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It’s time for the 19th annual edition of the Quarter Horse News/Equi-Stat Reined Cow Horse Statistical Review. Charts on the following pages reveal the leading horses, riders, owners, breeders, sires and dams that proved most prominent in the reined cow horse industry during the 2010 season.

When it comes to the major players from last year, these are definitely the ones.

There are 28 pages in this review, most of which are filled with charts ranking the leaders according to money won in the reined cow horse arena during the 2010 season, including regular purse money and incentives. For the first time, the statistics include a special weekend-only section.

Although the economy dealt the reined cow horse industry some challenges in the past couple of years, the sport still paid out a good deal more than it awarded at the start of the last decade. In 2000, $2.1 million was paid out at reined cow horse events. Last year, $5.2 million was earned by winning horses and riders – a 145 percent increase in 10 years’ time.