Cutting Photo Courtesy NCHA
Fort Worth, (NCHA) – The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo will host the second stop of the 2012 Mercuria/National Cutting Horse Association World Series of Cutting Feb. 10 and 11. Admission is free with general grounds admission. Finals will take place on Saturday, February 11 at 3:30 pm in the Expo Hall at the Freeman Coliseum/AT&T Center Grounds.
The World Series attracts NCHA’s best Open horses and Non Pro riders in a thrilling competition. Each World Series show includes $25,000 in added money to both the Open and Non Pro for a total purse of $50,000 in San Antonio.
The next stop of the 2012 Mercuria/NCHA World Series of Cutting will take place in Oklahoma City July 5-6 in conjunction with the American Quarter Horse Association’s Battle in the Saddle event. The series will then head to the Calgary Stampede July 10-12. Other stops this year include Idaho CHA Futurity and El Rancho Futurity in September, as well as the All American Quarter Horse Congress in October before heading to Lyon, France for the finale.
Some of the first round contestants at this year’s event include:
2011 NCHA Horse of the Year Don’t Look Twice, who will enter the herd after marking a record 231 points at the Augusta Futurity in January. Phil Rapp, the mare’s rider, is the winning-est rider in Augusta history. Don’t Look Twice was also the 2011 Reserve World Champion and has lifetime earnings exceeding $640,000, making her High Brow Cat’s highest money-earning offspring.
Kaitlyn Larsen, 22, also had a big win at Augusta in the Mercuria NCHA World Series Non-Pro finals this year. She scored 224 points on her mount Laredo Montana for her first major championship win. The pair were also reserve champions at the NCHA Summer Cutting Spectacular in the Classic Non Pro division last year.
Dual R Smokin, a seven-year-old out of Dual Rey, comes into San Antonio not long after his 15th place finish in the 2011 Open World Standings and 13th place finish in the 2011 Non Pro World Standings. Dual R Smokin also won the NCHA Super Stakes Classic Non Pro under Constance Jaeggi. Both Jaeggi and NCHA
past president Chubby Turner with show the stallion in San Antonio in the Non Pro and Open divisions, respectively.
2011 NCHA Non Pro World Champion Dan Hansen will show Woody Be Lucky, the horse that helped him earn that title. Hansen and his 12-year-old gelding also took championships at Houston, Idaho, and the El Rancho Futurity World Series events last year.
Mike Rutherford, Jr. will show Desde El Comienzo, who was part of the World Champion duo in 2010 World Standings for the $50,000 Amateur class. Rutherford also staked a spot in the finals at the World Series of Cutting in Houston and San Antonio last year. He has earnings exceeding $430,000.
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The National Cutting Horse Association has more than 20,000 members from a wide range of backgrounds. Each year more than 2,200 NCHA-approved events are held throughout North America, with more than $40 million in prize money awarded. For more information visit www.nchacutting.com or call (817) 244-6188. For information on the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, visit www.sarodeo.com or call (210) 225-0612.
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