1975 foundation bred daughter of Chieflika with Joe Hancock, Oklahoma Star & Bert breeding.

Miss Centava Chief was used for ranch work, 4-H & rodeo.  She won awards in barrels & poles.  She has produced many award winning horses in barrels, poles, calf roping & team roping.

This page is dedicated to our great old mare

Miss Centava Chief

1975 daughter of Chieflika ROM

Producer of many rodeo award winning horses

Used as a 4-H horse by our son

Currently being used for our granchildren

to learn  to ride.

Family member

SDHSRA

State finals

   1991

         Miss Leo Shanty

Cheyenne Vig  who later became

Miss Rodeo South Dakota

High point winner in pole bending & reserve high point winner

in barrels at Belle Jackpot 2002

Feeding time 2003

Cass 3

Tava 28

Performing Foals of Miss Centava Chief

HORSEWINNERS IN EVENTSCOMPETITION

Miss Dusty Chief            Barrels & Pole BendingYouth & 4-h rodoes

Shanty Chief    Barrels, Poles, Calf roping & Team roping        4-h, high School & Amateur Rodeo

Miss Leo Shanty    Barrels, Reining & Team ropingHigh School & 4-H competition

Leo Shanty WranglerBarrels  &  Team roping     4-H  & jackpot  competition

Coureur KidBarrels   Year end jackpot reserve champion

Miss Alabar ChiefBarrels, Poles & Goat tyingAmateur jackpot & 4-H

Mischief ChocolateQueen Contests4-H & High School Rodeo

Other Foals of Miss Centava Chief

Miss Leota Chief            Kids horseSouth Dakota

Lika Shanty Son   Ranch horse            South Dakota

Coureur Miss    Ranch horse & brood mare      South Dakota

Lika Coureur        Saddle horse              Eastern South Dakota     

Alamitos Beggar  Ranch horse      South Dakota

Chief Alamitos Bar      Ranch horse       South Dakota

Kota Chief      Ranch horseNebraska

Hatcreek Bailey  Our black stallion -great grandson of Leo

Chieflikas Miss SkipOur black broodmareInjured & not ridden

Kings Centava Breeze22% King broodmareRidden as 2 & 3 year old

Chieflika ROM

Chieflika was the sire of Miss Centava Chief.  She was his last foal--- foaled in June, 1975 (Chieflika died in March 1975 at the age of 20.)  Chieflika was a blood bay by Fire Fly Chief and out of the race mare Star Beggar N.

Chieflika earned his ROM in barrel racing, pole bending & calf roping.  he won numerous awards and money in the RCA (later PRCA)  & GRA (which became the WPRA), SDRA & NRCA circuits.  He was also was used in and won in team roping, steer wrestling & cattle cutting.

Congratulations to Trisha Smeenk who is currently the SDHSRA queen & was the SD 4-H Ambassador (queen) in 2004.  She rides a black mare that is a daughter of Miss Centava Chief & a granddaughter of Chieflika.   Trisha is a great neice of Jack & Betty Smeenk, the owners of Chieflika.