CP Rhinestone Cowboy (Banjo)
2024 AQHA Palomino Gelding
Shiney Outlaw x Lil Stylish Merada
Height: 13.1 HH
CP Rhinestone Cowboy, also known as "Banjo," is a handsome palomino with an adorably goofy, yet incredibly smart personality! His wisdom goes well beyond his years, going through training with a steady confidence and a strong curiousity of learning new things! Not only has he been excelling in training with exceptional speed, he has done so with a calmness and understanding that truly sets him apart from others. He is the perfect prospect for the quintessentail ranch horse that everyone is looking for, steady, willing, trustworthy, and consistently hardworking, he will be your best friend!
By SHINEY OUTLAW, LTE: $222,500. In 2015:NSHA RCH Open Futurity Champion; finalist in the NRCHA Open Futurity; in 2016:4th NRCHA Celebration of Champions Open Derby; split 5th NRCHA Celebration of Champions Open Derby Fence Work; in 2017: AQHA World Champion Junior Working Cow Horse; NRCHA World Open Hackamore Reserve Champion; 4th NRCHA Open Stakes; in 2018: NRBC Derby $50,000 Limited Open Co-Champion; NRBC Limited Open Derby class winner; top 10 NRBC Derby Novice Horse Open Level 2 class; in 2019: NRCHA World Open Bridle Champion; 4th AQHA High Point Senior Working Cow Horse Open; NRCHA Derby Two-Rein Spectacular Open Champion; in 2020: AQHA World Senior Working Cow Horse Jackpot Open Champion; AQHA World Champion Senior Working Cow Horse; AQHA Reserve High Point Senior Working Cow Horse; in 2021: NRCHA World's Greatest Horseman Open Reserve Champion; NRCHA Western Derby Bridle Spectacular Open Champion; NRCHA Western Derby Bridle Open class winner; in AQHA competition: Open Perf. ROM twice, earning 55.5 working cow horse (Level 3), 12.5 heeling (Level 3), 7 reining (Level 3), 1.5 ranch riding (Level 3), 1/2 cutting (Level 3) point in open events.
1st Dam: Out of LIL STYLISH MERADA, sired by CATS MERADA (1999) AQHA sorrel stallion, LTE: $177,900. 2002 NCHA Futurity Three-Year-Old Open semi-finalist; 2003 Southern Futurity Four-Year-Old Open Co-Reserve Champion; 2003 Brazos Bash 3rd Four-Year-Old Open; 2003 West Texas Futurity 3rd Four-Year-Old Open; 2003 Lone Star CHA 3rd (tie) Four-Year-Old Open; 2003 Music City Futurity Four-Year-Old Open finalist; 2003 Augusta Futurity Four-Year-Old Open finalist; 2003 Galles Ranches Four-Year-Old Open finalist; 2003 NCHA Summer Spectacular Four-Year-Old Open semi-finalist; 2004 Bonanza Cutting Five & Six-Year-Old Open Champion; 2004 Silverado Arena Five & Six-Year-Old Open Reserve Champion; 2004 NCHA Super Stakes 3rd Five & Six-Year-Old Open; 2004 NCHA Summer Spectacular 3rd Five & Six-Year-Old Open; 2004 Western Horseman Cup Finals 3rd (tie) OP; 2004 Memphis Futurity Five & Six-Year-Old Open finalist; 2004 Augusta Futurity Five & Six-Year-Old Open finalist.
Student Rider: Tulah Keplinger
Tulah Keplinger is a fourth year animal science major and is originally from Marin County, CA. She has been riding since the age of 6 and has participated in many disciplines, mostly focusing on hunter/jumpers and the training of young horses in her last few years of the sport. Since transferring to Cal Poly in 2024, she has reignited her passion for the western discipline and is excited to work with the green horses in her first year of the quarter horse enterprise!
Photos courtesy of Molly Virginia Photography & Elizabeth Hay
