In addition to tying for the high score in the Level 4 Open Preliminaries, Fernando Salgado and Spook Lil Whiz won the APHA Chrome Cash Incentive for horses registered with the APHA.
Bred and owned by Renata Lemann, Spook Lil Whiz is a five-year-old son of Spooks Gotta Whiz out of Lil Dreamer. Salgado and Spook Lil Whiz scored a 226 in the third second of the preliminaries to tie with Jason Vanlandingham and Best Shine for the top score.
This horse is particularly special to Salgado because the stallion was raised by his late brother, Eduardo. The Chrome Cash Incentive allowed him to add more money to Spook Lil Whiz’s lifetime earnings, which contributed to a very profitable Open Preliminaries for Salgado.
“Between all of my horses I showed in the go-round here, I won $36,000, so that’s a lot more than other shows,” he said. “You can tell it’s a show made by horse people. So adding the APHA incentive to that, it’s a plus.”