Chad Roland has a family, works in real estate and trains his own horses.

Where does he find the time?

Roland squeezed the Augusta Futurity into his schedule and it paid off. On Jessies Smart Tari, Roland rung up a 215 to win the $50,000 Amateur for 4-year-olds finals Saturday night at Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center.

"It's hard to find time," said Roland, who's married and has a 3-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter. "The kids, they love the horses and they stay with their daddy all the time down there with the horses."

With his half-point victory, Roland of Adel, Ga., collected $3,837. Matt Miller of Millsap, Texas and Swinging Til Five posted a 214.5 for $3,000, while Jason McClure of Hayesville, N.C., and Rainboy Badge finished third (214, $2,500).

'This is one of the major shows, and to win it means everything," Roland said.

Roland purchased Jessies Smart Tari, by Jessie Rey Tari out of Sujosmart Annabelle, in fall 2002. Since then, he trained her in his spare afternoon hours.

"This horse has just been amazing," he said. "He's had no funny stuff. He's been solid and sound in training. He's just stuck to the cows, took to them and really has trained himself. He's got a lot of cow in him."

Roland ran eighth in the 14-horse finals. Out of the first six horses, the best score was a 212. Then McClure posted a 214. One horse later, Roland jumped ahead.

"My first cow was kind of runny and it wouldn't give my horse much to look at," he said. "But my last two cows were really good. My colt stayed in position the whole time and he really held it together good."

Last year, Cody DeCordova won this event with a 218.5. So Roland had every right to think his score wouldn't hold with six horses remaining.

"I doubted it (would win)," he said. "I knew it'd get me up there pretty good, but I didn't think it would stay to win."

Elizabeth Brumbaugh, a 15-year-old from Weatherford, Texas, won the go-round earlier in the day and rode 12th in the finals. Her run ended quickly as she and Cindys Last Flower lost their first cow.

"It just wasn't there tonight," she said. "It just wasn't my night. It was someone else's."