Tag: money

From The Archives: Lindy Burch Takes Top Spot in NCHA Futurity

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:54:43 +0000

With a “standing room only” crowd cheering and hollaring, Lindy Burch, Clements, California, aboard Mis Royal Mahogany won the 1980 edition of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity with a record-breaking score of 225.5.

2024 Best of Western Horseman: For Your Horse

admin — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The Best of Western Horseman Awards are finally here.

Consignor Ordered to Pay Missing Sales Money to Owners

admin — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:33:38 +0000

The Kentucky Supreme Court, reversing lower court rulings, ordered that damages be awarded in a lawsuit filed by two owners against a Thoroughbred sale consignor.

EquiStat 5-Year Leading Non-Pro Cutting Riders, Owners & Breeders

admin — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:23:00 +0000

These are the top 5 horses, riders, owners and breeders based on their combined non-pro cutting earnings recorded in EquiStat from Jan. 1, 2019 to Sept. 26, 2024. Money attributed to a rider in these statistics is the money that particular rider won during the time frame in that respective discipline. Money earned in closed incentives not open to all riders is excluded.

EquiStat 5-Year Leading Amateur Cutting Riders, Horses, Owners & Breeders

admin — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:18:00 +0000

These are the top 5 horses, riders, owners and breeders based on their amateur cutting earnings recorded in EquiStat from Jan. 1, 2019 to Sept. 26, 2024. Money attributed to a rider in these statistics is the money that particular rider won during the time frame in that respective discipline. Money earned in closed incentives not open to all riders is excluded.

Money Supply May Flow Again in Claiming Crown Jewel

admin — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 20:38:00 +0000

The Claiming Crown, which has been compared to a claiming horse owner's Breeders' Cup, returns Nov. 16 to Churchill Downs, featuring eight starter races worth $1.1 million, topped by the $200,000 Claiming Crown Jewel.

EquiStat Amateur & Non-Pro Reining Statistics

admin — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 09:19:00 +0000

The EquiStat Amateur & Non-Pro Reining Statistics showcase the discipline’s leading riders, horses, sires, owners and breeders. Rankings are based on combined earnings in Amateur and Non-Pro reining events recorded in the EquiStat database from Jan. 1, 2019, to Oct. 7, 2024.

Buckaroo Bonanza

admin — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:29:47 +0000

In an era of high-speed technology and instant gratification, the Buckaroo Traditions Gathering aims to slow things down and demonstrate the artistic horseback traditions that have created a distinctive cowboy community and stood the test of time.

The Great Basin buckaroo is best described in contrasts: proud yet respectful, reserved yet direct, artistic yet understated, customary yet experimental, independent yet collaborative.

NRHA Announces Pilot Program for Slide Contests

admin — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:23:52 +0000

With the popularity of reining growing both domestically and internationally, the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Board of Directors has approved a pilot program to encourage reining events to offer Slide Contests in 2025.

Buying Raw Land for a Future Horse Property: A Step-by-Step Guide

admin — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:36:29 +0000

Purchasing raw land on HorseProperties.Net® with the goal of developing it into a horse property can be an exciting and rewarding venture. Whether you’re dreaming of a small hobby farm, a training facility, or a larger equestrian estate, the process requires careful planning, research, and foresight. Buying land for horses is a significant investment, so it’s important to ensure the land is suitable for your specific needs and that you’re prepared for the various steps involved in turning it into a successful horse property.

Picked Up in the Rodeo Arena

admin — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:38:04 +0000

Back in the summer of 1930, the trick roping and trick riding team of Frank Dean and Marco Borrello — after winning big at Salinas, Livermore, and elsewhere — decided to pool their resources and produce a rodeo. The selected site for their cowboy contest event was Ione, Calif., and the chosen date was the Labor Day weekend.

Bob Barmby of nearby Perkins was contracted to supply the stock. Dean and Borello themselves, to cut down on expenses, built the stands, the chutes, the holding pens, and the fences.

SALE RESULTS: Western Bloodstock NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales 2024

admin — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:10:29 +0000

The two-day Western Bloodstock National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales 2024 concluded on Saturday, October 19.

On day one, Daisy Jane (Metallic Cat x Scooters Daisy Dukes x Dual Smart Rey) consigned by Beechfork Ranch (JC Sale Fitting, Agent) sold to Triple D Ranches of Dyer, Nevada for $250,000.

Peptoboonsmal Dies at age 32

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 23:43:27 +0000

Peptoboonsmal, National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Open Futurity Champion has died at the age of 32. Owners, Aaron Ranch announced his passing on their FaceBook page today.

The stallion had passed on Oct. 22 from age related complications with Cresha Aaron by his side. In the month prior the Aaron family had noticed he wasn’t acting himself. They ordered blood work and fecal tests, which returned normal results.

EquiStat Up & Coming Breeder Statistics

admin — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 18:07:01 +0000

The EquiStat Up & Coming Breeder Statistics rank the top money-winning breeders in the Western performance horse industry.

The Up & Coming breeders who are those whose horses have not won a specified amount of money prior to Jan. 1, 2019, are ranked by their earnings from Jan. 1, 2019 and Sept. 5, 2024.

Three Decades Later, Billy Emerson Enjoys the Ride with Motown Cat

admin — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:03:50 +0000

Nearly 40 years after Billy Emerson got hooked on cutting horses, he’ll ride to the herd aboard a homebred horse in the 5/6-Year-Old Amateur on Friday, Oct. 25, at the Southern Cutting Futurity in Jackson, Mississippi.

It’s the result of a journey in cutting that started on a whim, really. And, it wasn’t even Emerson’s idea.

But, it’s been an incredible ride so far for the 78-year-old Texan.