Injury knocked Todd Bergen out of the World's Greatest, so he and Smartly Starstruck were out for redemption in the Open Bridle Spectacular at the NRCHA Stallion Stakes.
After coming close a few times, HQ Wilma Gotta Kitty and trainer Sarah Murphey broke through with their first big win at the 2021 NRCHA Stallion Stakes.
A crowd of professionals gathered behind the arena gate to watch Limited Open rider Trevor Carter make his National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) event finals debut during the Stallion Stakes in Las Vegas. As the fence work score was called — a 220.5 — the celebration started.
Metal Storm and Shadd Parkinson brought the thunder in the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Stallion Stakes Intermediate Open finals. The pair brought the crowd to its feet with a 222.5 fence run, clinching the title with a 658.5 total.