$50,000 Amateur division
Blain Peerson of Live Oak, Florida,  riding Ladys Dual Peppy claimed the $50,000 Amateur Championship Title
Score of 219.5

“They had three cows picked for me before we ever went down there,” said Peerson. “It seemed like every time I turned around, they were in the right position for me to be able to go in and cut them clean. That was my goal going in. I knew if I could go in and get my horse in the right position, that he would take care of me like he has all week.”

Peerson placed third in the go-round with 216.5 points, and also qualified for the $10,000 Amateur finals. “You don’t get many opportunities to draw up third in the second bunch of the Finals,” said Peerson. “It was an opportunity that I wanted to take advantage of and I just got very fortunate. On my third cow, I could feel my horse getting a little bit tired. Ben (Roberson, Peerson’s trainer) was in the corner and he kept telling me to keep riding and not let up. Fortunately, my horse kept giving me everything he had.”

The $50,000 Amateur win was the first for Peerson at a major event. He purchased five year-old Ladys Dual Peppy through trainer Sam Shepard. “He just gets better every time we ride him,” said Peerson. “He’s turned out to be everything we were looking for.”

Blain Peerson operates a large feed mill for dairy farms in the Live Oak area, and has shown pleasure horses on the Quarter horse circuit with his wife, Cindi, and daughter, Tyler, 13, who also showed at Jackson. “I sold our last pleasure horse last fall, and we’re having a blast,” said Peerson.

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