Shining Lil Nic is a once-in-a-lifetime horse, and the stallion has won numerous Open reined cow horse accolades – including World and National Championships – with longtime trainer Kevin Stallings at the reins. However, at the National Reined Cow Horse Association Hackamore Classic in Paso Robles, California, it was owner Janiejill Tointon who was...
Brandon Dufurrena and Miss Ella Rey won the Matthews Cutting Horses NCHA Super Stakes Classic Limited Non-Pro Thursday, while Armando Costa Neto won the Non-Pro Gelding Stakes at the XTO Energy NCHA Super Stakes in Fort Worth, Texas. Read more . . . The XTO Energy Super Stakes continues Friday in Fort Worth with...
NCHA Futurity champion One Time Royalty, ridden for Matthews Cutting Horses by Lloyd Cox, and Stylish Martini, shown by Roger Wagner for Marvine Ranch, each earned a cumulative score of 436.5 points, from the XTO Energy Super Stakes go-rounds, to lead 72 contenders with 429.5 or above to Friday’s Semi-Finals. Stylish Martini, by Docs...
Smart Luck may have started his career as a hard-luck horse. But as he continues to add major titles to his name, he reinforces that luck really has nothing to do with his success. On Sunday, March 27, the 5-year-old cow horse, by Very Smart Remedy out of Gunna Be Lucky, earned another line...
Nick Dowers began working for acclaimed National Reined Cow Horse Association Non Pro Anne Reynolds at the beginning of 2011. Only a few months into his job, the young trainer won over $22,000 in a single event – the National Reined Cow Horse Association Stakes! Dowers was riding Shiney and Very Smart, by Very...
