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Cutting News
Mercy! Sugrspiznevrthingniz & Matt Gaines Win NCHA Open World Title
Sugrspiznevrthingniz has her quirks, but she and Matt Gaines dug deep to pull off the NCHA Open World Championship in Fort Worth.
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James Vangilder & CDs Kual Gun Hit Their Stride at the PCCHA Derby
Some comebacks are years in the making. They’re carefully choreographed, plotted and mapped out – maybe even years in advance. James Vangilder’s return to cutting wasn't like that. It was an accident.
Cutting Events
Hiss N Vinegar Fires to NCHA Super Stakes Open Win
The National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Kit Kat Sugar Super Stakes Open finals, held April 6 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, boasted two sets of finalists for a total of 21 horse-and-rider combos. Included in the line-up were second go-round winner Exs N Ohhs; NCHA Futurity Open Reserve Champion Badboonarising; […]
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Baxstrom Cinches 4-Year-Old Limited Open Champion and Reserve Champion Titles!
Riding into a testy herd, Ashley Baxstrom cinched not only the Champion but the Reserve Champion title as well in the 4-Year-Old Limited Open finals at the Arbuckle Mountain Futurity in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Aboard the Metallic Cat gelding Spot of Hot Metal, Baxstrom marked a 222 to bring home a check of $4,690 for breeder […]
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, […]
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CDs Kual Gun & Matt Gaines Shoot for Futurity Open Win
It’s beginning to feel like fall in the high country, and contestants from around the country headed north to compete in the Idaho Cutting Horse Association (ICHA) Futurity, which is held at the Ford Idaho Horse Park in Nampa, Idaho. The air is cooler there, but not as cool as CDs Kual Gun, who shot for […]
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Adan Banuelos Scores Big At Tunica
Adan BanuelosThe Tunica Futurity, held Jan. 27-Feb. 3, is enjoying a new venue this year. The show that began in Memphis, Tenn., and moved to Tunica, Miss., in 2005, now calls West Monroe, La., home. To break in the new location in style, Adan Banuelos swept the Open.
