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An Evening To Remember: 2024 Western Bloodstock Evening Session

An enthusiastic crowd of bidders, owners, and spectators, watched as 48 yearlings sold for an average of $91,548 (80% of the offering compared to 75% sold in 2022).

Reining News

New Season of The Last Cowboy to premiere this month

Seventeen riders qualify to compete for the $1 million top prize, including more women than ever before. Meanwhile, the “Run for a Million” has expanded to also encompass cutting and reined cow horse, which test riders’ ability to work with cattle.

Futurity Season '23

Snaffle Bit Futurity first-timer, Fappani, takes Championship on Lectrifyn Metallic

Fappani has attended the NRCHA Western Derby in 2022 and '23, but has been waiting to try his hand at the futurity.

Cutting Events

Kittennish adds Cotton Stakes title to Horse of the Year Scoreboard

Kittennish was already ahead in the race for Horse of the Year and Shepard wanted to make the most of the final shows in the season.

Cutting Events

Adan Banuelos and Kenneth Platt Tie for top titles in Reyzin the Cash PCCHA Open Derby Finals

Both riders won $14,500 for the co-championship title. Adan Banuelos and Kenneth Platt also tied for third/fourth place with scores of 220.5.

Cutting Events

Hottish Metal and Adan Banuelos Score Breeder’s Invitational Derby Open Win

When Hottish Metal and Adan Banuelos walk into a finals herd, it’s pedal to the metal for the entire two minutes and 30 seconds they’re in the pen, whether the […]

Cutting News

Sanctus Scores Back-To-Back Wins at NCHA Summer Spectacular

The word Sanctus translates to “holy” in Latin. In cutting, it has become synonymous with “win.”

Cutting News

Sanctus & Adan Banuelos Star in Special 5

The Special 5 returned to the Breeder's Invitational in a big way in 2021, with horses sired by eligible stallions competing for an additional $340,000 in added money.

Cutting News

Todd Quirk Wins NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro with “Lifer” Reystylin Smooth

Todd Quirk has Reystylin Smooth to thank for a lot of his career highlights, and now he has the gelding to thank for a major win at the Kit Kat Sugar NCHA Super Stakes.

Cutting News

Futurity Champion All Spice Back on Top at The Cattlemen’s

Reigning NCHA Futurity Open Champion All Spice and trainer Adan Banuelos are back in the winner's circle, taking the 4-Year-Old Open at The Cattlemen's in a display of style and talent that had one of her owners seeing shades of a cutting great.