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Christy McElreath Wins SWRHA Futurity Horse Show Youth 14-18 on Tejons Impy
Christy McElreath earned the Youth 14-18 Championship at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Horse Show. After marking a 72 in the go round, she was pretty sure she had the lead, then Emile Laversin entered the arena in the last set to tie her score. ... Read the full article

Christy McElreath Leads 2009 Non Pro Finals on Gimme Major Bucks
In only her second time to compete at the National Reining Breeders Classic, 19-year-old Christy McElreath did something many competitors only dream of - she earned a spot in the Non Pro finals by marking the high score of the preliminary competit ... Read the full article

Jana Simons and Gunner Hold Your Fire Win SWRHA Intermediate Non Pro
Jana Simons earned the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Horse Show Intermediate Non Pro class on her horse, Gunner Hold Your Fire. The pair marked a score of 146.5, collecting $584. Simons was also awarded a Morrison Bronze and a mini 4-Wheeler. ... Read the full article

Jordan Donnelly Wins SWRHA Futurity Horse Show Youth 13 & Under
Jordan Donnelly, of Aubrey, Texas, and Chexable have had a busy week at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Horse Show. On Friday, they competed in an exciting run off for the National Reining Horse Association Non Pro class Championship, earning Reserve, and also earned the Novice Horse Non Pro Reserve Championship. ... Read the full article

The Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Returns for 2008
The Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity has proven to live up to its slogan “Where the Finest Go First.” Last year, for example, Millionaire Non Pro Rider Mandy McCutcheon earned the 2007 Southwest Reining Horse Association Non Pro Futurity Championship on Haidachino Hollywood – and a little over a month later, she rode him to win the 2007 National Reining Horse Association Futurity Non Pro Championship. Indeed the horses that debut at the Southwest are always closely watched at the ensuing events and the show has a history of memory-making performances. ... Read the full article

2007 Southwest Reining Horse Association On-Line Stallion Auction A Huge Success!
For the second year in a row, the Southwest Reining Horse Association hit a home run with its On-line Stallion Auction. The auction debuted last year and its proceeds boosted the added money at the SWRHA Futurity by an impressive $35,000. ... Read the full article

Greg Hall and Got No Diamonds Win SWRHA Futurity Horse Show Intermediate Open
Greg Hall rode his horse, Got No Diamonds, to win the Intermediate Open at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Horse Show. The pair scored a 221.5 in the class to not only earn $659, but also a Morrison Bronze and one of the Southwest Reining Horse Association’s signature 4-Wheelers! ... Read the full article

NRBC Open Champion to Earn $75,000!
Byars, Oklahoma – It already boasted the second-highest paying Championship in the entire Reining Industry. But for its tenth anniversary, the National Reining Breeders Classic will step up to another level – paying $75,000 to the Open Champion at th ... Read the full article

Matthew Armenta Wins 2008 SWRHA Non Pro on Sweet Magnum Dream
The excitement at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Horse Show rose to a crescendo at the culmination of the National Reining Horse Association approved Non Pro class. ... Read the full article

2008 NRBC to air on Wide World of Horses on RFD-TV
Excitement and anticipation filled the arena as run after polished run was made at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy Texas. The 2008 National Reining Breeders Classic was a show no one wanted to miss. ... Read the full article

Mathieu Buton Wins SWRHA Limited Open Championship on Zumbar Rojo
Mathieu Buton competed in his first Futurity at last year's Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity. He returned in 2008 on Zumbar Rojo to mark a 220.5 in the finals and earn the Limited Open Championship, a check for $3,092, a saddle, and a Lawson bronze. ... Read the full article

Roger Barral and The Ultimate Magnum Win SWRHA Futurity Show Limited Open
Roger Barral earned the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Horse Show Limited Open Championship on The Ultimate Magnum with a score of 221.5. That high score garnered owner Jean Defrates Piper a check for $374, a pewter trophy, and a special Cruisin’ Cooler. ... Read the full article

Abby Whitaker Receives NRBC Media Award
The National Reining Breeders Classic has announced that Abby Whitaker, of Byars, Oklahoma, is the recipient of the 2006 NRBC Media Award. Since its inception in 2000, the National Reining Breeders Classic Media Award has gone to media individuals ... Read the full article

National Reining Breeders Classic to Award Youth Scholarships
The National Reining Breeders Classic (NRBC) Youth Scholarships will debut at the 2007 NRBC Show, April 16-22 at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, TX. Scholarships totaling $3,000 will be given in the 2007 Youth 13 and under and 14-18 Yo ... Read the full article

NRBC Announces Record Number of Entries for 2008 Show
The 2008 National Reining Breeders Classic Show, set for April 14-20 at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas, continues to make history as a leader in the horse show industry. The event will again pay out well over $1.1 million, signaling another year of expansion for the world’s most successful reining stallion incentive program. ... Read the full article

Mandy McCutcheon and Smart Scat Win SWRHA Futurity Non Pro Prelims
The third day of competition was commemorated with the largest Non Pro Futurity class in the Southwest Reining Horse Association’s history, with more than fifty entries. In fact, total entries for all Non Pro divisions were up by 67 horses to 162. ... Read the full article

Tim McQuay Rides For Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Championship
Tim McQuay, the National Reining Horse Association’s first $2 Million Rider, uncharacteristically had only one horse qualified for the Billingsley Ford Open Futurity Finals at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity. But one was really all ... Read the full article

Cade McCutcheon Rides Dun Being An Okie to the SWRHA Futurity Short Stirrup Championship
Possibly the most exciting class of the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Horse Show, the 10 & Under Short Stirrup class boasted eight highly qualified entries. ... Read the full article

Lacy J. Dalton to Perform at Benefit Concert to Feed Starving Wild Horses
VENTURA, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday March 6th, at 6pm Country singer, Lacy J. Dalton, will perform a benefit concert at the Ventura County Fairgrounds to help feed over 500 starving horses. Joining her will be actor Malcolm MacDowel ... Read the full article

National Reining Breeders Classic Begins Today in Katy, Texas
At the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy, Texas, it seems that the National Reining Breeders Classic has already been going on for days. The event crew moved in over a week ago and paid warm-ups have been going on in the arena ... Read the full article