Equine
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.
Designed by the visionary producer Taylor Sheridan, the inaugural Run For A Million was established in
2019 as a reining competition and has continued to grow over the last several years, expanding across
the Western performance horse industry. The cutting component of The Run For A Million will be a one
of a kind competition where riders can qualify to enter.
“The Run For A Million is the premiere event in Western equine sports,” said Sheridan. “It is only fitting
that the great sport of cutting is represented there, exposing this exciting discipline to a new audience
with the goal of expanding the sport of cutting and extending the show career of these phenomenal
equine athletes.”
An opportunity to qualify for this event will be held at the 2022 Brazos Bash scheduled for October 4
through 17, 2022, at Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch in Weatherford, Texas. Any horse is eligible to compete,
and the top 10 placing riders from the Brazos Bash qualifying event will advance to the Run For A Million
cutting competition held in August 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“The sport of cutting has been experiencing tremendous growth over the past few years, and the
popularity Sheridan’s Yellowstone is a big driver of this,” said Jay Winborn, NCHA executive director.
“Cutting is the most thrilling sport, and we are looking forward to bringing our sport to a new stage
through this one of a kind competition next August.”
More exciting information on the Run For A Million cutting competition will be forthcoming. Stay tuned!
For the Brazos Bash schedule, entry information and more, contact Kim Cox, Brazos Bash show secretary,
at [email protected].
By Krista Lucas Wynn
The annual Windy Ryon roping was held on Memorial weekend, May 24-26, 2024. The bucket list event, in Saginaw, Texas, featured exciting competition in team roping, breakaway roping, tie down roping, steer roping, and team tying. Miraculously, the weather did not play much of a factor in the arena conditions, and it was a fun time had by all.
The three days of competition was the 50th year for the Windy Ryon, named after the cowboy businessman who founded Ryon’s Saddle Shop and Western Store, located in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards. The arena is conveniently just 10 minutes from the Stockyards, giving fans a full day of western activities. The weekend kicked off Friday, May 24, with an open breakaway roping, women’s team roping and open team roping.
To read more, pick up a copy of the July issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Savannah Magoteaux
In April, reining horse enthusiasts from across the country and around the globe traveled to Tulsa, Okla., for the National Reining Breeders Classic. The event, one of the largest in the reining industry, made its move to Tulsa in 2023, after more than two decades in Katy, Texas. The move was lucrative, and the event set multiple records, prompting the NRBC Board of Directors to expand the event to 12 days.
When the spin was spun and the final slide slid, the event had awarded more than $1.7 million in prize money alone, plus countless prizes that would fill two rooms – that’s not including the two trophy trailers presented to the Open and Non Pro Champions. The NRBC will return to Tulsa April 15-26, 2025.
Weatherford’s Casey Deary Wins Open Championship on Down Right Amazing
Scores started out high in the NRBC Open Finals and continued to build through the evening, along with the anticipation of the crowd, all waiting for that big run to topple all the previous scores. That ride came to rapturous applause as Casey Deary and Down Right Amazing rode out of the arena to the sound of “The Circle of Life,” the song denoting a new high score at the NRBC.
To read more, pick up a copy of the June issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Krista Lucas Wynn
As female sports come under fire in 2024, the same can not be said for the sport of rodeo. The western industry is not short of talented, strong cowgirls. The Women’s Rodeo World Championship, presented by the World Champions Rodeo Alliance and the Professional Bull Riders, is the world’s richest women’s rodeo with a guaranteed payout of $750,000.
The week-long event showcases women competing in barrel racing, breakaway roping and team roping. The WRWC is the culmination of professionals and challengers alike who have qualified by a point system, held May 13-18 at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, and the championship round is at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Competitors are nominated at any event throughout the year to earn points leading up to the WRWC.
To read more, pick up a copy of the June issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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