 Hey everyone, welcome to the 2017 NCHA Ferturity. Tonight the amateur finalists battled it out for the coveted buckle and battled it out they did because we ended up with two winners. I'm here with Robert Masterson who rode little guycat and scored a 2-15. Congratulations to you. Thank you very much. Tough final tonight. What did you make of it? It was good. The cattle were very tough and we were just glad that my help picked out three really good cows. I didn't like the way I cut my third cow very good, but I think we could have marked a little better, but we were very fortunate that the score held up, so very pleased. Yeah, a lot of people run over, so you were lucky just really to hang on and get through it. Yes ma'am. We were very lucky, but I mean my horse is, he's a cow horse and we knew he could hold a cow, so it worked out. It worked out. You know, there's a lot of luck involved, but we were very blessed, so no doubt. And a lot of skill too. Well. Don't be too humble. Yeah, I don't know about that, but I mean we'll take it. So how does it feel to be a champion on the Will Rogers? Well, I mean it's pretty emotional, so it really is. Is this your first championship here? Yes ma'am. Yep. So how long have you been cutting? Oh, you know, off and on for several years now, I don't really know, 12, 13 years probably, yes ma'am. What is it about it that you love? Oh yeah, it's pretty thrilling. I mean it's just pretty awesome when you have a, you know, I mean, you know, there's lots of days where things don't work good, but when the days work good and you're riding a good horse, there's not much that beats it. You know what I mean? So how significant a win is this? What does it mean to you? Well, it means a lot. There's a long story to it. I don't know if y'all really want to go. I mean, you know, I probably don't have time to talk about it, but my dad passed away last fall and, excuse me, this was his horse. So this means a bunch. Yeah, I can completely understand how significant that is and what a great thing to win on it then. Well, you know, it's a pretty emotional deal. My dad, my dad had the horse in training with James Payne and he passed away last fall and I inherited my dad's horses and here I was with this colt and we knew he was a nice colt and, you know, here we are. You've done him proud tonight? Well, yeah. Tonight there was a little bit of confusion over whether or not you had to go and do a runoff with your co-champion, David Torrell. Fortunately, you didn't have to do that. It was just a coin toss for who gets the trailer. Didn't fall in your favor, but how did it feel to go for that coin toss? Well, I mean, you know, heck, I'm just blessed. We got to flip a coin for a trailer. I've never had the opportunity to do that, so I'm happy for him. He had a good horse, a good run, so I'm glad he got it. Were you nervous when you saw his run? You know, I mean, I knew he had a good run and I knew that, you know, to be honest with you, I just knew I didn't think the score would hold up, to be honest, and I figured we'd end up pretty good, but we're very blessed to end up where we did. That's all I'm going to say. Unfortunately, they do have two saddles for you both. Yes, ma'am, that's great. I'll take the saddle. So tell us about your horse. Oh, he's been really good. James has trained him and he hasn't had many bad days at all. I mean, he's just, you know, James trains a cow horse, but he trains a horse that's, you know, I wouldn't say easy to ride, but if you get in tune with the horse, you know, things work good. So, I mean, the horse has been really good and willing all along. So, I mean, it's really worked out great. And what's the future hold for you both? Well, we're going to, you know, we're going to keep showing and you know, we're just going to, you know, James, they hit the road pretty hard, so I'm going to probably hit the road with him and we're going to hold on to him and keep showing him and enjoy, you know. So that's the plan for now. Good job tonight.