Cutting News
New NCHA Programs, Rule Changes in Effect for 2021
Cutting horse competitors will notice several changes – some big and some small – were implemented this year by the NCHA. There also are new NCHA programs.
Eastern Nationals
Cutting News
Kandace Stone, “Super Spike” strike $50k Amateur Gold at Eastern Nationals
Kandace Stone has competed at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern Nationals four or five times and had placed at the show, but this year marked her first time […]
Cutting News
Cutting Commander,Missy Jean Etheridge in Control at Eastern Nationals
Cutting Commander, whose Equi-Stat lifetime cutting earnings officially surpassed the $100,000 mark last summer, added $4,896 to her show record following her Non-Pro win at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) […]
Cutting News
Austin Shepard Jammin’ in Jackson, Mississippi
If you’re a betting man, one logical choice to guide one or more horses to a championship title during this year’s National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern Nationals in Jackson, […]
Cutting Events
Big Bow Pepto & Josh Dozier Top NCHA Eastern Nationals Open
Josh Dozier with Big Bow Pepto & Laura JenkinsThe last 10 seconds probably seemed like 10 minutes to National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern Nationals Open Champions Big Bow Pepto and Josh Dozier, who earned $5,026 March 5 with a dramatic 220.5 finish in Jackson, Miss.
Cutting Events
Cameron Thompson Earns First Eastern Nationals Youth Title During Last Chance
Tracker Jones, Cameron Thompson & his sister Jordan ThompsonCompeting in Eastern Nationals Youth cutting events for the final time in Jackson, Miss., on Sunday, 19-year-old Cameron Thompson finally won his first title. 
Cutting Events
Bobbie Hughes Tops Eastern Nationals $2,000 Limit Rider
Bobbie Hughes, Zeke Entz & Hickorys Handy CatA 222 finish by Bobbie Hughes and Hickorys Handy Cat secured the 2-year-old trainer’s top check so far as a cutting rider, $5,142, during Sunday’s $2,000 Limit Rider finals at the National Cutting Horse Association Eastern National Championships. 
Cutting Events
Butch Shaver, Lasso My Colors Top Eastern Nationals $15,000 Amateur Pack With Crowd-Pleasing Run
Butch Shaver and Lasso My Colors take on a cowButch Shaver, 74, a real estate businessman based in Parkersburg, W. Va., a cancer survivor and a longtime cutting horse owner, had owned champions before. He had never guided one to a big win in the arena on his own until his $15,000 Amateur victory Friday aboard 11-year-old mare Lasso My Colors. 
Cutting Events
Horses Ridden By Steve Colclasure Top Eastern Nationals Open and $3,000 Novice Open
Steve Colclasure receives a hug from his wife HeidiWinning a title at the National Cutting Horse Association Eastern National Championships had always ranked high on Steve Colclasure’s “bucket list” of things to accomplish before his life ends. “I’d been second here twice, and I’d always wanted to win it,” he said. Thursday in Jackson, Miss., the 38-year-old Cushing, Okla., trainer won the Open and the $3,000 Novice Open titles within a few hours of each other while riding two geldings sired by Smart Little Lena. 