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Structure For The 2023 Run For A Million Cutting Competition Qualifier

The first qualifier for the 2023 Run For A Million cutting competition will be held at the upcoming Brazos Bash.
STRUCTURE FOR THE 2023 RUN FOR A MILLION CUTTING COMPETITION QUALIFIER
FORT WORTH – The first qualifier for the 2023 Run For A Million cutting competition will be held at the upcoming Brazos Bash held at Bosque Ranch in Weatherford, Texas, from October 4 through 17, 2022.
This innovative event will showcase the sport of cutting on a new level while introducing the sport to a fresh audience through the fan base the Run For A Million has developed over the years since its inception with reining horses. The sport of cutting is the pinnacle of Western sports and being showcased on this stage will offer the sport tremendous growth opportunity both in and out of the arena.

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2023 Run for a Million Will Include a Cutting Competition

FORT WORTH – The National Cutting Horse Association is thrilled to announce that the groundbreaking Run For A Million has established a cutting competition to debut with the 2023 event.

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Senn Wins the 2022 NCHA Vice President Election

FORT WORTH – The National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) announces the next NCHA Vice President will be Mark Senn from Augusta, Georgia. Senn will take on his new position as Vice President starting on June 5, 2022.
Senn received 2,130 votes to win the election with a 68.2 percent majority.

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Helen Kleberg Groves passed away peacefully at home on Friday, May 6, 2022.

Helen Kleberg Groves passed away peacefully at home in San Antonio, Texas on Friday, May 6, 2022. She was born 94 years prior in the same city on October 20, 1927, the only child of Robert Justus Kleberg, Jr. and Helen Campbell Kleberg. 
Raised on the King Ranch, “Helenita” went on to graduate from Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia and attended Vassar College. From there she began her long, fascinating, and varied life. She had many passions in life, but ranching, fine horses, and family were central. Her abiding love of the Ranch, its land, livestock, and the people who worked there, formed the foundation for all she did. She was a crack shot with her Colt pistol, often bettering the men around her and continued to be a keen and accurate dove and quail hunter into her nineties. 

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NCHA Hires Sam Rose as Director of Judges

FORT WORTH – The National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) is excited to share the hiring of Sam Rose of Gainesville, Texas, as the NCHA Director of Judges.

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2022 NCHA Futurity Added Money

NCHA announces added money to the 2022 World Championship Futurity Purse
FORT WORTH – The National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) is thrilled to announce the addition of $750,000 in added money to the upcoming 2022 NCHA Metallic Cat World Championship Futurity payout.  

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NCHA Announces AQHA Leading Sire and Dam Award Recipients for 2021

The National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) announces Metallic Cat, Junie Wood, and Metallic Rebel as the recipients of the 2021 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Leading Sire, Leading Dam, and Leading Freshman Sire awards, respectively.
“The growth our cutting industry has seen over the years is largely due to our stallion owners and breeders,” NCHA Executive Director Jay Winborn said. “Their commitment to developing the next generation of champions will only propel the legacy of the cutting horse into the future.”

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NCHA Announces Hall of Fame Inductees

FORT WORTH – Every year, the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) recognizes the achievements of a select group of individuals and horses by inviting them into the NCHA Hall of Fame. These individuals are inducted into one of the three categories based on their lifetime earnings or accomplishments in the arena: Horse, Non-Pro Riders, and Open Riders.

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Julie Elizabeth Hansma Earned Her Wings After Long Battle

Julie was born in Santa Monica, California, on July 15, 1963, to Thomas and Rosemary Dvorak. Her childhood was filled with horses, horses, and more horses. She spent several years under the guidance of Frank and Cindy Craighead, who would become lifelong friends. Rosemary traveled to Southern California to horse shows in a station wagon and trailer with Julie and younger brother Tommy in tow, helping them follow their dreams.

After graduating high school, Julie went to work for Jack and Judy Adams and wet her feet in the cutting horse world. She then moved to Oklahoma and spent several years with the legendary Terry and Sharon Riddle.

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AMERICANA 2021: Marco Salvatori Claims European Championship Non Pro Cutting Go Round

A huge number of 34 horse-rider combinations competed in the Non Pro Go round of the Cutting European Championship at AMERICANA and the first three places were all about Salvatori’s family! Marco Salvatori took the lead aboard his Highbrow Time (High Brow CD x One Time Soon). The two showed brilliant skills rewarded by the judges with a 147 score.

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Americana 2021: Denis Pini Wins Masters Cutting Open

Provided by Ramona Billing/AMERICANA - Today the AMERICANA 2021 started in Augsburg for the participants. The very first class showed how high the performance bar is set here. In the Masters Cuttings Open Denis Pini claimed the Championship aboard Michal Popov's Stop Ur Hot. With a 147, the Italian, who has already won the AMERICANA European Championship Cutting several times, prevailed over his 32 competitors. He also rode Genuine Alley Cat for Davide Tresoldi to third place (145).