Monthly Archives: November 2005
11.30.05 - Cinch NRHA Non Pro Futurity Finalists Ready to Go
November 30, 2005
The two qualifying go rounds of the $50,000 added Cinch NRHA Non Pro Futurity are history and the finalists competing on Friday are no longer a mystery. Twenty-five riders, including ties, advance to the Non Pro Finals and fifteen riders, plus ties, advance to the Intermediate Non Pro Finals. The winner of the Non Pro ...
11.28.05 - NRHA Futurity - Weather Cools, Competition Sizzles
November 28, 2005
As a gusty, chilly north wind brought temperatures down, competition at the NRHA’s 40th Anniversary Futurity at Oklahoma State Fair Park, Oklahoma City turned on the heat. Sunday’s competition saw the completion of the first go round of the NRHA Futurity as well as the Cinch NRHA Non Pro Futurity.
Craig Schmersal, riding Wrangle Whiz (Topsail ...
11.27.05 - 2005 NRHA Futurity - Craig Schmersal Takes the Lead
November 27, 2005
In the first go round, third section of the 2005 NRHA Futurity Open Division, newly designated NRHA Million Dollar Rider Craig Schmersal scored a 223.5 and moved into the leader’s position. Craig rode Wrangle Whiz, a three-year-old stallion by Topsail Whiz and out of Wranglers Gay Bar owned by Timorie Budge, Laguna Niguel, California.
There is ...
11.26.05 - Craig Schmersal Earns NRHA Million Dollar Rider Status
November 26, 2005
Craig Schmersal had four horses to show at the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity and Horse Show in Ardmore, Oklahoma, in October. He had Commanders Nic and Im Genuinely Smart for Open and Novice Horse Open competition. He had two three-year-olds for the SWRHA Futurity, Wrangle Whiz and Conquistadors Star. All four horses earned NRHA ...
11.26.05 - NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show Hosts Clinton Anderson Clinic
November 26, 2005
The Clinton Anderson Clinic, with a guest appearance by six-time NRHA Futurity Champion Bob Loomis, will take place on Saturday, December 3, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm during the 2005 NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship Show at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City.
For the past three years, The Clinton ...
11.26.05 - NRHA Reining Action Continues…Cinch NRHA Non Pro Futurity Gets Underway
November 26, 2005
The Cinch NRHA Non Pro Futurity began on Friday evening November 25, 2005, at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. In the first go, first section Tish Fappani, Scottsdale, Arizona, riding her three-year-old stallion Lean Olena (Lean With Me x BR Little Badger), scored a 215 to take the lead in the $50,000 ...
11.25.05 - The Celebration Begins…40th NRHA Futurity Off to a Spectacular Start
November 25, 2005
Reiners gathered at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City to celebrate the 40th consecutive running of the NRHA Futurity. The celebration began early in the draw as Shawn Flarida scored a 223 on KR Lil Conquistador owned by Cheree Kirkbride, Ocala, Florida. Hot off his victory in the All American Quarter Horse Congress ...
11.19.05 - Shining Spark Tops Two Million
November 19, 2005
Carol Rose’s Shining Spark is a 1989 son of Genuine Doc and out of Rose’s 1979 AQHA Superhorse and 1996 NRHA Hall of Fame inductee Diamonds Sparkle. He was bred to be a spectacular show horse – and he was. He was bred to be a fabulous sire – and he is. In fact, in ...
11.18.05 - NRHA APPROVED IRHA FUTURITY – Gennaro Lendi and Matteo Rondanina Duel for the Non Pro Title
November 18, 2005
It took a runoff to determine who would take home the IRHA Non Pro Futurity title which, for the very first time, was approved by the National Reining Horse Association. Following an exciting finals and an even more exciting duel to win the title, Gennaro Lendi riding Arc Turbulence Out took the Non Pro Championship ...
11.18.05 - NRHA Approved Italian Reining Horse Association Futurity
November 18, 2005
Andrea Proto and Whole Made Ruby Limited Open Champions
On Thursday night the finals of the Limited Open and Limited Non Pro IRHA Futurity took place in Manerbio, Italy, at the Palasturla Facility. With a score of 213, Andrea Proto riding Whole Made Ruby, a Quarter Horse gelding by Wole Gemini (by Gemini Pine) and out ...
11.16.05 - First Ever NRHA Approved Italian Futurity Underway
November 16, 2005
With a guaranteed purse of over $184,000, the first ever NRHA approved Italian Futurity opened in Manerbio at the Palasturla on Monday 14th November. More than 350 horses made their way to the Italian facility in order to take part in the Futurity itself and in the ancillary classes.
Opening the event was the first go ...
11.05.05 - An Elegant Evening at the Denim & Diamonds Gala
November 5, 2005
Heralded as an elegant evening of dining and dancing, the Denim & Diamonds Gala is a tribute to forty years of the National Reining Horse Association Futurity. The black-tie event, set for Friday, December 2, will be held in the new Hall of Champions, located on Gordon Cooper Boulevard, adjacent to the Oklahoma State Fair ...
11.05.05 -The RHSF Awards 2005 Scholarships to Ceddia, Raugh, Brown, Larson and Hallan
November 5, 2005
The Reining Horse Sports Foundation (RHSF) is proud to announce, in no particular order, their 2005 Youth Scholarship recipients: Keith Ceddia, Rachael Raugh, Megan Brown, Nicholette Larson, and Tara Hallan.
The Reining Horse Sports Foundation was established in 1999 to promote, support and preserve the sport of Reining. The Youth Program is just one of the ...
