NRHA Professional Brian Bell has crossed the $3 million mark in National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Lifetime Earnings. Bell achieved this milestone following his performances at the 2024 All American Quarter Horse Congress & All Star Reining Stakes.

A reining stallion with European roots is a National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Million Dollar Sire.
Master Snapper was bred by M. Fausto and A. Adani of Italy and is owned by Impresa Agricola Cuoghi. The 2001 stallion by Snapper Cal Bar and out of Colonel Mistress found his own success in the show pen in Europe and the United States before entering the breeding shed.

A week after their clean sweep in Rabat, Saudi Arabia returned to their winning ways in El Jadida, with Khaled Almobty and Davenport taking exactly the same event as last week, a winning-round.

The rather tricky first round saw a quartet of the fastest four-faulters join the list of 12 finalists for the second round, including four female riders. The advantage in this class is that those who made errors in the first round have a chance at redemption, for the scorecard is wiped clean ahead of the second decisive round. So, it was a new course of seven obstacles, including a double, which naturally takes on the competitive character of a jump-off—a galloping jump-off, as we like them, with a long final run between the last two oxers. With an already enthusiastic public, it was all the more incentive to lay down the gauntlet. Like that, sport becomes a show!

Following the victory of Belgian Thierry Goffinet and Quick Diamant HR over the previous day's winning pair, Gaudiano/Jaja, in the first 4* class of the day, the serious business began in El Jadida with the 1.50 m qualifier for Sunday's Grand Prix, won by... Emanuele Gaudiano. One day follows another in El Jadida.

For European riders, the third leg of the Morocco Royal Tour in El Jadida marks a smooth transition from the summer season to indoor competition under the best possible circumstances. For example, on a track worthy of the finest arenas on the World Cup circuit. The first day of this return to indoors featured two “appetizing” events, while the serious business begins tomorrow with the qualifying round for the 4* Grand Prix.

After the Saudis' flawless sweep of all the weekend's “top” 4* events, we had our bets on this result…and the green jackets didn’t disappoint the prognosticators. Gathering the lead after the first round, they clinched the coveted Nations' Cup in Morocco for the first time, with two double clear rounds from Abdullhah Alsharbatly and Ramzy Al Duhami and three foot-perfect efforts in the second round, leaving Italy 5 points behind and overtaking Belgium, who finished third this year.

After the victory of Spain's Carolina Aresu Garcia Obregon in the Accumulator with Telhueche (“a horse with a huge heart,” said Carolina), the 4* riders met again at night for the main event of the day, the Prix Maroc Telecom, a 1.50 m “winning-tour” in which 31 riders took part... And in the end, it was a Saudi who reigned victorious.

Just one year after becoming the National Reining Horse Association’s (NRHA) first-ever $8 Million Rider, Andrea Fappani has etched his name in the history books once again as the first rider to surpass $9 million in earnings. This remarkable accomplishment coincides with his induction into the NRHA Hall of Fame, marking 2024 as another defining year in the career of NRHA’s all-time leading rider.

Hang Ten Surprize has officially reached the coveted status of National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Million Dollar Sire. This milestone marks a significant achievement in the stallion’s already illustrious career, solidifying his place among the elite sires who have made an enduring impact on the sport of reining.