Countess Catrina and Austin Shepard at The Ike
Countess Catrina and Austin Shepard finished fifth at the NCHA Futurity in December. Photo by S. Sylvester Photography
Cutting News

Countess Catrina Queen of 4 Year Olds at The Ike

Countess Catrina followed up a very nice National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity finish with a crown in West Monroe, Louisiana. The 2016 sorrel mare, working under Austin Shepard, posted a class-best 228 in the 4-Year-Old Open final at The Ike Derby and Classic on Tuesday at the Ike Hamilton Arena. Along with the triumph […]
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Olena Dually and Charles Spence work a cow in Memphis, Tennessee
Cutting News

Olena Dually, a Cutting Ironman, Dies at 29

Over the course of his 29 years, Olena Dually had a fully merited reputation as one of cutting’s most durable ironmen, competing every year between 1994 and 2006, and back again for a very brief break from retirement in 2012. To his credit, in addition to an Equi-Stat record of just more than $302,000, are three appearances […]
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WCRHA reiner Marion Walker and Custom Coffee on a stop.
News

She’s 82 Going on 42, This Inspiring West Coast Reiner

Marion Walker has a sneaking suspicion why the West Coast Reining Horse Association selected her for not one, but two of the organization’s prestigious awards. “I think it’s because I’m so old and still doing it,” the 82-year-old reiner joked during a recent larger-than-life phone conversation, which she participated in while aboard her faithful gelding […]
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Cutting Results

2020 ABILENE CUTTING SPECTACULAR

Abilene, TX – Jan. 6-11, 2020 598 Entries – $134,000 Added – $529,864.57 Total Purse Horse / Rider / Owner / Score / Finals $ / Total $ 4-YEAR-OLD OPEN – 111 E. – $55,107 Add. – $203,773.31 TP 1) IREYDESCENT (16M) / Adan Banuelos / Brumbaugh Ranches, 221.5, $17,000, $23,699.20 (Dual Rey x Desires […]
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Clayton Anderson riding a horse using round buckle cinches
Tack Talk

Prevent Painful Galls with Round Buckle Cinches

Have you ever had problems with cinch sores or galls? Most of us have. Cinch sores or galls are often caused by a cinch or cinch buckle rubbing the wrinkled and sweaty skin right behind the elbow. These sores are painful to horses, just like a blister on your foot is during a hike. If […]
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