Winning the Intermediate Open at last month's Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby wasn't the only thing Ron Ralls was celebrating at the 2021 NRCHA Celebration of Champions
Tyree Swales knew the moment one of his reins came unhooked at the start of his cow work in the World's Greatest Youth Horseman finals. Pulling up never crossed the 14-year-old Canadian's mind.
Seventeen-year-old Cutter McLaughlin has multiple world championships with several associations, but there was one he’d been chasing in recent years. It was the World’s Greatest Youth Horseman, and he’s now won that too.
Gunna Be A Smartie and Shane Steffen had the lead when they walked into the arena at Will Rogers Memorial Center for the cow work of the 2021 World's Greatest Horseman. They needed a good run in the cow work to bring it home. That's a lot easier said than done.
When Its Time To Smokum and trainer Mark Sigler were named the NRCHA Open Bridle World Champions, announcer Darren Moore said what was on many people's minds: Someone upstairs was smiling.
Stirrups? Who needs two of those? Sareece Brown didn't when she piloted Nee On Lights to a gutty victory in the NRCHA Celebration of Champions Non-Pro Bridle.
When Snapdragons and Zane Davis won the Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby, it was a validation for an owner who took a chance a few years ago on a yearling whose bloodlines were ahead of his time.
The World's Greatest Horseman title is considered by many to be one of the toughest feats Western performance competitors can attain. It's four events — herd work, rein work, steer stopping and fence work — completed by one horse and one rider.