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nrha-amateur — A Reining By The Bay competitor awaits his turn in the ring. • Photo by Lillian Kent

Reining News

NRHA Gives Amateur Trial the Green Light

Reiners with less experience have a new place to play in 2020. The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) announced Jan. 10 it has approved a trial phase for an Amateur division. The new class is intended to provide a level in which riders with less experience are more competitive. Similar to Amateur classes in other […]

Cutting Results

Two Mares Split Abilene Spectacular 4-Year-Old Open

4 Year Old Open Co-Champion Ireydescent & Adan Banuelos16M (Dual Rey x Desires Katrina x High Brow Cat)Owner: Brumbaugh Ranches, Aledo, TXBreeder: Double Dove Ranch, Fort Worth, TX221.5 | $22,000 4 Year Old Open Co-Champion Stole A Kiss & James Payne16M (Metallic Cat x Smart Lookin Mate x WR This Cats Smart)Owner: Kathleen Moore, Madill, OKBreeder: Bradley Rogers, […]

Cutting Events

Reys Of Hope is Exactly That

When Cash Ashlock competed in the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Non-Pro, his mount had a name that perfectly matched the stallion’s charitable history. In 2018, Reys Of Hope was consigned to the NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sale by Cash’s parents, Lindy and Wes Ashlock of Abilene, Texas. The couple donated the proceeds of the […]

Cutting News

Hilary Watson’s Legacy Larger Than Life Itself

Her life cut short by the scourge of our day, Hilary Watson’s legacy is as safe as houses. Watson, who died in November after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, was honored at the NCHA Futurity with the Mary Kingsbury Amateur Sportsmanship Award. Watson lived as an exemplar to the spirit of longtime NCHA Amateur […]

snip o gun and princess in diamonds hit $1 million

Current News

Snip O Gun, Princess In Diamonds Join $1 Million Producer Club

Distinguished producers Snip O Gun and Princess In Diamonds recently passed the $1 million mark in progeny earnings, ranking them among a small group of mares whose foals won more than a million dollars in reining.

Current News

Augusta Futurity Offers $10,000 Incentive for Amateurs, Non-Pros

The 2020 Augusta Futurity will offer $10,000 in bonus money to encourage amateurs cutters to also enter in a Non-Pro class.

Cutting News

Good Help the Difference for NCHA Amateur Champion

Roger Booth said he’d felt a little nervous from the first day he rode Quaintrelle into the herd at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity. And, yes, he was excited and relieved following their 217 Amateur finals run, but the “worst part yet” set in. As the fifth draw, he had to wait for […]

Cutting Events

Two Horse-and-Rider Teams Share NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Title with 222s

When Kristen Galyean and Coureygous laid down a sizzling 222 from the second hole in the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Non-Pro finals on Friday night, it was a dubious proposition anyone would catch her. That is until Brandon Westfall stepped into the arena on the second of his two horses, I Reckon So. […]

Cutting News

Spoonful of Seahorse brings $150,000 at NCHA Futurity Preferred Breeders Sale

The hammer fell at a sale-high bid of $150,000 on Spoonful of Seahorse, catalogued as Hip No. 4145, at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Preferred Breeders Sale on Friday at the James L. and Eunice West Sale Arena. The Preferred Breeders sales took place over three days on the grounds of the Will Rogers […]

Cutting News

Australian, ‘Ice’ Queens of the NCHA Limited Non-Pro

When Australian native Amelia Servin decided to travel to Texas, purchase a National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity prospect this year and show it herself, she had no idea that she’d return home with a championship title. “I’m pretty excited,” Servin said after her Futurity Limited Non-Pro finals victory aboard her recent purchase — a […]