Daily Chatter: "Gary Lord, Atwater, CA, has been showing at the NCHA Futurity since 1993 and had never made the finals. But he has done well enough as an amateur finalist in other events, that he will soon be kicked upstairs into the Non-Pro division.

But last night, Lord had a final hurrah with a win in the Amateur Futurity. “It’s a thrill,” said the 52-year-old building contractor. “I don’t know when I’m going to realize what I’ve done.” Lord scored 213 points for his win aboard GR High Brow, a colt he raised out of Dutchers Girl, a mare he showed when he first started cutting in the early 1990s. GR High Brow, by High Brow Cat, was trained by Rodie Whitman. Lord also qualified for the Amateur Semi- Finals on Angies Gun, trained by Whitman."