichenburg and Gonna Get Some Money won 2nd in the first go of the 1d speepstakes!!!

Andre' Dohrn & Cruzin Ta Fame place in the NBHA World Championship Sweepstakes and the 1st Go, and qualify for the finals! And this was only Cruz's 2nd barrel race he had been entered in. Andre' and Cruz won over a $1,000 in their first 2 barrel races over 2 weeks.

Pete Oen & Daleho win the 2D of the 3rd Sweepstakes at the Silver Cup Futurity in Tulsa, OK. Rachel Reichenberg and Gonnagetsomemoney win the 1D of the 3rd Sweepstakes at the Silver Cup Futurity in Tulsa!

Charles Edwards and Rare Flame win the 2D of the 1st race at the Good Times Futurity in Memphis, TN. Charlie also placed in the 3D of the 1st race on Sandman 1988. Bo Hill & Silver Creek Dash place 9th in the Good Times Futurity.

Pete Oen & Shamrock Mint win the Sweepstakes at the San Antonio Futurity & run the fastest time of the event (They placed 5th in the Friday Sweepstakes). Lance Graves & Dashing Mistafier place 5th in the Saturday Sweepstakes.

Congratulation to Andre' Dohrn & Six Vikings for placing in the Southern Rebel Futurity's Open 4D, and the March Of Dimes Benefit on 2/4.

Congratulations to Pete Allen & Two Trailer Park Girls on winning the Junior Barrels at the APHA Dixie Nationals in Jackson, MS. Two Trailer Park Girls was bred and raised by Graves' Ranch!

Congratulations to Bo Hill & Silver Creek Dash (purchased from Graves Ranch) for being the Reserve Champion at the following futurities: Murfreesboro Futurity, Souther Rebel, Lubbock Futurity, and the Central MS Futurity. Winning over $15,000 for the 2006 futurity season.

A great job done by Pete Allen riding Two Trailer Park Girls for winning the 2D at the Murfreesboro Futurity! Congratualtions also to Kelly Parker and Justin Time For Fame on placing 3rd in the 2D of the Sweepstakes in Murfreesboro.

Congratulation to BBR World Finals Qualifiers: Kelly Parker riding Justin Time For Fame, and Jo Jean Eberly and Nicks Got Jets. Lance Graves riding Dashing Mistafier place 4th in the 1D of the Biltmore Bonus Round at the BBR World, and Pete Oen riding Pocos Nonstop Audrey finish 8th in the 3D of the Bonus Round.

Lance Graves riding Dashing Mistafier place 3rd in Junior Barrels at the Ft. Worth Stock Show. Pete Oen, riding Western Perks (owned by Chris Undum) finish 7th, and Lance riding JPS Ima Little Orbit (owned by Rhonda Straw) finish 8th in the Junior Barrels. Lance & Dashing Mistafier pull over a barrel to win the Cowboy Timed Challenge and have the fastest time of the event!

Looking to breed your mare in 2006 to a Dash Ta Fame winner? Check out Zippy Zevi Dasher ~ own son of Dash Ta Fame! Be sure to visit Z's Web site to watch him run barrels!
Consider BFA World champion sire, Hesa Gay Dreamer. Own son of Tiny's Gay, and a lifetime leading barrel sire! Hesa Gay Dreamer will be standing the 2006 breeding season at Graves Ranch.