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Here’s Who Ropes Today in 2024 AQHA Junior Heading Finals
The Darkk Side will try to defend his world title from 2024, while four men, including JD Yates, will get two shots at the golden globe.
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J.D. Yates | TRJ File Photo

The 2024 AQHA Junior Heading World Championship clean-slate final round is a who’s who of head horse training, with Casey Hicks, Clay Lewis, J.D. Yates and Dakota Kirchenschlager each bringing two horses back to the Finals of the 77 horses shown in the Level 3 in Oklahoma City.

Yates will show Drag All That at first out, the same horse he won the heeling prelims aboard on Nov. 2. The winningest horse entering the Finals is The Darkk Side, last year’s Junior Heading World Champion with Trevor Brazile. Miles Baker will pilot the horse this year.

Head HorseSireDamRider
DRAG ALL THATAll That BoonDouble R DragtimeJD Yates
PROBABLY SMART N NU  Smart Nu ShinerProbably Red BuckDaniel Reed
SPORT N MANSport N BetLittle CostillaTy W Spickelmier
TIME TO BLUE SMOKE  Hickory Holly TimeSmoke That RoosterDakota Kirchenschlager
BETSHESAWOODENHEART  Bet Hesa CatGay Wooden HeartCasey Hicks
J LOWS GLOWIN CATTY  Catty HawkJ Lows GloBobby E Lewis
SUE C ROYALTY One Time RoyaltySue C LenaJD Yates
THE DARKK SIDE  Once In A Blu BoonDT Sugar Chex WhizMiles Baker
KJ RAISINS SMARTCHIC Starlights SmartchicRaisin EyebrowsJD Wing
SEVENS SMOKIN GLO  CSR Dual GloBig Smokin OtoeCade Rice
LETS ROO IT AGAINRoo StarProbably Not AshinerBrad Lund
SMART GETS A CHECK  Smooth As A CatCheck To The HeartsCasey Hicks
FLASHED OUT  Purdy Boy FlashCromed Out CatTrey Yates
LIL MIZZ JONEZTravelin JonezMiss Jana SongTate Kirchenschlager
MIDNIGHT PATRON  Dual PatronCircle Bar GypsyClay Lewis
CFR CADETE JERSEY  Yellow JerseyMS Majestic NicDakota Kirchenschlager
THIS CATS LOADED  WR This Cats SmartMalibu Loaded GunCade Rice
TOY DUALLY  WrangleredReyzn DebraWilliam Jones
SHINEY CANDLE LIGHT  CD LightsMiss Shiney ParrCasey Hicks
AIR FORCE 1One Fabulous TimeSpooks BellarinaJoseph Harrison
LOOK AT HER SHINE  Shining SparkLook At Her GloClay Lewis

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