Cutting News
All Spice & Adan Banuelos Break Through With NCHA Futurity Open Championship
All Spice and trainer Adan Banuelos etched their names in the history books as winners of the 2020 NCHA Futurity Open Championship.
National Cutting Horse Association Futurity
Current News
Little Jo Cat & Pedro Ornelas Seize Opportunity in NCHA Futurity Limited Open
With a 221 already on the board, Pedro Ornelas walked into the herd aboard Little Jo Cat in the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Limited Open knowing the championship […]
Cutting Events
Three Riders Chase $1 Million in Super Stakes Earnings
Matt Gaines
Paul HansmaThere’s a good chance two and possibly three Open riders will top $1 million in career money earned solely at National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Super Stakes limited-age events during the March 28-April 20 show in Fort Worth, Texas.
Cutting News
Tapt Twice Tops $1 Million as Dam
Tapt Twice & Phil Rapp – Photo by Midge AmesTapt Twice, the 1999 mare (Dual Pep x Tap O Lena x Doc O’Lena) who carried her breeders and longtime owners and riders Phil and Mary Ann Rapp, Weatherford, Texas, to combined cutting earnings of $285,226, recently became the 15th mare to produce cutting earners of more than $1,000,000.
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. 
Cutting Events
Reyn Storm, Gabe Reynolds Top $10,000 Novice at Eastern Nationals
Reyn Storm & Gabe ReynoldsA final-round 225 by Gabe Reynolds and 10-year-old stallion Reyn Storm claimed the $10,000 Novice Open title at the annual National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern National Championships Wednesday in Jackson, Miss.
Cutting Events
NCHA Eastern Nationals Start Monday
The annual National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern National Championships, featuring competition for any-age horses and Open, Non-Pro, Amateur and Youth riders, begins Monday, March 4, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss., and continues through March 16.
