Five questions: Futurity competitor Scotty Rice

Scotty Rice, 28, of Weatherford, Texas, is in town for the 26th Annual Augusta Futurity.

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1. What are you doing here at the Augusta Futurity?

"My family shows horses. My dad and my brother are trainers, and I show in the nonprofessional division (cutting horse competitions). I come help them, and I'm going to show two horses myself, one in the 5-6-year-old and one in the 4-year-old, and I qualified one for the Western Cup finals in the nonpro."

2. How do you raise a horse for a show like this?

"You just try to either raise them as colts through breeding them or you can go out and try and buy a horse that's bred well and put it through a program and get it trained. I use my family - my father and brother are trainers. They train them for me and that's how we do that."

3. What's your favorite part about raising horses?

"Well, I just like the thrill of competing. Competing on a high level, competing with all your friends. Everybody in this deal is friends and family, so that's a fun part of it."

4. Is this your full-time job?

"No, actually I work for a living as well. I have an electronics business."

5. What do you think of the song Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy?

(Laughing) "Well, I really don't have much comment on that song there."