El Rancho Futurity
Sept. 6-15 Rancho Murieta, CA El Rancho Futurity, $143,000 Added, 661-342-0575
El Rancho Futurity
Cutting Events
Westfall and Cowan Pick Up El Rancho Mercuria/NCHA World Series Titles
The cattle must have felt the electricity in the air as the loud rock music played and large crowd of spectators enthusiastically expressed their support for the six finalists in the El Rancho Futurity’s Mercuria/National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) World Series Open finals. They were definitely “wound up,” trainer Russ Westfall said. Westfall rode Reyning […]
Cutting Events
Matt Gaines Finishes One, Two in El Rancho Futurity
Matt Gaines could not have asked for a better El Rancho Futurity after having won the Futurity Open Championship and Reserve Championship titles. Carrying him to top honors with a score of 222 was Desires Bo Monkey (Dual Rey x Playguns Desire x Playgun), a gelding bred by H.B. Bartlett, DVM, of Pike Road, Alabama, […]
El Rancho Futurity & Foothill Fiesta
El Rancho Mercuria/NCHA World Series of Cutting: Sept. 13-14
Cutting Events
Katie Fonsen Young Hits Trifecta In El Rancho Futurity Non-Pro
Katie Fonsen Young scored a triple play in the El Rancho Futurity Non-Pro, winning the Championship aboard a gelding she also owned and bred.
Cutting Events
Eazee E Fires Back with Mercuria Open Championship
Two mares, Eazee E and Deluxe Checks, were running 1-2 atop the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Open World standings going into the El Rancho Futurity. The most recent tally showed Kevin and Sydney Knight’s Eazee E trailing Deluxe Checks by almost $15,000 going into the California event, but she and Equi-Stat Elite $1 Million […]
Cutting Events
Cindy Lou Blue Takes The El Rancho Futurity Open Championship
Cindy Lou Blue launched her show career into orbit with the El Rancho Futurity Open Championship. California horseman Andrew Coates and the 2014 daughter of High Brow Cat, owned by Coyote Rock Ranch, won with a 221. The Reserve Championship went to Good Lookin Metallic and Grant Setnicka, who marked a 216.5. Cindy Lou Blue’s mother, Swingin […]
Cutting News
First Champions Crowned at El Rancho Futurity
The El Rancho Futurity and Foothill Fiesta just kicked off a few days back in Rancho Murieta, California, and the excitement has already started ramping up. The Derby and Classic/Challenge Open finals were the first two to go, and some of the cutting industry’s hard hitters proved their place was on top.
Cutting Events
Tim Smith Picks Up Open Win At El Rancho Futurity Aboard Ms Crystal Highbrow
Tim SmithThe El Rancho Futurity & Foothill Fiesta is off to a great start in Rancho Murieta, Cali. The first set of finals took place Sept. 10, and Equi-Stat Elite $5 Million Cutting Rider Tim Smith of Temecula, Calif., took the top spot in the Classic/Challenge Open finals aboard Ms Crystal Highbrow.