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Reining Activities at the Games

Written by NRHA

USEF Reining Team Members Craig Schmersal and Boom Shernic

During the Alltech® FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG), many will notice reining as the only equestrian discipline to feature hand-tooled western saddles, distinctive cowboy hats and the gorgeous, long flowing manes and tails of its horses. At this installment of the Games, the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) will provide a unique experience for spectators and reining fans – NRHA “Ride a Reiner.”

Written by Erin Haynes
Melissa Hood Melissa Hood and Watch This Way repeat last year’s success and win their second consecutive Reining Championship, Aug. 30, at the Adequan AQHA Select World Show, being held Aug. 29-Sept.4 in Amarillo, Texas. Read more...

2010 Ariat Tulsa Reining Classic

Written by Press Release
Stacy Westfall You may have seen her on the Ellen DeGeneres Show or here in Tulsa where she first wowed the crowd, competing without saddle or bridle on the beautiful black American Quarter Horse Whizards Baby Doll – Stacy Westfall went on to win the prestigious competition for equine clinicians called “Road to the Horse” and to compete, teach, and train around the world. Read more...

Smart Little Lena Euthanized

Written by Mark Thompson
Smart Little Lena Smart Little Lena, 31, one of the cutting world’s all-time leaders as a performer and as a breeding stallion, suffered a stroke and was humanely euthanized at his longtime home in Aubrey, Texas, at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 30, according to his handlers. Read more...

Slide for the Cure at the WCRHA Futurity

Written by Melynda Silvashy
The West Coast Reining Horse Association’s (WCRHA) “Slide for the Cure” horse show, featuring a futurity and derby, will be held Oct. 1-3 at the Murieta Equestrian Center in Sacramento, Calif. This annual event benefits breast cancer research. Read more...

Lil Bit Reckless Wins In Fort Klamath Again

Written by Mark Thompson
Lil Bit Reckless & Russ Westfall Lil Bit Reckless, a 6-year-old mare bred and owned by husband and wife cutters Russ and Janet Westfall, Los Olivos, Calif., won a Classic/Challenge Open title at the Fort Klamath Ranch Festival with Russ Westfall for the second year in a row on Tuesday with a 226 to earn $8,450. Read more...

Late Charge By Lenaliltothewright, McLaughlin Earns Kalpowar Futurity Open Championship

Written by Mark Thompson
Wendy & Jay McLaughlin An event-best 151 in cow work as the Kalpowar Futurity ended in Ardmore, Okla., on Sunday, Aug. 22, earned Lenaliltothewright and Jay McLaughlin $6,607 and the edge they needed to finish as Champions over early leaders and Reserve Champions Moms Silverado Cat and Todd Crawford. Read more...

Flynn, Reward Me Please Win Celebrity Event

Written by Mark Thompson

Sean Flynn with his daughter Madison and his wife Ashley

There were a few misadventures Saturday at Hardy Murphy Coliseum in Ardmore, Okla., as six reiners and six cutters competed in a Celebrity Cow Horse Challenge. Cutting trainer Sean Flynn, Weatherford, Texas, proved an exception to the rule as he appeared supremely comfortable in the saddle while guiding 7-year-old mare Reward Me Please to a 145.5 reining run and an even stronger 151-point cow work.

NRHA Election Results

Written by NRHA
Beth Himes On Aug. 31, the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) closed voting for NRHA Vice President, NRHA Executive Committee Members and Bylaw Change Amendments. Read more...

Appaloosa Reining Horse News

Written by Julie Bibeau
High Katy Olena and Shawna Sapergia As the summer show season is going strong, we start looking ahead to the 2010 Appaloosa Horses Club (ApHC) World Championship Show, host of the Appaloosa Reining Horse Association (ApRHA) futurities and the World Superstakes. Read more...

Partial Dispersal Sale at Babcock Ranch

Written by Jatona Sucamele

Trashadeous, shown here by Bill Horn, is consigned to the Babcock Ranch sale.

Forty years of breeding for equine athletes that excel in various disciplines, namely cutting, reining and cow horse, Babcock Ranch has reached this milestone with passion and pride. Jim Babcock has a nice group of horses that he is excited to offer to the public at partial dispersal sale at Babcock Ranch, Valley View, Texas, at noon on Oct. 15. The Babcock Ranch is open for horse inspections and preview on Thurs. Oct. 14.

Cuttin' It Up In Canada

Written by Press Release
Dustin Gonnet It’s a new twist on the old adage. Long before he drifted into the sport of cutting, Dustin Gonnet worked cattle . . . literally . . . until the cows came home. Read more...

Hallie Cat, Schlesinger Dominate At Fort Klamath; LHR Smooth Jamie May Claims Horse of Year Lead

Written by Mark Thompson
Steve Schlesinger Hallie Cat, a 3-year-old mare competing at her first limited-age cutting, and Steve Schlesinger, 31, Lockeford, Calif., dominated the Futurity Open finals Wednesday at the Fort Klamath Ranch Festival with a 222 to earn $17,675 after two solid but unspectacular go-round performances. Read more...

NCHA Hall of Fame Member Beamon Ashley Dies

Written by Mark Thompson
Beamon Ashley Horse trainer and longtime National Cutting Horse Association employee Beamon Ashley, who manned gates letting cattle into the pen at Fort Worth cutting events for many years and befriended many cutters, died at age 88 on Sunday, Aug. 22, in Dallas, Texas, at Cedar Hill Health Care Center. Read more...

Californians Top the NSHA Futurity Open

Written by Katie Tims

Jake Gorrell

Thanks to a round-winning cow work, Playin Ace High and California trainer Jake Gorrell won the Open Championship at the National Stock Horse Association Futurity in Paso Robles, Calif., on Sunday. The two scored a composite 650.5 points, collecting the $22,000 title and finishing one point above Reserve Champions Wright On Time and Doug Williamson, a rider who won the Golden Hills Auto/Holy Cow Performance Horses World’s Richest Stock Horse title the prior evening on Hes Wright On.

Written by Cathy Martindale
Grant Setnicka Little Nitro Sally and Grant Setnicka won the West Texas Futurity Open with a 220.0, by a margin of 4.5 points. The win was worth $13,500. Working third in the 11-horse finals, Setnicka cut his first cow, a solid black, just under the 2-minute marker. Little Nitro Sally dove past the cow once on the left but scrambled handily to get back. Read more...

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