Lloyd Cox, show co-producer Brady Crumpler & Jason Clark • photo by Laura RodgersCreedence Clearwater, a 5-year-old mare ridden by Lloyd Cox, and 6-year-old mare Starlight Starbrite, ridden by Jason Clark, tied for Tuesday’s 5/6-Year-Old Open title at the Bonanza Cutting in Glen Rose, Texas, with 220.5 scores to earn identical $19,850 checks.
Shesa Metallic Star and Wes Galyean • photo by Laura RodgersAfter reaching Monday’s Bonanza Cutting finals with a pair of 217s in the preliminary rounds, Shesa Metallic Star and Wesley Galyean marked a finals-best 220.5 to earn $37,000 as 4-Year-Old Open Champions at the Glen Rose, Texas limited-age show. The victory boosted Shesa Metallic Star's early-career earnings to $50,462. Don and Joetta Bell, of Weatherford, Texas, own the winner, who was bred by Sunrise Ranch, of Fayetteville, Ark.
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San Antonio Mercuria/NCHA World Series of Cutting Open Champion R.L. ChartierAfter a full day of go-rounds for the Mercuria/National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) World Series of Cutting’s San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo leg, 13 Open horse-and-rider teams returned to the finals for a piece of the any-age prize. A Little Bossy and R.L. Chartier wrapped up the win.
Adult horses develop immunity to ascarids, or Parascaris equorum, but growing horses are immunologically naive to ascarids and are susceptible to infection.Effective parasite control can make or break healthy development in young horses. Foals, yearlings and weanlings are more prone to infection by Parascaris equorum (P. equorum), the most common type of roundworms (ascarids). At the 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, they understand the importance of protecting the health and well-being of their young horses well ahead of sale day.
Matt Mills riding Mia Little Whiz • Photo by Jeff KirkbrideSanctioned by the International Equestrian Federation, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and USA Reining, the Sun Circuit FEI Concours de Reining International (CRI3***) offers a valuable and vital qualifying opportunity for U.S. riders to advance to the Official Team Selection Trial. Matt Mills, of Scottsdale, Ariz., took the gold medal aboard Janice Dickson’s Mia Little Whiz (Easy Otie Whiz x HR Kaylas Lil Lena x Little Lenas Legend) with an outstanding score of 149, showing to plus-one maneuver scores throughout the pattern and commanding the attention of the ground jury.
Some 2014 National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) rule books in circulation contain typographical errors. Those inaccuracies have been corrected in the online publication, and the NRCHA is working to correct all printed materials.
The simple definition of welfare, “quality of life,” can sometimes be unclear, as this term can mean different things to different people. In the past, society normally regarded equine welfare only as it relates to the animal’s physiology and environment, such as feeding and shelter. Over the past 15 years, the science of animal welfare has made huge developments in recognizing needs by expanding the concept to also include horses’ well-being and related tolerable threshold of pain, suffering or neglect.
