Jaylee Brown has been a familiar face in cutting. Brown embraced a new challenge by participating in the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Boxing classes this year and found success.
"Down the fence, that mare was always there when I called on her. I trust this horse, so showing was less pressure than I thought it would be," Brown said.
When Carmen Buckingham took Kitty Wilkins to the Reno Non Pro Snaffle Bit Futurity, she knew she'd been working hard on improving the horse's reining, she didn't know if it would be enough for the chips to fall her way in Reno though.
With $48,800 in added prize money, the Colorado Reined Cow Horse Association (CRCA) welcomed a lot of new faces to the Firecracker Futurity, Derby, Spectacular and horse show presented by Discount Tire.
Two weeks in Las Vegas, Nevada paid off for Shane Steffen and Sprinkld ConfettiCat. The pair headed south from their home base in Oregon for The Run For A Million reined cow horse challenge early in August and weren't coming home without some hardware.