European Non Pro and Youth Qualifiers Set for 2025 The Run For A Million Competition in Las Vegas as Nico Sicuro and Colonels Dancing Gun Race Closer to Top 10 Open World Championship Finish Line

Lyon, November 3 – The 2024 NRHA European Derby concluded on Sunday at the Equita Lyon International show in Lyon, France. Alongside NRHA ancillary action, qualifiers were held for the 2025 The Run For A Million (TRFAM) $50,000-Added Non Pro Championship and Youth Reining Championship, featuring riders from five European countries. These events will take place in Las Vegas on August 11–16, 2025.

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The Second Day of Ancillary Action Takes Place at the NRHA European Affiliate Championships in Le Pin, France

Le Pin, July 18 – Action continued during the heated day at the beautiful facility Le Petit Far West in Le Pin, France, where the 2024 edition of the NRHA European Affiliate Championships (EAC) are taking place. The day started with the youngest competitors saddling their mounts to perform NRHA pattern #8. Following the young talents, professionals took the stage competing for the highest added ancillary class of the week – the $8,000-added NRHA Open. When the sun set and the busy day was winding down, the Non Pro Champions were crowned as well.

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Italian Gennaro Lendi Joins NRHA Million Dollar Rider Lineup

Photo © Oliviero Toscani
Photo © Oliviero Toscani

Gennaro Lendi recorded his first earnings in the National Reining Horse Association in May 2004, when he won the Non Pro class at the Italian Reining Horse Association Derby on OT Taris High. Less than two decades later, Lendi joined the elite list of riders who have won more than one million dollars in competition.
Recent wins at the 2020 European Futurity, the Austrian Futurity, the German Breeders Futurity, the IRHA Maturity, and ARTA Futurity propelled him past that milestone.
“As I got closer to the million, it became all the more stressful as I wanted to surpass that mark as fast as I could. I put pressure on myself – especially after the pandemic stopped our shows – and it affected my performance in the show pen,” Lendi admitted.

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2020 Colonels Shining Gun NRHA European Derby Open Finals: Sicuro and Colonels Dancing Gun Do It Again!

Photos by Tom Hautmann
Photos by Tom Hautmann

Wiener Neustadt, July 3–The $112,700-added Colonels Shining Gun NRHA European Open Derby finals closed the 2020 edition of the European event.
 
Draw #4 in the second section, Nico Sicuro and Quarter Dream’s Colonels Dancing Gun set the bar by scoring a 221.5. Twenty horses later, their score held, securing the $45,000-added Level (L)4 European Derby Open Championship as well as the $24.300 paycheck for first place.

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