NCHA Eastern Nationals
Cutting Events
Cheyenne Johnson & Tom E Toy Hit Their Stride
Cheyenne Johnson has known her 8-year-old gelding Tom E Toy since he was born, but it was only at the end of his 5-year-old season that she got to own him. And while the pair has been working together for the past two years, they only started winning six months ago. During the National Cutting […]
Cutting Events
Last-Minute Trip Yields Non-Pro Victory
Alexis Stephas hadn’t planned on being in Jackson, Mississippi, for the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern Nationals this year, but the Weatherford, Texas-based cutter is pleased she made the impromptu trip. Marking a 217.5, Stephas won the Non-Pro and $4,835 aboard her mainstay mount Once You Go Black. “The one thing about that horse […]
Cutting Events
Van Boekel and Middleton Tie for NCHA Eastern Nationals $5,000 Novice Non-Pro
When Eric Van Boekel’s wife, Katherine, sold her $5,000 Novice Non-Pro horse and then posted the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern Nationals slot as available for sale on Facebook, she couldn’t have known the person who bought it would become her husband’s fiercest competition at the show. As the second to last person to […]
Cutting Events
Ali Good Takes Second Title Home from NCHA Eastern Nationals
Ali Good made it two titles for two entries during her first visit to the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern Nationals when she marked a 222 to win the $25,000 Novice Non-Pro. Riding Cat Atat Cat, the gelding she won the Senior Youth with, Good collected $3,777. “I have so much confidence in my […]
Cutting Events
Ali Good and Cat Atat Cat Ride to NCHA Eastern Nationals Senior Youth Championship
Over the past year, Ali Good has learned how to cut shape when the cows won’t cooperate. Learning that lesson helped Good mark a 221 on Cat Atat Cat and win $327 as the Senior Youth champion at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern Nationals. “It’s pretty cool,” Good said of winning her first […]
Cutting Events
Charles Russell Bushaw Clinches 2018 NCHA Eastern Nationals $35,000 Non-Pro Title with Peptotoodie
Charles Russell Bushaw may only be 14, but the young cutter from Weatherford, Texas, who placed second in the Junior Youth, mixed with the adults and marked a 220 on Crown Ranch LP’s Peptotoodie to win the $35,000 Non-Pro at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern Nationals. Bushaw earned $3,717 for his win. “It […]
Cutting Events
Katherine Queen and Metallic Manziel Nab NCHA Eastern Nationals Junior Youth Title
Katherine Queen has grown up going to cutting horse shows, but the 14-year-old from Allendale, South Carolina, had never been to a big show by herself before. Riding solo did not faze Queen, as she and her gelding Metallic Manziel marked a 225 to win the Junior Youth and $312 at the 2018 National Cutting […]
Cutting Events
Blake Heid Rides to Stylish Victory at NCHA Eastern Nationals
Blake Heid first showed Stylindipity, bred by Peter and Nora Stent, at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Eastern Nationals last year and made the top 10 in the Youth. This year, he and the mare placed first in the $2,000 Limit Rider when they marked a 220 to win $5,594. “This Eastern title is […]
Cutting Events
Ferrier and Martin Tie for NCHA Eastern Nationals $15,000 Amateur Title
At the National Cutting Horse Association Eastern Nationals, two young competitors’ dreams came true when they both marked a 219 to share the $15,000 Amateur Championship. Grant Martin, 19, rode TR Reyn Dancer to the high score, and Ryleigh Ferrier, 13, matched it on Ichi City Limits. They both earned $3,828. Ferrier, a former three-day […]
