$50,000 Amateur Any Age finals Terrye Brown Rides Lynx Expresso To a 218.5 Win Seven was a lucky number for Terrye Brown of Loganville, Ga. Drawing in that spot in the 12-horse finals, Brown rode 18-year-old Lynx Expresso to a 218.5 and a 1.5-point victory over Elizabeth Elliott and Joye Smith. Brown won $6,851. Smith of Columbia, S.C., rode Power Player, while Elliott of Estill, S.C., rode Colonel Lil Pepper. In the go-round, held earlier in the day, Elliott was the top scorer with a 222. Smith had tied for second place with a 218.5 and Brown had tied for eighth with a 216.5. Lynx Espresso, a gelding by Docs Lynx out of Royal Hilda, was up to the challenge of the cows Brown cut out of a rugged set of cattle. Half of the 12 riders in the finals lost cows. "I'm very fortunate that I've got a horse that is so solid," Brown said. "It doesn't matter what I do, he takes care of me. A lot of people have cutting horses; he's a cow horse. The more he cuts, the more he loves it." "These were her horse's type of cattle," said Joye Smith. "The cattle were not very good. Her horse can run and stop bad cattle and make it look pretty. My horse would rather have a cow set up in the middle and jump side to side and show off in the middle of the pen. Terrye had a good ride." As a matter of fact, Lynx Expresso was in such control during the ride that Brown couldn't even remember working the second cow. It was the points picked up on that cow that led to the victory. For Brown, the victory was satisfying for two reasons. In 1997, she'd finished second in this class on Haidas Sugar Doc, who was not competing in 1998. Secondly, she'd also ridden Lynx Expresso in this class in 1997, but failed to make it out of the go-round. Brown bought Lynx Expresso three years ago from Harold and Terri Summerford. "He had been out in the pasture for a year when we bought him," Brown said. "I'd been looking for a horse and I'd tried many, many of them. We were talking to (trainer) David Stewart one day and I just remembered him (Lynx Expresso) back when I showed years ago. David checked on him and, sure enough, he was for sale." Brown doesn't see Lynx Expresso slowing down any time soon, even though he's 18. "He probably can show five or six more years," Brown said. "We don't do anything to him. Chris Howell, who works for us, tunes him up right before the shows and we come to the show. He's really a maintenance-free horse." Brown joined her husband, Dick, as an Augusta winner. Dick won the 1994 Amateur Any Age class on Haidas Sugar Doc, who was in the breeding barn this winter.