2010 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity (Reno, NV) — 02/21/2010 Intermediate Open Finals COMPOSITE Place Money Horse Sire Dam Rider Owner Herd Rein Cow Total on 3 1 $30,000.00 Nic The Wrangler Starlights Wrangler Nic N Chic Branquinho;Casey Holy Cow Perf. Horses LLC 213.5 215.0 216.5 645.0 2 – 3 $16,796.00 No Chic Flicks Chic Please Pandalita Star Wright;Justin Mr & …

Here’s Tucker with Chuy.

Nancy Crawford, managing member of Holy Cow Performance Horses LLC, is having an especially good Snaffle Bit Futurity. To start, she has two horses in the Open Finals: Jake Telford riding Sheza Dancing Diamond, and Hes Shinettes CD. She also has one in the Intermediate Open Finals with Casey Branquihno riding Nic The Wrangler. In addition, Jake Telford will be …

2010 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity (Reno, NV) — 09/20/2010 OPEN COMPOSITE Place Horse Sire Dam Rider Owner Herd Rein Cow Total on 3 1 – 2 Playin Ace High Playin Stylish Gold Cloud Miss Gorrell;Jake Silveira;Mike & Linda 212.5 218.0 222.0 652.5 1 – 2 Dom Dualuise Dual Rey Smart Little XX Ralls;Phillip Larson;Chris 220.5 218.0 214.0 652.5 3 No …

Watch for new posts covering the 2010 Snaffle Bit Futurity! Chuy and I will be traveling there this week. Update: If you’re just now catching up with the news, Tucker Robinson is the 2010 Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion! Tucker Robinson, son of 7-time Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion Ted Robinson, won the biggest event in the cow horse industry–making Ted and …

Congratulations to Tim Smith and Flo Like A Cat (Cats Merada x Flo N Ethyl x Mr Peponita Flo), owned by Bill Smith. Tim and Flo Like A Cat were first to go in the first of two sets. They scored an impressive 222 which shot them to the top where they stayed after 20 more finalists tried to unseat …

2009 PCCHA Cutting Stakes finalist and Horse of the Year, Metallic Cat (High Brow Cat x Shers Shadow), ridden by Beau Galyean, went head-to-head all year against Dont Look Twice (High Brow Cat x Tapt Twice x Dual Pep) ridden by Phil Rapp. Metallic Cat secured the Horse of the Year position after the South Point show in Las Vegas …

Phil Rapp and Dont Look Twice (High Brow Cat x Tapt Twice x Dual Pep) captured the Open 2009 PCCHA Stakes Championship. Their winning run can be seen here: Click image to view Congratulations!

The PCCHA Futurity and Stakes, hosted by Golden Hills Auto Center, was held in Paso Robles, CA October 22nd – November 1st. This show is considered by those in the cutting horse industry as a ‘must attend’ event drawing cutters from all over the United States. The two-week long show culminated on Halloween night, Saturday, Ocober 31st with the finals …

Australian born cutting horse trainer, Matt Sargood (seen here with Chuy), has been training cutting horses since 1992. This year, he reached one-million dollars in NCHA earnings and has been recognized as one the top two fastest-rising trainers in the NCHA. At one point, he was Equistat’s the second-highest money-earning riders in California–behind Tim Smith. In 2004, he was a …

I had the pleasure of sitting next to the owners of Pepto Taz at the NRCHA Select Sale. They were selling a few of their Pepto Taz two-year old’s. During that time, I learned that Netha and Don Lester of Canby Oregon are quite possibly the nicest people on the planet. Here is Netha Lester holding Chuy. Their stallion Pepto …

Chuy went cruising with John Burgun of Roo Hide Saddlery at this year’s 2009 Snaffle Bit Futurity. John was driving this flashy chic-magnet complete with the Roo Hide logo on the door. Chuy had to get in on the action! John was kind enough to give Chuy his first driving lesson. Visit Jayne Wayne Equine Design