The tradition of using Romal Reins http://bit.ly/1Iph8q9 was started in North America by the Spanish vaqueros in the mid-1700s. Their lives depended on extremely hardy, well-trained horses to work the rank, range-bred cattle of the day. Romals, as they are called, were used on such well-trained horses because they only required a very slight movement of the hand for direction.
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Electric Snow & Jordan Larson • Photo by Kristin PitzerThe Tulsa Reining Classic Derby Open, held Sept. 4 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, featured $33,000 in added money thanks to a sponsorship by Cardinal Reining Horses. Every exhibitor in the Derby received a signature Cardinal Reining Horses jacket. Several of the horses competing in the Derby had the chance at an additional $10,000 in added money in the concurrent Whizkey N Diamonds Novice Horse Derby, thanks to a partnership with Rhodes River Ranch.
Alexander Lee & Redd MapleAlthough Sept. 3 was the last day of the Idaho Cutting Horse Association (ICHA) Futurity and Aged Event, the day was packed full with six Non-Pro and Amateur finals.
Dun It For Whizkey & Franco BertolaniThe 2016 Tulsa Reining Classic Hollywoodstinseltown Futurity Open, held at Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma, featured $60,000 in added money. A total of 108 entries across all levels competed in the Ford Truck Arena, and three new champions were crowned.
Jack Medows & Chicsdreamofdiamonds • Photo by Kristin PitzerAt the 2016 Tulsa Reining Classic, held at Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Turnabout Farm Futurity Non-Pro featured $26,000 in added money. Competition was fierce in the Ford Truck Arena with a tough field of 175 total entries across all levels.
Pete Kyle is one of the riders who has been invited to compete in the freestyle event at the NRHA Futurity. • Photo by Shane RuxThe National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) announced the 10 riders chosen to compete in the $20,000-added NRHA Invitational Freestyle Reining presented by the Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau. The event will be held during the NRHA Futurity and Adequan® NAAC, which runs from Nov. 24 through Dec. 3 in Oklahoma City.
Cade McCutcheon & Custom Made GunIn the Tulsa Reining Classic Derby Non-Pro, held Sept. 1 at Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 61 exhibitors competed for championships in the SmartPak Derby Non-Pro. While many riders made it clear from the moment they ran into the arena that they were there to compete, one horseman in particular achieved the top score by a landslide.
Yogi Berra once said, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humility.” That about sums up the National Cutting Horse Association Summer Spectacular so far. It has been hot, but it always is in summertime Texas. The difference is the humidity, very high. Horses and people sweat for the cooling of evaporation. The more water already in the air, the less it can take up. This makes us produce even more sweat, which means you have to drink lots of water. The trick is to stay ahead of water loss; it takes 24 to 48 hours to replace water if you get in deficit.
