One of the most important aids you use to communicate with your horse is your bridle reins. It’s nice to have reins that hang freely when you’re ready to ride. Your horse will appreciate it as much as you do! This is an easy, efficient way to hang your bridle and it keeps your reins untangled and flowing smoothly so you’re always ready to ride!
Stylish Play Lena and Lloyd Cox at the 2003 NCHA Summer SpectacularThe National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Open is underway in Fort Worth, Texas. For six straight days, the first go of the Open will welcome unproven 3-year-olds into the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum. A total of 599 horses will seek to advance to the Open second-go, which begins on Nov. 26. Some of those same horses will return for the Non-Pro first go on Nov. 29, where 418 horses will compete for a spot in the second go, which starts on Dec. 3.
These several hundred Futurity hopefuls are the result of a breeding decision that was made four years ago, in 2010. For some breeders, the decision wasn’t just about one stallion and one mare. Good mares are often carefully managed to produce multiple embryos in one year, sometimes by various stallions.
This year’s Futurity crop included multiple embryos from no fewer than 78 mares. Those 78 mares are represented by 168 foals in the first rounds of the NCHA Futurity. While most of the mares have just two entries, eight are represented by three. Two mares – CDs Masterpiece and Stylish Play Lena – will have four offspring each in the first go.
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A Lil Dab Will Do & Robert ChownThe Junior Working Cow Horse finals kicked off on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Fifteen teams qualified to compete in the finals with hopes of capturing a portion of the $49,336 purse.
GR JFB Boy and Dominik Reminder • Photo By Art & LightFor many years, the Americana has been one of the most important shows for European reiners. In 1988, the Americana offered its first Bronze Trophy, and since then, the purse has helped decide the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) World Championship.
In 2015, the Americana will make another huge impact on the NRHA title with a $55,000-added purse in the NRHA World Reining Cup Open and $15,000-added in the Non-Pro.
Junie Wood's outstanding year has earned her the NCHA Open Horse of the Year title. • Photo by Hart PhotosAfter a year of neck-and-neck competition, Junie Wood has officially won the race for National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Open Horse of the Year. Piloted by Slate River Ranch’s resident trainer, John Mitchell, the 4-year-old mare secured the title late in the season.
SG Frozen Enterprize & Andrea Fappani at the 2013 High Roller Reining Classic • Waltenberry photoEqui-Stat Elite $3 Million Rider Andrea Fappani dominated the Junior and Senior Reining at the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) World Championship Show in Oklahoma City Nov. 15. Fappani won the Junior Reining with SG Frozen Enterprise, then took the top two spots in the Senior Reining with Smoking Whiz and Custom Spook.
Cody Hedlund and Meteles CatAs a large crowd gathered in Oklahoma City, 17 horse-and-rider teams entered the Jim Norick Arena in hopes of taking home a share of the $53,891 purse in the Junior Cutting at the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) World Championship Show. When it was all said and done, Cody Hedlund and Meteles Cat's score of 221 won the Junior Cutting World Championship.
Pepto Lou Lena with Michael and Michelle Miola (right) of Silver Spurs Equine LLC • Photo by Jordan HendersonThe last horse through the ring at the Silver Spurs Equine Annual Loyalty Sale brought the highest bid of the day when Pepto Lou Lena sold for $90,000. The yearling palomino stallion was one of 27 horses sold on Nov. 1 at the ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Legacy Reining Consignment Sale
Held October 18, 2014
172 horses consigned
$1,815,200 gross for a $10,553 average
154 sold (90%), $1,606,000 net, $10,429 average and $7,500 median.
