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Rey N Style and Sean Flynn win the 2012 Tunica Futurity 4-Year-Old Open Championship with a 221.5 to earn $17,354.

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Rey N Style and Sean Flynn Top 4-Year-Old Open At Tunica

Written by Katie Tims

Sean Flynn

It was Rey N Style and Texas professional Sean Flynn who cut cows to the 4-Year-Old Open divison Championship at the Tunica Futurity & Classic in Mississippi on Friday afternoon. The pair marked a 221.5 to earn the $17,354 first-place check for the mare’s owner, Eddie Young, San Angelo, Texas. Also noteworthy was that full siblings finished among the top five in the class.

Written by NRCHA
Kelly Valdez Winning World Championships runs in the Valdez family. On Thursday, Feb. 2, Betty Lou Valdez took home the NRCHA Non-Pro Two Rein Championship. Two days later, her daughter, Kelly, took the Non-Pro Limited World title. Read more...

Get Nosey — The Learning Curve With Phillip Ralls

Written by Annie Lambert

By employing the bovine nose as a target, Phillip Ralls puts timing into every turn.

Everyone positions a horse on a cow hoping for optimum control. Visualizing that perfect position ultimately stems from an individual perspective, varying substantially between competitors. Trainer Phillip Ralls believes in keeping horses nose-to-nose with the cow, simplifying the process for him, the horses and his non-pro students.

Jeff Hooper Resigns From NCHA

Written by QHN Staff
Jeff Hooper It was confirmed that National Cutting Horse Association Executive Director Jeff Hooper turned in his resignation. He will continue with the association until March 16. See the letter from NCHA President Keith Deaville to NCHA members: Read more...

John Murphy Takes Four NRCHA Circle Y Ranch Derby Non-Pro Championships

Written by NRCHA
John Murphy The big news in the NRCHA Circle Y Ranch Derby Non-Pro divisions was an un-assuming 18-year-old named John Murphy. He and his family traveled more than 40 hours from his home in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, to the West Texas town of San Angelo to claim the Non-Pro, Intermediate Non-Pro, Novice Non-Pro, and Amateur Championships! Read more...

American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup

Written by AQHA Press Release

aqha_logo American Quarter Horse youth riders will head to Kreuth, Germany, July 21-28, with the hopes of taking gold medals back to their home countries.

The 2012 American Quarter Horse Youth World Cup will be hosted at the Gut Mastheshof, one of the biggest riding centers in Europe.

Written by NRCHA

The Non-Pro competition of the Circle Y Ranch Derby kicked off the 2012 National Reined Cow Horse Association Celebration of Champions on Saturday, Jan. 28. The Celebration of Champions, held at the First Community Credit Union Spur Arena in San Angelo, Texas, also features the NRCHA World Championship Show presented by John Deere and the World's Greatest Horseman competition. The show continues through Sunday, Feb. 5.

Written by Mark Thompson
Craig Thompson Horses ridden by Buffalo, Texas, trainer Craig Thompson and bred and owned by Illinois husband and wife cutters Patrick and Laura Collins, won a Championship and tied for Reserve Champion honors in the Augusta Futurity Open finals Saturday night in Augusta, Ga., to earn $33,191 with 222.5 and 220.5 scores. Read more...

World's Greatest Horseman Finalists Determined

Written by NRCHA
Composite leader, Russell Dilday, riding Topsails Rien Maker Friday night, Feb. 3, 2012, at the First Community Credit Union Spur Arena was especially exciting as the last two phases of the World's Greatest Horseman preliminaries commenced. The stands were filled with spectators eager to see who would make it to the prestigious finals. Read more...

Jay McLaughlin Pilots Shiney Sushi to NRCHA Open Bridle World Championship

Written by NRCHA

Jay McLaughlin

When Jay McLaughlin qualified Shiney Sushi for the Open Bridle finals of the NRCHA World Championship Show presented by John Deere, he and owner Carol Rose made a decision: if the 7-year-old cow horse won the World Championship, she would be retired.

Written by NRHA Press Release
Wimpys Little Chic and Shawn Flarida At the recent NRHA Board of Directors meeting, Jan. 21-22, in Oklahoma City, Okla., the NRHA Hall of Fame Committee recommended a nominee for induction into the NRHA Hall of Fame. That nominee was unanimously approved for induction in 2012 – Wimpys Little Chic owned by NRHA Million Dollar Owner Arcese Quarter Horses USA, Weatherford, Tex. Read more...

Shawn Hays Wins Circle Y Ranch Derby Open and Intermediate Open Championships on CGS Starscommand

Written by NRCHA
Shawn Hays Going into the final leg of competition of the NRCHA Circle Y Ranch Derby, Shawn Hays felt some trepidation. He had just seen Lyn Anderson and Tuckers Smart Cat take over the Open division lead with an impressive 152 in the cow work for a 444 composite. Read more...

Arcese and Silva Make Equi-Stat Elite Million-Dollar Milestones

Written by Erin Haynes
Eleuterio Arcese, Photo by CappyJackson Arcese Quarter Horses, Weatherford, Texas, has entered uncharted territory by becoming the first and only Equi-Stat Elite $2 Million Reining Owner. As of the end of 2011, horses owned by Arcese Quarter Horses had won $2,114,372. Read more...

Dustin Adams Wins Equi-Stat Non-Pro Award Again

Written by Mark Thompson; Photo by Midge Ames

Dustin Adams aboard MH Unexplainable

Dustin Adams, already a career earner of more than $3.4 million at age 32, is no stranger to major victories, but his second straight Equi-Stat Non-Pro Award, and fourth in eight seasons, still caught cutting’s top 2011 non-pro earner by surprise.

“Are you serious? How did that happen?” Adams asked as a reporter relayed the good news by phone. “It feels great,” said the Nevada native and Dublin, Texas-based cutter.

Written by Mark Thompson; Photo by Glenn Mandl
Clint Allen aboard Ducks Dux At age 21, New Zealand native Clint Allen had already ridden everything from Thoroughbred horses to bucking bulls, so the fact he’d never ridden cutting horses didn’t faze him when he asked Matt Gaines for a job helping him train them in Texas. Read more...

Dont Look Twice, Phil Rapp Set Augusta Arena Record During World Series Win

Written by Mark Thompson
Phil & Mary Ann Rapp & Dont Look Twice One of the top earning horses in Augusta Futurity history, Dont Look Twice, and the event’s top all-time rider, Phil Rapp, set a new record in James Brown Arena Thursday with a 231 score that earned the duo $8,295 and the first Mercuria/National Cutting Horse Association Open World Series of Cutting title of the new season. Read more...

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