 It's the final everyone's been waiting for, the open derby of the 2016 NCHA Great American Summer Spectacular. And the man of the night was Kenny Platt who took it out on Mum Stylish Platt with no less than a 228. Congratulations to you Kenny. Thank you. I appreciate it. You looked absolutely elated when you won that. Did it feel like a winning run at that point? Well, and I've never felt anything that feels better. So yeah, I mean that would have to be what it felt like for sure. So the run, the ride seemed to really build like a crescendo by that third cow you're bringing the house down. Can you put us in the saddle with you? Describe it to us. Well you know my first cow, you know it was a cow we really liked and you know we just I cut it good and that horse had a little half miss on it right there at the beginning and it seemed like you know he almost knew like he had a little miss you know a little step out of place there and when he regained control of that cow he was like he wasn't going to turn it loose on those next two and my second cow was good and that third cow you know I wasn't a huge fan of it and it was in a good spot and Grant Settinica had been talking about it nearly the whole time we'd been sitting up there and he's like hey man here it is and we got it in the spot and he said come on with it and it was a really good call. One of them is probably the best cow cut you know the whole time here so you know I gotta give him props for that that was unbelievable so. Now on the second cow there was it did the horse did it sit down what happened there? Well you know he just gets pretty pressured up you know he's always done that ever since he was a three year old and you know when I quit that cow you know there's so much pressure he feels so much pressure and takes it so serious you know he just I think he just kind of let down a little bit right there you know when I got him back up and you know he was fine so and he's like said he's done it forever I didn't think anything of it I just turned around and cut another cow and and when I got done and they had that review on the run you know I wondered if that was what it was for and I'm pretty sure it is I haven't heard yet but I think it was so yeah because you seem to be very cool about it but you know inside you weren't panicking or anything like that you would just use to it will you? Yeah I mean like said he's done it you know he's always kind of been that type of horse to you know to lay down a little bit or want to lay down on a cow and which is what makes him so good but yeah I just turned around and cut another cow and kept going I mean that's what you're supposed to do anyway you know no matter how how it's going just act like it's all part of the plan so exactly and you got a 226 with a review how did that feel how did you get through that 20 minutes or so? Well I'd spent about 20 minutes feeling like I was gonna throw up and and then and then when they reviewed it and they raised it up it was just you know unbelievable you know it just there's well I mean that run right there that's that's why everybody cuts I mean to have that feeling and and there's no better feeling in the world I don't think you know yeah you made me kind of jealous it felt like I needed to jump on one of those you probably do you probably do yep now you have just had back-to-back victories in this arena on the same horse with the same score at the end of the day I mean that's a pretty phenomenal feat how does that feel? I don't really think the the first one's really sunk in yet you know I mean just I've just been coming down here since I was a kid and and watching and just you know I'm gonna just love this sport and these horses and that first one just you know it was just unbelievable you know and I was awestruck and I think I'm I'm pretty awestruck right at the moment I'm at I really don't have the words you know I'm just I'm pretty proud to just you know be amongst this this level of competition and be able to to be right there with them you know and feels pretty good. You're certainly making your presence felt here. Yeah good horse helps that though yeah. Compare it to the ride in at the super stakes. I didn't have I didn't have that miss right off the bat at the super stakes in that run but this horse tonight felt stronger and and the run finished a lot crisper and cleaner you know the run the super stakes was really pretty first two cows and that last cow was really hard this run was hard and fast and and very very controlled all at the same time and and I just I mean I don't know it felt unbelievable. So tell us about this horse what's he been like to train? Hard at first you know like real hard in his three-year-old year I got him from Lawson Hanlock and Lawson did a good job getting him broke and and I got him at the end of his two-year-old year but towards the end of his two-year-old year and Lawson did a good job getting him broke he was always very a little slow to get to hold the cow you know and and but you know he's been kind of a labor and love but I always knew you know always could feel what was in him and it just kept me kept me going and and I kind of kept him going and it's really worked out well. Do you have a special bond do you think? Yeah yeah I mean you know like how could you not like something that tries that hard to to be good I mean he just puts himself in in a position all the time to hurt himself trying to help me and I mean how can you not have a special bond or something like that it's it's unbelievable. So what's the future? Just you know I'm just gonna go to the shows that I feel like are worth going to with him and and you know just try to keep him sound and take as good a care as I can of him and because obviously you know he's pretty special to me and my family and hit Robert Trigimba's owner and everybody I mean he's just what keeps us it's what keeps you walking out to the barn every morning so yep. Kenny how did you get into cutting tell us about that? You know my mom got me started in cutting she always really liked horses and had all kinds of just different horses and stuff and she decided she wanted to go this route and do that you know do the cutting and she got me into it and I mean she drugged me around when I was a little kid that you know club cuttings and small cuttings and you know when like when Lloyd Cox lived in Colorado you know she would get me up real early in the morning if we were going to a little cutting and you know to make sure we went and watched Lloyd showing the open you know because she told me he was the best and obviously she was right and you know she just is as really I give her pretty much all the credit so. Well she's very proud to very proud mother tonight. Yeah well she's a she's a good woman so yep. Thank you. Thank you.