2000 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champions Smokums Prize & Ted Robinson • Photo by UNI Photography Ted Robinson gave Smokums Prize a hug after completing their cow work performance that clinched their NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship.
In the Past

In the Past: Catching the Glory

Seven-time National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion Ted Robinson catch-rode Smokums Prize (Smokum Oak x Tommie Tivio Tucker x Doc Tom Tucker), a stallion bred by Walter and Sharon Wright, of San Juan Bautista, California, to victory in the 2000 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open finals. Robinson won his first NRCHA […]
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In the Blood

In the Blood: Sweet Sister Cat

Sweet Sister Cat & Ty Moore, pictured at the Brazos Bash • Photo by S. Sylvester PhotographySweet Sister Cat has shown the kind of consistency all cutters look for in the arena. She is the 2017 West Texas Futurity Non-Pro Champion, the Cotton Stakes Futurity Non-Pro Champion, the Brazos Bash Futurity Non-Pro Co-Champion and the […]
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Features

Buckskin Colts Bring Top Dollar in Cowtown

During the first National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales held in Fort Worth, Texas, flashy horses with solid pedigrees proved most valuable. Managed this year by Western Bloodstock, the sales took place Oct. 13-14.
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Cutting Events

Oregon & Idaho Amateurs Win PCCHA Championships

Brenda Higbee hasn’t had Dis Cats Dynamite for very long, but she and the mare have made a great combination in the cutting pen. Their latest victory was Saturday in the Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Association (PCCHA) Classic/Challenge Amateur. They marked a 220.5 in the arena at the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa in Las […]
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Reined Cow Horse Events

Gorrell Clinches First Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship with Plain Catty

What a year for National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Professional Jake Gorrell, of Hanford, California. He achieved Million Dollar Rider status in August, and then rocked the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open finals fence work in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 14. He rode Plain Catty to score a stupendous 225, clinching his first […]
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Reined Cow Horse Events

Tammy Jo Hays Crowned NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Discount Tire Non-Pro Champion

Tammy Jo Hays collected her third National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Snaffle Bit Futurity Non-Pro Championship last night when she marked a composite score of 650 on Hat Six Keep Sparkin to win $20,359.  As the second-to-last rider out in the cow work of 17 Non-Pro finalists, Hays had to give it everything she […]
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