6666 NRHA Derby Presented by Markel: Schumacher and Muehlstaetter Tie For the Non Pro Championship

Split Decision
June 22 - Hopes and dreams were fulfilled today at the 6666 NRHA Derby presented by Markel. More than 100 of the world’s best non pro reiners teamed up with their horses to compete for their piece of glory and record-breaking purses across all levels of the Non Pro in Oklahoma City. They were led by Kim Muehlstaetter and Gina Schumacher, who clinched the Level 4 Non Pro Co-Championship and the lion’s share of the purse. A pair of huge 227.5 scores from Draws 31 and 33 earned each pair a paycheck for $32,697.

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NRHA Million Dollar Dam List Grows to Eight as Best Stop Crosses the Historic Milestone

Photo by NRHA Press Release/Waltenberry
Photo by NRHA Press Release/Waltenberry

After the dust settled on a Saturday night at South Point Arena and Equestrian Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Best Shine topped the leaderboard of The Run For A Million’s Million Dollar Competition. Not only did the mare add half a million dollars to her lifetime earnings (LTE), but she also helped National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Professional Jason Vanlandingham cross the NRHA Three Million Dollar Rider mark and made her mother, Best Stop, the newest NRHA Million Dollar Dam.

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2023 NRHA Derby Update

Ancillary Champions Crowned on Final Day of 6666 NRHA Derby presented by Markel
The final day of competition at the 6666 National Reining Horse Association Derby presented by Markel saw full classes in both the Jim Norick Coliseum and Adequan® Arena. In addition to the class titles, high point Montana Silversmiths buckles were also presented to the high point exhibitors who competed in both slates of classes.

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2022 NRHA Top Twenty Professionals, Non Pro, and Owner Results Are In

Photo by NRHA Press Release by Carolyn Simancik
Photo by NRHA Press Release by Carolyn Simancik

The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) is thrilled to announce the Top 20 Standings list for the 2022 year in each sector—Professionals, Non Pros, and Owners. NRHA’s Top 20 program is designed to feature the talent of the association’s top riders and owners each year. These frontrunners of each section are true representatives for the sport of reining in competition as well as in the industry day to day.

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Vaughn Zimmerman Becomes NRHA’s Newest Two Million Dollar Owner

Photo courtesy ©NRHA
Photo courtesy ©NRHA

When Not Ruf At All won the 2013 National Reining Horse Association Futurity Open Championship, owner Vaughn Zimmerman, of Missouri, was propelled into the elite ranks of NRHA Million Dollar Owners
The success of Not Ruf At All and Zimmerman has gone hand-in-hand, and in 2021, when Not Ruf At All became an NRHA Million Dollar Sire, Zimmerman surpassed two million dollars as an owner.

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