AQHA/Bayer Best Remuda Awarded to W.H. Green Cattle Company of Albany, Texas

Amarillo, Texas - November 8, 2002 - W.H. Green Cattle Company of Albany, Texas is the 2002 recipient of the AQHA/Bayer Best Remuda Award. The award will be presented during the Working Ranch Cowboys Association World Championship Ranch Rodeo on Saturday, November 16 in Amarillo.

A special reception, honoring the Green family and past winners of the award, is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at the American Quarter Horse Heritage Center & Museum. The reception will begin at 4:00 p.m. and the public is invited to attend.

For 10 years now, AQHA and AQHA Corporate Partner Bayer have recognized those outstanding ranch remudas who operate daily using American Quarter Horses. The AQHA/Bayer Best Remuda Award began in 1992 as a way to recognize ranches that take pride in raising American Quarter Horses, an important tool of the trade.

The award presented is a commemorative American Quarter Horse bronze designed by renown equine artist, Lisa Perry.

About W.H. Green Cattle Company~
The W.H. Green Cattle Company was founded by a father/son team living in two Texas counties. Thomas Henry laid his foundation in Hill County while his son, William Henry, traveled up Texas Central Railroad to Stephens County and the little town of Albany.

The first herd of cattle purchased by William Henry were already branded on the left hip. That brand-J-was adopted as the W.H. Cattle Company brand and is still used today. The company runs Hereford and Black Baldy cows as well as stockers and is headed up by Billy Green (W.H. Green III).

Horses on the remuda trace back to Lemac Jan (Dan's Sugar Bars x Silma Sue x Hollywood Gold), Eddie Cinco and Black Beggar. Prominent horses from the W.H. Green Cattle Company include Lemac Jan, Golden Three Bars, Genuine Jan, Hickorys Lowenbrau, Reno Raider, Sonitalenas Bucky and Haidas Jan.

The company has participated successfully in competition winning more than $13,000 with Genuine Jan (Genuine Doc x Lemac Jan x Dan's Sugar Bars) in NCHA competition. Other Green Company successes are Hickorys Lowenbrau (High Brow Hickory x Lemac Jan x Dan's Sugar Bars), winner of more than $64,000 NCHA monies and Haidas Jan (Haidas Little Pep x Lemac Jan x Dan's Sugar Bars), winner of $147,000 in NCHA competition.

William Henry Green III (Billy) serves as the head of W.H. Green Cattle Company. He also is active among agriculture organizations and state-wide associations. Green is currently serving as a district representative of the Soil Conservation Service; a director of the National Finance Credit Corporation of Texas; the Texas Livestock Marketing; and a member of the Steering Committee of Ranch Horse Sale of Western Heritage Classic.

To date, the following ranches have received the AQHA/Bayer Best Remuda award:
1992-Haythorn Land & Cattle Co. of Arthur, NE
1993-6666 Ranch of Guthrie, TX
1994-Waggoner Ranch of Vernon, TX
1995-Stuart Ranch of Caddo, OK
1996-Bar B Ranch of Beaver, OK
1997-R.A. Brown Ranch of Throckmorton, TX
1998-Pitchfork Land & Cattle Co. of Guthrie, TX
1999-Bogle Limited of Dexter, NM
2000-CS Cattle Company of Cimarron, NM
2001-Van Norman Ranches of Tuscarora, NV

For more information or to receive an application for the Best Remuda Award, contact AQHA at (806) 376-4811 or visit AQHA's Web site at www.aqha.com.